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Visual Communication Within Animal Advocacy: Sentience, Self-Persuasion, Semiotics, Andrew Massa
The Design of a House, Lars Mattingly
Unsupervised Neural Networks for Anomaly Detection in Vehicular Transportation Systems, Harindra S. Mavikumbure
Bugs in the flux: links between arthropod diversity and spatial variation of soil respiration in a temperate forest, Erin-Darby H. McClain
Neural Network-Enhanced High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy: Eliminating Pre-Processing for Robust DNA Molecule Detection in Nanoscience, Wendy L. McConnell-Wells
Perceptions of Healthy Diets, Food Behaviors, and Meal Kit Preferences Among SNAP Participants in Richmond, Virginia., James E. McConville
Learning and Identity in Cross Functional Teams: A Communities of Practice Perspective, Penelope K. McFarline
Sink Into Serenity: Exploring the Healing Properties of Bathing Culture, Kristopher P. McKeever
Existing in the Context: A Conjunctural Analysis of Kamala Harris Memes, Amaya McNeal
Low-Cost Temperature Monitoring and Control for Microwave Solid Reactor, Carter M. Miller
THE EFFECT OF OPIOID USE AND TREATMENTS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER ON NEUROCOGNITIVE AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY OUTCOMES IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV, Emily A. Miller
FeCrAl and Cr-Coated Zircaloy-4 Surface Oxidation Chemistry After Short-Time High-Temperature Heating in a Steam Environment, Lilith Miller
Knowledge and Practice of Pediatric Dentists Regarding the Management of Oral Piercings in Adolescents, Siuneh Minassian
Characteristics of Permanent Teeth Undergoing Surgical Endodontic Evaluation: A Retrospective Study, Yasamin Mojarad
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE-β (DAGLβ) IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN MICE, Lauren V. Moncayo
Place, Culture, and Care: A Socioecological Examination of Type 2 Diabetes among Hispanics in the U.S., Danielle Montoya
Partners in Progress: How Non-Traditional Learners Perceive Organizational Support, Lauren C. Mortensen
Examining multiple stakeholder perspectives on the acceptability of pain-mitigation as a tool to manage needle fear, Sarah C M Morton
Optimal Data Splitting Methods, Sujay Mudalgi
MCTR3 Mitigates Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation and Damage, Yu Par Aung Myo
Psychometric Evaluation: Extending the Reliability and Validity of the Teacher Attribution Measure for Early Elementary (TAM-EE), Kerensa R. Nagle
Into Thick Air: Adapting Cultural Practices Into Solutions For Modern Wicked Problems, Syed Muhammad Erzum Naqvi
Clinical Outcomes of Primary Anterior Esthetic Crowns in Pediatric Dentistry: Prospective Cohort Study, Hanan Naser
The Cut Worm Forgives The Plow, August Neuscheler
“SOME VAGUE UTOPIA”: SEARCHING FOR URANIA, Moira L. Neve
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INCREASING VITAMIN C CONCENTRATIONS ON HIERARCHICAL COLLAGEN FIBER FORMATION BY MENISCAL FIBROCHONDROCYTES, Afrah Hanan K. Nirar
ASSESSING DISABILITY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, Corey Nolan
Show Them, Teach Them, Let Them: Empowering Undergraduate Voices through Student-Centered Theatre, Abigail G. Norris
Expression Analysis of Floral Symmetry Candidate Genes in Browallia speciosa, Gabriella Z. OBriant
ASSESSING ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM ABUSE LIABILITY AMONG PEOPLE WHO SMOKE CIGARETTES: IMPACT OF DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS, NICOTINE FLUX, AND FLAVOR, Elizabeth Oluwapelumi Ogunleye
Catalytic and Upscaling Behaviors of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde and Natural Polymer Gels, Christopher M. Ohlhaver
Glossed Over, Rebecca Oh
mutual realm, Tyna Ontko
The Role of Entrepreneurship and Productivity in SME Closures: A Cross-Country Study of Small Business Exit During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Rajendra Pandit
Integration of phenotyping into a preliminary investigation of stand-alone web-based cognitive behavioral therapy among a non-treatment seeking sample, Anna B. Parlier-Ahmad
Using Habituation and Affective Forecasting to Distinguish When the Passive Enjoyment of Harm Begets the Active Pursuit of Aggression, Drew M. Parton
Beliefs Related to Diagnosing BPD and Complex PTSD, Bailey Pascuzzi
PlzA RNA Chaperone Activity in Borreliella burgdorferi is modulated by c-di-GMP, Dhara T. Patel
Unleashing Serine Palmitoyltransferase in Test Tubes and Mice, Matthew W. Peart
Identity Formation of a Pre-Service Art Educator: An Arts-Based Approach to Data Visualization as a Means of Understanding Personal Experience, Kelsey L. Peterson Mays
Sex-Specific Regulation of MASH and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Role of SphK2 in Females, Bria Pierre
The Role of BMP-2 in the Inflammatory Response to Biomaterials, McKenzie E. Piper
Targeting BCL-2 Family Proteins in Doxorubicin-induced Senescence using Triple Negative Breast Cancer Models, Annette Pirtle
Social Support, Tobacco Attitudes/Perceptions of Harm, and Asthma Status as Moderators in the Association Between Tobacco Exposure and Cotinine Levels, Rachel L. Pitts
Interrogating the Endogenous Peptidome for Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury, Kelly E. Platfoot
INTUITIVE MIXED REALITY INTERFACES FOR CREATIVE AND INTERACTIVE ROBOTICS: ROBOART, MAGNAFORMA, AND PLAYMEOW, miles popielamc
Formulation and Pre-clinical Evaluation of Ocular Drug Delivery Systems, Sagun Poudel
Tate Speech: Radicalizing Rhetoric and Multi-Level Marketing Recruitment Strategies in the Manosphere, Carey J. Priebe
Exploring the Development of Students' Calling to the Work of an HOD Practitioner in an Undergraduate HOD Degree Program, Neil Dana Rahbar-Daniels
An Adaptive Method for Covariate Balancing in Block Randomized Clinical Trials, Ren Rasnick
The Photographic Corpus// Diffractive Materialities, Agential Processes, and the Entangled Archive, Megan B. Ratliff
Advanced Air Preheater Sealing Systems for Enhanced Efficiency and Reliability in Thermal Power Plants, Pavan Kumar Ravulaparthy
The Bacteriostatic, Regenerative, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Extracellular Matrix Particles for Lung Injury, Keera P. Rhoads
Afterlife Recovered, Caroline M. Richards
Physiological Responses and Plant Trait Interactions with Coastal Dune and Swale Development, Emily C. Riffe
We Are Worthy of Investment: Exploring Forms of Cultural Capital Among Black American Families, Joyice Robinson Myers
FPGA Implementation of a Quantized Autoencoder for Anomaly Detection, Laurence Rogers
Genetic Studies at the Intersection of Alcohol Use and Pain, Walker Rogers
A Qualitative Exploration of the Employment Experiences and Coping Strategies Among Transgender Women in Medellín, Colombia., Paola Marcela Roldan
How to Remain a Stranger / Encountering, in a Basement, Hannah Rotwein
Men's Perceptions of Autonomous Reproductive Choices, Julie Russo
Implementation of quantized artificial neural networks with spintronic stochastic computing, Saadi Sabyasachi Mr.
Plasmon-assisted On-chip Integration of Quantum Emitter for Scalable Quantum Networking, Samprity Saha
Growth to beginning of gill formation., Annie Sarachan
Advancing Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets & Energy Efficient Switching, Shouvik Sarker
Strata: Layered support through community, resources, & design, Jenna M. Sawyer
Collaborative Robots for the Automation of Additive Manufacturing Workflows, Logan Schorr
The Use of the Sway Application to Measure Postural Control in Children with Developmental Motor Coordination Challenges, Elisa Seidner
Learning to Deceive and Persuade: Predictive Agents with Language and Personality Diversity in Social Deduction Games, Aaron M. Shah
THE ROLE OF MTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF XENOPUS Laevis AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH DYRK1A, Devyani Shah
Food Waste Renaissance: From the Table, for the Table, Yasamin Shaikhi
Lonely People Anonymous, Christopher Shaw
Inherited Wounds: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma through Cooperative Play, Ayza Sheikh
Blossoming in the Margins: An autoethnographic and narrative exploration of fat Black women’s storied lives through Sista Circles, Broquelynn D. Shepard
Persistence of southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) in an ever-changing environment, Shruti Shrivastava
Orientia tsutsugamushi Ankyrin Effector Proteins Inhibit NF-kB via a Conserved Lamin-Binding Domain, Thomas Siff
Dynamic Expression of Transposable Elements Contributes to Molecular and Behavioral Adaptations to Cocaine, Gabriella M. Silva
The Proprietor of Battersea: The Life and Legacy of American Founder John Banister (1734–1788), Davis C. Simmons
Targeting CCR5 as a therapeutic approach for CNS neuropathology in HIV: Insights into sex as a biological variable, Chloe A. Simons
The Impact of Regular E-Cigarette Usage on Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults, Tijana Simovic
Facile Synthesis of Gold, Copper, and Silicon Nanostructures by Laser Ablation in Liquid, Nicholas Simpson
Implementation Methods for Robust N/MEMS Configurable Logic Gates and Memory Units, Bennett T. Smith
The Bitch and the Boogeyman: Violence Against Women and Gendered Morality in American Slasher Films, Davis A. Smith
Technointerventionism: External Sources of Influence Shaping Parental Attitudes and Practices in Early Childhood Media Use, Joshua J. Smith
Development of a Mediation Model of Pain Cognition in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Daniel M. Sop
Modeling the Impacts of the Current and Projected Temperatures on Spongy Moth Population Dynamics, Adrienne B. Spring
Orb Weaver, Quinn Standley
Treatment Resistant Obesity Among Midlife Women Receiving Care from a Specialized Weight Management Clinic, Emily C. Stevens
Stained Glass, Depicting Absence, Julia St. John
Development of Next Generation Inhibitors to Disrupt C-terminal Binding Protein's Oncogenic Effects, Nicholette Angela St Martin
‘Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go’: Investigating the Roles of Religiosity and Spirituality in Racial Socialization for Black Families, Alexis D. Stokes