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Making a Meaningful Contribution to Clinical Research, Eric Eddy
Strategic Analysis of Patent Portfolios and Litigation Risks, J. Curtis Edmondson
The Migration of Bibliographic Methodology, Zachary Thomas Eggemeyer
Key Aspects for LRFD Implementation for Driven Pile Capacity by Dynamic Methods, Natalie R. Ehrlich
Body-Worn Cameras: A Step Toward Trust and Legitimacy for Campus Police, Jaycee Elliott
Building Resources at Home and at Work: Day-Level Relationships between Job Crafting, Recovery Experiences, and Work Engagement, Allison Marie Ellis
The Body: Conceptualizing Abortion in Contemporary Ireland, Sofia Ellis-Curry
Ninth Grade Student Responses to Authentic Science Instruction, Michael Steven Ellison
The Role of Pyrococcus furiosus Transcription Factor E in Transcription Iniitiation, Robyn Lynn Eustis
Methods of Collecting and Separating Atmospheric Organic Aerosols for Analysis Using Two-Dimensional Gas and Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry, Craig Fairbaugh
2015 Innovation Challenge Event Program, Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
The Media’s Presentation of The Second Chance Act: Funding for Reentry Following Prison, Ailene Joyce Farkac
NWA 8614: The Least Heated Winonaite, Karla Farley, Alexander M. Ruzicka, and Katherine Armstrong
An Investigation of the Role of Alternate Numeration Systems in Preservice Teacher Mathematics Content Courses, Jodi I. Fasteen
Revenant Joe Pilot Script, Will Ferguson
An Examination of Factors that Catalyze LGBTQ Movements in Middle Eastern and North African Authoritarian Regimes, Michael Anthony Figueredo
Blogs and Book Promotion: Measuring Success, Melanie Figueroa
Production Scheduling and Inventory Optimization: For a High-Tech Company to Manufacture Products Efficiently, Daragh Finn, Alex Blank, Felix Maier, and Justin Krueger
Scenario Analysis Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in Adaptive Learning forStudents with Disabilities and Special Needs – A Consultative Perspective onPursuing Adaptive Learning for Special Needs Students, Daragh Finn, Katie Tucker, Justin Krueger, David Wigen, Andrew Thorsvik, and Charles Asafo-Adjei
Aberration Corrected Photoemission Electron Microscopy with Photonics Applications, Joseph P. S. Fitzgerald
Knowledge is Power: The Political Influence of the Chanter Social Circle at the University of Paris (1200-1215), Andrew X. Fleming
Freedom from Equality: Democratic Education and the Failure of the NCLB, Andrew X. Fleming
On the Role of Probability in Hume's Imagination and Associationism: a Bayesian Response to Fodor's Hume Variations, Jason Krivo Flores
Unfolding Trees & Symmetrically-Associated Graphs, Kaelyn Flowerday
Impact of a State Evidence-Based Practice Legislative Mandate on County Practice Implementation Patterns and Inpatient Behavioral Health Discharge, Carl William Foreman