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Theses/Dissertations from 1977
A Model for Decision Making: A Systems Approach, Eleanor Weitman
In their hearts forever : the dynamics of Stalinism, James Seymour Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Maternal and Child Health Training Assessment, Robert H. Abrams
Thermal Ecology and Movement in the Leopard Lizard, Gambelia Wislizeni, Baird and Girard, Marvin Lynn Abts
Figurative Painting and It's Reverberation in Pairs, Carol Crampton Adams
Polymerization of Amino Acids on Kaolinite, Z. Badri Adnani-Gleason
Effects of Increased Fuel Costs on Households in a Low Income Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, Ora Allen and Betty Heald
Supergraphics in the Portland Environment, John Earl Allgood
A Study of Runaway Behavior and Other Factors Impeding Treatment at Albertina Kerr Center, a Residential Treatment Center for Girls, June Anderson, Mary Coleman, Kristi Kennen, and Tom Ross
Oregon's Struggle Toward a Comprehensive Plan for Children's Mental Health Services: A Historical and Political Process, Kristin Angell
Specialized Out-of-Home Care Project: An Outcome Study, Carol Teresa Arden, Bonnie Jean Braeutigam, Dennis Schilling, and Charlotte Mary Wellman
The No-fault dissolution of marriage act in Oregon: a study of its effect on selected factors, Dennis Arthur Armstrong
Economic Coping Patterns of Chinese Foreign Students in Portland State University, Kim Bik Au
William Dunbar: An Analysis of His Poetic Development, G. David Beebe
The Assessment of Interviewee Experience of the Expressive and Interpersonal Meanings of Interviewer Nonverbal Behavior, Carol Ann Bloom
An inter-rater reliability study on the Multi-dimensional outcome measure, Grace Boys
Homosexuality among women: historical and current views in psychology, Craig Bracy
A Study of the Relationship between Articulation Proficiency and Auditory Conceptualization Ability, Alana Fenwick Bradley
Verbal Strategies in Small Group Communication, Christine Marie Bunsick
Auditory Short-Term Memory Span and Sequence for Five Different Stimulus Types, Sandra L. Burford
Need assessment methodology, Gerald A. Burns and Janet S. Putnam
Listener Perception of Fluent, Breathy, and Imprecisely Articulated Speech of Stutterers, Diane Carol Campbell
Stratigraphy, Structure, and Petrology of the Snoqualmie Pass area, Washington, Lawrence A. Chitwood