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A Study Of The Latvian Exile-Immigrant Group In Kalamazoo, Henry George Halla

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

Statement of the Problem

The general purpose of this study is to determine whether such families in the Latvian population of Kalamazoo as insist upon considering themselves exiles and refuse to accept their immigrant status are less acculturated and assimilated than are such families that accept their immigrant status regardless of the fact that their original emigration from Latvia was a departure into exile. Also this study proposes to determine what social, cultural, economic and other variables are associated with each of the two types of families.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Of Tongue Clicking To Mandibular Descent, Amy Louise Bricker

Masters Theses

Introduction

The movement of the tongue has been of concern for many years to the speech therapist. At one time tongue exercises were of prime importance in this field but due to the gross misuse of the exercises, they have now become of little importance. Only recently has the motor functioning of the tongue attracted renewed interest. Although the activity of the tongue has often been studied, none of the studies to our knowledge have included the control of jaw movement. Since the genio-glossus muscle serves as the bulk of the tongue and has its origin on the mandible, the …

The Effect Of Recorded Lateral Lisping On Listener Comprehension, Leslie Gene Adkins

Masters Theses

The Problem

This experiment was designed to test the effect of misarticulation on listener comprehension. Of the many authorities who suggest that poor speaking reduces comprehension, Knower, Phillips, and Koeppel state: "Poor speaking seems to be the least effective method of presenting informative materials. There is a direct relationship between the quality of speaking performance and the amount of material recall." One of the important factors which contributes to effective speaking is correct articulation. According to Van Riper and Irwin: "If you misarticulate your speech sounds, it interferes with communication, and your speech is judged as abnormal." Articulation defects are …

The Relationship Between Verbal Facility And Delayed Speech Feedback, Charles Joseph Arens

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Correspondence Of Error Between The Voiced And Unvoiced Cognates “S” And “Z” In Children With Articulatory Disorders, Gerald F. Johnson

Masters Theses

Introduction

The problem as set forth in this thesis is to determine the correspondence of error between the voiced and unvoiced cognates "s" and "z" in children with articulatory disorders. It has been assumed that the correspondence of error type would be high due to the similarity of the sounds. Anderson, for example, says that "much of what is true with respect to "s" applies with equal force to its voiced analogue "z"." The problem of this research is to determine whether there is any correspondence between the respective errors on the sibilants "s" and "z" and if they correspond …

Lateral Development Following Special Pruning Practices On Peach Shoots, Tayis S. Hamid

Masters Theses

[From the Introduction]

Because of its fruiting habit the peach creates a problem for growers. The problem is how to develop fruit wood nearer the trunk each year, so that propping, picking, spraying and fruit thinning will require about the same, rather than more labor each year.

The ever rising costs of production without the corresponding increases in retums have forced fruit growers to adopt time and labor saving devices in the production of their crop.

As a result of the above problem, this experiment was conducted to study and investigate the influence of some special pruning practices …

An Attempt To Demonstrate A Learned Drive Based On Saline Induced Thirst, David G. Born

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Behavioral Patterns Of Selected Superintendents To The Process Of Public School Desegregation, Harry Smith Blanton

Masters Theses

The problem in thi s study wa s to attempt to determine the results or effects on desegregation of varying behavioral patterns of school superintendents which developed when selected school systems attempted to bring about racially integrated school systems.

An important factor to be considered was the actions of various groups within the community and the effects these actions had on the shaping of the behavioral patterns of the superintendents. It was also necessary to look at various other issues which led up to and followed the desegregation issue in order to get a complete report of the behavioral patterns …

The Setting Of Vocational Agriculture In Tennessee, Walter Gene Calton

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to find out what evidence there is supporting this belief and to determine what changes, if any, should be made to improve the present program.

Some Guidance Concerns In Vocational Agriculture, Jimmy Joe Butler

Masters Theses

The first of the three objectives was achieved by compiling data concerning vocational agriculture graduates from 101 high schools in Tennessee. The data reveal the actual percentage of boys who, Upon completing four years of vocational agriculture, entered upon the work of a farm or that of the home farm, entered agricultural-related occupations, and entered nonagricultural-related occupations. The data presented are compiled from questionnaires answered by thirty-four vocational agriculture teachers in East Tennessee, thirty-eight teachers in Middle Tennessee and twenty-nine teachers in West Tennessee. The presentation of this material is to inform the reader of things which are actually happening …

Removal Of Strontium-89 And Calcium-45 From Milk By Use Of Ion Exchange Resins, David Gene Easterly

Masters Theses

The object of this investigation was to determine the feasibility of the use of ion exchange resins to remove strontium from milk.

The Effect Of Occupation On The Formal Participation In An Open Country Community, Charles Thomas Faith

Masters Theses

The principle objective has been to weigh the effect of occupation upon formal social participation, while at the same time controlling certain other sociological factors which have been found to be related to social participation. The scope of this study is limited. The problem focuses on one area of behavior in rural society, that of formal participation in voluntary organizations.

Farm And Home: Interests In And Sources Important To Farmers And Homemakers In The Knoxville Area, Elbert Woodrow Wilson

Masters Theses

The "universe” being the farm operators, owners, and homemakers in the Knoxville Area, the objectives of this study are as follow:

1. To ascertain the subjects of Interest and the order of their importance to farmers and homemakers.

2. To Identify the broad sources of information utilized by farmers and homemakers and the importance attached to such sources.

3. To describe characteristics of farmers and homemakers within the survey area.

4. To determine the different degrees of interest in specified topics according to the size of farm operated, tenure status, and whether the operation is full time or part time. …

A Comparative Study Of The Experiential Characteristics Of A Group Of Alcoholic And Non-Alcoholic Subjects, Hugh C. Davis Jr.

Masters Theses

The problem in this investigation is a behavioral comparison of a group of alcoholics and non-alcoholics. The primary purpose of these comparisons is to generate hypotheses about covariate factors related to alcoholism and secondly to gain understanding about the etiology of the alcoholic process. Three steps were involved in carrying out these purposes: (1) defining alcoholism behaviorally, (2) ascertaining current functioning of the subjects, (3) ascertaining early learning experiences. Alcoholism is the dependent variable--criterion--of this investigation. A quantifiable behavioral drinking scale developed by Jenkins and Davis (15) yielded scores which defined the criterion. The U-T Deprivation Scale was used to …

The Application Of Elementary Statistics In Analysis Of Data By Selected Secondary School Students, Charles Martin Bridges Jr.

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of apt secondary school students to apply principles of elementary probability and statistical inference in the analysis of data following a semester of instruction in statistics and elementary probability.

Geology Of Newman Ridge And Brushy-Indian Ridge Between Sneedville, Hancock County, Tennessee, And Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia, Adrian Vance Greene

Masters Theses

The area described in this thesis comprises portions of northeastern Hancock County, Tennessee, and southeastern Lee County, Virginia (Figure 1). It includes parts of the Sneedville and Kyles Ford quadrangles (Tennessee Valley Authority and United States Geological Survey topographic maps 170-SW and 170-SE respectively).

The mapped area, bounded on the southeast by the Hunter Valley fault and on the northwest by Blackwater Valley, is approximately fifty miles west of Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia, and fifty-five miles northeast of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is about eleven miles long and three miles wide and encloses approximately thirty-three square miles.

Vertical Distribution Of Soil Phosphorus And Potassium On Several Established Alfalfa Stands That Received Various Rates Of Annual Fertilization, Kenneth L. Wells

Masters Theses

This investigation was designed to evaluate the effect of various rates of annual topdressings of fertilizer on soil test values for exchangeable cations, available phosphorus, and pH of the soil at various depths under established alfalfa stands on four soil types. The yield of alfalfa hay from each soil was correlated with the soil test values of various layers for each location.

Geology Of English Mountain And Vicinity, Cock, Jefferson And Sevier Counties, Tennessee, Robert Carl Greene

Masters Theses

Statement of the Problem: English Mountain is interpreted by Rodgers (1953, Geologic Map of East Tennessee) as a remnant of rocks of the Chilhowee group, resting on a prong in the overthrust sheet of the Great Smoky fault. He showed the structure of the Chilhowee rocks to be synclinal in the central portion, monoclinal on the northern end, and monoclinal in the westward extension.

Objective of the present writer were: 1) to check the major structure and detail the contacts, 2) to accurately locate the position of the Great Smoky fault, 3) to map the minor structures, 4) to study …

The Horsebean (Vicia Faba L.) As A Vegetable Protein Concentrate In Chick Diets, Nagib Elias Chalhoub

Masters Theses

The objectives of this work were to study the relative nutritive value of horsebeans in diets for growing chicks: to study the horsebean seeds as a source of vegetable protein; to determine the supplements needed to make it a desirable feedstuff for growing chicks, and to determine the maximum amount of the horsebean seed that might be included in a satisfactory chick diet.

An Economic Evaluation Of Soil Conservation Systems In The Lick Creek Watershed, Marvis Doyle Cunningham

Masters Theses

For the purpose of this study conservation may be defined as maintaining soil productivity over time.

The specific objectives of this study are:

1. To determine costs and returns of cropping systems at different levels of conservation.

2. To determine the additional resources necessary to develop conservation systems of farming.

3. To determine the effects of conservation systems upon different combinations of enterprises to see which are most profitable.

The Germination Of Corn And Wheat As Affected By Various Fertilizer Salts At Different Soil Temperatures, David G. Cummins

Masters Theses

The purpose of this investigation was: (1) to determine the effect of various concentrations of certain fertilizers in the soil on the germination of corn and wheat, and (2) to determine the effect of soil temperature on the rates of fertilizer that can be applied without reducing germination.

The Relationship Of Vitamin K To Cecal Coccidiosis Of Chickens, James Fred Stephens

Masters Theses

The objectives of the experiments reported in this thesis were to determine (1) the effects of vitamin K on blood clotting time, weight gain, and mortality from cecal coccidiosis in experimentally inoculated chickens, (2) the effects of various levels of vitamin K on blood clotting time, mortality, and weight gain of chicks inoculated with varying numbers of sporulated Eimeria tenella oocysts, and (3) the relative efficacies of Nicarbazin and four potential sources of vitamin K in the prevention of morbidity and mortality in birds fed diets low in vitamin K and experimentally infected with cecal coccidiosis.

An Analysis Of The School Shop Maintenance Activities Of Industrial Education Teachers In A Selected Group Of Michigan Schools, Alan Roman Suess

Masters Theses

Chapter I

I. Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the tool and equipment maintenance activities most frequently occurring in the daily work of industrial education instructors in Michigan and to ascertain the college preparation in maintenance activities received by theses instructors.

A Study Of The Effects Of Delayed Side-Tone Upon Voiced And Whispered Reading Time, Bruce Presten Ryan

Masters Theses

Definition of Delayed Side-Tone

The term delayed side-tone feedback refers to the delaying of one's hearing of himself by a fraction of a second, so that instead of hearing himself as he normally does, he hears himself or his own speech a fraction of a second later.

...in order to produce delayed speech feedback it is necessary to return the speaker's speech to his own ears approximately one-means of a magnetic tape recording and reproducing machine which has used to experience the effect prominently since they deliver delayed speech and exclude the normal air-borne undelayed speech sound which provides the …

An Analysis Of The Articulation Errors In Spontaneous Speech Of One Hundred Children With Lisps, Paula C. Downs

Masters Theses

The Problem

This study is an attempt to determine the nature and relative frequency of the articulation errors shown by one hundred school children with lisps.

The Importance of Investigating the Phenomenon of Defective Articulation

The incidence of speech defects in the child population has been found to range from five percent (5%) to ten percent (10%) of the total child population. A child's speech is considered defective when the listener gives as much or more attention to the manner in which the child speaks as he does to the idea being communicated.

A Study Of Trans-Apparatus Generalization And The Effects Of Reward And Non-Reward, Roderick Wong

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Diet Upon Broiler Quality And Consumer Acceptance Of Carcasses Differing In Skin Pigmentation, Irvine Harvey Kidd

Masters Theses

The production and marketing of broilers is highly competitive. This has resulted in formulation of broiler diets using readily available ingredients that give more pounds of high quality meat with the use of less feed; and has increased the need for improvements in marketing methods. This in turn has increased the need for more information concerning consumer preferences and acceptance of broilers.

The experiments reported in this thesis were designed to (1) determine the effects of diets containing milo at various levels and the use of supplements (alfalfa meal, corn gluten meal, and additional vitamin A) upon growth rate and …

Milk Production And Its Relation To Feed Crops Grown On Certain Grade A Dairy Farms In Bradley County, William M. Hale

Masters Theses

[From the Introduction] [Abbreviated]

Helping the dairy farmer increase production per cow and the efficiency of the dairy operation is one of the biggest challenges facing the Extension worker in Bradley County. Therefore, a study was undertaken based on the following objectives:

1. To determine the milk production per cow for Grade A producers in Bradley County.

2. To determine the relationship between milk production and acreage of certain crops, feeding practices, and breeding practices in Bradley County.

3. To assemble milk production records and related information of the Grade A producers to serve as a point of …

Cultural Problems With Grain Sorghum, Thomas Obed Shelby

Masters Theses

The problems related to grain sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) production are becoming increasingly important to farmers in Tennessee, as well as in other areas of the Southeast. However, the considerable experimental work that has been done on this subject has been confined largely to areas of the more arid Southwest. This information is of comparatively little value to farmers of the Southeast because of the differences in climatic and edaphic conditions. In view of the scarcity of information on these facts, and the increasing importance of grain sorghum in Tennessee, the relationships among row spacing, planting rate, and plaiting date …

The Influence Of Date Of Birth And Calving Season On Preweaning Growth Rate, Type Score, Condition Score, And Weanling Index Of Beef Calves, Wallace Aaron Griffey

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of season of birth (numerical day in year calved) upon preweaning gain, weaning type score, condition score and index.