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Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Henna: Uses of It in the Middle East and North Africa, Diane M. Humphrey-Newell
Chemistry of Chromium Oxyfluorides and Group VIB Perfluoroglutarates, Bruce Michael Johnson
The prosecutors of Socrates and the political motive theory, Thomas Patrick Kelly
Stratigraphy, lithofacies, and environment of deposition of the Scappoose formation in central Columbia County, Oregon, Kevin Blair Kelty
Advanced Decorative Ceramics Techniques for High School Students, Deborah Ann Kent
Variation in branch growth characteristics of Pinus contorta infected with Arceuthobium americanum, Lynn Anne Larsen
Fruit and Flower: the History of Oregon's First Day Care Center, Danielle Louise Larson
Affective Perspective-Taking and Sympathy in Young Children, Mary Driver Leinbach
The Determination of Normal Bone Conducted Speech Results Utilizing a Radioear B-72 Bone Oscillator, Roger Edwin Lundberg
An observational study of the workday of the urban high school assistant principal, Penny S. McDonald
The political and constitutional significance of the Exclusion Crisis of 1678-1681, Susan Diane Meyer-Strom
Coping with stress following a natural disaster: the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helens, Shirley Ann Murphy
A Comparison of Boone-Prescott Content and Sequence Analysis Data of Poorly and Highly Rated Clinician-Client Interactive Skills, Kathleen M. Noonan
Factorial Structure of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Kevin Page O'Brien
The assessment of service providers' attitudes toward working with older clients in an urban social service system, Marilyn Diane Petersen
An investigation of observer evaluation accuracy of clinical sessions, Douglas Scott Peterson
Preliminary inventory of lifeline systems and evaluation of seismic hazards in Reno and Sparks, Nevada, Barbara Priest
Experimental Determination of Post-buckling Performance of Steel Angles, Rupasiri Purasinghe
The French Connection in Early Oregon, Gregory Charles Rathbone
Reconstructions : humor through the use of ambiguous images and color, Karl J. Ross
Citizen advocacy groups, an intervention strategy: a case study of the Community Coalition for School Integration in Portland, Oregon, Patricia J. Rumer
The Bungalow Aesthetic: the Social Implications of a Nationwide Phenomenon Viewed from the Perspective of a Small Town, Janice Williams Rutherford
Factor Structure and Reliability of the Revised Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales, Carol A. Sadler
Isolation and characterization of frullanolide from Frullania franciscana (Howe), Marshall Stuart Sass