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Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Housing the low-income, urban elderly: a role for the single room occupancy hotel, Mary Ann Burki
A study of age and sex-related differences in the perception of emotional stimuli, Nancy Mellor Canizio
Perspectives on speechlessness : a case study, Michelle Alexander Carlson
A qualitative analysis of nine nonverbal communications texts, Edward J. Cavin
Phonational frequency ranges in vocally untrained adults using different cardinal vowels, Lorie Renee Chambers
Laser induced hydroxyl radical fluoresence at atmospheric pressure, Cornelius Yuk-kwan Chan
Realism in young adult literature : criteria and analysis, Maryjo Barnett Chinn
Toward a measure of correspondence in relational perceptions in marital dyads, Deborah Anne Coker
Effects on Electrolytic Cells of Magnetic Fields Applied to Single Electrodes, Craig Allen Cousins
Towards a measure of superior-subordinate perceptual correspondence and its relationship to the performance appraisal, Elizabeth Duane Vergeer Crist
Involvement, social class and attrition in higher education : the case of the stop out, Terrence Scott Daugherty
Hemisphere Side of Damage and Encoding Capacity, Margaret Ellen Davis
Social support and well-being in middle-aged and elderly spinal cord injured persons: a social-psychological analysis, Susan Dee Decker
A study of art education in the elementary school curriculum as amplification of other academic subjects and as a promoter of creativity in the learning process, Jana Demartini-Svoboda
Correlates of Sophisticated Listener Judgments of Esophageal Air Intake Noise, Vincent Eccleston
The measurement of economic diversification with reference to regional unemployment, Adil H. El-Haimus
The effect of chronic post-natal protein deprivation on the social interaction of the rhesus macaque, Gertrude Alice Fogle
A Geochemical Study of the Rhododendron and Dalles Formations in the Area of Mount Hood, Oregon, Marshall W. Gannett
A study of factors affecting cognitive style in Mexican-American children, Anne Kelter Gehrig
Log structures : criteria for their description, evaluation and management as cultural resources, Margaret L. Glover
Language development and visual-motor integration in the preschool child, Andrea Lynn Perry Graham
Desertion of Elderly by Adult Children, Jill C. Harvey
The relationship of brain hemisphere orientation to WISC-R subscale scores, Robin Diane Thomas Hayden