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Theses from 1992
Teacher Proximity as an Instructional Variable in the Use of Interactive Video, Rosalie L. Kirsch
Environmental Factors Influencing Prehistoric Site Selection along the Portage River, a Tributary of the St. Joseph River, Southwest Michigan, Timothy D. Knapp
Assessment of the Relationship between Regular Fitness Activity and Sexual Functioning in Women, Joanne Kolean-Burley
EZTex: A Graphical User Interface System for LATeX, Ravi K. Kosaraju
The Application of a Statistical Trend Analysis Program to Ground-Water Quality Monitoring Data from Eight Western Michigan Solid Waste Landfills, Amy DeCosta Lachance
The Effectiveness of Special Education Placement and Services: A Descriptive Study, Michelle D. Lewis
Single and Double Ionization of Helium by Highly Charged Sulfur Ions, Karen M. Lifrieri
Letter Recognition by Mentally Retarded Adults: Improving Performance through Differential Outcomes, Paul R. Malanga
A Study of the Effect of Water-Soluble Polymers on Water Holding and Binder Migration Tendencies of Coatings, Joginder S. Malik
A Survey of a Number of Megalithic Grave Complexes in Tamil Nadu, South India, David K. McConkey
The Effect of Public Posting and Supervisor Recognition on Treatment Team Performance in a Mental Health Institution, Susan Mencarelli
The Diffusion of Management Practices in the United States, Fumie Murase
An Efficient Over-the-Cell Routing Algorithm for High Performance Circuits, Sivakumar Natarajan
The Indentation of Foam Pattern Surfaces by Coordinate Measuring Machine Probes, Sanjay Nenawati
Fixed-Ratio Size as a Determinant of the Development of Tolerance to Morphine, Mark J. Nickel
A Survey of Computer Use in Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Sites, Martha E. Parks
Algorithms for Incomplete Hypercubes, Venkata K. Prabhala
Computational Simulation of Flow through Elbows in the Approach Piping Systems to a Headbox, Kasinathan Ramanathan
Perceived Importance of Selected Nonverbal Cues in an Initial Encounter, Loretta L. Richter
From Welfare to Liberation: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Animal Rights Movement, Linda J. Rynbrandt
A Guide to Developing a School Foundation in the State of Michigan, Dirk A. Schuiteboer
The Effects of an Integrated Environment on Specific Target Behaviors in Severely Impaired Young Children, Rosemarie R. Smith
A Study of Ground-Water Quality in a Priority Agricultural and Livestock Watershed, Cass County, Michigan, Matthew Alan Stuk
A Behavioral Overview of Self-Control, Shannon Kay Swick
Political Action Committees in the State of Michigan, Keeley I. Taylor
Calcite Cementation of Pleistocene Glacial Deposits in Southwest Michigan, Robert Lee Tolliver
Isolation and Characterization of the Triiodothyronine Regulatory Region of the Fatty Acid Synthase Gene in Avian Species, Delfina Rivera Valencia
Examination of Community Mental Health Services for Persons with Serious Mental Illness: A Descriptive Study of 31 Counties in Michigan, Pamela C. Werner
The R Value at VO2 Max during Maximal Graded Exercise Treadmill Tests of Coronary Artery Diseased and Nondiseased Subjects, Sherry S. Williams
MTV Ideology: Rocking to a Different Beat?, Janelle L. Wilson
Effects of Strengthening the Stabilizing Muscles of the Hip Joint on Strength Gain of the Hamstring Group, Tina M. Wilson
Construction of a Lithium Vapor Oven for Electron Capture and Multiple Ionization Experiments, Oliver Woitke
Graph Theory Based Routing Algorithms, Bo Wu
Double Differential Cross Sections for State-Selective Electron Capture by Low-Energy Ar4+ and Ar5+ Ions from He and Ar, Serefettin Yaltkaya
A Study of the Effects of Pigment Size and Shape on Binder Migration, Hee Jong Yang
Optimization of Sodium Carbonate-Sodium Hydroxide Pulping of Wheat Straw for Corrugating Medium Production, Irmak Yayin
A Computer Simulation of the Rotary Vacuum Filter Brown Stock Washing System Using Distribution Sampling, Edison G. Yiu
Sequential and Parallel Discrete Event Simulation on Computer Communication Networks, Tao Zhou
Theses from 1991
Effects of Capillarity on DNAPL Thickness in Wells and in Adjacent Sands, Timothy V. Adams
Inhibited Spontaneous Emission by Photonic Band Gaps in a Square Lattice of Periodic Dielectric Medium, Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
The Effects of a Conditioned Establishing Operation on Performance of a Two-Component Chain, Kenneth Lee Alling
An Experimental Investigation of Bevelled Blade Coating for Paper, Mustafa Naci Altug
Total Blood Cholesterol, Blood Triglyceride, and Blood HDL Correlation, Rebecca Lynn Babler
Sedimentology of the Bedford-Berea Sequence (Early Mississippian), Williams Field, Michigan, David Alan Balthazor
A Hydrogeochemical Characterization of a Glacial-Drift Aquifer System in Southwest Michigan, Patrick G. Barrese
Fractures in the Jacobsville Sandstone and the Precambrian “W” Rocks in Eastern Marquette County, Michigan, Leonard Paul Belliveau
An Analysis of Hydrogeologic Factors Affecting Aquifer Vulnerability in Southwestern Michigan, Steven E. Benton
Democracy and Capitalism: The Issue Joined from Within, Christopher E. Bischoff
Rose, Lily, Spring for Chamber Orchestra, Thomas M. Bourcier
A Regional Study of Ground-Water Quality in Barry County, Michigan, Margene K. Brewer
The Effects of Peer Tutoring on a Direct Instruction Reading Program, Robert Schuyler Brooks
Structural, Depositional, and Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Development: St. Peter Sandstone, Newaygo County, Michigan, Mark S. Caldwell
Effects of Music as a Conditioned Stimulus and Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Reducing Anxiety, Marie Elaine Clarkson
Acoustic and Perceptual Correlates of Breathy Vocal Quality, Ronald Allen Cleveland
The Role of a Chairperson of a Michigan Accreditation Program Visitation Team, Ione M. Condit
Sedimentological, Structural, and Organic Geochemical Controls on Natural Gas Occurrence in the Antrim Formation in Otsego County, Michigan, Timothy M. Dellapenna
Flotation Data Sampling Strategies in Archaeological Research: An Experiment at the Elam Site (20AE195), Allegan County, Michigan, Brian David DeRoo
Location Analysis of the Recycling Drop Off Program in Knox County, Tennessee, Carol Michelle Donoghue
Temporal Contiguity as a Defining Feature of the Terms Reinforcer and Discriminative Stimulus: A Survey of Journal Editorial Staffs, Julie Ann Fillhard
WIDR-FM: A Program Analysis of an Alternative Music Format, Michael A. Finn
Double Ionization of Helium by Intermediate to High Velocity He+ Projectiles, Jun Forest
A Valence Quark Model, Tony A. Forest
Computer Aided Process Planning System for Generating Alternative Process Plans, Rao T. Gali
Channel Routing and Compaction: An Integrated Approach, Roshan A. Gidwani
A Comparison of the Effects of Two Individual Monetary Incentive Systems on Work Productivity: Piece-Work Pay Versus Base Pay Plus Incentives, Kirk L. Gillette
Comparison of Body Assessment Using Bioelectrical Impedance and Skinfold Measurements in the Critically Ill, Elizabeth Mae Gohlke
A Comparison of Functional Equivalence Training and Timeout Procedures in the Reduction of Disruptive Behavior, Steven D . Goodman
The Effects of Two Types of Hypnotic Suggestions on Analgesic Responding in Moderately Hypnotizable Subjects, Gloria M. Haddad
Micellar Catalysis of Hydrolysis of Substituted Hydroxamic Acids with Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Zhongyuan He
Reagan-Bush Drug Crusades: An Historical Perspective and Critique, Martin Randall Hill
Cocaine and Timing: Drug Effects Under a Mixed Fixed-Interval Extinction Schedule, Vincent O. Hodge
Added-Purpose versus Rote Exercise for Dynamic Standing Balance Training in Hemiplegia, Ching-Lin Hsieh
Reductive Cleavage of Cyclopentadienylmanganese Tricarbonyl, Mani S. Iyer
Value-Orientations, Socialization and Social Mobility: A Replication and Conceptual Extension of Kohn, Eric O. Johnson
Catch of the Day, for Symphony Orchestra, Angela Lynne Jones
Resonant Electron Transfer and K-Shell Excitation of Lithiumlike Projectiles in Collisions with Molecular Hydrogen, M. Anwar Kamal
Effects of Phenobarbital in Combination with Phenytoin or Valproic Acid on the Delayed-Matching-to-Sample Performance of Pigeons, Catherine Ann Karas
State-Corporate Crime in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Complex: A Case Study, David Kauzlarich
Design and Analysis of Asynchronous Adders, Khalid Khanfar
The Effect of a Conditioned Establishing Operations Procedure on Rats Responding on a VI 30 Second Schedule for Sweetened Condensed Milk, Daniel James Knip
Purity of Purpose: The Aesthetics of Bernard of Clairvaux Based on His Monastic Anthropology, Daniel Marcel La Corte
Teaching Infant-Care Skills to First-Time Fathers: A Comparison of Two Training Methods, Lisa K. Largo
Reinforcement Effects on the I.Q. Scores of Institutionalized Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Jody Robin Lewis
A Modified Parallel Fault Simulator for Combinational Circuits, Shih-Ming Li
Spatial Distribution of Hispanic Households in Holland, Michigan: 1960-1990, Cynthia J. Longstreet
Diagenesis in the St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan Basin, Carl E. Lundgren
The Effects of Goal Setting and Supervisory Feedback on Staff Performance in a Human Service Setting, Michael D. Mack
Time Delay Neural Networks and Speech Recognition: Context Independence of Stops in Different Vowel Environments, Gregory Andrew Makowski
Patterns of Illicit Drug Use Among American High School Youth: An Examination for the Years 1976 and 1986, Dennis Rosado Malaret
The Effects of Immediate Versus Delayed Feedback on Error Detection Accuracy in a Quality Control Simulation, Matthew A. Mason
Facies Analysis and Diagenesis of the Lower Engadine Group and the Manistique Group in Manistee, Mason and Oceana Counties, Michigan, Karen S. Mater
The Effects of Public Posting on Job Performance with and without Supervisory Participation, Jan Marie Miller
Test-Retest Reliability of the Levels of Rehabilitation Scale IIB, Maura Katherine Murphy
The Effects of Quality Contingent Extrinsic Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation, Kimberly Ann Filler O'Connor
The Debate on Lesbian Sadomasochism: A Discourse Analysis, Gudbjorg Ottosdottir
The Effects of Mephenytoin on Schedule-Controlled Responding in the Pigeon, Victoria Mary Pellettiere
Bottled Beauty: A Semiotics Analysis of Perfume Advertisements, Asdis G. Ragnarsdottir
The Effects of Urbanization on a Portion of the Portage Creek Watershed: A Case Study on Surface Water and Groundwater Quality, Susan E. Rezek