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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Spatial Statistical Approaches to Water Quality Modelling, Janardan Mainali
Socio-Emotional Learning as a Core Standard in Early Education: Producing Competent Adults, Talia Maras
All Black Everything: A Critical Examination of the Black Utopia, Kenyatta Marcelous
Ultrasonic Coda Wave Comparison for Quality Control of Manufactured Parts: Proof of Feasibility, Alexei Marin-Cortes
A Methodological Review of Resilience Approaches for Coral in the Face of Climate Change, Gabriella L. Martinez
The Effects of Neuron Degeneration and Methods of Neurogenesis, Jesus I. Martinez
Roses from Concrete: A Walkability Plan for the Rosewood Neighborhood, Timothy Martinez, Shreya Jain, Matthew Cramer, Gwynn Mackellan, Sarah Bermudez, and Walle Brown
The Rocky Ledge Fault, Shasta County, NE California: Development and Morphology of a Quaternary Oblique Normal Fault in Basalt, Gregory David Linscott Martin
Interactions between the Azoarcus Ribozyme and Manganese (II) Divalent Cations, Joshua Martwick
Teachers' Critical Reflection in an Equity-Focused Professional Learning Community: a Case Study, Patrizia Lina Mastne
Theoretical and Experimental Validation of a CubeSat's L-Band Communication System, Evangelos Mastrogiannis
Approximate Pattern Matching Using Hierarchical Graph Construction and Sparse Distributed Representation, Aakanksha Mathuria
Optimization of Semiconductor Equipment Installations, Tina Matthews, Alison Nalven, Janet Rosenthal, Dean Rosenthal, and Arjun Sridhar
From Inductive to Deductive Learning, Mikhail Mayers and Brian Henson
A Study on How African Immigrants Experience Being Black in America, Nya Mbock and Brianne Suldovsky
Perceptions of Students of Color About Their Experience in an Alternative High School: a Phenomenological Inquiry, Massene Mboup
A Pictorial Guide to Cavity Nesting Wasps of Portland, Morgan McAllister
Outcome Analysis of Tranexamic Acid in Thromboembolic Complications and Coagulation Factors, Hunter A. McCorkle
Understory Species Increase Project, Erin M. McElroy
Outcomes of Telepractice Speech Therapy for an Adult who Covertly Stutters: A Case Study, Megann McGill and Patrizha A. Schroth
Identifying Typologies of Failure to Appear, Ciara McGlynn
Inhibition of Cancer Causing Genes Through the Delivery of OmoMyc in Anti-Myc Therapy: a Systematic Review, Angie McGraw
Addressing Structural Inequalities in Planning Processes: a Case Study of an Equity Lens, Marta Conklé McGuire
Working Paper No. 52, Some of the Profound Effects of World War I on France, Zachary McKinster