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Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Reliability and validity of a scale to measure prosocial behavior in young children, Susan Davis
Explorations in the development of a descriptive model of strategic business planning, Laura Williamson Doyle
An Alumni Survey of the School of Social Work, Portland State University, Stephen R. Fishack
The influence of halloysite content on the shear strength of kaolinite, Reka Katalin Gabor
A geochemical study of the Rhododendron and Dalles formations in the area of Mount Hood, Oregon, Marshall W. Gannett
Geology of a volcanic complex on the south flank of Mount Jefferson, Oregon, Brian Lee Gannon
Louis de Potter and the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Karen N. Groth
The structure, geologic evolution and regional significance of the Bethel Creek-North Fork area, Coos and Curry counties, Oregon, Carl Fredrick Gullixson
The Effects of Public Progress Charts Upon Self-Pacing in a PSI Course in Social Studies in a Traditional Middle School, Lynnette Hager-Godat
Characterization of gram-positive bacterial isolates from burn victims, Trisha A. Hannan
The Coming of the Birdman: the Aviator's Image in Oregon, 1905-1915, Patrick John Harris
The Effects of Correctional Education on Recidivism, William L. Hiser
A stratigraphic and geochemical investigation of ferruginous bauxite deposits in the Salem Hills, Marion County, Oregon, Charles William Hoffman
Anna Held: A Biography, Michael Owen Hoffman
The Development and Effects of an Educational Audiovisual Presentation on Female Masturbation Upon the Attitudes and Masturbatory Behavior of College Females, Catherine Ann Hogan
Portland Youth Advocates' contact center program (1970-79): an idiographic study, Michael Horowitz
Toward improvisation, Sandra Janeen Howe
Henna, Uses of it in the Middle East and North Africa, Diane M. Humphrey-Newell
Chemistry of Chromium Oxyfluorides and Group VIB Perfluoroglutarates, Bruce Michael Johnson
The prosecutors of Socrates and the political motive theory, Thomas Patrick Kelly
Stratigraphy, lithofacies, and environment of deposition of the Scappoose formation in central Columbia County, Oregon, Kevin Blair Kelty
Advanced Decorative Ceramics Techniques for High School Students, Deborah Ann Kent
Variation in branch growth characteristics of Pinus contorta infected with Arceuthobium americanum, Lynn Anne Larsen
Fruit and Flower : the history of Oregon's first day care center, Danielle Louise Larson
Affective Perspective-Taking and Sympathy in Young Children, Mary Driver Leinbach