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Trends of Groundwater Levels Over Time, Parvaneh Z. Karch-Agnew
Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations and Its Interpretation With Christian Contemporary Thought, Audrey Kelley-Henroid
Provisioning the 21st Century City: Community and School Gardens as Food Centers, Charleen L. Kepner
Soil Biogeochemical Changes in Response to Irrigation with Treated Wastewater, Tris Kibbey and Jennifer L. Morse
The Association Between Acculturation & C-reactive Protein in U.S. Immigrants: A Cross-sectional Study, Jessica Kilinski BS; Rosol Mikail BS; Kelly M. Reavis PhD, MPH; and Deborah Karasek PhD, MPH
The Central Role of Perceived Safety in Connecting Crash Risk Factors and Walking Behavior, Kyu Ri Kim
Under The Influence Of Parents: A Longitudinal Study Of Children’s Walking, Kyu Ri Kim and Jennifer Dill
Crown Shy, Laura Francesca Kincaid
The Rainbow Wave: Rethinking LGBTQ Representation in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research, Tyler King
Promoting Student Engagement in Research in an Undergraduate Language-Development Course, Mitchell Kloer, Isabelle Trujillo, Teresa Roberts, and Carolyn Quam
Moss Biomonitoring of Lead Emissions from Hillsboro Airport, Daria Kolpakov
Systematic Comparison of Reservoir Computing Frameworks, Nihar S. Koppolu and Christof Teuscher
How Beaver-damming Affects Habitat Availability for Northwestern Pond and Western Painted Turtles, Rodé N. Krige
Exploring The Potential Of α-Aryl Substitution Of GdDOTA To Address Challenges Associated With MRI Contrast Agents., Charlene I. Kupara
Resource-constrained 2D Scene Recovery with Single-Photon Cameras, Daphne Ariadne Kurzenhauser
A Contemporary Examination of Racial Intraminority Relations: Attitudes, Motivations, and Barriers to Participation in Collective Action, Jaboa Shawntaé Lake
Inequities in Chronic Stress Exposure at the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Identity in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults, Jordan M. Lancaster and Efrain H. Chavez Martinez
Applying Decolonizing Theories and Methodologies in Archaeology to Two Collaborative Cultural Resource Management Projects, Cydney K. Lanthier
Desert: Poems, Eric Larsh
Knowledge of Medicaid Expansion to Recent and Undocumented Immigrants Among Oregon Mexican-origin Latinos: (Work in Progress), Nancy Ledezma, Grace Parra, Alejandra Nunez, and Dr. Blair Darney
Impact of Medical Formula Shortage on Patients with Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) and Their Dietitians, Haemin Lee