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Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Planning for regional environmental quality : the case of Japan's National Capital Region, Duane E. Roberts
A Descriptive Study of the Relationship Between Age and Problems Expressed by Women Seeking Out-Patient Mental Health Services, Linda M. Rodgers and Joyce Carey
The Development of a Grassroots Citizen Action Organization, Mary Runge
Assertion Training of Nursing Home Residents, Roberta Saul
Job seeking patterns of vocational rehabilitation clients, Sandra Marie Schneider
A Comparative Study of the Expressive Preposition Usage of Educable Mentally Retarded Children and Normals, Marie Deon Shope
Social Work with Minority Clients : an Attitudinal Survey, Twila Jeanne Souers
Günter Kunert: der künstlerische Weg eines Schriftstellers der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Jutta Southwell
Group Painting as a Means of Self-Expression and Communication for Mentally Retarded Persons: Three Case Histories, Yaeko Steidel
Aspects of the ecology of the common raven in Harney Basin, Oregon, Richard B. Stiehl
Native American Social Work Symposium : an evaluation, Lou Stone
Bronze Sculptures: a Thesis Report, Michael T. Story
Medical social workers' attitudes toward death and related matters, Lon M. Stratton
Attitudes of Income Maintenance Line Workers in the State of Oregon About the Causes and Amelioration of Poverty, Gene Lamar Stutzman
A readership study of Oregon wildlife magazine, Deborah C. Sullivan
Passage, Randal Sumner
An investigation of similarity of the value system of the American and Japanese college students, Hiroyoshi Taguchi
An Evaluation of HEW Grant 426, a Training Program for Foster Parents of Handicapped Foster Children, William McKee Thome
The use of track autoradiography to determine species-specific phytoplankton productivity, Ralph Martin Vaga
Menopause, Middle Age, and the Social Worker, Bonnie C. Vatter
The relationship of weight loss to self concept in the mentally retarded adult, Pauline Bunting Wall
A manual for emergency room social workers, Jack West
Social Control Theory and Delinquency, Michael David Wiatrowski
Description and Analysis of the Public Guardian and Conservator Program in Multnomah County, Oregon, Dianne Wyers
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Personality Characteristics of Social Work Students and Choice of Social Work Practice Area, Linda A. Yegge and Francie E. Buktenica