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RollTop Marketing Plan, Liliya Hogaboam, Yonghee Cho, Rupha Natarajan, Abrahim Sater, Jiali Ju, and Jeremy Provenzola
A Way to Understand the Process, Improve and Come Up with Outstanding Outcomes in a Team, Liliya Hogaboam, Fredy Gomez, Aparna Balasubramanian, Jorge Garcia, Rajasree Talla, and Rupha Natarajan
Project Report: Techsoft Service Center (IT SVC) Performance Analysis, Lokesh Honnappa and Puniti Singla
Extending Relativistic Programming to Multiple Writers, Philip William Howard
A Qualitative Study of Language Beliefs and Linguistic Knowledge in Preservice Teachers Using the Intercultural Communicative Competence Framework, Kimberly K. Ilosvay
Making Education Accessible: A Dual Case Study of Instructional Practices, Management, and Equity in a Rural and an Urban NGO School in Pakistan, Zafreen Jaffery
Effects of Financial Crisis on Technology Transfer from Universities in the United States, Niharika Jeena
Knowledge Management in an Organization: Does it Improve Innovation?, Niharika Jeena
Location Selection for Fabless Firms, Niharika Jeena, Meles Hagos, Charles Tsai, Yuan Xu, and Zack Khalifa
Bridge Project Management Now/Then Comparison, Niharika Jeena, Joseph Lethlean, Tri Nguyen, Chun Fan Pai, and Yuan Xu
Use of Two-Dimensional Agarose-Gel Analysis to Characterize Processing of UV-Irradiated Plasmids and the Composition of the Replisome Following UV-induced Arrest, Harout Arthur Jeiranian
Imperialistic Incentives, Katherine Jensen
Using PESTEL to Evaluate the Macro-Environment and Outline Strategies for Competitive Advantage, Ryan M. Jenson
A Sequence of Unfortunate Events: Why the Lost Colony Collapsed, Kate Jesse
Exploring Ethnic Differences in the Predictors and Outcomes of Academic Engagement During Middle School, Robin Margarett Johnson
Investigating the Holocene History of Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, Nadia Sittara Jones
Evaluation of Voltage Instability Countermeasures in Constrained Sub-transmission Power Networks, Peter Gibson Jones
Digital Luggage Weighing Machine Development Log, Alex Julien, Mohamed Borgan, Phaneendra Rampalli, Puniti Singla, and Sandeep Bhendigeri
Iktomi: A Character Traits Analysis of a Dakota Culture Myth, Marianne Sue Kastner
The Role of Compliment Topics in Compliment Response, Hiroko Katsuta
Reservoir Evolution Following the Removal of Marmot Dam on the Sandy River, Oregon, Mackenzie Karli Keith
Material Characterization of Zinc Oxide in Bulk and Nanowire Form at Terahertz Frequencies, Forest Emerson Kernan
Critical Elements of R&D Management: Case Study of Three Firms from Different Sectors of Industry, Zack Khalifa, Nertila Bregaj, Melinda Pizarro, and Baraa Abudawod
TRM for Next Generation PC: Hybrid-PC, Zack Khalifa, Mohamed Burgan, Tila Bregaj, and Manar Al Mallak