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A Multi-Scale Assessment of Urban Streams and the Influence of the Urban Environment on Aquatic Health and Function, dylan esmonde
An Equity Focused Study on the Trip Temporal Distributions of Vulnerable Road Users, Santiago Espinosa Wild
DNA Methylation Correlates with Network Surface Area in Discordant ADHD Twins, Favio Estrada-Sanchez and Robert Hermosillo
Louise Bourgeois and Her Revolutionary Approach to Medicine as a Midwife in Seventeenth Century France, Jaiden H. Eubanks
Tending the Fire: Wildfire Risk Management at the Interface, Cody R. Evers
Warmer Conditions Favor Conifer Tree Establishment at the Muddy River Lahar in Mt. St. Helens, Washington, Ignacio D. Falcon-Dvorsky
Occupational Exposure to Lead from Electronic Recycling Facilities, Megan K. Farley
Nixon's Southern Strategy: An Examination of the Role of Race in the 1968 and 1972 Presidential Campaigns, Ella Feathers
Working Paper No. 46, Foundations for Feminist Legal Theory, Taylor Feltham
Social, Scientific, Litigious: The Birth of a Queer Americanism, Claire M. Fennell
Sex Differences in Prevalence and Psychophysiological Profiles of ADHD, McKenzie Figuracion
The Role of Strategic Governance in Reducing Infant Mortality Under Crisis Conditions, Lynn Christine Finley
Investigating Dose-Dependent, Multi-Generational, and Strain-Specific Effects of 17α-ethynylestradiol Exposure in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Decatur Mitochondria Foster
Life Satisfaction in Division IAA and Division III Football Players, Krista Haunani Francisco
De-Stigmatizing Mental Health Through First Person Narration in Young Adult Literature, Tatum E. Francis
Classifying Seabed Parameters from Normal Incidence Reflections: Model Comparison and Inversion Technique, Megan Frantz
The Relation Between Spinoza's Monism and Kabbalistic Monotheism, Naomi H. Fredgant
Entrainment Processes for a Jet in Cross-flow: the Quantification of Turbulent Contributions and their Importance on Accurate Modeling, Graham Asher Freedland
Biogeography, Morphology, and Systematics of the Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837), Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae, Johnnie H. French
Last Mile Delivery Cargo Trike & Microhub Marketing Plan, Jesse Fritz, Yuqian Pan, Jongyoung Jo, Aaron Cavanaugh, and Jill Lilithcleopatra
Workplace Motivation: Addressing Telework as a Mechanism for Maintaining Employee Productivity, Kaitlyn Fujii
Moonlit Nights and Seasons of Romance: Yosano Akiko's Use of the Moon in Tangled Hair, Teppei Fukuda
The Lasting Effects of U.S. Intervention in Guatemala, Katherine A. Gaffey