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Since Time Immemorial: The Decline of Columbia River Basin Salmon, Samuel J. Levin
Connecting to Nature, Community, and Self: A Conservation Corps Approach to Re-engaging At-Risk Youth in Science Education, Sara Jo Linden
Developing a Hierarchical Decision Model to Evaluate Nuclear Power Plant Alternative Siting Technologies, Marwan Mossa Lingga
Behavior of Concrete Beams with Corroded Reinforcement Retrofitted with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, Needa Marwan Lingga
Mimicking the Bioactivation of the Antitubercular Agent Ethionamide using Peracetic Acid, Isabelle E. Logan
Seismic Behavior and Design of the Linked Column Steel Frame System for Rapid Return to Occupancy, Arlindo Pires Lopes
Exploring Transnational Economic, Social, and Political Participation of Mexican Immigrants in Oregon, Anabel López Salinas
Economic Development and Nostalgic Tourism in Southern Mexico, Anabel López Salinas, Rachel Elizabeth Buckley, and Rafael Gabriel Reyes Morales
Refugee Policies and the Interactions of the United Nations and European Union, Siena Loprinzi
International Refugee Law, Olivia A. Loveland
The Effects of Frequency of Social Interaction, Social Cohesion, Age, and the Built Environment on Walking, Gretchen Allison Luhr
Intrastate Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding in Nepal: An Assessment of the Political and Economic Agency of Women, Gyanu Gautam Luintel
Do Forest Commons Contribute to International Environmental Initiatives? A Socio-Ecological Analysis of Nepalese Forest Commons in view of REDD+, Harisharan Luintel
Anachronisme, rebuts et survivances dans Les escaliers de Chambord et le Dernier Royaume de Pascal Quignard, Etienne Lussier
Tree Graphs and Orthogonal Spanning Tree Decompositions, James Raymond Mahoney
Photo Quality Assessment: Predicting Crowd Opinions, Uyen T. Mai
Collecting Image Cropping Dataset: A Hybrid System of Machine and Human Intelligence, Uyen T. Mai and Feng Liu
Culturally Specific Bilingual Arts Integration, Danielle L. Malan
Desirable Conversations: Sexuality and Women with Intellectual Disabilities, Neera Malhotra
Geothermometry of Two Cascade Geothermal Systems, Donnel Alexander Malkemus
Apples and Knives (A Novel), Suman Mallick
Determining the Power and Energy Capacity of a Battery Energy Storage System Utilizing a Smoothing Feeder Profile to Accommodate High Photovoltaic Penetration on a Distribution Feeder, Osama Mohammed Abbas Aly Mansour