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Theses/Dissertations from 1990
HPLC analysis of myoglobin tryptic peptides from selected species of cetaceans, David Lawrence Hayteas
The relationship between reading comprehension and self-esteem in low level reading adults, Judy Rosen Heumann
Instrumentation for Multi-Electrode Voltammetry, I-Pin Ho
System Dynamics Approach for the Management of New Product Development Projects, Mehmet Guven Iyigun
A Comparison of the Phonological Skills of Late Talking and Normal Toddlers, Patricia Joan Jennings
The Relationship Between School Integration and Student Attitude Toward Residential Racial Integration, David Allen Johnson
High frequency acoustic reflexes in cochlea-impaired and normal ears, Karen Elizabeth Jones
A Comparison of Two Methods for Measuring the Attenuation Provided by Insert-Type Hearing Protection Devices, Brenda Barrett Kabat
Comparison of the Modal Frequency Levels of Nonsmoking and Cigarette Smoking White Females Between the Ages of Forty and Fifty Years, Janis Mae Kaufman
The Effect of a Parent Training Program on Language Delayed Children, Lynn Krupa
Communication Stress and Coping Strategies Among Japanese University Students in the United States, Atsuko Kurogi
Density Currents in Circular Wastewater Treatment Tanks, David M. LaLiberte
Audiological in-service regarding hearing impairment and its impact on communication in the geriatric population, Marie Barlow Lassell
Policy into Practice: A Study of Legislative Impact on Administrative Practice in Washington Schools, James Carter Leffler
Communication Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Chinese Students in the United States, Qiu Lu Liang
Study of referential and display questions and their responses in adult ESL reading classes, Susan Lindenmeyer
Subsurface and geochemical stratigraphy of northwestern Oregon, Olga Berenice Lira
Social support for the frail elderly at two kinds of retirement communities, Qiaoming Liu
A Knowledge Sharing System for Predicting Turbine Blades, Win G. Liu
Otitis media and language development in late talkers, Timothy Forest Lynn
John Rawls, the conception of a liberal self, and the communitarian critique, Johnathan Edward Mansfield
Job Satisfaction of Classified Employees in a Public Suburban School District, Jeradean Emma Rehm Masciocchi