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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Postwar vice crime and political corruption in Portland, Robert Christian Donnelly
A Case Study of Twelve Japanese ESL Students' Use of Interaction Modifications, Darin Dooley
Gender, Power and Identity in an African-American Church, Catherine Douillet
"Blame It on Intake” : A Critical Ethnography of the Negotiation of Access to Shelter Services in a Shelter for Homeless and Battered Women, Kathleen Marie Drew
OEM/Supplier Collaboration in Product Development, Tim Dugan
A Critical Review of " Factors for Success in R&D Projects and New Product Innovation: A Contextual Framework", Stacey Ewton
Materialized View Algorithms, Yubo Fan
Geologic Evidence of Historic and Prehistoric Tsunami Inundation at Seaside, Oregon, Brooke K. Fiedorowicz
Teledesic, Greg Fischer, Rob Gagnier, Long Nguyen, and Gerard Rousseau
First Language and Gesture Acquisition in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Ann Christine Friel
The Language of Transformation in a "Conversation for Possibility": A Metaphor Analysis, Deborah Jean Gabbert
Lewis and Clark at Fort Clatsop: A winter of Environmental Discomfort and Cultural Misunderstandings, Kirk Alan Garrison
The Effect of Lymph Sac Pressure on Lymph Heart Pressure Development in the Toad Bufo marinus, Michael Georgitsis
A Critical Review of " The R&D Cycle: The influence of product and process R&D on Short-Term ROI"-2, Nathasit Gerdsri
The Second Stage Expressway Sector B Part 1 in Bangkok, Nathasit Gerdsri
A Critical Review of " Suppliers' Contributions to Product Development: An Exploratory Study" -1, Blake Gibbons
Conflict Is Optional, Difference Is Not : Toward a Difference-Based Approach to Interpersonal Communication, James Arthur Gieseking Jr
Product Development CycleTime and Commercial Success, Alberto Gonzalez
How to Reduce Height Variation of the Manufactured Ink Stixto Gain Cost Competitive Advantage, Alberto Gonzalez, Dawn Greenwell, Khaled Haris, Elgay Kalay, and Shawn Oveson
Integrating Engineering Management Best Practices into the Undergraduate Engineering Design Curriculum: A Business Plan, John R. Goulding
Are the Walls Coming Down: A Look at SimultaneousEngineering, Dawn M. Greenwell
Human Trampling in the Upper Rocky Intertidal: Trampling and Recovery in Barnacle Mediated Succession, Timothy Lawrence Grubba
A Critical Review of " Make-or-Buy Decisions in R&D: Small Technology-Based Firms in the United States and Japan", Ayse Hacihabiboglu
Increase Customer Satisfaction when Grocery Shopping, Jay Hah, Jeff O'Bryan, Dave O'Neill, Wade Powell, and Anatole Schaff
Whole Body In Vitro Hydraulic Conductivity and Transcapillary Filtration in Two Amphibians, Bufo marinus and Rana catesbeiana, Thomas Vincent Hancock