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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
ERP Analysis Using Matched Filtering, Correlation Coefficient and Mann-Whitney Test, Yun Yan
Sexual Intercourse : A Feminist Reading of Strip Joint Discourse, Regina Marie Howard Yaroch
The Effects of Parental Involvement, Structure, and Autonomy Support on Children’s Help-Seeking and Problem-Solving Coping in School, Ronald Wayne Yoder
Measure 9: Oregon’s 1992 Anti-Gay Initiative, Patricia Jean Young
Expected and Existing Competencies of External Industry Trainers in the Human Resource Development Field, Julia M. Zachmann
The Poetics of John Keats in "The Fall of Hyperion, a Dream", Amy A. Zenger
Routing, Driven Placement for ATMEL 6000 Architecture FPGAs, Songhua Zhang
Syntheses and Characterizations of Unsymmetrical Porphyrins as Photosensitizers for a Solid-State Solar Cell, Yinping Zhao
Purification and Characterization of Catalase From Enterococcus Faecalis, Zhenghong Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Children with Early Language Delay: A Group Case Study of Outcomes in Intermediate Grades, Tracey Abild-Lane
West Portland Town Center: Developing Partnerships for Planning and Implementation, Matthew Aho, Stevie Greathouse, and Kevin Snyder
Planning in a Multicultural Society: Building Bridges and Beyond, Nazmul Alam and Theodis Perry Jr.
Feasibility Study: Alternate Class Formats for Portland State'sEngineering Management Program, Fuad Al-Ansari, Toryos Pandejpong, Indra G. Surataruna, and Martina Testa
Using a Computer Program about Pediatric Hearing Evaluations to help Educate Parents, Jeanne E. Aleskus
ETM 520 Student Project - Al-Harabi, Ali Al-Harabi
Evaluation of “Career Progression in a Fortune 500 Company:Examination of the Glass Ceiling”, Ali Al-Harabi
Evaluation of “Career Progression in a Fortune 500 Company: Examination of the Glass Ceiling”, Ali Al-Harabi
Hedonic Analysis of Housing Prices Near the Portland Urban Growth Boundary, 1978-1990, Abdullah Alkadi
Critique of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management article, "The Impact of Technological Change in a Service Organization", Khalid Alkahtani
Alpine Soil Geomorphology: The Development and Characterization of Soil in the Alpine-Subalpine Zone of the Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, Charles Edward Allen
Where the Extreme Right Took Root: A Comparison of Midwestern Counties in the 1980s, Joseph B. Allen
Project Management in Profit and Nonprofit Organizations and What They Can Share, Mubarak Al-Muhairi, Mic McDonnell, Todd Medin, Toryos Pandejpong, Indra Surataruna, and Kittipong Vivitvorakit
Parental Perceptions of the Efficacy of Clinical Intervention for Speech-Language Disorders at Portland State University's Speech and Language Clinic, Deborah Ellen Anderson