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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Rethinking Appropriateness: A look at Hegemonic Ideals as Related to Perceived Communication Competence In Women, Kristi L. Meade
GIS Applications to Glaciology: Construction of the Mount Rainier Glacier Database, Jeremy Laurence Mennis
Lincoln C. Andrews and the Enforcement of National Prohibition, 1925 to 1927, Philip Earle Metcalfe
Organizational Concepts ofConcurrent Engineering, Ruben Omar Morawicki
Spiritual Nourishment: A Central Christian Metaphor, Susan Sleeth Mosedale
Comparison of Intelligibility Estimation and Orthographic Transcription Methods by Preprofessional Speech-Language Pathologists, Kristi M. Mowe
Developing a Language in Education Policy for Post-apartheid South Africa: A Case Study, Nancy Murray
A Critical Review of " The Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: Human Resource Management Implications", Homero Najera
A Case Study of (s, S) Policy for SHAZAN TOY Companyusing EXCEL, Diane Nelson and Chawan Warunthepraksa
Satellite remote sensing for measuring the urban forest of Portland, Oregon, A. Paul Newman
Effects of Lifestyle Change and Satisfaction with Voice on Psychosocial Adjustment of Laryngectomees, Susan M. Nicks
Video Self-Monitoring as an Alternative to Traditional Methods of Pronunciation Instruction, P. C. Noble
Drug Testing and Oregon Workers : Is Perceived Fairness of Corporate Drug Testing Moderated by Drug Use?, Leslie James Normandy
Ethnic Conflict in Southern Kyrgyzstan, Jennifer Jane O'Donnell
Robert Francis Kelley and the Eastern European Division of the State Department: 1917-1933, Agnes Eileen Olsen
Student Outcomes, Educational Technology, And Assessment In Large Classrooms: Effects On Planned Behavior, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky
Design and Writing of Advanced Proposals for HighTechnology Organizations, Shawn Oveson
The Role that Innovation Plays in New Product Development, Shawn Oveson
Using the Kano Method for Customer-First Questions, Shawn Oveson
The Generalization of Stridency from Treated to Untreated Misarticulated Phonemes, Kathleen Ann Ozanich
Training Strategies for Critic and Action Neural Networks in Dual Heuristic Programming Method, Christian Peter Paintz
Alaska Air Group, Inc: Preparing for the future, Toryos Pandejpong, Raik Hammer, and Nathasit Gerdsri
Receptive Language and Cognitive Skills in Preschool-Aged Children with Cerebral Palsy, Susan Elizabeth Panton
Analysis of Rhetorical Organization and Style Patterns in Korean and American Business Fax Letters of Complaint in English, Mi Young Park
The Redemptive Role of Chivalry in Old French Arthurian Romance (12th and 13th Centuries), Nora Jane Peacock