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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Efficient Implementation of Image Compression-Postprocessing Algorithm Using a Digital Signal Processor, Nadir Sinaceur
Preternatural Rhythm: A Vernacular Application of the Systemic Grid With Respect to the Influence of Organic Processes, Mark Richardson Smith
Wedding Bands and Marriage Bans: A History of Oregon's Racial Intermarriage Statutes and the Impact on Indian Interracial Nuptials, Matthew Aeldun Charles Smith
Limitations of Methods for Determining the Position of The Center of Mass of a Human Subject Performing a Sit-up, Terrence Chadwick Smith
Comparison of Cardiovascular Disease Risk In Japanese Natives and Japanese Americans, Mayumi Takeda
Reading Neighborhood Character : A Semiotic Analysis of Three Portland, Oregon Neighborhoods, Jodi Hanson Tanner
The Emergence of an Icon: The Frida Kahlo Cult, Teresa Neva Tate
The Emergence of an Icon: The Frida Kahlo Cult, Teresa Neva Tate
The Reemergence of Kantian Ethics: Have We Adequately Responded to Hegel's Objections?, Gwen C. Thompson
Age Related Changes in the Activity and the Responsiveness of the Renin-angiotensin System in the 15 Month Old Rat, MIchele McKee Thompson
Habitats, Sydney Jean Thompson
Ethnography of Communication as on Organizational Communication Assessment Tool: A Test of the Method, Francisca Inez Trujillo-Dalbey
Teaching Phonetic-ideograph Rules to English Speaking Students of Chinese, Jillian Ji-fen Tsai
The Role of Communication in Concurrent Engineering, Yasemin Turktekin
Ornamental Nationalism: Indigenous Images in Porfirian Mexico, 1876-1911, Seonaid Valiant
Multiproject Strategy, Design Transfer, and Project Performance, Kittipong Vivitvorakit
Achieving Cochannel Interference Objectives Over Selected Topologies in the Portland, Oregon Cellular Network, David A. Wand
Gangstas, Niggas, Bitches and Hos : A Narrative Analysis of Gangsta’ Rap Lyrics, Darnell A. Watson
The Importance of Time for Processing in Second Language Comprehension and Acquisition, Jennifer Lee Watson
Post-middle Miocene Geologic History of the Tualatin Basin, Oregon with Hydrogeologic Implications, Doyle Coley Wilson
Unwilling Accents : Reading Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Julian and Maddalo, Melody Ann Wilson
Numerical Simulation of Contaminated Sediment Transport in the Upper Columbia Slough System, Binghong Wu
Urban Traffic Arterials and the Sale Price of Single Family Houses in Portland: A Hedonic Analysis of Impacts, Philip Wuest