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Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Walt Whitman's Poetics of Labor, David Janssen
Dynamics of Ultrashort Pulse Generation and Amplification in Dye Lasers, Shuanghua Jiang
The United States-Japan Security Treaty of 1951: An Essay on the Origins of Postwar Japanese-American Relation, Christopher S. Johnson
A Study of the Narrative Skills in 6-year-olds with Normal, Impaired, and Late Developing Language, Karen Elaine Johnson
Cost Estimate: What's the Price, Clifford Jones
Linear Programming Model to Assist in Planning Project Execution, Greg Jones, Cliff Jones, and Mark Snyder
Measurement Techniques for Noise Figure and Gain of Bipolar Transistors, Wayne Kan Jung
Assembly Line Simulation, Eric Kangas
Gravity Sedimentation: A One-Dimensional Numerical Model, Joanna Robin Karl
Central America: An Attempt at Modern Economic Growth, Richard Kibbey
The Influence of Trichinella Spiralis Infection on Heat Shock Protein 72 Production in MRL++ Mouse Intestinal Cells, Lisa Ann Kilejian
Cognitive Development of Bilingual Korean-Americans in an Oregon School District, Kimiko Okada King
A Model to Predict Recycling Behaviors: Reusing Ajzen's Model One More Time, Kathleen L. Kiwala
Modeling of Flow and Water Quality in Henry Hagg Lake near Forest Grove, Oregon, Michael T. Knutson
Design for Testability, John Kuzmack
The Relationship Between Cognitive Skills Measured by Piagetian Tasks at Age 2 and Linguistic Skills Measured by an Expressive Language Test at Age 4 in Normal and Late Talkers, Rebecca Jayne LaPlante
Determining the Lowest Cost Choice Between FJ Tested and Supplied Components or Locally Purchased and Tested, Michael Lazur
Implementing TQM in a Small Business, Michael Lazur
TQM: Project: Statistical Process Control for Incoming Inspection Through-Put-Time, Michael Lazur
Smart Memory: An Inexact Content-Addressable Memory, Jack Lee
Automatic Tuning of Integrated Filters Using Neural Networks, Lutz Henning Lenz
The Study of Malaysian Learners' Strategies while Studying a Second Language, Phoebe Christina Leong
A Linear Program for Human Resource Allocation in a Design/construction Firm, David C. Liesch
Women's Interracial Friendships: Nonlocal Determinants of Everyday Experiences, Stephanie A. Limoncelli
New Dynamic Investment Criteria, Longjun Liu