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Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Diagnostic congruence: a study on presentation of clinical information to parents and recall, Miriam Rae Maier
Report on faculty and student evaluation of instructors in direct service teaching at Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work, Janet Mansfield and James McDevitt
On the mechanism of the Diels-Alder reaction--dimerization of trans-phenylbutadiene, Michael Ward McNicholas
Guidelines for Agency Based Day Care Programs for Children Ages 0-3 years, Elizabeth H. Minifie
Degree of Depression in Women Preceding Abortion at the University of Oregon Medical School, William M. Nathe and Ike R. Lacefield
Comparison of Amounts of Verbal Response Elicited by a Speech Pathologist and a Mother in the Clinic, Sherry Lee Nelson
The Effects of Training at Two Specified Intensities Upon Heart Rate Response to Submaximal Exercise, Gordon LeVerne Noraine
Repression of β-galactosidase synthesis in Escherichia coli by salicylates, Joan Carlyn Olson
The life cycle of Lissorchis heterorchis, Macy and Krygier (1969), Brendan P. H. Onyejekwe
The Nixon "shocks": implications for Japan's foreign policy in the 1970's, Richard Douglas Partch
The use of junior historical fiction in the classroom, Darlene Pelinka
SADDAS; a self-contained analog to digital data acquisition system., Walter Anton Petersen
The Role of Social Work in Genetics Counseling, Diane Margaret Plumridge
Reaction of aqueous catechol solutions with minerals, Boonthong Poocharoen
The Portland State University Educational Center: a study of a new approach to off-campus education, Harvey L. Rice
Auditory and Visual Sensory Stores: a Recognition Task, James Barr Richardson
Proposals for the Establishment of Social Service Departments at St. John's Hospital and Cowlitz General Hospital, Longview, Washington, Beryl P. Robison
The Behavior of Coalitions as Interorganizational Structures: an Exploratory Study Using a Grounded Theory Approach, Elaine Marie Rothrock
Polychlorinated biphenyls: uptake by Daphnia and residues in crayfish from the Willamette River, John J. Salmon
The policy of containment and the Middle East, 1946-1958, Ahed George Samaan
Leben heisst Töten; die Kriegsdeutung Ernst Jüngers dargestellt an In Stahlgewittern und Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis, Sabine Schroeder-Sherwin
Preschool Predication of First Grade Social and Emotional Adjustment, Benjamin Sherrill
Parental assessment of family life education content: analysis of one elementary school, William Richard Siefke
Euryhelmis cotti n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) with Observations on Its Life Cycle, Michael Joseph Simon
An Exploratory Analysis of Developmental Sequences in Interorganizational Coalitions Involved in Community Planning, Clifford Albert Snyder