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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Making Curry with Rice: An Optimizing Curry Compiler, Steven Libby
So Many Possibilities: A History of Noodles & Pasta, Nola Lierheimer
Stoneware and Earthenware from the Beeswax Wreck: Classification of the Dubé Collection and Discussion of the Interpretation of the Materials in Protohistoric Sites, Vanessa Renee Litzenberg
Spatial Analysis of Burn Severity and Streamflow Response in the Western CONUS, Will Brendan Long
Coming to Know the Local Environment: Children's Experiences in Rautamai Gaunpalika, Nepal, Elsie Nicole Love
Rooted in Deepbone, Kynna Elizabeth Jane Lovin
Perversion: A Genealogy of Deviance and Creation of the "Other", J D. Lyell
Linear Nearest Neighbor Flocks With All Distinct Agents, Robert G. Lyons
Growing Reservoir Networks Using the Genetic Algorithm Deep HyperNEAT, Nancy L. MacKenzie
Accounting's Problematic Relationship to Legitimacy: A Review of the Critical Literature, David Maddox
The Effects of Language Proficiency on Narrative Macrostructure in Spanish-English Bilinguals, Jenny Magallon
Domain Knowledge as Motion-Aware Inductive Bias for Deep Video Synthesis: Two Case Studies, Long Mai
Does Recreational Marijuana Dispensing Induce Substitution for Alcohol?, Aubrey E. Mange
Cost Analysis for Renewable Energy at Residential Houses in CA, Karthik Manjunath, Sara Ferdousi, Ahmed Mahdi, Navdeep Singh, and Yousra Abusharekh
Work-Related IPV Among Latinos: Exploring the Roles of Fatherhood Status, Gendered Expectations, and Support for Intimate Partner's Employment, Adrian Luis Manriquez
Building Resistance and Sustainability to Improve Population Health in Tokyo, Japan., Ma'Adjoa N. Manu
How are Changes in Temperature and Salinity Impacting Intertidal Mussels?, Casey A. Martin
Farmworker Voices: Contesting & Renegotiating Essential Status During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jennifer Martinez
How African Immigrants Perceive Blackness Within the American Ideality: The Sensory Woman Art Installation, Nya K. Mbock
The Meaning and Measure of Deliberative Systems, Darren Michael McCormick
The Passive Approach: How Academically Motivated Students Approach their Mental Health., Megan E. McCoy
Measuring Success in First Episode Psychosis, Eric M. McKinley
Passing Down: Nella Larsen's Questioning of Eugenic Ideology, Sky R. McLeod
Multimodal Imaging of Structural Concrete Using Image Fusion and Deep Learning, Sina Mehdinia