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Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Evaluation of the Role of Neighborhood Health Coordinators in a Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Services Project, Sharron Faye Easley
Value orientation in relation to emphasis in the process of diagnosing the family in state of crisis, Bradford Lynn Everson
A Comparison of the Effects of Fluoride and Chloride Ions Upon the Activity of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Ellen J. Hannan
The Maroons and freedom in Jamaica, Lennon Claude Henry
The view from the future; the self-fulfilling prophecy as an element in historical causation, William Welker Lenon
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Personal Proximity Upon Selected Aspects of Conversational Content, Ronna S. Loewen
The paper stencil method of silk screen printing, Niles Brian Martens
A theoretical and experimental study of the hyperbolic electron mirror, Michael Stewart Mauck
A quantification and analysis of verbal interaction between clinician and client in a public school setting, Norma C. McAleer
Verbal Accessibility and Authoritarian Family Ideology: A Study of 50 Graduate Social Work Students and Their Spouses, Linda Louise Metz
A standardization of the "Children's Speechreading Test" on normal children, Lorna Helen Newcombe
Figure Painting in the High School: Experiments and Recommendations, E. Leonora Perron
Aspects of the Åland Islands question, Elen Christine Sakshaug
The Biological Properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteriophage 7v, Shirley Phillips Schnider
The Causes of the Nez Perce War and the Prolonged Exile of the Captive Indians: An Analysis, Carole Jean Smolinski
A method of measuring the electron energy losses in transmission through thin films, John Patrick Stewart
Selected experiences of boys and girls entering the community of Ketchikan, Alaska from correctional schools, Marian L. Swain
Physical and kinetic properties of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Craig David Taylor
Directional Correlation of the 346-136 Kev Gamma-Gamma Cascade in Ta¹⁸¹, Robert Allan Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Three basic stoneware glazes for cone six oxidation which may be changed in color or texture by the addition of common materials such as sand, clay soil, crushed gravel, or metal filings, Carol Hilda Balsiger
The library board and the conscientious objector : a study in war hysteria, Annette Martha Bartholomae
The Electronic Instrumentation for Atmospheric Laser Propagation Studies, Clyde Manford Brown Jr.
Selected factors in assessment of a group designated as school malperformers, Janet E. Bullock, Ronald M. Marshall, E. Frank Oliver, and Shizuko H. Sakai