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Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Transparent sculptures, lithographs, and watercolors : a personal response to the natural world, Stephan Spencer Soihl
Characteristics and Practices of Forensics Programs in Oregon Secondary Schools, Gregg T. Sylvester
Police patrol deployment in small urban centers: an application of integrated management decision-making, Robert Wayne Taylor
The Determination of a Relative Chronology for a Surface Archeological Site Using the Obsidian Hydration Dating Method, Scott Preston Thomas
Stratigraphy, lithofacies and depositional environment of the Cowlitz Formation, T. 4 and 5N., R. 5W. Northwest Oregon, Dale M. Timmons
An analysis of environmental, social and personal dimensions and their relationship to psychological well-being in late life, Renee Tissue
Plasmid-mediated resistance to arsenite and arsenate in Escherichia coli, Thomas Patrick Trezona
A Description and Evaluation of the Self-Help Information Service, Cathy Tuma and John Wadsworth
The perinatal regionalization policy: a study in form and development, Linda Umbdenstock
Trouble in River City: An Analysis of an Urban Vice Probe, Joseph S. Uris
Developmental Sentence Scoring Sample Size Comparison, Marilyn May Valenciano
The Biogeography of Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) in Central Oregon, Robert Allen Voeks
The stratigraphy and structure of the Columbia River basalt group in the Bull Run watershed, Multnomah and Clackamas Counties, Oregon, Beverly Frobenius Vogt
Revetment clearing, its influence on riparian mammal communities, Robert E. Willis
The Diffusion of a Controversial Innovation in the Alsea, Oregon Area, Steven K. Worden
The Effect of Early Handling on the Sexually Dimorphic Rate of Extinction of a Conditioned Taste Aversion in Rats, Rebecca Lee Yoder
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Multiple Impact Therapy: Evaluation and Design for Future Study, Jacqueline H. Abikoff
Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Spencer Formation in Yamhill and Washington Counties, Oregon, Fathi Ayoub Al-Azzaby
The structure and stratigraphy of the Columbia River basalt in the Chehalem Mountains, Oregon, Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Al-Eisa
Succession to the caliphate in early Islam, Faisal H. al-Kathiri
Morphological and cytological studies on Arceuthobium (Viscaceae) in relationship to host phloem with studies on the healthy phloem in Pinus sabiniana (Pinaceae), Margaret Carol Alosi
Individual differences in imaginal and verbal information processing abilities, Joan Marie Anderson
Interpersonal behavior and depression : an examination of self-descriptions on the Interpersonal check list, Douglas Steven Andrews
Surface area of coal as influenced by low temperature oxidation processes, Salvador Leon Arredondo
The effect of costs and constraints on the optimum employment combination of full-time and part-time faculty at urban community colleges, Zoe Annette Arrington