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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Optimized Synthesis of Copper Nanowire for High-quality and Fabrication of Core-Shell Nanowire, Suhyun Lee
Urbanicity as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Stigma and Well-being Outcomes for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses, Emily Leickly
The Improvement of Machine Learning Accuracies Through Transfer Learning, Jordan T. Le
Interrogating the Construction and Representations of Criminalized Women in the Academic Social Work Literature: a Critical Discourse Analysis, Sandra Marie Leotti
Sensors and Portable Instruments for Postharvest Agriculture, Ryan M. Lerud
Language and Culture as Barriers to Healthcare for Chinese Immigrants, Edwin Leung
Stigmatization and Mental Illness: the Communication of Social Identity Prototypes through Diagnosis Labels, Justin Samuel Leverett
"What About the Men? Investigating Alcohol Consumption, Masculinities, and Risky Sex in Peri-Urban Eswatini, Aaron Jackson Levine
A Resource-Based View of Amazon’s Drone Delivery Services, Barrett Lewis
Editor's Introduction, Barrett A. Lewis
Masthead, Barrett A. Lewis
A Present-Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment of Latinx Workers in the Portland Fast-Food Industry: a Study of their Employment Journeys & Job-Related Language Needs, Livia Z. Lichtenstein-Hershman
Aristocracy and Agriculture: How Vergil’s "Georgics" Inspired a Wave of Agrarianism and Imperialism, Isabel M. Lickey
Erotic Manga, its Artists, and the Pressures of Censorship, Dominique Andrée Lief
Application of Improved Feature Selection Algorithm in SVM Based Market Trend Prediction Model, Qi Li
The Role of Public Health Students in an Interprofessional, Student-Led Clinic, Rachel Lockard
Consumerism-Driven History: The American Girl Brand as Publisher and Arbiter of Girlhood Identity, Sarah Loepp
Cooperating Teachers' Perceived Preparedness to Support Science Teacher Candidates for Culturally Sustaining Science Teaching, Keelan Purcell LoFaro
Photoelectrochemical Catalysis of Hydrogen Peroxide with Tellurium Containing Chromophores, James Eliott Lohman
Scenes from the Swale: Investigating Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Nitrogen Cycling in Urban Stormwater Bioretention Facilities, Erin Nicole Looper
Seismic Performance of Substandard Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns under Subduction-Zone Ground Motions, Alvaro Francisco Lopez Ibaceta
Investigation of Vitamin B12 Vaping Products, Lilliana Lopez, Xijing Zhu, and Robert M. Strongin