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Submissions from 1994
Group Research Project on Joint Ventures, E. Buescher, Rob Hensel, Ling Kan, J. Thornton, D. Twitchell, and G. Wilt
Fort Clatsop National Memorial: A Study in Historic Preservation, Kelly June Cannon
Indicators of Nutrient Limited Plankton Growth in Lakes Near Mount Saint Helens, Washington, Kurt Davis Carpenter
Youth's Perceptions of Social and Cultural Dimensions of Drug Use, Brett Joseph Casper
Analysis Some Factors to Create Models in Designing Evacuating Fans, Rawee Chaimongkol
Methodology for Accurate Speedup Prediction, Aruna Chittor
Studies in Fluorine Chemistry: 13C NMR Investigation of SF5/SO2F Fluorinated Systems, Yoon S. Choi
The Appropriate of Matrix Management in Various Organization Types, S. Chusanathans, A. Sonthinen, V. Puvanunt, and N. Tulananda
Second Grade Academic Performance in Normal Children, Children with a History of, and Children with Expressive Language Delay, Kathleen Ann Clancy
Logging Subsystem Performance: Model and Evaluation, Thomas K. Clark
Modeling Music with Grammars: Some Examples from Balinese Kotekan, Janet Tom Cowal
Strategic and Policy Issues (SPI) Paper: The New Economy, Kim Cox, Karl Schorr, Mahasti Hastings, and Brita Kelly
Culture and Consensus: the Use of Mathematical Models to Examine a Culture of Sports in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Phillip M. Crawford
Freedom as Self-Legislation: An Examination of Rosseau and Kant, Roger L. Cross
Evidence for the Eutrophication of Selected Coastal Dunal Lakes: Historical Comparison of Indices for Nutrient Enrichment, Steven Gregory Dagget
Comparison of Training Methods in a Branch Environment, Lisa Peterson Davidson
Atlases for Select Portland Metropolitan Watersheds, Elizabeth Dimmick, Scott Kaden, Elizabeth Mros, Doug Strickler, and Alex Welsch
Investigations on Glycolipid Production by Pseudomonas Putida grown on Toluene in Batch and Continuous Culture Conditions, Keith Foorest Dockery
Chlorophyll Characterization of Three Mistletoes and the Chloroplast Ultrastructure within Aerial and Endophytic Tissues of Phoradendron Juniperinum, Wesley Emanuel Dubbs
Simultaneous Interpretation (SI): An Information Processing Approach and Its Implications for Practical SI, Doris Maria Ecker
Changes in Proteins Associated with Nitrogen Fixation and Iron Nutrition in the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium, Karen Marie Elardo
A Cross-national Study of Attitudes and Group Labeling: Multinational Corporation (MNC) Workers in Canada, Brazil, and West Germany, Tobias Albert Ten Eyck
An Experimental Study of Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome in Learning Disabled Students, Kathleen Hickam Farber