This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1981
The political and constitutional significance of the Exclusion Crisis of 1678-1681, Susan Diane Meyer-Strom (Thesis)
Coping with stress following a natural disaster: the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helens, Shirley Ann Murphy (Dissertation)
A Comparison of Boone-Prescott Content and Sequence Analysis Data of Poorly and Highly Rated Clinician-Client Interactive Skills, Kathleen M. Noonan (Thesis)
Factorial Structure of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Kevin Page O'Brien (Thesis)
The assessment of service providers' attitudes toward working with older clients in an urban social service system, Marilyn Diane Petersen (Dissertation)
An investigation of observer evaluation accuracy of clinical sessions, Douglas Scott Peterson (Thesis)
Preliminary inventory of lifeline systems and evaluation of seismic hazards in Reno and Sparks, Nevada, Barbara Priest (Thesis)
Experimental Determination of Post-buckling Performance of Steel Angles, Rupasiri Purasinghe (Thesis)
The French Connection in Early Oregon, Gregory Charles Rathbone (Thesis)
Reconstructions : humor through the use of ambiguous images and color, Karl J. Ross (Thesis)
Citizen advocacy groups, an intervention strategy: a case study of the Community Coalition for School Integration in Portland, Oregon, Patricia J. Rumer (Dissertation)
The Bungalow Aesthetic: the Social Implications of a Nationwide Phenomenon Viewed from the Perspective of a Small Town, Janice Williams Rutherford (Thesis)
Factor Structure and Reliability of the Revised Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales, Carol A. Sadler (Thesis)
Isolation and characterization of frullanolide from Frullania franciscana (Howe), Marshall Stuart Sass (Thesis)
Work personality as a factor in evaluating the work potential of the mentally retarded, Janet L. Scally (Thesis)
Approximate reasoning, logics for self-reference, and the use of nonclassical logics in systems modeling, Daniel Guy Schwartz (Dissertation)
A Comparison of Two Articulation Carry-Over Techniques, Robyn Schwartz (Thesis)
A study of Leslie model under stochastic environments, Kamran Shaukat (Thesis)
Cadmium and Zinc Levels in the Hair of Smokers and Nonsmokers, Neal R. Simonsen (Thesis)
Following the Drum: British Women in the Peninsular War, Sheila Simonson (Thesis)
Physical effects of 3-phenylindole on ion transport across bilayer lipid membranes, Barbara A. Sinha (Dissertation)
A Genetic and Physiological Study of an Arsenite Resistant, Uncoupled Mutant of Escherichia coli, Daniel Gordon Smiley (Thesis)
Transparent sculptures, lithographs, and watercolors : a personal response to the natural world, Stephan Spencer Soihl (Thesis)
Characteristics and Practices of Forensics Programs in Oregon Secondary Schools, Gregg T. Sylvester (Thesis)
Police patrol deployment in small urban centers: an application of integrated management decision-making, Robert Wayne Taylor (Dissertation)
The Determination of a Relative Chronology for a Surface Archeological Site Using the Obsidian Hydration Dating Method, Scott Preston Thomas (Thesis)
Stratigraphy, lithofacies and depositional environment of the Cowlitz Formation, T. 4 and 5N., R. 5W. Northwest Oregon, Dale M. Timmons (Thesis)
An analysis of environmental, social and personal dimensions and their relationship to psychological well-being in late life, Renee Tissue (Dissertation)
Plasmid-mediated resistance to arsenite and arsenate in Escherichia coli, Thomas Patrick Trezona (Thesis)
A Description and Evaluation of the Self-Help Information Service, Cathy Tuma and John Wadsworth (Thesis)
The perinatal regionalization policy: a study in form and development, Linda Umbdenstock (Dissertation)
Trouble in River City: An Analysis of an Urban Vice Probe, Joseph S. Uris (Dissertation)
Developmental Sentence Scoring Sample Size Comparison, Marilyn May Valenciano (Thesis)
The Biogeography of Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) in Central Oregon, Robert Allen Voeks (Thesis)
The stratigraphy and structure of the Columbia River basalt group in the Bull Run watershed, Multnomah and Clackamas Counties, Oregon, Beverly Frobenius Vogt (Thesis)
Revetment clearing, its influence on riparian mammal communities, Robert E. Willis (Thesis)
The Diffusion of a Controversial Innovation in the Alsea, Oregon Area, Steven K. Worden (Thesis)
The Effect of Early Handling on the Sexually Dimorphic Rate of Extinction of a Conditioned Taste Aversion in Rats, Rebecca Lee Yoder (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Multiple Impact Therapy: Evaluation and Design for Future Study, Jacqueline H. Abikoff (Thesis)
Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Spencer Formation in Yamhill and Washington Counties, Oregon, Fathi Ayoub Al-Azzaby (Thesis)
The structure and stratigraphy of the Columbia River basalt in the Chehalem Mountains, Oregon, Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Al-Eisa (Thesis)
Succession to the caliphate in early Islam, Faisal H. al-Kathiri (Thesis)
Morphological and cytological studies on Arceuthobium (Viscaceae) in relationship to host phloem with studies on the healthy phloem in Pinus sabiniana (Pinaceae), Margaret Carol Alosi (Dissertation)
Individual Differences in Imaginal and Verbal Information Processing Abilities, Joan Marie Anderson (Thesis)
Interpersonal behavior and depression : an examination of self-descriptions on the Interpersonal check list, Douglas Steven Andrews (Thesis)
Surface area of coal as influenced by low temperature oxidation processes, Salvador Leon Arredondo (Thesis)
The effect of costs and constraints on the optimum employment combination of full-time and part-time faculty at urban community colleges, Zoe Annette Arrington (Dissertation)
The Effect of Residual Stress Distribution on the Ultimate Strength of Tubular Beam-Columns, Steven L. Barrett (Thesis)
Salem Teen Mother Program: A Follow-up Study, Frances L. Barton (Thesis)
An observational study of service provider client dyadic interactions, Joan Dayger Behn (Dissertation)
Patterns of information system growth in community mental health centers, Linda J. Bellerby (Dissertation)
Evaluative Styles of Clinicians in Private Practice, Daniel R. Brophy (Thesis)
Reduction of capacitor switching transients by controlled closing, John Herman Brunke (Thesis)
Adaptation to dominant society : a self study of a woman of mixed race, black/Indian, Helen Marie Camel (Thesis)
Geology of the Southcentral Margin of the Tillamook Highlands; Southwest Quarter of the Enright Quadrangle, Tillamook County, Oregon, Kenneth Allan Cameron (Thesis)
The process of short-term psychotherapy with mentally deficient adults, Joan Emily Carpenter (Thesis)
Age and the Comprehension of Spatial Adjectives, Barbara Ann Cassidy (Thesis)
A Comparison of Spanish Language Samples Elicited by the Investigator in the Clinic and by the Mothers in the Home, Soledad Chavarria Navas (Thesis)
Floral imagery, Vicki L. Clarke (Thesis)
A study of the crisis nature of the preparenthood period and implications for preventative social work practice, Julie Jean Colton (Thesis)
Aboriginal clay figurines from the upper Rogue Valley in southwestern Oregon, Lyman Patrick Deich (Thesis)
Cytologic Characterization of Human Constitutive Heterochromatin, Timothy Atchison Donlon (Thesis)
A Comparison of Three Measures of Waking Fantasy, Carey Sue Edney (Thesis)
Insertion Loss Values of Earplugs, Michael Fairchild (Thesis)
The Degree of Acculturation and Success Patterns in Three Generations of the Japanese Americans in the Portland Area, Toshimasa Fujii (Thesis)
Late Pleistocene and recent archaeology and geomorphology of the south shore of Harney Lake, Oregon, Keith Donald Gehr (Thesis)
Social resources of the elderly as correlates of life satisfaction, Silvana Rigo Hale (Thesis)
Comparisons of Videotape Observation to Direct Observation, John W. Hanlan (Thesis)
The production of culture on the Oregon Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration, Carolyn Howe (Thesis)
A study of the photolysis of O-methyl podocarpinitrile oxide, Dianne Marie Hunter (Thesis)
A Generalist Approach to Social Work Practice: Model and Synthesis, Chuck H. Johnson, Paul S. Knight, Michael W. Krumper, and John H. Rademaker (Thesis)
Paintings and drawings, Anita M. Jones (Thesis)
Public transit and student choice : a survey with Portland State University students, Sheku Gibril Kamara (Thesis)
Electrostatic TEM Studies of Magnetic Domains in Thin Iron Films, Hideaki Karamon (Thesis)
Community impacts on organizational interaction, Frederick Dalton Keast (Dissertation)
Geochemical and Biogeochemical Interactions in a Hot Spring, William Delis Knox (Thesis)
Buddhistische Elemente in Hermann Hesses Siddhartha, Sawitree Kunapongsiri (Thesis)
Comparison of Two Receptive Language Tests (PPVT and TACL) Used with the Developmentally Delayed, Paul H. Lamb (Thesis)
An impact evaluation of home improvement loans on neighborhood decline: the case of Portland, Oregon, Geri Larkin (Dissertation)
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Control of Dream Content, Gary Nick Dean Lehto (Thesis)
Homemaker and Former Clientele Evaluation of the Homemaker Service of Lane County, Marcia A. Leonard (Thesis)
The Ductuli Efferentes in Macaca mulatta: Electron Microscopic Evaluation of Changes After Vasectomy, Loyal Douglas Marsh (Thesis)
Toward a test for ethnocentrism and ethnorelativism based upon reference group orientation, James C. Mayer (Thesis)
Harney Area Cultural Resources Class I Inventory, Ruth McGilvra Bright (Thesis)
Art Therapy as a Mechanism for Increasing Life Satisfaction in Later Life, Phyllis Laulainen McGraw (Thesis)
Recall and recognition memory under varying conditions of hypnotically suggested amnesia, Christopher R. Meagher (Thesis)
Transport of ozone across an air/water interface coupled with aqueous decomposition, Ahmad Ali Mehrabzadeh (Thesis)
Normative data on the Auditory memory test battery, Mary Clare Mountain (Thesis)
Population dynamics of nonmetropolitan cities in five western states, Peter Carlton Munroe (Thesis)
Effective Force Constant Ratios: Iron in Iridium and Rhodium, Dennis Munsterman (Thesis)
Computer Aided Optimal Design of Helical Gears, S. N. Muthukrishnan (Thesis)
A Cross-Cultural Study of Role Behaviors Pertaining to the Roles of Student and Professor, Kathryne Jeanne Nadal (Thesis)
Kykloi : cyclic theories in ancient Greece, Hubert Wayne Nelson (Thesis)
A psychometric evaluation of the Bicycle drawing test and the establishment of preliminary norms, Mary Lee Nichols (Thesis)
An Evaluation of a Talking Machine: the HC 120 Phonic Mirror Handivoice, James Joseph Oggerino (Thesis)
The parcelization of the open range, a conflict in land use : grazing rights versus residential and recreation land sales in Klickitat County, Washington, Dennis A. Olson (Thesis)
The validity of the Leiter international performance scale in measuring the intelligence of intellectually superior children, Susan Braxton Paltrow (Thesis)
An Analysis of Gravity Surveys in the Portland Basin, Oregon, Janice C. Perttu (Thesis)
The validity of the Leiter international performance scale in measuring the intelligence of normal, borderline, and mentally deficient children, Marlin Pezner (Thesis)
Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Selected Miocene Coastal Basalt Features, Clatsop County, Oregon, Virginia Josette Pfaff (Thesis)