This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1991
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)
Comparative Impact of Selected Group Input Variables on Self-Assessments of Group Process Skills in Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams: a Field Study, R. Michael Mitchell (Thesis)
The creation of a core vacabulary for initial lexicon selection for nonspeaking preschool children, Lillian May More (Thesis)
Macroinvertebrate drift abundance below Bonneville Dam and its relation to juvenile salmonid food habits, William Douglas Muir (Thesis)
Performance analysis of a distributed file system, Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay (Thesis)
Investigation of techniques for high speed CMOS arbitrary waveform generation, Albert Henry Nehl (Thesis)
When older mothers work : adult children's perceptions of maternal employment effects Christine B. Nelson, Christine B. Nelson (Thesis)
GIS address-matching and transportation analysis, James D. Orrell (Thesis)
Politics and Education: The Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, Teresa Squires Osborne (Thesis)
Creating the Paradox in Form, Dennis A. Peterson (Thesis)
The Relationship Between a Private Voluntary Organization and the Government of a Developing Country in the Delivery of Public Education: A Case Study in Rural Guatemala, Timothy John Peterson (Dissertation)
Distribution of Sand Within Selected Littoral Cells of the Pacific Northwest, Don Joseph Pettit (Thesis)
Phrasal verbs in academic lectures, Robert D. Pierce (Thesis)
The Assessment of Phonological Processes : A Comparison of Connected-Speech Samples and Single-Word Production Tests, Susan A. Pinkerton (Thesis)
Decomposition of Measured Contours into Geometric Features for Dimensional Inspection, Devaraj Rajkumar (Thesis)
Employment Decline in the Douglas-fir Region's Lumber and Plywood Industries: An Analysis of Structural and Cyclical Factors, Majid Rasoolzadeh (Dissertation)
Intergenerational relations in the workplace : older women and their younger women co-workers, Julie Suzanne Reynolds (Thesis)
Intelligibility of spondees via bone conduction at elevated presentation levels, Pamela S. Ritchie (Thesis)
The Effectiveness of an Educational Service District's Programs and Services as Perceived by Various Educator Groups, Thomas Joseph Rockefeller (Dissertation)
A Comparison of Two Vocabulary Tests Used with Normal and Delayed Preschool Children, Lynn Safadi (Thesis)
A study in the language acquisition styles of language delayed toddlers, Shelly Saunders (Thesis)
An Effective Cube Comparison Method for Discrete Spectral Transformations of Logic Functions, Ingo Schäfer (Thesis)
A study of prospective entrepreneurs' perceptions of knowledge required for success : and its implications for curriculum development and revision, Vickie Lynn Schray (Thesis)
The German exile journal Das Wort and the Soviet Union, James W. Seward (Thesis)
HyperCard-based learning environment for DIADES, Ali A. Shamsapour (Thesis)
The Effect of Hot Dense Hydrogen and Argon in a Ballistic Compressor on the Structure and Composition of Pure Iron, David Samuel Silver (Thesis)