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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Employee Training and Retention of Intellectual Property in a Dynamic High Tech Environment, Brian Breiling, Rob Hensel, Don Smith, and John Thornton
Application of a Geographical Information System to Estimate the Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in the Sandy and Clackamas River Basins, Oregon, Dorie Lynn Brownell
Reliability and Validity of Pedometers in a Free-living Environment, Ernest Leroy Brown
Effect of Ototoxic Drugs on the Amphibian Auditory System: Injection of Gentamicin Sulfate into Anuran Otic Capsules and Recovery of Thresholds, Michael Patrick Brown
Student Attitudes Toward Word Processing and Writing in the English as a Second or Other Language Classroom, Greg Lynn Buchan
Authorizing the Reader: Narrative Construction in Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs and Willa Cather's My Ántonia, Cheri Buck-Perry
Project Management Structure Based on IndustryEnvironments, Ed Buescher, Rawee Chaimongkol, Jerry Knoben, Art Louie, Al Pierce, Tim Schnidler, and Usanee Thiravaja
Economic Analysis: Neal Creek Bridge, PhuongLan Bui, Susan Goodwin, and Lam Han
Small Package Operating Facility Design, Judith Bulski, Paul Bulski, Sharon Cibula, and Andi Tan
Capital Expansion Project-Administrative Office Space, Paul Bulski
The Effect of the Ideology of Motherhood on Women, Shari A. Burke
A Coordination Structure Approach to the management of Projects, Ruth Burris
Cross-Functional Project Teams: A Study of Communication, Motivation & Conflict Resolution, Ruth Burris, Eric Etheridge, Nandor Farkas, David Huffman, and Boris Litinsky
Strategic and Policy Issues: Managing the Entrepreneur in Large Companies, Ruth Burris, Eric Etheridge, Nandor Farkas, David Huffman, and Boris Litinsky
The Effects of a Realistic Job Preview on an Applicant's Ability to Self-select into Organizations, Melissa Lynn Burton
A Plan for Evaluation of the Columbia Gorge Scenic Area Management Plan, Barbara Cartmill, Jill Grenda, and Lynn Peterson
Economic Development and Income Inequality: The Taiwan Case, Ju-kuang Chang
Reduction of Public Paging at Information, Inc., John Childs, Chin-Jai Jong, Vikki Scotti, Indra Surataruna, and Usanee Thiravaja
Equivalent Relationship of Function-level Representation and Implementation of Unified Indexing of FFT Algorithms, Nee-Hua Cho
Spiritual Health: Association for the Advancement of Health Education Instructors' Attitudes, Practices and Training, Susanne Meyer Christopher
Liberalism, Community, and the Context of Choice, Marta R. Colburn
Redefining the Suburban Ideal: An Analysis of Single-family Residential Densities in Washington County, Oregon, David Morgan Coughlan
A Project Management Study of the Warped Printed CircuitAssemblies Project, Roger Cox