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Submissions from 2000
Intelligent Safety and Driver Assistance Systems for Heavy Duty Trucks, Volkmar Gross and Ziad Keirouz
An Evaluation of Earobics I in Improving Phonological Awareness in 6- And 7-Year-Old Boys Who Are At-Risk for Reading Disabilities, Wendy Goughnour Gunter
A Visual Interaction of Rational and Intuitive Processes, Priscilla Hanson
Nokia: From Pulp Mill to Telecommunications Giant, Doug Harms, Ala'a Abunijem, Gregg Theiss, Rami Khalaf, Shahzada Iqbal, Rakhman Gul, and Mohamed Moussa
Optimization of Staff Assignments for the Upholstery Department at A-Dec: Minimizing Ergonomic Risk through Linear Programming, Doug Harms, Ozgur Koc, Jim Lill, Jarrath Presse, and James VanHuis
A Tale of Two TODs: Transit Oriented Development on the Westside Light Rail Corridor: An Analysis of Station Area Planning and Development at Orenco and Beaverton Creek, Emily Harnish, Kenneth Itel, Michael Lapham, Matthew Larsen, and Ann-Elizabeth Riis
Portland State University Faculty Survey Millar Library, Chuck Harper
Profiles of the Highly Invasive Plants in Oregon Including Lists of Oregon’s Invasive and Naturalized Plants, Rebekah Jane Harper
Design and Evaluation of a Specialized Computer Architecture for Manipulating Binary Decision Diagrams, Robert K. Hatt
Technology Selection: Application of Goal Programming Technique in Brownfield Industry, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Amy Saberiyan, Pimala Bhiromkaew, Sunshine Sanchez, and Chen Yen Lin
Learning, Motivation, and Self: A Diary Study of an ESL Teacher's Year in a Japanese Language Classroom, Laura Ruth Hawks
El Cuarto de Atrás: The Challenge of the Autobiographical Text, Linda Kathleen Helton
Effects of Three Training Components in an AAC Intervention for an Adult With Severe Broca’s Aphasia, Bradley Josef Hendershott
City of Tualatin Youth Development Plan, Holly Hendricks, Matt Michels, Alison Mielke, Justin Patterson, Jon Skidmore, Jason Tuck, and Jason Wachs
PICMET Scheduling, Ivan Patricio Hernandez, Sittisak Maneeruttanaporn, Ravee Boonbutra, and Rafael Borja
The Problems and Potential Solution for Forecasting Capacity in a HMLV Job Shop, Ivan Hernandez, Worakorn Sirijinda, and Marc Luevano
The GeneChip and Related Technologies: A Biotechnological Paradigm for Moore's Law?, Patricio Hernandez, Jim Lill, And Ozbay, and Fabricio Tobar
Study of the Emergence of Internet as a Force of Competition, Jonathan Chien-Te Ho
A Model of Antecedents of Work-Family Conflict for Dual-Earner Couples in the Sandwiched Generation: A Longitudinal Study, Yueng-hsiang Emily Huang
Predictors of Task and Contextual Performance: Frame-of-Reference Effects and Applicant Reaction Effects on Selection System Validity, John Hunthausen
Discourse Analysis: Backchanneling Behavior of Advanced Speakers of English/Japanese as a Second/Foreign Language, Keiko Ikeda
A Comparison of Developmental Sentence Scores and Ratings of Intelligibility, Julie O'Harrow Karnstein
Effects of Language Interpretation Services on Medical Visit Patterns of Patients With Limited English Proficiency, Anita Marie Kay
Magmatic Processes Operating During the Middle to Late Pliocene and Pleistocene Along the Transition Zone Near 43º North, Christy L. Lee