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Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Mastectomies and their effect on sexual behavior, Irene Marian Ellicott
The interruption of the developmental tasks through pregnancy in the female adolescent, Suzanne Epstein and Kathleen Perkins
The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey, Kathleen Palmer Ertur
Negotiating the guilty plea: a study of the process of felony case disposition in one urban court system, Kathryn Ann Farr
The Effects of Morning and Afternoon Scheduling on the Clinical Performance of Severe Aphasic Adults, Judith Ann Fisher
A study of psoriasis : a methodological critique, Prudence Craig Ford, Roberta Jeanne Ford, and Susan Swanson
An Investigation of Client Fluency Maintenance Between 1972-1977 at Portland State University, Pricilla Lynn Ginter
Historical Consideration of F. C. Baur: His Life, Works, and Theological Thought, Especially in Regard to His Church History and Historical Theology, Steven N. Goetz
A Critique of Bandler and Grinder's Method of Mapping Representational Systems, Leslie E. Goldmann
Die moderne Großstadt in ausgewählten Werken deutscher Lyriker, Hildegard Goranson
Photogrammetric Digitizing System, Frank Richard Gorshe
A Cost Analysis and Recidivism Study of a Pre-trial Diversion Program, Ruth E. Green
Public sector collective bargaining and impasse resolution: an analysis of the Oregon fact-finding process, Martin David Haney
The political and constitutional origins of the Grand Remonstrance, James S. Hart Jr.
An Exploratory Analysis of the Response of Urban Police to Labor Radicalism, Dennis Earl Hoffman
A study of the relationship between visual short term memory and speechreading in hearing impaired geriatrics, Catherine Hollevoet
The Effects of Three Stress Modes on Error Productions of Children with Developmental Apraxia of Speech, Alan R. Horowitz
The Bender-Gestalt Test as a Measure of Creative Production, Craig Logan House
Construction-Sculpture, Kanetaka Ikeda
Effect of Phenoxy Acids and Their Derivatives on the Ionic Permeability of Bilayer Lipid Membranes, Malkanthi Paulis Illangasekare
Some physical and biological factors affecting red-tailed hawk productivity, Stewart Wayne Janes
The relationship of maternal childrearing practices to prosocial behavior and resistance to temptation in preschool children, Jennifer Anne Deck Jennings
The Design and Construction of a Flashlamp-Pumped Frequency-Doubled Dye Laser Applicable to Long Path Monitoring of Air Pollutants, Joel Craig Johnson
Clay, Roots, and Coexistence, Jeffery C. Johnston
Closedmindedness as a Predictor of Individual Decision-Making Behaviors, Annette I. Jolin