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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Emotion Language and Emotion Narratives of Turkish-English Late Bilinguals, Melike Yücel Koç
ABC Enrollment & Transfer Center Proposal – Set III, Aron E. Yucha, Rafael Colon, Niharika Jeena, Marty Flansburg, and Jared Omulindi
Molecular Genetic Analysis of CRELD1 in Patients with Heterotaxy Disorder, Samaneh Zhian
Electronic Pillbox Logger for people with Parkinson's Disease, Beenish Zia
The Anatomical Renaissance, Chloe Zimmerman
High Resolution Measurements near a Moving Contact Line using µPIV, Jeremiah D. Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dismantling Accoutrement, Michael M. Achterman
Business Strategy of Infosys: A Close Look, Payal Agrawal
Externalization of Tacit Knowledge in Virtual Interaction, Majed Alahmadi
Team 6 Process Report, Abdulaziz Alanzi, Xiaoping Hopkins, Jacques Bourque, and Vorakarn Chiamsiri
Transitioning From Individuals to Team 2: East Meets West, Abdussalam Alawini, Fahad Aldhaban, Saeed Assiri, Jeff Belding, Hisham Benotman, and Judith Estep
Iran’s Transition from a Petroleum Economy: Toward the Development of Alternate Energy Sources, Abdussalam Alawini, Larry Ball, Atakan Dirik, Fredy Gomez, and Duygu Ucar
Anticipated Effects of the U.S. Mexico City Policy on the Attainability of the Millennium Development Goals and future Development Efforts in sub-Saharan Africa, Katherine Clare Alexander
The Arm Sling: New Product Development Log, Faisal Alfayez, Maher Almasri, Angie Baltz, and Lifeng Liu
The Impact of the Personal Workplace Configuration on Intel Employees, Faisal Al Fayez, Maher Almasri, and Sevket Can Nuhisi
The Economic Impact on South Africa: The FIFA World Cup 2010, Faisal Alfayez, Maher Almasri, Sevket Can Nuhisi, and Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa
Synthesis of Reversible Functions Using Various Gate Libraries and Design Specifications, Nouraddin Alhagi
Wind Technology (Suzlon), Shahin Alijany, Yulianto Suharto, and Yasser Alizadeh
How Knowledge of a Firm Relates to Knowledge of Individuals, Yasser Alizadeh
Long-term Strategies of Gigantic Oil Companies: How "Peak Oil" and "Global Warming" Shape Their Future?, Yasser Alizadeh
Google Trends: Is there any significant correlation between Google Search Volume Index and Actual World Trends?, Yasser Alizadeh and Marwan Mossa Lingga
Production Scheduling Model for SKF Polyseal Factory, Julia Allmond, Robert Johnson, and Casy Elliott
Employment Expectations of ETM Students, Manal Almarzouqi, Roberto Artiga, N. Boemo-Mokhawa, and Lone Seboni
Sport Knowledge Management, Maher Almasri