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Submissions from 2000
The GeneChip and Related Technologies: A Biotechnological Paradigm for Moore's Law?, Patricio Hernandez, Jim Lill, And Ozbay, and Fabricio Tobar
The Effects of Interracial Contact on Whites' Racial Attitudes Toward African Americans, Lindsay K. Hixson
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 Test of the Mediating Effects of Coping Strategies on the Relationship Between Perceived Control in the Workplace and Work-Family Fit, Jeff S. Johnson
A Comparison of Developmental Sentence Scores and Ratings of Intelligibility, Julie O'Harrow Karnstein
“The Way of the Scientist Deepens Beauty by Increasing Understanding”: Teaching Physics as an Aesthetic Form, Claudine Indigo Kavanagh
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
How are you thinking about Census 2000?, Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong
Leupold & Steven, Inc., Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong
Facilities Allocation Project, Larry Linik, Rowshan Jahan, and Jeremy Way
Linear Programming Model of Portland Community College (PCC) Shuttle Assignment, J. Lin, Hassan Al-Assaf, R. Gopalakrishnan, Rami Khalaf, and Sundar Valluri
Structured Web Databases, Shuang Li
Sol-Gel pH Sensors and Sol-Gel Metal-Removing Sorbents, Dong Liu
The Early Years in African American Education: A Life History Approach to Evaluating Control Theory, Beverly Diane Logan
DIY, Community, and Technology: The Impact of Technology on Community Cohesion in the Portland Indie Rock Production Culture, Jeffrey Ross London
Knowledge Management in the Working Team: Analysis of Team Learning on Firefighter Organization, Ahmad K. Lubis, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Felix Ngoussou, and Cem Gokcora
Warm Spring Revervation Transportation Project, Ahmad Lubis and Jammes Lai
Signs of Popular Ecology in the Ecotourism Landscape Near Tikal National Park, Guatemala, Michael Mooradian Lupro
CROSS–CULTURAL TEAMS AND PROJECTS —ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THE 90’S, Scott Maederer, Joanna Lin, Brian Moe, Ryan Korth, and Sundar Valluri
Simulation in Manufacturing, Pious Mappalakayil