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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Influence of light on algal growth in the lower Willamette River, Stephen Arthur Wille
The Proposed Community Involvement Activities of the Multnomah County Department of Public Safety : a Descriptive Study, Vertis Williams and Leearthur Madison
The Geology of the Castle Rock Area, Grant, Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, John David Wood
A Holistic Approach to Social Work Education, Lynda M. Wright
Bayesian Inquiry: an Approach to the Use of Experts, King G. Yee
Contributions to Tualatin Ethnography: Subsistence and Ethnobiology, Henry B. Zenk
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
House Bill 1302: An Armistice in the Fish War on the Columbia, Emery Lewellyn Albertson
Effect of Stressful and "Neutral" Moving Images and Still Images on Dreaming, Elizabeth Anne Anderson
Articulation Error Rates for Oral Reading Tasks in Children with Developmental Apraxia of Speech, Kenneth Jerry Arkell
A Comparison of Socialization and the Current Attitudes Towards Personal and Feminist Issues of Women Over 65, Gayle Austin and Anna Belle Sime
Is there a case for in-kind income transfers?: an analysis of the low-income housing and food stamp programs, Judy Barmack
Evaluation of the Admissions Process at Portland State University School of Social Work: Prediction and Performance, Paula Bates Mike, Nancy J. Sharff, and Barbara Lynn Wolochow
A Study of the Relationship Between Overt Behavior and: I) TAT Fantasy Aggression and the Stimulus Properties of Selected TAT Cards, II) Self-Report Measures of Aggression and Guilt, III) TAT Fantasy Aggression, Self-Report Measures and Personal Data, Christine Ruth Bauman and David James Leitner
A study of battered children in Santa Barbara, California, Carol Lynne Beastrom
Self and Ideal-Self Concepts in a Prison Population: (1) Self and Ideal-Self Patterns of Violent and Non-Violent Offenders, (2) Self and Ideal-Self Concepts in Relation to Time Served Within a Prison, Alison Prince Berman and James W. Kushmuk
The teaching of history in the secondary schools of Australia, Richard Townley Blaine
New Odessa, 1882-1887: United we stand, divided we fall, Helen E. Blumenthal
Studies in transition metal chemistry, Steven David Brown
The Effect of Human Activity on the Middle Course of the Tualatin River, Oregon, Lolita M. Carter
Contrasting Cultural Orientations among the Indian, Chinese, and Euro-American Peoples and Some Effects on Intercultural Communication, Gregory See-Chay Chan
A Study of Student Clinicians' Behaviors in Response to Feedback from the Analysis of Behaviors of the Clinician (ABC) System, Susan Kay Clare
Shaping of Marital Interaction: a Clinical-Research Approach, Cynthia Luders Clay
A study of runaways from six residential treatment agencies, Loris Colbath, Carolyn Krugel Graf, Carol McKinnon, and Jean NewComb
A Study to Differentiate Between Runaways and Non-runaways Among Juveniles Reported Missing, Neil E. Crannell and Patricia A. Hoffman
Obesity : Two Behavioral Approaches to Weight Reduction, Albert Blake Davidson