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Theses/Dissertations from 1985
An Assessment of the Incorporation of Established Guidelines and Intercultural Communication Concepts into U.S. College-Sponsored Study Abroad Programs, Thomas Thaxter Bacheller IV
Social structure, health orientation and health behavior, Khalifa Ali Baej
Bertolt Brecht and the Bible, Clara Martha Baker
The analysis and use of methodologies for the study of the diets of long-eared owls from three environments in north central Oregon, John M. Barss
The measurement of change in well-being in a longitudinal study of pre- and post-retirees, Marie P. Beaudet
Concrete Poetry: The Influence of Design and Marketing on Aesthetics, Tineke Bierma
A social-psychological case history : the Manson incident, Judith Elaine Bullis
Provenance study of late Eocene arkosic sandstones in southwest and central Washington, Mark Edward Byrnes
Collective bargaining: a process adopted by Oregon's four-year institutions of higher education to support faculty members' participation in institutional governance, Patricia Lillian Chadwick
Translation of Ilse Aichinger's short stories, Patsy Kay Looney Corrigan
The MMPI : a subscale (Ic) for the identification of male incest offenders, Mary S. Dolan
A phylokaryotypic evaluation of the genus Tursiops (family Delphinidae), Melissa Kay Estes
The Geology, Geochemistry, and Alteration of Red Butte, Oregon: A Precious Metal-Bearing Paleo Hot Spring System, Carol Susan Evans
A Comparison of Motoric and Linguistic Features in Graphic Samples of Fluent and Nonfluent Aphasic Persons Over Three Time Intervals, Babette Fisher
Each in Its Own Sphere: Religion and Law in Oregon History, Alan L. Gallagher
Special education labeling relationships with learning disabled student self-concept, Nancy Kathryn Godinet
Use of synthetic speech in tests of speech discrimination, Jane S. Gordon
Structure and evolution of the Horse Heaven Hills in south-central Washington, Michael Curtis Hagood
Transparent landscape, Elizabeth Harris
Aspects of Cardiovascular Oxygen Transport in Vertebrates, Michael Scott Hedrick
The Effects of Maternal Support and Non-support on the Family Concepts of Sexually Abused Girls, Sharon R. Hitchens
Economic determinants of residential mortgage choice, Marvin J. Horowitz
An assessment of a training program designed to teach staff nurses in an acute care facility to transfer nursing process theory to practice, C. Frances Johnson
Growing old and going straight: examining the role of age in criminal career termination, Annette I. Jolin