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Strategic & Policy Issues—Microsoft, Dale Andert, Jaclyn Danh, Nathasit Gerdsri, Freddie Hidajat, Joan Kauth, and An Pham
Ibsen's Peer Gynt: Explication and Reception, Caralee Kristine Angell
Declining Total Fertility Rates in Bangladesh and Indonesia From 1970 to 1996 : Causes, Implications, and Analysis, William Bruce Aronson
From the Printing Press to the Guillotine: Gracchus Babeuf and the Revolutionary Language of Thermidor, David Brian Audley
Virtue, Liberty, and the Good : A Critical Analysis of Civic Republicanism, Nathan Douglas Austin
Non-Literate Students in Adult Beginning English as a Second Language Classrooms - A Case Study, Sandra Lynn Banke
Faces of a Growing Community: A Profile of the Hispanic Population of Hillsboro, Oregon, Sean Bannon, John Boroski, Thomas E. Carter, Cristina Jimenez-Roig, and Dan Seltzer
Potential for Coastal Flooding Due to Coseismic Subsidence in the Central Cascadia Margin, Elson T. Barnett
Greening Our Cities: An Analysis of the Benefits and Barriers Associated with Green Roofs, Stephanie Beckman, Sev Jones, Kevin Liburdy, and Connie Peters
Perceptions of Stuttering Intervention Services Received at Portland State, Franklin Wayne Bender
Inventory Management, Jukchai Benjarattananon and Wiwat Thaneepakorn
Managing Risk in New Product Development Projects, Tim Bennington-Davis
Molecular Fluorescence at a Rough Surface: The Orientation Effects, William Lee Blacke
Collective Intervention in Internal Conflicts : An Examination of Why States Participate, Andrew L. Blum
Geochemical Characteristics and Correlations Within the Triassic-Jurassic Age Gabbs and Sunrise Formations of West Central Nevada, Karen Elizabeth Boelling
Total Quality Management Project at Planar Displays Systems,Portland, Oregon, Juli Bonini, Stacey Ewton, Raik Hammer, and Ken Bruce
A Critical Review of " The Historical Roots of Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals", Iewwongcharoen Boonkiart
Public Interest Group Politics and American Political Culture, Patrick Henry Brennan
Simulation in Manufacturing Decision Making, Sara Brown
The Juice Is Loose?: A Qualitative Study of Employees’ Perceptions of Informal and Formal Communication Channels, Warren Jerome Brown
Modeling Improvements for Water Supply Forecasting in the Columbia River Basin, Daniel Albert Buller
Public Transportation for the Elderly: A Neighborhood-Area Fixed-Route Alternative, Richard James Burke
Urban Sprawl, Media Monopoly, and Citizen Participation : A Longitudinal Case Study of Daily Newspapers in Portland, Oregon, Andrew David Butz