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Theses/Dissertations from 1983
The work values of secondary teachers : a comparative study by teaching assignment, Charlotte Marie Klampe
Level of aspiration and the Type A coronary-prone pattern in children, Wendy L. Kliewer
The Career Decision, Donna Marie Klover
The absence of extrachromosomal DNA in methanogenic bacteria, Nancy Ann Kurkinen
Comprehension of Abstract and Concrete Commands by High and Low Level Aphasic Subjects : Effects of Presentation Mode, Karen Jaruckis Lambrecht
Image development through process, Jean Handwerk Lee
Pragmatic deficits in normal, articulation disordered, and language delayed samples, Karen Jean Lucas
The Effects of Various Chemical Treatments on the Surface Area of Coals, Maria Margaret Ludvig
Geophysical strain and tilt : measurement methodology and analysis of data, Robert MacKay
Formation and Zonation of Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits of the Chapman Quadrangle, Oregon, Richard Charles Marty
A study of the modification of teachers' attitudes toward the hearing-impaired using two different types of treatment workshops, Anita Bell McClain
The placement information base: its utility and meaning for nursing home placement decisions, Darlene Schroedl McKenzie
Audiological Characteristics of the Monge Family of Costa Rica, Christine Moulton
Crime as a Routine Activity: an Investigation, Donna Scott Munroe
Preliminary study : the effects of instrumentation on the air intake times of the esophageal speaker, Sandra I. Pasak Neuburger
Pragmatic conversational skills of young adults in normal, EMR, and TMR classrooms, Jane Nicholson
The impact of tourism on the pattern of economic activity in Portland, Oregon, Alphaeus O. Ohakweh
Global awareness of administrators in higher education in the State of Oregon, Elizabeth Marsh O'Malley
American-Yugoslav relations, 1941-1946, John Robert Oreskovich
Nineteenth century French and German interpretations of the early medieval Germanic invasions, James N. Owens
A translation into English of the German novel Jakob der Lügner by Jurek Becker, Harriet Passell
Holocene geologic history of the Clatsop Plains foredune ridge complex, David Karl Rankin
The paleolimnology of Bull Run Lake: disruption and stability in a natural system, Richard Brian Raymond
A harmony of opposites, Patricia Reppenhagen
Career Supports and Career Mentors: an Analysis of Their Prevalence and Their Relation to Career Success and Satisfaction Among a Group of Women Lawyers, Sandra Lee Riley