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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2024

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The Professor Within: The Effects of Sleep and Psychosocial Factors on Professors’ Anxiety, Angelina Bolivar
Department: Psychology

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A Family Matter, Ethan Boudreau
Department: English

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Embodied Reimagining: A Queer Mapping of Identity Performances in Percy Jackson Fan Fiction, Kaleigh Bozick
Department: English; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Small Scale, Big Impact: The Power of Local Food Systems in Repairing Food Literacy and the Consumer-Producer Divide, Claire Brennan
Department: Environmental Studies

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Genome Organization of Culicine-Associated Z Virus (CAZV) in Wild-Caught Aedes japonicus Mosquitoes from Wooster, Ohio, Orion M. Bress
Department: Biology

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Terug: An Exploration of Homesickness, Community, and Land-Longing, Tara Brunner
Department: Art and Art History

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The Impact of Lobbying by the Military Industrial Complex on the Voting Behavior of Maryland Democrats, Nathaniel Buckley
Department: Political Science

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Our Quest for a New World Order: The Effects of Collective Narcissism and Conspiratorial Belief on Sharing Conspiratorial Headlines, Carrie Buckwalter
Department: Political Science; Psychology

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Morphological Measurements of Vision in Juvenile Carolina Grasshoppers, Liliana Burlingame
Department: Neuroscience

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Evaluating the Content Validity of Current Sport Participation Motivation Measures: An "Expert" Review, Melissa Burtscher
Department: Psychology

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Playing For Power: Evaluating Sportswashing With a Case Studies Approach, Ben Byars
Department: Global and International Studies

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Efficient Operation of Soccer Club, Zhenze Cai
Department: Business Economics

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The Effects of Early Christianity on Early Medieval Scottish Mortuary Practices, Auna Campbell
Department: Archaeology; History

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Home is Where the Hate is: An Investigation into the Influence of Social Bonds on the Experiences of Former Members of White Supremacy Groups, Eli Cantrell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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The Ripple Effect of Volunteerism: Examining Its Reach and Impact on Conservation Organizations, Alena Card
Department: Environmental Studies

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Religiosity, Pornography Consumption, and Sex Differences: Associations with Young Adults' Sexual Satisfaction and Infidelity, Amelia Carmack
Department: Psychology

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Unpacking the Impact: Analyzing Airbnb's Influence on Housing Prices in Urban Markets, Paul Chandler
Department: Business Economics

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Collecting the Collectors: Archives and their Administrators in a Digital World, Tobin Chin
Department: History

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The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on International Trade: A Study of Indian Agricultural Trade in the Post Liberalization, Privatization And Globalization Era, between 1990-2019., Sukriti Chiripal
Department: Economics

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Identifying Crime Trends and Patterns: Exploring Data Driven Approaches to Study Crime in L.A., Keeyeon Choi
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences

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The Effects of Prenatal Androgenization on Estrous Cycle, Body Weight, and Voluntary Exercise in Sprague Dawley Rats, Saiyka S. Chowdhury
Department: Biology

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Analyzing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Concentrations in Bodies of Water Across Northeast Ohio as a Marker of Environmental Pollution, Alyssa Hope Chritz
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Characterization of Aedes japonicus Complex in Medina, Ohio, Kaydee M. Clark
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Characterization of Aedes japonicus Complex in Medina, Ohio, Kaydee M. Clark
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Treatment for Pediatric Patients with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation of Audiologists’ Treatment Options for these Patients, Neil Clayton
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Cosmopolitanism, Commercialism, or Confessionalism? Beirut’s Privatized Heritage Management and its Effects on the Local Identity, Fritz Clingroth
Department: Archaeology; Art and Art History

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Maximizing Engagement: The Impact of Combined Framing Strategies on Men and Women’s Response to Climate Change, Christian Yvetot-Antoine Condé
Department: Political Science

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Relationships, Attachment, and Stress: How Do College Students Manage Romantic Relationships Under the Influence of Attachment Style and the Stress of College Life, Emma Connors
Department: Psychology

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Exploring the Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Mental Well-Being Post-Pandemic Using Random Forests and Decision Trees, Kathryn M. Conway
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences

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Displacement or Transformation: Which Design Strategy Is Most Desirable in Magazine Advertisements, Jennifer J. Copeland
Department: Communication Studies

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Election Candidates on Social Media: Does Having a Strong Social Media Presence Affect a Candidate’s Electability, Benjamin Cornelius
Department: Political Science

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Si Se Puede: Underrepresentation of Latina Students in the Economics and Business Departments, Jesenia Cruz
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Comprehensive Usability Testing and UX/UI Evaluation of Ni Hao Pengyou: Advancing the Traveler’s Experience Through an Innovative Application, Nini Curcione
Department: Computer Science

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Consuming our Future: The Ideology of Contemporary Fossil Capitalism and Related Ethical Concerns, Colin Curnow
Department: Environmental Studies; Philosophy

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Examining Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) North American Dinosaur Teeth and Their Paleoecological Implications in the Hell Creek of Carter County, Montana, Hudson B. Davis
Department: Geology

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Burning Questions: Exploring the Effects of Prescribed Burns on Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Fragmented North American Tallgrass Prairies, Jakarii Davis
Department: Biology

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Diversifying the Pocketbook: The Rise of Criminal Funding in International Terrorism, Noa Davny
Department: Political Science

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From Delays to Data-Driven: Exploring Flight Departure Delay Causes with Random Forest and Interactive Dashboards, Dharmarak Dawrat
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences

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Mindless Organism, Ana T. de León
Department: Art and Art History

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StarPoint CRM, Erick Delgado
Department: Computer Science

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Developing A Web Application For Displaying Major League Baseball Statistics, Alex Delicer
Department: Computer Science

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An Economic Assessment on the Relationship between Human Capital and GDP Per Capita, Dominic DeMarchis
Department: Economics

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The Future Medical Technology: A Study of the Impact of Clinical Trials on Medical Devices and Adoption Rates, Domenic Ignazio DeMuth
Department: Business Economics

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Remote Work and The Effects of Intrinsic Motivation and Incentives on Employee Productivity, David Dennis
Department: Business Economics

Elucidating the Role of Reactive Oxygen Species on Dopamine 𝛽-Hydroxylase Activity and Aggregation, Shivam Dewan
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Elucidating the Role of Reactive Oxygen Species on Dopamine β-Hydroxylase Activity and Aggregation, Shivam Dewan
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Investigating A Potential Mutualism Between The Poison Dart Frog Species O. Pumilio and the Bromeliad Species G. Lingulata, Vincent DiLeo
Department: Biology

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Visualizing Economics: Design and Development of an Interactive Dashboard, Ahmed Nassir Dino
Department: Computer Science; Economics

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Divine Interventions and Human Competition: Horses, Prizes, and the Gods in Homer’s Narrative of the Funeral Games for Patroclus, Helen Dobransky
Department: Classical Studies; Sociology and Anthropology

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Role of Residues R184 and W273 in 6-HNA and NADH Binding by 6-Hydroxynicotinate 3-Monooxygenase, Jack Donahue
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Differentiating the Effects of Androgenic and Anti-Androgenic Oral Contraceptives on Rodent Behavior, Rachael N. Dudziak
Department: Neuroscience

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Repost and Share to Make a Difference: Political Engagement and Media Fatigue in Online Spaces, Elena Dunn-Acosta
Department: Psychology

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Advocacy or Authorship: A Sustained Organizational Influence Analysis of the American Legislative Exchange Council's Voter ID Act, 2011-14, Hannah D. Eastman
Department: History; Political Science

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A Study of Fungal Pathogen Frequency and Intensity of Northern Two-Lined Salamanders Eurycea Bislineata Within Wooster Memorial Park, Martin Elliot Edwards IV
Department: Biology

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Creating a Chess AI of Myself, Eltahir Elawad
Department: Computer Science

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Someone Knows Best, Sam Elwood
Department: English

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Developing "WoOral": A Full Stack Web Application for Streamlined Thesis Defense Scheduling with User Interface Design Focus, Turbat Enkhtur
Department: Computer Science

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Boom or Bust: An Investigation of Rookie Running Back Performance Through the NFL Draft, Shane Epstein-Petrullo
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences

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Pesticides in the Atmosphere: The Heterogeneous Ozonolysis of Triticonazole, Sarah A. Epstein
Department: Chemistry

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There’s Something about The Fifth Season: Negotiating Difference, Violence, and Freedom, Isabella Ergh
Department: English

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Tending to a Garden of Desires: Epicurus’s Contribution to the Discussion on Happiness and Well-Being, Liam Ertsgaard
Department: Philosophy

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Genetic Interactions Between Disease Prone RNA Binding Proteins in Drosophila Melanogaster, Andrew Nicholas Esber
Department: Biology; Neuroscience

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Camping With The Birds: The Use Of Automatic And Manual Bird Surveys In Cass County Michigan, Patrick Estell
Department: Biology

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In Their Words: A Qualitative Investigation Exploring the Experiences of Body Image and Eating Behaviors among a Group of Bisexual Individuals, Emilie Eustace
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Psychology

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Molecular Rails: Bringing Solar Cells Back on Track, David Kibler Evans
Department: Chemistry

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Social Scripts: Esoteric Languages, Proprietary Software, and the Art of Writing Code, Amy Falk
Department: Computer Science

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Suspect Screening and Semi-Quantification of Organic Contaminants in Snow and Water Samples on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and High Mountain Regions, Wenkai Fan
Department: Chemistry

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To Sober and Quiet the Mind: John Cage's Anarchy, Zen, and the Privileging of Process, Kye Faulhammer
Department: Art and Art History

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The Buddy System: Incorporating AI in mental health – Mobile app development & empirical study of AI perceptions, Yasmine Fazazi
Department: Computer Science; Psychology

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Effects of a 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist in Contextual Fear Memory, Lindsi N. Filippi
Department: Neuroscience

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The Theory and Application of Convolutional Neural Networks for Vehicle Body Style Recognition, Paul Thomas Fischer
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences

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Soil Erosion: The Impact of Precipitation and Deficient Drainage Tile on Soil Willoughby Grove Farm, Union Township, Licking County, Ohio, James Leonard Fisher
Department: Earth Sciences; Geology

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Navigating Sibling Relationships in Emerging Adulthood: Exploring Negative Turning Points and Relational Maintenance Strategies, Elizabeth B. Fluharty
Department: Communication Studies

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Addressing the Terminology: Scholarship on Gender Non-Conformity in Ancient Rome, Max Forhan
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies

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Assessing Soil Recovery Dynamics in the Aftermath of the Border 32 Wildfire, Noah Fox
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Geology

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“All Aboard!”: Brightline’s Impact on Commercial Real Estate in South Florida, Lyonel J. Fritsch
Department: Economics

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Adapting to Thrive: Feminist Identity Formation and Maintenance through Adjustment in Action and Care as Activism, Mai Fukuhara
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Sociology and Anthropology

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Measuring the Enthalpy Change upon Swelling of Swellable Organically-Modified Silica with High-Resolution Solution Calorimetry, Nicholas Gaba
Department: Chemistry; Physics

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Characterization of Putative Molecule Inhibitors of MurG and Their Effectiveness in Growth Inhibition of Escherichia coli (DH5⍺), Pseudomonas frederikbergensis (36C6) and Pseudomonas chlororaphis (14B11), Spencer Gabriel
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Micromouse: End to End implementation of a Competitive Maze-Solving Robot, Levi Gainer
Department: Computer Science

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Lights, Camera, Profits: Exploring What Makes a Movie Profitable and if this can be Predicted Through Statistical Approaches, Alexandra Galbraith
Department: Statistical and Data Sciences

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Monetary Policy in the Political Arena: Quantifying the Impact of Party Control on Federal Fund Rates around the Humphrey-Hawkins Report, Zachary Galdo
Department: Political Science

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Structural and Kinetic Analysis of Perkinsus Marinus Creatine Kinase: Insight to Quaternary Structure Evolution of Phosphagen Kinases, Grace M. Gascoigne
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Mapping Hokkaido: An Accessibility Focused Public Archaeology View of Ainu Space and Japanese Maps, Sean C. Gaston
Department: Archaeology; East Asian Studies

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InstaMatch: Influencer Recommendation System for Targeted Apparel Brand Marketing - A Case Study on ASOS, Ephrathah Gebremichael
Department: Computer Science

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The Security Dilemma Between the United States and China and its Implications for United States Regulations of TikTok and Semiconductors, Rahel Gelaw
Department: Political Science

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The Impact BIRC3 has on Porcine Deltacoronavirus Infection in a Swine Testicular Cell Line, Hallie Georskey
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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My Language is My Culture: Language Attitudes, Language Use, and the Linguistic Identity Construction of Moroccan University Students, Kiki Giles
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; French and Francophone Studies

Effects of Co-cultured Bacteria and Fungi on Pseudomonas protegens or Pseudomonas chlororaphis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sophia Gilmore
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Effects of Co-cultured Bacteria and Fungi on Pseudomonas protegens or Pseudomonas chlororaphis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sophia A. Gilmore
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Using History to Understand Tejano Identity: An Examination of Using History to Teach Identity in K-5 Education, Carolina F. Gonzales
Department: History; Education

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Insights into Pyocyanin Synthesis: Unraveling the Enzymatic Interplay of PhzS and PhzM from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Boston 41501 In Vitro, Jorge Raul Gonzales Virto
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Afterlife? Atheists' Perspectives on Death, Identity, and Paranormal Beliefs, Adriana E. Gordon
Department: Psychology

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Boolean Modeling of the Molecular Dynamics Governing the Epithelial and Endothelial Hypoxic Response, Grant Kenneth Greene
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Growing The Buzz: Promoting Local Bee, Wasp, and Plant Knowledge Through Biodiversity Surveys and Environmental Education, Emily Greenland
Department: Biology

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Teacher’s Perspectives, Barriers, and Training: Exploring Factors in Recognizing and Reporting Child Maltreatment, Stephanie Marilyn Griffin
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Digital Politics: Assessing the Influence of Election Officials’ Social Media Usage on Youth Voter Turnout, Delaney Gross
Department: Political Science

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Examining How Marketing Strategies Impact Baseball Fan Attendance, Connor Hall
Department: Business Economics

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The Impact of Soil Depth on Current Knowledge of The Effects of No-till and Other Tillage Methods on Soil Carbon Levels, Duncan Hardy
Department: Environmental Studies

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Sorting Rocks: The Nuclear Industrial Complex and Southeastern Ohio, Miriam E. Harley
Department: History