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Investigate the Adoption Barriers of Telemedicine, Hamad Alanazi
An Investigation of Fast and Frugal Heuristics for New Product Project Selection, Fatima Mohammed Albar
Digital Media Battleground, Fahad Alhajri, James Bowen, Brian Brewer, Meles Hagos, Farzad Moshfegh, Srujana Penmetsa, and Jerrod Thomas
Marketing Plan for NUIA eyeCharm for Kinect: An Eye Tracking Solution from 4tiitoo, Asem Alluhibi, Neil Brown, Nina Chaichi, Jejung Ha, and Shabnam Razeghian Jahromi
Computational Capabilities of Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neural Networks for Liquid State Machines, Amin Almassian and Christof Teuscher
Team Process Report, Nameer Al-Mulla, Ignacio Castillejos, Julie Golzarian, Kruti Narvekar, Kshiti Shah, and Namitha Shetty
OIT Online Web Presence, Ali Alsahaf, Ryan Menze, Farzad Moshfegh, and Jerrod Thomas
Extending Technology Roadmap through Fuzzy Cognitive Map-based Scenarios: The Case of the Wind Energy Sector of Pakistan, Muhammad Amer
Diffusion of Energy Efficient Technology in Commercial Buildings: An Analysis of the Commercial Building Partnerships Program, Chrissi Argyro Antonopoulos
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