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Fetal Stress and Neurogenesis in Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Kalera Stratton
Comparing Mode Shares for Non-residential Destinations in Urban and Suburban Environments, Tasnia Subrin
The Design, Implementation, Evaluation and Results of a Race Car for the Collegiate Formula SAE Electric Competition, Quinn Jasha Bryan Sullivan
Adverse Effects of Mercury and Some Management Options to Reduce Dental Amalgam Waste, Marta Szabatin
Conceptualizing the Mindful Teacher: Examining Evidence for Mindfulness Skills in Teachers' Classroom Speech and Behavior, Cynthia Lynn Taylor
Sisters in Action for Power: How Youth-adult Partnerships and Popular Education can Facilitate Girl-led Community Organizing for Equity and Justice, Samantha L. Taylor
Effects of Antibiotic Mixtures across Marine Intertidal Trophic Levels: Examining Environmentally-Relevant Contaminant Concentrations, Jaclyn Rebecca Teixeira
Household Water Filter Use Characterization in Rural Rwanda: Signal Interpretation, Development and Validation, Sarita Lucia Tellez Sanchez
Then and Now: Vegetative Change Detection on Mount St. Helens 2000-2015, Douglas S. Thalacker and Andrés Holz
Psychology at a Distance: Examining the Efficacy of Online Therapy, Ryan Baird Thompson
Stephen Langton, the Chanter Circle, and the Semiotics of Violence in a Crusading Culture, Andrew Thornebrooke
Social Support and Depression Symptomatology Post Injury in Division 1 Athletes, Alyssa Catherine Tiedens
Complex Capillary Fluidic Phenomena for Passive Control of Liquids in Low-Gravity Environments, Logan Torres
Alexander of Macedonia and His Transformation Into Despotism, Brandon Tran
One-Dimensional Nanostructure and Sensing Applications: Tin Dioxide Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes, Hoang Anh Tran
Slavery: The Main Ingredient to an Ancient Greek Polis' Military Dominance, Steven T. Tran
Foreign Word Alert, Foreign Word Alert: Rethinking Editorial Approaches to the Italicization of Foreign Terms, Katey Trnka
Human Trafficking and Potential Solutions in the Russian Federation, Phil Turoff
Curriculum Impact on Educational Philosophy Identification, Rebecca Tuttle
3D FPGA Cell Matrix by Self-assembly, Jeffrey Udall
Oregon Youth Peer Courts: Grand Jury Style, Sierra Udland
Aquifer Vulnerability Modeling in New Jersey Through the Use of Modified DRASTIC Methodology, Clement Uduk and Tanja Hopmans