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The Woman in White: Problems with Editorial History & Classification of Genre in Proposing a New Edition, Andréa Franke
An Assessment of Ho Chi Minh’s Strategies for Gaining Support in the Vietnamese Revolution, Madeline Fraser
Hey Mammal, Megan Elizabeth Freshley
A Study of Small Talk Among Males: Comparing the U.S. and Japan, Chie Furukawa
Tech for Arthritis, Alex Gaiovych, Anna Velikoretskikh, Ephraim Lee, Karl Stephenson, Kevin Wu, Miguel Campos, and Veyda Campos
Social Media and Self: Influences on the Formation of Identity and Understanding of Self through Social Networking Sites, Madison Ganda
Determining the Right Factors in Choosing an Undergraduate University, Jorge Garcia
Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS): Which ROS is Responsible for Cardioprotective Signaling?, Anders Olav Garlid
Experimental Investigation of Lateral Cyclic Behavior of Wood-Based Screen-Grid Insulated Concrete Form Walls, John Stuart Garth
'This Would Be Much Funner in Person': A Qualitative Grounded Theory Analysis of Cybergrooming, Maurice Jason Gauz
Advances in Aquatic Target Localization with Passive Sonar, John Thomas Gebbie
Optical Properties of Nanostructured Dielectric Coatings, Brandon Giatti
What is the Correlation between Technology and the Supply Chain?, Elizabeth Gibson
Some Neglected Aspects of the Rococo: Berkeley, Vico, and Rococo Style, Bennett Gilbert
Safety in Maize: Subsistence Agriculture in a Zapotec Migrant Town, Fiona Joy Gladstone
Better Beams Through Simplicity: High-intensity Free-Jet Sources in Neutral Atom Microscopy, Galen Rhodes Gledhill
The Most Godless Region of the World: Atheism in East Germany, Sophie L. Goddyn
Evidence-Based Decision Making in Coastal Oregon: Increasing the Effectiveness of Policy and Management Decisions, Kaitlin Goldsmith
Veblen’s Vested Interest and Power, Bryan Gordon
Causation in Orosius' Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, Kiefer Greig
The Half-History of Spiro Elisha White, J. W. Griffith
A Cross-Sectional Study of Student-Athlete Needs Satisfaction and Well-Being, Abigail M. Gunnink
Selective Indicators for Optical Determination of Disease Biomarkers, Lovemore Hakuna
An Update to the Proficiency Benchmarks for Surgical Simulation Training in Laparoscopy at Oregon Health and Science University, Caleb Alan Haley