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European Union: Research and Innovation, Adriana Cutar
Avian Affairs: A Study of the Occurrence and Benefits of Extra-pair Breeding Behavior in Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus Tyrannus), Amy Catherine Dolan
India’s Rise as a Software Power: Governmental Policy Factors, Tad Drozdowski, Hai Huynh, Brian Lininger, Yicheng Peng, and Naruedom Sakulyong
Presidential Values : Implications for Foreign Policy, Jordan Katherine Durbin
Sons Providing Care at End-of-Life : Common Threads and nuances, Patricia Ebert
Team 2 Self-Diagnosis, Asser Fayed, Bianca Fazekas, Clark Wilson, Jui-Lin Lee, and Thien Tran
Deciding Which House to Flip, Andrea Fox, Chris Chen, Karl Lander, and Kent Robinson
Merger and Acquisition: Achieving High Team Performance, Andrea Fox, Tom Litterer, and Richard Sperry
First impressions : a Study of the Relationship Between Presenting Problems and Clinical Perception, Holly Elizabeth Fussell
Gateway Gardens Site Analysis, Chris Gage, Rory Renfro, Jessica Sarver, Ben Sturtz, and Nicole Wolters
Scalable Load and Store Processing in latency tolerant processors, Amit Vasant Gandhi
Report on the Review of Performance Appraisal System and Comparison with Recommendations in Scientific Literature, Bharath Ganesh and Ashwini Kulkarni
Ternary quantum logic, Normen Giesecke
Exploring Interethnic Dialogue Design, Stephen Hiroshi Gilchrist
Key Issues Which Make Virtual Teams Successful, Crystal Gross, Dennis Schmieder, Daniel Hannemann, Rosine Hanna, and Watcharin Lhing Witthayaweerasak
Team Self-Diagnosis, Crystal Gross, Dennis Schmieder, Daniel Hannemann, Rosine Hanna, and Watcharin Lhing Witthayaweerasak
Destination: Lents, Andrew Gulizia, Kristen Kibler, Vanessa Meyer, Rebecca Stavenjord, and Meganne Steele
Gridfields: Model-Driven Data Transformation in the Physical Sciences, Bill Howe
Efficient Support for Application-Specific Video Adaptation, Jie Huang
Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Health in Late Life, Nathalie Huguet
Under the Thumb of Economics: United States Foreign Policy with Fascist Italy in the 1920s, Erin Hulme
Assessment of the "A" Team, Arlene Hutchins, Baqer Al-Ali, David Morrissey, Liz Kennedy, and Tuyet Le
Team Report 2: Assessment of the “A” Team, Arlene Hutchins, Baqer Al-Ali, David Morrissey, Liz Kennedy, and Tuyet Le
Study of Employment Expectations in the High Technology Industry, Arlene Hutchins, Thien Tran, and Aditya Krishna Yalamanchili