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Ureilite Meteorite Petrofabrics: Evolution and Formation Deformational Conditions, Benjamin Botwe Agyemang
Effectiveness of Peace Education and Recommendations for Implementation in the Sultanate of Oman's School Curriculum, Vision 2040, Mohamed Al Braiki
Bringing the Focus of Curriculum Back to the Students and What does This Look Like for Teachers, Gabriella Anaya
Testing Potential Correlations Between Childhood Lead Exposure and Authoritarianism in Adulthood, Kragen Anderson
Moderately-High Fat Diet Exacerbates Some but Not All Phenotypes of a Murine LCHADD Model, Ayah Asal
Disability Experiences of University Students: An Interview Study, Cece Austin
Reasoning in Large Language Models Across Multilingual, Long-Context, and Symbolic Settings, Sina Bagheri Nezhad
Adaptive Design Strategies for a Dual-Shaft PVC Shredder, Gavin Balderas
Characterizing the Effect of Plasticity Index on Monotonic and Cyclic Shear Behavior of Natural Low-Plastic Silt Mixtures, Amir Barati-Nia
The Magic Wand: The Transformation of Literary Journals and the Middle Class in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany, Charlotte Bayer
Universal Communications Module: Converting IEEE2030.5 XML Files to ANSI/CTA-2045, Wyatt Bilodeaux
The Revolutionaries of Mt. Tabor: Religion, Radicalism, and Propaganda of the Taborites in Hussite Bohemia, India L. Black-Mitchell
Integration as Resistance: How Palestinian Chileans Have Acted as Transnational Activists from 1870-2008, Eloise H. Brentano
Thermal Modeling of the Willamette River Basin: A 7DADM-Based Assessment of Ecological Risk, Long Bui
The Study of Enteroendocrine Cells in Gastrointestinal Autopsies of Parkinson’s Disease Patients, Quynh Nhu Anna Bui, Gregory Scott, and Jan Just
Revolutionary Resistance in Denmark: The Impact of Grundtvigism on the Danish Resistance to Nazi Occupation, Holland Burd
Recurrence and Reflection: Psychological Insights from Repetitive Dreams, Annika J. Cale
Fundamentalist Disorientations for Queer Subjects: Narrative and Theory, Betty Canoso
"But Oh, What Harm Those Basics Would Cause": How Journalists Can Better Interview Vulnerable Sources Utilizing an Ethic of Care, Noah Carandanis
Business Capstone Review: An Analysis of a Local School Foundation, Emily Carlile
Rewiring the Senses: Neural and Perceptual Adaptation Through Cultural Immersion in Chile, Alexa Castillo
An Applied Anthropological Study of Conflict Reduction: Fostering a Culture of Safety at a Homeless Service Organization in Portland, OR, Katelyn Champion
Viruses Causing Panleukopenia in Domestic Cats: A Review of Feline and Canine Parvoviruses, Simon Colby
BL(u)E CRAB: Bluetooth Low Energy Connection Risk Assessment Benchmarking, Dylan Christopher Conklin