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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
The Water Tower, Michael Gum, Travis Meinhold, Morgan Brakken, Robert Pile, Noshad Rahimi, Frank Tea, Mitch Powell, and Kali Bader
Battery Energy Storage Systems to Mitigate the Variability of Photovoltaic Power Generation, Heath Alan Gurganus
Optimization of PGE Power Generation, Heath Gurganus, Ryan Slaugh, Trina Goehring, and Adennis Cora
Emotion Regulation and Strain in Corrections Officers: Examining the Role of Recovery Experiences and Coping Mechanisms, Frankie Guros
Managing an Engineering Project – The Case of a Biomass Power Plant, Theresa Hailey, Daragh Finn, Justin Kurger, Alexis Wittmen, Sallam Thabet, and Nayem Rahman
Conflict in Owner/Contractor Relationships on Renewable Energy Projects, Jejung Ha, Elizabeth Hardee, and Rachanida Koosawangsri
A Feasibility Analysis of “Pay It Forward” Tuition Scheme, Jejung Ha, Abhishek Jain, Momtaj Khanam, Anna-Lena Lentz, and Bing Wang
Teacher Enthusiasm and Implementation of Harvest for Healthy Kids Curriculum Activities: Descriptive Preliminary Data, Jennifer Hallman and Betty T. Izumi
Modeling the Distribution of Bobcats and Areas of Reintroduction for Fisher in the Southern Washington Cascades, Shiloh Michael Halsey
Natural Area Stewardship Volunteers: Motivations, Attitudes, Behaviors, Corinne Handelman
Loss of Cul3 in Primary Fibroblasts, Paula Hanna
Caught in the Act, William P. Hannon
Thinking Through Consciousness, Erica Hanson
Equivalence Checking for High-Assurance Behavioral Synthesis, Kecheng Hao
The South Kelso Revitalization Plan, Ashley Harris, Aaron Lande, Chris Myers, Beth Otto, John Verssue, and Kate Williams
The Linguistics of Sentiment Analysis, Laurel Hart
Racial Hegemony in America: The Struggle for identity Among the Black Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southern United States, Natasha Hartsfield
Women of the Scientific Revolution: The Forgotten Scholars, Sema Hasan
Expression of Growth Arrest and DNA Damage Protein 45-alpha (gadd45-alpha) and the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-delta (C/EBP-delta) in Fishes Exposed to Heat and Hypoxia, Daniel Omar Hassumani
Neighborhood Identity and Sustainability: A Comparison Study of Two Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon, Zachary Lawrence Hathaway
Shock Effects in CML‐0175: The “Wow” Stone, Kristy Hauver
Methods for Efficient Synthesis of Large Reversible Binary and Ternary Quantum Circuits and Applications of Linear Nearest Neighbor Model, Maher Mofeid Hawash