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Development of a Strategic Business Plan for a Company in the Defense Industry, John Domagalla, Hogan Lim, Raman Nayyar, Henry Oberhelman, and Edmundus S. Pancoko
Comparison of Two Behavioral Models in Obesity Treatment, Nina Lucille Dominy
Applications of Expert Systems and Knowledge Sharing Systems to Financial Problems in Banking and Credit Lending, Emre Dorduncu
The Impact of High Technology Equipment in White Collar Professionals, Alex Doumani, Karen Genovese, Aymen Oubari, and Robin Phillips
SNAP - System Networked Advisor Program - A Diagnostics Advisor for System-Level Troubleshooting, Alex Doumani, Bob Martin, Russ Ritter, and Kerry Spurgin
Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Stresses in Semiconductor Devices, Joachim Karl Wilhelm Duerr
An Evaluation of the Academic Success of Students Who Participated in the English for Non-native Residents Program at Portland State University, Linda Carol Andrews Dunn
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Training in Cooperative Learning and Teacher Job Satisfaction, Margaret Maloy Dutton
The Duration of Tinnitus in an Aging Population, Mary Engel
Geochemical Evolution of Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington, Joseph Michael Fassio
Information Exchange in New Product Development, Fred Forstner, Kun Hsu, and Chuck Valceschini
Burns'eko etxekoandreak: Basque Women Boarding House Keepers of Burns, Oregon, Paquita Lucia Garatea
Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Their Instructional Styles in the Teaching of Conflict Resolution, Marcia Gregor Garrick
A Comparison of an Acoustic Stethoscope and an Amplified Stethoscope in White Noise and Cafeteria Noise During Cardiac Auscultation, Lynda Lynell Gigstad
Terrain disturbances by winter roads in the lower and central Mackenzie River Valley, N.W.T., Canada, Christoph Gnieser
Students' orientations toward dreams and the development of scales for their measurement, John Philip Governale
A Study of Washington Secondary Principals' Perceptions of Effective Dropout Prevention Policies and Programs, Susan Lindsley Greenwood
Bridging Mechanisms for Knowledge-Based Systems, J. Gross
Prediction of posttreatment level of functioning from performance in a leveled token economy for emotionally disturbed adolescents, Peter Arden Scott Grover
Nurses' attitudes toward patients with AIDS examined by hours of AIDS education, Teresa Grove
Speechreading ability in elementary school-age children with and without functional articulation disorders, Barbara L. Habermann
Historic Resources and the Albina Community Plan, Will Harper, Clyde Dixon, Jean M. Hester, Mary Jane Melink, Kimberly S. Moreland, Jinxiang Ren, Dan Riordan, Damian Syrnyk, and Dave Wadley
Suppliers as Partners: A New Strategic Direction, Samim Hatipoglu, Scott Herrington, Terry Jones, Jerry Knoben, Brett Leichner, and Scott Walsh
The Human Subsection of Total Quality Management "A Paradigm Shift on Quality" Within An Engineering Organization, Stephen Hawkins, Paul Huebschman, Gordon Lee, David Liesch, Berenice Lira, and Mesut Pervizpour
Expert System for Troubleshooting the Activated SludgeWastewater Treatment Process, Stephen Hawkins, H. Lim, D. Richwine, and R. Wagner