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Immigration Policy Evaluation for Technology Professionals Immigrants in the United States, Angel Contreras Cruz
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Computationally Assisted Mechanistic Analysis of the Protonolysis of a Pt–Me Bond, Clement DaSilva
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Plasma Ion Source, Nathan K. Davis
Method Validation of Metals in Environmental Soil Samples, Sofia DeAngelis and Nana Nguyen
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Immigration, Machismo, and Cultural Stigmatization: Causes of Lack of Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among Mexican Men in the U.S., Cynthia M. De La Torre-Lopez
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