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Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Food and Females: The Taming of the Oregon Palate?, Peggy Ann Lutz
Waitperson/customer interaction as an example of community, Patricia Louise MacAodha
Interpretation of the thermal behavior of groundwater in an alluvial terrace : Bonneville Dam, Columbia Gorge, Oregon, Richard Stephen Malin
An assessment of behavior associated with reproduction and infant caretaking in a captive family group of Saguinus midas midas, Melissa Elizabeth Martenson
Effects of Conalbumin Bound Iron on the Growth of Salmonella paratyphi B and Salmonella thompson, John Nicholas Mason
Empathy, Holonomic Brain Processes and Patanjali's Sutras: A Study of Western and Eastern Models of Perception as They Relate to Empathic Communication, Dana Ralston McCullough
Percentage of phonological process usage in expressive language delayed children, Sherri Lynn Miller
A Structural Analysis of Corporate Political Activity: An Application of Euclidean Modeling to the Study of Intercorporate Relations, Colleen Bridget Mullery
Development and Applications of High Resolution Kinetic Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry in Atmospheric Chemistry, David Michael Myton
Improving Software Productivity, Practices In U.S. And Japan, Kaveh Nasri, Reza Nassib, and Ramamurthy Sivakumar
Effects of Encouraging, Discouraging, and Neutral Instructions on Naming by Aphasic Subjects, Denise Marie Nelson
The Meaning of Controversial Policy to School Superintendents, Barbara Jean Nicoletti
A Descriptive Study of the Oregon Mentorship Program, Gaynelle Louise Nolf
Environmental and Age Differences in the Formation of Romantic Pairs and Self-Monitoring in Adolescents, Russell I. Oelheim
Behavior of an Ion in a Bubble in the Ground State, Joung Hoon Oh
Steady State Analysis of Tropospheric Chemistry, Wen Hsiung Pan
Minimizing Cost in a Crashed Schedule, Richard H. Pasaribu
Written narrative texts of language impaired and normal adolescents, Kevin Jon Penner
Solvent and Substituent Effects on the Redox Potentials of Several Substituted Tetraphenylporphyrins, Robert Arthur Ransdell
Patterns of rhetoric/patterns of culture : a look at the English writing of Japanese students, Suzanne Raschke
The Relocation of North Bonneville, Washington, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: A Policy Implementation Study, Cecil Eugene Reinke
Optimization of The Two Stage Alum Phosphorus Removal Process Using Linear Programming Techniques, Reynold D. Richwine
A Descriptive Study of Sexual Health Attitudes and Practices Among Adolescent and Young Adult Male County Health Department Clients, Russel Douglas Robbins
Internal-external locus of control and the life experiences of Soviet Pentecostal refugees in Portland, Oregon, Amy Roberts