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Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Intelligibility of spondees via bone conduction at elevated presentation levels, Pamela S. Ritchie
The Effectiveness of an Educational Service District's Programs and Services as Perceived by Various Educator Groups, Thomas Joseph Rockefeller
A Comparison of Two Vocabulary Tests Used with Normal and Delayed Preschool Children, Lynn Safadi
Engineers and Scientists as Chief Executive Officers, Elizabeth B. Salgado
A study in the language acquisition styles of language delayed toddlers, Shelly Saunders
An Effective Cube Comparison Method for Discrete Spectral Transformations of Logic Functions, Ingo Schäfer
The Transformation of Urban Form: A Study of the Interaction Among Policy, Urban Form, and Change in a Small City, Elton Herbert Schatz
A study of prospective entrepreneurs' perceptions of knowledge required for success : and its implications for curriculum development and revision, Vickie Lynn Schray
The German Exile Journal Das Wort and the Soviet Union, James Wesley Seward
HyperCard-based Learning Environment for DIADES, Ali A. Shamsapour
The Effect of Hot Dense Hydrogen and Argon in a Ballistic Compressor on the Structure and Composition of Pure Iron, David Samuel Silver
Snake River : a personal search, Eva Havas Slinker
A theoretical and experimental study of the three-ring electrostatic electron lens, Thomas Anthony Sommer
The Least preferred co-worker scale as a predictor of leadership behavior in work settings, Jenell Arlene Streeter
The Knowledge Systems Transfer Project: A Multiple Perspective Investigation into the Integration of a New Technology within a Business Unit, Steven Craig Tarr
Differentially Diagnosing Stuttering in Young Children Using the Stuttering Severity Instrument, Brenda Pekkola Teich
An Exploration of Some Aspects of Mystery, Terry Foster Thompson
Facing Both Ways: Yan Fu, Hu Shi, and Chen Duxiu -- Chinese Intellectuals and the Meaning of Modern Science, 1895-1923, Niobeh Crowfoot Tsaba
A History of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon's Mission in Tamshiyacu, Peru 1966-1973, Sister Pauline Rose Walbel
Optimization and Thermodynamic Performance Measures of a Class of Finite Time Thermodynamic Cycles, Joseph D. Walters
Conformity, Attitude Toward Authority, and Social Class, Alison Carol Welter
Performance Appraisal for Engineers and Technical Staff in Construction Industry, Philipus Gunawan Wibowo
Immunology and Archaeology: Blood Residue Analysis of Three Sites, Shirley Jo Barr Williams
Pragmatic conversational skills of children identified as emotionally disturbed, Deidre Winder
Chemistry of Pentafluorothio (SF5) Alkyl Derivatives, Rolf Walter Winter