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Stricken by the Worst Type of Sickness: The Communal Reaction and Response to Impaired Individuals in the Middle Ages, Alice Holland
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STEM Students and Faculty See Value in a Classroom Belonging Exercise, Kaisa S. Holt and Elizabeth A. Runkel-Baez
Death, Grief, and Loss Through the Eyes of Child: The Importance of Teaching Children About Death Using Children's Literature, Sara Holzschuh
Bridging the Gap: Using Significance Modeling to Identify Data Gaps in Lithic Sites Within the Tualatin River Basin, Aaron James Reid Hood-Foster
Dragon Pseudoscorpions Shed Light on Ancient Climate History in the Pacific Northwest, Joshua W. Hootman
Future Sandy: A Multimodal Transportation Plan, Afroza Hossain Misty, Anchal Erachankandy Cheruvari, Holly Querin, Katelyn Dendas, and Symeon Walker
Systematic Review of Long-term and Related Effects (Including Additional Drug Misuse) of Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions in Adolescents and Transitional Youth, Shay Houston and Jake Fossum
Participatory Democracy: The Potential for Civic Transformation Understanding Participants' Learning in the Milwaukie Citizens Jury, Amanda Grace Hudson
Strong Hearts Program: the Results of a Novel Primary-care Based Diagnostic and Referral Program for Chagas Disease in East Boston, MA, USA, Javier J. Huerta
Characterization of Histone Modifications in Response to Anoxia in Killifish Cells, Chelsea Hughes, Jason E. Podrabsky, Dietmar Kueltz, and Elizabeth Mojica
Numerical Study of Cone Penetration in Calcareous Sands: Investigating Cone Tip Resistance Correction Factors for Crushable Soils, Stephanie Michelle Hyder