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Effects of Chronic Stimulation of Nucleus Accumbens on Binge Drinking and Transcriptome, Dar'ya Pozhidayeva, Evan Firsick, Kayla G. Townsley, Dan Iancu, Angela Ozburn, and A.T.D. Tran
Pedestrian Pedagogy of Place: Nurturing an Ecological Consciousness through Slow Explorations of the Public Realm, Kevin M. Pozzi
Chemo-Thermo Cure of Viscoelastic Materials for Semiconductor Packaging Applications, Anjali Pradeep Kumar
Early Detection of Corrosion via Hydrogel-based Spectroelectrochemical Sensors, Capri Ann Price
Verb Stem Alternation in Vaiphei, Jesse Prichard
Stress Analysis of Embedded Devices Under Thermal Cycling, Sadhana Radhakrishnan
Toward Understanding PU and PEOU of Technology Acceptance Model, Nayem Rahman
Measuring Performance in Supply Chain Management, Rabeeb Rahman
Ozone-Surface Exchange and Transport and Transformation Near Ventilation Air Supply, Pradeep Ramasubramanian
Stop Labelling Us: Queer Futures for Film Criticism, Aria N. Ramus
Selecting the Best Digital Camera for an Amateur Photographer using HDM, Nagarjun Hassan Ranganath
Koreans as Japanese as Manchurians: Korean Nationality in Manchuria, Santiago J. Ravello
Best Buy’s Competitive Strategy in Amazon Era, Asma Razavi
Unique E3 Ligase Complexes Regulate Levels of Cyclin E, Katia de Oliveira Rebola and Jeffrey Dean Simger
An Ethnographic Study of Intermediate Students from Poverty: Intersections of School and Home, Shiela G. Rector
An Experimental Study on the Impact of Informal Rape Myth Education to Alter Rape Myth Acceptance Scores in a Non-Student Sample, Leah Noelle Reddy
The Transport of Non-Spherical Particles In a Simulated Ocean Environment, Hannah Reed
A Mutual Charge: the Shared Mission of Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman to Alleviate Global Hunger in a Postwar World, Brian Douglas Reese
The Impact of Domestic and Foreign Forces on Guatemala's Social Services, Brooke Marie Reichert
Design Optimization for a CNC Machine, Alin Resiga
Affordances on Facebook, Stress, and Emotional Support, Caitlin Rose Rethwish
The Fourth Avenue Street Seat: an Exercise in Disbanded Bureaucracy, Rhiannon Reynolds
NORSE and Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus: a Single-Center Retrospective Chart Review, Manaz Rezayee