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Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Die Gestaltung des Raumes in den Dramen Ernst Barlachs, Dieter Helmut Engelhardt
The propagation of light in a turbulent atmosphere, Karl-Hans Gunther Engert
Systems reliability using the flow graph, Kenneth Edward Farrier
Cubist Painting Related to the Culture From Which It Came and Its Validity Today in the High School Curriculum, Virginia K. Fenton
Factors in Assessing Effectiveness of Orientation Programs for Public Welfare Caseworkers, Clyde Ferguson
A Follow-up Study of Families with Children Labeled Retarded, Connie Finley
A study an analysis of stochastic linear programming, Chamberlain Lambros Foes
Income distribution effects of the urban property tax with emphasis on the reappraisal lag: a theoretical and empirical analysis of the Multnomah Couny experience, Michael Steven Fogarty
A survey of hearing loss in the special education classrooms of Vancouver School District 37, Richard C. Folsom
Religious commitment and attitudes toward deviant behavior, Donald Alban Gibbs
Studies on the distribution and habitat of Demodex folliculorum, Michael James Gimbol
Donation of Organs for Transplantation: An Investigation of Attitudes and Behavior, Courtney Weldon Goodmonson
Post-Divorce Visitation of Minor Children: An Exploratory Study, Barbara Griffith
The Effect of Perceptual-Motor Training on Maladaptive Behaviors of Emotionally Disturbed Children, Julia Frances Hall
Versuch einer ästhetischen Wertsetzung: zur Kunsttheorie von Benn und Nietzsche, Kathryn M. Horváth
The European Powers in Africa: Can the Obstacles to National Unity Be Attributed to Them? Nigeria, a Test Case, Bassey John Ituen
The Great Debate: An Examination of Conflicting Views Regarding American Defense Policies, 1950-1951, Glen J. R. Jackson
Die Gestalt der Frau in ausgewählten Dramen George Kaisers, Wolfgang H. Justen
A study of the effects of professional authority on the attitude change of high school sophomores, Sandra Lee Kelley and Lane Alan Myers
Viet-Nam business education; a proposal for development, Hoang Ngoc Khiem
A translation of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov's Opisanie zemli Kamchatki (The description of the land of Kamchatka) by E.A.P. Crownhart Vaughan, Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov
Validation of the orthogonal dimensions underlying the ICL and the octant constellations assumed to be their measure, Donald Edward Lange
Non-linearities in galvanomagnetic effects in bismuth at low temperatures, David Lawrence Luce