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Western Michigan University Newsletter, December 1966, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• WMU to Offer M.A. in Teaching Culturally Disadvantaged
• First Courses by WMU Toward M.A. in Occupational Therapy Next Fall
• WMU Faculty Researching Into Arterial Diseases
• New Faculty Positions for 1966-1967
• Dr. Floyd W. Moore, Prof. Emeritus of Economics, Dies in Kalamazoo
• Report Effects of River Pollution on Animal Life In Adams Center Paper
• Bill Doolittle Named MAC Grid Coach of Year

The Use Of Cationic Agents To Increase The Efficiency Of Titanium Dioxide In Paper, Richard Clapp

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Handsheets were made with a bleached sulfite pulp, titanium dioxide and cationic agents. The optical properties of these sheets were studied in order to determine and compare the efficiency of the titanium dioxide retained. The cationic agents used in this study were a quaternary ammonium salt, a polyamide, cationic starches made with these two chemicals, and a commercial cationic starch.

When the optical properties of handsheets made from these substances were compared, it was found that the quaternary ammonium salt gave the highest opacity but the lowest retention. The polyamide gave lower opacities but higher retentions. The cationic starches made …

The Effect Of Neurosecretions From The Cerebral Ganglia On Blood Glucose Levels In Lumbricus Terrestris, Joan Vanderpol Craig

Masters Theses

Introduction

The presence of neurosecretory cells in the suprapharyngeal ganglia of Lumbricus terrestris has been well established (B. and E. Scharrer, 1937). Since these cells may well be the only source of hormones in this organism (B. Scharrer, 1959), the question arises as to their role in the animal's regulation of metabolism The particular aspect of this problem investigated here concerns the effect of these neurosecretory substances on the blood glucose levels in L. terrestris.

Preliminary studies by this investigator on glucose levels in earthworms revealed that blood samples of approximately 15 microliters could be obtained from each animal and …

A Report Of Early Professional Experiences, Joy Rogers

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Deprivation Level On Resistance To Extinction: A Test Of A Single Organism Design, Enzo Richard Valenzi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Pentobarbital Upon The Gross Activity Of The White Rat And Modification Of These Effects By Means Of Water Immersion, Dominic Amante

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Nickelous Nitrate Hexahydrate And Its Effect On Reproduction In The Mouse, Marvin R. Guthaus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Strain Differences In Alcohol Preference On Guinea Pigs And Experimental Manipulation Of Preference By Forced Alcohol Consumption, Gerald L. Appleman

Masters Theses

Introduction

The study of the determinants of alcoholism, one of the most perplexing diseases of mankind, entered its most fruitful era of discovery in the laboratory of the animal researcher. A pioneering study of the determinants of alcohol consumption by Richter (1940) indicated that laboratory rats show a preference for alcohol over water beginning at 1.8 per cent ethanol (v/v) solution, and continue to prefer alcohol over water up to a 6 per cent ethanol (v/v) solution. Richter made two important contributions to alcohol research which had broader implications than the presentation of an index of alcohol consumption in rats. …

Pain Elicited Aggression As A Function Of Withdrawal From Morphine Addiction, Brian G. Teel

Masters Theses

One branch of aggression research has concentrated on the elicitation of aggressive behavior by means of exteroceptive stimulation. Electric shock or similar painful stimuli (Ulrich & Azrin, 1962) are well known to produce fighting in the laboratory rat. This basic method has allowed experimental analysis of a wide scope of associated variables.

Ulrich and Azrin (1962) investigated several different parameters. They found that laboratory rats increased their fighting behavior as the frequency of shocks increased from 0.1 to 38 shocks per minute. With frequency fixed, the fighting response rate resembled an inverted U-shaped curve when shock intensity was increased from …

Six Dimensions Of Religiosity And Riesman's Inner/Other-Direction, Edward E. Mckenna

Masters Theses

First three paragraphs:

To what extent do different types of religious behavior vary with different levels of inner- and other-direction?

Religious behavior is multi-dimensional in nature, with several qualitatively distinct dimensions. Hypothesized relations between different dimensions of religious behavior and inner/other-direction, together with the assumed shift from inner-direction to other-direction, have been formulated to explain the now familiar, but nevertheless controversial, religious revival in American society. This revival is controversial in the sense that it extends only to certain types, or dimensions, of religious behavior. There have been increases in church membership, identification, and ritual observance, but not in other …

Western Michigan University Newsletter, November, 1966, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• WMU Enrollment Reaches 16,470
• HOMECOMING 1966
• WMU Hosts Institute To Help Newly Blinded Homemakers
• Long Range WMU Plans Envision Pedestrian Campus
• Mike Gary Day at WMU Was A Big Success
• Gary, after receiving all-Big 10
• Death Claims Retired Physical Plant Head John A. Goldsworth

The Effect Of Morphine On Pain-Elicited Aggression In Rats, Danija Kaskurs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Study Of The Metal Complexes Of Alpha Aminohydroxamic Acids, Richard N. Nipe

Masters Theses

Introduction

The objectives of this investigation were to develop: 1) compounds similar to hydroxy urea, a compound known to have anti-tumor activity, 2) a method to prepare α-aminohydroxamic acids and to study the complexes of these compounds with several metal ions, 3) computer programs to determine the pK's¹ of the hydroxamic acids and the stepwise stability constants² for the ligands and several metal ions.

The values obtained for the stability constants were compared with values for the stability constants of acetohydroxamic acid and α-aminocarboxylic acids in an attempt to find which in the ligand formed bonds with the …

Budget Effects On Defense Planning, Charles Ventura

Masters Theses

Preface

The Department of Defense (DOD) program budget was developed to link defense planning to defense spending. The budget is designed to reflect total program costs. Military managers require such costs in order to make optimum allocation of resources. The program budget has been a useful tool in bringing uniformity to military plans but its effectiveness, the author contends, has been limited because it contains inaccurate cost data.

The author intends to prove that incorrect financial information is included in the budget because some resource expenditures cannot be accurately traced. The same resource is "common" to several different weapon systems. …

Western Michigan University Magazine Vol. 24 No. 4, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

Our University

A New Dependence Upon Social Science

A Brown and Golden Reunion

Genius: A Child Turned Up Bright

Achievement- A Bridge Is Built

Steps to Education

Bronco Sports

Homecoming 1966

We Liked It Here

In Memoriam

Class Notes

Up With The Spelldown!, Louis Foley

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Not long ago there appeared in the newspapers an Associated Press photograph of a happily smiling boy holding in front of him a huge loving-cup. It was a pleasing picture because it looked genuine. The boy was straightforwardly posing to be photographed, not taking part in what Al Smith called "baloney," a picture ostensibly showing the actual bestowal of an award, but artificially posed afterward, with people looking a little foolish because this was not the real thing, and most people are not good actors.

Ten-Second Reviews, Blanche O. Bush

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Teaching Or "Just Teaching", Homer L.J. Carter

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A letter from the editor

Important Insights Into The Reading Of Social Studies Text, James A. Wright

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In a broad sense, the world is a stage and social studies is the recorded drama of man's struggle for survival in an ever-changing environment. Man's own implacable desire to improve continuously his situation provides the plot, or underlying theme. The social studies text defines people's basic needs and the activities through which they meet their needs. It describes the antagonistic forces affecting human behavior. Only the guidance of an expert teacher makes it possible for a young reader to interpret and appreciate the inherent drama of social studies.

"Sharing Time" In The Elementary School, Diane Brooke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

no abstract available.

Did You See?, Dorothy J. Mcginnis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

"Dyslexia: Two Points of View," by Richard L. Carner which appears in the Academic Therapy Quarterly for 1966? The article presents, through a case history, the points of view of both the parents and child toward a severe reading disability and outlines the school's role in recognizing and helping the dyslexic child.

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Veatch, Jeannette Reading In The Elementary School New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1966. Pp. ix-535.

Round Robin, Dorothy E. Smith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Title I, Title III, Upward Bound and Head Start are all phrases which are finding their way into our professional educational jargon. Within the last few years more government sponsored programs have been initiated in the field of education than ever before since public schools came into being.

Reading Horizons Vol. 7, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 7, issue 1.

Game Theory And Power Politics, Michael Decker

Masters Theses

Preface

The contemporary argument over method reaches into all the traditional diversions of social science, of which political science is no exception. Such names as structure-functionalism, decision theory, systems analysis, behavioralism, and game theory have become commonplace identifications of political methodologies in the twentieth century. And if one consideration has generated this plethora of seemingly novel approaches to the study of politics, it is an epistemological one. Indeed, the argument seems to center around determining that kind of intellectual behavior which will best enable the student to understand political events.

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It is proposed in what follows that, in the …

Western Michigan University Newsletter, September 1966, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• U.S. Office of Education OK's WMU Ph.D. Research Program
• Dr. Myron Coulter Named School Of Education Associate Dean
• Dr. Paul Holkeboer Becomes Coordinator, Ph.D. Science Education
• Trustees Appoint Dr. Clifford Gallant Acting Head, Languages
• Herbert E. Ellinger Becomes Acting Head Of New Department
• Dr. Frank Scott Aids 2-Year Review of Tech Education In Turkey
• WMU Summer Seminar In Yugoslavia Receives Praise
• Social-Psychological Research tor Blind Centered at WMU
• University Assembly Series Has Some Unusual Attractions
• Student Financial Aids Are Greatly Increased at WMU
• Seven WMU Students In Two Month Summer Seminar In Guatemala
• Cottage Plan Design To Feature Goldsworth Valley …

Effectiveness Of Titanium Dioxide In Beater And Coating Applications, Alptekin Akman

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Titanium dioxide has been used as a filler and coating pigment in the manufacture of paper products for many years. In addition to its ability to make papers whiter and brighter, it is a most important opacifying material.

Since brightness, whiteness, and opacity are very important properties of paper, this report deals with beater applications where the pigment serves to brighten and opacify the sheet with minimum loading or filling, coating applications, and the combination of both. The effectiveness of the titanium dioxide is investigated by testing the coated and the loaded hand sheets for brightness, opacity, and gloss.

Dogmatic And Decision-Making In A Variable Risk Situation, Robert E. Jones

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of The Norm Of Reciprocity In A Two-Person Non-Zero-Sum Game, Thomas G. Jacks

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Surface Temperature Distribution In The Detroit Region, Allen R. Smith

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

Climate and the City

Studies made of temperature in and around cities have shown the climate of the city to be anomalous in relation to its regional climate. The extent of this anomalous condition and the reasons for its occurrence vary from city to city and from season to season. So many variable factors are present in the generation or regeneration of heat within the city that no study has yet satisfactorily explained the total factors involved, or has indicated the percentage for which any one factor might be responsible. This being the case, the only objective …