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Social-Ecological Dynamics of Coral Reef Resource Use and Management, Sarah J. Freed
Grounding Zone Processes: Ice Mechanics and Margin Lakes, Kamb Ice Stream and Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica, Mason Joseph Fried
Finex Cast Iron Works Strategic Plan, Jorge Garcia, Paweena Kongsansatean, Justin Thompson, and Mehdi Toobaei
Elderly Home System Improvement for Medicine Management, Jorge Garcia, Rupha Natarajan, Elizabeth Gibson, Daria Spatar, and Puniti Singla
A Comparative Analysis of Career Growth Models in R&D Organizations, Jorge Garcia, Nayem Rahman, Sowmini Sengupta, and Daria Spatar
Optimization of Staffing Schedule At SHARC, Jorge Garcia, Kshiti Shah, Puniti Singla, Selen Yilmaz, and Sowmini Sengupta
Reward-driven Training of Random Boolean Network Reservoirs for Model-Free Environments, Padmashri Gargesa
A Western Empire, Grace Garrett
Gene Expression Life History Markers in a Hatchery and a Wild Population of Young-of-the-Year Oncorhynchus mykiss, Ian D. F. Garrett
A Method for Simulating Acoustic Emissions from Tensile Cracks in Sea Ice, Muciri Nyamu Gatimu
Martin Luther's "Two Kingdoms Theory": An Analysis through the Lens of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity, Janet Leigh Gesme
Assessing Technologies for Post Discharge Follow-up of Orthopedic Surgery, Parisa Ghafoori, Matt Nickeson, and Noshad Rahimi
The Consolidation of the Consociational Democracy in Lebanon: The Challenges to Democracy in Lebanon, Micheline Germanos Ghattas
Dartmouth Secure Biometrics Marketing Plan for Biometric Bracelet, Elizabeth Gibson, Ignacio Castillejos, Joseph Lethlean, Kruti Narvekar, and Kshiti Shah
Online Technology Acceptance for University STEM Program Relevance: A PSU Case Study, Elizabeth Gibson, Nina Chaichi, and Nertila Bregaj
Final Report: Bonneville Power Administration, Garrett Gilliland and Rachanida Koosawangsri
“The Woman I Love”: The Underlying Motives for King Edward VIII’s Abdication, Sarah Gimble
Global Learning Outcomes of a Domestic Foreign Language Immersion Program, Kathleen Ann Godfrey
Through a Veteran's Eyes: The Transition of the Army Leader into the Civilian Workforce, Maria Carolina Gonzalez-Prats
Modeling Liquid Solid Separation in a Coalescing Plate Oil Water Separator, Jacob Gorski
Evidence Supporting Treatment Practice Based Delineation of Stormwater Runoff Zones, Jacob J. Gorski
Matching Organization Personality Perceptions and the Job Applicant's Personality: A Correlational Study, James Dakota Green
Praying for Bullets: The Moral Necessity of International Intervention in Cases of Genocide, Layla Raine Grice
Hierarchal Decision Model for Mode of Transportation from Portland, OR to San Francisco, CA, Sarah Griffis, Ryan Menze, Kruti Narvekar, and Phaneendra Rampalli
Le Développement du moi et le procédé thérapeutique dans les œuvres de Chrétien de Troyes, Clément Guillaume