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Trail Impact Monitoring in Forest Park, James Mitchell
An Analysis of Capillary Flow in Finite Length Interior Corners, Samuel Shaw Mohler
Flocks, Digraphs, and Oscillator Arrays, Choomno Moos and J. J. P. Veerman
The Erasure of Intersex, Transgender, Nonbinary, and Agender Experiences by Misusing Sex and Gender in Health Research, Tessalyn Morrison, Alexis Dinno, and Taurica Salmon
Understanding Financial and Human Resource Capacity Challenges among Small Nonprofits in Oregon: How to Overcome Challenges Unique to Size and Urban-Rural Divide, Anindita Mukerjee
Assessment of Vertical Accuracy from UAV-LiDAR and Structure from Motion Point Clouds in Floodplain Terrain Mapping, Andrew Muller
Does Reading Violent Books Increase Aggression? Perceptions of an Overlooked Medium, Cassandra H. Muniz
Forecasting Optimal Parameters of the Broken Wing Butterfly Option Strategy Using Differential Evolution, David Munoz Constantine
Hybrid-lipid Coated Silver Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial, Alexandria Murphy, Marilyn R. Mackiewicz, and Michael S. Bartlett
Tourism Route Optimization for Portland, Oregon, Duane Murray, Mohammed Thawab, Adnan Binmahfood, Mohammed Zaid, and Colin Owens
Decolonizing Healthcare: a Black Feminist Analysis of Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics of AIDS (SISTA), Joy Mutare Fashu Kanu
An Analysis of Suspended Sediment Dynamics in a Partially Mixed Estuary, Riyadh Hamad Muttaleb
Session 2: Panel 1: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- Hunting Power through Witch Hunts in Early Modern Scotland, Devika D. Narendra
Evaluation of Sex Education Curriculum and Policy Related to the Needs of LGBTQ+ Latinx Youth, Olivia Nayler
Project MKULTRA: How the CIA Used the Cold War to Commit Horrors on US Citizens, Dawson M. Neely
Mutual Aid as Spiritual Tacit Knowledge Within Doukhobor Epistemology, Rachel L. Neubuhr Torres
Cleopatra VII: How Modernity Altered One of Egypt’s Most Infamous Pharaohs, Isabeau Newbury
Self-Perception of Stuttering Frequency Across the Lifespan: A Pilot Study, Natalia C. Newton
Readability of Informational Handouts Provided to Families of Patients with Craniofacial Differences at their Initial Clinic Visit, Mi Eve A. Ngo
Investigation of Environmental-Friendly, Membraneless Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells, Bao Nguyen
The Usage of Resveratrol for Eye Pain after Refractive Surgery, Dennis Nguyen
Multi-Agent Radiation Localization, Teresa Nguyen
Opportunities for Vietnam's Footwear Industry After the 2019-2020 Pandemic to Achieve Competitive Advantage, Thuan Nguyen
A ‘Confessed’ Witch: Tituba and Salem Witchcraft, 1692–1693, Brooke Nicole Nicholson
Working Paper No. 57, The Plight of the Indigenous in British North America, Maria Nicolas-Reyes