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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Parenting Relationships on Children's School Adjustment, Raymond M. Lappin, Lisa J. Posner, and Marcia S. Smith
A Descriptive Study of Participants in the Evergreen Community Organization, Douglas Edward Lehrman and Janet R. Abrams
Mental illness among Chinese in the United States: myth or reality?, Alex C. N. Leung
International Variation in Metropolitanism: National Integration into an International System of Countries as an Important Consideration, Michael Lee Lindsay
A Study on the Stabilization of a Floating Platform, Waldo Lizcano
The Analysis of the Deflection and Containment of a Hot Plume by Side Draft Exhaust Hooding, Douglas H. MacGowan
Deviant Self-Concept Among Marijuana Dealers: Examining the Applicability of Labeling Concepts, Cynthia Madaris
Strategies for Reducing Recidivism of Mental Patients in Region I, Ellen Magaziner, Kathleen McCarthy, and Reyn Staffel
The utilization of preventive health care services by low income members of a comprehensive prepaid health plan : the impact of outreach services, Linda Elmlund Mahoney
Design of a Microprocessor Controlled Telecommunication System, George J. Maroutsos
A study of the relationship between the adolescents' knowledge of laws and their attitudes towards the police, Barbara McCallum
The Evolution of the Birth Control Movement in the United States, Linda B. McMahan
A Descriptive Study of Eleven Parent Conferences in a Child Development Center, Yolanda A. Moser
Differential Adherence to Community Mental Health Ideology Among First Year Social Work Students, Leo Munter
An Exploratory Study Concerning Reasons Given for Termination of Provision of Foster Care, Linda Ann Nelson
Securing Services for the Older Population : a Training Manual for I and R Workers, Catherine M. Nemmert
Leadership Styles and Staff Satisfaction in Four Nursing Homes: Implications for Service Delivery, Carol Nightengale
Volunteers in Portland Schools: Initial Planning and Early Development, Mary B. Norville
A profile of women volunteers, Vana O'Brien
H. S. Chamberlain and the Bayreuth "Kulturkreis": a study in ideology, David George Otness
A Comparison Study of the Syntactical Language Skills of Children in the Monterey Language Program with Children Not in a Formal Language Program, Bonnie Lucille Owens
Isolation and characterization of two sterols from the green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum, Raymond Mark Owings
A Development of Natural Forms in Multiple Glass Shapes, Anthony Parker
The Impact of SSI on the Social Security Administration: an Intraorganizational Study with Interorganizational Ramifications, Patricia A. Parker