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Submissions from 2017
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
Investigation of Ambient Reactive Nitrogen Emissions Sources and Deposition in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Jacinda L. Mainord
Using Critical Physical Geography to Map the Unintended Consequences of Conservation Management Programs, Melanie Malone
Food Access Narratives in Southeast Portland, Oregon, Gwyneth Genevieve McKee Manser
DevOps Drives Innovation, Nirupama Mantha
"Would to God each town had also a girls' school" : New Views of Women's Education from Luther and Vives, Malia R. Marshall
Arabic Diglossia within Palestinian-Arab Folk Narratives, Jordan M. Martinez
A Biological Comparison of Two Sites: an Ecological Approach Using Community Ecology Metrics Based on Insect Faunal Composition, Kennedy J. Martin
Knowing Nature in the City: Comparative Analysis of Knowledge Systems Challenges Along the 'Eco-Techno' Spectrum of Green Infrastructure in Portland & Baltimore, Annie Marissa Matsler
The Use of Evidentials in Hearsay Contexts in Japanese and English, Tomomi Matsumura
How Does the 12-step Model of Recovery Benefit and Complicate Harm Reduction Strategies for Substance Abusing Adolescent Youth?, Matthew Matteini