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Bond-Type CFRP Anchorage System for Prestressed Concrete Applications, Yasir Saeed, Franz Rad, and Salam Al-Obaidi
Socializing Public Space: Benches in the Urban Setting, Kelsey I. Sagrero
The Wildcat Creek Tuff, Eastern Oregon: Co-eruption of Crystal-poor Rhyolite and Fe-rich Andesite with Implication for Mafic Underpinnings to Voluminous A-type Rhyolites, Hillarie Jaye Sales
Facility Location Model for Free Clinics to Address Healthcare Disparities in Portland, OR, Mikhaela C. Sample
How Managers can Create a Fair Compensation Procedure in the Engineering Sector, Jose Banos Sanchez
Non-Linear Deformation Analysis of an Embankment Dam, Silas T. Sanderson
Close: a Collection of Short Stories, Samantha Saxby
“The Criminal Class” -- Long Term Social Health Consequences of Mass Incarceration, Spencer D. Schaaf
"I didn't want to say it's a bad thing": Supporter Experiences with Autistic Patients in Healthcare, Mirah L. Scharer
Electro-Drop Bouncing in Low-Gravity, Erin Stivers Schmidt
Predicting ADHD Symptoms in Adolescents Using Error-Related Brain Potentials, Amber Schwartz, Jessica Tipsord, Brittany Alperin, and Sarah Karalunas
Masculinity, Mental Health, and Modern Psychotherapy: From the Practitioner’s Mind, Logan Schwartz
Working Paper No. 10, The Epic Rise and Subtle Fall of American Herbalism, Julia Schweid
Short-Term Tracking of Orientation with Inertial Sensors, Golriz Sedaghat
The Preparation of Diaryliodonium Salts for Application in Arylation Chemistry, Thomas Ludwig Seidl
Galen: The Philosophical Physician, Chloe Sellers
Spacetime Numerical Techniques for the Wave and Schrödinger Equations, Paulina Ester Sepùlveda Salas
Associative Learning in Biochemical Networks, Yasmin S. Sepulveda
Neighbor Perceptions of Psychiatric Supportive Housing : the Role of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors, Amy Leigh Shearer
Interplay of Transcription Factor E and Spt4/5 During Transcription Initiation in Pyrococcus furiosus, Kimberly Kay Sheffield
Soil Phosphorus Characterization and Vulnerability to Release in Urban Stormwater Bioretention Facilities, Benjamin James Shetterly
Characterization of Soil Phosphorus and its Potential for Mobilization in Stormwater Bioretention Facilities, Benjamin J. Shetterly and Jennifer L. Morse
A Queer and Trans-Inclusive Response to Intimate Partner Violence, Leighann Shields
Thiophene-Based Molecular Sensors towards the Selective Detection of Mercury(II) and Other Metals, Austin Kazuo Shigemoto
Anti-LGB Hate Crimes: Political Threat or Political Legitimization?, Johanna R. Shreve