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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
An Aspect of the Process of School Desegregation: the Effects of Reading Ability Grouping on Social Attractiveness and Peer-Perceived Success, David A. Johnson
A Test of Conservation for Continuous and Discontinuous Quantity in the Very Young Child, Nancy Patrick Kaye
A Study of Requests for Voluntary Admission to Oregon State Hospital, Julie Kern, Jeanne Miller, and Alice Plummer
Attitudes of Women Toward World Hunger, Judith L. Kidd
A Survey of Small Mammals on Islands in the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, Gayle Kirk
The Columbia River as a Barrier to Gene Flow in the Vagrant Shrew, Sorex vagrans vagrans Baird, James J. Kirk
Reapportionment : an Oregon history and a critique of Baker vs Carr, Ann Frissell Lackey
An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Parenting Relationships on Children's School Adjustment, Raymond M. Lappin, Lisa J. Posner, and Marcia S. Smith
A Descriptive Study of Participants in the Evergreen Community Organization, Douglas Edward Lehrman and Janet R. Abrams
Mental illness among Chinese in the United States: myth or reality?, Alex C. N. Leung
International Variation in Metropolitanism: National Integration into an International System of Countries as an Important Consideration, Michael Lee Lindsay
A Study on the Stabilization of a Floating Platform, Waldo Lizcano
The Analysis of the Deflection and Containment of a Hot Plume by Side Draft Exhaust Hooding, Douglas H. MacGowan
Deviant Self-Concept Among Marijuana Dealers: Examining the Applicability of Labeling Concepts, Cynthia Madaris
Strategies for Reducing Recidivism of Mental Patients in Region I, Ellen Magaziner, Kathleen McCarthy, and Reyn Staffel
The utilization of preventive health care services by low income members of a comprehensive prepaid health plan : the impact of outreach services, Linda Elmlund Mahoney
Design of a Microprocessor Controlled Telecommunication System, George J. Maroutsos
A study of the relationship between the adolescents' knowledge of laws and their attitudes towards the police, Barbara McCallum
The Evolution of the Birth Control Movement in the United States, Linda B. McMahan
A Descriptive Study of Eleven Parent Conferences in a Child Development Center, Yolanda A. Moser
Differential Adherence to Community Mental Health Ideology Among First Year Social Work Students, Leo Munter
An Exploratory Study Concerning Reasons Given for Termination of Provision of Foster Care, Linda Ann Nelson
Securing Services for the Older Population : a Training Manual for I and R Workers, Catherine M. Nemmert
Leadership Styles and Staff Satisfaction in Four Nursing Homes: Implications for Service Delivery, Carol Nightengale