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Idea Generation for New Product Development: Sources and Extraction Strategie, Khaled Alessa, Fred Birang, Mark Kruskopf, and Lisa Lorenzen
A Comparison of Grammatical Morpheme Usage by Four Year Olds With Normal, Impaired, and Late Developing Language, Sally Alforde
Factors Affecting the Repatriation of the Afghan Refugees, Todd Trowbridge Ames
The morphology, physiology, and fine structure of a toluene-oxidizing strain of Pseudomonas putida, Barry Clayton Anderson
Battle for the Boulevard, Patricia Luann Antoine
Perceptions of teacher and student roles : views of Japanese businessmen, John Walter Armbrust
John F. Kennedy : a political biography on education, David Eugene Armontrout
Project Management by an American Based Company in a Global Environment, J. Ashley, M. Chin, Nick Collins, J. Gabriel, and Dan Nguyen
Interrelation between Single-Minute-Exchange-of-Die (SMED)System and Just-In-Time (JIT)Manufacturing, Mehmet Murat Ayabakan
Recommendations for Successfully Downsizing a Technical Organization, Mehmet Murat Ayabakan, Sean MacDermant, Eric L. Mische, Allen T. Pierce, and G. Tingy
A Comparison of Expressive Vocabulary Produced by Nonambulatory, Speaking Preschool Children and Ambulatory Speaking Preschool Children, Kim Denise Baker
The Concept of "Communication Skills" in the Discipline of Speech Communication, Lynn Bales
L'être et le Paraître à travers cinq romans de Raymond Queneau, Mireille J. Balland
Project Scheduling Techniques in High-Technology Companies, A. Barter, S. Makki, Athar Pasha, B. Schroeder, Cathryn Scott, and Carole Shlaes
Probabilistic Determination of Failure Load Capacity Variations for Lattice Type Structures Based on Yield Strength Variations including Nonlinear Post-Buckling Member Performance, Leander Anton Bathon
A Gaze-Addressing Communication System Using Artificial Neural Networks, Gabriel Baud-Bovy
Opinions about sex offenders' progress in therapy, Laren Bays
Personal Values, Work Values, and Job Interests of Nursing Students, Stella Beach Bellarts
Motivation of Engineers: Work Experience and its Effect on Motivational Factors, Steve Blaine, Karen Eden, David Foote, John Gouiding, Eric Kangas, and Alfredo P. Sandoval
Word retrieval behaviors of aphasic adults in conversational speech : a preliminary study, Priscilla Jane Blake
Adsorption of halogenated phenolate ions to egg-phosphatidylcholine vesicles, Andreas Blochel
Teacher Adjustments to Multiple and Continuous Change, Cheryll Brounstein
Minimization of the First-Year Cost of an Active Soil Ventilation System Using Integer Programming Techniques, B. Byrne, Carrie Pak, and Craig Winton
Identification of the Performance Measurement Criteria for Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Tolga Candir, Iffet Irigun, and Mesut Pervizpour
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials in Anuran Amphibians, Marc Brandon Carey