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Theses/Dissertations from 1987
The Impact of Physical Environment on the Social Climate of Two Jails, James G. Houston
Numerical solutions of continuous wave beam in nonlinear media, Jeffrey Huang
The philosophy of William James as related to Charles Renouvier, Henri Bergson, Maurice Blondel and Emile Boutroux, Peggy Lyne Hurtado
Classifying Oregon Lake-Watershed Ecosystems for Regional Water Resources Assessment, Randall Alan Jones
Threshold characteristics of multimode laser oscillators, Mehdi Khoshnevissan
Modeling cadastral spatial relationships using an object-oriented information structure, Daniel Kjerne
Worker perceptions of the fast-food giant : interviews with and class comparisons of teenagers working at McDonalds, Joyce A. Korshgen
The politics of disestablishment : Gladstone and the Fenians, Robert Emmett Lanxon
Friendship Between Women: The Influence of Incest, Laurie Lockert
Managing America's Most Important Resource: Creativity, Geoff Maffett, Gary Anderson, and Robert Tovar
American Foreign Policy: The Utility of Force as an Influence, Bargaining, or Coercive Force in the Caribbean Basin, Susan M. Marandas
Stratigraphic model of the southern portion of the Jim Bridger coal field, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Paul S. Maywood
A Finite Difference Soil-Structure Interaction Study of a Section of the Bonneville Navigation Lock Buttress Diaphragm Wall Utilizing Pressuremeter Test Results, Thomas C. McCormack
El Sindicato de las Costureras 19 de Septiembre: The Impact of the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake on Social Process, Margaret McCrea
An Analysis of a Washington State Policy on the Appraisal of School Administrators by Certificated Subordinates, Curtis Alan Miller
How to Start a Consulting Firm, Diego Montoya, Denny Dang, Barbara Theus, Easton Rankine, and Cathryn Scott
The Stochastic Behavior of Soil Moisture and Its Role in Catchment Response Models, Nangantani Davies Godfrey Mtundu
Comparisons of Total Factor Productivity in the U.S. Electric Industry, Maya Myoga
A Descriptive Study of an Alternative Process of "Learning-To-Teach", Nancy Terry Nagel
A seismic refraction study of a portion of the northeastern margin of the Tualatin Valley, Oregon, David John Nazy
The Expression of Politeness in Japan: Intercultural Implications for Americans, Emiko Tajikara Nelson
Hyperbolic Soil Parameters for Granular Soils Derived From Pressuremeter Tests for Finite Element Programs, Dieter Neumann
Explosion Structures in Grande Ronde Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, Near Troy, Oregon, Leonard Lee Orzol
The Effect of Body Temperature on Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference During Rest and Activity in the Toad, Bufo Marinus, Wayne Bryant Palioca