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Theses/Dissertations from 1981
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
Work personality as a factor in evaluating the work potential of the mentally retarded, Janet L. Scally
Approximate reasoning, logics for self-reference, and the use of nonclassical logics in systems modeling, Daniel Guy Schwartz
A Comparison of Two Articulation Carry-Over Techniques, Robyn Schwartz
A study of Leslie model under stochastic environments, Kamran Shaukat
Cadmium and Zinc Levels in the Hair of Smokers and Nonsmokers, Neal R. Simonsen
Following the Drum: British Women in the Peninsular War, Sheila Simonson
Physical effects of 3-phenylindole on ion transport across bilayer lipid membranes, Barbara A. Sinha
A Genetic and Physiological Study of an Arsenite Resistant, Uncoupled Mutant of Escherichia coli, Daniel Gordon Smiley
Transparent sculptures, lithographs, and watercolors : a personal response to the natural world, Stephan Spencer Soihl
Characteristics and Practices of Forensics Programs in Oregon Secondary Schools, Gregg T. Sylvester
Police patrol deployment in small urban centers: an application of integrated management decision-making, Robert Wayne Taylor
The Determination of a Relative Chronology for a Surface Archeological Site Using the Obsidian Hydration Dating Method, Scott Preston Thomas
Stratigraphy, lithofacies and depositional environment of the Cowlitz Formation, T. 4 and 5N., R. 5W. Northwest Oregon, Dale M. Timmons
An analysis of environmental, social and personal dimensions and their relationship to psychological well-being in late life, Renee Tissue
Plasmid-mediated resistance to arsenite and arsenate in Escherichia coli, Thomas Patrick Trezona