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Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Role of the Warrant in Presidential Debates : 1960, 1976, & 1996, Aaron Nicole Kaio
Capital Budgeting: A Multiperiod IP Model, Elgay Kalay, Andrew Narkiewicz, Vivat Pipugsmoot, Suphakit Saengsin, and Craig Volz
Technical Competenceand Job SatisfactionAmong EngineeringProfession, Ataman Kayim, Boonkiart Iewwongcharoen, Elgay Kalay, John Stein, Michael McConnel, and Sarunya Premjai
Xanthones as Antimalarial Agents : Binding Interactions Between Heme Analogues and Xanthones, Jane Xu Kelly
Returning Women’s Workshop and Retention of Returning Women Students, Kimberly E. Lamb
A Critical Review of "The Failure of SDT Diffusion: A Casefor Mass Customization" - Mack, Charles Mack
Academic ESL Reading : Semantic Mapping and Lexical Acquisition, Jeffrey Darin Maggard
The Representation of Gender in Current ESL Reading Materials, Kyunghee Ma
Cross Functional Training, M. Massarat
Complaint Patterns of Japanese English as a Second Language Students, Eriko Matsuda
The Effects of Educational Setting and Instructor Type on Interaction Modifications, Katrina Kay McConaughey
Patterns of Time, Place, and Culture : Land Use Zoning in Portland, Oregon, 1918-1924, Margrete Bernard Merrick
Patterns of Time, Place, and Culture: Land Use Zoning in Portland, Oregon, 1918-1924, Meg Merrick
Patterns in Rhetoric : Critical American Foreign Policy Toward Hungary, 1848-1956, Timothy S. Moon
A Critical Review of "Comparison of ManufacturingPerformance of Three Team Structures in Semiconductor Plants" - Mottershead, Duncan Mottershead
Photoadaptation Rate of Synechococcus WH7803 Cultures at Two Iron Concentrations, Jon Daniel Moulton
Spectroscopy of Charge-Coupled Devices, Lars Mündermann
Rtl Power Estimation of Sequential Circuits, Sridhar Muthrasanallur
JM Corporation, Nergis Numanoglu, Vivat Pipsusmout, Zareer Cursetjee, J. Mulinge, and Chuck Harper
A Critical Review of "Contractor Performance: How Good AreContingent Workers at the Professional Level" - Oliver, Leonard J. Oliver
A Descriptive Study of First-Year Students of Color at Portland State University : The Student’s Perspective, Dorothy Claire Oliveros
A Critical Review of "From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-management Styles" - Ozdil, H. Alper Ozdil