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Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Electricity Demand Forecasting in a Changing Regional Context: The Application of the Multiple Perspective Concept to the Prediction Process, James Christopher Sapp
Selected Functions of Nurse Practitioners in Oregon and Some Implications for Nurse Preparation, Mary Jean Schindler
The Differential Role of the SSI with Normal Preschool Children, Caroline Joy Semler
The Effects of Test Result and Diagnosticity on Physicians’ Revisions of Probability of Disease in Medical Diagnosis, Ann Elizabeth Sinclair
Parallel approximate string matching applied to occluded object recognition, David Smith
Equality of Educational Opportunity for Language Minority Students in Oregon: A Survey of ESL/Bilingual Education Policy in Local School Districts, Mary Eileen Smith
Barriers to Effective Communication, Kerry Spurgin, Matt Hoskins, Kris Winckler, and Scott Anderson
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
Stratigraphy of the Ohanapecosh Formation north of Hamilton Buttes, southcentral Washington, Cynthia Marie Stine
Data on the PPVT-R for Black Kindergarteners, Christy Gail Stocks
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
Die Kunst als Ausdrucksmittel der inneren Welt Hermann Hesses, Debra Lynn Vaul
Isolating factors predicting cooperation in work groups : leader motivation and style, Denise Hunter Velaski
Geomorphic character, age and distribution of rock glaciers in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, Steven Paul Welter
Development of a Parametric Analysis Microcomputer Model for Evaluating the Thermodynamic Performance of a Reciprocating Brayton Cycle Engine, Thomas Joseph White
Synthesis and characterization of some SF₅- containing sulfonic acids, Robert J. Willenbring
Norepinephrine and temperature regulation in goldfish, Lonnie Paul Wollmuth
Spatial and temporal characteristics of surface air temperature for Portland, Oregon, Li-min Yang
A Study of Ability to Choose Appropriate Conflict Behavior Determined by the Relationship Between Locus of Control and Conflict Behavior Styles, Mary H. Zinkin
Submissions from 1986
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Plan, Sadaka Abjuljabbar, Aziz Ammar, Tom Dixon, Mohamed Hassan, Hamid Iravani, Tom Kloster, Michael Matteucci, Abdullah Motlak, Vivian Parker, Joseph Percival, Barbara Sack, Kamal Sayadpour, Hossein Taiby-Pachi, Pat Wild, and Zulkeefli Zakaria
Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Axisymmetrically Loaded Isotropic Circular and Annular Plates Undergoing Large Deflections, Aiman Raji Akileh
The contribution of the lymph hearts in compensation for acute hypovolemic stress in the toad Bufo marinus, Mark Baustian
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
Values of Oregon Community College Faculty in Selected Instructional Areas, John Francis Bohan