This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Modeling cadastral spatial relationships using an object-oriented information structure, Daniel Kjerne (Thesis)
Worker perceptions of the fast-food giant : interviews with and class comparisons of teenagers working at McDonalds, Joyce A. Korshgen (Thesis)
The politics of disestablishment : Gladstone and the Fenians, Robert Emmett Lanxon (Thesis)
Friendship Between Women: The Influence of Incest, Laurie Lockert (Thesis)
The Effect of Cold Acclimation on the Temperature Preference of the Goldfish, Carassius auratus, and the Brown Bullhead, Ictalurus nebulosus, Alfred Lord (Thesis)
American Foreign Policy: The Utility of Force as an Influence, Bargaining, or Coercive Force in the Caribbean Basin, Susan M. Marandas (Thesis)
Stratigraphic model of the southern portion of the Jim Bridger coal field, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Paul S. Maywood (Thesis)
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 (Thesis)
El Sindicato de las Costureras 19 de Septiembre: The Impact of the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake on Social Process, Margaret McCrea (Thesis)
An Analysis of a Washington State Policy on the Appraisal of School Administrators by Certificated Subordinates, Curtis Alan Miller (Dissertation)
The Stochastic Behavior of Soil Moisture and Its Role in Catchment Response Models, Nangantani Davies Godfrey Mtundu (Dissertation)
Comparisons of Total Factor Productivity in the U.S. Electric Industry, Maya Myoga (Dissertation)
A Descriptive Study of an Alternative Process of "Learning-To-Teach", Nancy Terry Nagel (Dissertation)
A seismic refraction study of a portion of the northeastern margin of the Tualatin Valley, Oregon, David John Nazy (Thesis)
The Expression of Politeness in Japan: Intercultural Implications for Americans, Emiko Tajikara Nelson (Thesis)
Hyperbolic Soil Parameters for Granular Soils Derived From Pressuremeter Tests for Finite Element Programs, Dieter Neumann (Thesis)
Explosion Structures in Grande Ronde Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, Near Troy, Oregon, Leonard Lee Orzol (Thesis)
The Effect of Body Temperature on Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference During Rest and Activity in the Toad, Bufo Marinus, Wayne Bryant Palioca (Thesis)
Decrease in Selected Temperature After Intracranial Dopamine Injections in Goldfish, Hercules Theodore Panayiotides-Djaferis (Thesis)
Seven dyads, Donovan Peterson (Thesis)
Bronze Casting by the Lost Wax Method Employing Mixed Media, Donna M. Pickett (Thesis)
Liking and disliking to be touched by staff as reported by female nursing and retirement home residents, Mary Beth Pintarich (Thesis)
Adult daughters as caregivers to elderly parents : an exploration of the care relationship, Margaret Anne Reynolds (Thesis)
Stratigraphic and geochemical evolution of the Glass Buttes complex, Oregon, Richard Louis Roche (Thesis)
Electricity Demand Forecasting in a Changing Regional Context: The Application of the Multiple Perspective Concept to the Prediction Process, James Christopher Sapp (Dissertation)
Selected Functions of Nurse Practitioners in Oregon and Some Implications for Nurse Preparation, Mary Jean Schindler (Dissertation)
The Differential Role of the SSI with Normal Preschool Children, Caroline Joy Semler (Thesis)
The Effects of Test Result and Diagnosticity on Physicians’ Revisions of Probability of Disease in Medical Diagnosis, Ann Elizabeth Sinclair (Thesis)
Parallel approximate string matching applied to occluded object recognition, David Smith (Thesis)
Equality of Educational Opportunity for Language Minority Students in Oregon: A Survey of ESL/Bilingual Education Policy in Local School Districts, Mary Eileen Smith (Dissertation)
They sure don't build them like they used to : Federal Housing Administration insured builders' houses in the Pacific Northwest from 1934 to 1954, Alfred M. Staehli (Thesis)
Stratigraphy of the Ohanapecosh Formation north of Hamilton Buttes, southcentral Washington, Cynthia Marie Stine (Thesis)
Data on the PPVT-R for Black Kindergarteners, Christy Gail Stocks (Thesis)
Development and application of some quantitative stratigraphic techniques to the Coos Bay coalfield, a Tertiary fluvio-deltaic complex in southwestern Oregon, Willard Sidney Titus III (Thesis)
Textural and mineralogical characteristics of altered Grande Ronde basalt, northeastern Oregon : a natural analog for a nuclear waste repository in basalt, Paul M. Trone (Thesis)
The Influence of Work Station Architecture on Work Perceptions and Work Behavior, Connie L. True (Thesis)
Die Kunst als Ausdrucksmittel der inneren Welt Hermann Hesses, Debra Lynn Vaul (Thesis)
Isolating factors predicting cooperation in work groups : leader motivation and style, Denise Hunter Velaski (Thesis)
Geomorphic Character, Age and Distribution of Rock Glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, Steven Paul Welter (Thesis)
Development of a Parametric Analysis Microcomputer Model for Evaluating the Thermodynamic Performance of a Reciprocating Brayton Cycle Engine, Thomas Joseph White (Thesis)
Synthesis and characterization of some SF₅- containing sulfonic acids, Robert J. Willenbring (Thesis)
Norepinephrine and temperature regulation in goldfish, Lonnie Paul Wollmuth (Thesis)
Spatial and temporal characteristics of surface air temperature for Portland, Oregon, Li-min Yang (Thesis)
A Study of Ability to Choose Appropriate Conflict Behavior Determined by the Relationship Between Locus of Control and Conflict Behavior Styles, Mary H. Zinkin (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Axisymmetrically Loaded Isotropic Circular and Annular Plates Undergoing Large Deflections, Aiman Raji Akileh (Thesis)
The contribution of the lymph hearts in compensation for acute hypovolemic stress in the toad Bufo marinus, Mark Baustian (Thesis)
A study of the correlation between the degree of acculturation and scholastic achievement and English gain of ESL students, grades 2-5, Beach School, Portland, Oregon, Rhona R. Blackton (Thesis)
Values of Oregon Community College Faculty in Selected Instructional Areas, John Francis Bohan (Dissertation)
Job Satisfaction of Administrators in a Public Suburban School District, Linda Cartier Borquist (Dissertation)
A Comparison of Behavioral Problems Between Speech and/or Language Impaired Children and Normal Children, Jeannie S. Botelho (Thesis)
Enhanced Computer Graphics for Decision Makers, Floyd James Brock Jr. (Dissertation)
The stratigraphy and structure of the Columbia River basalt group in the Salmon River area, Oregon, Martin S. Burck (Thesis)
Effects of stress and social support on maternal attachment with a handicapped infant, Cecelia Ostien Capuzzi (Dissertation)
Hop Agriculture in Oregon: The First Century, Kathleen E. Hudson Cooler (Thesis)
Restriction mapping and expression of recombinant plasmids containing the arsenic resistance genes of the plasmid R45, Terry M. Coons (Thesis)
Egypt and the Soviet Union, 1953-1970, John W. Copp (Thesis)
Attitudes of Otolaryngologists Towards Speech Pathologists Working with Voice Disordered Clients, Judith Patricia-Bader Cross (Thesis)
Stratigraphic and petrologic analysis of trends within the Spencer Formation sandstones : from Corvallis, Benton County, to Henry Hagg Lake, Yamhill and Washington counties, Oregon, Brent Joseph Cunderla (Thesis)
The Engineering Geology of the Fountain Landslide, Hood River County, Oregon, Susanne L. D'Agnese (Thesis)
Electrochemical methods for speciation of inorganic arsenic, Karen Ann D'Arcy (Dissertation)
Potential motivational effects of altered compensation rates in comparison to other type incentives on building principal performance, Allan Paul Deckard (Dissertation)
The mobilization of the gay liberation movement, Ramom de Souza Torrecilha (Thesis)
The structural controls of the Vale Rhinehart Buttes complex, Vale KGRA, Malheur County, Oregon, John Timothy Doerr (Thesis)
A Comparative Study of Three Language Sampling Methods Using Developmental Sentence Scoring, Cheryl Diane Dong (Thesis)
Internal external locus of control and the choice of therapy, Marlene Eid (Thesis)
An Historical Overview of Creativity with Implications for Education, Antoinette S. Ellis (Thesis)
Technology impact assessment: the effectiveness of advanced instructional technology in remedying learning difficulties of disadvantaged youngsters in an urban setting, Wossen Encubahre (Dissertation)
The Formal Language of Nonobjective Art, Gwen M. Erickson (Thesis)
An exploration of cultural differences in Japanese/American intercultural marriages, Mary Erzen-Toyoshima (Thesis)
Development, Diagnosis and Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Vietnam Veteran Population, Bari S. Fisher (Thesis)
Daycare Center Services for the Handicapped in the Portland Metropolitan Area: A Descriptive Study, Jacqueline A. Freni-Rothschild (Thesis)
The Effects of Two Management Techniques on the Generalization of a Syntax Structure, Karin Jeanne Goodling (Thesis)
An Attempt to Reduce Actor-Observer Differences in Attributions, Carla A. Green (Thesis)
Analysis and Prediction of the Water Temperature of the McKenzie River, Oregon Using the Equilibrium Temperature Approach, R. Peder Hansen (Thesis)
A comparison of theory and life experiences in heteroculturality, Sara June Harper (Thesis)
Structures of daily life : the material culture of Surry County, Virginia, 1690-1715, Anna Louise Hawley (Thesis)
An econometric study of an oil-exporting country: the case of Iran, Abbas Heiat (Dissertation)
Organizational development: an investigation into the knowledge obsolescence of engineers in the electronics industry, Cheryl J. Hubbard (Dissertation)
The treatment of the concept of impersonation within the art of oral interpretation : a contemporary perspective, Joann R. Johnson (Thesis)
The stratigraphy of the Scappoose formation, the Astoria formation, and the Columbia River basalt group in northwestern Columbia County, Oregon, Nancy Tompkins Ketrenos (Thesis)
Purification and characterization of fumarate reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, Sanjay S. Khandekar (Dissertation)
Producer cooperatives and industrial democracy: a comparative study of the performance of cooperative and conventional plywood plants, Youssef Khodaparast (Dissertation)
The performance of reading disabled 3rd to 6th graders on the Token test for children, Jane J. Kihara (Thesis)
An investigation of resolution and addressability requirements for digital display systems used in word-processing and computer-aided-drafting applications, Stephen T. Knox (Thesis)
Adolescent and parental perceptions of adolescent self-disclosure communication and relational satisfaction, Diane S. Lund (Thesis)
The Development of the Self-Concept in the Young Child, Doris Mascall (Thesis)
Tephrostratigraphy of the middle Eocene Chumstick Formation, Cascade Range, Douglas County, Washington, Matthew John McClincy (Thesis)
Hemodynamics During Pregnancy: A Model for Cardiac Enlargement, David James Mendelson (Thesis)
A study of the role of the secondary virtues in Uli der Knecht, Roland Minder (Thesis)
Students in alternative public high schools: educational histories prior to alternative school entry, Carolyn Moilanen (Dissertation)
Care, Need, and Conceptions of Love: a Reexamination, Janet Gruwell Morris (Thesis)
Nitrogen limitation of phytoplankton growth in an oligotrophic lake, Michael Patrick Mulvey (Thesis)
Quadtree-based processing of digital images, Ramin Naderi (Thesis)
The Grammatic Closure Subtest of the ITPA as a Screening Device, Cathy Newquist (Thesis)
Effect of Ethanol on Thermoregulation in the Goldfish Carassius auratus, Candace Sharon O'Connor (Thesis)
Pre-kindergarteners' performance on the BTBC, Amelia Wittwer Ouellette (Thesis)
The spirituality of Pierre de Bérulle, Steven Percy Poitra (Thesis)
Post-buckled performance of partially restrained and intermediately supported steel angles, Perumal Radhakrishnan (Thesis)
Elderly stroke patients and their partners: a longitudinal study of social support and well-being changes associated with a disabling stroke, Marie Therese Rau (Dissertation)
Finding a New Voice: The Oregon Writing Community Between the World Wars, Karen Stoner Reyes (Thesis)