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Submissions from 2015
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Vehicle Technology’s Strategy of Toyota Mirai, Sudarat Poocharat
Gifted Black and Biracial Students at a Predominantly White Gifted School, Clair Elizabeth Pople
Improving Police Officer Responses to Persons with Mental Illnesses: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
25th Annual Young Historians Conference, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Pathos, Fall 2015, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2015, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Enigma of the Spartan Woman, Jalena M. Post
Urban Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Validation of Emission Inventories, James E. Powell, Christopher L. Butenhoff, and Andrew L. Rice
Deception Detection in Clinical Interview, Olivia Preston and Melissa Lewis
Front Matter Volume 9, 2015, McNair Scholars Program
The Right to Dream: Assessing the Spatiality of a Homeless Rest Site in Portland, Oregon, Stephen Przybylinski
Comparative Study: Efficiency of Indian Banks Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Aurobindh Kalathil Puthanpura
Making South Downtown Portland, Artur Queiroz, Beth Gilden, Flávia Martins, Hannah Six, John Todoroff, Linn Davis, Maria Schafaschek, Nely Silveira, Sayonara Batista, and Taissa Sanccao
The French Economy: An Examination of Competition and Regulation, Katherine Quick
Transport of Heat Activated Persulfate and Its Application for In-situ Chemical Oxidation of Residual Trichloroethylene, Lauren Dekker Quig
Desolation is Key: Essays, Heather Fae Quinn-Bork
Managing Big Data for a Sustained Competitive Advantage, Nayem Rahman
Development of Edible Water Bottle, Akash Bali Ramakrishna and Nrupen Patel
Business & Technology Strategy of Accenture: A Glimpse Study, Nithin Yadav Nimmala Ramesh
Trans•form|mogrify|mutate, Sierra Randolph
Coyotes on the Web: Understanding Human-Coyote Interaction and Online Education Using Citizen Science, Zuriel Anne Rasmussen
Intersections of Critical Systems Thinking and Community Based Participatory Research in Developing a Web Site for Autistic Adults, Dora Madeline Raymaker
School Culture and the Affective Learning Needs of Latino Long-term English Learners, Maureen Ray
Selection of Cellphone Service Provider, Asma Razavi, Prajakta Patil, Ritu Chaturvedi, and Pallavi Sandanshiv