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A Study Of The Ontology Of Evil In The Educational Philosophy Of Martin Buber, Laud Oswald Vaught

Theses and Dissertations

Martin Buber preferred to be known as a philosophical anthropologist rather than a philosopher, theologian, or teacher. Any of these titles are properly used since the scope of his writings contribute significantly to each of these fields.

It is the purpose of this paper to show that what he had to say concerning the Ontology of Evil is significant in the study of educational theory and that his own educational philosophy was influenced by his presuppositions concerning the nature of evil.

Chapter II is devoted to the literature relating to the basic elements of this study: the problem of evil, …

Ecology Of Sago Pondweed (Potamogeton Pectinatus L.) Communities, Alden L. Kollman

Theses and Dissertations

Potamogeton pectinatus L., a submerged, marl forming macrophyte, grows as a natural monospecies community in Fox Lake, 16 km northeast of Devils Lake, North Dakota. The water, sediment, dissolved oxygen, temperature and productivity relationships were studied in this small (0.4 X 1.2 km), shallow (60-75 cm) lake. Five replicate samples of the macrophyte, sediment, water and dissolved oxygen were taken at two week intervals during the 1972 growing season. In August of 1973, seven P. pectinatus sites in North Dakota, from the Minnesota to the Montana borders, were sampled. The sediments were analyzed for pH (7.8), electrical conductivity (9.8 Mmhos/cm), …

Subordinating And Coordinating Particles In Lakhota, Wolfgang Corduan

Theses and Dissertations

In her Dakota Texts Ella Deloria appears to be using cha and chanke interchangeably. The goal of this paper is to show that the difference lies in the realm of subordination. For this purpose other languages have been examined to detect how subordination is marked in them. Both German and English are shown to mark subordinate clauses overtly, but Lakhota markers are not so apparent. Subordination is formally defined in a Generative Semantic framework and pertinent works on Lakhota grammar are reviewed. The solution implied by Boas and Deloria that cha is a subordinator is accepted and proven to be …

The Distribution Of Histone Polypeptides And It's Methylated Basic Amino Acids From The Various Organs Of The Rat, Subhas Chakrabarty

Theses and Dissertations

Total histones were extracted from the cerebellum, cerebrum, liver, thymus and kidney of thirty 12 day old albino rats. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of twenty-five μg of histone from the various organs was carried out. The F₁, F₃, F_2a2 plus F_2b and F_2a1 components were separated into distinct bands and the relative percent of the various bands on the gels were determined by scanning the gels through a densitometer. The relative distribution of the histone components from the various organs was compared. It was found that there was no significant difference in the distribution …

Development And Characterization Of A Model Latent Herpes Simplex Virus Infection In Cultured Cells, James Varani

Theses and Dissertations

Herpes simplex virus is the classic example of a virus which persists indefinitely in the host following the initial infection. Recurrent episodes of active virus growth characterize the infection in some individuals . In addition to the periodic flair-ups of active virus growth, the persistence of virus may be expressed in a more subtle way. It is possible that one or more types of human cancer result from the persistence of this virus in the host.

The exact mechanism by which the virus is maintained in the host between outbreaks of active growth is not known. It is usually not …

Kenneth Patchen Picture-Poems, Laurel J. Reuter

Theses and Dissertations

The problem was to present an exhibition of the works of Kenneth Patchen to the University of North Dakota community; to augment the exhibition with a published catalog which would give the uninitiated viewer a sense of Patchen's place in both literature and the visual arts; to accompany the catalog, in thesis form, with a critical article about Patchen’s work.

The procedure involved the following steps: (1) A compilation of a Patchen bibliography. (2) A week in California with Mrs. Patchen during which time I surveyed the artist's entire output of picture-poems and, based upon my critical judgment of the …

"…And Ridiculous To Be From North Dakota": An Analysis Of The Work And Literary Reputation Of Lois Phillips Hudson, E. Roxanne Peters

Theses and Dissertations

Lois Phillips Hudson, novelist, was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. Her novel, Tine Bones of Plenty, 1962, is the story of n North Dakota family’s struggle to survive against the combined forces of Drought and Depression in the 1930's. Her collection of short narratives, Reapers of the Dust, 1964, restates some of the same details and themes. Many of the stories in the collection are also set in North Dakota. In general, frustration, disappointment and failure characterize the two works.

Ms. Hudson's novel was praised in many major American newspapers. It was discussed by Gordon Webber in The Saturday Review. …

Formcoke From Thailand Lignite, Nara Pitakarnnop

Theses and Dissertations

Formcoke was made in the laboratory from Thailand and North Dakota lignites with the objective of producing briquets of adequate compressive strength for commercial blast furnace use. Optimum conditions for laboratory scale manufacture were determined.

Two lignite samples from the Li Mine, Lamphun Province, Thailand, and one from the North American Coal Company, Zap, North Dakota, were carbonized each at two different carbonization temperatures of 600°C and 900°C. Cylindrical briquets, 1 inch diameter by 2 inches high, were made from blends of the chars and asphalt or lignite tar binder. Compressive strength of formcoke was determined as a function of …

Prognosis Of Sales As The Basis Of Budgets Or Forecasts, Charles Wendel

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No abstract provided.

The Social Responsibility Of The Accounting Profession, Kenneth Dahl

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No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Women's Roles And Field Dependence-Independence In College Students, Patricia A. Torness

Theses and Dissertations

One rather consistent finding from studies involving field dependence-independence is that males are more field independent, more articulated in their approach to certain perceptual tasks, than females. It appears that socialization factors and sex-role identification relate to the development of field dependence or field independence. If society plays a part in the development of individual differences in field dependency, a change in society such as the present movement toward greater equality in sex roles could possibly influence sex differences in field dependency. The present study attempts to assess the effect of attitudes favoring traditional roles for women vs. more liberal …

Behavioral Effects Of Postnatal Zinc Deficiency And Kryptopyrrole In The Rat, Peter C. Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

Zinc deficiency has been shown to have a wide range of behavioral effects in the rat. The experiments presented below were conducted to determine the effects of postnatal zinc deficiency (birth-21 days) on avoidance learning and on measures of emotionality. Kryptopyrrole, a substance which has been shown to produce "catatonic" freezing behavior and atypical electrical activity in rat brains, was administered to half of the Ss to study possible zinc deficiency-kryptopyrrole interactions.

Dams were made zinc deficient from the day of delivery until day 21 on a diet contaning less than 1 ppm zinc. Two dietary control groups were used: …

Personality Dimensions Of Drinking Patterns In Hospitalized Male Alcoholics, Donald J. Mccullagh

Theses and Dissertations

Research concerning alcoholism and personality has often been based upon the single syndrome concept of alcoholism. At the theoretical level it has been recognized that different personality patterns exist among alcoholics. However, few researchers have addressed themselves to this area. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between alcoholic drinking patterns and alcoholism severity based on the responses to the Alcohol Use Questionnaire and personality traits as measured by Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire.

The sample consisted of 101 white males admitted to a midwestern alcoholism treatment center during a three month period in 1974. …

Solids-Liquids Separation In Coal Solution Technology, Ferdosh D. Nankani

Theses and Dissertations

An alternate method to the conventional filtration for separation of mineral matter from dissolved lignite was investigated. Separation was accomplished by the introduction of an organic diluent mixed with the solid-liquid product from hydrogenation-solubilization of lignite and decanted at elevated temperatures and pressures. This method gave separation as high as 88 percent recovery of solvent refined lignite (SRL). The SRL contained ash as low as 0.70 percent versus 0.1 to 0.6 percent ash obtained by filtration methods.

The technique investigated is analogous to methods used in the deasphalting of petroleum residuum employed in the petroleum industry. The introduction of the …

A Profile Of Clinical Supervisors In College And University Speech And Hearing Training Programs, Carole J. Aitchison

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to accumulate current information which would provide a description of the training, present status, and perceived role of clinical supervisors in college and university speech and hearing training programs.

A questionnaire was prepared that was designed to provide the required information. Of the 1,170 questionnaires mailed to the Chairpersons of 208 Speech and Hearing programs, 501 completed questionnaires (43 percent of the total questionnaires) were returned, from 151 programs (70 percent of the total programs sampled). The data were analyzed in terms of total number of responses and total percentages of the entire sample. …

A Comparison Of Resistance Training Techniques And Their Effect On The Running Speed Of College Football Players, Josiah H. Bartlett

Theses and Dissertations

This study was undertaken to determine which of the three most popular methods of resistance training, when used as a supplement to football practice, would have the greatest effect on increasing the running speed of the college football player.

Forty-two freshman and sophomore football players at the Univ- \ ersity of Minnesota Technical College - Crookston served as subjects. The subjects were divided into three experimental groups. Experimental Group I participated in football practice and isotonic resistance training, Experimental Group II participated in football practice and isometric resistance training, and Experimental Group III participated in football practice and resistance running …

A Review Of Material Severance Taxation In The United States And Its Application To North Dakota Taxation Policy, Arthur C. Bauer

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No abstract provided.

Attraction Of A Senior Citizen To A Hypothetical Stranger As A Function Of The Stranger's Age, Sex, And Attitude Similarity, Carl R. Westphal

Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to examine the variables which affect attraction in a senior citizen population. In particular, variables which have been shown to affect attraction in younger persons were examined as to their relevancy to older subjects. It was predicted that a stranger’s age, sex, and proportion of similar attitudes would have a significant effect on a senior citizen's attraction rating of the stranger.

A stranger’s age, sex, and proportion of similar attitudes were varied according to a 3 (proportion of similar attitudes) X 3 (age of stranger) X 2 (sex of stranger) factorial design. Male and female …

A Comparison Between Fargo And Grand Forks, North Dakota Citizens No Bicycle Usage And Attitudes, Michael Steven Schend

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare Fargo and Grand Forks residents on the status of bicycle usage and attitudes in order to determine the feasibility of bikeway implementation.

The survey method was employed in this study. One thousand questionnaires were sent to the residents of Grand Forks and Fargo, 500 to each city. However, 180 questionnaires were returned "address unknown." Therefore, 820 questionnaires were received by the addressees in both cities. Two hundred and thirty-three, or 28.4 per cent, individuals responded to the questionnaire. One hundred and ten, or 28.6 per cent, Fargoans and 123, or 28.2 per …

Early Postnatal Zinc Deficiency And Aggression In The Rat, Mark J. Hanlon

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of a transitory zinc deficiency on subsequent aggression were assessed. Eleven Sprague Dawley dams were assigned to three dietary conditions.on days 1—21 postpartum. They were fed either a low zinc diet (less than 1 ppm) or an equal amount of the same diet but with zinc supplementation via their water supply, or unrestricted amounts of the zinc supplemented regimen. Within the first two days postpartum, litter sizes were equalized. All dams were returned to zinc adequate diets on day 22, and the pups were weaned on day 24. Food intake data for pups and dams were recorded as …

A Study Of The Tax Treatment Of Cooperative Organizations And Their Patrons, Glen J. Mcginnis

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No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Success And Failure Experiences On Self Concept In Retarded Children, Candace Joan Varvil

Theses and Dissertations

The object of this study was to examine the relationship, if any, between success and failure experiences and self-concept in retarded children. The Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale was administered to 30 institutionalized mentally retarded children at the Grafton State School. Following the administration of the pretest, the subjects were divided into three groups, two experimental and one control. Each group was further subdivided into a high and a low self-concept group on the basis of pretest performance. The groups were generally comparable with respect to chronological age and sex. Experimental group A was exposed to a success experience, experimental group …

The Survival Of Bureaucracy In An Age Of Accelerating Change, Joseph G. Neelon

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine the question of whether bureaucracy as an organizational form will survive in the age of accelerating technological and social change which is coming into being at this time. By analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the bureaucratic form of organization, together with the environmental factors which lend it strength, then comparing these factors with present and projected organizational needs and environmental constraints, the conclusion was reached that a modified, more flexible form of bureaucracy will survive into the future. It will be one of several organizational forms, such as matrix organization and …

The League Of Arab States And Its Role In The Arab World, Lutfi M. Tayeb

Theses and Dissertations

This paper is concerned with the Arab League and its role in the Arab world. Its primary concern is with Arab unity, the Palestine problem, Arab disputes, and cooperation among Arab states.

Since the establishment of the League in 1945 as an organization through which the various Arab states could work together by voluntary cooperation in all spheres, and as a means toward achievement of Arab unity, many important developments in the Arab world, both in the internal and external fields took place, and led to instability in the Arab world.

The political and social revolutions in the Arab world …

The Treatment Of Anxiety In The Physically Disabled By Three Different Variations Of Systematic Desensitization, Robert H. O'Neill

Theses and Dissertations

Systematic desensitization has become a major technique for the direct removal of maladaptive anxiety. The basic method consists of pairing progressive muscle relaxation with the imagination of anxiety producing scenes. The scenes are arranged in a hierarchy with those scenes at the top eliciting little or no anxiety and those scenes at the bottom eliciting a great deal of anxiety. It has been hypothesized that the process of progressive muscle relaxation inhibits the development of anxiety in the presence of anxiety evoking stimuli and weakens the bond between those stimuli and the anxiety. Recently, several investigators have, suggested that any …

A Measurement Of Differences In Motor Fitness Performances According To Primary Grade Levels, William Lee Predovich

Theses and Dissertations

The research hypothesis states that children of primary grade school level (K-2), when tested in four areas of motor fitness (agility, speed in running, leg power and balance), will differ in performance scores according to grade; the upper grade will indicate the superior performance.

There were three main objectives of this research project. The first objective was to establish reliability on six motor fitness test items. These test items were: the sprint (measure of speed), the zig zag run (measure of agility), the standing broad jump (measure of leg power), the one legged stand (measure of static balance), and the …

A Study Of Nonverbal Behaviors Used By Student Speech Clinicians, Anne L. Mercer

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between high- and low-rated clinicians in the observed frequency of each of ten selected nonverbal behaviors. Student clinicians, who met certain criteria, were rated independently by two faculty members primarily responsible for supervision of clinicians. Based on these ratings, clinicians were ranked from high to low. The top thirty-three per cent and the lower thirty-three per cent of these clinicians served as the two groups of subjects for this study. The high-rated group was composed of eight clinicians and the low-rated group was composed of six clinicians for a total …

The Relationships Of Achievement Scores In Reading And Language Arts And Selected Variables For Ninth Grade Students In Selected North Dakota Schools, Myra Detweiler Morris

Theses and Dissertations

Problem

The problem was to determine which factors had an effect upon the mean language arts, reading and composite scores reported for ninth grade students in selected accredited North Dakota high schools.

Purpose

The study was designed to:

1. 1. Determine what relationships might exist between achievement scores in reading and language arts, as measured by the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and various selected educational and demographic variables.
2. 2. Determine whether and the degree to which change in achievement levels had occurred from 1971 to 1972 and 1973.
3. 3. Determine what differences in mean achievement scores existed between schools …

Ella Deloria: A Biographical Sketch And Literary Analysis, Janette K. Murray

Theses and Dissertations

Ella Deloria, a Dakota born on the Yankton Reservation in 1888, was a teacher, speaker, author, and researcher in linguistics and anthropology. One purpose. of this study ·was to present a description of her family background, education, and career. Most of this information was gathered by interviews with her relatives, friends, former students, and professional acquaintances. A second.purpose was to analyze her writings on the language and culture of the Dakota people and to determine her contributions to existing publications by others.

The ancestors of Ella Deloria played important roles in the history of South Dakota. Her great-grandfather, Philippe des …

Relationships Among Personality, Empathic Ability And Counselor Effectiveness, Brian R. Brewer

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Problem

The purpose of this study was to measure personality characteristics and empathic ability of masters level counseling students and then to determine the relationship of these dimensions to independent ratings of their counseling effectiveness. Relationships between personality characteristics and empathic ability were also examined as were differences in personality and empathy between more effective and less effective counselor groups.

Method

The subjects were 34 masters level counseling students enrolled in their first counseling practicum. They completed Form A and Form B of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), the measure of personality, and the Affective Sensitivity Scale, the measure …