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Events from 2021
Liberalism, Settlement, and the Politics of Sacrifice, Marshall Scheider
Liberalism, Settlement, Sacrifice: Towards a Genealogy of Sacrificial Politics, Marshall Scheider and Adam Culver
Crime Patterns in Bend, Oregon Over a Twenty-Year Period, Holly Schorr
The Ethics of Controlled Human Infection Trials in COVID-19 Research, Katie Schroeder, Portia Perkins, Ashley Kumm, Hallie Johnson, and Shanthia Espinosa
Genome-Wide Sequencing in Clinical Genetic Counseling, Sydney Schulz
Beaver Reintroduction and Its Potential as an Ecological Conservation Measure for At-Risk Amphibian Species in the Pacific Northwest, Danielle Schwantes
Exploring Linkages Between Landscape Patterns and Freshwater and Estuarine Bivalves in the Coast Range of Oregon, Kaegan Michael Scully-Engelmeyer
Integrating Reconsolidation into Treatment for Maladaptive Memory: Clinical Trials in Patients with Anxiety Disorder, Melissa Sek
Reducing Transphobic Attitudes: a Cross-National Investigation of College Students in Japan and the United States, Kazusa Seko
Session 1: Panel 2 (Video) -- Marginalized Communities: Perceptions and Resistance, Jennifer Selwyn, Brianna Michelle Anderson, Charlotte Cody, and Minami S. Powers
Racializing Discourses: an Exploration of Moreno Subject Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico, Juan Salvador Sepulveda-Figuereo
From MDP to AlphaZero, David Robert SeWell
Session 1: Panel 1: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- The Rogue River War 1855-1856, Sara E. Shallenberger
Tensile Strength Evaluation of Glulam Connection with Screw Fasteners, Bradley Sharpshair
Modeling Environmental Factors Related to Drought-Induced Tree Mortality Based on Lidar and Hyperspectral Imagery, Lauren Nicole Sharwood
Technology Management Maturity Assessment Model in Healthcare, Amir Shaygan
Connecting the Fossil Fuel and Tobacco Industries Through Dependency and Denialism, Alyssa M. Shea
Modeling Tools for Analyzing Electrical Power Distribution Systems Impacted by Electric Vehicle Load Growth, Jacob Sheeran
Japanese-English Code-Switching by Postwar Speakers in Contemporary America, Andre John Shepherd
Does Experiencing Spousal Support and Strain Impact the Quality of Family-Based Support that Supervisors Provide to Employees?, Joseph Alvin Sherwood
Automated Statistical Structural Testing Techniques and Applications, Yang Shi
Mechanistic Investigation of Neuropeptide S-nitrosylation by Nitric Oxide Moieties: A Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approach, Vusumuzi Leroy Sibanda
The Descent of Law Enforcement in Ancient Egypt from the Ptolemaic Empire to the Early Roman Empire, Ethan C. Siddall
Closed Canopies Crowd Out Bats: Planning Artificial Gap Creation, Alana Simmons
Intersectional Discrimination and Change in Blood Pressure Control among Older Adults: The Health and Retirement Study, Kendra D. Sims