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Can Stopper: New Product Development Log, Fahad Jan, Jitra Saenaruk, Kai-Hung Huang, Supalerg Supaviriyakul, Wan-Hsiu Cheng, and Yu-Chieh Shen
The Customer Requirements Value StreamIn Lean Project Management, Naser Jaradat, Jay Justice, Mark Krampits, Matthew Letts, and Bailey Ng.
Subordinate saints : women and the founding of Third Church, Boston, 1669-1674, Melissa Ann Johnson
Risk Management System for Vestas Wind Farms, Todd Johnson, Wendy Peterman, Rajesh Talla, Diane Yates, and Youngkoo Yoon
Molecular Coevolution of Pacific Northwest Hantaviruses and Their Host, The Deer Mouse, Peromyscus Maniculatus, Philip Darren Jones
Dynamic Task Prediction for an SpMT Architecture Based on Control Independence, Komal Jothi
Investigating Engagement, Thinking, and Learning Among Culturally Diverse, Urban Sixth Graders Experiencing an Inquiry-Based Science Curriculum, Contextualized in the Local Environment, Sybil Schantz Kelley
Columbia River Crossing, Rabah Khamis, Fahad Aldhaban, Neelu Singh, Nitin Katarya, and Stevan Jovanovic
Quantum Multiplexers, Parrondo Games, and Proper Quantization, Faisal Shah Khan
Tracking Rhythmicity in Biomedical Signals using Sequential Monte Carlo methods, Sungan Kim
Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Consideration of Attachment Deficits in the Etiology of Offending, Lee Anna Knox
India - Can It Achieve Its Potential in Technology World?, Dinesh Reddy Kypa, Meng Liang, Jiali Ju, Nuttavut Praechareonwatana, Yulianto Suharto, and Yue Zhang
Candidate Technologies& Technology Selection - Through Extending Quick & Dirty Technology Assessment Method, Ann-Marie Lamb
Examining Ambidexterity in Practice at Insitu, Holly LaRue
City Management Theory and Practice: A Foundation for Educating the Next Generation of Local Government Administrators, Scott Douglas Lazenby
Active Site Chemistry of the NADPH-Dependent:7-Cyano-7-Deazaguanine (PreQ0) Nitrile Oxidoreductase, an Enzyme involved in Queuosine Biosynthesis, Bobby Wai Keung Lee
Biomass as an Alternative Energy, Jui-Lin Lee, Lokesh Honnappa, Tung-Lung Li, Valesca Walesko, and Vorakarn Chiamsiri
Data Center Metrics: A Model for Energy Efficiency, Matthew Letts, Ganesh Subramanian, Mukundan Thirumalai, Jay Justice, and Mark Krampits
Light Rail Project Management in Portland Focusing on Interstate MAX: Project scope, Risk Management, Knowledge Transfer, Donggyu Lim, Fatima Al-Dahwi, Nick Wallace, Jiting Yang, Justus Schwarz, and Stevan Jovanovic
Technology Assessment of Two Energy Portfolios Using with a Hierarchical Decision Model, Donggyu Lim, Lawrence Carter, Noah Third, Willi Schweinfort, and Paul Tibbot
Quantum Inductive Learning and Quantum Logic Synthesis, Martin Lukac
How to Market ETM for Prospective Students, Almarzouqi Manal, Choeda Ngawang, Intarode Nuttavut, Kothapally Srilatha, Pathak Ujjal, and Sharma Hari
Studies of DNA Hybridization Reactions and Applications in Genetic Assays, Fidelis Manyanga
Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade: A Reputation Won?, Chloe Faith Marie Massarello