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Theses/Dissertations from 1978
An Instrument for Determination of the Polarization of Fluorescence, George Irwin Johnston
A Comparison Between a Clinical Sample of Parents and Non-parents, as Reflected by Their Scores on the MMPI, Thomas Kearney and Casey Wegner
Trace Metal Ion Activities From Liquid-Liquid Partitioning Measurements, John Michael Kennish
Stratigraphy and petrography of the Selah member of the Ellensburg formation in south-central Washington and north-central Oregon, Mavis Hensley Kent
Historical Development and Application of the Conceptual Approach in Teaching, Louise A. Knoll
An Explorative Study of Parents' Ability to Predict Representative Feelings of Their Children, Kathleen Marie Koudele
Developmental Tasks of Older People: Implications for Group Work Practice, Mitchell Alan Lang
The minorities of Czechoslovakia and Poland : of treaties and human nature, Bryant L. Larson
A Consumer Evaluation of the Clackamas County Family Court Service, Barbara E. Lee and Patricia E. Watne
Small mammal dissemination of dwarf mistletoe seeds, Daniel Eugene Lemons
Empathetic Reactions Derived Through Abstract Sculptured Forms, Bruce Frederick Literal
Outcome evaluation of medical care utilizing Goal attainment scaling, Bonnie G. Little
A Tale of Two Cities: Public Housing and Municipal Revenue Policymaking in San Jose, Costa Rica and San Salvador, El Salvador, Paul Barrett MacDougall
Program evaluation: a model for evaluating group homes for the developmentally disabled, Michael J. Maley
The History of Mutual Support Organizations Among the Chinese in Portland, Oregon, Scott Manchester
Personality, counseling and the cancer patient, Janet March and Ann Maxwell
Issues for Professionals Working with Cerebral Palsied Individuals, Joan Marquis, Beth Thompson, and Wendy Girdlestone
A study of the perceptual parameters of voice in aging females, Barbara Ann Mathers
An Analysis of Staggered Spondaic Word Test Performances of Dyslexic Children and Their Parents, Nancy Jane Maxwell
A Comparative Study of the Short-Term Auditory Memory Span and Sequence of Language/Learning Disabled Children and Normal Children, Kathleen M. McCausland
The resilience of the child as a factor in successful adjustment to permanent placement, Lani Maureen McDonald
Material-specific processes in tactile short-term memory, Christina Anne Meyers
Indications of Feminist Influence on Contemporary Social Work Practice, Clara Elizabeth Miller
The Threat Index and two forms of resistance to the concept of death, Henry E. Miller Jr.
A Validation Study of the Family Environment Scale: Family Incongruence Score, Linda Joanne Neale