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2013

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M-addition, Tim Mesikepp

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Structural and Functional Characterization of a Permuted Hemoglobin, Michael P. (Michael Patrick) Murphy

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The Effect of Human Exposure on the Anti-predatory Response of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina), Jennifer K. (Jennifer Kathryn) Olson

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Mountain goat genetic diversity and population connectivity in Washington and Southern British Columbia, Leslie C. (Leslie Claire) Parks

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Understanding the dynamic effects of flight patterns on land use, Matthew Paskus

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Italian piazze: models for public outdoor space in sustainable communities, Mark K. (Mark Kevan) Pederson

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A nation of those without a state: a case study of nationalism regarding piracy in the Atlantic before and during the Golden Age, Jessica L. (Jessica Lyn) Peters

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Biogeography and evolution of Thermococcus isolates from hydrothermal vent systems of the Pacific, Mark T. (Mark Thomas) Price

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Silk fibroin-based conducting polymer composite electrodes and their use as electromechanical actuators, Isabella S. Romero

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The effects of elevated temperature and ocean acidity on bacterioplankton community structure and metabolism, Nam Siu

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Physiological adaptations and feeding mechanisms of the invasive purple varnish clam, Nuttallia obscurata, Leesa E. Sorber

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"Johnny feels cranky": a family systems approach to studying the links between interparental conflict and preschoolers' emotion understanding, Kristen A. Stouder

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Synthesis and reactivity of pyridinediimine iron complexes: for the breakdown of carbon dioxide, Zachary Thammavongsy

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The wildland-urban interface in the conterminous United States 2000-2010, Jacob P. (Jacob Paul) Tully

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Where everybody knows your name: growing up Japanese in Burlington, WA, 1920-1942, Alyssa J. (Alyssa Joy) Vis

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Cougar genetic variation and gene flow in a heterogeneous landscape, Matthew J. (Matthew James) Warren

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Characterization of coarse sediment transport on a mixed sand and gravel beach: Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve, Blaine, Washington, Meghan E. (Meghan Elizabeth) Weaver

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Development of surface-enhanced Raman based sensors, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Cecilia) Wellner

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Incipient soil development in the recently deglaciated Easton foreland, Mt. Baker, Washington, Paul W. (Paul William) Whelan

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Identification of proteins that putatively bind the promoter of the stomatal master regulator gene, MUTE, Anthony F. (Anthony Fahike) Williams

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Mapping alpine treeline with high resolution imagery and LiDAR data in North Cascades National Park, Washington, Cathi J. (Cathi Jones) Winings

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Phytoplankton ecology in four high-elevation lakes of the North Cascades, WA, Siana Wong

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Girl on the loose, Rachel Wood

2012

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"I still believe in him": religion, nationalism, and the Nuremberg Party Rally of 1934, Marilee Akland

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Transboundary watershed management in the Fraser Lowlands: Bertrand Creek and Fishtrap Creek, Ryan Anaka

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Breaking curfew in the underworld, Britt Ashley

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The world's fare: food and culture at American World Fairs from 1893-1939, Elizabeth Badger

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Non-lethal determination of heavy metals in spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) spines using LA-ICP-MS, Clayton L. (Clayton Louis) Bailes

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Avenues of mutual respect: opening communication and understanding between Native Americans and archivists, Cara S. Bertram

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Self-silencing among Punjabi women: the interplay of cultural adaptation, depression, and domestic violence, Madhura Bhadra

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11,000 years on the Rogue River: prehistoric occupation of the Stratton Creek Site (35JO21), Josephine County, Oregon, Catherin M. (Catherin Maria) Bialas

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The isolated sixth gelsolin repeat of villin has a calcium-regulated structure and lacks capacity to bind F-actin, Jacob A. Brockerman

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Convergence, Marilyn V. (Marilyn Vernett) Bruce

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Environmental stress in the correctional workplace, Jeff Brummel

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Performance of oriented fluorophore luminescent solar concentrators, Tristan Butler

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TTS protein orthologs as interspecific reproductive barriers in the solanaceae, Tara D. Callaway

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An analysis of agricultural land-use effects on surface water quality in Skagit County streams, MarySutton Carruthers

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Block rotation and magnetostratigraphy of the Fish Creek-Vallecito Basin, Salton Trough, CA, Christopher J. DeBoer

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Late-Holocene mammal use in the Salish Sea: a case study from the Cherry Point site (45WH1), Northwestern Washington, Matthew A. (Matthew Adam) Dubeau

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Potential effects of short-term climate variation on shrubs, grasshoppers and lizards in the northern Great Basin desert scrub, Philip J. Dugger

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Resiliency strategies in transnational families: case study with highland Guatemalan women, Katie M. Fawell

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Integrating ensemble species distribution modeling and statistical phylogeography to inform projections of climate change impacts on species distributions, Brenna R. Forester

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Re-envisioning society: the radicalization of the student youth movement in Mexico during the 1960s, Lily A. (Lily Ann) Fox

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A "Natural" history of land in cold war Guatemala, 1951-1985, Kate J. (Kate Jolene) Fuhrman

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Cold War fictions : gender, anticommunism, and the reconfiguration of the post-war United States, Aaron George

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GIS investigation of scarps on Slide Mountain, Western Whatcom County, Washington, Orion George

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Salmon in the trees: an assessment of a dendrochemical technique for detecting marine-derived nitrogen in riparian tree rings, Jody Gerdts

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Thermal conditions and movement of rock glaciers in the North Cascades, Washington, Joseph Goshorn-Maroney

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Ecologies of memory, Thomas P. (Thomas Philip) Graham

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Felsic magmas from Mt. Baker in the northern Cascade arc: origin and role in andesite production, Julie A. (Julie Angela) Gross

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Identity and icons: conflict and consequences surrounding the University of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" name and logo, JoRelle Grover

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Pedestrian perceptions: a study of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Jeffery M. Guinn

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Sedimentologic, stable isotopic, and paleomagnetic analysis of Laramide synorogenic strata: unroofing of the Beartooth Range, Montana and Wyoming, Austin S. Hart

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Motion picture film as a government record: framing films within archival theory and preparing for the digital future, Heidi Holmstrom

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Exercise adherence in sedentary university employees after an 8-week web-based intervention, Summer Huntington

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Relocation and analysis of the 2007 Nechako, B.C., seismic swarm: evidence for magmatic intrusion in the lower crust, Jesse A. Hutchinson

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The impact of magnetic resonance imaging on juror perceptions of guilt, Christopher M. (Christopher Michael) Jackson

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Steal yourself, Robin Jennings

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Cascadian cross border cooperation challenged: the case of the Shared Waters Alliance, Riley Jones

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In the shadow of the population bomb: the campaign for abortion reform in Seattle, 1962-1970, Alexandra J. Kattar

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A biomechanical comparison between a baseball pitch and a first serve in tennis, Marc A. Keller

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Harvey Milk and California Proposition 6: how the gay liberation movement won two early victories, Ramy K. Khalil

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Effects of social support visibility on cardiovascular and emotional responses during an acute stress task, Julie A. Kirsch

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An inducible predator defense in the marine microalga Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) is linked to its heteromorphic haploid-diploid life cycle, Amelia Kolb

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RNAi suppressor screen to identify novel genetic interactors with the sydn-1/pfs-2 neurodevelopmental pathway of Caenorhabditis elegans and construction of plasmid vectors for yeast-two-hybrid and in vivo analyses, Mitchell Lee

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Promoter deletion analysis and identification of putative CIS-elements of MUTE in Arabidopsis, Aaron Mahoney

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Business archives and Web 2.0: increasing archival access and making the archives and asset, Doug Mann

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Cerebral wave organics I: music for orchestra : 2011-2012, Ian D. McCunn

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Rhetorical mindfulness and eco-criticism: inhabiting the space of first-year composition, Dylan Medina

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The processing and content of family narratives in emerging adulthood: gender, family functioning, and associations with identity development, Sarah Morrison-Cohen

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Reign of heretics: Arianism and political power in the Vandal and Ostrogothic kingdoms, Christopher J. (Christopher James) Nofziger

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Magnetic fabric analyses of ocean floor sediments: characterizing depositional processes in the Nankai Trough and Shikoku Basin, Beth Novak

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Tidal height and immersion time impact predator-induced morphological shell plasticity in three members of the genus Nucella, Caitlin E. O'Brien

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No dust in cyberspace?: the effects of internet technology on perceptions of archives, Caitlin Patterson

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Lipids of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima: season and symbiont affect content and fractionation, Monica R. Ponce-McDermott

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Rome's vestal virgins: public spectacle and society, Joshua M. (Joshua Michael) Roberts

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Maps as discourse in the borderlands: an analysis of the cartographies of power on the U.S.-Mexico 'frontier', Austin Rose

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The place of the environment in the Columbia River Treaty, Elliott C. (Elliott Charles) Smith

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Currents: for orchestra, 2011-12, Todd Francis Smith

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Finding common ground: when the hippie counterculture immigrated to a rural redwood community, Lisa Gruwell Spicer

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Traditional and alternative delivery methods of general chemistry labs: environmental, monetary, and pedagogical comparisons, Sarah Steely

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Use of the first rib in the age-at-death assessment of adult female skeletal remains, Zachary A. Sullivan

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The use of a Bayesian network to calculate the risks of mercury contamination to fish and birds of the South River, Virginia, Heather M. Summers

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May Day: for orchestra, Spencer J. Thun

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Walking with wapiti: measuring late Holocene climatic variability through Cervus elaphus abundance and stable isotope analysis in the Gulf of Georgia Region, Angus M. D. (Angus Michael David) Tierney

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Characterization of PhPRP1, an extracellular arabinogalactan protein from Petunia hybrida pistils, Megan Twomey

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Land use, riparian buffers, and biological stream conditions in the Puget lowlands of Washington, Colin Wahl

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Common eternities, Aaron Wallace

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Religious devotion and partisan intensity: measures of religious faith as proxy measures of political affect, Janice K. Ward

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Seasonal and age-based aspects of diet of the introduced redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus) in Ross Lake, Washington, Carmen A. (Carmen Ann) Welch

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Structural studies of blood coagulation factor VIII in complexes with inhibitory antibodies, Rachel Werther

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Obscured geographies of the Emerald City: a study on gentrification in Seattle, WA, Jonah D. White

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The effects of elevated PCO2 on the physiology of Emiliania huxleyi, Tristen Wuori

2011

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Measuring smoking-related attentional bias with a change detection task, Gordon T. Barker

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Special education teacher burnout: the effects of efficacy expectations and perceptions of job responsibilities, Rachel L. Berry

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Dismembered: a memoir, Janie Bjelland

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Hydrodesulfurization and hydrodeoxygenation over noble metal phosphide catalysts, Richard H. Bowker

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Comparative genomics of Bistorta vivipara, Daniel F. Bronny

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Apples & overcoats, Joshua M. Browning

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Rationing the river: evaluating hybrid instream flow programs in Colorado and Montana, Zachary Bruning