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Theses/Dissertations from 1974
The Department of Family Services, Court of Domestic Relations, Portland, Oregon : a report of its history, function, and future, George Brune, John Hart, and Sandra Smith
The Positive Aspects of a Program of Participation in a Retirement Center, Yvonne Burke
The Development of a Questionnaire for Use by the Clackamas County Children's Services Division, Nancy Lee Cable
An Investigation of the Influence of Dialectal Interferences on the NSST Scores Obtained by Portland Black Children, Margaret J. Callahan
Probability driven heuristic nets, Lynn Robert Carter
Maturity of adolescent unwed mothers, Sarah L. Claiborne
Colored Light: a Brief Study of Stained Glass Windows, Including a Self-Guided Tour of Stained Glass in West Portland, L. Jean Connors
Social Upheaval and Social Change in England, 1381-1750, Sarah J. Cooney
The politics of general revenue sharing: the new federalism in urban perspective, John C. Daley
Characterization of Zinc-containing Metalloproteins by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, Robert Edward Derry
An Automatic Rinse Tank Controller for Industrial Applications, Aliasghar Emami
Negotiation within the therapist-client interview, Rhoda Elaine Estep
An Investigation of Tympanometric Measurements on an Older Adult Population, Marguerite Ann Fine
An Evaluation of Direct Services of Delaunay Institute for Mental Health, Jeanette Anderson Finley and Gary W. Smith
Hermann Lietz and the Landerziehungsheime, John Daniel Flanagan
Occupational Prestige Among Chinese in the San Francisco Area, Linda Fong
A Comparison of Two Systems Used in the Electro-Acoustic Evaluation of Hearing Aids, Sallie Ann Frye
An Investigation of Infection Mechanisms of Arceuthobium Campylopodum, Annabella Jaramillo Garcia
The Children's Schedule of Recent Experiences as a Predictive Test of Behavior Problems of Children Entering First Grade, Alcie Anne Griffith
Development of a Teacher Rating Instrument: Methodological Implications, Carole Gygi
Survey on Dropouts from Graduate Schools of Social Work, 1970-1972, William J. Hadley, Vard R. Miller, and Michael C. Prange
An Exploratory Study of Depression in Adolescents Placed in Residential Treatment Centers, Shirley D. Hale, Kermit C. Jeffrey, and Gerald J. Moneke
Validation of the Oregon school entrance speech screening test, Patricia Ann Hamilton