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Theses/Dissertations from 1986
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
The Cognitive Learning Styles of International Students, Shelley L. Smith
Serving primary caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease : an integrated service delivery model, Greta Krahn Stapleton
Neutron activation analysis and chemical inference for the identification of Buena Vista ceramics, Daniel D. Sullivan
A stratigraphic-geochemical study of the Troutdale Formation and Sandy River Mudstone in the Portland basin and lower Columbia River Gorge, Rodney Duane Swanson
Modification of the western approach to intercultural communication for the Japanese context, Eiko Tai
Humor Creation and Appreciation as an Indicator of Intercultural Communication Effectiveness: Toward a Theoretical Model, Richard D. Tavano
Networks for staff development in the state of Oregon, Vida Sumner Taylor
A Contextual Analysis of Selected Communication Strategies Associated With Dyadic and Situation Characteristics: A Field Study, Gisele Marie Tierney
Manipulation or education? : symbolic language, belief system and the Truman Doctrine, John Gunn Tilson
The Chemistry of Novel Chromium(IV) Systems and Fluorinated Hypochlorites, Joseph Onuorah Udeaja
Normative teacher and student role behaviors in the U.S. with a contrast to Japan, Kathleen Ulrich
Determinants of the variations in the presence of the subfamily in U.S. metropolitan areas, 1980, John Ossaiedeme Umude
The Cowlitz Corridor: the Passage Through Time, Margot Coleman Vaughan
The Effect of Order of Presentation and Experience on Problem Solving, Edward Bruce Versteeg
Richard Whately's theory of argument and its influence on the homiletic theory and practice of John Albert Broadus, Robert Allan Vogel
Effects of infection by dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) on the population dynamics of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), James Leo Wanner
The Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Bear Creek Butte Area, Crook County, Central Oregon, Richard Matthew Wilkening
Cooperative Responses in Competitive Soccer, Rodney Gordon Williamson
Effects of Stress Management Instruction and Anxiety Monitoring in Adult Day Treatment Population, Jack Blanton Wills