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Systematic Review of long-term and related effects (including additional drug misuse) of outpatient opioid prescriptions in adolescents and transitional youth, Shay Houston and Jake Fossum
Strong Hearts Program: the results of a novel primary-care based diagnostic and referral program for Chagas disease in East Boston, MA, USA, Javier J. Huerta
Numerical Study of Cone Penetration in Calcareous Sands: Investigating Cone Tip Resistance Correction Factors for Crushable Soils, Stephanie Michelle Hyder
Self-reported follow-up care needs can be met in both facility and self-managed abortion: evidence from low- and middle-income countries, Laura E. Jacobson MPH
Supporting self-managed abortion care in “practice not premise”: Provider perspectives, roles, and referral pathways in India, Laura E. Jacobson MPH
A window of opportunity: Describing participants engaged in a comprehensive perinatal care model to treat substance use disorder during pregnancy, Christina Jäderholm
“Sense of Belonging”: Partnering with Central Oregon's Communities to Promote Health and Social Inclusion, Christina Jäderholm
PCL and DMSO2 Composites as Biomaterials for Additive Manufacturing, Jae-Won Jang
Gut Feelings: A Literature Review on The Gut-Brain Axis and its Potential Influence on Mood, Grace Johnson
Choosing to Become a Teacher-Mentor: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Experience of Informal Teacher-Mentors, Stephen Wayne Johnson II
A Qualitative Study on the Persistence of Seasoned Student Affairs Professionals, Russell Taylor Jones
Flammability of Dominant Tree Species Portends Severe Wildfire Risk in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, Hannah Kaba, Diya Mandyam, and Aaron A. Ramirez
Soil Biogeochemical Changes in Response to Irrigation with Treated Wastewater, Tris Kibbey and Jennifer L. Morse
The Association Between Acculturation & C-reactive Protein in U.S. Immigrants: A Cross-sectional Study, Jessica Kilinski BS; Rosol Mikail BS; Kelly M. Reavis PhD, MPH; and Deborah Karasek PhD, MPH
How Beaver-damming Affects Habitat Availability for Northwestern Pond and Western Painted Turtles, Rodé N. Krige
Inequities in chronic stress exposure at the intersection of race, gender, and sexual identity in a nationally representative sample of US adults, Jordan M. Lancaster and Efrain H. Chavez Martinez
Knowledge of Medicaid Expansion to Recent and Undocumented Immigrants Among Oregon Mexican-origin Latinos: (Work in Progress), Nancy Ledezma, Grace Parra, Alejandra Nunez, and Dr. Blair Darney
Impact of Medical formula shortage on patients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) and their dietitians, Haemin Lee
Exploring Attrition and Linguistic Shifts: The Impact of COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Discrimination on the East and Southeast Asian Diaspora, Amy Wan-Ling Lin
Sustainable Leadership During Turbulent Times, Paul Marietta
Teaching in a Kenyan Refugee Camp: A Critical Ethnography of the Impact of Teacher Preparation and Cultural Experience on Pedagogy, James Adiok Mayik