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Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Effect of Menstrual Cycle on Hedonic Response to Gustatory Stimuli, Laurie Ann O'Toole
The contribution of social support to the successful functioning of men with epilepsy, Diane L. Pancoast
Early Childhood Education and Compensatory Education in the Portland, Oregon, Public Schools, 1965-1984, Dolores Jean Robinett Pappas
Forecasting interest rates using pattern recognition techniques, John S. Pearson
Quaternary volcanology of the West Crater-Soda Peaks area, southern Washington Cascade Range, David R. Polivka
You don't have to have a high school education to work here : an ethnography of a chainstore, Caroline Yvonne Princehouse
Body Weight Changes Throughout the Menstrual Cycle and Their Effect Upon the Components of Body Composition, Lovina M. Query
An investigation of the relationship between biographical characteristics and job satisfaction among middle school teachers in four suburban school districts, Susan Scott-Miller
The Effect on Culture-Bound Evaluation by the Intercultural Communication Workshop (ICW) at Portland State University, Marion Franc Sørensen
Load flow and contingency analysis in power systems, Kianfar Sorooshian
Retirement satisfaction and the timing of the retirement age: an analysis of retirees and older workers from a Fortune 500 firm, Donna Elaine Stuteville
Effective acquisition of basic skills: an elementary schools program, Linda L. Terhark
A validation study of the screening test for developmental apraxia of speech, Deborah L. Thorsen
Determination of Systemic Blood Pressure via Autospectral Analysis of Oscillometric Data, Eugene Elie Warner
Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Paleogene arkosic and volcaniclastic strata, Johnson Creek-Chambers Creek area, southern Cascade Range, Washington, Warren Jon Winters
Effects of Dehydration on Hemoglobin Oxygen Affinity and Blood Cell Volume in Two Anurans, Andrew Christopher Zygmunt
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Rating life events : the effect of experience and point of reference, Richard John Alden
The utility of alternate theoretical conceptualizations of "urban environment" in explaining variation in attitudes and behaviors, John Conrad Allen III
A mechanistic study of the electrochemical formation of CdS CdSe semiconducting films, Mario Aparicio-Razo
The introduction of European and Asian cultural materials on the Alaskan and Northwest coasts before 1800, Herbert Kyle Beals
A descriptive predictive model for the employment of computer-based management information systems for the government of a developing country: case, Iran, Hossein Bidgoli
Secondary stresses in bowstring timber trusses, John F. Bradford
Teacher attitude toward composition instruction at the postsecondary level: identification and formation, Jane B. Braunger
Enrollment decline: the uses and disposition of excess space in 106 Oregon public school districts, Marjorie Brothers