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Theses/Dissertations from 1986
The Development of the Self-Concept in the Young Child, Doris Mascall
Tephrostratigraphy of the middle Eocene Chumstick Formation, Cascade Range, Douglas County, Washington, Matthew John McClincy
Hemodynamics During Pregnancy: A Model for Cardiac Enlargement, David James Mendelson
A study of the role of the secondary virtues in Uli der Knecht, Roland Minder
Students in alternative public high schools: educational histories prior to alternative school entry, Carolyn Moilanen
Care, Need, and Conceptions of Love: a Reexamination, Janet Gruwell Morris
Nitrogen limitation of phytoplankton growth in an oligotrophic lake, Michael Patrick Mulvey
Quadtree-based processing of digital images, Ramin Naderi
The Grammatic Closure Subtest of the ITPA as a Screening Device, Cathy Newquist
Effect of Ethanol on Thermoregulation in the Goldfish Carassius auratus, Candace Sharon O'Connor
Pre-kindergarteners' performance on the BTBC, Amelia Wittwer Ouellette
The spirituality of Pierre de Bérulle, Steven Percy Poitra
Post-buckled performance of partially restrained and intermediately supported steel angles, Perumal Radhakrishnan
Elderly stroke patients and their partners: a longitudinal study of social support and well-being changes associated with a disabling stroke, Marie Therese Rau
Finding a New Voice: The Oregon Writing Community Between the World Wars, Karen Stoner Reyes
After the Sixties: Anthropology in Sixth Grade Social Studies Textbooks, Christine Skei Rossi
The Effect of Salinity on Habitat Selection of Two Oregon Chiton Species (Katharina Tunicata and Mopalia Hindsii), David Carl Rostal
Morphological aspects of seedling establishment in four temperate region Phorandendron spp., Beverlee M. Ruhland
Perceptual correspondence in the superior-subordinate work dyad, Lora Lee Sager
Analysis of problemsolving groups with feedback intervention using a systematic multiple level observation of groups, Donna Buchanan Schantz
MMPI discrimination of incest offenders : a validity study of the IC, SV, and PE subscales, B. Joann Scheck
Biostratigraphy of the Cowlitz Formation in the Upper Nehalem River Basin, Northwest Oregon, Neil B. Shaw
Synthetic and nitrogen-15 NMR studies of some heteroaromatic systems, Roger Martin Sheets
A Groundwater Flow Model of the Aquifer Intercommunication Area, Hanford Site, Washington, Elizabeth G. Simkover
A Multidimensional Analysis of Physical Attractiveness in the Formation of First Impressions, Jewel Marianna Smith Hunter