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Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Communication Issues in the Management of a Multicultural Workforce, Deborah Margaret Sipe
State Industrial Policy and the Autonomy of State Leaders: Evidence from the Oregon Experience, Matthew I. Slavin
Effective Middle School Teaching: Factors that Promote and Maintain It, Judith Ann Smith
A Classroom Preferences Questionnaire Based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Allyn Snider
Financial Evaluation of a New Product Development Estimated of Concerned Factors: Procedures and Barrier, Laura Sobole
Minimization of Cost for an Instrumentation Production Line, Laura Sobole and Tim Bennington-Davis
Roles of Engineering Management in a Successful Technology Transfer Process, Laura Sobole, Niko Hendarsin, and Saravanabhava Paramashivan
Psychological Models and the Stock of Knowledge, David L. Sones
Compiling ACE for Distributed-Memory Machines, Jun Song
Engineering Economic Analysis of an Electronic Product, Nina Song
Intensive ESL Course Performance as a Predictor of Academic Success, Coleman South
Foreign Student Enrollment Planning in Five Oregon Institutions with English as a Second Language Programs, Maureen Denise Sprague
Perceptions of China and the Chinese People in the British Periodical and Newspaper Press, 1860-1900, William M. Stegemeyer
Flux Trapping in Superconducting Pellets, Andreas Straub
Optimization of Heat Treatment Furnace Operation, Donna Street, Steve Blaine, John Brunke, and Mehmet Murat Ayabakan
1989 Chinese Pro-democracy Movement and U.S. News Media, Jie Sun
Defusing a Rhetorical Situation through Apologia: Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra Affair, Roxane Yvonne Sutherland
Mapping Programs to Parallel Architectures in the Real World, Dezheng Tang
Applications of Digital Signal Processing with Cardiac Pacemakers, Merry Thi Tran
The Development of a Predictive Model of Pretrial Misconduct, Donald R. Trapp
Assessment: Authentic Strategies for Early Childhood Education, Gail Ann Hathaway Tupper
Cytogenetics of Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) Species Native to Oregon, Jill Yeatman Turner
Media Allocation Model, Sridhar V. Vadyar
Supplier Performance Evaluation, Sridhar V. Vadyar