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Impacts of Human Disturbances on Alaskan Brown Bears (Ursus arctos): A Literature Review, Stephanie J. Menjivar
Motherdough, Sophia Kalin Merrell
Categorization of Firearm Injury Intent among Patients Treated in 2020-2022 at Oregon Health and Science University’s Emergency Department, Rosol Mikail, Ayanna Bell, Gina Stahla, and Kathleen Carlson
Behavior Training for Educators: What Training do Educators Need to Support Students with Challenging Behaviors?, Michelle R. Milburn
Decriminalizing Drugs: A Comparative Study of Oregon in an International Context, Fox Millsaps
Diabolical or Masculine Men? Opposing Views of Male Witches in Early Modern England, Giuliana T. Mintiero
I Know That You Know That I Know: Meta-Parody Ads and Brand Credibility, Giuliana T. Mintiero
Proxies of Design: A Case Study and Analysis of Place and Commercial Real Estate in Seattle, Nicholas Miranda
Purinergic Receptors in Lung Disease, Emily Mize
Mitigating Sex Trafficking: Preventative Methods for Reducing Sexual Exploitation, Autumn Rain Monroe
Mourning in Eco-Poetics & Cellar as Linguistic Category, Gwen Moon
Contextualizing The Role of Answerers' Gaze Orientation in Turn Taking, Cassidy Moore
Committees in the Oregon State Legislature: Partisan, Distributive, or Informational, Woodrow C. Moore
Systematic Characterization of Power Side Channel Attacks for Residual and Added Vulnerabilities, Aurelien Tchoupou Mozipo
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): A Queer Analysis, Elizabeth M. Munk
Implementing mailed FIT and patient navigation in rural settings: Preliminary qualitative findings from the SMARTER CRC study, Emily M. Myers
The Contribution of Domestic and International Conflict In Renaissance Italy to the Sport of Fencing, Amelia E. Nason
CE-QUAL-W2 Performance Assessment Modeling 1979 GRH Flume Study, Logan Negherbon
Community Supervision: Perspectives of Probation and Parole Officers and Supervisors on Key Supervision Approaches and Policy Changes, Asianna Nelson
Estimated proportion of child maltreatment allegations attributable to pre-birth maternal household challenges, Abigail Newby-Kew, Jared Parrish, Jodi Lapidus, and Lynn Marshall
Portland's Lost Chinatown, Artthew H. Ng
Motor Vehicle Theft in Portland Oregon, Io Nicholls
The Role of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Disaster Response and Adaptation Strategies to Climatic Disasters in Manila, Edmundo Nicolas Jr.
Impacts of Floodplain Restoration on Water Temperature and Macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon, Wesley Nathan Noone