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Experimenting with a Biologically Plausible Neural Network, Dmitri Murphy
Social Saints in the City: Race, Space, and Religion in Chicago Women's Settlement Work, 1890-1935, Johanna Katherine Murphy
Working Paper No. 43, Towards a Veblenian Theory of Instincts, Duane Murray
Initial Decision Framework for the Implementation of Virtual Teams, Duane Murray, Jeffrey Pinkerton, Yaya Sirimongkarakorn, Mohammed Thawab, and Mohammed Zaid
The Campaigns of Alexander: How Arrian’s Character of Alexander Influences How He is Portrayed in Writing, Peyton M. Myers
Meta-Analysis of Tobacco Control Policies for Reducing Tobacco Consumption, Arya Kevin Naghdi
The Epidemiology of Firearm-Related Injuries Presenting at the Two Level-1 Trauma Centers in Oregon from 2009-2019, Kamil Narayan, Kathleen F. Carlson, and Susan DeFrancesco
Minimum Complexity Echo State Networks for Genome and Sequence Analysis, Christopher John Neighbor
A Public Health Recommendation Countering the Online Anti-Vaccination Movement, Grace M. Neumann
Oregon Longitudinal Child Abuse and Neglect Linkage Replication Project, Abigail Newby-Kew, Suzanne Zane, Lynn Marshal, John Putz, and Jared Parrish
Workflow Critical Path: a Data-Oriented Path Metric for Holistic HPC Workflows, Daniel D. Nguyen
The Utility of Multiplex Closeness Centrality for Predicting Item Difficulty Parameters in Anomia Tests, Khanh L. Nguyen
Factor Structure of the Short Form of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-15) in an Early Adolescent, Non-clinical Population, Phuc Toan Nguyen
A Major Motion Picture or Just a Picture? An Analysis in Movie Tie-Ins vs. Original Cover Art, Vivian Nguyen
Expanding the Search for Cancer-emitting Volatile Organic Compounds: A Review and Caenorhabditis Elegans Behavioral Assay, Yuman Ng and Suzanne Estes
Literatura Viva: Formas de conocer la literatura y agricultura desde Chiapas, Jesse Nichols
Does My Favorite Murder Inform Listeners' Favorite Media?, Dani Nicholson
Novel View Synthesis in Time and Space, Simon Niklaus
Aryne-Guided C-H Functionalization of Benzenoid Rings Using Diaryliodonium Salts, Aleksandra Nilova
Ecosystem Engineering in the Backwater Wetlands of the Lower Columbia: Feature Specific Testing of the Virginia Lake Stake Alignment, Michelle Noel North
Rapid Repair of Seismically Vulnerable Bridge Columns Following Earthquake Induced Damage, Gregory H. Norton
Understanding Fare Evasion Defendant Compliance: an Assessment of Criminal Records, Nataly Nunez Vasquez
Aggregated Water Heater System (AWHS) Optimization for Ancillary Services, Manasseh Obi
Effectiveness of Focused Water Conservation Messaging in the Clackamas River, OR, Rikki Carroll Oden
Mixed Plate: Exploring Multiracial Student Identities Within Higher Education, Haley K. M. Okamoto