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Ambos, Emerson Daniel Henry
Working Paper No. 79, On the Emergence of and Failures of Cybernetics in The Soviet Union, Leah Herrera
Invasive Plant Species and Their Impact on Stream Health using Macroinvertebrates in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, Michelle Hesek and Patrick Edwards
On Occupying: Women's Representation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Emma Hillstead
Navigating the Transition: Strategies for Supporting the Success of At-Risk Youth from Middle School to High School and Beyond, Jessica L. Hlavinka
Multnomah County 2000-2016 Forest Carbon Inventory & Trends. Strategies for Maintaining & Increasing Carbon Storage on County Forestlands to Meet Regional Climate Goals, Anthony Z. Holmes
Ad Natural: A Campaign Advocating for Representation of Diverse Female Body Types in Advertising Practices, Stacey Horton
"Suited to the Wants of the Country": Historical Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver Sutler's Store, Vancouver, Washington, Kaitlyn Nicole Hosken
Toward Efficient Rendering: A Neural Network Approach, Qiqi Hou
Energy Auction with Non-Relational Persistence, Michael Ramez Howard
Indigenous Water Justice: Theory, Gaps, and Opportunities for Application, Ruby Howard
Cultivating Joy: Play, Rest, and Connection in Regenerative Cycles, Tim D. Howe
Tidal Bed Stress Asymmetry and Sediment Transport in Estuaries, Austin Scott Hudson
Left on "Read" and All Alone: Instigated Cyber Incivility, Shame, and Experienced Ostracism at Work, Alison Lucia Hunt
"The Call is Coming from Inside the House": Tracing Experiences in the Institutionally-Centered Process of Establishing Limited Conservatorships in California, Barbara Alison Imle
Pleurotus spp. as Agents of Mycoremediation: A Review, Colin Innes
Client-reported quality of in-facility medication abortion compared with pharmacy-based self-managed abortion in Bangladesh, Laura E. Jacobson MPH, Sarah E. Baum, Erin Pearson, Rezwana Chowdhury, Nirali M. Chakraborty, Julia Goodman, Caitlin Gerdts, and Blair Darney
Hegemonization of Whiteness in the LatinX Community, Ava N. Jakubowski
A West Coast Estuarine Case Study: A Novel, Predictive Approach to Monitor Estuarine Eutrophication, Vedant V. Janapaty
Drivers and Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities and Harmful Algal Blooms in Mountain Lakes, Lara Stephanie Jansen
Cyclic Behavior of Transitional Fine-Grained Soils in Northern Willamette Valley, Frank Jarman
A Tessellation of Engineers, Grace Jenkins Welsh
Implementing a Functional Logic Programming Language via the Fair Scheme, Andrew Michael Jost
American Institution of Public, K-12 Education: An Institutional Field Under a Complexity Paradigm, Jennifer Jean Joyalle
Model Minority Myth and Oral Health Disparities in Asian Americans of Multnomah County in Oregon, Taylor Kang