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Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Polish foreign policy and the development of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Keijiro Yasui
Life satisfaction of elderly parents and parent-child relationships in old age, Tehchou Yeh
Submissions from 1982
Sullivan's Gulch: Problems, Issues and Strategies, Abbas Alhashim, Pat deGarmo, Suzanne Flynn, Linda Goffredi, Jean Harrison, Jeanne Harrison, Marge Johnson, Dawn Marie Marineau, Susan McPherson, Iloba Odum, Jessica Richman, Chuck Robbins, and Michael Winston
The pursuit of form, Robert Allen Anderson
Factors Affecting Thyrotropin Secretion in Superfused Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells, Frederick Scott Bartlow
Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration, Glass Buttes, Southeast Oregon, Dulcy Annette Berri
Investigation of Blood Pressure Measurement Using a Hydraulic Occlusive Cuff, Kusha R. Bhattarai
Investigation of the contribution of aquatic humus to the transport of DDT in the environment, Dan Philip Blunk
The Geology of the Floras Creek Area, Curry County, Oregon, Jon Dudley Bounds
One-third octave band augmented speech discrimination testing for normal hearing listeners, Nancy Marie Bowen
The Effect of Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) Upon a Portion of the Carbon Budget of Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta), Nancy Ellen Broshot
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