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Submissions from 2012
Strategic Management of Information Technology, Priti Maheshwari
The Quiet Bigotry of Oregon's Compulsory Public Education Act, Nicole L. Mandel
Understanding the Emission from Semiconductor Nanoparticles, Beth Ann Manhat
Better Learning Though Augmented Reality: AR in the Classroom, Alex Manning, Russell Powers, and Xan Pedisich
Team 2 Process Report: How Team 2 Became Team Velocity, Mohammad Mansour, Mitra Amini, Sara Bahrini, Bahareh Saatchi, Carl Nielsen, and Puniti Singla
TB Fud PMO: Defining the Path to Success, Mohammad Mansour, Carl Nielsen, and Jessica Lucas
Weaving Together A Knowledge Community, Aaron Maples, Bob Sack, Brett Walker, Chris Mulcahy, Daniel Navarro-Gomez, Jan Frutiger, Jeremy Grotbo, Melissa Peavey, Sofie Malm, and Steffanie Lorentzen
Afterswarm, Sarah Marshall
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and the Commissioning of the History of William Marshal, Chloe Faith Massarello
Essex under Cromwell: Security and Local Governance in the Interregnum, James Robert McConnell
Metabolic Support of Anaerobiosis in Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Andrew McCracken
The Stringer, Patrick Michael McGinty
Humor-Related Social Exchanges and Mental Health in Assisted Living Residents, Ann Elizabeth McQueen
Ancient Cataclysmic Floods in the Pacific Northwest: Ancestors to the Missoula Floods, Erica Medley
Facebook: Galaxy of Chunk into Data Management and Financial Empire, Sam Melhem
Where We Belong: A Memoir, Mark Reed Merrill
Effects of Light Limitation on Plant-Rhizobia and Plant-Mycorrhiza Interactions, Jess A. Millar
Site Selection by Migratory Shorebirds in Oregon Estuaries Over Broad and Fine Spatial Scales, Aileen Kilpatrick Miller
Reflective Practice and Readiness for Self-directed Learning in Anesthesiology Residents Training in the United States, Amy Katrina Miller Juve
Obstacles to Market for V2V and V2I Safety Technologies, Ashish Mishra, Blair Hasler, Jejung Ha, Kruti Narvekar, Leopoldo Marino, and Pinprapa Pakdeekasem
An Empirical Study of Particulate Matter Exposure for Transit Users at Bus Stop Shelters, Adam Moore
The Crisis of Cooperation: A Critical Analysis of Russian-Iranian Relations in the Post-Soviet Era, Eric D. Moore
Public Policy and Sexual Geography in Portland, Oregon, 1970-2010, Elizabeth Morehead
The Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 by Growth Hormone via Stat5b, Tiffany Morrison
EcoDistricts: Building Sustainable Cities Block by Block, Caroline Mudavadi, Niharika Jeena, Chun Fan Pai, Karina Hershberg, Xiaowen Wang, and Yuan Xu