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Microcomputers And Managements Role, Bev Collings

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It is a manager's responsibility to plan, organize, staff and control to the best of his/her ability. To operate within the company in the most efficient and effective way possible, while using company resources in a productive way to accomplish its goals. This paper will discuss how a manager can accomplish this by using computer resources and how these resources must be implemented properly and the affects evaluated. Most, if not all, the material addressed could apply to managers of all size businesses. It would be poor Judgement for a manager to ignore computer applications for their business

Demand Forecasting In The Electric Utility Industry, Clark D. Kaml

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No abstract provided.

Colonial American Freemasonry And Its Development To 1770, Arthur F. Hebbeler Iii

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the influence of Freemasonry as a social and cultural organization in the development of colonial America and the men who were active in the organization from its introduction to the colonies up to 1770. Since Freemasonry was the first fraternal organization established in the colonies, I wanted to see how, and if, it affected the attitudes and actions of its members during the pre-Revolutionary War years.

In preparing this thesis, I worked closely with lodges and Grand Lodges throughout the country. My research included physical inspection of a variety of Masonic documents …

Aging, Cognitive Abilities, And Word Frequency As Factors Affecting The Speed Of Lexical Access, Robert A. Laidlaw

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The present study evaluated the impact of age and several individual difference measures on lexical access. Additionally, eight different levels of frequency were evaluated for the stimulus words. These frequency levels were derived from the frequency of usage of these words in common reading materials. The response measured was latency of reading words out loud as they appeared on a screen. The results indicated no difference between older and younger adults on measures of anxiety, depression, or overall health. The older adults scored higher on a measure of vocabulary skills, while the younger adults scored higher on tasks involving abstract …

The Effects Of Hydrocortisone And Caffeine On Memory For Word Lists, Daniel L. Scharf

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Hydrocortisone has frequently been hypothesized to increase arousal. This hypothesis was primarily based on the findings of increased adrenal size in animals who had been exposed to stressful conditions and the enhancement or impairment in cognitive abilities of humans depending on dose. There has been a lack of studies directly looking at the arousal hypothesis of the effects of hydrocortisone. The purpose of this study was to directly assess the effects of hydrocortisone on levels of arousal by manipulating both state and trait arousal. This study used caffeine as a comparison drug that alters state arousal because of its widely …

Perceived Severity Of Informal Sanctions: A Case Study Of Convicted Dui Offenders In Cass County, North Dakota, Terry D. Stratton

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It Is estimated that alcohol plays a factor in between 35 and 64 c'-rcent of all fatal crashes and between 6 and 25 percent for non-fatal accidents, resulting in alcohol .being involved in about half of the roughly 50,000 annual traffic fatalities in the United States. Clearly, drinking-and driving is a major contributor in both the severity and the frequency of traffic accidents.

The basic concept of deterrence states that people will refrain from behavior defined as socially-unaccc.ptable if the resulting perception and fear of penalties (or sanctions) against such action are adequately undesirable in comparison to the potential benefits …

The Incestuous Family: Development Of An Enmeshed Family Inventory, Loretta M. Petrie

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A systems model has been proposed as useful theoretical framework for the study of incestuous families (Alexander, 1985) and is frequently used in the therapeutic treatment of the victim of sexual abuse and his or her perpetrator (Larson and Maddock, 1986). The purpose of this study was the construction and standardization of an instrument for assessing a multiaxial model of enmeshed and disengaged family systems which is based on the prior work of Minuchin et al. (1978) and Kog et al. (1987).

Minuchin et al. (1978) suggest that enmeshment, conflict-avoidance, over-protectiveness and rigidity are four characteristics that are key to …

A Feminist Analysis Of Shirley Jackson's "Hangsaman" And "We Have Always Lived In The Castle", Desiree Varner

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This thesis consists of three chapters. The first is a review of selected existing criticism about Shirley Jackson’s work. The criticism is analyzed from a feminist perspective in order t o illustrate three things: (1) The overall shortcomings of criticism that aims to universalize Jackson’s work. (2) The unjust treatment, or rather act of treatment, that Jackson has received from the academy. (3) The agenda that will be followed in the rest of the thesis.

The remaining two chapters analyze two of Jackson’s novels,Hangman (1951) and We have Always Lived in the Castle (1962), from a feminist perspective, using various …

An Examination Of The Relationship Between Information Content And Readership In Agricultural Advertising, Nathan J. Huso

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The relationship between information content and Starch readership scores in The Farmer magazine from 1979 through 1985 was investigated. The information content of the agricultural advertisements was determined through content analysis using criteria developed to assess the amount of information that contributes to a rational buying decision. The results indicated that 99.4 percent of the advertisements contained information. There was a decrease in the average number of information cues per advertisement over time. There were no significant positive correlations between the information content and the readership score over time for any of the agricultural product categories studied. There were several …

Napoleon And Russia And The Teaty Of Tilsit: Its Implications For Europe, Paul A. Hefti

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The Treaty of Tilsit of 1807 between Russia and France was a minor slowing of the flow of the Napoleonic Wars that dominated Europe in the early nineteenth century. It united the two nations against Britain, but, in larger terms, it polarized continental Europe into two separate (or distinct) conflicting spheres. The treaty and its effects provided a foreshadowing of post-World War I Europe and the subsequent twentieth-century concept of peaceful coexistence.

The major personalities involved in making the treaty were Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon Bonaparte of France. Their meeting on a boat in the Niemen River had …

Ethics In The Accounting Profession, Rozalyn Maixner

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Auditing Expectation Gap, Dr. Harold Wilde

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Stock Market Crash Of October 1987, Jonathan D. Rudman

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This study examines the situation surrounding the stock market crash of 1987. The research was conducted in current literature and government reports. The goal of the study is to provide a background on the operations of the stock markets, examine factors leading to and contributing to the crash of 1987, and compare the crash of 1987 to the crash of 1929 in order to provide possible insight to weaknesses in the market system.

The conclusions support specific recommendations that are designed to correct market inefficiencies. These recommendations include increasing margin requirements on index futures, monitoring the performance of specialists, and …

A Look At The Job And Training Programs Of The United States, Elaine Koutsoukos

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No abstract provided.

The North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System: An Investment Analysis, Milford Ulven

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No abstract provided.

Lysosomal Enzymes In Undifferentiated And Differentiated Hl-60 Cells, Julie J. Ackerman

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The human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 has been studied extensively since the time of it's discovery and has been proven to be a valuable tool for the study of the differentiation process. The capacity of the HL-60 cell line to differentiate to macrophage-like cells, which may be immunologically competent, has proven to be invaluable in the study of these cells as a model for macrophage function. A number of hydrolytic enzymes are characteristically found in macrophages. In an effort to further characterize diferentiated HL-60 cells as macrophages, the location and concentration of a number of these enzymes was determined. …

Phonological Processes And Syllable Structure In Tainae, Terry Bruce Carlson

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The aim of this thesis is to present the phonological processes generating surface forms from underlying segments in Tainae, a Non-Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea.

All phonetically occurring segments in the language are examined in varying environments, e.g., in word-initial position, word-medial position, and word-final position. Chapter Two, Consonants in Tainae, concentrates on the consonants on the language, separating them into classes such as bilabial stops, alveolar stops, velar stops, fricatives, etc. Within each of these classes the various consonants which appear on the surface are compared with one another in scope of distribution and regarding which possible phonological …

The Self-Perceptions Of Adolescents With Diagnosed Learning Disabilities, Julie Ann Larson

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to examine the self-perceptions and knowledge of adolescents diagnosed as learning disabled have regarding their learning disability. It investigated the terminology used by adolescents in describing their learning disability. The study looked for discrepancies between the students' definitions of their learning disability as found on their Individual Education Plans. Lastly, it examined the strategies used by the students when they encountered learning problems.

Procedure: The research population for this study was comprised of 40 high school students enrolled in two midwestern public high schools. All 40 students had been identified as learning disabled …

Determining The Word Processing Software To Meet The Needs Of The Business User, Bernice B. Nelson

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Computerized word processing with computer software packages is common throughout industry today. However, selection of the appropriate software is a complicated procedure and requires a careful examination and comparison of the complexity of the software (features available) with the ease of learning to use the software. With the wide variety of products that run on IBM PC's and the IBM compatibles, it is possible that the business manager can find one that adequately fills both needs. When selecting an appropriate word processing software package, one must first determine how the product will be used so that the purchaser can weigh …

Determining The Word Processing Software To Meet The Needs Of The Business User, Bernice B. Nelson

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Computerized word processing with computer software packages is common throughout industry today. However, selection of the appropriate software is a complicated procedure_ and requires a careful examination and comparison of the complexity of the software (features available) with the ease of learning to use the software. With the wide variety of products that run on IBM l'Cs and the IBM compatibles, it is possible that the business manager can find one that adequately fills both needs. When selecting an appropriate word processing software package, one must first determine how the product will be used so that the purchaser can weigh …

Arbitrage Pricing Theory: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis, Clark Robideaux

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effects Of Polyethylene Glycol On Interactions Between Glycolytic Enzymes And F-Actin, And Among Glycolytic Enzymes, Julie L. Walsh

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Many studies of the protein interactions that compose the microtrabecular lattice have been done in dilute solutions. However, solutions containing inert polymers such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) more effectively mimic the crowded interior of the cell. Therefore, the interactions of D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate ketolisomerase (TPI, EC 5.3.1.1), D-phosphoglycerate 2,3-phosphomutase (PGM, EC 5.4.2.1), ATP:3-phospho-D-glycerate 1-phosphotransferase (PGK, EC 2.7.2.3), 2-phospho-D-glycerate hydro-lyase (enolase, EC 4.2.1.11), D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate lyase (aldolase, 4.1.2.13), D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate:NAD$\sp{+}$ oxidoreductase (GAPDH, EC 5.3.1.1), D-glucose-6-phosphate ketol-isomerase (GPI, EC 5.3.1.9), (S)-lactate:NAD+ oxidoreductase (LDH, EC 1.1.1.27), and ATP:Pyruvate O$\sp2$-phosphotransferase (PK, EC 2.7.1.40) with each other, with ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase (PFK, EC 2.7.1.11) and with F-actin have been …

The Historical Development Of The Business And Vocational Education Department At The University Of North Dakota From August 1884 To May 1988, Jacquelyn Lee Gumeringer

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Tabaru Phonology And Morphology, Edward A. Kotynski

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This thesis presents an analysis of the phonology and an overview of the morphology of the Tabaru language. The phonology is analyzed in light of recent theory and the merits of metrical, CV and lexical phonology are discussed as they relate to some inadequacies of earlier generative theory.

Wallace Stevens And The Dao, Jianer Lin

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This dissertation studies Wallace Stevens' poetry from the perspective of Daoism (Taoism). It consists of eight chapters. After brief surveys of Stevens' own references to and contact with China in Chapter 1 and of the critical history of this subject in Chapter 2 and a brief introduction of Daoism in Chapter 3, the dissertation concentrates on the discussion of Stevens' poetry in terms of Daoism in the remaining five chapters. Each of these chapters deals with one particular aspect of Dao as embedded in Stevens' writings. Chapter 4 considers the similarity in Stevens' and the Daoist view of reality, which …

Coyote Mail, John R. Salter Iii

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This thesis consists of four short stories. They are traditional in the sense that each involves a conflict, and resolution of a conflict. "Coyote Mail," the first story, deals with a grandfather who must face the fact that change is inevitable, and that he cannot interrupt it. "Ambush" involves a young man who, after being pushed to the limit by a bully, decides to take drastic action. The third story, "Every Blue in the Sky" concerns a law enforcement officer who finds himself forced to think about his racial heritage. The fourth story, "Big Rabbit Sets Me Free," concerns a …

Beliefs Of Accounting Faculty/Business Deans At Small Schools Regarding Selected Aacsb Undergraduate Business Administration Accreditation Standards, Leonard J. Sliwoski

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Problem. The study identified and compared beliefs of accounting faculty, accounting chairpersons, and deans of business at small colleges and universities concerning the perceived appropriateness of the 1985-86 AACSB personnel and curriculum accreditation standards for undergraduate business administration programs in relation to undergraduate accounting education.

Procedures. A total of 1,008 accounting faculty, accounting chairpersons, and deans of business were sent a survey depicting components of the above-mentioned accreditation standards. They were asked to express their beliefs concerning the appropriateness of these components in relation to undergraduate accounting education. There was a response rate of 57 percent with 575 questionnaires returned. …

A Study On The Career Aspirations Of Female Business Students, Brenda K. Ross

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No abstract provided.

Association Bias And Appearance Similarity In Impression Formation, Alan Jay Fehr

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The purpose of this study was to further the concept of Association Bias, which is hypothesized to be a part of impression formation when only visual information is present. This is thought to reflect everyday impression formation better than impression formation generated from verbal information. Association b ; ^>s is defined as the influence on impression formation produced by an association to a specific individual that a subject has known. In essence, a novel person ray be expected to have the same personality characteristics as a person whom they look like.

A secondary purpose of this study was to …

The Tax Reform Act Of 1986: Its Effect Business And Individuals, Kelly R. Green

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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 represents the m::>st massive revision in the history of tax law. It provides for major reductions corporations. in the top tax rate for both individuals and The individual top rate for 1988 will be the lowest since 1931. The tax burden on corporations has become stiffer after being relaxed for 20 years. In addition, the Act repeals or limits many of the tax credits and deductions that encourage certain kinds of investment, particularly those that taxpayers use to avoid paying taxes. The new tax code no longer uses steeply progressive tax rates, and …