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Establishing Baseline Lead Levels Found in Swiss Chard Grown Near the Hillsboro Airport, Amber A. Lee
Improvement of 802.11 Protocol on Fully Programmable Wireless Radio, Eunji Lee
Sensing Building Structure Using UWB Radios for Disaster Recovery, Jeong Eun Lee
Deciphering the Rules of Cell-to-Cell Coupling by Molecular Modeling and Simulation, Linda D. Lee
The Cycles of Violence Against Native Women: An Analysis of Colonialism, Historical Legislation and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, Genevieve M. Le May
An Analysis of Green Infrastructure Implementation Strategies in Portland and Other Global Leaders in Climate Action, Rachel L.R. LeMont
Identifying Synergies and Gaps in the Portland-Vancouver Regional Conservation Strategy Under Climate Change, Rachel Lemont, Olyssa Starry, and Sean N. Gordon
Analysis of the Technology Transfer of the Governmental Organization in Thailand by using SWOT, Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat
Analysis of the Technology Transfer of the Governmental Organization in Thailand by using SWOT, Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat
Making Room for Roses: the 1911 Relocation of the Multnomah County Poor Farm, Kira Helene Lesley
Real-time Object Detection And Tracking On Drones, Tu Le
Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting: 2 CSR Case Studies and a Literature Review, Anzhelika Levkiv
Concrete Beams with Fully Corroded Steel Repaired with CFRP Laminates, Needa M. Lingga, Yasir Saeed, Franz Rad, and Anas Yosefani
Lady Grimm, Tessa Livingstone
Actualizing Teacher Pedagogical Aims Through One to One Student to Chromebook Integration: a Case Study, Alaina Loescher
Fostering Future Leaders through a Holistic Approach to Discipline, Jennifer-Maple Loew
Investigating Time During Residential Program Until Transition for Adjudicated Youth: a Mixed Methods Study Using Event History Analysis with Follow-Up Interviews, Emily Carol Lott
Attempts to Synthesize Fumarylacetoacetate Using the Filamentous Ascomycete, Aspergillus nidulans, Carolyn Loughran
Determinants of Food Insecurity within University Student Populations: Results of a College Food Pantry Survey, Hannah T. Low
Mechanisms Controlling Copper Transport in Natural Soils, Julie A. Luisi
Do Internal or External CSR Strategies Yield Higher Social and Financial Returns?, Emily Lundberg
Human Resource Analytics: Implications for Strategy Realization and Organizational Performance, Xylia Kathleen M. Lydgate
The “Necessary Evil”: State and Non-State Sector Interactions in Cuba and Effects on Public Services, Laura Lyons
What Demand Response Incentivize Mechanism Captures the Highest Customer Participation and Retention?, Stephen MacDonald