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Perceptions of Mexican residents in Oregon about Mexican Politics, Anabel López Salinas
No Place for Middlemen: Civic Culture, Downtown Environment, and the Carroll Public Market during the Modernization of Portland, Oregon, James Richard Louderman
The Use of Music as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education Sociology Courses: Faculty Member Perspectives and Potential Barriers, Jerry C.L. Loveless
Baldwin I of Jerusalem: Defender of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, John Francis Lowe
War's Visual Discourse: A Content Analysis of Iraq War Imagery, Mary Elizabeth Major
Grief Lives Online: An Empirical Study of Kübler-Ross' Categories of Bereavement on MySpace Profiles, Ilona Yurivna Malenkovich
Fidelity and Adaptation of a Sibling Relationship Intervention for the Prevention of Antisocial Behavior, Casadi "Khaki" Marino
Use of PCM Modeling in selection of an HDTV, Leopoldo Marino, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, and Thanaporn Ngarmnil
Skills for Effective Project Management of a Multicultural Team, Leopoldo Marino, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, and Sudarat Poocharat
Incorporating Chemical Activity and Relative Humidity Effects in Regional Air Quality Modeling of Organic Aerosol Formation, Marguerite Colasurdo Marks
Against Metametaphysical Semanticism, Ryan Marquez
Urbanism and North American Funerary Practices, Rebecca Marrall
A 40 GHz Power Amplifier Using a Low Cost High Volume 0.15 um Optical Lithography pHEMT Process, Kenneth W. Mays
Kinetics and Mechanism of S-Nitrosation and Oxidation of Cysteamine by Peroxynitrite, Wilbes Mbiya
Substituent Effects on Reactivity and Allergenicity of Benzoquinone, Wilbes Mbiya
Circle Technology: Business Strategy, Jon McAnnis, Lisa Mork, Joe Smith, and Ash Seleim
Ghosts of a Life Long Past, Seth William McBride
Molding the History of a Maritime Empire: The Role of the Thirteenth‐century Mosaics of San Marco in Reforming the Venetian Past, Heather McCambly
Women and Tenure Transition: An Examination of Land Access and Gendered Land Rights in Kanungu District, Uganda, Emmalee McDonald
Understory Diversity and Succession on Coarse Woody Debris in a Coastal, Old-growth Forest, Oregon, Shannon Lee Mcdonald
State Need-Based Aid and Four-Year College Student Retention: A Statewide Study, Kara Lynn McFall