This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Snake River : a personal search, Eva Havas Slinker (Thesis)
A theoretical and experimental study of the three-ring electrostatic electron lens, Thomas Anthony Sommer (Thesis)
The Least preferred co-worker scale as a predictor of leadership behavior in work settings, Jenell Arlene Streeter (Thesis)
The Knowledge Systems Transfer Project: A Multiple Perspective Investigation into the Integration of a New Technology within a Business Unit, Steven Craig Tarr (Dissertation)
Differentially Diagnosing Stuttering in Young Children Using the Stuttering Severity Instrument, Brenda Pekkola Teich (Thesis)
An Exploration of Some Aspects of Mystery, Terry Foster Thompson (Thesis)
Facing Both Ways: Yan Fu, Hu Shi, and Chen Duxiu -- Chinese Intellectuals and the Meaning of Modern Science, 1895-1923, Niobeh Crowfoot Tsaba (Thesis)
A history of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon's mission in Tamshiyacu, Peru 1966-1973, Pauline Rose Walbel (Thesis)
Optimization and Thermodynamic Performance Measures of a Class of Finite Time Thermodynamic Cycles, Joseph D. Walters (Dissertation)
Conformity, Attitude Toward Authority, and Social Class, Alison Carol Welter (Thesis)
Immunology and archaeology : blood residue analysis of three sites, Shirley Jo Barr Williams (Thesis)
Pragmatic conversational skills of children identified as emotionally disturbed, Deidre Winder (Thesis)
Chemistry of Pentafluorothio (SF5) Alkyl Derivatives, Rolf Walter Winter (Dissertation)
The Enigmatic Founder: Liberalism, Republicanism and the Thought of James Madison, John S. Witherow (Thesis)
Spatial manipulation as a covariant of mental practice, Vincent James Wolff (Thesis)
The Unified Speech Period of a Bilingual Child, Gary Frank Wood (Thesis)
Identification of dyspraxic characteristics in children with moderate and severe articulation disorders, Gail Woodward (Thesis)
The object-oriented design of a hardware description language analyser for the DIADES silicon compiler system, Lian Yang (Thesis)
Determinants of 2000 Meter Rowing Ergometer Performance, Jeff C. Young (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Sediment dynamics on the shore slopes of the Puget Island reach of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, Timothy Abbe (Thesis)
A Comparison of the Time Taken to Administer and Analyze Phonologic and Phonetic Tests, Beverly Alexander (Thesis)
Spanish expeditions to the Northwest Coast during the Bucareli administration, 1771-1779, Mark Cronlund Anderson (Thesis)
Subsistence variability on the Columbia Plateau, Ricky Gilmer Atwell (Thesis)
Something old, something new : marriage customs among the Druze in the Shouf Mountains of Lebanon, Nancy Scarlette Beaini (Thesis)
The output of compression hearing aids with a transient input signal, Michael Andrew Berg (Thesis)
Self-Concept Competency of National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research and Development Managers, Mark A. Beymer (Dissertation)
Collective Bargaining for Educational Administrators: Oregon and Washington Principals' Perceptions of Working Conditions, Patricia Ann Boles (Dissertation)
Women of the Tudor court, 1501-1568, Carol De Witte Bowles (Thesis)
Toward predicting completion of substance abuse treatment, Rebecca Lee Bragg (Thesis)
Some visual issues of painting : an exploration of the painting process, Barbara Leedy Branham (Thesis)
Portland Student Services, Inc. : the establishment of student-run housing in Portland, Oregon, 1969-1971, Michael Keith Brewin (Thesis)
Normative data on the Auditory memory test battery for ages 9 through 13 years, Elisabeth Y. Carter (Thesis)
A news discourse analysis of La nación, Jimen Chan (Thesis)
Oregon Women in Educational Administration: Profiles and an Analysis of Upward Career Mobility Factors, Leland D. Chapman (Dissertation)
Blockmodeling Network Data From Six Small Towns: an Assessment of Organizational Typologies, Peter J. Collier (Thesis)
A Performance Appraisal Model for Postsecondary Education, Peggy Connolly (Dissertation)
Dudelsacks: Sculptural Extensions in Blown Glass, Cristine C. Corcoran (Thesis)
A longitudinal study of the disfluencies of four and six year old children, Mary B. Cox (Thesis)
A longitudinal study of disfluencies in the speech of normal preschool children, Susan Marto Crowell (Thesis)
Sex role traits and psychological merger in lesbian relationships, Susan G. Dahlstrom (Thesis)
Communication and Socialization Skills of Three Year Olds with a History of Language Delay, Pamela Susan Dahm (Thesis)
Naive listener judgments of esophageal air intake noise acceptability, Janet Gordon Daucsavage (Thesis)
Organizational Inducements and Social Motives: A Game Theoretic Analysis, Richard G. Davis (Dissertation)
John Humphrey Noyes, 1811-1840 : a social biography, Susan Adams DuBay (Thesis)
Predictors of depression in American Indian adolescents, Quang Duong-Tran (Thesis)
Making sense of America : a phenomenological analysis of Chinese nationals' interactions in the U.S., Donna Marie EcElroy (Thesis)
A Comparative Analysis of the Expressive Acquisition of Locative and Directional Prepositions Between Severely-to-Profoundly Hearing Impaired Children Utilizing Total Communication and the Oral/Aural Approach, Cathleen Pew Edwards (Thesis)
Maternal linguistic input to normal and expressive language delayed toddlers, Terril Joy Elwood (Thesis)
Strategic Implications of R&D Investment on Dynamic Business Systems, George F. Farrimond Jr. (Dissertation)
Stratigraphy, diagenesis, and depositional environment of the Cowlitz Formation (Eocene), northwest Oregon, Leonard Carl Farr Jr. (Thesis)
Bone Tool Assemblages as an Aid to Shell Mound Site Typologies on the Northwest Coast, Doria Lee Fingerhut Raetz (Thesis)
Goals of international exchange : an exploratory study of why American host families participate in international exchange programs, Deborah Lee Fisher-Moore (Thesis)
Things seen and remembered, Charlien Dee Fitzpatrick (Thesis)
Relationships Between Teacher Perceptions of Principal Support and Teacher Allocation of Time, Betty Hutchinson Flad (Dissertation)
Cultural Value Differences in Arguments Between Presidents Ronald Reagan and Oscar Arias, Juan Carlos Flores (Thesis)
Chinese Voices: Towards an Ethnography of English as a Second Language, Diane Niblack Fox (Thesis)
The preparation and involvement of Oregon speech-language pathologists in dysphagia, Christine Marie Gaynor (Thesis)
Slope stability as related to geology at Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon, James Douglas Gless (Thesis)
Intercultural Adjustment Problems of Costa Rican Students in the United States, Patricia Gonzalez (Thesis)
A Study of Oxygen Precipitation in Heavily Doped Silicon, Robert Kurt Graupner (Dissertation)
Reading comprehension in dementia of the Alzheimer's type : factual versus inferential, Donna Jensen Graville (Thesis)
An Approach to Pattern Recognition of Multifont Printed Alphabet Using Conceptual Graph Theory and Neural Networks, Ihab A. Harb (Thesis)
Hourly Fluctuation of Middle Ear Pressure as a Function of Age in School-Age Children, Susan Hogue Henry (Thesis)
A Study of the Identification and Referral Components of Substance Abuse Intervention Programs in Washington State's Public High Schools, Todd C. Herberg (Dissertation)
Revisiting the Rediviva : first mate Robert Haswell's account of the Columbia Rediviva's activities in China and on the return journey during the second voyage, Lucinda Joy Herrick (Thesis)
Teacher Perceptions of Evaluation as an Agent for Teacher Growth and Improvement of Instruction, Beverly Ann Hobson (Dissertation)
Literaturproduktion in der DDR : "Vom Entstehen und Sterben" Erich Loests Es geht seinen Gang und vom Entstehen und Gedeihen Christa Wolfs Nachdenken über Christa T., Gudrun Hommel-Ingram (Thesis)
Parallel architectures for solving combinatorial problems of logic design, Phuong Minh Ho (Thesis)
A Comparison of Assistant Principal and Principal Perceptions of the Assistant Principalship as a Training Ground in the Secondary School, Patricia Ann Howell (Dissertation)
Nitrogen and iron interactions in filamentous cyanobacteria, David Allen Hutchins (Thesis)
An analysis of the inhibitory effects of linolenic acid upon photosystem II of higher plants, Mark Edward Iven (Thesis)
A Comparison of the Maladaptive Behaviors of Normal, Language Delayed, and Late Talking Toddlers, Denise Elaine James (Thesis)
Staff Development and the Process of Teacher Change: A Case Study, Christene Kay Jones (Dissertation)
A multivariate test of evolutionary stasis in Homo sapiens, Jon Geoffrey Kleckner (Thesis)
A Comparative Study of the Performance of Various Image Analysis Methods for Dimensional Inspection with Vision Systems, Ralf Heinrich Koeppe (Thesis)
Comparisons of Current Practices of Computer Use and Training by Industry Type of Small Businesses in the Portland Area, Don Gregory Langenhorst (Thesis)
Social construction of sexual equality in distilled beverage advertising, Kathleen Dianne LeCoe-Cannucci (Thesis)
Adults as Students: Ego Development and the Influence of the Academic Environment, Shannon Moon Leonetti (Dissertation)
Invariant pattern recognition algorithm using the Hough Transform, Duwang Li (Thesis)
The role of episcopal theology and administration in the implementation of the settlement of religion, 1559-c. 1575, Caroline J. Litzenberger (Thesis)
A Finite State Machine Synthesizer, Jiuling Liu (Thesis)
Factors Affecting persistence of Non-Traditional Students in a Non-Traditional Baccalaureate Degree Program, Dixie Lee Lund (Dissertation)
Ultrashort Pulse Production in Synchronously Pumped Mode-Locked Dye Laser Systems, Duncan Leo MacFarlane (Dissertation)
Study of photolytic interference on HO measurements by LIF-FAGE, Carmen Ivette Martinez (Thesis)
The Degree of Assimilation of the Second and Third Generation of Japanese Americans in the Portland Area, Hisako Matsuo (Thesis)
Urban Service Delivery System and Federal Government Bureaucracy: A Structural Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Water Supply in a Suburban Community of Metropolitan Lagos, Michael Udochukwu Mbanaso (Dissertation)
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Learning Style Perceptual Preferences and Attitudes Toward Computer-Assisted Instruction, Mary Brambilla McFarland (Dissertation)
The use of auditory brainstem responses in determining the maximum outputs of hearing aids, Kathryn Jean Merry (Thesis)
A Model of Suicidal Behavior In Latency Age Children Based on Developmental Object Relations Theory, Stephen Henry Michaelis (Thesis)
An Estimation of Relatedness Within Two Oregon Populations Using Isonymy Analysis, Maria Michalczyk (Thesis)
Fluorinated [beta]-sultones as Precursors to Fluorinated Sulfonic Acids, and New Fluorosulfonyl Containing Monomers/Polymers, Javid Mohtasham (Dissertation)
Resource Allocation Patterns at U.S. Community Colleges: An Evaluation of Priorities, Efficiency and the Historical Mission 1981-82 Through 1986-87, Douglas B. Morrison (Dissertation)
Frequency responses of hearing aids coupled with FM auditory trainers, Robert Bruce Morrison (Thesis)
Speech reception via bone conduction, Sherry G. Morris (Thesis)
A Correlational Study of Cognitive Style Measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Witkin Group Embedded Figure, Leith Wood Muessle (Thesis)
Exploratory Study: Preparation by Japanese Parents in the U.S. for Their Children's Reentry to Japan from an Intercultural Communication Perspective, Noriko Nakagawa (Thesis)
Designing an Instructor's Manual for Introducing Cultural Concepts in the Medical School Curriculum, Barbara C. Nicodemus (Thesis)
The Use of Efficient Information Systems for Information Acquisition by the Hearing Impaired: A Case Study, William L. Nicolay (Dissertation)
Correlation of Preschoolers' Performance on Three Language Comprehension Tests, Alissa Clare Nordlund (Thesis)
A survey of Treaty Oak Community College students enrolled in a program of study from 1986-1989 and of businesses located in the Treaty Oak Community College service area, Kathleen Marie O'Brien (Thesis)