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Unboxing Binate Fashion: Normalizing Nonbinary Representation in Design, Anayeli Diaz-Espinosa and Eddy Alvarez
Climate Change Will Increase the Vector Capacity of the Aedes aegypti in South America: A Systematic Map, Liliana Diaz and Richard Scott Lockwood
Recurrent Formation, Low Levels of Ecological Differentiation, and Secondary Dispersal Facilitate the Establishment and Persistence of Autopolyploids in Eriophyllum lanatum, Nicolas Alexander Diaz
A Review of Methodologies Applied for Determining Particulate Matter Characterization in Urban Regions, Garrett F. Diehl
The Lighthouse, Bellevue Washington, Jennifer Dillan, Andrew Goodman, Tim Lawler, Elton Yuan, Michael Lowes, and Dirks Mathias
Survivor Perceptions of Well-Being After Working with Domestic Violence Advocates in Healthcare, Passion Donais
Original, Nicole Donisi, Skyler Hayes, Ash Horn, Naomi Likayi, Trudy Chin, Fahad Al-Meraikhi, Matt Davidson, Wolfgang Schildmeyer, Nicola Cheadle, Melissa Delzio, Olivia Ridgley, and Portland Design History
Catherine de' Medici: The Crafting of an Evil Legend, Lindsey J. Donohue
Urban nesting biology of a threatened subspecies of Willow Flycatcher, Stephanie Doorly, Samantha Gillette, and Michael Murphy
Where's the Learning in On-Campus Student Employment? An Inquiry into the Experiences of Undergraduate Student Employees, Patricia Ann Dorman
Proposal for Comparative Morphometrics of Tübingen (TU) and Tübingen longfin (TL) Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Andrew Draper
Toward a Definition of Adult Sibling Resilience, Cheyenne R. Drover
Morphology, Taxonomy, and Ecological Niche Modeling of the Cochabamba Grass Mouse, Akodon siberiae Myers & Patton, 1989, James George Dunn
Settler Colonial Curriculum in Carlisle Boarding School: a Historical and Personal Qualitative Research Study, Patrick Gerard Eagle Staff
Computed Tomography in Medicolegal Death Investigation: a Critical Review, Trenton Eames
Exploratory Study of Obesogenic Commercial School Food Environments in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Sruthi Eapen
Spirantization amongst Early and Late Sequential Spanish-English Bilinguals, Lidia Echeverria-Garcia and Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann
A Soundless Feminine Representation: an Ecofeminist Reading of "The Eolian Harp", Eve Echternach
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems: Spatial Variation, Organism Effects, and Consumer Perspectives, Amy Lynne Ehrhart
"I'm Absolutely Ordinary": Bella and Her Perception of Gender within Twilight, Jaid M. Eichmiller
Functional Programming for Systems Software: Implementing Baremetal Programs in Habit, Donovan Ellison
Competing Narratives: the Struggle for the Soul of Egypt, Ahmed El Mansouri
A Posteriori Error Estimates for Maxwell's Equations Using Auxiliary Subspace Techniques, Ahmed El sakori
A Multi-Scale Assessment of the Relationship Between the Riparian Landscape and the Health of Streams in Portland, Oregon, Dylan Esmonde