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Sellwood Bridge Project, Mimie Abdulai, Saranya Durairajan, Nan Hu, Charles ShengTe Tsai, and Kevin van Blommestein
Technology Forecasting: Electric Vehicle Batteries, Mimie Abdulai, Kevin van Blommestein, Elizabeth Gibson, and Yongwen Gu
Post-Revolution Language Change in the Libyan Media: Tamahaq News Broadcast, Ashour Abdulaziz
Technology forecasting for DRAM, Abrahim Abdulsater, Saranya Durairajan, Maria Ibarra, Alaa Nour, and Selen Yilmaz
Comparative Colonialsims: Variations in Japanese Colonial Policy in Taiwan and Korea, 1895 ‐ 1945, Gunnar Abramson
The First Year: Development of Preservice Teacher Beliefs About Teaching and Learning During Year One of an MA TESOL Program, Emily Spady Addiego
First-Generation Latinos at Pacific Northwest University: Their Adjustment and Experience during Freshman Year, Marco Antonio Aguirre
Application of Support Vector Machine in Predicting the Market's Monthly Trend Direction, Ali Alali
Forecasting The Adoption Rate of Telemedicine In U.S.A. Rural Area By Using Bass Model, Hamad Alanazi
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