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Institutionalizing Femininity: A History of Medical Malpractice and Oppression of Women Through 19th century American Mental Asylums, Ciara E. Pruett
Designing the Future: The Influence of Lloyd J. Reynolds on American Product Innovation, Bander Qadan
Working Paper No. 84, Designing the Future: The Influence of Lloyd J. Reynolds on American Product Innovation, Bander Qadan
Working Paper No. 75, The Utopian Socialists Reconsidered, Aden Quenemoen
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Critical Analysis of Anti-Asian Hate in the News, Benardo Douglas Relampagos
The Power of Algorithms and Big Data: A Marketing Perspective on Consumer Manipulation in Business, Jordan C'rene Reuille-Dupont
Functional and Non-Functional Harmonic Devices in the Music of Wayne Shorter From the 1960's: Analysis and Application, Max Reynolds
The Identification of Representation Gaps in Diverse US Children's Picture Books, Alena Rivas
Land of Unwashed Clothes, Samantha Rivas
A Bayesian Network-Based Methodology for Improved Bridge Load Rating and Asset Management, Jeffery Mark Roberts
Prosecutors or Helpers: An Institutional Ethnography of Child Protective Services Casework, Anna Maria Rockhill
The Use and Influence of Health Indicators in Municipal Transportation Plans, Kelly Christine Rodgers
A Graph Theory Approach for Public Transit Connectivity in New York City, Francisco Rodriguez and Jhosseline Zhunio
Son Otros Tiempos: Generational Experiences of Male Friendships Amongst Mexican and Mexican American Men, Marisela Rodríguez Molina
Confronting Web3 Technology: Opportunities, Challenges and Community Formation, Christopher-John Rogers
In Their Words: Prospective Teachers' Experiences as a Context for Investigating Their Views of Authority in a Mathematics Classroom, Brenda Lynn Rosencrans
An Analysis on The Florida Project, Capucine Rosier
Perceptual Mismatch Between Meso and Macro Policy at Tokyo International University, Brianna M. Ross
Comparing the Performance of Different Machine Learning Models in the Evaluation of Solder Joint Fatigue Life Under Thermal Cycling, Jason Scott Ross
The Satisfaction Clause in Publishing Agreements: A Case Study of Its Purpose, Controversy, and Future, Maliea Ruby
Rite to Death, Left to Life: Death Ritual as a Cross-Cultural Unit of Analysis, Ro M. Runkel