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Submissions from 2014
Streamflow Modeling of Johnson Creek Subwatersheds Using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System, Theophilus Matthew Malone
For the Hard of Hearing: a Catholic Novelist Confronts Modernity, Louis Benjamin Maltese
Bumps along the long and winding road: Factors related to truck driver turnover and job-induced tension, Layla Rhiannon Mansfield
Revisiting Volcanology and Composition of Rhyolites and Associated REE Rich Mafic Clasts of the Three Fingers Caldera, SE Oregon, Phillip Ira Marcy
A Habitable Madness: Inclusion of Feminist Thought in the Development of Mad Theory, Casadi "Khaki" Marino
Victimization, Separatism and Anti-intellectualism: An Empirical Analysis of John McWhorter's Theory on African American's Low Academic Performance, Marlon DeWayne Marion
The Role of Mate Preference and Personality on Reproductive Performance in an Ex-Situ Conservation Breeding Program for the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Meghan S. Martin
Community Connections: Exploring the Constructive Potential of Facebook for Civic Engagement, Sarah Ruth Martin
Modelling Rainwater-Harvesting System Reliability Based on Historical Precipitation Data for Portland, Mrinali Mathur
Agricultural Management Decisions Impact Isoprene Emission and Physiology of Arundo donax, an Emerging Bioenergy Crop, Jason Charles Maxfield
Designing the Plane While Flying It: A Case Study on Nursing Faculty Development during Academic Electronic Health Records Integration in a Small Liberal Arts College, Karen Elizabeth Maxwell
"Had sh'er haute gamme, high technology": An Application of the MLF and 4-M Models to French-Arabic Codeswitching in Algerian Hip Hop, Samuel Nickilaus McLain-Jespersen
Benevolent Racism? : The Impact of Race and Sexual Subtype on Ambivalent Sexism, Jean Marie McMahon
Adjustment to College among Lower Division Students with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study, Kristy Lee Ann McNulty
Is Self-Sufficiency Really Sufficient? A Critical Analysis of Federal Refugee Resettlement Policy and Local Attendant English Language Training in Portland, Oregon, Domminick McParland
Ranked Similarity Search of Scientific Datasets: An Information Retrieval Approach, Veronika Margaret Megler
Implications of Local and Regional Food Systems: Toward a New Food Economy in Portland, Oregon, Michael Mercer Mertens
Characterization of Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate Protein Conjugates, Morgen Mhike
Exploring Reggio-Inspired Documentation: Lived Experiences of Elementary Teachers and Children, Jenifer Marie Millan
Effect of Mycorrhizal Colonization and Light Limitation on Growth and Reproduction of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.), Jess Annai Millar
The Let Going: Death, Buddhism and Connection, Laura Anne Miller
Global Resource Management of Response Surface Methodology, Michael Chad Miller
Quiet Little Animals, Mary Milstead