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Theses/Dissertations from 1986
The Cowlitz Corridor: the Passage Through Time, Margot Coleman Vaughan
The Effect of Order of Presentation and Experience on Problem Solving, Edward Bruce Versteeg
Richard Whately's theory of argument and its influence on the homiletic theory and practice of John Albert Broadus, Robert Allan Vogel
Effects of infection by dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) on the population dynamics of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), James Leo Wanner
The geology and hydrothermal alteration of the Bear Creek Butte area, Crook County, central Oregon, Richard Matthew Wilkening
Cooperative Responses in Competitive Soccer, Rodney Gordon Williamson
Effects of Stress Management Instruction and Anxiety Monitoring in Adult Day Treatment Population, Jack Blanton Wills
Geology of the Willamette Pass area, Cascade Range, Oregon, Neil M. Woller
Adsorption of Aminopyridines to Phosphatidylserine Vesicles, Colin Wright
Fuzzy multiobjective mathematical programming in economic systems analysis: design and method, Li Da Xu
Propagation of optical waves in tapered fibers and metallic wave guides, Bahram Zandi
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
The life history strategy of the saxicolous desert lizard, Sauromalus obesus, Marvin Lynn Abts
Spatial clustering of sector linked industry in an urban economy, Colleen Greer Acres
The Effects of Income Inequality on Racial Residential Segregation in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Katayoun Aidinezhad
The Communication of Wellness Concepts Interculturally in an Alaskan Health-Care Context, Janet A. Allan
The Applicability of Microcomputers to Local Water Management, Roderick Lee Allen
Juvenile delinquency in Saudi Arabia, Yousef Ahmed AlRomaih
The Effect of Women's Labor Force Participation on Marital Instability, Isik Akin Aytac
An Assessment of the Incorporation of Established Guidelines and Intercultural Communication Concepts into U.S. College-Sponsored Study Abroad Programs, Thomas Thaxter Bacheller IV
Social structure, health orientation and health behavior, Khalifa Ali Baej
Bertolt Brecht and the Bible, Clara Martha Baker
The analysis and use of methodologies for the study of the diets of long-eared owls from three environments in north central Oregon, John M. Barss
The measurement of change in well-being in a longitudinal study of pre- and post-retirees, Marie P. Beaudet
Concrete Poetry: The Influence of Design and Marketing on Aesthetics, Tineke Bierma