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Submissions from 1995
Individual Project Report, Ali Khashab
Ball Grid Array Process Implementation, Jerry Knoben
O-Phthalaldehyde Modification of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release, Steffen Koehler
American Students' Expectations of Teachers in the Japanese Language Classroom, Nariyo Kono
Electrolysis of Titanium in Heavy Water, Radovan Kopecek
Malt Drying Model Verification for Efficiency Improvement, John David Kribs
The Health Belief Model as a Predictor of Gynecological Exams: Does Sexual Orientation Matter?, Lynn Elizabeth Kunkel
The use of Benchmarking as a management tool to achieve"Best-In-Class" Performance, Wah-Ying Kwong
Motion Picture Exhibition and the Development of a Middle-class Clientele: Portland, Oregon, 1894-1915, James Bruce Labosier
A Study of the Success of School College Partnerships Created to Improve Minority and Disadvantaged Student Enrollment and Success in Postsecondary Education, Armando Reinaldo Laguardia
An Exploration of the Value of Future TESOL Teachers Reflecting on their Pasts as Language Learners, Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence
Intelligent Production Planning Systems, Michael Lazur and Vincent Scalesse
Assessment of the Engineering Management Program at Portland State University, Michael Lazur, Vincent Scalesse, Jim Teeter, and Greg Wilt
Seasonal Hidden Markov Models for Stochastic Time Series with Periodically Varying Characteristics, Arthur M. Lewis
Effects of Concurrent Engineering on Make-to-Order Products, Chun-Yu Lin
Indigent v. Non-Indigent Sex Offenders: An Analysis of Sentencing in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties, Oregon, Dorelei Victoria Linder
Making the Transition from East to West: Evangelical Christian High School Students from the Former Soviet Union, Sharon Kay Link
Teaching English Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences to Chinese Students, Li-ching Lin
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Turnover of Incumbent Board Members and Turnover of the District's Superintendent, Frederick James Loomis
A Non-decision-reaching Decision-making process, Wei Wei Lou
A Taxonomy of Types of Uncertainty, Byrne Elliot Lovell
John Rawls, Feminism, and the Gendered Self, Lori Kinder MacArthur
A Swamp in the Desert: Theory, Water Policy, and Malheur Lake Basin, Cristin R. Mandaville
Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies for Self-help in Food Production, Case Study of Kenya, Dieudonne Mayi
Memory Deficit Compensation Among Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury, Hugo Maynard