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Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Affirmative Action Programs in Social Service Agencies: Status of the Female M.S.W., Geraldine Ann Berg
Pictoforms, Ellen Birnbaum
Structural geology of the southeast quarter of the Dutchman Butte quadrangle, Oregon, Gerald Lee Black
The Effects of Instructions on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children, Jane Marie Blackwell
Institutional economics and urban political economy, Forrest Clinton Blodgett
Oregon Chapter, National Association of Social Workers : membership study, Gale Brewer, Leslie Hayashida, Kathy Lam, and Adrian Navarro
A Descriptive Study of Demography & Transportation Issues of Chronically Mentally Ill in the Eastern Oregon Comprehensive Community Mental Health Catchment Area, Tom H. Brubaker, David Emmons, and John Meade
A Comparison of Maternal Remarks to Normal and Language Delayed Children, Vanessa Jow Bunker
Assessment of the Health and Social Service Needs of the Elderly of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Bruce K. Cannon and Jan C. Goslin
The Bureau of Land Management and Cultural Resource Management in Oregon, William James Cannon
Thought, word and deed in the mid-Tudor Commonwealth : Sir Thomas Smith and Sir William Cecil in the reign of Edward VI, Ann B. Clark
The Allelopathic Potential of Rhododendron macrophyllum in a Western Cascades Clearcut, Ivan W. Clark
The Clinical Application and Practical Limitations of Bone Conducted Speech, Terry Scott Cochrane
An Evaluation of Parent Education and Parent Group Therapy as Treatment Components for Child Abusers, Jane Susan Crawford
Copper Toxicity and Extracellular Release in Selenastrum Capricornutum, Michael Edwin Darling
Factors Involved in the Utilization of a Divorce Counseling Service, Jean G. DeMaiffe and Richard H. Weiss
Cultural Values, Educational Methods and Small Group Communicator Styles in the United States and the People's Republic of China, Lynda Lee Densem
Mastectomies and their effect on sexual behavior, Irene Marian Ellicott
The interruption of the developmental tasks through pregnancy in the female adolescent, Suzanne Epstein and Kathleen Perkins
The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey, Kathleen Palmer Ertur
Negotiating the guilty plea: a study of the process of felony case disposition in one urban court system, Kathryn Ann Farr
The Effects of Morning and Afternoon Scheduling on the Clinical Performance of Severe Aphasic Adults, Judith Ann Fisher
A study of psoriasis : a methodological critique, Prudence Craig Ford, Roberta Jeanne Ford, and Susan Swanson
An Investigation of Client Fluency Maintenance Between 1972-1977 at Portland State University, Pricilla Lynn Ginter
An historical consideration of F.C. Baur, his life, works, and theological thought, especially in regard to his church history and historical theology, Steven Norman Goetz