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Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Public transit and student choice : a survey with Portland State University students, Sheku Gibril Kamara
Electrostatic TEM Studies of Magnetic Domains in Thin Iron Films, Hideaki Karamon
Community impacts on organizational interaction, Frederick Dalton Keast
Geochemical and biogeochemical interactions in a hot spring, William Delis Knox
Buddhistische Elemente in Hermann Hesses Siddhartha, Sawitree Kunapongsiri
Comparison of Two Receptive Language Tests (PPVT and TACL) Used with the Developmentally Delayed, Paul H. Lamb
An impact evaluation of home improvement loans on neighborhood decline: the case of Portland, Oregon, Geri Larkin
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Control of Dream Content, Gary Nick Dean Lehto
Homemaker and former clientele evaluation of the Homemaker Service of Lane County, Marcia A. Leonard
The Ductuli Efferentes in Macaca mulatta: Electron Microscopic Evaluation of Changes After Vasectomy, Loyal Douglas Marsh
Toward a test for ethnocentrism and ethnorelativism based upon reference group orientation, James C. Mayer
Harney area cultural resources class I inventory, Ruth McGilvra Bright
Art Therapy as a Mechanism for Increasing Life Satisfaction in Later Life, Phyllis Laulainen McGraw
Recall and recognition memory under varying conditions of hypnotically suggested amnesia, Christopher R. Meagher
Transport of ozone across an air/water interface coupled with aqueous decomposition, Ahmad Ali Mehrabzadeh
Normative data on the Auditory memory test battery, Mary Clare Mountain
Population dynamics of nonmetropolitan cities in five western states, Peter Carlton Munroe
Effective Force Constant Ratios: Iron in Iridium and Rhodium, Dennis Munsterman
Computer Aided Optimal Design of Helical Gears, S. N. Muthukrishnan
A Cross-Cultural Study of Role Behaviors Pertaining to the Roles of Student and Professor, Kathryne Jeanne Nadal
Kykloi : cyclic theories in ancient Greece, Hubert Wayne Nelson
A psychometric evaluation of the Bicycle drawing test and the establishment of preliminary norms, Mary Lee Nichols
Geology of the Columbia River Basalt in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, Elizabeth Storm Norman
An Evaluation of a Talking Machine: the HC 120 Phonic Mirror Handivoice, James Joseph Oggerino
The parcelization of the open range, a conflict in land use : grazing rights versus residential and recreation land sales in Klickitat County, Washington, Dennis A. Olson