This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Exploiting and/or Parallelism in Prolog, Bankim Shah (Thesis)
Therapeutic group approaches for issues related to suicide, Ardis Sherwood (Thesis)
One woman, one child : the implications of the one-child-family policy for Chinese women, Tao Shi (Thesis)
Story retelling skills in 4-year-olds with histories of normal and delayed language development, Rita Louise Smith (Thesis)
Limits of limit equilibrium and finite element techniques applied to cracked debris dams on collapsing foundations, Stanley Soliday Jr. (Thesis)
The value of the SPI in forecasting chronic stuttering, Dena Diane Stork (Thesis)
The Concept of Self-disclosure in Initial Interaction Between Strangers in Japan, Hizuru Sugita (Thesis)
Telling Stories (Out of School) of Mother Tongue, God's Tongue, and the Queen's Tongue: An Ethnography in Canada, Joan Ratzlaff Swinney (Dissertation)
Spectral and Spatial Quantum Efficiency of AlGaAs/GaAs and InGaAs/InP PIN Photodiodes, Steven Alan Tabor (Thesis)
Resolving the Evaluator/Nurturer Role Conflict of the Elementary School Principal, Judith Elizabeth Drummond Taccogna (Dissertation)
The influence of the transition plan in developing communication programs, Yuki Tanaka (Thesis)
Stochastic Hydrologic Modeling in Real Time Using a Deterministic Model (Streamflow Synthesis and Reservoir Regulation Model), Time Series Model, and Kalman Filter, Philip Kwok Fan Tang (Thesis)
A new design approach for numeric-to-symbolic conversion using neural networks, Zibin Tang (Thesis)
Portfolios as developmentally appropriate assessment in early childhood education, Deborah Thompson (Thesis)
Development and Analysis of a Model for Change in the Workplace, Using Quasi-Experimentation with Computer Professionals in Northwestern Investor Owned Utilities, John Ronald Thompson (Dissertation)
Assessing the Intercultural Sensitivity of American Expatriates in Kuwait, Deborah Ann Turner (Thesis)
Evaluating the Role of Geogrids in the Rehabilitation of Cracked Dams via Numerical Techniques, Kelly Dean Uhacz (Thesis)
The Physiology and Molecular Biology of Iron Nutrition for Cyanobacteria, Nancy Walters Unsworth (Thesis)
A Multiple Coupled Microstrip Transmission Line Model for High-Speed VLSI Interconnect Simulation, Lawrence Stevan Uzelac (Thesis)
The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1), Stephen Ariel Veal (Thesis)
The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 2), Stephen Ariel Veal (Thesis)
The Correlation Between Correct Verbal and Nonverbal Responses on an Intelligence Test and Expressive Language Test Score, Jeanie P. Wagener (Thesis)
An Exploratory Analysis of Certain Characteristics of Policewomen: A Second Look, Harry Oliver White Jr. (Dissertation)
The Development and Testing of an Instrument to Measure Client Satisfaction of Child Protective Service Families, James Michael White (Dissertation)
Early Identification of At-Risk Children in a Rural School District Using Multiple Predictor Variables, Richard Wayne Wilde (Dissertation)
Hydrogeology of an alluvial aquifer in the Blue Lake area, east Multnomah County, Oregon, James Mitchell Wilkinson (Thesis)
Modification of the CA²⁺ Release Channel from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skeletal Muscle, Hui Xiong (Dissertation)
Effects of Setting on Japanese ESL Students' Interaction Patterns, Noriko Yamamoto (Thesis)
Role and behavior of interpreters : an exploratory study in American-Chinese business negotiations, Zhijian Kevin Yang (Thesis)
Comparison of Spice and Network C Simulation Models Using the CAM System, Wen-Tsung Yen (Thesis)
Programs for At-Risk Students in the Washington County (Oregon) Schools: A Policy Study, John Young (Dissertation)
The geography of tourist hotels in Beijing, China, Hongshen Zhao (Thesis)
Perceptions of Psycho-social Factors that Affect Retirement Decision-making, Darlene Zickefoose (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
The Determinants of OPEC Market Share Stability, Fahed M. Al-Ajmi (Dissertation)
The Use of the California Consonant Test and the Northwestern University Auditory Test no. 6 in Hearing Aid Evaluations for Individuals with Precipitous Losses Above 1 kHz, Bradley James Allard (Thesis)
A Survey of Diplomatic and Commercial Relations Between the United States and Oman in Zanzibar, 1828-1856, Mohammed Al-Mukadam (Thesis)
The Overage Student: Candidate for School Failure, Virginia Homeier Anderson (Dissertation)
Methionine Metabolism in Fasciola Hepatica, Carol Theresa Ayer (Thesis)
Analysis and Numerical Simulation of the Ground Water System at the Bonneville Navigation Lock Site, Oregon, Dirk Baron (Thesis)
Gravity maps, models and analysis of the greater Portland area, Oregon, Paul Thomas Beeson (Thesis)
Hearing aid satisfaction and rate of return for repairs : a comparison of two Kaiser dispensing programs, Lynn Behrendsen (Thesis)
The Electrokaryotype and Molecular Characterization of Trypanosoma cervi Isolates Using Recombinant DNA Techniques, J. Lindsley Bennett (Thesis)
Biogeography and Species Density Distributions of Tasmanian Mammals, Jerry E. Bevers (Thesis)
DNA Fingerprinting Analysis of Captive Asian Elephants, Elephas maximas, Laura Louise Bischof (Thesis)
A Comparison of Circadian Rhythms in Day and Night Shift Workers, Mary Lee Blood (Thesis)
Written narratives of language disordered and normal adolescents on two tasks, Antigone Howick Brown (Thesis)
On a women's language, Tamara Brown (Thesis)
Developmental Sentence Scoring Sample Size Comparison, Peggy Ann Callan (Thesis)
An exploratory study of female networking in a Mormon fundamentalist polygynous society, Janet Bennion Cannon (Thesis)
Threaded octree structures for fast neighbor voxel processing in a parallel ray tracer, B.R. Naveen Chandra (Thesis)
The Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on the Growth of Closterium moniliferum, Cynthia Lehua Warnock Christensen (Thesis)
The Effect of Two Viologens on the Solution Speciation of Tetrakis([rho]-carboxyphenyl)porphine, Suzanne Elizabeth Clarke (Dissertation)
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Two Competing Social Power Measurement Systems, Joseph E. Criqui (Thesis)
Walter Kempowski's Familienchronik : history and the role of Erziehung, Carla Ann Damiano (Thesis)
Exurban Commuting Patterns: A Case Study of the Portland Oregon Region, Judy Seppanen Davis (Dissertation)
The use of phonological process assessment for differentiating developmental apraxia of speech from functional articulation disorders, Kathryn DeArmond (Thesis)
Oregon's Cuban-American community : from revolution to assimilation, Richard Dellenback (Thesis)
Goal-directed imagining : the effect of suggestions of warmth and coolness on blood flow to the hand, John Mark Dilworth (Thesis)
Translation as interpretation : Siegfried Lenz' "Motivsuche", John F. Disterheft (Thesis)
Comparison of Two Behavioral Models in Obesity Treatment, Nina Lucille Dominy (Thesis)
Finite element analysis of thermal stresses in semiconductor devices, Joachim Karl Wilhelm Duerr (Thesis)
An Evaluation of the Academic Success of Students Who Participated in the English for Non-native Residents Program at Portland State University, Linda Carol Andrews Dunn (Thesis)
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Training in Cooperative Learning and Teacher Job Satisfaction, Margaret Maloy Dutton (Dissertation)
The Duration of Tinnitus in an Aging Population, Mary Engel (Thesis)
Geochemical Evolution of Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington, Joseph Michael Fassio (Thesis)
Burns'eko etxekoandreak: Basque Women Boarding House Keepers of Burns, Oregon, Paquita Lucia Garatea (Thesis)
Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Their Instructional Styles in the Teaching of Conflict Resolution, Marcia Gregor Garrick (Dissertation)
A Comparison of an Acoustic Stethoscope and an Amplified Stethoscope in White Noise and Cafeteria Noise During Cardiac Auscultation, Lynda Lynell Gigstad (Thesis)
Terrain disturbances by winter roads in the lower and central Mackenzie River Valley, N.W.T., Canada, Christoph Gnieser (Thesis)
Students' orientations toward dreams and the development of scales for their measurement, John Philip Governale (Thesis)
A Study of Washington Secondary Principals' Perceptions of Effective Dropout Prevention Policies and Programs, Susan Lindsley Greenwood (Dissertation)
Prediction of posttreatment level of functioning from performance in a leveled token economy for emotionally disturbed adolescents, Peter Arden Scott Grover (Thesis)
Nurses' attitudes toward patients with AIDS examined by hours of AIDS education, Teresa Grove (Thesis)
Speechreading ability in elementary school-age children with and without functional articulation disorders, Barbara L. Habermann (Thesis)
HPLC analysis of myoglobin tryptic peptides from selected species of cetaceans, David Lawrence Hayteas (Thesis)
The relationship between reading comprehension and self-esteem in low level reading adults, Judy Rosen Heumann (Thesis)
Instrumentation for Multi-Electrode Voltammetry, I-Pin Ho (Dissertation)
A Comparison of the Phonological Skills of Late Talking and Normal Toddlers, Patricia Joan Jennings (Thesis)
The Relationship Between School Integration and Student Attitude Toward Residential Racial Integration, David Allen Johnson (Dissertation)
High frequency acoustic reflexes in cochlea-impaired and normal ears, Karen Elizabeth Jones (Thesis)
A Comparison of Two Methods for Measuring the Attenuation Provided by Insert-Type Hearing Protection Devices, Brenda Barrett Kabat (Thesis)
Comparison of the Modal Frequency Levels of Nonsmoking and Cigarette Smoking White Females Between the Ages of Forty and Fifty Years, Janis Mae Kaufman (Thesis)
Cross-Cultural Differences in Written Discourse Patterns : A Study of Acceptability of Japanese Expository Compositions in American Universities, Hiroko Kitano (Thesis)
Reading comprehension of literal, translational, and high inference level questions in aphasic and right hemisphere damaged adults, Ute Kongsbak (Thesis)
The Effect of a Parent Training Program on Language Delayed Children, Lynn Krupa (Thesis)
Communication Stress and Coping Strategies Among Japanese University Students in the United States, Atsuko Kurogi (Thesis)
Density Currents in Circular Wastewater Treatment Tanks, David M. LaLiberte (Thesis)
Audiological in-service regarding hearing impairment and its impact on communication in the geriatric population, Marie Barlow Lassell (Thesis)
Policy into Practice: A Study of Legislative Impact on Administrative Practice in Washington Schools, James Carter Leffler (Dissertation)
Communication Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Chinese Students in the United States, Qiu Lu Liang (Thesis)
Study of referential and display questions and their responses in adult ESL reading classes, Susan Lindenmeyer (Thesis)
Subsurface and geochemical stratigraphy of northwestern Oregon, Olga Berenice Lira (Thesis)
Social support for the frail elderly at two kinds of retirement communities, Qiaoming Liu (Thesis)
Otitis media and language development in late talkers, Timothy Forest Lynn (Thesis)
Identification of entry-level clerical/secretarial skills and competencies and utilization of hardware and software applications in Clark County businesses, Phyllis A. Maki (Thesis)
John Rawls, the conception of a liberal self, and the communitarian critique, Johnathan Edward Mansfield (Thesis)
Job Satisfaction of Classified Employees in a Public Suburban School District, Jeradean Emma Rehm Masciocchi (Dissertation)
Torso as ceramic vessel, Richard Garrett Masterson (Thesis)
Resolution and Reconstitution of the Photosystem I Reaction Center: Structure and Function of the Terminal Electron Acceptor FA/FB Polypeptide, Tetemke Mehari (Dissertation)
Nietzsche's "woman" : a metaphor without brakes, Kathleen Merrow (Thesis)