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Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Aspects of Anuran Metabolism: Effects of Chronic Hypoxia on Maximal Oxygen Uptake Rates and the Fate of Lactic Acid, Thomas Charles Solberg
Speech intelligibility as a function of the propositionality of background noise, Gail Swanstrom
Acoustical and Perceptual Correlates of Vocal Effort in Normal Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children, Corinne A. Thomas-Kersting
The stratigraphic relationships of the Columbia River Basalt Group in the lower Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, Terry Leo Tolan
A Comparison of the Effects of Non-operant and Operant Carryover Techniques for /l/, Michelle Ann Tremblay
Adjustable systems in wood, James Richard True
Teaching figure drawing to adolescents within the context to [i.e. of] imaginative compositions, as a means of increasing artistic confidence and abilities, Christine Flavell Turner
Role-taking and behavior, Jane Wynne Uphoff
An investigation of the effects of self-disclosing communication on attraction-to-group in the small group setting, Pamela Walker Vredevelt
The Effect of Causal Attribution and Self-Evaluation on Mood, William N. Werner
Congressional Power and Presidential Prerogative: The War Powers Question, Gerald Michael Worley
Pragmatics: the verbal expression of feelings, Ann Paula Zimmerman
Submissions from 1981
Eliot Neighborhood Plan, Chaney Abbott, Cynthia Eardley, Bryan Finnie, Peter Fry, Robert Goldie, Michael Hoglund, Marci Levine, Ta-Win Lin, Sayed Pishvaie, Jeffrey Robinson, Richard Shaffer, William Sparling, and Laurie Whiteford
The Place of Arminianism in Protestantism, Ottathengil E. Abraham
Non-work-Related Services at the Workplace: An Exploratory Study, William Roland Adix
Mission of protest : General John Armstrong's response to the continental system, 1806-1810, Thom M. Armstrong
Assessment of Needs of Adolescent Mothers in Washington County, John L. Arnold
Nordic immigrants in Portland, 1870-1920 : the first fifty years, Janet Lynn Baisinger
Success expectancy in depressives, Marilyn Frances Barnowe-Meyer
Organizational innovation in a professional school: a case study, Marie Streng Berger
The Portland, Oregon ASAP: an Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness, Joan M. Wildebush Berry
Dream Therapy in Counseling, Deborah Ann Karr Black
FORTEL, a telecommunications forecasting system, James Leslie Black
Stone sculpture, Laura P. Bogdan
Psychodrama and the terminal patient : concepts and application, Marilyn Jacobs Bohan