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Submissions from 2017
SimpleWallet : A Mobile Application Design for Grocery Shoppers, Roli Eyetsemitan, Gandhali Deshchougule, and Joshua Schmidt
The Influence of Hellenism on the Literary Style of 1 and 2 Maccabees, Dimitra S. Fellman
Research Project:Current and Emerging Trends inBattery Technology, Benjamin Fleskes, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, Dat Huynh, and D. Eric Arzola
Cultural Bias in the European Translations of Thomas More's Utopia, Alisa M. Folen
Investigating the Psychological Effects Associated with Motor Neuron Degeneration in Persons Diagnosed with ALS, Eloise Colwell Forrest
Design and Application of a 3D Photocatalyst Material for Water Purification, Simon Paul Fowler
Design and Assessment of a Low-Cost, Autonomous, Methane-Ebullition Measurement Apparatus (MEMA), Francesca Frattaroli
Waiting for the Wisdom to Drop: A Photovoice Exploration of Menopause, Delinda L. Free
Culturally Responsive Diabetes Interventions within the Context of American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Leilani J. Freeman
Strategy Timing in Ecosystems, Jesse Fritz
Practical Application of Six Sigma in TeamEnvironments, Jesse Fritz, Cody Miller, Aaron Cavanaugh, and Agam Ebramsyah
Enhancing Value-Based Healthcare with Reconstructability Analysis: Predicting Risk for Hip and Knee Replacements, Cecily Corrine Froemke
Toward a Critical Philosophy for Children, James Funston
Determining the Effect of Visitor Group Size and Other Variables on the Behavior of Orangutans at the Oregon Zoo as a Measure of Welfare, Kaytlynn Fyock
Columbia View Park Expansion Plan: St. Helens, Oregon, Paul Gagliardi, Jonathan Morales, Takayuki Shigematsu, Deme Shor, and Nathan Williams
Language Shift & Language Maintenance Among Farsi Speakers in Portland, Oregon, Clarissa Gaillardet
Johnson Creek Bacteria TMDL Implementation: Status and Trend Analysis Study, John Gala
An Examination of the Relationship Between Professional Development Providers' Epistemological and Nature of Science Beliefs and their Professional Development Programs, Alfonso Garcia Arriola
Patient, Victim, or Survivor?: an Analysis of SANE Nursing Curriculum Bias, Samantha D. Gardner
We Are Suffering and We Know What We Want: the Role of Health in the 1935 and 1940 Copperbelt Strikes, Jessica Gaudette-Reed
Materialist and Causal Bridges Over the Explanatory Gap, Celine Geday
Land Use Zoning in America: The Case for Inclusionary Policy, Thomas Geffner
Land Use Mix and Pedestrian Travel Behavior: Advancements in Conceptualization and Measurement, Steven Robert Gehrke
Evolution and Metabolic Potential of Francisella-like Endosymbionts of Ticks, Jonathan Graham Gerhart