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Osmosis Alive – Algae Water Filtration System, Adrik Gurganus, Htet Htet Soe, Jonathan Baird, Liam Beckett, Nick Vautravers, Parker Swensen, and Tucker Johnson
Thinking About Work at Home: Implications for Safety at Work, Frankie Guros
Exploring Relationships Between Entrepreneurship Education and Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mixed Method Study of Entrepreneurial Pedagogies at Chilean Universities, Paulina Andrea Gutierrez Zepeda
Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Fluorescent Chemosensor Data, Kimberly Guttinger
Critical Editions and the Promise of the Digital: The Development and Limitations of Markup, Alexandra Haehnert
Sale Forecasting Techniques for the Fuzzy Front End of New Product Development, Meles Hagos, Ross Turner, Anurak Sitthiwong, and Sudarat Poocharat
Investigation in to the Effect of Spin Locking on Contrast Agent Relaxivity, Julian Saunders Haigh
Evaluating Global Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Hydrologic Modeling over the Columbia River Basin, Maysoun Ayad Hameed
Early-Stage Transition to Predictive Maintenance : Using CMMS, IR Scans, and Vibration Analysis to Improve Uptime and Lower Maintenance Costs, Jason Hamilton
Rationalism and the Understanding of Irrationality, Sophie Hamilton
Dispersion Modeling of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) from Backup Generators at Data Centers in Prineville, Oregon, Brooke E. Harmon
Tehran Park Project, Scott Hartley and Erfan Pakdamanian
The Dichotomy of Pudicitia, Amber L. Harvey
The Scholarship of Student Affairs Professionals: Effective Writing Strategies and Scholarly Identity Formation Explored through a Coaching Model, Lisa Janie Hatfield
Staying on Script: Sexual Scripts and Sex Education, Elizabeth Carol Hauck
The Erosion of Coastal Sediment and Regeneration of Rhizophora mangle Following Anthropogenic Disturbance on Turneffe Atoll, Belize, Heather Lyn Hayden
Safety at Intersections in Oregon: A Preliminary Update of Statewide Intersection Crash Rates, Daniel R. Hazel
Social Media Blogs-to-Books: Changes in Content and the Editorial Process, Kyra Hearn
Getting Green to Work in the Northwest Industrial District, Stefan Heisler, Sara Ivey, Alexis Kelso, Ryu Sakuma, John Dornoff, and Dianne Yee
A Study To Evaluate The Maximal Dose Administration At Two Different Locations In Two Different VDR4 High Frequency Percussive Ventilator (HPFV) Circuits, Jeff L. Heltborg, Bethany S. Kobza, and Ace Nilson
Parametric Study of Rocking Shallow Foundations under Seismic Excitation, Benjamin I. Herdrich
Geochemistry and Petrography of Igneous Components of the Dalles Formation in the Dufur West Quadrangle, Oregon, Heather H. Herinckx
Disparity in the Responses to the European Financial Crisis: Cyprus and the State of Bail-In Policy, Kelly Hess
A Musical Interpretation of the Past : America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan Re-told through the Craft of Folk Songs, Haley H. Heynderickx
English Education in Thailand and Singapore : Differences in English Education, Use and Identity, Chelsey Hice