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Theses/Dissertations from 1991
A replication study : alternative uses for underutilized acute care hospital beds in Northern California, Susan Burnett
A Study of the practice of occupational therapy with children from birth to five years of age, Cynthia Caraway
The effect of feedback message characteristics and perceived relationship on responses to feedback, Gwen Naftaly Carscadden
Metacognitive strategies used by first graders to interpret metaphors, Kathleen M. Conradson
A survey of the reasons why new therapists chose occupational therapy as a profession : implications for recruitment, Karen Rachel Cooperstein
Short sleep and exercise effects on the multidimensional activation model, Larry L. Crane
Effects of gerontological clinical nurse specialist on patient outcomes, Barbara Ann Cunningham
Auditory/visual word recognition test materials : computer application and standardization of the picture identification task with normal hearing children, Leslie A. Cunningham
Facial anatomy of the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), Barbara Edith Curry
The Reductio ad absurdum argument prior to Aristotle, Robert W. Daigle
Léopold Sédar Senghor, Aimé Césaire et le mouvement de la Negritude, Luyen Daotien
Magnetism, superconductivity, and muon bonding in RBa₂Cu₃O₆₊[delta] oxides, Wayne Dawson
Quality of life in automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients, Debra L. Deis
Voyage au bout de la nuit de Louis-Ferdinand Céline : la verite c'est la mort, Nathalie Mazars De Mazarin
Prevalence of mild hearing loss in school-age children enrolled in special education, Susan B. Denney
The new man and the new world the influence of Renaissance humanism on the explorers of the Italian era of discovery, Richard Di Giacomo
The Mixed-up adventures of Morgan Rio : reading sequences and narrative cohesion, Louis DiMonaco
Effects of reminiscence therapy on self-esteem and depression levels in the elderly, Patricia Dinan
A case study of uses and gratifications that people seek from a special interest computer magazine, Nandan Dixit
The correlation between mathematics and reading raw scores and work sample performance of learning handicapped high school students, Laraine Domenico-Krapf
Genetic epistemology, constructivism, and arealism : knowledge for self-organization of the physico-cognitive whole, Jeffrey E. Dooley
A study of the physical and psychological disabilities of professional musicians relative to occupational role dysfunction, Marcia R. Dyk
Perceived rejection among young adult adoptees, Aileene Claire Edsinger
MIDI control Language (MCL) : reference manual, Marshall Earl Edwards
Spring foraging of Sanderling (Calidris alba) in response to aggregations of Emerita analoga Megalopae, Veronica B. Estelle
Yoruba culture and Brechtian convention : decoding converging traditions in Wole Soyinka's The road for theatre production, Mary Ann Evans
Vocal recognition by little penguins (Eudyptula minor) on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia, Janey Burger Fadely
Development of motor skills in the California sea otter pup (Enhydra lutris), Ellen R. Faurot-Daniels
Archaic milling cultures of the southern San Francisco Bay region, Richard Thomas, Jr Fitzgerald
The homeless military veteran : a comparative analysis with the nonveteran homeless, Diane J. Fleshin
Emile Zola et L'impressionnisme, Eva Forsberg-Rider
Status of activities of daily living for aging persons with spinal cord injury, Diane Foti
Experiments in polymer chemistry : the synthesis of fluoroaryloxy-dimethylsiloxane copolymers and the effects of radiation on methacrylic acid/acrylonitrile copolymers, Peter Anthony Fox
A study of changes from women's sections to features/entertainment sections in daily newspapers from the 1960s to 1990s, Denise A. Franklin
Studies on Borrelia coriaceae, the putative agent of epizootic bovine abortion, Susan R. Frey
Numerical simulation of PBL depth during subsidence inversion conditions, George L. Fruehauf
The effects of hypermedia structure and its visibility on the effectiveness of computer assisted instruction, Katherine J. Fugitt
The use of terrorism as a means to create a homeland for stateless refugees in the Middle East, Chris D. Funk
Functional properties of pigeonpea protein isolate, Madhavi Galivanche
Making French cable television a success, Christian Bijan Gandjbakhch
Impact of users' oral/literate stereotypes on electronic mail communication, E. Gail Garabedian
Neogene folding and faulting in southern Monterey Bay, Joan Marie Gardner-Taggart
Characterization of intermediate states in the denaturant induced unfolding of Ribonuclease A, Rupinder Ghuman
Evaluation of the reimbursable meal served to students with profoundly disabling conditions, Joan Giampaoli
The olfactory organs of deep-sea fishes : their morphology and possible role in mate location, Melissa A. (Melissa Ann) Gibbs
Symptomatic distress due to benign prostatic hypertrophy, Christine Johanna Gilmore
Cryobiolistics : transformation of plant cells using frozen DNA as microprojectiles, James M. Gilmore
Assessment of the needs of occupational therapy managers for advanced management skills, Elizabeth G. Gomes
Achieving energy efficiency with lighting technology : an end user's guide, M. Scott Gould
Investigating the motions and energies of ions confined in a uniform magnetic field, Amara Lynn Graps
The effects of light, rearing density and formulated feeds on growth in the juvenile red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), Jennifer Lea Greenier
A new method of skeletal aging using stages of sacral fusion as seen in the CA-Ala-329 burial population, Charlane Susan Gross
Comparison of data analysis and experimental techniques for analysis of planetary atmospheres, Kirsten W. Hall
Mask of hypocrisy : Wilsonian racism and Germanophobia in the United States dictatorship of Haiti the formative years, 1915-1918, James R. Hambelton
Newspaper coverage of anti-nuclear protests : 1979 vs. 1986, Patricia L. Harney
School injuries : a comparison of type and severity on turfed and non-turfed playgrounds, Katherine J. Harper
Job burnout among Monmouth County probation officers : an exploratory study, Peggy A. Hill
A breach of conduct : James A. Garfield and the court-martial of Fitz John Porter, William Warren Holland
Paleoenvironment of Elkhorn Slough and surrounding wetland habitats : a geological study using an ecological approach, Michelle Ingram Hornberger
Attitudes of male undeclared university majors toward male nurses, Rob Horsmann
A social skills and abuse prevention program for adolescents with developmental disabilities : a case study, Brenda Gail Hughes
How registered nurses perceive their leadership preparedness and leadership skills, Isabella Gordon Hughes
Prehistoric native American adaptations along the central California coast of San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, Mark Gerald Hylkema
Sunnyvale : from the "city of destiny" to the "heart of the Silicon Valley, Mary Jo Ignoffo
Choral anthems in english: a representative survey for the church musician, Mary Anne James
A study of the effectiveness of an assertiveness training program on a group of elderly serious and persistent mentally ill, Normandy Lynn Blazek Jencks
On identifying the identity in a group, Karlene R. Jenson
PAS IV, an integral membrane protein of bovine milk-fat-globule membrane : an improved purification protocol and partial topological characterization, Nilofer G. Jiwani
The development of the Sonora and Mono Wagon Road, David Harmon Johnson
The nature and value of artistic competence, Hilary Austen Johnson
Usted y su artritis : an exercise videotape for Spanish-speaking people with arthritis, Ronald Alan Johnson
Acute confusion in the elderly, Patricia Ann Jones Kenny
A study of Korean immigrants in America, 1872-present, Jong-Deuk Jung
The Culpability of James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590-91, Margaret Carol Kintscher
The measurement of empathic skill levels in community college nursing students, Margaret Laurence-Becker
Coset enumeration, Matthew T. Lazar
Local news on radio and television : a study of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, Thomas C. Letts
A synthesis of Eastern and Western time-consciousness in T. S. Eliot's "Burnt Norton", Terry Jih-yuan Li
The three-fifths compromise, John Rene Loera
Narrative and thematic tension in the work of Zora Neale Hurston, Judith Anne Lopez
Reducing risk factors for heart disease by telephone follow-up after hospitalization, Barbara B. Lustig
Epidemics as catalysts in the development of the public health care system : San Francisco, California, 1854-1930, Sandra Varney MacMahon
Validation of breastfeeding diagnoses, Mary E. Main
The comparative effectiveness of ankle prophylactic devices in limiting inversion before and after vigorous exercise, Natalie Martin
Testing of a grid-based FFT n-body code for galactic simulations, Mark A. Mattox
Appropriate selection of authentic texts for adult second language instruction, John C. Mauceri
Charge injection cancellation in analog-to-digital converters, Michael K. Mayes
Wind and temperature profiles through the marine inversion : Mt. Sutro Tower, July 1979, Andreas Mazur
Investigation of burnout in hospital staff nurses employed in a health maintenance organization, Lorraine Mazzorana
Role portrayals of women in advertising : a study of hosiery advertisements from 1976 to 1990, Maureen M. McInaney
Client choice in coronary artery disease risk factor reduction : significance for worksite health promotion intervention, Gail Ann McKay
The development of San Francisco and the San Francisco seals from 1918 to 1931, James Joseph McSweeney
Descent into anarchy : the German High Command, 1933 to 1943, Geoffrey P. Megargee
