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Theses/Dissertations from 1985
A social-psychological case history : the Manson incident, Judith Elaine Bullis
Provenance study of late Eocene arkosic sandstones in southwest and central Washington, Mark Edward Byrnes
Collective bargaining: a process adopted by Oregon's four-year institutions of higher education to support faculty members' participation in institutional governance, Patricia Lillian Chadwick
Translation of Ilse Aichinger's short stories, Patsy Kay Looney Corrigan
The MMPI : a subscale (Ic) for the identification of male incest offenders, Mary S. Dolan
A phylokaryotypic evaluation of the genus Tursiops (family Delphinidae), Melissa Kay Estes
A Comparison of Motoric and Linguistic Features in Graphic Samples of Fluent and Nonfluent Aphasic Persons Over Three Time Intervals, Babette Fisher
Each in Its Own Sphere: Religion and Law in Oregon History, Alan L. Gallagher
Special education labeling relationships with learning disabled student self-concept, Nancy Kathryn Godinet
Use of synthetic speech in tests of speech discrimination, Jane S. Gordon
Structure and evolution of the Horse Heaven Hills in south-central Washington, Michael Curtis Hagood
Transparent landscape, Elizabeth Harris
Aspects of Cardiovascular Oxygen Transport in Vertebrates, Michael Scott Hedrick
The Effects of Maternal Support and Non-support on the Family Concepts of Sexually Abused Girls, Sharon R. Hitchens
Economic determinants of residential mortgage choice, Marvin J. Horowitz
An assessment of a training program designed to teach staff nurses in an acute care facility to transfer nursing process theory to practice, C. Frances Johnson
Growing old and going straight: examining the role of age in criminal career termination, Annette I. Jolin
Survey of Oregon's public school hearing conservation programs, Jill M. Jordan-Trestik
The significance of hypovolemia in dehydrational death in anurans, Peter Blair Kimmel
A Comparison of Pedophiles and Incest Offenders on MMPI Scales and Demographic Data, Linda Darmer Ladd
Studies of nucleation and heat transfer in liquid helium isotopes 3 and 4, David Lezak
Women's labor force supply and commuting behavior: a time-budget analysis, Ta-Win Lin
Subsidized housing for seniors: a comparative study of management styles, Thelma Lofquist
A descriptive study of demographic financial factors and the perceived financial life satisfaction of retired Oregon public school administrators, William E. Maier