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Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Metasomatism between amphibolite and metaultramafic rocks during upper amphibolite facies metamorphism, Tobacco Root Mountains, southwest Montana, William Robert McCulloch
A Fractal Analysis of Diffusion Limited Aggregation, Cliff Myers
Intercultural factors in business negotiation between Japanese and Americans, Yuko Nagatomo
Theodor Fontanes Darstellung der Berliner Gesellschaft in seinen Romanen Effi Briest und Irrungen Wirrungen, Ronald Kent Nelson
Logic design using programmable logic devices, Loc Bao Nguyen
The Tensile Strength of Liquid Helium Four, Joel Alan Nissen
Strategic Implications of a CAE System Acquisition, Henry Oberhelman, John Domogalla, Raman Nayyar, and Ron Parmenter
Managing Energy Management, M. Olsen, T. Van Liew, M. Vowles, and Leonard Weitman
Gibbon Classification: The Issue of Species and Subspecies, Erin Lee Osterud
The Trunk A Network in Nigeria: The Issues of Connectivity and Accessibility, Owen Richard Owen
John Chrysostom, On the statues : a study in crisis rhetoric, Douglas B. Radke
Direct and Indirect Costs of Tinnitus: Factors for Decisionmaking, Gloria E. Reich
The study of national character in the post war era : the work of Erich Fromm, David Riesman, and David Potter, Adam Rittenberg
The American Naval Nightmare: Defending the Western Pacific, 1898-1922, Carlos R. Rivera
Eating Disorders: The Correlation of Family Relationships with an Eating Disorder Continuum, Jana Schweitzer
Identifying Pedophiles with the MMPI, Margaret M. Seits
Safety related model and studies of Trojan Nuclear Power Plant electrical distribution system, Hamidreza Sharifnia
A Comparison of Communication Intentions in Toddlers Between Sixteen and Thirty-Four Months of Age, Mary Elaine Shiffer
An Empirical Assessment of the Center-Periphery Hypothesis in International Economic Relations, Fazlollah Bonakdar Shirazi
From 'The Help of Grave and Modest Women' to 'The Care of Men of Sense': The Transition from Female Midwifery to Male Obstetrics in Early Modern England, Karen L. Smith Adams
Hospital Responses to a Nursing Shortage : Policy Issues and Professional Implications, Marlene LoBracco Smith
Communication and Socialization Profiles in Toddlers with Expressive Language Delay, Shawn Spangle-Looney
Syntactic complexity, error and the holistic evaluation of ESL student essays, John S. Sparks
Landscape and change in three novels by Theodor Fontane, Jane Ellen Speerstra
The Development of a Social Network following Geographic Relocation, Joan E. Starker