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Lack of Replication Disruption Following H2O2-induced Damage in Escherichia coli, Sierra S. Schmidt, Justin Courcelle, and Charmain T. Courcelle
Evaluating the Efficacy of Telepractice Speech Therapy for an Adult Who Covertly Stutters, Patrizha Schroth and Megann McGill
Statistical Modeling of Historical Daily Water Temperatures in the Lower Columbia River, Malia Hanae Scott
Comparing FARS-Reported Motor Vehicle Fatalities on Tribal and Non-Tribal Lands in the Pacific Northwest, 2010-2018, Jennifer Seamans
Straying From the Norm: Which Single Mothers Choose Non-Traditional Last Names for Their Children?, Cyrena Selden
Project - Smart Sole, Dharshanika Selvakumar, Garrette Stauffer, Dmitry Gryaznov, Elaina L. Gabriel, and Waseem Khalaf
Great Sand Sea, Nada Sewidan
Race and Desirability: Black Women in the Dating Scene, Isabella Shackelford and Shirley A. Jackson
Untangling the Factors that Affect Student Retention: a Quantitative Study of the Relationships among First-Year Seminar Program Characteristics and Instructor Type (Full-Time and Part-Time), Christina Marie Shafer
Teaching VR and AR, Sam Shippey
The Impacts of the Bicycle Network on Bicycling Activity: a Longitudinal Multi-City Approach, Wei Shi
The Impact of Paternal Caregivers for Youth Who Commit Sexual Offenses, Miranda Hope Sitney
Categorizing bird species based off response to Pleistocene climate variation, Ashwin Sivakumar and Alexis Mychajliw
Strategies for Urban Pollinator Management Using Habitat Monitoring and Restoration Planning in Portland OR, Fiona Smeaton
Strategies for Urban Pollinator Management Using Habitat Monitoring and Restoration Planning in Portland Oregon, Fiona Smeaton
Impact of the Urban Heat Mosaic on the Leaf Senescence in Two Acer Species, Jeffrey D. Smith
The Effect of the urban Heat Mosaic on Tree Phenology, Jeffrey D. Smith, Olyssa Starry Dr., and Amelia B. Drake
Unipolarity and Foreign Policy: an Examination of the Unipolar U.S and Its Subsequent Foreign Policy Constraints, Madeleine Smith
Vampires, Fandom, and Feminism: Updating the Vampire Horror Screenplay Through Themes of Empowerment, McKinzie Smith
Dynamic Effects of Inertial Particles on the Wake Recovery of a Model Wind Turbine, Sarah E. Smith
An Investigation and Comparison of Stable Isotopes in Meteoric Waters and Groundwaters from Southern Washington, Emily E. Smoot
Forest Fire Effects on Snow Storage and Melt, Emily E. Smoot and Kelly E. Gleason
PSU Computer Labs Efficiency Study, Rita Snodgrass, Bharat Verma, and Dave Sherman
Laurent Series Expansion and its Applications, Anna Sobczyk