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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Complete-Range Activity-Based RTL Power Estimation, Nur Kurt-Karsilayan
The Effects of Position Power and Personal Power on the Incidence of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Eva Marie LaBonte
ESL CD-ROM Principles and their Application: A Software Evaluation, Stephanie Burgi LaMonica
Competition In the Commercial Jet Industry, Philippe Lavaud
Geochemistry, Stratigraphy and Provenance of the Portland Hills Silt in the Tualatin Mountains, Portland, Oregon, John L. Lawes III
Symmetry, Symmetry Breaking, and the Current View of the Dirac Monopole, Erik Kristian Leder
Korean-American Elders in Independent Living Arrangements, Shinok Lee
A Pouplation Genetic Study of Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Matagorda Bay, Texas, Joel Stephen Lenox
Japanese Intelligibility and Comprehensibility Assessments of Different English Accents, David Michael Levin
Patient Behaviors and Beliefs : Are Standardized Patients Different?, Colleen Shannon Lewy
High-performance Input/Output Circuit for CMOS Integrated Circuit Interface, Chee How Lim
Oregon Survey of Initial Nursing Care for Infants with Cleft Lip ± Palate, Kirsten Joy Lindaas
A Comparison of Parent Interview and Direct Assessment of Receptive Language in Preschool-aged Children with Cerebral Palsy, Susan Kathleen Livick
Grandmothers Laughing: Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Beliefs About Pregnancy and Childbirth Among Native American Women, Claudia Robin Long
Le "devenir féminin" dans la sociéte moderne occidentale à travers les deux romans de Virginie Despentes, Nadia Louar
A Telescopic Approach to Modeling Leachate Dynamics and Migration at the St. Johns Landfill, Portland, Oregon, Thomas Stephen Lowry
The Influence of Cathar Philosophy, Thought and Everyday Life on the Works of Selected Troubadour Poets, Marilyn Ann Lucas
A Critical Review of " The R&D Cycle: The influence of product and process R&D on Short-Term ROI"-3, Chandra K. Luchmun
Teaching Culture in German: Standards, Perspectives, Resources, Alexander Lukanich
Large Scale Analysis of Messy Data: Analysis of Programming Practices, Troy Mackenzie
A Lay Theory of Relational Satisfaction with Best Friends in Japan, Eriko Maeda
The Column Multiplicity Problem in Decomposition of Functions and Relations, Rahul Malvi
Enter-Action, Pencils, NanDei McAnally
Effects of Orofacial Clefts on Early Career Maturity, JeannieKay McCall