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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Sensory Relevance Models, Walt Woods
Reliable Explanations via Adversarial Examples on Robust Networks, Walt Woods, Jack H. Chen, and Christof Teuscher
The Knights Templar: The Course of God and Gold, Aaron Wozniak
Preventing Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis in Salmonid Fish Along the Columbia River Basin, Whitney L. Wright
A Literature Review Evaluating the Efficacy of Meditation as an Adjunctive Method for Managing Chronic Lower Back Pain, Alison M. Wyckoff
The (Mis)use of One-Way ANOVA Testing in Sociology Research Papers and Their Implications, Nancy Yang
Re-Imagining Regulatory Approaches for Methane Emissions, Jongeun You
Liberté, Égalité, Santé: The Evolution of Medicine in Revolution-Era France, Jasmine Yu
Working Paper No. 26, Basic Tenets of the Austrian School of Economics, Vladislav Yurlov
Marketing Plan for Memphis Meats - Cultured Meat, Dawei Zhang, Matt Yamamoto, Saisanjay Talari, and Shahram Khorasanizadeh
Coding LGBTQ Content: BISACs, Fanfiction, and Searchability in the Digital Age, Hanna Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
An Assessment of Sentencing Disparities among American Indians within the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Federal Circuit Courts, Makenzie Laron Aaby
Breaking Binary Being in the Future Fiction of Star Trek, Jeremiah D. Ackerman
Interstrand Crosslink Resistance in Escherichia coli, Jedidiah D. Acott
Interstrand Crosslink Resistance in Escherichia Coli, Jedidiah D. Acott, Jessica M. Cole, Charmain Courcelle, and Justin Courcelle
Reform in the European Union: the Need for Tighter Integration, Adriana Acuna
Metallodithiolate Ligands for Reversing Metal Ion Induced Aggregation of Beta Amyloid, Eleanor K. Adams and Marilyn Rampersad Mackiewicz
HUSH, Abigail Jane Agersea
College Student Rankings of Multiple Speakers in a Public Speaking Context: a Language Attitudes Study on Japanese-accented English with a World Englishes Perspective, John James Ahlbrecht
Stakeholder Expectations of Islamic Education, Julia Marie Ahmed
How Does Communication Contribute to Cross- Functional Team Dysfunction and Success?, Tanzila Akhter, Bob Greenlee, Erica Merckling, and Alexandra Starrett
Exploring High-Resolution Data Obtained from ASC/3 Controller of Intersection SE Division St & SE 122nd Ave, Portland, Oregon, Naowar Al-Abbas
Grammatical Errors by Arabic ESL Students: an Investigation of L1 Transfer through Error Analysis, Aisha Saud Alasfour
Disruptive Innovation Antecedents as a Source of Competitive Advantage, Deemah Alassaf
Selecting the Optimal IT Outsourcing Solution For SMEs, Deemah Alassaf