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Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Theory of Nothing, Adam Wieslaw Rupniewski
Impacts of Marketing on New Product Development, Suphakit Saengsin
Time Management in Cross-Cultural Student Teams, Suphakit Saengsin
Information Content in American Television Advertising: A Replication and Update, Laura Kathleen Sandgren
Innovation in the Writing Center: A Diffusion Study, Talisman Kate Benton Saunders
Perception of English Passives by Japanese ESL Learners : Do Adversity Passives in L1 Transfer?, Koichi Sawasaki
Cultural Compromise of the Wasco and Wishram of the Middle Columbia River: The Effect of Euro-American Technologies and Cultural Values on the Native Americans of the Middle Columbia River, Linda Joyce Schreiner-Mahoney
Habituation, Novelty Response, and Object Differentiation in the Weakly Electric Fish, Brachyhypopomus Pinnacaudatus, Gregory J. Scott
The Female Adolescent Knee, Patti J. Seely
Increased Glutathione Metabolic Defense Capabilities in Cultured Alzheimer's Diseased Lymphoblast Cell Lines, Collin M. Shaw
Surface Studies of Metals After Interaction With Hydrogen Isotopes, David Samuel Silver
Development and Validation of a Work Safety Compliance Measure, Tara L. Smecko
Tocqueville's Civic Republicanism: The Balance Between Equality and Liberty in American Democracy, Clifford Brantley Smith
Critical Incident in Project Management, Andreas Sunardi
Improvement of Engineering Management Curriculum for theSoftware Industry, Andreas Sunardi, Greg Jones, and Uthai Chulapongwanich
Reengineering the Technical Enterprise, Andreas Sunardi and S. Roh
A Critical Review of "Comparison of ManufacturingPerformance of Three Team Structures in Semiconductor Plants" - Sunardi, Andreas Wahyudi Sunardi
Evaluation of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Managementarticle," Comparison of Manufacturing Performance of Three TeamStructures in Semiconductor Plants", Pornthep Suteerachai
A Critical Review of "Assimilation of IT Innovations:Strategies and Moderating Influences" - Thavasi, Manivannan Thavasi
A Critical Review of "From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-management Styles" - Thompson, Dolores Thompson
Stays and the Staggering Shape, Anmarie Trimble
TQM and Employment Involvement, Yasemin Uslu
Individual Research Paper –From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-Management Style, Craig Volz
Identification of Stuttering Moments: Is Hypermedia Training as Effective as Traditional Classroom Instruction?, Johna Delene Wakem