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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
Communicating with Technology in our Workplace, Amelia Hill
Metaphorical Framing of Obesity, Ryan Paul Hofer
Age Determination of Modern and Archaeological Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytcha) Using Vertebrae, Anthony Raymond Hofkamp
Applying GPS and Accelerometers to the Study of African Savanna (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare in Zoos, Matthew Robert Holdgate
Effects of Selective Logging and Roads on Instream Fine Sediments and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in the Clackamas Basin, Oregon, Paula Elizabeth Hood
Naturally Occurring Background Levels of Arsenic in the Soils of Southwestern Oregon, Heather Ann Hurtado
A Corpus Based Analysis of Noun Modification in Empirical Research Articles in Applied Linguistics, Jo-Anne Hutter
Diversity within Asian Americans: Barriers to the Public Discussion of Discrimination, Samantha I. Ing
Words that Help: a Journey through Expressive Writing, Jaede Ishikawa
A Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1, Eric Alexander Iverson
Retracing Foucault: Neoliberalism and the Occupy Movement, Jaycob Izso
Towards Graphene Remote Plasma Interfacial Growth and Auger Spectra Simulation, Alex Jacobson
Evaluation of Data-Path Topologies for Self-Timed Conditional Statements, Navaneeth Prasannakumar Jamadagni
The Need and Tools for Successful Innovation, Henry Janzen, Yongjun Lee, Sridharkumar Paneerselvam, and Puvra Chhatre
SLH Property Management: Web Based Portals Project, Henry Janzen, Sridharkumar Paneerselvam, and Yongjun Lee