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Team Process Report, Bayar Demchig, Joseph Lethlean, Srujana Penmetsa, and Sumir Varma
Will Camera Phones ever replace the Compact Cameras?: Forecasting of Digital Image SensingTechnology Using TFDEA & Lotka-Volterra Models, Bayar Demchig, Sallam Thabet, Noppadon Vannaprapa, and Sherif Youssef
Arts for All Experience: Examining the experiences of individuals who receive SNAP benefits as they access arts through the Arts for All Program, Michelle deParrie and Jana L. Meinhold
Lighting the Fire: How Peer-Mentoring Helps Adult Learners Increase Their Interest in STEM Careers: A Case Study at the Community College Level, Patricia Marie DeTurk
The Relationship of Acculturation and All Cause Mortality Among Mexican Americans: Results from the NHANES III Mortality Follow Up, Gloria C. Diaz
Glacier Change in the North Cascades, Washington: 1900-2009, Kristina Amanda Dick
Labor Issues During the Construction of the Panama Canal, Paul C. Diebold
Understanding the Drivers of Forest, Residential, and Agricultural Land Values in Yamhill County Using Hedonic Models, Emily D. Dietrich
The Impacts of Change in Governance on Faculty and Staff at Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of OHSU, Dana L. Director
Object Detection and Recognition in Natural Settings, George William Dittmar
Gene Flow in an Invasive Species of Grass, Brachypodium Sylvaticum, Trieste Dobberstein
Lombard ReImagined, Kathryn Doherty-Chapman, Zef Wagner, Jake Warr, Jodi Jacobson-Swartfager, Rebecca Hamilton, and Brian Hurley
Effects of Increased Nitrogen Deposition on the Dominance of Hedera helix in the Pacific Northwest, Bianca Christine Dolan
Women Writing War and Peace in Post Vietnam Era, Amy Driscoll
Talking the Talk: An exploration of parent-child communication about cyberbullying, Veronica Anne Droser
Work Design Characteristics as Moderators of the Relationship between Proactive Personality and Engagement, Damon Thomas Drown
Facilitating Master's Student Success: A Quantitative Examination of Student Perspectives on Advising, Sarah Brooks Drummond Hays
Trust-but-Verify: Guaranteeing the Integrity of User-generated Content in Online Applications, Akshay Dua
The Representation of Women in Comic Books, Post WWII Through the Radical 60’s, Maryjane Dunne
Best Practices to Overcome Communication Challenges in Virtual Teams: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of the Past ETM Research Projects, Saranya Durairajan
How Does Student Understanding of a Concept Change Throughout a Unit of Instruction? Support Toward the Theory of Learning Progressions, Brian Jay Dyer
Heritage and Health: A Political-Economic Analysis of the Foodways of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and the Bishop Paiute Tribe, April Hurst Eagan
Technology Roadmap for Consumer 3D Printing, James Eastham, Elizabeth Gibson, David Tucker, Katherine Tucker, and Sumir Varma
Carbon Audio: A Case Study in Strategy, James Eastham and David Tucker
Designing Innovative Alternatives to Traditional High Schools: What Leaders Need to Know, Chester Roy Edwards