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Theses/Dissertations from 1977
The disposition of reported child abuse, Marc F. Maden
International law, German Submarines and American Policy, Janet Marilyn Manson
Involuntarily and Voluntarily Committed Persons Compared Using Factor and Discriminant Function Analysis, Cheryl Marie Marrow
Netarts Bay, Oregon: an assessment of human impact on an estuarine system, Larry D. McCallum
An investigation of the combined effect of agency support and professional social workers' training on the type of family therapy practiced by agency-based social workers, Betsy Marsh McCartor and Margaret Labby
Analysis of the Two Word Stage of Language Development: An Ideographic Study, Lou Ann McCoy
Purification and properties of lysozyme from Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage 7v, Lynne Vernice McFarland
Attitudes of Graduate Social Work Students Toward the Disabled: Use of Yuker's Disabled Persons Scale, Donna Meyer Weggenman
A Politically Appointed Task Force: Can It be Effective?, Randolph Latourette Miller
The Union Bimetallic Party of Oregon, 1896-1898, Ludger Mogge
Measurement of Ambiguity Tolerance (MAT-50): Further Construct Validation, Burl Mostul
An Experimental Investigation of Unbraced Reinforced Concrete Frames, Nourollah Samiee Nejad
The statistical manipulation of Delphi statements, Bradley William Nelson
Background to the Second Amendment, John Thomas Nichols
Listening Rate Preferences of Language Disordered Children as a Function of Grammatical Complexity, Wendy Lee Orloff
Motivational Factors Behind Repetitive Abortions, Kelly Osmont and Ellen Wolfford
Citizen participation: individual political behavior and the Federal mandate, Rick R. Paulson
Follow-up Study of the Child Diagnostic Center, Nancy Ann Peck and Krystal Angevine
Bat Homing, John Mark Perkins
Bird Use of Revetted Riverbanks in the Willamette Valley, Clifford Brian Perry
The Mentally Retarded's Right to Meaningful Treatment: A Review of Legal and Psychological Literature, Susan Katherine Peters
The Development and Testing of a Fluidic/Pneumatic Position Servo, David Lyle Portin
Personal incidental fund: a study in policy making, Shirley Rackner
Choice and Success: The Evolution of a Modern Hero, Laurence W. Ranstead