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Theses/Dissertations from 1993
The Liberal-Communitarian Debate and the Development of a Political Conception of the Person, Kenneth Howard Biggs
Sentence Discrimination in Noise and Self-assessed Hearing Difficulty, Dianna W. Brainerd
Mechanism of Calcium Release from Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, Edmond Buck
ISO 9000 Quality System Standards, Edward L. Buescher
Rapid Prototyping & Concurrent Engineering, Current Issues in Manufacturing Management, Edward L. Buescher
Trip: Traveler/Retailer Information Program, Edward L. Buescher, Tugrul Daim, John Kuzmack, Alfredo P. Sandoval, and James R. Teeter
An Analysis of Conceptual Metaphor in Marital Conflict, Anne Elizabeth Burgermeister-Seger
A Limnological Analysis of Ten Mountain Lakes, Gary Wayne Burns
Development of a Knowledge-Based Scheduling and Quality Monitoring Software, P. Byrne
Detecting Chaotic Signals with Nonlinear Models, Qin Cai
Multi-Cultural Team Building, M. Cairns, C. Mayer, Levent Neymen, D. Radosevic, Scott Samuels, and A. Westlund
Geochemistry, Alluvial Facies Distribution, Hydrogeology, and Groundwater Quality of the Dallas-Monmouth Area, Oregon, Rodney R. Caldwell
An Exploratory Study of Student Retention in Kindergarten and Grade One and the Associated Decision Making Processes as Perceived by Principals and Teachers, Doris Cameron-Minard
Shaping the Future-Search of Superior Performance Through ISO 9000, Kai Shing Cheung
The Political Reception of Erich Maria Remarque's Im Westen Nichts Neues in the Late Weimar Republic, Richard Jay Cogburn
Correlations Between the School Situations Questionnaire-Revised and Speech and Language Disorders, Geraldine Teresa Comerford
The Culture of an Alternative Education Program: A Participant Observational Study, Dian Dee Connett
Second Language Use in the Workplace: A Case Study of a Dental Hygienist, Gina L. Crocetti
Analyzing TQM as a Component of a Concurrent Engineering Environment, Tugrul Daim
Factors in Adopting the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: Transition to the Factory of Tomorrow, Tugrul Daim
Management of Changes Affecting Human Resources Due to Introduction of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Tugrul Daim
Management of Changes Affecting Human Resources Due toIntroduction of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Tugrul Daim
The Role of Computer Aided Design in Concurrent Engineering, How to Implement and How to Manage, Tugrul Daim
Determine the Plan for the Implementation of TQM in the Microcomputer Labs of PSU, Tugrul Daim and Mehmet Murat Ayabakan