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Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Nucleation and Heat Transfer in Liquid Nitrogen, Eric Roth
Certain Phonological Skills in Late Talkers, Catherine Marie Ryan-Laszlo
A Robust High Precision Algorithm for Sinewave Parameter Estimation, Kendall Ann Rydell
Modeling of the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Effect for a Metal-Semiconductor (M-S) Junction at Elevated Temperatures, Erik De Jesus Sanchez
La Casa de los Espiritus: Destruccion de Oposiciones Binarias, Teresa M. Sánchez Soultaire de Lamothe
Education for Global Competitiveness, Alfredo P. Sandoval
The Information Systems Component of Concurrent Engineering, Alfredo P. Sandoval
An Incremental IRR Approach to Project Selection, Vincent F. Scalesse
Predicting Seepage of Leachate from the St. Johns Landfill to Ground and Surface Water Systems, Kevin A. Schock
Novel Cylindrical Illuminator Tip for Ultraviolet Light Delivery, Hanqun Shangguan
Portland as a Divided City: Geographical Voting Patterns on Ballot Measures in the November 1990 Elections, Dmitry Sharkov
A Study of Spiking and Relaxation Oscillations in Nd:YAG Laser Using Measured Laser Parameters, Ramesh K. Shori
Satisfaction with Social Support Among Recent Widows, Rachael Ann Silverman
Job Attribute Preferences of the Workforce in Polish High Technology Enterprises, Florian Michael Sisavic
Simulation of Switched Linear Networks, Dietmar Reinhard Skowronn
New Lathe Decision, Don Smith
Communication and Gender : Interviews with Blue-collar Women, Jeri Lynn Sofka
Cultural Bias in the Assessment of Phonological Processes in Conjunction with the APP-R, Sharon Elise Soliday
Residential Options for the Institutionalized Chronically Mentally Ill: The Impact of Psychosis on Choice, Richard James Stanek
Matching Points to Lines: Sonar-based Localization for the PSUBOT, Kevin Blythe Stanton
Child Care Support and the Reduction of Women's Stress and Role Conflict at the Work-Family Interface, Frances Marx Stehle
Rapists and Their Parental Relationships, Yaeko Steidel
Hydrogeochemical Characterization of the Alvord Valley Known Geothermal Resources Area, Harney County, Oregon, Anna Maria St. John
Introduction to ISO 9000, James R. Teeter