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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Vagrant of the El Camino: a Memoir, Jacob Kevin Sauvageau
"Neither of the Boxes": Accounting for Non-Binary Gender Identities, Erin Patricia Savoia
Synthesis of Linear Reversible Circuits and EXOR-AND-based Circuits for Incompletely Specified Multi-Output Functions, Ben Schaeffer
A Probe for Characterization of Natural Phenomena Using the Modulated Scattering Technique, Daniel D. Schaeffer
An IR and RF Based System for Functional Gait Analysis in a Multi-Resident Smart-Home, Erich Reinhardt Schafermeyer
Quadded GasP: a Fault Tolerant Asynchronous Design, Kristopher S. Scheiblauer
Music and Race in the American West, William Steven Schneider
Ethanol-Nicotine Combinations Induces C-Fos Expression within Stress and Reward-Related Circuitry, Jacob J. Schoen
Wearable Inertial Sensors Allow for Quantitative Assessment of Arthroscopic Skill in a Cadaveric Shoulder Model, Bryan C. Schreiner
Adolescents in the Emergency Room: Assessing and Addressing Suicide Risk, Kahae C. Sellars
Wearable Healthcare Technology: Fibit® Inc’s Smartwatch Strategy, Sowmini Sengupta
Mineral Evidence for Generating Compositionally Zoned Rhyolites of the Devine Canyon Tuff, High Lava Plains, Oregon, Erik Paul Shafer
Low Cost Air Quality Monitoring: Exploration and Development of Prototype, Mimi Shang
Analysis for Selecting High Risk Service Replacement Parts for Process Improvement, Deepali Sharma, Jesse Bernardo, Papit Meteekotchadet, and Wendy Lally
Does Size Matter?, Deepali Sharma, Vidhi Chokshi, Hakan Kutgun, and Chaitra Muralidhara
Scheduling Technicians for System Monitoring, Deepali Sharma, Vidhi Chokshi, and Amit Pingle
Assessing a Fluorescence Spectroscopy Method for In-Situ Microbial Drinking Water Quality, Taylor Jeffery Sharpe
Computational Algorithms for Improved Representation of the Model Error Covariance in Weak-Constraint 4D-Var, Jeremy A. Shaw
Impact of Genomics on Biopharmaceutical Industry: Rare Diseases as Disruptive Innovation, Amir Shaygan
Micra Transcatheter Pacing System(TPS)Tech Marketing Team Report, Amir Shaygan, Jessie Truong, Bashair Al Saglab, Sadaf Selek, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, and Soheil Zarrin
How to Edit Controversial Texts, Nicholas M. Shea
Newspaper Construction of Homelessness in Western United States Cities, Charlie Allan Sheese
REB Strategic Plan, Mohamed Sheikh, Catalina Reyes, Oneshin Aiken, Marthed Mohammed, and Bhawinee Banchongraksa
To Love a Highly Sensitive Person: a Theoretical Study on Romantic Relationships and Sensitivity, Rose Sherman
Seismic Evaluation of 196kV Transformer Bushings, Joanne R. Shields