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Backyard Burning Hearings Scheduled, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Feb 1984

Backyard Burning Hearings Scheduled, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Developmental Sentence Scoring: A Comparative Study Conducted In Portland, Oregon, Kathryn Marie Mccluskey Feb 1984

Developmental Sentence Scoring: A Comparative Study Conducted In Portland, Oregon, Kathryn Marie Mccluskey

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this investigation was to replicate the study conducted by Lee and Canter (1971) and Lee (1974a) to determine if a significant difference among the scores in the two studies existed due to geographical location, and to initiate the establishment of norms for the Portland, Oregon geographical area. Forty children, selected on the basis of chronological age (4.0 to 4.11 years), normal receptive vocabulary skills, normal hearing, and a monolingual background, participated as subjects. A language sample of fifty utterances was elicited from each child and analyzed according to the Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) procedure.


Information Report On Labor Climate And Oregon's Future, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Feb 1984

Information Report On Labor Climate And Oregon's Future, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Banfield Light Rail Project Theme Study, Columbia Research Center, Inc. Feb 1984

Banfield Light Rail Project Theme Study, Columbia Research Center, Inc.

TriMet Collection

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Measures Of Emotions From Written Reports Of Dreams And Waking Experiences, Edward D. Conklin Jan 1984

A Comparison Of Measures Of Emotions From Written Reports Of Dreams And Waking Experiences, Edward D. Conklin

Dissertations and Theses

Various researchers have noted that emotions expressed in dream reports are infrequent and, more often, unpleasant. These observations are ambiguous for several reasons: (1) Empirical opinions differ markedly with regard to the structure of mentation across the continuum of waking and sleeping experience. (2) While the waking state is usually assumed as an implicit baseline, few studies have quantitatively compared waking and dream emotions. (3) Dream researchers have not thought about the basic nature of emotions or certain constraints which sleep physiology might impose upon emotions. In light of these assertions and considerations, an intrasubject comparison of emotions in reports …


Information Report On Juveniles In The Adult Criminal Justice System, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Jan 1984

Information Report On Juveniles In The Adult Criminal Justice System, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Summary Of Report On Economic Growth Through Cooperation Among Lower Columbia River Ports; Report On Economic Development Coordination, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Jan 1984

Summary Of Report On Economic Growth Through Cooperation Among Lower Columbia River Ports; Report On Economic Development Coordination, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Pioneer Courthouse Square Market Research Results, Keith L. Crawford Jan 1984

Pioneer Courthouse Square Market Research Results, Keith L. Crawford

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.


Local Norms Of Personality Assessment For Rosebud Sioux, Richard H. Dana, Rodger Hornby, Tom Hoffmann Jan 1984

Local Norms Of Personality Assessment For Rosebud Sioux, Richard H. Dana, Rodger Hornby, Tom Hoffmann

Regional Research Institute for Human Services

Measures of life stress, locus of control, world view, and values were administered to 91 Rosebud Sioux. The results provide some limited norms for local use of these measures and descriptive data for this tribe. These measures provide examples of culturally relevant, non-discriminatory instruments for assessment of Native Americans


Special Housing Needs Location Study: A Special Housing Needs Task Force, Sumner Sharpe, Kay Pollack, Jim Reitz Jan 1984

Special Housing Needs Location Study: A Special Housing Needs Task Force, Sumner Sharpe, Kay Pollack, Jim Reitz

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

For a number of years the City of Portland and Multnomah County have experienced a heightened awareness of the increasing demand for sanitary, and affordable housing for people with specialized needs. The City Council, in February 1982, and the Multnomah County Commissioners, in April 1982, approved resolutions which established a Special Housing Needs Task Force. The Resolution requested the Task Force to provide the following: description of the various types of special needs populations and associated problems of those with "special" housing needs. A description of the resources presently available to meet these needs, and additional housing resources required. Recommendations …


The Political Unification Of The Israeli Army, Michael Uhry Newman Jan 1984

The Political Unification Of The Israeli Army, Michael Uhry Newman

Dissertations and Theses

The essay charts forty years of Zionist history to illuminate the remarkable evolution of Israel's unified, apolitical army and Israel's "democratic civil-military tradition," forged in the fires of opposing military styles, ideological rivalry, competing underground forces, war and civil war.


You Don't Have To Have A High School Education To Work Here : An Ethnography Of A Chainstore, Caroline Yvonne Princehouse Jan 1984

You Don't Have To Have A High School Education To Work Here : An Ethnography Of A Chainstore, Caroline Yvonne Princehouse

Dissertations and Theses

This ethnography is a study of the cultural scene at one store of a chain of twenty-eight retail "discount department stores"--the Bi Mart Company, a subsidiary of the Pay 'n Save Corporation. It is an exercise of an ethnographic method developed by James Spradley that is used to uncover and describe the cultural grammar of acquired knowledge which Bi Mart employees use to define and interpret their situation and to generate and understand their work. The method is based on the assumption that culture is best learned and best described (as much as possible) from the "native" point of view.


Normative Data For The Tennessee Test Of Rhythm And Intonation Patterns (T-Trip), Ray Drommond Jan 1984

Normative Data For The Tennessee Test Of Rhythm And Intonation Patterns (T-Trip), Ray Drommond

Dissertations and Theses

Prosody is the flow of speech created by controlling elements such as pitch, rate, loudness, and stress (Tiffany and Carrell, 1977). Prosody is vital to intelligibility of speech and also communicates meaning. Despite the importance of prosody, however, few tests for the adequacy of prosodic ability in young children have been published (Koike and Asp, 1981a). To remedy this paucity of tools, Koike and Asp published the Tennessee Test of Rhythm and Intonation Patterns (T-TRIP). The clinical usefulness of the T-TRIP has been limited by a lack of normative data against which to compare individual children's performance.

The purpose of …


Normative Data On The Auditory Memory Performance Of Three- And Four-Year Old Children As Measured By The Auditory Memory Test Package (Amtp), Patricia R. Davis Jan 1984

Normative Data On The Auditory Memory Performance Of Three- And Four-Year Old Children As Measured By The Auditory Memory Test Package (Amtp), Patricia R. Davis

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to collect normative data on the auditory memory performance of three- and four-year old children as measured by the Auditory Memory Test Package (AMTP). Specifically, this investigation sought to answer one question: is the AMTP sensitive to age differences when administered to young children ages 3.0-4.11?


Satisfaction And Quality : Patient Perspectives In Medical Care, Marguerite L. Foeller Jan 1984

Satisfaction And Quality : Patient Perspectives In Medical Care, Marguerite L. Foeller

Dissertations and Theses

Patient dissatisfaction with the physician/patient relationship and medical care is well documented in both the lay press and the medical literature. This problem appears to stem from communication between physician and patient and is drawing increased attention from the communication discipline. Research conducted in interpersonal communication satisfaction theory provides a basis for this study of patient satisfaction with physician/patient communication and its relationship to the perceived quality of medical care.

This paper reports two sets of interviews with a total of 108 respondents on the topic of physician/patient communication which resulted in the identification of nine salient issues which appeared …


The Psychological Intervention Of Group Therapy For Women Coping With Genital Herpes, Susan D. Ferguson Jan 1984

The Psychological Intervention Of Group Therapy For Women Coping With Genital Herpes, Susan D. Ferguson

Dissertations and Theses

Three groups of women who had been diagnosed as having genital herpes completed a series of psychological assessments over the course of the four-month research period. One group received two-hour weekly group psychotherapy sessions for eight consecutive weeks as a mode of treatment intervention. Two control groups were used for efficacy of treatment comparison. One control group consisted of regular members of a local self-help chapter for herpes victims. The second control group was formed from those volunteers willing to participate, but who did not choose, or desire, any form of treatment, Outcome measures reflected a greater improvement in psychological …


Letter Remembering Ernie's Life, Donald F. Mazziotti Dec 1983

Letter Remembering Ernie's Life, Donald F. Mazziotti

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


Dance Therapy And Self-Concept Change In Psychiatric Patients, Cheryl Jeanne Hall Dec 1983

Dance Therapy And Self-Concept Change In Psychiatric Patients, Cheryl Jeanne Hall

Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the effects of various forms of therapy (individual, occupational, and dance) on self-concept. Subjects were 29 psychiatric patients at Providence Medical Center who volunteered to participate in this study. The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) was used to measure self-concept both at time of admission and prior to discharge. The data were analyzed in a step-wise multiple regression to determine which of the various forms of therapy are the best predictors of self-concept at second TSCS application. The results of the step-wise multiple regression did not support the hypothesis that exposure to dance therapy would be a significant …


Economic Effects Of Tri-Met's Operating And Capital Expenditures Fy 1983 On The Portland Metropolitan Economy, James G. Strathman, Rishinath L. Rao Dec 1983

Economic Effects Of Tri-Met's Operating And Capital Expenditures Fy 1983 On The Portland Metropolitan Economy, James G. Strathman, Rishinath L. Rao

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

A summary of the transit-related benefits and an assessment of the economic effects of Tri-Met's operating and capital expenditures was performed. The economic effects of the agency's expenditures were derived using a 24-sector input-output model of the four county Portland SMSA economy. Input output analysis is frequently used for the purpose of impact assessment because it provides exceptionally detailed estimates of interindustry activity, employment and income that result from agency/project related expenditures. The primary data and background information needed to perform this analysis were provided by the Tri-Met Transit Planning and Development Office.


Patterns Of Spatial Behavior Among The Nchumuru, E. Kofi Agorsah Dec 1983

Patterns Of Spatial Behavior Among The Nchumuru, E. Kofi Agorsah

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article is an ethnoarchaeologial study aimed at discovering rules that might explain the dynamics of spatial distribution of cultural remains of the Nchumuru, a Guang people who, in prehistoric times, inhabited large parts of Ghana and still maintain their traditional social system and subsistence practices.


Letter Remembering Ernie, Doug Neil Nov 1983

Letter Remembering Ernie, Doug Neil

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


Femininity And Self-Esteem In Professional Women, Shirley Ellen Harper Nov 1983

Femininity And Self-Esteem In Professional Women, Shirley Ellen Harper

Dissertations and Theses

Research in sex-roles has found masculinity and androgyny to be correlated with self-esteem while femininity has a low or negative correlation with self-esteem. Much of the research in this area is based in studies of androgyny. Androgyny is the ability to respond in a feminine or masculine manner, depending on the situation rather than being limited to only feminine or masculine behavior because of sex-role stereotypes. In the research on self-esteem some studies have reported androgynous individuals measure high in self-esteem. Other studies have found that masculine characteristics contribute more to the self-esteem than androgynous characteristics. These results, taken together, …


Letter To John T. Bagg From Kathryn Beaumont, Kathryn Beaumont Nov 1983

Letter To John T. Bagg From Kathryn Beaumont, Kathryn Beaumont

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


Information Report On The Columbia River Gorge, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Oct 1983

Information Report On The Columbia River Gorge, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Information Report On 1983 Land Use Regulation, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Sep 1983

Information Report On 1983 Land Use Regulation, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Ordinance No. 155107, Portland (Or.). City Council Sep 1983

Ordinance No. 155107, Portland (Or.). City Council

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Banfield Transitway Expenditures On The Portland Metropolitan Economy, James G. Strathman Sep 1983

Effects Of Banfield Transitway Expenditures On The Portland Metropolitan Economy, James G. Strathman

TriMet Collection

No abstract provided.


Population And Housing Characteristics Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, Charles Rynerson Sep 1983

Population And Housing Characteristics Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, Charles Rynerson

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Population projection for Tillamook County.


Level Of Aspiration And The Type A Coronary-Prone Pattern In Children, Wendy L. Kliewer Aug 1983

Level Of Aspiration And The Type A Coronary-Prone Pattern In Children, Wendy L. Kliewer

Dissertations and Theses

Type A coronary-prone behavior has been recognized as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease. Characterized by extremes of achievement-striving, impatience aggression, and easily aroused hostility, this behavior pattern has been studied extensively in adults, but relatively few studies have examined the behavior pattern in children.

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine aspects of assessment of the Type A behavior pattern, goal-setting behaviors displayed by Type A and B children, and parents' goal-setting behaviors toward their offspring.


Regional Bicycle Plan, Metropolitan Service District, Andrew Cotugno Aug 1983

Regional Bicycle Plan, Metropolitan Service District, Andrew Cotugno

Portland Regional Planning History

No abstract provided.