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Theses/Dissertations from 1994
The Use of Faceplate Assemblies as Facsimiles of Custom Hearing Instruments, James A. Fenwick
The Use of Global Issues in A University ESL Classroom: The Students' Perspective, Kelley Denise Fitzpatrick
The Relationship Between Intelligibility and Length and Complexity of Language in a Group of 4- and 5-Year-Old Children, Susan Fodell
The Design, Realization and Testing of the ILU of the CCM2 Using FPGA Technology, David W. Foote
An Examination of the Occurrences of Metaphor in Introductory Engineering Textbooks, Hartwell S. Francis
The Particular Nature of Long-term Lesbian Relationships, Karen Marie Freeman
An Improved English Article System for Japanese Speakers, Dorothy Jean Frew
Relationships between Avian Diversity and Vegetational Parameters in Forested Patches of the Tualatin Mountains, Oregon, Jerry Sexton Fugate
The Holocene Sedimentary Framework of the Lower Columbia River Gorge, Edward Breed Gates
Computer Grammar Checkers and ESL Writers, Robert Lee Gaynor
A Study of Community College Instructional Stakeholder Attitudes Toward Student Outcome Goals, Linda Ann Gerber
Conversational Structure in Electronic Mail Exchanges, Linda I. Godson
Creating Community Through Urban Gardens, Jay Gratchner, Susan Hartnett, Susan Kroll, and Laurie Nicholson
The NPI Process in Electronics Manufacturing, M. Greenwood, S. Kiesow, J. L. Lim, R. Mazloomi, and K. Ping
The Preferred Learning Styles of Greek EFL Students and Greek EFL Teachers, Debra Jane Gregory
Comparison of Concurrent Engineering Management with Traditional Project Management, Jeff Grogan, Ali Khashab, Ghassan Abu-Hamdeh, and Roger Nordlund
Math Anxiety, Coping Behavior, and Gender, Sandra Joy Grossmann
The Impact of the Donation Land Law Upon the Development of Oregon, Elwin Edward Grout
Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Mapping of the Upper Canyon Creek Basin, Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington, Lawrence P. Growney
An Assessment of the Riparian-influenced Salmonid Habitat Features of Johnson Creek, Portland, Oregon, Andrew Greiff Gude
Sediment Yield Analysis of Reservoir #1, Bull Run Watershed, West Cascade Mountains, Oregon, Doann M. Hamilton
Strategic and Policy Issues Investigation "Leadership andTechnology Management", Paul Hamilton, Simon Hans, Sebastien Michelet, Pat VanHoomissen, and Oliver Woywode
Technological Organization and Sedentism: Expedient Core Reduction, Stockpiling, and Tool Curation at the Meier Site (35CO5), Stephen Coursault Hamilton
Justification for Total Quality Management, Graydon Hansen
Improving a Present Manufacturing Process by Implementing TQM and ISO 9001, Graydon Hansen, Razif Abdullah Razak, Ségolène Badelon, Nicolas Renaud, and Emad Armoush