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Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Major life events vs. daily hassles : comparison of predictive values in relation to athletic injury occurrence, Shelley Orlando Hicks
The Effects of proprioceptive training on postural sway using the Biomechanical Ankle Platform System on healthy subjects, Mark Hoffman
Home activity program compliance in trauma patients with upper extremity joint stiffness, Hazel M. Horti
Perceived stress levels : a survey of injured and non-injured workers, Ruth Horvath-Hollander
Reticulation-etch resistance of positive photoresist, Chang-Lin Hsieh
Media use in the acculturation process of Chinese immigrants in Silicon Valley, Bao-huei Huang
Emil Cioran : la présence et l'écart, Ovidiu Hurduzeu
Women, child-free and single, Margaret Hood Hynan
Nurse manager cost/quality strategies, Jo-Ann Iacobellis
The study of idioms and its application to ESL and intercultural communication, Yōko Itō
Automobile trip reduction strategies : an analysis of employer-based trip reduction programs, Jamie Jarvis
Apparatus and techniques for study of unsteady thermal/fluid-induced loads on electronic components, Jiaqin Jiang
Estimation of pile frictional capacity in clayey sedimentary deposits in Taipei using CPT data, Wie-Kong Jie
The United States, Guatemala and the communist threat, Brett Johanson
The empty chair doctrine revisited : an examination of the relative influences of attorneys and judges, Rob Johnstone
Perceived self-efficacy and functional impairment in clients with chronic low back pain, Debra A. Kaczmar
The Influence of sediment from landslide plumes on sessile kelp forest assemblages, Kim Kiest
Determination of bank rockfish age and growth: a comparison of traditional and computer-aided techniques, Aaron Everet King
Precipitation-runoff modeling system for the Blackwood Creek drainage basin, Placer County, California, James Charles Kirschner
"The euthanasia of platonic christianity" : Thomas Jefferson, Plato, religion and human freedom, Gregory Lawrence Knittel
Gender differences in adolescent perceptions of parental behaviors related to warmth and control, Jessica Ann Kozlowski
Management training needs of Thai army hospital nurse managers, Worapun Krarurum
The school nurse role as perceived by elementary and junior high school teachers, Willempje V. Kremer
Dead dreamer : the oscillating real dream through a mosaic of emotions, Jonathan Warren Kromrey
The relationship between health concepts and health promotion behaviors in college students, Brenda C. Laird
Priming and incubation effects on anagram solving, Katharine K. Lee
Effects of response set differences upon beck depression inventory scores of undergraduate students, Nancy Lehmicke
Effect of the bat star, Asterina miniata, on recruitment of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, George H. Leonard
A reinterpretation of some Bay Area shellmound sites : a view from the mortuary complex from Ca-Ala-329, the Ryan Mound, Alan Leventhal
Middle school study skills : the correlation between binder skills and academic achievement, Elizabeth Ehm Lobay
Process control and vibration testing of fine pitch surface mount assemblies, Paul H. C Lo
Typers, Barbara Lopez
Head-up displays : the effects of color and motion cues on attentional switching time, J. M. (Jean M.) Lynch
The transformation to a learning organization : a case study, Stephen Paul Madden
Virtually Gutenberg : computer bulletin boards and the First Amendment through United States v. Riggs and Neidorf, Joseph C. Maille
Homophobia among nurses who care for HIV infected patients, Kathleen Maison
Lexical access and recognition processes in compound bilinguals, John A. Maloney
Origin of sediment ripple bands and zones on the inner shelf of southern Monterey Bay, California, Judy J. Mariant
Vocational self-esteem and perception of employability of university students with a physical disability : a correlational study, Cathleen Marquez
Institutional inequality : a case of educational tracking, Mary Etta Marshall
Benefits of a nurturing program : perceptions of adolescent mothers, Judith Ellen Martus
Military institutionalism and liberal constitutionalism in Chile, Edmund C. Mercado
Quality of life following total knee replacement, Cheryl L. Miller
The Effects of applied periodic sound on the circadian timing system of the Sprague-Dawley rat, Karen Audrey Moeller
Quality of life as perceived by community dwelling elders, Judith Ann McHale Monahan
"The best move of my career" : Spring Hill and the failure of Confederate command in the West, Fall 1864, David Rey Moody
The effects of rapid-eye-movement sleep deprivation on synaptic plasticity in the rat hippocampus, Roger N. Morrissette
A descriptive study of adaptation to the role of caregiver, Karen Nelson
The All-or-nothing skeptic : the case against Peter Unger's Ignorance: a case for skepticism, Lucretia Beaman Nelson
Intra-clonal crop performance and stability of meristem culture-propagated strawberries (var. Selva), Steven Douglas Nelson
Inside the night, Michelle Netten Chacon
Historical figures in film : the celluloid Christ, Sarah Noah
A comparison of three training programs for increasing vertical jump, Terri Lynn Oberg
Natural disturbances and benthic communities in Monterey Canyon Head, Thomas A. Okey
The effects of inpatient respite on the health care utilization of the care receiver, Mary Ann Okrongly
PG&E from brown to blue : a study of logo color, contrast, and design, Susan Deslaurier Olofson
School nurses' perceptions of the value of their services : a descriptive study, Elaine A. Palmer
Effects of structural elements on vertical axis wind turbine power production, Edward Panek
Tandem Computers "town meeting" : an interpretive and descriptive analysis of organizational voice, Kenneth L. Perry
Historical analysis of the bilingual education program in the Redwood City School District 1969-1979, Jonathan P. Pharazyn
News coverage of the Brazilian rain forest by the domestic and foreign press, Ana Regina Ponce
The dancing self exposed : autobiography in dance performance, David J. Popalisky
Active suppression of periodic and transient vibrations of mechanical systems : a study of new and existing approaches, Thomas M. Pratt
Angst : a chaotic short story cycle, R. P. Proctor
School nurses : common hassles and uplifts, Christine Quick
The difference in perceived self-efficacy scores between elderly arthritis sufferers who exercise and those who do not exercise, Elbina Batala Rafizadeh
Reactive ion etching of Si/SiO2 by CHF3/CH4/O2 gas mixture, Usha Raghuram
Characterization of suppressors of the dna Q49 mutator allele in Escherichia coli, Sangeeta Rane
An overhead projector designed for side projection, Sujata V. Rao
Stress, coping, and injuries in male and female high school basketball players, Steven Page Rider
The distribution and abundance of benthic and epibenthic macroinvertebrates in a small, seasonal central California lagoon, Mark Adam Robinson
American Indian library services in perspective : from petroglyphs to HyperCard, Elizabeth Ellen Rockefeller-MacArthur
Civilian Conservation Corps : concept to mobilization, Alexander F. Rodriguez
Earthquake and landslide hazards in the Carmel Valley area, Monterey County, California, Lewis I. Rosenberg
Performance of normal listeners on a digitally time-compressed version of the Northwestern University auditory test no. 6, Debra L. Salamon
The king, the fool, and Longfellow, Christopher Salander
Chicanas in higher education : the road to success, Laura Alicia Salazar
A Model literacy program for California state prisons, Gautam Sarkar
Perinatal bereavement knowledge gain and self-reported comfort level of maternal-child health nurses, Marcene Y. Saxman
The use of ritual in occupational therapy, Ruth Schallert
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among Latina women seeking prenatal care, Eunice Segura
Job satisfaction among nursing faculty in the Royal Thai Air Force Nursing College, Fuanglada Sethawat
Changes in the hydraulic properties of a soil caused by construction of a waste trench at a radioactive waste disposal site, Stephanie Shakofsky
Vasilii Vereshchagin (1842-1904) : Orientalism and colonialism in the work of a 19th century Russian artist, Louise Jacqueline Shalev
A study of noise reduction techniques used to process multiplex gas chromatographic sgnals, Maxine R. Shao
Design of a field trip introduction to tidepools using videotape, Laura I. Shaw
Computer aided scenic design : resistance to CAD and design of Red noses, William R. Shepard
Clinical judgment skills of three types of nursing students, Sherri E. Shinn
The Effect of ethnically tailored diet education on a group of diabetic Punjabi elderly, Naranjan K. Singh
An analysis of stressors of hospice home care nurses caring for AIDS patients, Marieann Slone
Partisans and polar bears : the story of the 31st U.S. Infantry Regiment in Siberia, 1918-1920, Erik A. Smith
Age of the Tahoe moraine at Bloody Canyon, Mono County, California, based on tephrochronology, Stan Soles
Physics and the concept of energy : a study of Heisenberg's philosophy, Elizabeth Sonnier
Grandparents rearing grandchildren : a partial replication of Lenora M. Poe's 1991 dissertation, Black grandparents as parents, Nancy J. Sorensen
Internesting movements and behavior of hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, Christopher H. Starbird
The food distribution system during the siege of Leningrad : 1941 to 1944, Stephanie P. Steiner
Ecological studies of rhodoliths in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, México, Diana Louise Steller
