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Theses/Dissertations from 1996
James Baldwin's Search for a Homosexual Identity in his Novels, Nadia Abdel Fattah
The Genetic Algorithm and Maximum Entropy Dice, Laura Suzanne Fellman
The relationship between a pre-departure training program and its participants' intercultural communication competence, Daniel Timothy Ferguson
Selection of Projects for New Product Introduction in High Technology Companies, Greg Fischer, Vidya Kale, and Andy Narkiewicz
Lents Gateway, A. G. Flynn, Carol Herzberg, Lisa Nasshahn, and Brett Sheehan
Subject/Matter, Gilles J. L. Foisy
Effects of Posttraining Maintenance Sessions on Aphasic Subjects' Verbal Labeling, Connie Allene Freed
A New Space Transport Vehicle for the 21st Century: A Feasibility Study Project Plan, Chris Funke, George Moffat, Greg Nelson, Russ Peterson, Melissa Ting, and Ky To
Student Perceptions of Riots and Boycotts in Secondary Schools in Kenya's Kirinyaga District, Margaret Wangeci Gatimu
Investigating Vowel Duration as a Perceptual Cue to Voicing in the English of Native Spanish Speakers, Becky Jean George
A Survey of the Relationship Between Software Measurements,Software Quality, Productivity, Cost and Process Management, Peter Ghavami, Raid Obeidi, and Ling Kan
ETM 520 Student Project - Gonzalez, Alberto Gonzalez
ETM 520 Student Project - Gonzalez, Alberto Gonzalez
Strategic and Policy Issues: Mexico Survival Strategies in a Social Political and Economic Environment, Alberto Gonzalez, O. Gonzalez, D. Greenwell, Philippe Lavaud, and D. Munger
Tektronix, A Competitive Analysis, Alberto Gonzalez, Seva Kumar, Thomas Shultz, and John Weisensee
Linear Programming and Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Alberto Gonzalez and Philippe Lavaud
ETM 520 Student Project - Gonzalez, Oscar Saul Gonzalez
Factors Occurring in Youth Suicide Behavior in Oregon, Kathy Goss
The Leadership of African American Women Constructing Realities, Shifting Paradigms, Gloria Murphy Gostnell
Adaptive Color Correlation of Knots in Wood Images and Weighted-value Product Selection Methods in a Machine Vision System, John Robert Goulding
An Examination of Factors Influencing Self Versus Supervisory Referrals to an Employee Assistance Program, Jeffrey M. Gray
Profit/Production Efficiency Study for Agpro, Inc., Ted Gribble, Curt Mayer, Scott Samuels, and John Thornton
A Study of a Paced Sequential Transfer Line Process and the Effects of Introducing Buffers, Dana Grindle, Elizabeth Turgeon, and Bud Stratton
Distribution of R-Banded Chromosome Variants in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) Population, Kristine Anne Gunter
Songs and Stories that Only You Know: Multiplicity, Meaning, & the Metaphorical Bridge, Matthew Haggett