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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Propagation Modeling of Terahertz Reflections and Reflector Design for MIMO Channel, Thanh Ngoc Dan Le
Talking Yourself Up: Multimodal Conversation Analysis of Status in an Improvised Setting, Aubrey LeWarne
Native American and First-Nations Canadian and Physical PFAS Accumulations: A Literature Review, Laurel Liebeseller
Exploring Attrition and Linguistic Shifts: The Impact of COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Discrimination on the East and Southeast Asian Diaspora, Amy Wan-Ling Lin
The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Juvenile Offender Typology, Aliza Beth Lipman
Marshlands and Monasteries: The Impact of Weapon Deposition on Medieval British Christianity, Maia Lippay
Concolic Testing for Scripting Languages, Zhe Li
Economic Impacts of Industry Shifts: Evaluating the Decline of the Coal Industry in Indonesia's Transition to Renewable Energy, Sebastian Ming Lopez
Technologies for Wearable Seizure Detection: A Systematic Review, Rhema Losli
Is This My Place? Contributing Factors to Community College Students' Longitudinal Sense of Belonging and the Connection of Sense of Belonging to Student Success, Kelly Elizabeth Love
Faint Glimmers: Redrawing the Housewife in Yamada Murasaki's Talk to My Back, Ceres Lovelace
Yang-Baxter Equations, David Lovitz
Understanding the Importance of Social Emotional Learning in Children and the Link Between Mental Health, Lynette Marie Lubiak
Bridging Barriers to Digital Accessibility: An Opportunity for Technical Editors, Julian Luck
Landscaping Impacts on Urban Soil Development, Fry Lundgren
Trial by Rat Infestation, Elias Lunsford
Searching for Authentic Cultural Engagement in the Classroom, James H. Lyle Jr.
The Protective Effects of Perceived Partner Responsiveness on Service Members' Drinking and Health Outcomes, Julia Maria Oosi Lynch
Evolution of Morning Sickness and How it Relates to Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development, Leena Macias
Schools Apart: Curricular Stratification Across School Socioeconomic Compositions and Implications for Educational Inequality in the US, Daniel Mackin Freeman
American Evangelicalism and the Status of Women: Biblical Interpretation, Politicization, and a Future for Secularism, Ivy MacNeil Blackwood