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Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Seasonal variation in cytokinin activity and content in two species of dwarf mistletoes and their hosts, Peter J. Paquet
Washington County aftercare service utilization study, James Richard Peterson
The Portland Boundary Commission: a case study, Marvin James Price
The Federal Writers' Project in Oregon, 1935-1942: A Case Study, Thomas James Ptacek
A study of the effect of vibration on the residual stresses in a welded fabricated tube, Shantini Ratnathicam
Culture and Growth of Closterium ehrenbergii (Desmidiaceae), David Bruce Renstrom
An Evaluation of a Data-Based Sex Education Training Program for Mentally Retarded Adults, Patricia Ann Riley
The Idea of Progress: Its Rise to Power and Prominence, Robert Ray Schmaling
Central Auditory Processing in Children With a History of Chronic Middle Ear Problems, Beverly S. Schnabel
A polarographic study of Fe(II) and Fe(III) complexes with catechol, Wen-Tang Shen
Layered field painting, Margaret Shirley
Geology of North Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, William C. Sidle
A Construct Validity Study for the Women Workers Scale Questionnaire, Gwen Simpson
The First Years of Life: a Comparative Analysis of British and American Parent Education, Deborah Anne Smith Guisti, Ellen Turner Jurevic, Jane Elizabeth Mozena, and David W. Pedersen
Introducing the secondary student to sculptural design and form in metal : welding sheet steel using the oxyacetylene torch, Philip John Smith
Impact of the Older Americans Act of 1965 Upon the Elderly in Portland-Multnomah County, Oregon, From 1965 to 1977, Joil A. Southwell
The isolation of an individual : Thomas Mann's Tonio Kröger, Thomas Richard Survilla
The Concentration and Speciation of Sugars in Natural Waters, Minoo Shakerin Sweet
Utterly visionary and chimerical : A federal response to the depression : an examination of Civilian Conservation Corps construction on National Forest System lands in the Pacific Northwest, Elizabeth Gail Throop
The structure and stratigraphy of the Columbia River Basalt in the Hood River Valley, Oregon, Susan Timm
A Geophysical Definition of a Klamath Falls Graben Fault, Cynthis Ann Veen
An investigation of the consistency of stimulus overselection of autistic children, Patricia O'Meara Walker
An Evaluative Study of the Good Samaritan Pain Evaluation Clinic, Frederic G. Wessinger Jr.
Androgen-Induced Immunosuppression, Debra Ann Weyant
Self-Concepts of Institutionalized and Community Residing Elderly, Diana L. White