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Submissions from 2016
Mark O. Hatfield's Legacy: He Called the Interns, Kevin Curry
Almadar Corporation 2016 Strategic Plan, Maoloud Dabab, Nader Beltaif, and Ross Lamberth
Adoption Criteria Evaluation of Activity Tracking Wristbands for University Students, Ali Daneshi, Hakan Kutgun, Dilek Ozdemir, Amir Shaygan, and Anthony Williams
Prison Programs to Reduce Recidivism: What is the Ideal Structure of an Inmate Reentry Program?, Magali Davila-Centeno
Toy World, Inc., Christopher Davis, Juchun Cheng, Konstantin Tuv, Shivani Purwar, and Wesley Murar
Watershed Management and Private Lands: Moving Beyond Financial Incentives to Encourage Land Stewardship, Matthew Thomas DeAngelo
Acid-Base Equilibria in Organic-Solvent/Water Mixtures and Their Relevance to Gas/Particle Partitioning in the Atmosphere and in Tobacco Smoke, Julia Lynn DeGagne
The Art of War: Battles Won and Wars Lost, Mark W. DeKay
Glial Cell Involvement in Early Alzheimer's Disease, Rachel Y. De La Torre
Local Approaches to Regional Problems: Suburban Government Responses to Portland's Regional Housing Crisis, Emma Deppa
Currents in Fishery Management, Genevieve DePuy
Discovery and Characterization of the Proteins Involved in the Synthesis of N⁶-Threonylcarbamoyl Adenosine, a Nucleoside Modification of tRNA, Christopher Wayne Deutsch
On the Variability of Pacific Ocean Tides at Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales: Observed vs Modelled, Adam Thomas Devlin
Meditation and Mindfulness: Combatting Negative Mindsets and Mental Health Afflictions While Promoting Positives such as Confidence and General Well-Being, Charlotte R. Dicharry
On the Poverty, Rise, and Demise of International Criminal Law, Tiphaine Dickson
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Library Collection and Capital Budget Optimization, Vishaal Diswani, Marek Szumowski, John Bauer, Darik Dvorshak, and Qing Lai
The Devil is in the Details: A study of how Ancient Greek historian Thucydides’ greatest work, the History of the Peloponnesian War, changed historiography, Kirsten E. Dodge
We Need Diverse Books and Independent Publishers: A Portland, Oregon, Perspective, Kellie Doherty
This Is Your Brain on Editing: How Digital Tools Affect the Cognitive Processes Behind Copyediting, Megan Doyle
Manufacturing Consent in the Maghreb: How Mohammed VI of Morocco Survived the Arab Spring, David Michael Duke II
Cyclist Path Choices Through Shared Space Intersections in England, Allison Boyce Duncan
Evaluating an Assessment Instrument for the Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan, Susan Mae Duncan
The Impact of Daily 5 and CAFE Literacy Framework on Reading Comprehension in Struggling Fourth Grade Readers: A Case Study, Sandra Lee Duty
Intel's Internet of Things: How does the Internet of Things (IOT) Play into the Growth Strategy of Intel, Agam Ebramsyah, Cody Miller, David Burchfield, Liyan Xiao, Jacob Yang, and Surekha Chanamolu
HDM in Cellphone Selection, Agam Ebramsyah, Anjana Penumarti, Catalina Reyes, Dale Frakes, Soheil Zarrin, and Touraj Goudarznia