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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
At the Trail's End, Naomi Marshall
The Incorporation of Fathering Interventions into Batterer Intervention Programs, Caitlyn Martin
Do Remittances Promote or Deter Sound Fiscal Management Among Municipalities in Mexico?, Jennifer Martinez and Kent Robinson
Co-Creating Spaces of Critical Hope through the Use of a Psychosocial Peace Building Education Course in Higher Education in Protracted Refugee Context: Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, Staci BokHee Martin
Clock Jitter in Communication Systems, Andrew Wayne Martwick
The Role of the Academic Analyst in Shared Governance, Rebecca Ann Mathern
Role of Spouse/Partner in Fertility Preservation Decision Making by Young Women with Cancer, Aakrati Mathur
Tesla Energy: Making Solar Power Affordable and Easily Available for Homes and Businesses, Tina Matthews, Murnal Hirve, Yuqian Pan, Dao Dang, and Elia Rawar
SocialSibs: Effects of Hybrid Sibling-Mediated Intervention on Joint Attention for Children with ASD and their Neurotypical Siblings, Kali E. McCafferty
Mooring Impacts on Zostera marina Meadows and Associated Epifauna in Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts, USA, Andrew Wright McCandless
Using Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry to Monitor Reactivation of the Silt Creek Landslide in the Western Cascade Mountains, Linn County, Oregon, Justin Craig McCarley
Bystander Intervention to Prevent Campus Sexual Violence: the Role of Sense of Community, Peer Norms, and Administrative Responding, Erin Christine McConnell
Recovery of Zooplankton Communities to Whole-Lake Disturbance, Brian Newton McGann
The Mind of a Medieval Inquisitor: an Analysis of the 1273 Compilatio de Novu Spiritu of Albertus Magnus, Emily McKinstry
The Veiled Exploitation of the Vestal Virgins, Lara McLain
Benevolent Sexism and Racial Stereotypes: Targets, Functions, and Consequences, Jean Marie McMahon
A New Finite Difference Time Domain Method to Solve Maxwell's Equations, Timothy P. Meagher
Carbon-Supported Transition Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic and Electromagnetic Applications, Kavita Meduri
Sturgis, Michigan, Notable, Tyler Ray Meese
Assessment of Seismic Retrofit Prioritization Methodology for Oregon's Highway Bridges Based on the Vulnerability of Highway Segments, Selamawit Tesfayesus Mehary
Understanding Self-Constitution, Winston Meier
REA, Alex Tacco Melendez, Anju Babu, Neeti Verma, and Pravallika Kavikondala
Mechanisms and Identification of Unsteady Separation Development and Remediation, Matthew Scott Melius
Day Laborers & Extreme Heat: Recommendations for Reducing Heat Stress, Sandra Mena
Radiation Source Localization by using Backpropagation Neural Network, Jian Meng, Christof Teuscher, and Walt Woods