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Strategic Infrastructure Planning for Autonomous Vehicles, Zhaocai Liu

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Leadership Styles and Barriers to Leadership for Women in Agriculture: A Mixed Methods Study, Erica Ramsey Louder

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Persistence Impacts on Student Subgroups that Participate in the High Impact Practice of Service Learning, John Louviere

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Response of Glyphosate-Resistant Alfalfa to Glyphosate Application in the Intermountain West, Logan Chet Loveland

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The Development and Use of a Secondary Electron Yield Database for Spacecraft Charge Modeling, Phillip Lundgreen

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Systems Thinking in Engineering Design: Differences in Expert vs. Novice and Relationship to Personality Traits, Yuzhen Luo

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“What Makes ‘em Tick?” The Impact of Parenting Style and Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate on Student Athletes’ Motivation Orientation in the Context of Intercollegiate Athletics, Logan Kateryna Lyons

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Adulthood, Sallie Mack

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Patterns of Microbial Diversity and Community Composition in Slot Canyons, Rock Pools, and Other Ephemeral and Perennial Aquatic Habitats, Marley Madsen

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The Environmental Impact of Immigration in the United States, Guizhen Ma

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Modulation of P3 and the Late Positive Potential ERP Components by Standard Stimulus Restorativeness and Naturalness, Salif P. Mahamane

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Automating and Analyzing Whole-Farm Carbon Models, Aditi Maheshwari

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Characteristics of Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Adopting Instructional Technologies in the State of Utah, Nicole J. B. Manwaring

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Exact Generalized Voronoi Diagram Computation using a Sweepline Algorithm, Daniel Marsden

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Decoding LDPC Codes with Probabilistic Local Maximum Likelihood Bit Flipping, Rejoy Roy Mathews

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A Thermochronometric, Microtextural, and Numerical Modeling Approach to Deciphering the Rock Record of Deformation Processes in the Wasatch and Denali Fault Zones, Robert G. McDermott

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Methods in Modeling Wildlife Disease from Model Selection to Parameterization With Multi-Scale Data, Ian McGahan

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Development of a High-Resolution Land Cover Dataset to Support Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management in Northern Utah, Ellie Irene Leydsman McGinty

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Experimental Static and Cyclic Behavior of Hybrid Non-Metallic Bridge Decks Reinforced with Discrete GFRP Rebar and GFRP Macrofiber, Jared W. McRory

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Cultural and Contextual Influences on Mental Health, Stigma, and Substance Use Among MENA U.S. College Students, Molly Mechammil

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Understanding Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Instructional Coaching During Student Teaching, John Meisner

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Formation Control Using Vehicle Operational Envelopes and Behavior-Based Dual-Mode Model Predictive Control, Brian Merrell

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Classification and Prediction Models for Natural Streamflow Regimes in the Arid Southwestern USA, Angela M. Merritt

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Predicting the Impact of Weather on Rural Travel Times Using Now-Cast Weather Forecast Data, Manish Meshram

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Abstention and Costly Information Acquisition in Elections, Jacob Meyer

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Collaboration and Reflexivity in Wildland Fire Risk Governance in the Western United States, Brett Alan Miller

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Reducing Daily Hassles in the Classroom: Teaching Coping Techniques to Elementary School Children, Fiona Molsberry

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Examination and Empirical Forecast of Wheat Yield in Northwest India Based on Climate and Socio-Economic Factors, Avik Mukherjee

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Acquisition, Processing, and Analysis of Video, Audio and Meteorological Data in Multi-Sensor Electronic Beehive Monitoring, Sarbajit Mukherjee

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College Prescription Opioid Misuse: An Exploration of Social Learning, Social Control, and Strain Theories, Julie Murray

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Practical Optical Survey Strategies for Near Geostationary Orbital Debris, Akhter Mahmud Nafi

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Storm-Time Equatorial Thermospheric Dynamics and Electrodynamics, Luis A. Navarro Dominguez

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Machine Learning Enhanced Free-Space and Underwater OAM Optical Communications, Patrick L. Neary

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Load Forecasting Analysis Using Contextual Data and Integration With Microgrids Used For Off Grid EV Charging Stations, Ashit Neema

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System Level Characterization of the Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor (GRIDS) for the PetitSat Mission, Benjamin B. Oborn

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Anthropogenic Influences on Bacterial Assemblages in Stream Biofilms, Elizabeth M. Ogata

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Rural Sustainability in the Intermountain West, Mary L. Oliver

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Utah County Level Drought Effect on Cattle Inventories 1981-2016, Fred Openshaw

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Working Memory and Syntactic Processing in Bilingual and Monolingual Children, Carla I. Orellana

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Effect of Biocrust Development on Establishment of Native Plants in a Salt Desert System, Merran Owen

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A Stratospheric Approach to Diagnose the North American Winter Dipole, Henrik Panosyan

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Retention of Women in Computer Science: Why Women Persist in Their Computer Science Majors, Katarina Pantic

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Impacts of Racial Microaggressions on White American and Ethnic Minority Students in the College Classroom, Lesther A. Papa

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Semisimple Subalgebras of Semisimple Lie Algebras, Mychelle Parker

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Orson Pratt and the Expansion of the Doctrine and Covenants, Brian C. Passantino

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Arsenic Release From Surface Soils Induced by Stormwater Bioretention, Kaisa H. Patterson

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Propagation of Two Utah Native Plants: Ceanothus velutinus and Cercocarpus montanus, Asmita Paudel

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Effects of Effort Training on Effort-Based Impulsive Choice, Sara Peck

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Laboratory Scale Anaerobic Reactors for Bioenergy from Wastes: Materials, Mathematical Models, and Stoichiometry, Yehor Pererva

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Recombinant Piriform Spider Silk Production, Cole R. Peterson

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Novel Polymorphisms of ZRSR2 and GPM6B Gene Homologs and Their Use in Sex Identification of Bovine and Porcine Species, Evan K. Peterson

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Developing and Validating Stealth Assessments for an Educational Game to Assess Young Dual Language Immersion Learners' Reading Comprehension, Frederick J. Poole

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Protecting Crops from Abiotic Stress: Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Effects on Wheat and a Beneficial Rhizobacterium, Matthew Potter

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Understanding the Microbial Population of Lactococcus lactis. subsp. Strains During Cheese Making and Initial Storage, Rhitika Poudel

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Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs of First-Year Small Grains Following Alfalfa, Collin Pound

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Exploring the Influence of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) in Increasing Reading Comprehension of Grade-Level Biology Text and Biology Self-Efficacy in Students with Learning Disabilities: A Formative Experiment, K. Lea Priestley

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'LMshapemaker': Utilizing the 'Rmapshaper' R Package to Modify Shapefiles for Use in Linked Micromap Plots, Braden D. Probst

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Water, Fish, and Fire: Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation, Liana Prudencio

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The Marshmallow Lab: A Project-Based Approach to Understanding Functional Responses, Melissa Pulley

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Study of Levee Underseepage through Abandoned Channels and Point Bars on Curved Levee Sections Using the Response Surface-Monte Carlo Method, Tomsen Reed

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A General Approach to Lifting-Line Theory, Applied to Wings With Sweep, Jackson T. Reid

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Try the Wine: Food as an Expression of Cultural Identity in Roman Britain, Molly Reininger

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Applying Sexual Script Theory to Hooking Up: A Latent Profile Analysis of Predictors and Outcomes of Class Membership, Mitchell R. Rhodes

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Geomorphic History of the Grand Staircase Region of the Colorado Plateau: Understanding Arroyo Cut-Fill Dynamics, Erosion Rates, and Wildfire, Kerry E. Riley

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An Evaluation of Management Options for the Clover Root Curculio (Sitona hispidulus), a Pest of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) in the Intermountain West, Kaitlin A. Rim

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Club Athletes: Dietary Supplement Use and How the Registered Dietitian Can Better Serve this Population, Rachel E. Robbins

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An Exploration of How Past, Present, and Anticipated Future Identities Shape the Reading Identities and Practices of Reluctant Male Readers in a Rural Setting, Garret Craig Rose

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Indoor Source Localization of Radio Frequency Transmitters Using Blind Channel Identification Techniques, Madison L. Rose

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Exploring the Feasibility of Introducing Alternative Fuel Vehicles into Fleet, Samia Rubaiat

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The Effect of Weather on Pedestrian Activity at Signalized Intersections in Utah, Ferdousy Runa

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Gratitude in Adolescents: Examining the Role of Attachment, Parental Gratitude, and Discounting, Savannah C. Rupp

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#ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike: Twitter Users’ Narratives About the Interpersonal Effects of Anxiety, Raechel B. Russo

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Micro Grid Control Optimization with Load and Solar Prediction, Shaju Saha

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Soft-Switched Resonant DC-DC Converter in Underwater DC Power Distribution Network, Tarak Saha

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Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Determinants in Fortune 50 Companies: Insights from Employee Reviews from Indeed.com, Bishal Sainju

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Hardware Accelerator for Star Centroiding, Nazmus Sakib

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Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Using a Multi-Objective Optimization Tool for Best Management Practices Selection and Spatial Placement in the Lower Bear River Watershed, Utah, Ali A. Salha

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Venturi Flowmeter Performance Installed Downstream of the Branch of a Tee Junction, Benjamin G. Sandberg

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Espoused and Enacted Beliefs of High School English Language Arts Teachers in Writing Instruction, Sydnie Schoepf

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Pre-Eruptive Evolution of Izu-Bonin Boninite Melts: Mixing, Cooling, and Crystallization, Jesse L. Scholpp

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Ecology and Economic Impact of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae; Halyomorpha halys) in the Utah Agricultural Landscape, Zachary R. Schumm

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Rewriting the Unwritten: Decorum as a Tool for Social Justice in Technical Communication, Jennifer L. Scucchi

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Rumen Fermentation Responses to Purified Palmitic, Stearic, or Oleic Fatty Acids and the Impact of a Palmitic Acid-Enriched Supplement on Animal Performance, Austin Paul Sears

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Social Justice Mathematical Modeling for Teacher Preparation, Patrick L. Seegmiller

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Demographics, Accuracy, and Impact of Feed Laboratories in the United States, Jerald H. Severe

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Temporal Bisection Dynamics, Mahdi Shafiei

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Analytic Guidance Strategies for Passively Safe Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Simon Shuster

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Trisiloxane Surfactant Adjuvants in Pollen, Autumn Slade

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Effect of Plant Derived Tannins on Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Pasture Soils, Kathryn A. Slebodnik

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Pitched Baseballs and the Seam Shifted Wake, Andrew W. Smith

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Model-Based Properties of Earth's Protective Shield: Relating UT-Based Dependencies of the Open/Closed Boundary, Cutoff Latitude, and L-Shell Parameter with Polar Cap Absorption Events, David A. Smith

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Formal Verification of the Adversarial Robustness Property of Deep Neural Networks Through Dimension Reduction Heuristics, Refutation-Based Abstraction, and Partitioning, Joshua Smith

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Innovative Biological Solutions for Nitrogen Fixation, Mathangi Soundararajan

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Framing Climate Change in Local Context: Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change In Three Mountain Towns in the Intermountain West Compared to National Coverage, Tyler J. Spradlin

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Relationship Quality Before, During, and After Stepfamily Education: A Latent Trajectory Analysis, Bryan K. Spuhler

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Impact of Parasitic Drag on a Family of Optimal Lift Distributions, Austin J. Stewart

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Pollution Prevention and Water Reuse at Utah Department of Transportation Facilities, Amanda Stoudt

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Improving Our Ability to Estimate Vital Rates of Endangered Fishes on the San Juan River Using Novel Applications of PIT-Tag Technology, J. Benjamin Stout

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Self-Describing Fiducials for GPS-Denied Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Amanda J. Strate

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An Analysis of Syntax Exercises on the Performance of CS1 Students, Shelsey B. Sullivan