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Theses/Dissertations from 1977
The Effects of a Political Boundary Running Through a Metropolitan Area: A Case Study of the Establishment and Functioning of the Jantzen Beach Shopping Center, Rose Romaine Reed
lntercultural Adjustment in an Academic Enrichment Program, Mary Frances Samuel Ricks
Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Social Workers Held by Primary Care Physicians in Private Practice, Defined as Family Practitioners, Internists, and Pediatricians, Rosemarie Rosenfeld
The Dispersal and Dispersion Patterns of Hydra Fusca in a Limited Environment, Faith E. Ruffing
A Demographic Study of Two Alcoholic Populations in a State Hospital, James John Schelot
An Evaluation System for Alcohol and Drug Programs, Michael J. Schrunk
A Quantitative Study Based on a Sonographic Examination of Four Vowel Sounds in Alaryngeal Speech, Cheryl Ann Schultz
The Influence of Age and Stimuli on the Explanations of "Same" and "Different" by Young Children, Pamela Callas Senders
Landscape Painting in the Secondary Classroom, Margaret Shirley
Disengagement of Older People in an Urban Setting, Melvina Somers
Social work intervention and patients' utilization of the Kaiser health care system, Pegi Sten and Liz Swint Young
Assessment of Feasibility of Proposed Bolted Connections for Tubular Structures, John Henry Tausch
An improved approach for "optimization" of multiple policy objectives, Perihan Soliman Tawfik
Biostratigraphy of the Type Weberg Member, Snowshoe Formation, Grant County, Oregon, David G. Taylor
The Founding and Early Years of the National Association of Colored Women, Therese C. Tepedino
The Use of Telegraphic Reading Material by Aphasic Patients, Sylvia Diane Tovey
An Experimental Investigation of the Hole-Drilling Technique for Measuring Residual Stresses in Welded Fabricated Steel Tubes, Chau Mong Tran
Social impact assessment at the neighborhood level, William H. Triest
Predicting Synergy of Movement for Speech From Feeding Assessment or Diadochokinesis in Cerebral Palsied Children, Meredith Kathryn Van Bemmel
Genetic Transformation Among Azotobacter Species, Wayne H. Voth
CHANCE: a probabilistic model for electrical energy planning, Wayne William Wakeland
Service delivery to deaf persons : a survey and proposal, Patrick F. Walsh
The Therapeutic Community: Treatment as Viewed by Former Addicts, Barbara Ward and Robert York
Educational, Sociocultural, and Phonological Obstacles for the Japanese Learner of English, David Howard Waterbury