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Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Social work intervention and patients' utilization of the Kaiser health care system, Pegi Sten and Liz Swint Young
Assessment of Feasibility of Proposed Bolted Connections for Tubular Structures, John Henry Tausch
An improved approach for "optimization" of multiple policy objectives, Perihan Soliman Tawfik
Biostratigraphy of the Type Weberg Member, Snowshoe Formation, Grant County, Oregon, David G. Taylor
The Founding and Early Years of the National Association of Colored Women, Therese C. Tepedino
The Use of Telegraphic Reading Material by Aphasic Patients, Sylvia Diane Tovey
An Experimental Investigation of the Hole-Drilling Technique for Measuring Residual Stresses in Welded Fabricated Steel Tubes, Chau Mong Tran
Social impact assessment at the neighborhood level, William H. Triest
Predicting Synergy of Movement for Speech From Feeding Assessment or Diadochokinesis in Cerebral Palsied Children, Meredith Kathryn Van Bemmel
Genetic Transformation Among Azotobacter Species, Wayne H. Voth
CHANCE: a probabilistic model for electrical energy planning, Wayne William Wakeland
Service delivery to deaf persons : a survey and proposal, Patrick F. Walsh
The Therapeutic Community: Treatment as Viewed by Former Addicts, Barbara Ward and Robert York
Educational, Sociocultural, and Phonological Obstacles for the Japanese Learner of English, David Howard Waterbury
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