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Theses/Dissertations from 1978
A study of estuarine sedimentation in South Slough, Coos Bay, Oregon, Charles Allen Baker
The Effects of a Child's Serious Illness Upon His or Her Siblings, Kathleen Bales
"Fallen Angels": An Historical Review of Program Development and Clientele of the Salvation Army White Shield Home with an Emphasis on the Years 1940-1976, Wendy Jo Ballard
Purification and characterization of NADH oxidase and peroxidase from Lactobacillus casei, Louise Ann Barstad
Development and Use of a Phonological Recoding Strategy for a Short-Term Memory Task by Normal and Mentally Retarded Subjects, Mary Jo Bartels
A Biogeographical Study of Currently Identified Oregon Pseudoscorpions With an Emphasis on Western Oregon Forms, Ellen M. Benedict
Parental perceptions of behavioral changes in children following divorce, Kenneth W. Bork
Effects of Cognition Training on Locus of Control (LC), Weight Reduction, and Problem Solving Ability, Lisa Buckmaster
A Study of Partner Attitudes Related to Male Involvement in Contraception at Planned Parenthood, Portland, Oregon, Patricia Long Burnet, Rhonda Lee Jack, and Kathleen Margaret Leeson
Sightings, Kenneth Butler
The American Efforts to Modernize the Egyptian Army Under Khedive Ismail, Robin Joy Love Buxton
The Effect of Background Noise on Children's Selective Listening Behavior, Cathryn A. Chartier
Toward a model of interorganizational fields : a case study of a social service federation, Ralph Cherry
Organizational decision making and participation in an interorganizational service network, Vinod Valji Chohan
An Assessment of the Transmission Electron Microscope for the Study of Aerosol-Gas Interactions: Direct Observations of Sodium Chloride Hydration Phenomena, Antony David Clarke
Alpine Vegetation of Steens Mountain, Paul Collins
Recent and contemporary foraging practices of the Harney Valley Paiute, Marilyn Dunlap Couture
Working with Natural Helpers: a Handbook for Social Workers, Lorraine Crawford, Pamela Smith, and Karen Lynn
The Foundations and Social Change, Helen M. Dalton
Invasions of personal space : a field experiment, Lisa Demian
Aspekte des Charakterbegriffs im Werk von Bertolt Brecht, Brigitte DeWolfe
A study to determine if service workers want additional training regarding Black issues, Patricia Dickerson and Diane S. Whalen
Long-term effects of rape : a literature review and exploratory questionnaire, Kathleen June Elsner
Public Education Finance: Urban Rural Tax Burden Distribution, Omer S. Ertur
Memory for crossed and nested classifications, John Ernest Garwood