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Submissions from 2015
Role of Metabolic Shifts in Protection from Mutation Damage: Characterizing Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in C. Elegans Gas-1 Mutants, Lauren S. Muñoz-Tremblay
Design and Synthesis of Novel Chloroquine-based Antimalarials, Kevin Vincent Murphy
Organizational Culture Change Resulting from Human Resources Outsourcing, Emily Murrell
Training "In a Good Way": Evaluating the Effect of a Culturally Responsive Pre-training Intervention on Learning and Motivation, Adam Thomas Murry
Cathedral Waterfront Plan, Mathangi Murthy, Tabitha Boschetti, Michelle Anderson, Saumya Kini, Rosa Lehman, and Violet Brown
Advances in Autonomous-Underwater-Vehicle Based Passive Bottom-Loss Estimation by Processing of Marine Ambient Noise, Lanfranco Muzi
Improved Gain Stability of a Digital Imager Using a Charge Feedback Amplifier, Elliot Eckman Mylott
Locke, Figure, and Judgement: A Consistent Answer to the Molyneux Problem, Jamale Nagi
Locke, Judgment, and Figure: A Consistent Answer to the Molyneux Problem, Jamale Nagi
Pushover Analysis of Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Hamidreza Nahavandi
Software Strategic Planning: Ring Technology Company, Kruti Narvekar, Soheil Zarrin, and Leopoldo Marino
A Bell Awakened, Lenore Nash
Effective Methods of Constituency Service in Oregon State, Thanh T. Ngo
How Vocal Classification Affects Young Singers, Anthony Nguyen
Designing Nanochelators for Cancer Therapy, Tan Pham-Duy Nguyen
The Adverse Effects of Maternal Depression and Poverty on Child Development, Courtney A. Nyseth
Dendritic Cell-Targeted Vaccinations: A Promising Immunotherapeutic Approach to Cancer Treatment, Elin Holliday Odegard
Measuring the Effect of Vegetated Roofs on the Performance of Photovoltaic Panels in Combined Systems, Hamid Hawi Kadham Ogaili
Best Practices for Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Zeke Ogburn
Glacier Change on the Three Sisters Volcanoes, Oregon: 1900-2010, Justin George Ohlschlager
Peripheral No More: Repositioning Narratives for Empowerment and Change in Sustainability Education, Rell G. Ohlson
Leveraging Contextual Relationships Between Objects for Localization, Clinton Leif Olson
Perspectives on the College Readiness and Outcome Achievement of Former Intensive English Language Program (IELP) Students, Meghan Oswalt