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Fresh Look Milwaukie: Downtown Road Map, Carine Arendes, Jeffery Butts, Ryan Lemay, Erica Smith, and Iren Taran
"Who Would Have Thought, With a Diagnosis Like This, I Would be Happy?": Portraits of Perceived Strengths and Resources in Early-Stage Dementia, Jutta Elisabeth Ataie
Bringing Functional Family Probation Services to the Community: A Qualitative Case Study, Denise Lynmarie Austin
International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and Satisfaction, Stacy Theodora Austin
Use of Soybean Lecithin in Shape Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles, Benjamin Robert Ayres
"We don't have any of those:" Looking for leaders in the horizontal structure of Occupy Portland, Aaron Martin Bach
Important Factors in LEED's Water Efficiency Strategies, Sara Bahrini and Ritu Chaturvedi
Strategy Plan for Finex, Sara Bahrini, Rachanida Koosawangsri, Shabnam Jahromi, and Rohit Varma
John Law’s Flawed but Well Intended Système, Katy Baker
An Investigation into Instructional Support for Data Analysis in High School Science Inquiry, Anika Rae Baker-Lawrence
The Future of 3D Printing for the Consumer Household, Aparna Balasubramanian, Curt Edmondson, and Kruti Narvekar
A Beacon of Hope in the Darkness: the Danish Resistance, Lydia Bales
Large Woody Debris Mobility Areas in a Coastal Old-Growth Forest Stream, Oregon, Beth Marie Bambrick
Training an Asymmetric Signal Perceptron in an Artificial Chemistry, Peter Banda
Not in Cully: Anti-displacement Strategies for the Cully Neighborhood, Ricardo Banuelos, Brooke Jordan, Rebecca Kennedy, Danell Norby, Erik Olsen, and Cary Watters
Duality and the Importance of Canadian Humour in A Complicated Kindness, Mandy L. Barberree
Why Ask Why: An Exploration of the Role of Proof in the Mathematics Classroom, Joanna Rachel Bartlo
A Characterization of Lake Abert Tufa Mounds Lake Abert, Oregon, Anthony Lynn Bartruff
Music and Conflict Resolution: Can a Music and Story Centered Workshop Enhance Empathy?, Parfait Adegboyé Bassalé
The Story and Song Centered Pedagogy: Teaching Empathy in the classroom, Parfait Adegboyé Bassalé
Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface Geohydrology of the Ni-les'tun Unit on the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Christopher Madison Beard
Memory Through Dark Glasses, Madison Beaudet
Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Other Words Students Avoid Speaking Aloud: Evaluating the Role of Pronunciation on Participation in Secondary School Science Classroom Conversations, Stacie Elizabeth Beck
Improving Assessment Practice at the Course and Programmatic-Levels in Community Colleges: Developing The Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop, Steven George Beining
Shifting Identities in a Globalising Metro Manila, Patrick Belin