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Theses/Dissertations from 1980
The status in 1980 of the Toulmin model of argument in the area of speech communication, Jeffrey Robert Sweeney
Selective reflection of light at a solid-gas interface and its application, Fumihide Takeda
Alienation Under the Rainbow: A Survey of Oregon Graduate Students, Robert Michael Travis
Das Dreiecksverhältnis in Gerhart Hauptmann's "Einsame Menschen" und "Gabriel Schillings Flucht" und dessen Lösung im naturalistischen Drama, Ulrich Karl Tutsch
Integration, Judy Lee Vogland
Stability and resilience in business systems, Donald Bard Wilcox
Storage and use of glycogen by juvenile Carcinonemertes errans, D. Mitchell Wolgamott
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Study of Multnomah County Community Support Services for the Chronically Mentally Ill, Karen Albers
Some observations of the Swedish psychiatric system, Gunnar Robert Almgren
The Effect of Administrative Mandate on Social Workers' Clinical Decision Making, Richard Arthur Anderson
Dance and Self Concept Change in Women, Robin Dale Anderson
An Investigation of Sexuality and Life Satisfaction of Institutionalized Aged, Karla M. Baur
A survey of mental health clients admitted to general hospital emergency rooms, Marsha J. Beale
Follow-up Study of Children in Six Day and Residential Treatment Service (DARTS) Centers in Oregon, Doris M. Beard and L. Gail Bulkley
Affirmative Action Programs in Social Service Agencies: Status of the Female M.S.W., Geraldine Ann Berg
Pictoforms, Ellen Birnbaum
Structural geology of the southeast quarter of the Dutchman Butte quadrangle, Oregon, Gerald Lee Black
The Effects of Instructions on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children, Jane Marie Blackwell
Institutional economics and urban political economy, Forrest Clinton Blodgett
Oregon Chapter, National Association of Social Workers : membership study, Gale Brewer, Leslie Hayashida, Kathy Lam, and Adrian Navarro
A Descriptive Study of Demography & Transportation Issues of Chronically Mentally Ill in the Eastern Oregon Comprehensive Community Mental Health Catchment Area, Tom H. Brubaker, David Emmons, and John Meade
A Comparison of Maternal Remarks to Normal and Language Delayed Children, Vanessa Jow Bunker
Assessment of the Health and Social Service Needs of the Elderly of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Bruce K. Cannon and Jan C. Goslin
The Bureau of Land Management and Cultural Resource Management in Oregon, William James Cannon
Thought, word and deed in the mid-Tudor Commonwealth : Sir Thomas Smith and Sir William Cecil in the reign of Edward VI, Ann B. Clark