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Submissions from 1998
Great Historical Events and Management Behaviors, Bert Desmond, J. Fossatti, and Sarunya Premjai
“Just a Drop in the Bucket” : An Analysis of Child Rescue Efforts on Behalf of Korean Children, 1951 to 1964, Sydne J. Didier
Total Cost of Ownership of a Compressed Air System, T. Dugan, Elgay Kalay, Ataman Kayim, Andy Narkiewicz, Sarunya Premjai, and Mehdi Sanaei
A Critical Review of "Contractor Performance: How Good AreContingent Workers at the Professional Level" - Elazami, Assim Elazami
Intuition in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum: Faculty Attitudes, Practices and Preparation, Beverly Jean Epeneter
The Persistence of African Religious Beliefs and Practices as Cultural Resistance to Slavery in Pre-emancipation Colonial Tobago, Okokon Okon Essiet
Reporting the Counterrevolution : The SED Perception of “Prague Spring” as Reported in Neues Deutschland January 1-August 21, 1968, Lee Allen Evans
Phonological Processing of Japanese Kanji Characters, Randy L. Evans
How to Create a Bibliography: A Real Person's Guide, Stacey Ewton
Literary Critique of the Article: Factors for Success in R&D Projects and New ProductInnovation: A Contextual Framework, Stacey Ewton
The Effects of Cohabitation on Subsequent Marital Satisfaction, Brenda Fague
Impact of Singing Intervention on Vocal Fatigue Effects : A Single Subject Study, Nancy Devine Ferguson
Speech Intelligibility of 4-Year-Old Children, M. Jane Firestone
A Critical Review of "Alignment of A Firm's CompetitiveStrategy and Information Technology Management Sophistication: TheMissing Link" - Forrester, Janice Forrester
It’s More Exciting Than Your Life, Jennifer L. Foster
A Study of How To Improve the PSU EMP Program Offeringsfor Individuals from High Technology Companies, Cheryl Fresvik, F. Hidajat, Jose Rodriquez, and B. Stratton
Career Orientation Levels in Adolescents : A Comparison of Cleft and Noncleft Subgroups, Tara Darice Gaddis
An Analysis of PSU-EMP's Strategy, R. Gagnier, Gerard Rousseau, and Monica Shah
Measuring WarehouseEfficiency with WeightRestricted DEA, Paul G. Gilberg
Using a Realistic Job Preview to Communicate Organizational Culture, Johanna Glode
Divertir et Instruire Dans Les Livres Pour Enfants D’Henri Bosco, Laurence Karine Graire
The Antiquities Act of 1906: The Public Response to the Use of Presidential Power in Managing Public Lands, Barbara L. Grover
Communicating Conceptual Design of Mechatronic Systems, Muir Lee Harding
The Green Dyadic Formulation for Radiation Problems With Arbitrary Sources Embedded in Stratified Multi-Layer Structures : Application to Molecular Fluorescence Problems, Robert Lyle Hartman
Rudolf Steiner's Theory of Foreign Language Learning, Michaela Wolf Hashitani