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Theses/Dissertations from 1989
A survey of Treaty Oak Community College students enrolled in a program of study from 1986-1989 and of businesses located in the Treaty Oak Community College service area, Kathleen Marie O'Brien
Commercial Activities and the Geography of Movement in a West African Urban Market: A Study of Market-Stall Traders in Onitsha with Implications for Transport Policy, Krys Chukwuma Ochia
Disfluencies in Normal Four-Year-Old Alaska Native and Caucasian Children, Annette Cameron O'Connell
Intercultural training and international exchange : an exploratory study of the association of intercultural training with hosting goals of American families, Jan Marie Oehlschlaeger
In situ measurements of two amplified and one acoustic stethoscope, Sara Ruth Ann Oliver
Assembly Plant Operation: Labor and Inventory Optimization, Molly Olson, Karen Walker, and Leonard Weitman
An Analysis of US/Soviet Arms Control: Adding a Subsystem Perspective, Peter Millard Olson
The Formation and Expansion of High Technology Firms in Metropolitan Areas, Oliver Ikeotuonye Orjiako
The European Neutrals in World War II, Jerrold Michael Packard
Preferred perceptual learning styles of Chinese students, Alex Albert Pia
Energy Cost of Resistive Exercise, Jan A. Polychronis
Southeast Portland Comprehensive Housing Plan: Background Report, Portland State University. College of Urban and Public Affairs
Enhanced Realism in the Development of My Painting, Zifen Qian
Types of phonological processes occurring in normal Black English speakers, Eileen Rella
U.S.-Soviet interchange : an examination of the underlying assumptions of U.S. peace organizations sponsoring contact with Soviet citizens, Hyla Rosenberg
Endless State-of-Polarization Control for Coherent Optical Communication Systems Using Nematic Liquid Crystal, Scott H. Rumbaugh
The Longterm Psychosocial Impacts of Caregiving on the Caregivers of Persons with Stroke, Alice Updike Scannell
Fluorinated Esters: Synthesis and Identification, Jilla Schaff
The Congress of Berlin of 1878: Its Origins and Consequences, Kenneth Allen Shafer
Persistence of New Full-Time Students: A Study in a Community College, Janet Stephine Stennick
Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Restriction Fragment Patterns in Killer Whales, Orcinus Orca, Tracy Alison Stevens
The Effect of a Video Presentation and Reference Guide Manual of Helicopter Safety Instruction on the Knowledge Base of Medical Transport Nurses, K. Linda Stickney
Chemical Modification of Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Vesicles: A Study of Calcium Permeability, Janice F. Stuart
An Analysis of the Effect of State Regulation of Commercial Income Tax Preparers on the Quality of Income Tax Returns, Jeanie Grace Sumner
The Characteristics of the Teacher Evaluation Process as Perceived by Elementary Teachers and Principals, Peter H. Taylor