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Theses from 2020
The Detrimental Side Effects of Retinol : Beyond Beauty Products, Michelle W. Lee
Public Transportation Accessibility, Proximity to New York City, and Residential Property Values in New Jersey, Sangwan Lee and Michael Smart
Correctional Quackery: a Study of Program Availability and Inmate Assaults in Adult Correctional Facilities, Casey Jay Legere
Novel View Synthesis - a Neural Network Approach, Hoang Le
Frequency of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Patient Visits and Language Resources: an Assessment of Rural Oregon's Health Centers and Working with LEP Communities, Gabriel I. Lehrburger
Soil Characteristics in Relation to Urban Tree Mortality, Jordan J. Leis, Nancy Broshot, and William W. McCuen
Absorptive Reflectionless Filters, Guy Barry Lemire
The Role of a Nurse in the End-of-Life Experience of People Who Don't Have Family, Laurynn E. Leonard
There But Not But Now, Kathleen Levitt
The Spies that Founded America: How the War for Independence Revolutionized American Espionage, Masaki Lew
Student-Driven Addiction Medicine Curricula to Address a Growing Public Health Crisis, Rachel Lockard, Patrick Mykrantz Brown, Trevor Funari, Dana Button, and Bennett Sorensen
Understanding the use of Public Healthcare Programs and Impact of the “public charge” in Oregon Latino/as., Edlyn Lopez, Blair Darney, and Yareli Cornejo Torres
Exploring the Potential of Sparse Coding for Machine Learning, Sheng Yang Lundquist
Applications of Triplet-Photosensitizers and Development of Photochemical Methods, Luke V. Lutkus
An Examination of Daily Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors, Perceived Supervisor Responsiveness and Job Satisfaction, Luke Daniel Mahoney
Spatial Statistical Approaches to Water Quality Modelling, Janardan Mainali
Socio-Emotional Learning as a Core Standard in Early Education: Producing Competent Adults, Talia Maras
All Black Everything: A Critical Examination of the Black Utopia, Kenyatta Marcelous
Ultrasonic Coda Wave Comparison for Quality Control of Manufactured Parts: Proof of Feasibility, Alexei Marin-Cortes
A Methodological Review of Resilience Approaches for Coral in the Face of Climate Change, Gabriella L. Martinez
The Effects of Neuron Degeneration and Methods of Neurogenesis, Jesus I. Martinez
Roses from Concrete: A Walkability Plan for the Rosewood Neighborhood, Timothy Martinez, Shreya Jain, Matthew Cramer, Gwynn Mackellan, Sarah Bermudez, and Walle Brown
The Rocky Ledge Fault, Shasta County, NE California: Development and Morphology of a Quaternary Oblique Normal Fault in Basalt, Gregory David Linscott Martin
Interactions between the Azoarcus Ribozyme and Manganese (II) Divalent Cations, Joshua Martwick