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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
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
Leadership Qualities of Engineering Project Managers, Roger Cox, Paul Hamilton, Eric Kangas, Joe Mohr, and Steve Serna
Dance of Dreams, Michael Creger
A Study Comparing Musical Abilities of Stutterers and Nonstutterers, Megan Creswell