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Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Density Currents in Circular Wastewater Treatment Tanks, David M. LaLiberte
Audiological in-service regarding hearing impairment and its impact on communication in the geriatric population, Marie Barlow Lassell
Policy into Practice: A Study of Legislative Impact on Administrative Practice in Washington Schools, James Carter Leffler
Communication Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Chinese Students in the United States, Qiu Lu Liang
Study of referential and display questions and their responses in adult ESL reading classes, Susan Lindenmeyer
Subsurface and geochemical stratigraphy of northwestern Oregon, Olga Berenice Lira
Social support for the frail elderly at two kinds of retirement communities, Qiaoming Liu
A Knowledge Sharing System for Predicting Turbine Blades, Win G. Liu
Otitis media and language development in late talkers, Timothy Forest Lynn
John Rawls, the conception of a liberal self, and the communitarian critique, Johnathan Edward Mansfield
Job Satisfaction of Classified Employees in a Public Suburban School District, Jeradean Emma Rehm Masciocchi
Torso as ceramic vessel, Richard Garrett Masterson
Resolution and Reconstitution of the Photosystem I Reaction Center: Structure and Function of the Terminal Electron Acceptor FA/FB Polypeptide, Tetemke Mehari
Nietzsche's "woman" : a metaphor without brakes, Kathleen Merrow
Comparative Impact of Selected Group Input Variables on Self-Assessments of Group Process Skills in Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams: a Field Study, R. Michael Mitchell
The creation of a core vacabulary for initial lexicon selection for nonspeaking preschool children, Lillian May More
Macroinvertebrate drift abundance below Bonneville Dam and its relation to juvenile salmonid food habits, William Douglas Muir
Performance analysis of a distributed file system, Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay
Investigation of techniques for high speed CMOS arbitrary waveform generation, Albert Henry Nehl
When older mothers work : adult children's perceptions of maternal employment effects Christine B. Nelson, Christine B. Nelson
Expert 2000, A. Molly Olsen
GIS Address-Matching and Transportation Analysis, James D. Orrell
Politics and Education: The Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, Teresa Squires Osborne
Optimization Profit of the Shenandoah Valley Textile Mill Case, Anges Pagliero, Philipus G. Wibowo, and Murat Inceoglu