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Theses/Dissertations from 1977
A Quantitative Study Based on a Sonographic Examination of Four Vowel Sounds in Alaryngeal Speech, Cheryl Ann Schultz
The Influence of Age and Stimuli on the Explanations of "Same" and "Different" by Young Children, Pamela Callas Senders
Landscape Painting in the Secondary Classroom, Margaret Shirley
Disengagement of Older People in an Urban Setting, Melvina Somers
Social work intervention and patients' utilization of the Kaiser health care system, Pegi Sten and Liz Swint Young
Assessment of Feasibility of Proposed Bolted Connections for Tubular Structures, John Henry Tausch
An Improved Approach for "Optimization" of Multiple Policy Objectives, Perihan Soliman Tawfik
Biostratigraphy of the Type Weberg Member, Snowshoe Formation, Grant County, Oregon, David G. Taylor
The Founding and Early Years of the National Association of Colored Women, Therese C. Tepedino
The Use of Telegraphic Reading Material by Aphasic Patients, Sylvia Diane Tovey
An Experimental Investigation of the Hole-Drilling Technique for Measuring Residual Stresses in Welded Fabricated Steel Tubes, Chau Mong Tran
Social impact assessment at the neighborhood level, William H. Triest
Predicting Synergy of Movement for Speech From Feeding Assessment or Diadochokinesis in Cerebral Palsied Children, Meredith Kathryn Van Bemmel
Genetic Transformation Among Azotobacter Species, Wayne H. Voth
CHANCE: a probabilistic model for electrical energy planning, Wayne William Wakeland
Service delivery to deaf persons : a survey and proposal, Patrick F. Walsh
The Therapeutic Community: Treatment as Viewed by Former Addicts, Barbara Ward and Robert York
Educational, Sociocultural, and Phonological Obstacles for the Japanese Learner of English, David Howard Waterbury
A Model for Decision Making: A Systems Approach, Eleanor Weitman
In Their Hearts Forever: The Dynamics of Stalinism, James Seymour Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Maternal and Child Health Training Assessment, Robert H. Abrams
Thermal Ecology and Movement in the Leopard Lizard, Gambelia Wislizeni, Baird and Girard, Marvin Lynn Abts
Figurative Painting and It's Reverberation in Pairs, Carol Crampton Adams