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Real-time Length Sensing of Braided Pneumatic Actuator using IR Time-of-Flight Sensor, Luon B. Chung
Structure-from-Motion Derived Snow Cover in Burned Forests of the Western Oregon Cascades, Siobhan Ciafone
A Literature Review on Understanding, Solidifying, and Expanding the Role of Art Therapy in Death and Dying, Deborah D. Clark
Consumer 3D Printing for Remote Control Aircraft Wings: Development of Novel Wingbox Structure, Ian Clark
Identifying Advantages to Teaching Linear Regression in a Modeling and Simulation Introductory Statistics Curriculum, Kit Harris Clement
Neural Correlates of Comorbidity of Anxiety Disorders and Eating Disorders, Karsen Coelho
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The Court of Versailles Under Lou’s XIV: Home to the Desperate, the Destitute, and the Debauched, Evelyn L. Cooper
The Effect of Rhizophagus intraradices Mycorrhizal Fungus on Iron Uptake of Corn: A Global Overview on the Effects of Climate Change on the Nutritional Content of Crops, Caitlin R. Costello
Untethered, Hannah Crabtree-Eads
Increasing Access to Doulas in Oregon: A Delphi Study, Courtney Elizabeth Crane
Economic Analysis of Population-Based Next Generation Sequencing for Breast Cancer, Sapphire Curelaru
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Food for All in Clackamas County, Jean Dahlquist, Katie Stringer, Alexander Scott Morgan, Marwa Zidi, and Kim Hack-Davidson
The Praxis of Professional Communication in Simulated Business: PSU Capstone Analysis, Molly Daniels
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