This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1980
A survey of carryover practices of public school clinicians in Oregon, Joan Marie Cranmer Polson (Thesis)
The history of community theatre in Anchorage, Alaska, 1946-1976, Robert Pond (Thesis)
Non-linear behavior of unbraced two-bay reinforced concrete frames, Mehdi Shadyab (Thesis)
A Comparison of the Effects of Paced Practice and Progressive Practice Skillbuilding Procedures on the Development of Straight-Copy Speed and Accuracy in Beginning Collegiate Typewriting, Bonnie Sue Shannon (Thesis)
Studies of homogeneous nucleation and transient heat transfer in cryogenic liquids, Dipen N. Sinha (Dissertation)
Components Integral to the Consumer's Decision-Making Process Regarding the Regional Shopping Centers of Portland, Oregon, James A. Swanson (Thesis)
The status in 1980 of the Toulmin model of argument in the area of speech communication, Jeffrey Robert Sweeney (Thesis)
Selective reflection of light at a solid-gas interface and its application, Fumihide Takeda (Dissertation)
Alienation Under the Rainbow: A Survey of Oregon Graduate Students, Robert Michael Travis (Thesis)
Das Dreiecksverhältnis in Gerhart Hauptmann's "Einsame Menschen" und "Gabriel Schillings Flucht" und dessen Lösung im naturalistischen Drama, Ulrich Karl Tutsch (Thesis)
Integration, Judy Lee Vogland (Thesis)
Stability and resilience in business systems, Donald Bard Wilcox (Dissertation)
Storage and use of glycogen by juvenile Carcinonemertes errans, D. Mitchell Wolgamott (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Study of Multnomah County community support services for the chronically mentally ill, Karen Albers, Barbara Bransford, Diane Bunn, Joyce Kilpatrick, Ann Kramer, Douglas McLin, Elly Patella, Barbara Pittman, Rod Pulliam, Janet Rickert, Deena Rosenbaum, Alanna Ruonavaara, Nancy Weston, and Clarence Widerburg (Thesis)
Some observations of the Swedish psychiatric system, Gunnar Robert Almgren (Thesis)
The Effect of Administrative Mandate on Social Workers' Clinical Decision Making, Richard Arthur Anderson (Thesis)
Dance and Self Concept Change in Women, Robin Dale Anderson (Thesis)
An Investigation of sexuality and life satisfaction of institutionalized aged, Karla M. Baur, Sarah E. Booth, Bayard J.K. Doane, JoAnna Henry, Judy Quade McArdle, Holly L. Nelson, James E. Richman, Jean Louise Sutton, Suzan J. Wildman, Pamela K. Winter, and Michael Taylor Wood (Thesis)
A survey of mental health clients admitted to general hospital emergency rooms, Marsha J. Beale (Thesis)
Follow-up study of children in six Day and Residential Treatment Service (DARTS) Centers in Oregon, Doris M. Beard and L. Gail Bulkley (Thesis)
Affirmative Action Programs in Social Service Agencies: Status of the Female M.S.W., Geraldine Ann Berg, Katy Blanche Danner, Eileen Nolan Kressel, Sharon E. La Haie, Ellen McKeever, Petra Monteblanco, Joan Ann Plushnick, and Carolyn V. Wood (Thesis)
Pictoforms, Ellen Birnbaum (Thesis)
Structural geology of the southeast quarter of the Dutchman Butte quadrangle, Oregon, Gerald Lee Black (Thesis)
The Effects of Instructions on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children, Jane Marie Blackwell (Thesis)
Institutional economics and urban political economy, Forrest Clinton Blodgett (Dissertation)
Oregon Chapter, National Association of Social Workers : membership study, Gale Brewer, Leslie Hayashida, Kathy Lam, and Adrian Navarro (Thesis)
A Descriptive Study of Demography & Transportation Issues of Chronically Mentally Ill in the Eastern Oregon Comprehensive Community Mental Health Catchment Area, Tom H. Brubaker, David Emmons, and John Meade (Thesis)
A Comparison of Maternal Remarks to Normal and Language Delayed Children, Vanessa Jow Bunker (Thesis)
Assessment of the Health and Social Service Needs of the Elderly of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Bruce K. Cannon and Jan C. Goslin (Thesis)
The Bureau of Land Management and Cultural Resource Management in Oregon, William James Cannon (Thesis)
Thought, word and deed in the mid-Tudor Commonwealth : Sir Thomas Smith and Sir William Cecil in the reign of Edward VI, Ann B. Clark (Thesis)
The Allelopathic Potential of Rhododendron macrophyllum in a Western Cascades Clearcut, Ivan W. Clark (Thesis)
The Clinical Application and Practical Limitations of Bone Conducted Speech, Terry Scott Cochrane (Thesis)
An Evaluation of Parent Education and Parent Group Therapy as Treatment Components for Child Abusers, Jane Susan Crawford (Thesis)
Copper Toxicity and Extracellular Release in Selenastrum Capricornutum, Michael Edwin Darling (Dissertation)
Factors involved in the utilization of a divorce counseling service, Jean G. DeMaiffe and Richard H. Weiss (Thesis)
Cultural Values, Educational Methods and Small Group Communicator Styles in the United States and the People's Republic of China, Lynda Lee Densem (Thesis)
Mastectomies and their effect on sexual behavior, Irene Marian Ellicott (Thesis)
The interruption of the developmental tasks through pregnancy in the female adolescent, Suzanne Epstein and Kathleen Perkins (Thesis)
The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey, Kathleen Palmer Ertur (Thesis)
Negotiating the guilty plea: a study of the process of felony case disposition in one urban court system, Kathryn Ann Farr (Dissertation)
The Effects of Morning and Afternoon Scheduling on the Clinical Performance of Severe Aphasic Adults, Judith Ann Fisher (Thesis)
A study of psoriasis : a methodological critique, Prudence Craig Ford, Roberta Jeanne Ford, and Susan Swanson (Thesis)
An Investigation of Client Fluency Maintenance Between 1972-1977 at Portland State University, Pricilla Lynn Ginter (Thesis)
An historical consideration of F.C. Baur, his life, works, and theological thought, especially in regard to his church history and historical theology, Steven Norman Goetz (Thesis)
A Critique of Bandler and Grinder's Method of Mapping Representational Systems, Leslie E. Goldmann (Thesis)
Die moderne Großstadt in ausgewählten Werken deutscher Lyriker, Hildegard Goranson (Thesis)
Photogrammetric Digitizing System, Frank Richard Gorshe (Thesis)
A Cost Analysis and Recidivism Study of a Pre-trial Diversion Program, Ruth E. Green (Thesis)
Public sector collective bargaining and impasse resolution: an analysis of the Oregon fact-finding process, Martin David Haney (Dissertation)
The political and constitutional origins of the Grand Remonstrance, James S. Hart Jr. (Thesis)
An Exploratory Analysis of the Response of Urban Police to Labor Radicalism, Dennis Earl Hoffman (Dissertation)
A study of the relationship between visual short term memory and speechreading in hearing impaired geriatrics, Catherine Hollevoet (Thesis)
The Effects of Three Stress Modes on Error Productions of Children with Developmental Apraxia of Speech, Alan R. Horowitz (Thesis)
The Bender-Gestalt Test as a Measure of Creative Production, Craig Logan House (Thesis)
Construction-Sculpture, Kanetaka Ikeda (Thesis)
Effect of Phenoxy Acids and Their Derivatives on the Ionic Permeability of Bilayer Lipid Membranes, Malkanthi Paulis Illangasekare (Dissertation)
Some physical and biological factors affecting red-tailed hawk productivity, Stewart Wayne Janes (Thesis)
The relationship of maternal childrearing practices to prosocial behavior and resistance to temptation in preschool children, Jennifer Anne Deck Jennings (Thesis)
The Design and Construction of a Flashlamp-Pumped Frequency-Doubled Dye Laser Applicable to Long Path Monitoring of Air Pollutants, Joel Craig Johnson (Thesis)
Clay, Roots, and Coexistence, Jeffery C. Johnston (Thesis)
Closedmindedness as a Predictor of Individual Decision-Making Behaviors, Annette I. Jolin (Thesis)
Stressful Life Events : a Comparative Study of Native American and Urban Samples, Sandra Ketcher (Thesis)
Modification of the Record-Keeping System of a Community Mental Health Agency, Karen Knight, Christine Neilsen, and Craig Schreiter (Thesis)
Stratigraphy and sedimentary petrology of the northwest quarter of the Dutchman Butte quadrangle, southwest Oregon, Thomas Edward Koler (Thesis)
Group parent training in Oregon, John Peter Kuzma (Thesis)
Adoption of children in foster care: a comparison of processes leading to adoption by foster parents and adoption by others, Janet Lahti (Dissertation)
Industrial social work : a review of the literature and an evaluation of an employee assistance program, Gregory Mark Lee (Thesis)
Ascorbic Acid, Lipid Peroxidation, and Aging, Brian Evan Leibovitz (Thesis)
An Experimental Model Using Dance Training as Therapy for Women Over Thirty Five, Thelma J. Lofquist (Thesis)
Welfare stigmatization and the elderly: the case of the Supplemental Security Income program, Peter Jic-Leung Man (Dissertation)
A Comparison of Dramatic Storytelling and Puppet Storytelling as a Means of Teaching Selected Nutritional Concepts, Edith M. Martin (Thesis)
The geology and geochemistry of the North Fork stock, northeastern Oregon, David Joseph Matty (Thesis)
An Electromyographic Comparison of Muscle Action Potentials of Adult Stutterers During Signalled Expectancy and Non-expectancy to Stutter, Catherine Ann Miller (Thesis)
A method for analyzing census data from small populations : developed, tested and applied to a 1958 census of Suba barrio, Paoay, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, Stephen Aulick Million (Thesis)
Counseling in Allied Health Techniques of Instruction: A Career Process, Robert David Mills (Thesis)
A Comparison of the Effects of Biofeedback and Meditation Treatment on Essential Hypertension, Thomas Lee Molatore (Thesis)
A feasibility analysis of a directly sun-pumped carbon dioxide laser in space, Seiichi Morimoto (Thesis)
The systhesis and photolysis of 1-phenylcyclohexaneacetic acid azide, Jack P. Mourad (Thesis)
The Political Evolution of Cameroon, 1884-1961, Victor Julius Ngoh (Thesis)
The non-career ambassador in America's diplomacy : case study, Frederic Mosley Sackett, Ambassador to Germany, January, 1930-March, 1933, Stephen A. Nicholls (Thesis)
Performance theorems for the resource scheduling functions of a multiprocessing system, George Arthur Nicol (Dissertation)
Performance theorems for the resource scheduling functions of a multiprocessing system, George Arthur Nicol (Dissertation)
Variability in test-retest of maximum duration of sustained /a/ in children, Elena Diane Norwood (Thesis)
Consciousness, Neurons, and Laughing Gas, Dody Michelson Orendurff (Thesis)
Changes in Populations of Soil Acari During the First Year After Clearcutting, Sue Ellen Orlaske (Thesis)
Comparisons of the Habitual Activity Level of Selected Women to Performance on the Bruce Multistage Treadmill Test and the Cooper 12 Minute Run Test, Teresa Carver Owen (Thesis)
Seasonal variation in cytokinin activity and content in two species of dwarf mistletoes and their hosts, Peter J. Paquet (Dissertation)
Washington County aftercare service utilization study, James Richard Peterson (Thesis)
The Portland Boundary Commission: a case study, Marvin James Price (Dissertation)
The Federal Writers' Project in Oregon, 1935-1942 : a case study, Thomas James Ptacek (Thesis)
A study of the effect of vibration on the residual stresses in a welded fabricated tube, Shantini Ratnathicam (Thesis)
Culture and Growth of Closterium ehrenbergii (Desmidiaceae), David Bruce Renstrom (Thesis)
An Evaluation of a Data-Based Sex Education Training Program for Mentally Retarded Adults, Patricia Ann Riley (Thesis)
The idea of progress: Its rise to power and prominence, Robert Ray Schmaling (Thesis)
Central Auditory Processing in Children With a History of Chronic Middle Ear Problems, Beverly S. Schnabel (Thesis)
A polarographic study of Fe(II) and Fe(III) complexes with catechol, Wen-Tang Shen (Thesis)
Layered field painting, Margaret Shirley (Thesis)
Geology of North Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, William C. Sidle (Thesis)
A Construct Validity Study for the Women Workers Scale Questionnaire, Gwen Simpson (Thesis)