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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
A Survey of Swallowing Symptoms Associated With the Premenstrual Cycle, Jill Gigi Calcagno
The Effectiveness of Planned Transitions Therapy in the Treatment of Three Children with Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia, Emily M. Campbell
The Summit Vegetation of Saddle Mountain, Oregon Coast Range, Charles Thomas Carlson
Honda’s Strategies & Policies, David Cavaro, Stacey Ewton, Blake Gibbons, Ayse Hacihabiboglu, and Ataman Kayim
Information Systems Challenges and Solutions in Product Engineering Organizations of Automotive and Aerospace Industries in the U.S., David Cavaro, Stacey Ewton, Blake Gibbons, Ayse Hacihabiboglu, and Ataman Kayim
An Ethnographic Study of Chinese Adolescent Identity in Taipei, Taiwan : Franchise Hangouts, Jui-fang Ruby Chen
Simulating Migration of Contaminated Sediments in the Lower Columbia Slough System, Min Chen
Gross Estimation: A Study of the Clinical Validity for Measuring Intelligibility, Heather Gail Clarke
Tool Condition Monitoring: A Computational Approach, Anthony Clinch
Ten Ways to Create More Productive Cross-cultural Teams, Nick Collins, Bert Desmond, and Sarunya Premjai
Ten Ways to Create More Productive Cross-cultural Teams, Nick Collins, Bert Desmond, and Sarunya Premjai
Images of Women in Abdelhak Serhane's Le Soliel des Obscurs, Wendy Grace Cook
Early to Middle Pleistocene Catastrophic Flood Deposits, the Dalles, Oregon, David Irving Cordero
Organizational Culture and Team Management Strategy, Aysun Coskun
Organizational Culture and Team Management Strategy, Aysun Coskun
Survey of the Use of Project Management Techniques Based onProject Size and Type, Aysun Coskun, Bert Desmond, Ali Eghtedari, Hafiz Kassim, E. Dogus Kuran, Dale Munger, and Jim Rawlinson
Cost of Ownership Model for the Laser Memory YieldEnhancement System at Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Aysun Coskun, Ayse Hachihabiboglu, Hafiz Kassim, E. Dogus Kuran, and Duncan Mottershead
Abstract Art and Controversy: A Case Study of Louis Bunce’s Airport Mural and Other Portland Art Controversies, Michael P. Craven
A Critical Review of " Suppliers' Contributions to Product Development: An Exploratory Study" -3, Jaclyn N. Danh
Optimal Block Encoding and Optimal Entropy for Lossless Image Compression, Larry Ray Dennis
A Critical Review of "Organizational Turnaround: Understanding the Role of Cutbacks, Efficiency Improvement, and Investment in Technology", Nikhil Deshpande
Intel; a Study of Strategic and Policy Issues, Nikhil Deshpande, Boonkiart Iewwongcharoen, Chandra Lunchmun, Rejendra Patel, Vivat Pipugsmoot, and Jose R. Rodriguez
Settlements Due to Arid Collapsible Soils, Heather L. Devine
Structural and Successional Analysis of Woodland Vegetation in Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Christopher J. Dobson