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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Teachers' Critical Reflection in an Equity-Focused Professional Learning Community: a Case Study, Patrizia Lina Mastne
Theoretical and Experimental Validation of a CubeSat's L-Band Communication System, Evangelos Mastrogiannis
Approximate Pattern Matching Using Hierarchical Graph Construction and Sparse Distributed Representation, Aakanksha Mathuria
Optimization of Semiconductor Equipment Installations, Tina Matthews, Alison Nalven, Janet Rosenthal, Dean Rosenthal, and Arjun Sridhar
From Inductive to Deductive Learning, Mikhail Mayers and Brian Henson
A Study on How African Immigrants Experience Being Black in America, Nya Mbock and Brianne Suldovsky
Perceptions of Students of Color About Their Experience in an Alternative High School: a Phenomenological Inquiry, Massene Mboup
A Pictorial Guide to Cavity Nesting Wasps of Portland, Morgan McAllister
Outcome Analysis of Tranexamic Acid in Thromboembolic Complications and Coagulation Factors, Hunter A. McCorkle
Understory Species Increase Project, Erin M. McElroy
Outcomes of Telepractice Speech Therapy for an Adult who Covertly Stutters: A Case Study, Megann McGill and Patrizha A. Schroth
Identifying Typologies of Failure to Appear, Ciara McGlynn
Inhibition of Cancer Causing Genes Through the Delivery of OmoMyc in Anti-Myc Therapy: a Systematic Review, Angie McGraw
Addressing Structural Inequalities in Planning Processes: a Case Study of an Equity Lens, Marta Conklé McGuire
Working Paper No. 52, Some of the Profound Effects of World War I on France, Zachary McKinster
Nurse Can't Even: the Immediate Impact of Incivility on Affect, Well-being, and Behavior, Katharine Lucille McMahon
Transitioning into Conventional Housing: Narratives of Houseless Individuals, Joyce La Belle McNair
Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Profiles and Abstracts 2020, McNair Scholars Program
Comparing the Promise and Reality of E-Scooters: a Critical Assessment of Equity Improvements and Mode-Shift, Michael Glenn McQueen
21st Century Supply Chain Innovations in the Fast Food Industry, Saitoti Meekisho
White ‘Alliahs:’ The Creation & Perpetuation of the ‘Wise Indian’ Trope, Jessica Mehta
Empirical Analysis of CBOW and Skip Gram NLP Models, Tejas Menon
Co-Predatory Rule: International Cooperation with Respect to Cryptocurrency Taxation in Russia and Belarus, Jim Mignano
Follow the (Electronic) Money: How Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Are "Shaking the System", Jim Robert Mignano