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2016

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The Body is a Situation, Ali Beemsterboer

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The Compounding Consequences of Climate Change and Wildfire for a High Elevation Wildflower (Saxifraga austromontana), Trevor D. S. (Trevor David Snow) Bloom

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Mechanisms of Inverted Seismic Multiplets, Joel Brann

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Histidine Domain-Arabinogalactan Proteins (HD-AGPs) in the Solanaceae, Jenna K. (Jenna Kristine) Brooks

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Fine-scale Topoclimate Modeling and Climatic Treeline Prediction of Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) in the American Southwest, Jamis M. Bruening

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Toward Sovereignty: Zhang Zhidong’s Military Strengthening of China, 1884-1901, Adam Y. (Adam Yung-Ho) Chang

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Black Cottonwood (Populus Trichocarpa) Nutrition in the Dewatered Lake Aldwell Reservoir on the Elwha River, Washington, Ezra H. Citron

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Blurred Vision? Evaluating the Legacy of Puget Sound Smart Growth, Stacy Clauson

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The Deoxygenation and Hydrogenation Properties of Noble Metal-Based Bimetallic Phosphide Catalysts, Paul M. Cochran

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The Effect of High-Intensity Visible Light on the Bloom Niches of the Phototrophic Dinoflagellates Alexandrium fundyense and Heterocapsa rotundata, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Colleen) Cooney

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Return to Sarah: for Orchestra, Nicaela Coté

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Leveraging Legitimacy: How Alaska Circumvented Salmon Sustainability By Creating Their Own Eco-Label, Monique Couture

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The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Attention and Rumination, Diana M. David

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Fluvial Incision, Upper Plate Faulting, and Short-Term Deformation in the Southern Olympic Mountains of Washington State, Jaime Delano

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Identification of Aspergillus Fungal Resistance Factors in a Plant Model System, Teresa C. De Sitter

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Teaching Environmental/STEM College Access Curriculum in Two Western Washington Title I Elementary Schools, Wendelin Dunlap

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Climatic Drivers of Western Spruce Budworm Outbreaks in the Okanogan Highlands, Todd M. Ellis

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Mineral Complexities as Evidence for Open-system Processes in Formation of Intermediate Magmas of the Mount Baker Volcanic Field, Northern Cascade Arc, Ricardo D. (Ricardo Daniel) Escobar-Burciaga

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Globalized Garment Systems: Theories on the Rana Plaza Disaster and Possible Localist Responses, Elizabeth A. Evans

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Velocity-Based Training as a Method of Auto-Regulation in Collegiate Athletes, Damien L. (Damien Levon) Fisher

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A Dynamic Bayesian Approach for Integrating Climate Change into a Multi-Stressor Ecological Risk Assessment for the Mercury Contaminated South River and Upper Shenandoah River, Lara Gaasland-Tatro

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Survival Strategies, Jenna Gernand

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Knowing Nature: Plurinationality and Productivity in Ecuador’s Socialist State, Kelsey E. Gilman

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"They Gave Hungary Away": Depression and Traumatic Cultural Identity Among Hungarians, Katarina Gombocz

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Toward Accurate and Efficient Computational Screening of the Electronic Structure and Band Gaps of Semiconductors, Linda Grabill

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Predicting Risk to Estuary Water Quality and Patterns of Benthic Environmental DNA in Queensland, Australia using Bayesian Networks, Scarlett E. Graham

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Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure of Lithotrophically-Driven Microbial Mats from the Mariana Arc and Back-Arc, Kevin W. Hager

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How These Girls Shimmer, Julia E. Hands

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Mapping Interactions Between the Type-VI Secretion System Effector tAE1 and Its Putative Substrates Using NMR Spectroscopy, Robert C. (Robert Corey) Henderson

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Adaptive Variation in Desiccation Resistance in Rhagoletis, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn) Hill

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Speech Modifications for Supporting Auditory Comprehension in Aphasia, Jamie Hitchcock

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A Certain Exposure, Cindy-Lou Holland

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Comprehensive Solution Structure Analysis of DNA Duplexes Containing Chemical Base Alterations, Joanna Hoppins

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Progress Toward Structural Studies of a Circularly Permuted Human Hemoglobins Containing T-State Stabilizing Mutations, Rachel J. (Rachel Joy) Hubbard

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Effects of Creatine-Electrolyte Supplement on Power and Strength Performance, Erik Hummer

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Creating a Community Hub for Natural History Education in the Methow Valley and Beyond, Mary Kiesau

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Walking in Broken Pixels, Hans M. Klein

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Cognitive Motor Interference in Adults with LCVA and Typical Comparison Peers Under Single- and Dual-task Conditions, Shandra Knapstad

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Synthesis & Reactivity of Iron (II) Pyridinediimine Complexes For the Reduction of Nitrite, Yubin Kwon

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Detecting Fires: A Nationally Consistent, Rule Based Approach, Jacob D. (Jacob Daniel) Lesser

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Middle-Class Masculinity in England: Examining Citizen-Soldier Volunteers of the First World War, Connor Litchman

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Microbial Diversity Across an Oxygen Gradient Using Large-scale Phylogenetic-based Analysis of Marine Metagenomes, Ryan J. (Ryan James) McLaughlin

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Scandinavian Origins through Christian Eyes: A Comparative Study of the History of the Normans and the Russian Primary Chronicle, Aron Miller

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Seagrasses (Zostera marina) and (Zostera japonica) Display a Differential Photosynthetic Response to TCO2: Implications for Acidification Mitigation, Cale A. Miller

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Behavioral Characterization of a Knock-in Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease, Shawn Minnig

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Science and Strategy: How Scientific and Technical Information Are Used in Disputes Over Landslide Regulations in Seattle, WA, Ana E. Miscolta-Cameron

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Comparing Soil Datasets with the APEX Model: Calibration and Validation for Hydrology and Crop Yield in Whatcom County, Washington, Andrew M. Monks

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Modeling the Effects of Forecasted Climate Change and Glacier Recession on Late Summer Streamflow in the Upper Nooksack River Basin, Ryan D. Murphy

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Exploring the Effects of Psychological Distance and Action-Related Knowledge on Wildlife Conservation, Brett A. Muskavage

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Investigating the Spatio-Temporal Relationships Between Snowmelt Timing and Wildfire Area Burned in the US Mountain West, Donal Seán (Donal Seán) O'Leary III

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-12°F: for orchestra, David Pangborn

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Wanderingland, Lindsay Petrie

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Water Quality and Algal Diversity of Ten Lakes Along the Mountain Loop Highway, Washington, Katy Pfannenstein

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Ring-Closing Metathesis Reactions of Acyloxysulfones: Synthesis of γ-Alkylidene Butenolides, Iris T. Phan

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Emergent Contaminants and Effects on Field-Exposed Chinook Salmon and Cutthroat Trout in the Stillaguamish Watershed, WA., Jody M. Pope

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Depositional Environments and Provenance of Early Paleogene Strata in the Huerfano Basin: Implications for Uplift of the Wet Mountains, Colorado, USA, Dirk M. Rasmussen

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Beaver Seasons: A Whatcom Phenology, Rob Rich

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One Hundred Years of Vegetation Succession in the Easton Glacial Foreland, Mount Baker, Washington, Katherine A. (Katherine Ann) Rosa

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Development of 2D and 3D Conductive Biomaterial Composites for Use as Electromechanical Actuators, Sean Severt

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Narrative Processes and Well-being in the Context of Chronic Illness, Hannah Shucard

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Effects of Zostera marina Roots and Leaf Detritus on the Concentration and Distribution of Pore-Water Sulfide in Marine Sediments, Alexandra G. (Alexandra Garcia) Simpson

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The Role of Cognitive and Evolutionary Processes in Guiding Gaze Patterns While Viewing Transgender Women, Naomi Skarsgard

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Wisdom of the Ancient Forests: Stories in the Living Thread, Nick Sky

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Diatom Frustules as a Mechanical Defense Against Predation by Heterotrophic Dinoflagellates, Tyler Spillane

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Emergent Wetland Plant Biophysical Characteristics Associated with Wave Attenuation and Sediment Retention, Chad D. Stellern

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Video Education For Nutritional Management Of Type 2 Diabetes In A Rural, Multiethnic Community In Molokai, Hawaii, Megan Stephenson

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Microzooplankton grazing, growth and gross growth efficiency are affected by pCO2 induced changes in phytoplankton biology, Kelly Still

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History at Hand: An Analysis of Self-Guided Historic Walking Tours in Whatcom County, Washington, Laura M. (Laura Marie) Stone

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Copper Indium Disulfide Nanocrystal Luminescent Solar Concentrators, Ryan I. (Ryan Isaac) Sumner

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Cluster Analysis as a Means of Examining Topographically-mediated Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) Growth in the American Southwest, Tyler J. Tran

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Heart's Desire, A. D. (Austin David) VanKirk

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Coping Skills, Social Support, and Quality of Life Among Puerto Rican Women Undergoing Drug and/or Alcohol Treatment, Cheryl A. Vázquez-Colón

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Spatial Variability of Snow Chemistry of High Altitude Glaciers in the Peruvian Andes, Lindsay K. Wallis

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A Holocene Glaciolacustrine Record of the Lyman Glacier and Implications for Glacier Fluctuations in the North Cascades, Washington, Harold N. Wershow

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Exploring the Biofuel Potential of Isochrysis sp., John R. Williams II

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Development of a Samarium Based Allylic Benzoate Elimination/Isomerization: Application to a Total Synthesis of Honokiol, Alicia M. Wright

2015

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Three Languages, One Nation: Trilingualism and National Identity in England, From the Mid-Twelfth to the Early Fourteenth Century, Christopher Anderson

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Fathersblood, Britton Andrews

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Ludic Suite: for Orchestra, Jon R. Bash

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Differential Incision and Uplift of the Yakima River Terraces, Adrian M. Bender

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Ocean Acidification Affects Larval Swimming in Ostrea lurida but not Crassostrea gigas, Shannon Buckham

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Effects of Heavy Metals on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, George L (George Livingston) Burgess

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Structural Requirements for Ribosome-Dependent GTPase Activity and Binding, Markus A. Carlson

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Effects of Hypoxia and Sulfide Intrusion on Eelgrass (Zostera marina), Melissa Ciesielski

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The effect of maternal traits on rearing success in pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsii), Erin Rose D'Agnese

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Probing the Hydrodesulfurization Properties of Nickel-Rich Bimetallic Phosphides: Supported Catalysts and Encapsulated Nanoparticles, Samuel J. Danforth

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Determining biologically available phosphorus in storm water entering Lake Whatcom, WA using the dual culture diffusion apparatus, Jonnel Deacon

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Paleomagnetic Determination of Vertical-Axis Block Rotation and Magnetostratigraphy in the Mecca Hills and Coachella Valley, California, Cassidy W. (Cassidy Wade) Dimitroff

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Incorporating Experiential Education into Entry-level College Biology Curriculum, David W. Droppers

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The Effects of an Isometric Quarter Squat on Countermovement Jump Performance, Mitchell W. Dropp

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Unnecessary Roughness: Examining Terrain, Indiscriminate Violence, and Conflict Duration, Christine Dulaney

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Effect of Augmented Eccentric Training in Older Adults, Jennifer L (Jennifer Lee) Estep

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A Qualitative Analysis of Superstitious Behavior and Performance: How it Starts, Why it Works, and How it Works, Alexandra A. Farley

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The Effects of a Five-Week Exercise Intervention Using EMG Biofeedback on Scapular Stabilizer Muscle Activation and Scapular Kinematics, Samantha R. Gunderson

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Trajectories of Functional and Species Change During Plant Community Assembly in a California Serpentine Grassland, Melissa N. Habenicht

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Surface Slip during Large Owens Valley Earthquakes, Elizabeth K. Haddon

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Integrated Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for the South River, Virginia: a Bayesian Approach, Meagan J. Harris

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Living in the Moment: Daily Life Assessments of Mindfulness Meditation on Stress, Coping Flexibility, and Well-Being, Dusti R. Jones

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Quartz Crystal Microblade Function in the Salish Sea Region of Washington State During the Locarno Beach Phase (3500-2400 BP), Rachael N. Kannegaard

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Investigating Effective Methods for Aggregating, Organizing, Storing, Managing, and Disseminating Community Resilience Data, Jonathan A. Kemp Jr