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2010
Getting to 'Win' 'Win': the case of the redevelopment of Bellingham, Washington's downtown waterfront, Christopher M. Conway
The effects of training status and exercise intensity on plyometric exercise volume, Kevin J. (Kevin James) Cronin
The role of learning institutions in Ptolemaic Alexandria, Jeffrey J. (Jeffrey Jay) Cunningham
Second-order characteristics of multi-level elections in Spain, Megan J. De la Cruz
Modeling the effects of climate change forecasts on streamflow in the Nooksack River Basin, Susan E. Dickerson
The interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen, Jason Dudley
Kink band development in the Darrington Phyllite on Samish Island, northwestern Washington, Rachel E. (Rachel Eliades) Dunham
Aviation at sunrise: shortcomings of the American Air Forces in North Africa during TORCH compared to the Royal Air Force on Malta, 1941-42, Ryan T. (Ryan Thomas) Evans
Interparental conflict and emotional insecurity: coparenting and parent-child relationships as mediating family processes, Kelly A. Fitzgerald
Heavy elastic vs. white tape: the effect of ankle taping on ankle range of motion, Laura B. Grambo
Alien vs. predator: effects of a native predator on two invasive oyster drills and oysters in Washington State, Emily W. Grason
Comparing the effects of inspiratory muscle training and core training on core muscle function, Teresa J. Hahn
After the dawn out comes the sun, Adam Hill
Misrepresentation as complicity: the genocide against indigenous Americans in high school history textbooks, Andrew C. (Andrew Charles) Holcom
The tower, Charles C. Hoppe
Castle symphony: for orchestra, Thomas Johanson
The weight of history: change and continuity in German foreign policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Anne-Kathrin Kreft
The structural and tectonic history of the Mt. Formidable region, North Cascades, Washington, Julia E. (Julia Eileen) Labadie
The female athlete triad in a subsample of female WWU athletes, Colby Langenberg
Can this wait? Civil conflict negotiation and the content of ethnic identity, David E. Lebowitz
The effects of season and microhabitat on the distribution and nutritional contributions of two algal symbionts in the intertidal anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica, Michael R. (Michael Rory) Levine
Predicting cyanobacteria blooms in 50 lakes of Northwest Washington, Chandra T. (Chandra Terezina) Llewellyn
Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver, Whistler, British Columbia: a case study on cross-border collaboration, Jasper MacSlarrow
Five-choice serial reaction time task performance following catecholamine depletion of rat medial prefrontal cortex: implications for attention deficit in schizophrenia, Rabia V. Magnusson
Naturally occurring aqueous arsenic and seawater intrusion on Lummi Island, WA, Erica Martell
Burn severity and whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) regeneration in the North Cascades, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Annie) McDowell
Copper-catalyzed diboration of ketones: facile synthesis of tertiary a-Hydroxyboronate esters, Melissa McIntosh
Origin and geochemical evolution of mafic magmas from Mount Baker in the northern Cascade arc, Washington: probes into the mantle and crustal processes, Nicole E. Moore
"Let's make a harbor into a harbor": an environmental history of Bellingham Bay, Derek L. (Derek Lee) Nelson
Snap shots, Nancy S. (Nancy Stiles) Nelson
Effects of fatigue on muscle activation and shock attenuation during barefoot running, Carl Q. (Carl Quinn) Newton
Polyunsaturated aldehyde production by a temporally varying field assemblage of diatoms in the San Juan Island Archipelago: can diatom metabolites affect microzooplankton grazing?, Blair M. (Blair Michael) Paul
Magmatic processes in the Jurassic Bonanza arc: insights from the Alberni region of Vancouver Island, Canada, Benjamin D. (Benjamin David) Paulson
Identity politics at Grand Ronde: toward an ethnohistory of the tribes of the Willamette Valley, 1855-1901, Nora K. Pederson
Structural characterization of cytoskeleton regulating protein villin and its C-terminal modular domains, Danielle A. Pfaff
How does spatial variation in climate cause spatiotemporal patterns in lizard energetics?, Sean D. Powers
Fantasy for piano and orchestra, Mark M. Prall
The eroticization of lesbianism by heterosexual men, Kristin Puhl
Emotion processing in high-functioning autistic children: a priming task, Ashley E. Ruggles
The effects of imagery and positive self-review on the performance of intercollegiate basketball players, Jonathan Rylaarsdam
Grazing interactions between Oxyrrhis marina and Synechococcus strains grown in single nitrogen sources, Virginia. Selz
Broad physiological tolerances of the invasive clam Nuttallia obscurata, Zachary C. Siegrist
The relationship between native richness and exotic success depends on the index of exotic success and environmental gradients, Daniel Slakey
Effect of resistance training on body composition of persons with type II diabetes, Eric R. Spickler
The relationship between parental conflict and family interactions: the role of emotional security and parenting behaviors, Nichole Stettler
Refashioning the past, reforming the present: visual culture and civic life in early modern Seville, Stephanie Stillo
Comparison of linear and daily undulating periodization in resistance training using simple measures of overreaching, Matt Sweeny
The relationship between bat velocity, upper and lower extremity power and the rotational kinetic chain in NCAA Division II softball players, Liza S. Teichler
The Behavioral Response of Harbor Seals to Seasonal Prey Pulses of Spawning Pacific Herring, Austen C. Thomas
Becoming the mouthpiece of God: female Christian mystics from the twelfth-to the eighteenth-century, Carly F. (Carly Florine) Thompson
Selecting success: assimilation experiences of 1.5 and 2nd generation Mexicans in Seattle, Gregory W. Toledo
Viability of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in relation to streamflow regulation in Terrell Creek, Washington, Ryan S. Vasak
Activation and inhibition of GTPase translation factors on the prokaryotic ribosome, Justin D. Walter
Effects of parental depressive symptoms and marital discord on parental functioning and parent-infant relationships, Clare R. White
Development of a new method for measuring metamorphic kinetics, Jennifer B. (Jennifer Bernadette) Wright
2009
The generation of a diverse suite of Late Pleistocene and Holocene basaltic-andesite through dacite lavas from the northern Cascade arc at Mount Baker, Washington, Troy D. Baggerman
Illuminating whole effluent toxicity testing: ultraviolet radiation, phototoxicity, and PAH-contaminated groundwater, Jason C. Fortner
Predation and thermal stress affect color change in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia, Samantha L. Hamlin
Bridging biblical faith and ecology for adults an experiential environmental education program, Linda Houck
Effects of salmon-derived nutrients on an artificial stream system, Danielle M. Love
Emperor Norton I: the rise of a San Francisco cultural icon 1859-1880, Dieter Martin
Effects of similarity and tourist status on prosocial behavior: a field study in Spain, Reid A. (Reid Anders) Nelson
Barbed bone and antler technologies: cultural transmission and variation in the Gulf of Georgia, Northwest North America, Adam N. Rorabaugh
Carpals and tarsals of mule deer, black bear and human: an osteology guide for the archaeologist, Tamela S. Smart
Fuzzy-based landslide susceptibility modeling: applications to U.S. Forest Service Road Management, Jonah M. Stinson
Local land preservation in Washington, Kellee C. Timpson
A comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages among kryal and rhithral lake outlets in the North Cascade Mountains, Kelley L. Turner
2008
Structural Geology of the Central San Juan Islands, Northwest Washington, Todd I. Belanger
Situational and dispositional influences on cardiovascular reactivity to daily academic stressors, Kristen Marie Conley
Timing and Nature of Post-Collapse Sedimentation in Kulshan Caldera, North Cascades, Washington, Dennis M. (Dennis Martin) Feeney
An investigation of the magnetic fabrics and the paleomagnetism of the Ghost Rocks Formation, Kodiak Islands, Alaska, Sean F. Gallen
Growth and grazing of microzooplankton in response to the harmful alga Heterosigma akashiwo in prey mixtures, Sylvia Lynne Graham
Kinematic Analysis of Ductile Features within the Northern Wenatchee Block, North Cascades, Washington, Gerald Griesel
Movements and Home Ranges of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Inland Waters of the Pacific Northwest, Sarah E. Hardee
Modeling relative effects of riparian cover and groundwater inflow on stream temperature in lowland Whatcom County, Washington, Sarah Harper-Smith
We have another moment: "rhetoric and composition" + "web 2.0", Amanda M. (Amanda Marie) Hill
Characterizing Surface Deformation from 1981 to 2007 on Mount Baker Volcano, Washington, Brendan E. Hodge
A spatially explicit relative elevation model for Padilla Bay, Washington, Peter Kairis
Revisiting the Seven Devils-Wrangellia connection: the paleogeography of triassic rocks in western Idaho., Michael Liam. Kalk
Approaching popular music in the field of English, Christopher Reid Kerr
Forever young: educating today's youth about the nature and uses of records of enduring value, Rozlind Koester
Food habits of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in two estuaries in northern Puget Sound, Washington, Kathryn Luxa
Costa Rican ecotourism and the (re)construction of social-natures on the Osa Peninsula, Brett Sylvester Matulis
The effects of the go for the green challenge on electricity use, behaviors, and attitudes of Western Washington University residents., Kimbrough Leverton Mauney
The ANWR landscape: a geographical analysis of rhetoric and representation, Jessica Renee Moyer
The DM gene family in the parasitoid wasp nasonia vitripennis: identification of a sex-specific homolog of the doublesex gene, Megan Riddle
Paleomagnetism and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Skeena Group, British Columbia, Christopher L. Ward-Guthrie
Habitat relationships and gene flow of Martes americana in northern Idaho, Tzeidle N. (Tzeidle Nichole) Wasserman
Magnetic Fabric Analysis of Foreslope Sediments of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul) Wiser
Try not to worry & the people pictured here, Rachel Wolf
Educational programs that feature live animals advertisement, research, and methodology, Constance Woodman
The evolution of mating cues in a beetle hybrid zone: causes of geographic variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, Rachel M.S. Zack
2007
Application of a Nitrate Fate and Transport Model to the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Whatcom County, Washington, Margo A. Burton
Characteristics and Processes of Degradation on Normal Fault Scarps in Basalt, Central Oregon and Northern California, Kelsay Davis
Oblique Photogrammetric Analysis of Dome Growth at Mount St. Helens Volcano, 2004 – 2007, Angela K. Diefenbach
Quantifying the Glacial Meltwater Component of Streamflow in the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Whatcom County, WA, Using a Distributed Hydrology Model, Carrie B. Donnell
Applicability of the NLOS Model for Predictions of Soil Water Movement and Nitrogen Transport in an Agricultural Soil, Agassiz, BC, Heather R. Hirsch