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Theses/Dissertations from 1990
A Comparison of an Acoustic Stethoscope and an Amplified Stethoscope in White Noise and Cafeteria Noise During Cardiac Auscultation, Lynda Lynell Gigstad
Terrain disturbances by winter roads in the lower and central Mackenzie River Valley, N.W.T., Canada, Christoph Gnieser
Students' orientations toward dreams and the development of scales for their measurement, John Philip Governale
A Study of Washington Secondary Principals' Perceptions of Effective Dropout Prevention Policies and Programs, Susan Lindsley Greenwood
Bridging Mechanisms for Knowledge-Based Systems, J. Gross
Prediction of posttreatment level of functioning from performance in a leveled token economy for emotionally disturbed adolescents, Peter Arden Scott Grover
Nurses' attitudes toward patients with AIDS examined by hours of AIDS education, Teresa Grove
Speechreading ability in elementary school-age children with and without functional articulation disorders, Barbara L. Habermann
Historic Resources and the Albina Community Plan, Will Harper, Clyde Dixon, Jean M. Hester, Mary Jane Melink, Kimberly S. Moreland, Jinxiang Ren, Dan Riordan, Damian Syrnyk, and Dave Wadley
Suppliers as Partners: A New Strategic Direction, Samim Hatipoglu, Scott Herrington, Terry Jones, Jerry Knoben, Brett Leichner, and Scott Walsh
The Human Subsection of Total Quality Management "A Paradigm Shift on Quality" Within An Engineering Organization, Stephen Hawkins, Paul Huebschman, Gordon Lee, David Liesch, Berenice Lira, and Mesut Pervizpour
Expert System for Troubleshooting the Activated SludgeWastewater Treatment Process, Stephen Hawkins, H. Lim, D. Richwine, and R. Wagner
HPLC Analysis of Myoglobin Tryptic Peptides From Selected Species of Cetaceans, David Lawrence Hayteas
The relationship between reading comprehension and self-esteem in low level reading adults, Judy Rosen Heumann
Instrumentation for Multi-Electrode Voltammetry, I-Pin Ho
System Dynamics Approach for the Management of New Product Development Projects, Mehmet Guven Iyigun
A Comparison of the Phonological Skills of Late Talking and Normal Toddlers, Patricia Joan Jennings
The Relationship Between School Integration and Student Attitude Toward Residential Racial Integration, David Allen Johnson
High Frequency Acoustic Reflexes in Cochlea-Impaired and Normal Ears, Karen Elizabeth Jones
A Comparison of Two Methods for Measuring the Attenuation Provided by Insert-Type Hearing Protection Devices, Brenda Barrett Kabat
Comparison of the Modal Frequency Levels of Nonsmoking and Cigarette Smoking White Females Between the Ages of Forty and Fifty Years, Janis Mae Kaufman
The Effect of a Parent Training Program on Language Delayed Children, Lynn Krupa
Communication Stress and Coping Strategies Among Japanese University Students in the United States, Atsuko Kurogi