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How Do Acts of Terror Affect Public Discourse Concerning Immigration? A Media Analysis Surrounding the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Braedon Lehman
Organics to You - Optimization of Produce Bins, Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat, Chuan Chieh Lu, Jon Roschke, Juliana Suzuki, and Jessie Truong
Best Practices to Reduce Supplier Power Asymmetries for Microbusinesses, Danielle Lessler
Finite Element Method Analysis of Resonant Cavity for Whispering Gallery Acoustic Sensing Microscopy, Thanh N.D. Le, Ha Tran, and Andres H. La Rosa
Determination of Electronic Cigarette Liquid Water Content by NMR Spectroscopy, Michael Lethin
What is the Nature of the Conflict Experienced by Japanese Workers in International Companies Based in Japan and What Type of Conflict Management Do They Access?, Tomoko Shinohara Le
Non-native Mangroves of Moloka'i, Hawai'i: A Socio-ecological Analysis, Casey Lewis
Non-native Mangroves of Moloka’i, Hawai’i: A Socio-ecological Analysis, Casey Lewis
Non-Native Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) of Moloka'i, Hawai'i: a Socio-Ecological Analysis, Casey Lynette Lewis
Body Changes with Baby: a Qualitative Insight into Body Image After Birth, Samantha Lewis
Portland State University Student Graduation Rate Analysis, Chengjun Li, Obinna Mbagwu, Sejoong Kim, Shivani Purwar, and Surekha Chanamolu
Expertise: Novice Approach vs. Expert Strategy, Tania Lilja
Automap Truck Tracker (Development Log), Jack Link, Maxwell Cope, and Michael Smith
Confucianism: How Analects Promoted Patriarchy and Influenced the Subordination of Women in East Asia, Lauren J. Littlejohn
( stay ) go ( put ) through, Andrew P. Longhofer
New World Massive, Miguel Anthony Lopez
Microwave Instrumentation and Sensing Techniques for Quantum Efficiency and Minority-Carrier Lifetime Measurements, Kyle Benjamin Lu
The Escalation of Human Sterilization in the 1900s, Rebecca S. Lumbantobing
Lead User Discovery through Netnography: Transhumanist Subcultures of Grinders and Biohackers, Brian Lux, Page Bailey, and Catalina Reyes
Abstinence-only Sex Education in the United States: How Abstinence Curricula Have Harmed America, Moira N. Lynch
FE Analysis of Alternative Thermal Breaks for Steel Buildings, Salih Q. Mahmood
Structural Behavior of Lap Shear Connections with Thermally Insulating Filler Plates, Salih Qasim Mahmood
Making Software, Making Regions: Labor Market Dualization, Segmentation, and Feminization in Austin, Portland and Seattle, Dillon Mahmoudi
Supervisor Self-Other Agreement, Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors and Job Attitudes, Luke D. Mahoney