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Unpacking Producer / Consumer Relationships in Ethical Markets: A Look at Portland's DIY Sector, Renée Bogin Curtis
Exploring Data Quality of Weigh-In-Motion Systems, Chengxin Dai
Another Visit to Red and Blue States, Jason Gary Damron
A New Approach to Explain Policy Reforms in Vietnam during Ðổi Mới by Developing and Validating a Major Policy Change Model for Vietnam, Huan Van Dang
Introducing New Innovative Processes Into Traditional Manufacturing, Rodney Danskin
Africans and African Americans: Conflicts, Stereotypes and Grudges, Foday Darboe
Climate Change Impacts on Precipitation Extremes over the Columbia River Basin Based on Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Scenarios, Ghulam Hussain Dars
An Economic Analysis of Regular vs. Green Data Servers, Chris Davis, Kung Che Hsieh, Shabnam Jahromi, Matt Nickeson, and Christophe Perrenoud
Sustainable, Affordable Housing for Older Adults: A Case Study of Factors that Affect Development in Portland, Oregon, Alan Kenneth DeLaTorre
A Parametric Study on Power Variation for Model Wind Turbine Arrays, Dominic DeLucia
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