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Theses/Dissertations from 1991
The Role of Tourism in Development: A Case Study of Turkey, Habib Alipouraghtapeh
Freeway Control Via Ramp Metering: Development of a Basic Building Block for an On-Ramp, Discrete, Stochastic, Mesoscopic, Simulation Model within a Contextual Systems Approach, Mohamed Yaser Alkadri
The Foundation for Revolution: Educational Reforms in Late Ch'ing China, Andrea Asbell
Who's in Jail?: An Examination of Irwin's Rabble Hypothesis, John Allen Backstrand
A Software Product for the Pairwise Comparison Method of Judgment Quantification, User Manual, Bruce J. Bailey
The Effect of Visual Memory Training on Spelling Achievement in the Classroom, Linda M. Baker
The Relationship Between Internal Organizational Conflict, Authority Structure, and the Social Environment, Mary Ann Barham
The Orenco Community Plan, Chuck Beasley, Mark Becktel, Vince Chiotti, Ruth Curtis, Hong Gao, Francie Royce, Ron Skidmore, and Lynne Storz
Barriers to Excellence In A Highly Competitive Marketplace - An Exploration Of Proactive Engineering Management Method, Tim Bennington-Davis, Tim Golik, Ramazan Guven, Anthony Piwinski, and Donna Street
Identity Formation: A Comparison of Adolescents Adopted Through Agency Versus Private Placements, Judith Kay Bentley
Metaphoric extension as a basis for vocabulary teaching in English as a second language, Dennis L. Bergmann
Computer-Based Parameter Visualization and Decision Making for the Detection and Prediction of Ovulation: the Ovulo-Computer, Omar Rodolfo Bermudez
Uncertainty analysis of runoff estimates from runoff-depth contour maps produced by five automated procedures for the northeastern United States, Gary D. Bishop
The Effects of Negligence and Causation Information on Jurors' Determination of Liability, David K. Blanchard
A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy in Iran and the Philippines, Christina M. Blumel
English Housewives in Theory and Practice, 1500-1640, Lynn Ann Botelho
Indirect Intervention for Preschool Stutterers, Prudence Ann Bowers
The Function of Phrasal Verbs and Their Lexical Counterparts in Technical Manuals, Brock Brady
Establishing Practical Limits to Crime Control Through Environmental Design, Gerald Dennis Brock
Innovation and Integration of New Transmission and Substation Technologies In the American Utility Industry, John H. Brunke
Reciprocating transformations, Joyce A. Bryerton
The Burnett Site: a Cascade Phase Camp on the Lower Willamette River, Robert M. Burnett
Psychology, Culture and Female Texts: Brigitte Schwaiger's Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer, Julienne Eden Busic
Development of an Advisory System for Indoor Radon Mitigation, Patricia Hiromi Byrne
A retrospective study of the Clinical evaluation of language functions elementary screening test (CELF-S), Tamara Lynn Caldwell