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Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Difficulties Experienced Procedural Programmers Encounter When Transferring to an Object-oriented Programming Paradigm, Scott Andrew MacHaffie
The Soldiers of Spain's California Army, 1769-1821, Barrie Earl Malcolm
Police Stress: A Literature Study on Police Occupational Stressors and the Responses in Police Officers to Stressful Job Events, Katarina Ahlstrom Mannheimer
A Cognitively Motivated System for Software Component Reuse, Michael Joseph Mateas
Comparative Scores of Hearing-Impaired and Normally Hearing Children Given the Carolina Picture Vocabulary Test, Barbara Ann McComb
Benchmarking in Industry, Mic McConnell
Improper Application of Statistical Analysis Tools to QualityImprovement Activities, Lawrence R. McCoy
The Public Persona of Nelson R. Mandela: A Study of U.S. Print Media Narratives, Molly Jeane McVey
Comparison of Ion Adsorption to Phophatidylcholine/Phosphatidylserine and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Membranes, Martin Mense
A Survey of Aural Rehabilitation Services Provided to Hearing Impaired Clients in the Private Sector, Alison Metcalf
Expressive Communication and Socialization Skills of Five-Year Olds with Slow Expressive Language Development, Nicole Anne Midford
The Use of Statistical Methods in the Measurement of Customer Satisfaction, Daryl L. Millard
Process Improvements Possible in the Longview Reduction Maintenance Control Dispatch Process, Daryl L. Millard, Gena Bailey, Steve Brown, and Jim Cox
A Characterization and Process Control Plan for a New Plasma Photo Resist Stripper, Gordon Miller
CUSUM Control Charts, Gordon Miller
An Economic Evaluation of a Prospective Horse Breeding Business, Eric Mische
Development of a TQM Performance Measurement System for Use in Architecture and Engineering Firms, Eric Mische, Nguyet Angie Nguyen, and Scott Walsh
Language and Memory Development in the Three and Four Year Old, Caroline Prater Moffatt
The Theory and Practice of Community Policing: An Evaluation of the Iris Court Demonstration Project, Charles Moose
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Certain Metrics in Measuring the Quality of End User Documentation, Ronald Morrison
Computer Job Scheduling: A Simulation Project, Jim Munz
Continuous Process Improvement Versus Reengineering, Jim Munz
The Feminine Poetic Voice in the Rymes of Pernette du Guillet, Darcy Renee Murphey
Lola G. Baldwin and the Professionalization of Women's Police Work, 1905-1922, Gloria Elizabeth Myers