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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Weakest Pre-Condition and Data Flow Testing, Griffin David McClellan
North End Transition Area Study, Chad Meadows, Wei Liu, Bryan Cosgrove, and Ken Hranicky
Variation in Plasma Prostaglandin E2 Level in Mouse During Infection with Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella pseudospiralis, Zahra Mehdizadehkashi
The Biogeochemistry of Lakes in the Mount St. Helens Blast Zone, Victor Lee Menting
The Vulcain Project: A Project Management Organization, Sebastien Michelet
The Engineering Feets, Amy Miller, Meggan Murphy, Cheryl Ronald, Keith Storie, and Tyson Terhaar
Use of Language Learning Strategies by Proficient and Less Proficient Learners, Charlene Frances Mills
Increasing Semiconductor Manufacturing's Strategic Value to AFirm, Tahir Mir
Minimization of Sum-of-Conditional-Decoders Structures with Applications in Finite Machine EPLD Design and Machine Learning, Sanof Mohamedsadakathulla
Sex-role Stereotypes: How Far Have We Come?, Erica D. Monte
Social Support as a Buffer of the Relationship between Work and Family Involvement and Work-Family Conflict, Tracy Lynn Monzon
Organizational Activity Analysis: A Methodology forAnalyzing and Improving Technical Organizations, Ruth Moreland
Physical and Environmental Features that Contribute to Satisfaction with Hospice Facilities, Arezu Movahed
Performance Appraisal in Organizational Cultural Context, Unoda C. Moyo
Silence: A Comparison of Japanese and U.S. Interpretation, Mimi Murayama
An Exploration of Theoretical Issues Related to Mediation Found in the Social Science Literature, Cheryl E. Nally
Tunnel One Generalized Satellite Knots, John Ralph Neil
Empowering ESL Students for Out of Classroom Learning, Jay Stanley Neuharth
Behavioral and Community Impacts of the Portland Needle Exchange Program, Kathleen Joan Oliver
World Views and Information Flows between First and Second Level Managers in an Information Technology Organization, Molly Olson
Influence of Heater Orientation on Fluctuations in Steady-state Nucleate Boiling, William F. Osborne
Measures of Technology Transfer Effectiveness: KeyDimension and Differences in their Use by Sponsors, Developers andAdopters, Toryos Pandejpong
Independent Acoustic Stimulation of the Amphibian and Basilar Papillae of Rana pipiens, Mark Parker
State Cooperation on Regulatory Policies for Transboundary Environmental Issues, Jennifer Lyn Pennell
Scaling of the Silicon-on-Insulator Si and Si1-xGex p-MOSFETs, Marijan Peršun