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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
We are the Vanguard, Not the Norm: Stories of Successful Minority Students in Predominantly White Graduate Teacher Education Programs, Leslie Rennie-Hill
Automatic Synthesis of VLSI Layout for Analog Continuous-time Filters, David Lyle Robinson
Insoluble Ambiguity: Criticism and the Structure of the Frame Narrative in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Cecilia Rosenow
Effects of Concurrent Engineering on Make-to-Order Products, Thomas K. Roth-Roffy
Intel Strategic Policies and Issues, Tom Roth-Roffy, Robert Schneider, George Schultz, and S. J.
Strategic Steps in the Implementation of New Technology (Windows '95 Case Study), Tom Roth-Roffy, Robert Schneider, George Schultz, and James Snell
Clinical Application of Two Phonological-based Treatment Approaches, Holly Kiesz Royer
American Deaf Students in ENNL Classes: A Case Study, Janice Elisabeth Ruhl
Performance Evaluation of Specialized Hardware for Fast Global Operations on Distributed Memory Multicomputers, Rajesh Madukkarumukumana Sankaran
Using a Computer Program to Influence the Expectations Senior Adults have Regarding Hearing Aids, Carol I. Sayre
Use of Linear Programming to Solve a Production and Inventory Scheduling Problem, Anatole Schaff
A Comparison and Analysis of Different CommunicationTechniques That May Be Utilized during the R&D, Design and Manufacturing Phases of a Project, Anatole Schaff, Linus Lin, Raid Obidi, Sebastien Michelet, Simon Hans, and Brian Breiling
Zooplankton Community Structure in Lakes Near Mt. St. Helens, WA, Larry Duane Scharnberg
North vs. South: Sovereign Equality and the Environment in the Twentieth Century, Thomas Schlesinger
Origins of Effective Charge of Multivalent Ions at a Membrane/Water Interface and Distribution of 2,3,4,5-Tetrachlorophenol in a Membrane Model System, Piet O. Schmidt
Business Process Management: Survey and Methodology, Robert J. Schneider
Educating Innovation Managers: Strategic Issues of Businessand Higher Education, George Schultz
The Origins of Caring: A Study of the Development of Coding Categories for Prosocial Behaviors in Very Young Children, Mark W. Schuster
Career Development Opportunities and Likelihood of Turnoveramong R&D Professionals, Vikki Scotti
Germany, Great Britain and the Rashid Ali al-Kilani Revolt of Spring 1941, James Christian Scott
A Comparative Study of Integrity Tests: the Effect of Situational and Individual Variables on Response Distortion, Nannette Shayne Searles
A Study of Special Preparation and Training Needs of Middle School Teachers, Marilyn Seger
Data Allocation for Distributed Programs, Liono Setiowijoso
Disequilibrium Transition of the Consumer Goods Market in China, 1954-1991, Hui Shu
Electrostatic Interactions at Membrane-water Interfaces and Distribution of 2, 4, 6-Trichlorophenol in a Membrane Model System, Isolde Sieder