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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
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
Fat Fiction: Normalizing Fat Bodies in Literature, Sophia K. Merrell
Exploring the Association of Victimization and Alcohol and Marijuana Use among American Indian Youth Living On or Near Reservations: a Mixed Methods Study, Lindsay Nicole Merritt
Evaluating the Applicability of MODFLOW2005 Plus MT3D-USGS: Borden Case Study, Linley Mescher
Silicon Compilation and Test for Dataflow Implementations in GasP and Click, Swetha Mettala Gilla
Driver Distraction in Microsimulation of a Mid-Block Pedestrian Crossing, Darryl Joseph Michaud
Examining the Spatial Characteristics of Pluvial Flooding Through Citizen Science in Portland, Oregon, Katelyn Rachel Michelson
Outsourcing Strategies in Software Engineering, Cody Miller
Technological Evolution in Software Engineering, Cody Miller
Inclusion and Assimilation: Including Change in the Workplace, Marisa Jean Miller