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Submissions from 2017
Prevention of Violent Crime: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
27th Annual Young Historians Conference, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Pathos, Spring 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, April 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, December 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, February 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, March 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, May 2017, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Progressive Era Aftermath-analysis of Municipal Housekeeping: Bertha K. Landes and Dorothy McCullough Lee, Mary Potter
Building a Multivariable Linear Regression Model of On-road Traffic for Creation of High Resolution Emission Inventories, James Eckhardt Powell
TriMet 2.0 - Redesigned Experience for Visitors to Portland, Sneha Prabhu, Page Bailey, Hans VanDerSchaaf, and Achala Kaushikkar
Examination of Human Impacts on the Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichen and Moss Communities, Hannah Marie Prather
Certifying Loop Pipelining Transformations in Behavioral Synthesis, Disha Puri
The Role of Financial Literacy Among University Transfer Students and the Impact on Perceived Social Mobility, Melissa Pyle
Rasputin and the Fragmentation of Imperial Russia, Jessie Radcliffe
Investigation into Effects of Instability and Reactivity of Hydride-Passivated Silicon Nanoparticles on Interband Photoluminescence, Christine Marie Radlinger
Big Data Analytics for a Sustained Competitive Advantage, Nayem Rahman
College Affordability, Rabeeb Rahman
Deposition Velocity Dependence on Urban Morphology, Rawand Muzafar Rasheed
Relationship Between Social Anxiety & Facebook Surveillance, Jordan J. Rasmussen
Empathy in the Multicultural Classroom, Selene Rasmussen
Generalized Differential Calculus and Applications to Optimization, R. Blake Rector
Evaluating Knowledge of Developmental Disabilities Among WIC Participants, Carolina Regalado Murillo, Katharine Zuckerman, Alison Chavez, and Julie A. Reeder
Reducing Stigma Associated with Schizophrenia, James Reling