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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Entrepreneurs' Experience, Expertise, and the Performance of Technology-Based Firms, Ted Gribble
The Love Poems of John Clare and John Keats: A Comparative Study, Elizabeth Stafford Grodd
A Case Study of the Development of Oregon's 1985 Public Policy in Youth Substance Abuse, Sonja Carol Grove
Treatment Approaches for Pathological Gambling: Review of Literature and Development of New Program, Karen Lee Hafner
TBD Team Report, Jay Hah, Ziad Keirouz, Indra Surataruna, Raid Obeidi, and Hun Kye
Hardware for Fast Global Operations on Distributed Memory Multicomputers and Multiprocessors, Douglas V. Hall
Monomeric and Polymeric Fluoroalkyl Sulfonyl Fluorides, Sulfonate Salts and Sulfonic Acids for Use as Electrolytes and Coatings, Nicolas Noel Hamel
Transportation Simulation using LINDO, Simon Hans
Innovation From Differentiation: Pollution Control Departments and Innovation in the Printed Circuit Industry, Khaled Haris
Functional Uses of Language in the Conversational Discourse of a Person with Alzheimer's Disease, Julie Anne Haun
The Effects of Positive Illusions on Perceived Racism, Miyako Jun-ko Hayashi
The Effects of Ear Canal Pressure Variation on Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions, Jodi L. Head
An Assessment of the Impact of Intimate Victim-Offender Relationship on Sentencing in Serious Assault Cases, Laura J. Hickman
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Fluorine Containing Alkylsulfonyls and Sulfonates : Fluorinated Sulfonyl Methanes and Derivatives, Nelson R. Holcomb
The Leadership of John McLoughlin in Relation to the People and Events of Pacific Northwest History, 1824-1846, John David Holliday
The Effect of a Physician's Pronunciation on Nurses' Perceptions of the Physician's Medical Competency, Laura Anne Horani
The Use of the First Language (L1) and the Target Language (TL) in the Foreign Language Classroom, Jeanine L. Huber
A Coordination Structure Approach to the Management of Projects, David Huffman
The Affects of Vocal Fatigue on Fundamental Frequency and Frequency Range in Actresses as Opposed to Non-Actresses, Ruth Ann Jenkins
134 Questions, Marvin Joanis
Water Quality Model for South Slough, Coos Bay, Oregon, Holly Kay Juza
An Analysis of a Coordinate Measurement Machine Project atPrecision Castparts Corporations, Eric Kangas
Asset Allocation & Mutual Fund Selection, Ling Kan
Seletion of a Client Server Computer System for a SoftwareDeveloper, Ling Kan and Eric Kangas