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Theses/Dissertations from 1990
The Determinants of OPEC Market Share Stability, Fahed M. Al-Ajmi
The Use of the California Consonant Test and the Northwestern University Auditory Test no. 6 in Hearing Aid Evaluations for Individuals with Precipitous Losses Above 1 kHz, Bradley James Allard
A Survey of Diplomatic and Commercial Relations Between the United States and Oman in Zanzibar, 1828-1856, Mohammed Al-Mukadam
Scope Component Operational Process Enhancer Scope (SCOPE) A Knowledge Based Process Design Tool, Mike Ambrose, Robert Boivin, Henry Oberhelman, and Sida Zhou
Minimize Engineering Cost in Design Projects Using Computer Aided Design, Mike Ambrose, Kevin Gillas, Dan Johnson, and Sam Moss
Portland International Airport Parking Optimization, Gary Anderson, Dave Dittmer, John Domogalla, Alan Hoskins, and Bryce Schroeder
The Overage Student: Candidate for School Failure, Virginia Homeier Anderson
Optimization of an Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Process Using Linear Programming Techniques, Sharon Atkin, Darice Brayton, Hogan Lim, Tom Long, Reynold Richwine, and Kraig White
Methionine Metabolism in Fasciola Hepatica, Carol Theresa Ayer
Analysis and Numerical Simulation of the Ground Water System at the Bonneville Navigation Lock Site, Oregon, Dirk Baron
Printed Circuit Board Placement Cost Optimization, Archie M. Barter, Kurt Lynam, Shaker H. Makki, David S. Mayer, Agungdjaja Rachwan, and Chuck R. Valceschini
Gravity Maps, Models and Analysis of the Greater Portland Area, Oregon, Paul T. Beeson
Hearing Aid Satisfaction and Rate of Return for Repairs: a Comparison of Two Kaiser Dispensing Programs, Lynn L. Behrendsen
The Electrokaryotype and Molecular Characterization of Trypanosoma cervi Isolates Using Recombinant DNA Techniques, J. Lindsley Bennett
Freightliner Corporation Service Manual Development, Sheila Bennett, Stephen McHenry, and Carlo Nardini
Biogeography and Species Density Distributions of Tasmanian Mammals, Jerry E. Bevers
Importance of Technological Forecasting in New Product Decisions, Rohit Bhatia and Bimal Pathak
DNA Fingerprinting Analysis of Captive Asian Elephants, Elephas maximas, Laura Louise Bischof
A Comparison of Circadian Rhythms in Day and Night Shift Workers, Mary Lee Blood
Written narratives of language disordered and normal adolescents on two tasks, Antigone Howick Brown
On a women's language, Tamara Brown
Developmental Sentence Scoring Sample Size Comparison, Peggy Ann Callan
Engineering Management Roles and Functions For The Implementation of a PC Based Costing System, Tolga Candir, Grant Causton, Iffet Iyigun, and Richard Pasaribu
An Exploratory Study of Female Networking in a Mormon Fundamentalist Polygynous Society, Janet Bennion Cannon
Threaded octree structures for fast neighbor voxel processing in a parallel ray tracer, B.R. Naveen Chandra