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Integration as Resistance: How Palestinian Chileans Have Acted as Transnational Activists from 1870-2008, Eloise H. Brentano
Improving Explainability and Interpretability of Neural Networks via Hyperparameter-Extended Influence Functions, William Breslin
The Method of Periodic Averaging Applied to Reduced Coupled Mode Theory Models for Fiber Laser Amplifiers, Rebecca Nicole Bryant
The Study of Enteroendocrine Cells in Gastrointestinal Autopsies of Parkinson's Disease Patients, Anna Bui
Thermal Modeling of the Willamette River Basin: A 7DADM-Based Assessment of Ecological Risk, Long Bui
Revolutionary Resistance in Denmark: The Impact of Grundtvigism on the Danish Resistance to Nazi Occupation, Holland Burd
'O una Yola al Revé': Comentario Social y Cuento Popular, Empoderamiento Personal y Feminismo, Identidad Cultural y Negritud en la Música Contemporánea de la República Dominicana, Lissa Cabrera-Song
Recurrence and Reflection: Psychological Insights from Repetitive Dreams, Annika Cale
Fundamentalist Disorientations for Queer Subjects: Narrative and Theory, Betty Canoso
"But Oh, What Harm Those Basics Would Cause": How Journalists Can Better Interview Vulnerable Sources Utilizing an Ethic of Care, Noah Carandanis
Business Capstone Review: An Analysis of a Local School Foundation, Emily Carlile
Rangeland Conservation Easements: A Social-Ecological Case Study from Eastern Oregon, Martine Cartier
Rewiring the Senses: Neural and Perceptual Adaptation Through Cultural Immersion in Chile, Alexa Castillo
An Applied Anthropological Study of Conflict Reduction: Fostering a Culture of Safety at a Homeless Service Organization in Portland, OR, Katelyn Champion
Investigation and Design of Adjustable Stiffness Magnetic Springs for Wave Energy Converters, Dawei Che
Exploring the Association Between Neoliberal Marketization and Employee Burnout in a Behavioral Health Nonprofit, Carl Lindley Christiansen
Growing Pains: The Loss of Plasticity to Extreme Anoxia in Developing Embryos of Austrofundulus limnaeus, Patrick Ryan Clouser
Improved Method of Evaluating Gas-Phase Air Cleaners Considering Adsorption and Desorption Mechanisms To and From Internal Test Chamber Surfaces, Casey Douglas Coffland
Viruses Causing Panleukopenia in Domestic Cats: A Review of Feline and Canine Parvoviruses, Simon Colby
Rhetoric, Shakespeare, and Tony Soprano: The Influence of Suetonius's The Life of Julius Caesar in Personalizing the Leader, Eben N. Cole
Gateway: Heat Resilience Focus Area Final Report, Jill Coleman, Sletsy Dlamini, Luke Gordon, Danny Harden-Ramella, Joe Kortenhof, and Devery Sheridan
BL(u)E CRAB: Bluetooth Low Energy Connection Risk Assessment Benchmarking, Dylan Christopher Conklin
Examining Data Access Gaps for Tribal Epidemiology Centers: Qualitative Interviews and a 50-State Syphilis Data Audit, Kathleen P. Conte, Ashley Hoover, Levi Mattoon, Brigg Reilley, and Jessica Leston
Developing a High-Resolution Off-Axis Common-Mode Digital Holographic Microscope, Lucy Cook
Group Operations for Concurrent Binary Search Trees, Theodora R. Cooper