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Emperors in America: Haile Selassie and Hirohito on Tour, Robert Alexander Findlay
Cultivating Environmental Stewardship in Middle School Students, Kelly Anne Fischer
Microbial Ecology of Active Marine Hydrothermal Vent Deposits: The Influence of Geologic Setting on Microbial Communities, Gilberto Eugene Flores
An Evaluation of Moderating Influences of Employee Proactive Personality: Empowerment and Political Skill, Deborah Kaylee Ford
An Investigation of the Relationships between Violence Exposure, Internalizing and Externalizing Problems, and Adolescent Alcohol Use, Gregory Lloyd Forehand
"Art Feeling Grows" in Oregon : The Portland Art Association, 1892-1932, Patrick A. Forster
The Effects of Multiple Thematic Layers on Web Map Use by Middle School Students, Andrew Percy Freed
The Technological Role of Bone and Antler Artifacts on the Lower Columbia: A Comparison of Two Contact Period Sites, Kristen Ann Fuld
Faculty of Color and Scholarship Redefined: Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Competence, Peng Fu
Perceptions of Peacebuilding and Multi-Track Collaboration in Divided Societies for a Sustainable Peace Agreement at the Political Level: A Case Study of Cyprus, Brooke Patricia Galloway
The Journey for 2022 - Challenges Facing Qatar Hosting FIFA World Cup, Jorge Garcia, Mohammad Mansour, Mouhamad Zaher, and Wesam Khalil
Technology Transfer at Berkeley Lab, Jorge Garcia and Mouhamad Zaher
Team Project Report: Decision Making, Jorge Garcia, Mouhamad Zaher, Duygu Ucar, and Atakan Dirik
Youth Voices of Bounty and Opportunity: High School Students' Experiences With Food and Community, Kara Marie Gilbert
Creativity & Innovation in Europe, Garrett Gilliland, Niharika Jeena, Baraa Abudawod, Ahmed Bohliqa, Yuan Xu, Fannie Black, and Xiaowen Wang
Chronology and Ecology of Late Pleistocene Megafauna in the Northern Willamette Valley, Oregon, Daniel McGowan Gilmour
Exploring Traffic Safety and Urban Form in Portland, Oregon, Kristie Werner Gladhill
Deforestation, Drought and Humans: New Discoveries of the Late Quaternary Paleoenvironment of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Candace Lynn Gossen
A Die-level Adaptive Test Scheme for Real-time Test Reordering and Elimination, Kapil Ramesh Gotkhindikar
On the Effect of Topology on Learning and Generalization in Random Automata Networks, Alireza Goudarzi
Designing and Using Virtual Field Environments to Enhance and Extend Field Experience in Professional Development Programs in Geology for K-12 Teachers, Frank D. Granshaw
Who Gender-Bends and Why? A Qualitative Study of World of Warcraft, Clairellyn Rose Gregory
An Exploration Of Heterogeneous Networks On Chip, Allen Gary Grimm