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Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Connected Painted Rectangles Experiments in Quantitative Shape and Contrasting Elements, Ann Shiogi
Estimation of Warranty Reserves: Methods and Models, Carole Shlaes
Sources or Risk in Capital Budgeting, Carole Shlaes
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