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Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Every Man Crying Out: Elizabethan Anti-Catholic Pamphlets and the Birth of English Anti-Papism, Carol Ellen Wheeler (Thesis)
A Preliminary Analysis of Beneficiary Discharge Status and Post-Hospital Placement Before and After the Implementation of Medicare's Prospective Payment System, Anne Marguerite Wilkinson (Dissertation)
Attitudes of Control and Weight Management, Carolyn Lee Edwards Wright (Thesis)
The Effects of Bandwidth Limiting Tuning Elements on a Synchronously Pumped Mode-Locked Dye Laser, Bahram Zandi (Dissertation)
Dynamic Behavior of CO₂ Lasers, Li Zhang (Thesis)
A new approach to state minimization of finite state machines, William Yue Zhao (Thesis)
The interaction of stimulus rate and polarity effects on the auditory brainstem response, Michelle Ann Nielsen Ziegler (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Hedonic analysis of gasoline retailing, Soleman A. Al-Bassir (Dissertation)
DC-excited cw CO₂ Metal Waveguide Laser, Fahad Saleh Al-Mashaabi (Thesis)
The Effectiveness of Fiction Versus Nonfiction in Teaching Reading to ESL Students, Becky Kay Appley (Thesis)
Boudica: an Illustrated Narrative, Robin A. Ator (Thesis)
Analysis of Error Type, Source, and Gravity in the Writing of Arabic ESL Students in U.S.A. Colleges, Fadel Mohammed Na'im Bader (Thesis)
Grace Wick: Portrait of a Right-Wing Extremist, June Melby Benowitz (Thesis)
The People's Soul Engineers: A Study of Secondary Teachers in the People's Republic of China, Nancy Benson (Dissertation)
Population Determinants of Social Change: An Analysis of the Age composition of the United States from 1920 to 1983, Guy Norman Burkhardt (Dissertation)
A Geochemical Study of the Eagle Creek Formation in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, Rachel Ann Carlin (Thesis)
A Study of Successful Management Teams in Oregon Public School Systems, James R. Carnes (Dissertation)
Adolescent Shoplifting and Situational Stimuli, James A. Chambers (Dissertation)
Effects of Graded and Steady Exercise and Self-Confidence on Stress, Kristine M. Clarke (Thesis)
Determination of Homology Between the Arsenic Resistance Plasmids R45 and R773 in Escherichia Coli, Joshua T. Clark (Thesis)
The Distribution of Zooplankton in Selected Oregon Lakes, Mary Elizabeth Claska (Thesis)
A study of the capability of the computerized Visi-Pitch when investigating prosodic features of motherese, Denise Leslie Clemens (Thesis)
Simplified Framework Evaluation of Large Water Resource Project Impacts, Brian Woodbridge Clowes (Dissertation)
The influence of functional activities and specific curricular domains on choice in the curriculum for learners with severe handicaps, Mary Comfort DeBoer (Thesis)
Cheever's Signs : A Semiotic Approach to Thirteen Stories by John Cheever, Laurent Ditmann (Thesis)
Coverbal Behavior of Aphasic and Right Hemisphere Damaged Subjects in Conversation, Jill Duvall (Thesis)
Dynamics of Intermediate-Size Stream Outlets, Northern Oregon Coast, Ellen Eberhardt (Thesis)
The Test of written English : a statistical analysis of validity and reliability, Christina E. English (Thesis)
Career Satisfaction, Adult Development, Academic Preparation, and other Demographic Characteristics of Pastors of Churches Affiliated with Western Evangelical Seminary, James Allen Field (Dissertation)
Febrile Response and Activity in the Crayfish, Pacifasticus leniusculus trowbridgii, Kenneth A. Fletcher (Thesis)
MMPI and the juvenile sex offender Russell Funk, Russell Funk (Thesis)
A Comparison of Three Methods for Measuring the Attenuation Provided by Insert-Type Hearing-Protective Devices, Lois Jeanne Gaier (Thesis)
Intestinal granules found in the parasitic nematodes Ancylostoma caninum, and Oesophagostomum radiatum, Alan Joseph Gianotti (Thesis)
The Effectiveness of a Teacher Evaluation Process as Perceived by Teachers and Building-level Administrators, David Stewart Halstead (Dissertation)
A Case Study of Instructional Improvement through Peer Observation in a Suburban High School, Helen Jean Hanna (Dissertation)
The St. Josephs-Blatt, 1896-1919, Steven Wayne Harmon (Thesis)
Patterns in creativity : an examination of Viennese culture and politics at the turn of the century, Allen Nolan Hauser (Thesis)
The Unveiling, Elizabeth Heron (Thesis)
Die Rolle der Hexe in den Märchen der Brüder Grimm und Ludwig Bechsteins, Karin Ulrike Herrmann (Thesis)
A contextualized grammar proficiency test using informal spoken English, Sally Wellenbrock Hinrich (Thesis)
Advertising in Restrooms, Karsten C. Hofmann (Thesis)
A Study of Principals' Leadership Behavior in One Suburban School District, Darleen Huber-Dilbeck (Dissertation)
Implementing ray tracing algorithm in parallel environment, Tjah Jadi (Thesis)
Fractional Representation Design of Dynamic Output Controllers for Multiple Time Scale Systems, Robert Stephen Jaffe (Dissertation)
Voltage controlled resistance model for MOS transistors, Joey Zong-yi Jia (Thesis)
Analysis of Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin in Anabaena and Trichodesmium Using Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography, Karen Lorraine Jones (Thesis)
A Comparative Study of the Characteristics of High Technology Start-Up Firms, Sandra J. Kiehl (Dissertation)
Effects of Feedback and Goal Setting on Job Attitudes and Productivity: A Field Study, Stephen Kildahl (Thesis)
Two dimensional and three dimensional path planning in robotics, Hyun Suk Kim (Thesis)
The Effects of Oral Conferencing and Written Comments on the Writing and Revisions of ESL Students, Ann Louise Kirk (Thesis)
Pupil Mobility and Its Effect on Basic Skills Achievement Growth Rates and the Educational Program, Daniel P. Klee (Dissertation)
The Socialization of CPEP Teachers: Implications for Administration, Jim L. Kuhlmann (Dissertation)
Double Cross: Agriculture and Genetics, 1930 to 1960, Tracy Scott Lebenzon (Thesis)
A new general purpose systolic array for matrix computations, Hai Van Dinh Le (Thesis)
Holocene Fluctuations of the Coe Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, Karl Douglas Lillquist (Thesis)
Occupational patterns of three generations of Taishan Chinese : a reconsideration of middleman minority theory, Wei Wei Lou (Thesis)
A CMOS Circuit Generator Using Differential Pass Transistors for Implementing Boolean Functions, Rabe'eh Mahooti (Thesis)
"Gewalt gegen Gerechtigkeit" : reality and morality in Heinrich Böll's Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, Michelle Elizabeth Manicke (Thesis)
An Assessment of the Current Practice of Teacher Evaluation in Saudi Arabian Universities and the Development of a Teacher Evaluation Program Based on This Study, Sana Ahmed Mansour (Dissertation)
Limited horizons on the Oregon frontier : East Tualatin Plains and the town of Hillsboro, Washington County, 1840-1890, Richard P. Matthews (Thesis)
The relationship of the perception of choice and positive behavior change in adolescent residential treatment with future success in the community, Rita Harding McClellan (Thesis)
Metasomatism between amphibolite and metaultramafic rocks during upper amphibolite facies metamorphism, Tobacco Root Mountains, southwest Montana, William Robert McCulloch (Thesis)
A Fractal Analysis of Diffusion Limited Aggregation, Cliff Myers (Thesis)
Intercultural factors in business negotiation between Japanese and Americans, Yuko Nagatomo (Thesis)
Theodor Fontanes Darstellung der Berliner Gesellschaft in seinen Romanen Effi Briest und Irrungen Wirrungen, Ronald Kent Nelson (Thesis)
Logic design using programmable logic devices, Loc Bao Nguyen (Thesis)
The Tensile Strength of Liquid Helium Four, Joel Alan Nissen (Dissertation)
Gibbon classification : the issue of species and subspecies, Erin Lee Osterud (Thesis)
The Trunk A Network in Nigeria: The Issues of Connectivity and Accessibility, Owen Richard Owen (Dissertation)
John Chrysostom, On the statues : a study in crisis rhetoric, Douglas B. Radke (Thesis)
Direct and Indirect Costs of Tinnitus: Factors for Decisionmaking, Gloria E. Reich (Dissertation)
The study of national character in the post war era : the work of Erich Fromm, David Riesman, and David Potter, Adam Rittenberg (Thesis)
The American Naval Nightmare: Defending the Western Pacific, 1898-1922, Carlos R. Rivera (Thesis)
Eating Disorders: The Correlation of Family Relationships with an Eating Disorder Continuum, Jana Schweitzer (Thesis)
Identifying pedophiles with the MMPI, Margaret M. Seits (Thesis)
Safety related model and studies of Trojan Nuclear Power Plant electrical distribution system, Hamidreza Sharifnia (Thesis)
A Comparison of Communication Intentions in Toddlers Between Sixteen and Thirty-Four Months of Age, Mary Elaine Shiffer (Thesis)
An Empirical Assessment of the Center-Periphery Hypothesis in International Economic Relations, Fazlollah Bonakdar Shirazi (Dissertation)
From 'The Help of Grave and Modest Women' to 'The Care of Men of Sense': The Transition from Female Midwifery to Male Obstetrics in Early Modern England, Karen L. Smith Adams (Thesis)
Communication and Socialization Profiles in Toddlers with Expressive Language Delay, Shawn Spangle-Looney (Thesis)
Syntactic complexity, error and the holistic evaluation of ESL student essays, John S. Sparks (Thesis)
Landscape and change in three novels by Theodor Fontane, Jane Ellen Speerstra (Thesis)
The Development of a Social Network following Geographic Relocation, Joan E. Starker (Dissertation)
An Analysis of Kindergarten Children's Use of a Word Processor in Their Print Literacy Development, Paul Steger (Dissertation)
A Lagrangian for a system of two dyons, Rainer Georg Thierauf (Thesis)
Off-axis multimode light beam propagation in tapered lenslike media including those with spatial gain or loss variation, Anthony Alan Tovar (Thesis)
Modification of the Ca²⁺ Release System of Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Vesicles via Sulfhydryl Oxidation and Tryptic Proteolysis, Jonathan Lee Trimm (Dissertation)
The influence of work station architecture on work perceptions and work behavior, Connie L. True (Thesis)
Beyond Difference Scores: Testing Models of Speed of Information-Processing Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Gary A. Uhland (Thesis)
An Experiment Testing the Bolinger Principle to Teach Gerunds and Infinitives, Juliet Rosemarie Vawser (Thesis)
An investigation of the effect of using varying stimuli to assess normal children's comprehension of five locative prepositions, Kathleen Gray Versteeg (Thesis)
Rock slope stability studies in Siskiyou National Forest, Greg Visconty (Thesis)
A Comparative Study of Chinese EFL Reading Instruction and American ESL Reading Instruction, Changhua Wang (Thesis)
A Critical Study of Communications in Land Use Hearings, Douglas J. Warren (Dissertation)
Effects of Flat Panel Display Parameters Across Three Application Areas Upon Similarity Judgments, Novia Weiman (Thesis)
Geochemical Stratigraphy of the Dooley Rhyolite Breccia and Tertiary Basalts in the Dooley Mountain Quadrangle, Oregon, David Neale Whitson (Thesis)
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo: Self and Close-Other Selection of Personality Test Interpretations, Sheela Word (Thesis)
Script effects and reading strategies : ideographic language readers vs. alphabetic language readers in ESL, Minglang Zhou (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Determinants of the Spatial Distribution of Peri-Urban to Rural Agriculture in the United States, Ibrahim Amin Abdel-Karim (Dissertation)
An Analysis of the Shift of Employment Toward Multi-Sectoral Services Industries in California, 1960-1980, Ayalew Adamu (Dissertation)