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Submissions from 2017
Portland General Electric’s Adoption of Distributed Energy Resources, Lennae Misiewicz, Jason Carver, Abdalilah Owaishiz, and Stephen MacDonald
The Function of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Stephanie Claire Mitchell
Data Envelopment Analysis using glpkAPI in R, Konrad Miziolek, Jordan Beary, Shreyas Vasanth, Surekha Chanamolu, and Rudraxi Mitra
Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Opinions from Spanish-Speaking English Learners from Mexico, Central America, and South America, Cailey Catherine Moe
Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1 Growth Kinetics, Setarah Mohammad Nader
Policing in an Era of Sousveillance: the Influence of Video Footage on Perceptions of Legitimacy, Megan Elizabeth Mohler
"First"-Matters: Projecting the Displacement of Responses to Questions in the Context of Presidential Primary-Campaign Debates, Kristella Marie Montiegel
The Politics of Gardening in J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K, Jessica F. Moore
Trace Metals in Stormwater: Alternative Best Management Practices, Jennifer Ibeth Mora
A Method for Optimizing q-Valued Quantum Multiplexers, Justin T. Morgan
bowerbird : the bowerbird project brand book, Ryan Morse
Your Style, Mikhail Moshchin
Communicating at Terahertz Frequencies, Farnoosh Moshirfatemi
Matryoshka, Darla Mottram
Application of Numerical Modeling to Study River Dynamics: Hydro-Geomorphological Evolution Due to Extreme Events in the Sandy River, Oregon, Sarkawt Hamarahim Muhammad
Trends in Marketing for Books on Animal Rights, Gloria H. Mulvihill
Assessing the Impact of Land Use and Travel on Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Portland, Oregon, Zakari Mumuni
Rape Myth Acceptance among Adolescent Males – How to Integrate Components of Preventative Sexual Assault Programs into Sex Education, Alexandra M. Munford
Trade-offs: the Production of Sustainability in Households, Kirstin Marie Elizabeth Munro
Virtual Teams : Boon or Bane?, Krishna Priya Muraleedharan, Satvik Vishnubhatta, Smitha Mandhani, and Unmesh Deodhar
The Roots and Repercussions of Moroccan Soft Wheat Consumption, Production, and Import Patterns, Anna Murphy
The Shrinehouse, Shauna C. Murphy
A Collection of Poetry, Michael Edward Murray
Effect of Mitochondrial Dysfunction on Age-Related Subcellular Damage & Autofluoresence in C. elegans, Ashleigh R. Mustain