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Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Comparison of Training Methods in a Branch Environment, Lisa Peterson Davidson
Atlases for Select Portland Metropolitan Watersheds, Elizabeth Dimmick, Scott Kaden, Elizabeth Mros, Doug Strickler, and Alex Welsch
Investigations on Glycolipid Production by Pseudomonas Putida grown on Toluene in Batch and Continuous Culture Conditions, Keith Foorest Dockery
Chlorophyll Characterization of Three Mistletoes and the Chloroplast Ultrastructure within Aerial and Endophytic Tissues of Phoradendron Juniperinum, Wesley Emanuel Dubbs
Simultaneous Interpretation (SI): An Information Processing Approach and Its Implications for Practical SI, Doris Maria Ecker
Changes in Proteins Associated with Nitrogen Fixation and Iron Nutrition in the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium, Karen Marie Elardo
A Cross-national Study of Attitudes and Group Labeling: Multinational Corporation (MNC) Workers in Canada, Brazil, and West Germany, Tobias Albert Ten Eyck
An Experimental Study of Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome in Learning Disabled Students, Kathleen Hickam Farber
The Use of Faceplate Assemblies as Facsimiles of Custom Hearing Instruments, James A. Fenwick
The Use of Global Issues in A University ESL Classroom: The Students' Perspective, Kelley Denise Fitzpatrick
The Relationship Between Intelligibility and Length and Complexity of Language in a Group of 4- and 5-Year-Old Children, Susan Fodell
The Design, Realization and Testing of the ILU of the CCM2 Using FPGA Technology, David W. Foote
An Examination of the Occurrences of Metaphor in Introductory Engineering Textbooks, Hartwell S. Francis
The Particular Nature of Long-term Lesbian Relationships, Karen Marie Freeman
An Improved English Article System for Japanese Speakers, Dorothy Jean Frew
Relationships between Avian Diversity and Vegetational Parameters in Forested Patches of the Tualatin Mountains, Oregon, Jerry Sexton Fugate
The Holocene Sedimentary Framework of the Lower Columbia River Gorge, Edward Breed Gates
Computer Grammar Checkers and ESL Writers, Robert Lee Gaynor
A Study of Community College Instructional Stakeholder Attitudes Toward Student Outcome Goals, Linda Ann Gerber
Conversational Structure in Electronic Mail Exchanges, Linda I. Godson
Creating Community Through Urban Gardens, Jay Gratchner, Susan Hartnett, Susan Kroll, and Laurie Nicholson
The NPI Process in Electronics Manufacturing, M. Greenwood, S. Kiesow, J. L. Lim, R. Mazloomi, and K. Ping
The Preferred Learning Styles of Greek EFL Students and Greek EFL Teachers, Debra Jane Gregory
Comparison of Concurrent Engineering Management with Traditional Project Management, Jeff Grogan, Ali Khashab, Ghassan Abu-Hamdeh, and Roger Nordlund
Math Anxiety, Coping Behavior, and Gender, Sandra Joy Grossmann