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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Effects of Oral and Silent Reading on the Reading Comprehension Performance of Left Hemisphere-damaged Individuals, Paul K. Akers
Antecedents of Intergroup Conflicts in Multifunctional Product Development Teams: A Conceptual Model, Mohamed Al-Muhairi
gloBEes: A Case Study, Mohamed Al-Muhairi, Greg Caster, Katy Daily, Usanee Thiravaja, and Chanikarn Watanakithavonkul
Intercontinentals Team Final Report, Mubarak Al-Muhairi, Mete Bayyigit, Linus Lin, Johnson Ogoli, Shawn Oveson, and Kaiping Wang
Microsoft Corporation, Mubarak Al-Muhairi, Mike Coleman, Khaled Haris, Tahir Mir, Toryos Pandejpong, Nattanon Pronanun, and Janet Zhang
Strategic & Policy Issues Presentations: Information Technology, Mubarak Al-Muhairi, Patrick Hinds, Linus Lin, Ruth Moreland, Usanee Thiravaja, and Chanikarn Watanakithavonkul
Multisite Educational Technology Assessment, John Alvarez, Ed Buescher, John Dorrance, Cliff Jones, and Jerry Knoben
Causes of Project Failure, Monica Arora, Rob Gagnier, Peter Ghavami, Beth Gibson, and Bud Stratton
The Distribution of Naturally Occurring Soil Radionuclides and Radon Potential of Northwest Oregon, Stuart Graham Ashbaugh
Shoot Structure of Boschniakia hookeri Walpers (Orobanchaceae), John Leland Babur
Validity and Efficiency of the Check-Slash Transcription Method for Measuring Intelligibility, Vicky Jo Bacon
Phytoplankton in Mt. St. Helens Lakes, Washington, Cynthia Fay Baker
Methods of Language Assessment: A Survey of Oregon Public School Speech-language Pathologists, Staci Lee Johnson Ball
Geochemistry of the Boring Lava along the West Side of the Tualatin Mountains and of Sediments from Drill Holes in the Portland and Tualatin Basins, Portland, Oregon, Michelle Lynn Barnes
Project Management Analysis, Scott Basom, Brita Kelly, Jeanne Lewis, Kellie Reid, Marvin Joanis, David Kennedy, Erwin Quiachon, and Greu LaBleu
Perceived Fairness of a Child-care Subsidy in a Temporary Agency: An Equity Theory Approach, Pamela Bermudez
Botanical Variations, Anthony Bernert
Illegal Homeless Camping in Portland: Field Analysis and Advocacy Planning, Chris Bernhardt, Doug Glancy, Doug Layne, and Jeff Salvon
A Comparison of High School Student and Adult Expectations of Leader Behavior, Charles Edward Beyer
The Predictive Validity of the Admission Criteria for the Counselor Education Program at Portland State University, Malachy Liam Bishop
A Hydrologic Analysis of Government Island, Oregon, Scott Gregory Bittinger
Engineering Hiring Decisions with Uncertain Information, Steve Blaine, Eric Kangas, and Rajesh Rajput
Through Women's Eyes: Contemporary Women's Fiction about the Old West, Anna Margarete Boettcher
Renal Responses to Differential Rates of Blood Volume Expansion in the Toad, Bufo marinus, Mark Edward Bolke