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Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Continuation-Passing Style Versus Direct Style: Choosing an Intermediate Representation For Higher-Order Applicative Languages, Paul Andrew Seale
The Effectiveness of an Accent Reduction Program on Foreign Speaker’s Oral English Proficiency and Understandability, Kara Elizabeth Sewell
Law and Order, Abuse of Power: A Study in Light and Shadow, Daniel J. Shea
This Cat's Meow: Individual Variation Among Domestic Cats in Maternal Response to an Unrelated Kitten, Theressa Joanne Silver
Chemical Communication of Estrous Cycle Status and Change in Social Behaviors With Reproductive State in Captive Female Asian Elephants, Elephas Maximus, Barbara Elaine Slade
Moorings, Nancy Jeanne Slavin
A Sociological Exploration of Schisms in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: 1830-1985, Krista Lynn Smith
Implementation and Performance of Error Correction Codes for High-Speed Computer Networks, Jochen Spengler
Rebuilding with Habitat: a Feasibility Study for a Portland Re-Store, Eli Spevak, Rebecca Newman, Barbara Linssen, and Clint Wertz
Harrowing Heroines and Communist Plots: Krest'ianka and Rural Policy, 1946-1949, Rachael Preiss Susman
Entrepreneurship, Pornthep Suteerachai
How Did College of the Siskiyous Develop in a Politically Contested Climate in Siskiyou County?, Christopher Michael Tincher
“Wars of the Three Margarets”: Women in the Wars of the Roses, Barbara Jean Traver
Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: Case Study of High Tech Project Failure, Elizabeth Turgeon
Comparing Projects Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Jodi Elain Wright
Submissions from 1998
Emerging Technologies for the Third Mellennium, Eric Abrams, Beril Coskun, Jonathan Chien-Te Ho, Nergis Numanoglu, Alper Ozdil, Scott Robertson, Andreas Sunardi, and Craig Volz
Digital Equipment Corp:The Fall of a World Leader in Technology, Eric Abrams, Beril Coskun, Jonathan Ho, Nergis Numanoglu, Alper Ozdil, Scott Robertson, Andreas Sunardi, and Craig Volz
Conducting Business in the Philippines and Singapore: A Studyof Socio-Culture Issues, Governments, Economic Conditions andInfrastructures, Susan Adam, Carlos Andino, Uthai Chulapongwanich, Swaminathan Jayasankar, Carol Kvinge Radabaugh, Charles Mack, Leonard Olive, and Lowell Roger
Strategic and Policy Issuesin Southeast Asia, Susan Adam, Carlos Andino, Uthai Chulapongwanich, Swaminathan Jayasankar, Carol Kvinge Radabaugh, Charles Mack, Leonard Olive, and Lowell Rogers
A Critical Review of "Make-or-buy Decisions in R&D: SmallTechnology Based firms in the Unites States and Japan" - Adam, Susan C. Adam
An Evaluation of “Contractor Performance: How Good Are Contingent Workers at theProfessional Level”, Abdulwahab Al-Khamis
Biomedical Equipment Repair Cycle, Abdulwahab Al-Khamis and Peerasit Patanakul
An Approach to Exact Modeling of the PWM Switch, Anas N. Al-Rabadi
Passive Circuit Modeling Using IPA510, Hassan Hiwaidi Al-Sheikhly