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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
An Examination of the Interrelationship Between Caregiver Behaviors, Infant Temperament and Perceptual-Cognitive Development, Anita E. Stauffer
Some Coyote Food Habitat Patterns in the Shrub-Steppe of South-central Washington, Peter Frederick Stoel
Does Urban Noise Represent a Hazard to Health?, Frances J. Storlie
Residential treatment of emotionally disturbed adolescents, Rosemary Brown Sutherland
A Comparison of Two Articulation Management Approaches, Cindy Sue Sykes
Mammals of the Bull Run, Edward M. Thatcher
Social work continuing education needs assessment study, Mary Lou Timme
Political Development in Oregon: The Provisional Government 1843-1849, James M. Tompkins
The PCI Resurgent: 1943-1945, Karen Adele Tosi
Theoretical studies in cooperative phenomena and population ecology, Shripad Tuljapurkar
The Circulation of Elites in Twentieth Century American History: The New Deal as Case Study, Diane Theresa Volk
A Numerical Solution for the Ultimate Strength of Tubular Beam-Columns, Arnold L. Wagner
The Addition of SF5Br to Unsaturated Systems, Qui-Chee Wendy Wang
The Role of American Diplomacy in the Louisiana Purchase, Rebecca Warren
Coordination in Social Service Systems: the Area Agency on Aging as a Case Study, Terrie Todd Wetle
Male Client Expectations of Female Therapists, Phyllis Whitman Heims and Susan Annette Ofstad
The Effect of Natural Childbirth Classes on Anxiety in Pregnant Women, Kitty M. Wilkinson
A Validity Study of Select Symbol-Referent Relationships Using Semantic Differential Ratings, Stephen Willard
Influence of Light on Algal Growth in the Lower Willamette River, Stephen Arthur Wille
The Proposed Community Involvement Activities of the Multnomah County Department of Public Safety : a Descriptive Study, Vertis Williams and Leearthur Madison
The Geology of the Castle Rock Area, Grant, Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, John David Wood
A Holistic Approach to Social Work Education, Lynda M. Wright
Bayesian Inquiry: an Approach to the Use of Experts, King G. Yee
Contributions to Tualatin Ethnography: Subsistence and Ethnobiology, Henry B. Zenk
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
House Bill 1302: An Armistice in the Fish War on the Columbia, Emery Lewellyn Albertson