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Economic Analysis of the Pacific Garbage Patch: Application of Economics, Sustainability and Scenario Analysis, David Tucker, Jeremy Provenzola, Namitha Shetty, Phaneendra Rampalli, and Andrew Thorsvik
The View from the Table: An Analysis of Participant Reactions to Community-Based Dialogues on Food and Justice, Jennifer Turner
Evaluating the Effects of Road Crossing Structures on Stream-Associated Amphibians in the Wilson River Watershed, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon, Sara Erin Twitchell
Polyethylenimine-Enhanced Alumina Nanoscale Adjuvant for Cancer Vaccine, Naoko Uno, Haiyan Li, Hong-Ming Hu, and Jun Jiao
Idealism and Pragmatism: "Transcendent" Validity Claims in Habermas's Democratic Theory, Richard Van Barriger
Short-Term International Service-Learning: Faculty Perceptions of and Pedagogical Strategies for the Design and Implementation of Successful Learning Experiences, Thomas Jacob Van Cleave
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Queer Localization in the Age of Anita Bryant, 1974-1980, Stewart John Van Cleve
The Role of Expectations on Nonnative English Speaking Students' Wrtiting, Sara Marie Van Dan Acker
Lacan, Ideology, and Military Behavioral Health: Exploring Interpellation Psychodiscursively, Joseph R. Van der Naald
Introduction, Joseph R. Van der Naald and Katherine Jensen
Horizontal Workplace Aggression and Coworker Social Support Related to Work-Family Conflict and Turnover Intentions, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck
The Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth, TangJudy Vang
Optimization Modeling for Inventory Logistics, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, Srujana Penmetsa, and Joseph Lethlean
Conflict Resolution in Islam: Document Review of the Early Sources, Flamur Vehapi
Hack All The History! Hackers 1959 - 1991, Kevin Vilbig
Hydrogeologic Characterization of Dutch Canyon, Scappoose, Oregon, Derrick Lee Wagner
Developing Thyronamine Analog Pharmaceuticals Targeting TAAR1 to Treat Methamphetamine Addiction, Troy Andrew Wahl
Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from an Exploratory Study, Tessa Walker
The Retention Puzzle Reconsidered: Second Year Student Attitudes and Experiences with Advising, Michael Edward Walsh
Project Report: PLAiR Market Research Log, Bing Wang, Francis Iannacci, Kungche Hsieh, P. T., and Ramya Srinivasan
Project Report: PLAiR Marketing Plan, Bing Wang, Francis Iannacci, Kungche Hsieh, P. T., Ramya Srinivasan, and Sheng-Te Tsai
Use of Gender Aschematicity in the Reassessment of Gender Concepts, Ashley A. Ward
Since I've Been Away, Sean Patrick Warren
Women and Resistance in the African Diaspora, with Special Focus on the Caribbean, Africa, and USA, Clare Johnson Washington