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Comparative Effectiveness of Olmesartan Medoxomil in Monotherapy and Combination Therapy With Other ARB Medications: Literature Review, Deepika Saini
Traditional Soil Extracts as a Low-Cost Tool for Native Plant Production in Ecological Restoration Nurseries, Nicolas Salcedo Cuevas
GPS Tracking Smart Dash Cam Capstone Review, Simrah Saleem
Positive Partner Support and Veteran Well-Being: How Capitalization Support Strengthens Military Veterans and Partnerships, MaryAnn Dona Samson
Facilitators and Barriers that Exist for Patients Receiving Dental Care in Rural Communities, Monse Sandoval Brumbaugh
The Ladies' Home Journal: Dormant Seeds of the Feminine Mystique Pre-WWII, Isis Santos Villaça
Mourning in a Material World, Sarah Schaeffer
Monitoring local plant biodiversity patterns in parks of Salem, Oregon, Asia Scott, Ellie Scott, and Michelle Talal
Evaluating the Impact of Leading Pedestrian Intervals and Curb Extensions on Conflict Frequency and Severity, Sophia Semensky
Seeing a Future Where I Exist as Myself: An Exploration of Suicidality as a Response to Sociopolitical Oppression in Transgender and Gender Expansive Populations, Alexander Ray Sequoia
The Experiences of College Students Facing Housing and Financial Insecurity, Nora Shaheen
Black Women In Oregon Academia, Topanga Shakur-Freeman
ARID: Agglomerative Regionalization via Information Divergence, A Novel Clustering Algorithm for Geo-spatial Data, Joshua David Sills
Design of Near Infrared EGFR-Targeted Fluorescent Probes for Lung Cancer Imaging, Jasjot Singh
Chatbot Therapy - Help or Hindrance, Kadi Rae Smith
The Hunt for Microbial Extant Extremophiles using Digital Holographic Microscopy, Carl Dale Snyder
Effect of Degree of Saturation on the Liquefaction Resistance of Non-Plastic and Low-Plastic Soils, Kayla Rae Sorenson
Trans and Gender Diverse Experiences with Healthcare Professionals, Victor N. Soto
Disaster Justice: Queer and Disabled Mobilities and Infrastructures of Care in the Pacific Northwest, Rachel Springer
So You Didn't Write the Next Great Novel (And How to Move Forward Knowing You Probably Won't), Adriana Stanzione
Flipper: A Stop-Motion Film About Labor Agency, Elijah Stegner-Herbest
Blueprints of City Planning: How Function and Symbolism Have Shaped Our Cities, Elinor J. Stoll
Understanding the Experiences and Visibility of Asexual People and Guiding Policy to Effectively Protect Asexuality, Lizzie Stravens
Participatory Action Research Intervention Model to Address African American Workplace Experiences, Rekah T. Strong
Exploring the Durability of Marine Picocyanobacterial Microcolonies, Erik Swanson