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Late-Night Political Comedy's Impact on Audience Political Attentiveness, Public Opinion, and Civic Engagement, Molly J. Olmstead
The Almohad: the Rise and Fall of the Strangers, David Michael Olsen
Modeling Spatiotemporal Patterns of PM2.5 at the Sub-Neighborhood Scale Using Low-Cost Sensor Networks, Philip Jeffrey Orlando
Identification of Degradation Products Formed from Glycerol and Terpenes in Aromatherapy Vaporizers, Alisha Ortiz
Identification of Degradation Products formed from the Thermolysis of Glycerol and Terpenes in MONQ Aromatherapy Devices, Alisha Ortiz and Robert Strongin
Interests and Priorities in Sockeye Salmon Management: How Are Policies Enacted and Interpreted on Three Alaskan Rivers?, Jake P. Palazzi
Analyzing Network Topology for DDoS Mitigation Using the Abelian Sandpile Model, Bhavana Panchumarthi and Monroe Ame Stephenson
Creating an Ethics of Love: Encountering Nonduality through Buddhism and Phenomenology, Dakota Parmley
Modeling and Visualizing Power Amplification in Fiber Optic Cables, Gil Parnon
Development of a High-Throughput Assay for Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Identification, Kim Paulin and Marilyn R. Mackiewicz
Challenges and Practices for Effective Knowledge Transfer for New Members in ad hoc Virtual Teams, Alekhya Penmasta, Gopichand Nandamuri, Mohamed Sheikh, Sobha Rani Chittila, and Thanvi Vemulapally
Dynamic Assessment for Evaluating Bilingual Children's Potential for Language Development Over Time: a Pilot Study, Camryn R. Perez
Sense of Belonging from a Distance: How Online Students Describe, Perceive, and Experience Belonging to the Institution, Marleigh Luster Perez
Battle of the Buttercups: Investigating Hybrid Zone Dynamics in a Ranunculus Species Complex, Jessica Persinger
The Collective Contemplation: How a Global Pandemic Offers an Invitation to Dance with the Abundant Divine, Skyler Pestle
Organizational Risk in Multi-Sector Health Partnerships: a Case Study of Oregon's Accountable Health Communities, Shauna Jean Nicole Petchel
Mathematical Silences, Matthew Nathan Petersen
The Velvet Glove: Virtuousness and Class in Balzac’s Paris, Nicholas C. Peters
The Rise and Infiltration of Pac-Man and Street Fighter, Angelic Phan
Arab Student Experiences of Inclusivity and Exclusivity at Portland State University and Off-Campus Locations, Leila M. Piazza
Colonial Articulations: Race, Violence, and Coloniality in Kafka's "Penal Colony", Marshall Pierce
Variability in Historical Fire Patterns of a Moist Mixed-Conifer Forest in the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Laura Marie Platt
Not Coughing, Speaking Through a Dog, Joshua Pollock
An Analysis of the Competitive Advantages and Threats for Micro, Small & Medium-sized Businesses (MSMEs) in Mexico, Jose Luis Pool Sierra