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Submissions from 1998
Trendwest Resorts, Inc., B. Iewwongcharoen, Tony Sandiford, Bert Desmond, and D. Andert
Technical Assessment in Call Centers, L. Inman
A Critical Review of "From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-management Styles" - Jayasankar, Swaminathan Jayasankar
A Model for Rating Wall Street Analysts Using DEA, Swaminathan Jayasankar
The Synthesis and Characterization of a Porphyrin Oligomer as a Potential Antenna for Light Harvesting Solar Cells, Tristan Timothy Jenkins
Abundance and Seasonal Distribution of the Marbled Murrelet in Puget Sound and Hood Canal in Fall and Winter, Richard Anthony Jensen Merizon
Assessing MultipleSoftware Process ChangesUsing Simulation and DEA, Song Ji
Personal Review ofSeveral EMP Team Projects, Song Ji
The Diffusion of Internet Technology in China and China'sInformation Technology Strategies, Song Ji
Free Trade, Regionalism, and the Democratic Peace Theory, Julia B. Johnson
Role of the Warrant in Presidential Debates : 1960, 1976, & 1996, Aaron Nicole Kaio
Capital Budgeting: A Multiperiod IP Model, Elgay Kalay, Andrew Narkiewicz, Vivat Pipugsmoot, Suphakit Saengsin, and Craig Volz
Technical Competenceand Job SatisfactionAmong EngineeringProfession, Ataman Kayim, Boonkiart Iewwongcharoen, Elgay Kalay, John Stein, Michael McConnel, and Sarunya Premjai
Xanthones as Antimalarial Agents: Binding Interactions Between Heme Analogues and Xanthones, Jane Xu Kelly
Returning Women's Workshop and Retention of Returning Women Students, Kimberly E. Lamb
A Critical Review of "The Failure of SDT Diffusion: A Casefor Mass Customization" - Mack, Charles Mack
Academic ESL Reading : Semantic Mapping and Lexical Acquisition, Jeffrey Darin Maggard
The Representation of Gender in Current ESL Reading Materials, Kyunghee Ma
Cross Functional Training, M. Massarat
Complaint Patterns of Japanese English as a Second Language Students, Eriko Matsuda
The Effects of Educational Setting and Instructor Type on Interaction Modifications, Katrina Kay McConaughey
Patterns of Time, Place, and Culture: Land Use Zoning in Portland, Oregon, 1918-1924, Margrete Bernard Merrick
Patterns of Time, Place, and Culture: Land Use Zoning in Portland, Oregon, 1918-1924, Meg Merrick