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Developing Key Sustainability Competencies through Real-World Learning Experiences: Evaluating Community Environmental Services, Erin Lorene Anderson
Divine Diets: Food and Fasting of Medieval Mystics in the Vitae of Thomas of Cantimpré, Hannah Anderson
Estella, Roxana L. Arguello
Fostering Critical Thought Alongside the Common Core State Standards, Bianca Arias
Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Consequences of Loneliness: Health Behavior, Social Interactions, Self-Disclosure, and Perceived Responsiveness, Sarah Noel Arpin
Language Policy and Bilingual Education for Immigrant Students at Public Schools in Japan, Naomi Asakura
Vortex Identification in the Wake of a Wind Turbine Array, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Aseyev
DevOps and Knowledge Managetment, Paul Atkinson
Marketing Plan: TESLA Powerwall, Paul Atkinson, Momtaj Khanam, Jackie Mcpherson, and Greg Wease
LeadApp: Sales Opportunity Management, Paul Atkinson, Greg Wease, Jonathan Lui, and Jared Omulindi
An Ornithological Investigation of the Relationships Among Species Assemblages in Diverse Landscapes in Portland, Oregon, Trevor Attenberg
The Floating Men: Portland and the Hobo Menace, 1890-1915, Marin Elizabeth Aurand
Algeria in Perspective: Changing the Understanding of the Modern Algerian State, Austin Averett
Women in Philosophy: A Qualitative Assessment of Experiences at the Undergraduate Level, Crystal Nicole Lilith Aymelek
Novel Methods for Learning and Adaptation in Chemical Reaction Networks, Peter Banda
The Irish Hunger and its Alignments with the 1948 Genocide Convention, Larissa M. Banitt
On the Estimation of Volumes of Roadways: An Investigation of Stop-Controlled Minor Legs, Joel Stephen Barnett
α-TEA's Tumor Toxicity may be Attributed to its Capability of Inducing Oxidative Damage in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, Diego Mathias Barragan Echenique
Development of an Optical Method for the Detection of Homocysteine as a Disease Biomarker Using Fluorescein-Aldehydes, Aabha Barve
The Effects of an Overnight Environmental Science Education Program on Students' Attendance Rate Change for Middle School Years, Jennifer Elizabeth Basham
Geostatistical Examination of the Geotechnical Portland BES Databases with Emphasis on Silt, Alex K. Baumann
Nationalism in United States Foreign Policy in the Post 9/11 Era, Chris W. Baum
Beyond Fruit: Examining Community in a Community Orchard, Emily Jane Becker
Rock Creek Restoration Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report, Daniel Bedell
Romantic Identity and LGBTQ Identification: Variations of Experience in the Asexual Community, Alexa Bell