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Theses/Dissertations from 1987
A seismic refraction study of a portion of the northeastern margin of the Tualatin Valley, Oregon, David John Nazy
The Expression of Politeness in Japan: Intercultural Implications for Americans, Emiko Tajikara Nelson
Hyperbolic soil parameters for granular soils derived from pressuremeter tests for finite element programs, Dieter Neumann
Explosion Structures in Grande Ronde Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, Near Troy, Oregon, Leonard Lee Orzol
The Effect of Body Temperature on Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference During Rest and Activity in the Toad, Bufo Marinus, Wayne Bryant Palioca
Decrease in Selected Temperature After Intracranial Dopamine Injections in Goldfish, Hercules Theodore Panayiotides-Djaferis
Seven dyads, Donovan Peterson
Bronze Casting by the Lost Wax Method Employing Mixed Media, Donna M. Pickett
Liking and disliking to be touched by staff as reported by female nursing and retirement home residents, Mary Beth Pintarich
Adult daughters as caregivers to elderly parents : an exploration of the care relationship, Margaret Anne Reynolds
Stratigraphic and geochemical evolution of the Glass Buttes complex, Oregon, Richard Louis Roche
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