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Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Spectrographic Analysis of Second Language Speech: Investigating the Effects of L1, Troy D. Bailey
Doing Business in the People's Republic of China, Andy Baker, Dan Gildow, Danen Heath, Wah-Ying Kwong, Mike Posovich, and Rick Zhang
Oregon Primary Care Physicians' Support for Health Care Reform, Timothy Alan Baker
Hillsdale: Connecting People and Places, Warren Baker, Preston Beck, Inhwan Chang, Nanci Egan, Joel Freedman, Kyle Hauger, Barry Manning, Ruth Selid, and Susan Van Staveren
AIDS-Preventative Behaviors and the Psychological Costs of Behavior Change, Howard Balshem
A Study of Personal Attributes Associated with Marginality and Failure of Preservice Teachers in the Terminal Field Experience, Sharon Irene Bancroft
Two Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Swift Delta Soil Nail Wall by "ABAQUS", Richard James Barrows
An Evaluation of Re-engineering Projects in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Mete Bayyigit, Paul Gilbarg, John Stein, Jocelyn Yu, and Wira Yuwana
An Expert Advisor for Graduate Students in the Engineering Management Program, Mete Bayyigit and Akin Uslu
ISO 9000 Certification Projects: Four Companies Compared, Tim Bennington-Davis, Michael Lazur, J. Teeter, G. Wilt, and C. Winton
Vocabulary Learning for Short-Term ESL Students: A Comparison of Three Methods, Michael William Bess
Private Profit Versus Public Service: Competing Demands in Urban Transportation History and Policy, Portland, Oregon, 1872-1970, Martha J. Bianco
An Investigation of the Prevalence of Severe Visual Impairment Among Handicapped Children: Implications for Educators, James Bickford
Adult English as A Second Language Literacy Programs in the Non-profit Sector of Multnomah County, Oregon, Susan Edna Binford
The Impact of Collective Bargaining on the Civil Service Merit System in Oregon, David K. Blanchard
Building of a Thermoacoustic Refrigerator and Measuring the Basic Performance, Torsten Blumreiter
Perceived Communication During Organizational Change, Paula Blunck
Fostering Intrapreneurship within Established High Technology Companies: Critical Factors leading to Success, Helmut Brech, Abdurrauf Farrouge, Karen E. Howe, Barbara Jones, and Lee A. Urban
Coastal Crossing of the Elastic Strain Zero-Isobase, Cascadia Margin, South Central Oregon Coast, Gregory George Briggs
The Geology of Parrett Mountain, Oregon, and its Influences on the Local Groundwater Systems, Brett Todd Brodersen
The Evaluation of Device Model Dependence in the Design of a High-Frequency, Analog, CMOS Transconductance-C Filter, Susan Rose Brotman
Adult ESL Writing Journals: A Case Study of Topic Assignment, Kathryn Elaine Brunette
Defender vs. Challenger Analysis, Edward Buescher
Dr. Edwards Demings 14 Points and their Impact on the Quality Movement in Japan, Edward Buescher
A TQM Implementation in North West Motor Welding Company, Edward Buescher, Fernando Rivera, Clifford W. Jones, John J. Alvarez, Eric Kangas, Akin Uslu, and Rick Markle