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Fleas (Siphonaptera) Associated With Small Mammals Of Morocco Their Distribution And Host-Specificity, Michael W. Hastriter

Theses and Dissertations

A total of 9,936 fleas, representing 27 species, have been processed for study and identified. They were associated with 2,011 small mammals, representing 38 species, collected throughout Morocco from October 12, 1969 to July 20, 1970 by personnel of the Smithsonian Institution. Two species, Synosternus cleopatrae pyramidis (Rothschild and Xenopsylla ramesis (Rothschild), comprised 68 percent of the fleas collected. Two subspecies are described: Ctenophthalmus andorrensis opistolatus, ssp. n. and Ctenophthalmus russulae tangerensis, ssp. n.. There are three ecological subdivisions of Morocco: the coast and coastal plains, the Atlas Mountains, and the pre-saharan desert. Even though there is some overlap, the …

Biometrics Of Bilateral Symmetry In Plants., T. Davis Dr.

Doctoral Theses

During the past ten deendes, observation rolating to ayune try, asymmatry, dis-oyame try, radlal symmetry, rotatiÉ”nal Bymne try, bilateral aymme try and ambidextry in the fields of bo tany, Boology, geology, chemiatry, eryatellography, physics, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, sunio, poetry and art vere recorded by various scientists. The prevent treatise is a sua- mary of an elaborato study on bilaterai syame try or microrinage symse try occurring in vari us plant organs. Unlike moet of the earlior reports, the problem here has been takled unified on a quantitative basis, thereby ereating situations where sophisti-cated techniques of statietios could be effectively employed. …

The Effect Of Insect Damage On Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopsis Hymenoides) In Western Utah, Luis S. Guerra

Theses and Dissertations

Indian ricegrass at the Desert Range Experiment Station forty-seven miles west of Milford, Utah, is damaged by the larvae of Coenchroa illibella, Diatrae sp. and Typoceris ceraticornis, the latter being the most destructive. The biology of the insects and the extent of damage inflicted are discussed. Uninfested plants produced more new stems than infested plants. Plants having a basal diameter of 4 to 6.9 cm and 7 to 9.9 cm were the most frequently infested and, consequently, the most severely damaged.

Design And Operation Of A Microprogrammed Branch Driver For A Pdp-11 Computer., Lavon R. Biswell

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

A Microprogramned Branch Driver (MBD) is the interface between Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11 series computers and a multicrate CAMAC system. The MBD is a microprocessor-controlled multiple, direct memory access (DMA) channel branch driver.

The requirements for an MBD are discussed in the introduction and stem from a Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) study group report on the design of the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) data acquisition system. Because of the desire for the standard system, the types of experiments and data rates, and the varying complexity of the data acquisition systems, it was decided that a …

A Probabilistic Approach To The Design Of Heat Pipes, Charles C. Roberts Jr.

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

The design of heat pipes involves knowledge of phenomena such as surface tension forces, wick permeability, and fluid vaporization and condensation. Considerable variability in these phenomena has been observed in heat pipe experiments. Thus, a probabilistic design model for predicting heat pipe heat transfer rate has been developed taking into consideration uncertainty in the prediction of the above phenomena. The probabilistic model yields a mean, a standard deviation, and the distribution of heat transfer rate based on the means, standard deviations, and distributions of the design parameters. The probabilistic method is compared to experimental data from heat pipes with wire …

First Measurements Of Earth Albedo Neutrons In Space, James R. Place

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

NASA satellite OSO-6 carried as part of its payload a proton recoil telescope capable of detecting neutrons between 40 and 200 MeV with directional discrimination. Sixteen months of data from this instrument were analyzed with a view to determining properties of the earth albedo neutron flux above the atmosphere.

The variation of albedo neutron flux with geomagnetic latitude was found to be 1:4 between 0° and 40°. The angular distribution shows that about 40% fewer neutrons come upward from directly beneath the satellite compared to the number coming from a direction tangential to the top of the atmosphere. These results …

Elastic-Plastic Poisson's Ratio Of Borsic-Reinforced Aluminium Composites, Ronald Edward Allred

Nuclear Engineering ETDs

Poisson's ratio as a function of tensile strain has been examined for four volume fractions of unidirectional Borsic-reinforced aluminum composites. Linear relationships were found between Poisson's ratio and fiber volume fraction during Stage I (elastic filaments-elastic matrix) and Stage II (elastic filaments-plastic matrix) deformation which confirms that rule-of-mixtures equations may be used to predict Poisson's ratios for metal-matrix composites. These equations must be used with care, however, due to differences in the Poisson's ratio behavior of the components of the composite when tested alone and in situ in the composite. These differences are attributed to the triaxial stress field generated …

Factors Affecting The Population Of Raptorial Birds On Sauvie Island, Oregon, Jeffry Gottfried

Dissertations and Theses

This study is an analysis of the various factors affecting the population of raptorial birds on Sauvie Island, Oregon. A census of diurnal and nocturnal raptors was carried out along with an analysis of food habits. Once the major prey species were determined they were censused, and the effects of the land management practices on their numbers was investigated. In addition, 100 randomly selected nest boxes were sampled so as to determine the extent to which raptors were making use of them. Red-tailed hawk and Great Horned Owl nests were located.

It was found that four diurnal raptors and three …

Recognition And Reversal In Samson Agonistes, June Haig Simons

English Language and Literature ETDs

My study approaches Samson Agonistes by way of the tradition of Renaissance divine drama. The Introduction surveys the criticism of Sam­ 􀂘 from 1930 to the present and establishes the character of interpretations produced by other approaches. Chapter I surveys Aristotle's Poetics as the conceptual framework within which both Milton and the divine dramatists worked, emphasizing recognition and reversal. Chapter II analyzes adaptation of recognition and reversal in selected plays of the divine drama, revealing development of a method of dramatization that encouraged depiction of inner, spiritual conflict without allegory; plays discussed are John the Baptist, Freewyl, Acolastus, Misogonus, Samson, …

The Effect Of An Outdoor Experience On Sixth Grade Students' Cognitive Understanding Of Ecological Concepts, Donald P. Slater

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study was an investigation of the impact an exploratory field trip experience had on sixth grade students' cognitive understanding of specific ecological concepts being taught by their respective instructor. The purpose of this study was to analyze the change in the cognitive level of students' classroom dialogue before and after being exposed to an exploratory field trip experience. Further, this study was to verify whether a significant change in the students' cognitive understanding of the ecological concepts had occurred as a result of a specific series of multi-sensory encounters in the out-of-doors.

New Wave Science Fiction Considered As A Popular Religious Phenomenon: A Definition And An Example, John Rothfork

American Studies ETDs

In the latter part of the 1960's the status of science fiction in America changed. Suddenly it ceased to be characterized as an insignificant formula-fiction. Its new importance rested on the seldom stated fact that it served a parareligious function during a decade when the common man discovered the "death of God." This was also the decade of Gemini and Apollo which saw the fulfillment of President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth. Thus science fact and fiction complemented each other to offer the common man a paradigm and ritual absorbing …

Alienation And Variations In Orientation To Counter Culture Values: An Empirical Study, Dennis C. Mcbride

Sociology ETDs

Alienation and variations in orientation to counter culture values were investigated in a survey of University of New Mexico undergraduates. A cumulative-type attitude scale was developed to measure orientation toward counter culture values. Dean's Alienation Scale, which combines three subscales of normlessness, powerlessness and social isolation to form a total alienation scale score, was used as a measure of subjective feelings of alienation. Results of the first order multivariate analysis show a moderate positive relationship of student's counter culture orientation to a) alienation, with normlessness and powerlessness being the strongest components, and b) peer, as opposed to parent, social approval …

A System Of Environmental Analysis And User-Input Studies For Medical Facilities, Gary Thomas Nash

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The thesis first presents the concept of environmental analysis and user-input studies as it relates to architecture. Issues and problems that evolve from the concept are discussed. There is a need within the architectural profession to establish a system of analysis that will allow the architect to understand how people behave in and react to specific buildings or spaces he or someone else has designed. Understanding the behavioral implications within such spaces should be an important part of the architect's education and his professional knowledge. There exist however several basic problems when the issue of environmental analysis and user-input is …

Anxiety And Body Image In Tattooed And Nontattooed Military Prisoners, Terry L. Habeger

Student Work

Tattooing has evolved into something less than an art, particularity in western cultures, and has lost its original dignity and original significance as well (Abramson,1931). As a result, there has been a great deal of conjecture concerning the psychodynaraics of tattooing (Edgerton & Dingman,1963; Hamburger,1966; Hamburger & Lacovara,1963). The present study was an attempt to investigate the psychodynamics of tattooing through the use of one measure of anxiety and two measures of body image with tattooed and nontattooed individuals. The techniques employed were the Secord (1953) Homonym Word Association Test, the Secord-Jourard (1953) Body Cathexis Scale, and the Taylor (1953) …

A Study Of Relationships Between Machiavellianism, Dogmatism And Perceived Persuasiveness Of Messages, Marilyn Henderson Ihle

Student Work

Psychologists and researchers in communication have shown much interest in personality variables such as Machiavellianism and dogmatism. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between these two traits and perceived persuasiveness of different message types. Four hundred and twenty-six students enrolled in Speech 101, Fundamentals of Speech Communication, at the University of Nebraska at Omaha were administered the Mach V scale and the Dogmatism Scale-Foxm E. They were also presented two hypothetical, news releases to read and to rate on persuasibility. One release was based cm authority and the other on reason.

The results of this study …

Sir Bartle Frere: Colonial Administrator Of The Victorian Period, Anthony C. Brewer

Student Work

The following thesis aims at discerning the attitudes of Sir Bartle Frere as a guide to British colonial and administrative though during the Victorian Period. By doing this, it becomes possible to ascertain the impact of the administrator on British colonial and foreign policy.

The Civil Rights Act Of 1875: A Failure Reconsidered, Barbara N. Luckett

Student Work

The years since the Civil War have witnessed vigorous efforts, not always successful, on the part of black and white Americans to elevate substantially the position of the black American in sociey. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most dramatic and significant legislation, on a national level, which attacked segregation and discrimination, but it was not the first of its kind. The Civil Rights Act passed in 1964 contained many of the same provisions that had been enacted, or proposed but deleted, in a similar Civil Rights Act in 1875. On the whole, in its impact and enforcement, …

Alterations In Sulfolipid Metabolism In Malathion-Stressed Rats, Gail W. Disney

Doctoral Dissertations

The effects of malathion stress on, inorganic sulfur metabolism in female rats were investigated by extracting macromolecules containing ester sulfate from cellular lipoprotein. Sulfolipid, mucopoly saccharide, nucleotide, and sulfate transfer fraction were extracted from the lipoprotein prepared from five to seven pooled livers from rats fed diets containing 0.42, 0.10, and 0.0002 percent sulfate. Six groups of rats (two groups per diet) were fed the diets for 21 days. Rats were given either malathion in corn oil or only corn oil by stomach tube every 24 hours for three days and were killed on day 21. Lipoprotein was isolated from …

The Wholesome Meat Act And The Tennessee Livestock-Meat Industry, Robert John Hopkins

Doctoral Dissertations

The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the increases in investment incurred by selected plants in complying with the new inspection regulations, and (2) to determine the change in number and size of the livestock slaughter and processing plants in Tennessee since the passage of the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 and the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Certain study plants in the state were selected for close analysis of the improvements that they had to make in order to meet the require-ments of the new inspection programs. A combination of in-plant data and economic engineering data …

Relationship Of Soil Properties To Transformation Of Carbonate Rocks Into Soils, Bobby J. Miller

Doctoral Dissertations

Soils developed from carbonate rocks and having thick, reddish, clayey B horizons occupy extensive areas in parts of the United States. The study was designed to determine some of the physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties of such soils and to evaluate changes that have occurred as a result of weathering of carbonate rock and ensuing devel-opment of soils. Major emphasis was placed on the zone near the soil-rock interface. Three Ultisols and one Alfisol in East Tennessee were selected for the study. The soil series represented were Dunmore, Fullerton, and Talbott. A special sampling technique assured sampling of 'in situ' …

Effect Of Various Growth Regulators On Delaying Development And Increasing Longevity Of Potted Chrysanthemum Flowers (Chrysanthemum Morifolium Ramat), Stephen Albert Black

Doctoral Dissertations

The effect of various growth regulators on the development and longevity of potted chrysanthemum flowers (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) was studied. Plants were grown on greenhouse benches under conditions favorable for flowering. Five growth regulators at 2 concentrations were applied to plants at 2 stages of flower development: just prior to disbudding when terminal flower buds were 6.0 to 8.3 mm in diameter (stage 1) and when the outer row of flower petals were recurved (stage 5), Applica-tions were made at stage 1 only, at stage 5 only and at both stages 1 and 5. The growth regulators 5-chloro,2-thenyl,tri-n-butyl-phosphonium-chloride (CTBP) and …

The Use Of Stomatal Resistance, Photopigments, Nitrogen, Water Potential, And Radiation To Estimate Net Photosynthesis In Liriodendron Tulipifera L. A Physiological Index, Curtis John Richardson

Doctoral Dissertations

A physiological index is proposed as an indirect technique of estimating net CO₂ exchange. Multiple linear regression analysis is employed to estimate co-efficients in a linear model relating physiological plant variables, site parameters, and dependent responses for tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) seedlings. Objectives were to (1) ascertain which plant and environmental parameters were the most useful in pre-dicting net photosynthesis under varied conditions, (2) determine the amplitudes of physiological processes (photorespiration, diurnal water flux, seasonal pigment development, stomatal resistance, leaf water potential and net CO₂ exchange) which characterize tulip poplar, and might prove useful in a predictive …

Evaluation Of Hardwood Bark As A Growing Medium For Container-Growth (Ilex Crenata 'Hetzi'), Robert John Black

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to evaluate hardwood bark as an organic component of media for container-grown Japanese holly (Ilex crenata 'Hetzi'). The evaluation included the effect of species of bark, particle size of bark, and ratio of bark to media on the growth of Japanese holly. The bark was treated with polyvinyl alcohol to determine its effect on the rate of decomposition and possible toxic effects of the different species of bark. The evaluation included plant responses and laboratory analyses of the plant material and media. The growth responses measured were: fresh weight, dry weight, percent dry weight, …

A Comparative Study Of Phenolics In Chestnut (Castanea), And Their Relationships With Resistance To Endothia Parasitica, Paul Edward Barnett

Doctoral Dissertations

American chestnut (Castanea dentata Borkh.) was a highly valued forest species in the Appalachian region prior to introduction of the chestnut blight fungus (Endothia parasitica (Murr.) A. & A.), which practically eliminated it. Since no control method has been devised and oriental species and hybrids are not generally satisfactory replacements, breeding resistant individuals through selection offers some hope of reestablishment. A chemical method for screening resis-tant individuals for retention in a breeding program would be of great benefit. Since phenolic compounds have been implicated in disease resistance of some cultivated crops and forest and fruit trees, this study is an …

An Analysis Of 1976 Property Tax Potential For Counties In Tennessee, Gerald Vincent Eagan

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of the study was to evaluate the potential of general property taxes in financing county governments in Tennessee. Specific objectives were to (1) analyze differential rates of change in property tax bases and revenues among the counties and (2) determine the impli~ cations for county fiscal structures and taxpayer burdens inherent in property tax base, property tax revenue, and income trends. The first phase of the analysis involved (1) objective classification of county groups with similar socioeconomic change patterns, (2) statistical evaluation of the groupings, and (3) regression analyses of change relationships among the counties, county groups, and …

An Investigation Of The Variables Affecting Steam Condensation On The Outside Of A Horizontal Tube Bundle, David Martin Eissenberg

Doctoral Dissertations

The accurate prediction of the thermal performance of large multitube steam condensers for application to the distillation desalination of seawater depends on the availability of correlations for calculating each of the film heat transfer coefficients for individual tubes located within the condenser as a function of local conditions. Although correlations are available, there have been few experimental verifications of their accuracy or even of their validity in the specific application to desalination, particularly with respect to the two film coefficients associated with the condensation process, the condensate film heat transfer coefficient and the non-condensable gas film heat transfer coefficient.

A …

The Dacites Of The Washakie Needles, Bunsen Peak, And The Birch Hills, Wyoming, And Their Relationship To The Absaroka-Gallatin Volcanic Province, Linda Lou Anderson Love

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

ABSTRACT

TI1e Washakie Needles, Bunsen Peak, and Birch Hills dacites are three of many plugs which intrude the Eocene flows and volcaniclastic rocks of the Absaroka-Gallatin volcanic province. The dacites contain phenocrysts of plagioclase (oligoclase to andesine), biotite, and resorbed quartz. The dacites of the Washakie Needles and Bunsen Peak also contain phenocrysts of hornblende. The rocks of Bunsen Peak and the Birch Hills have two feldspar phases (oligoclase to andesine and sanidine) and quartz in the groundmass. The Washakie Needles dacite groundmass is composed of one feldspar (andesine to anorthoclase) and quartz. The fission track ages of the dacites …

Effects Of Frustration On Performance In Adult Human Subjects, Ted L. Miller

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

Submitted in partial fulillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology in the Graduate School of Morehead State University by Ted L. Miller in December of 1972.

Nonviolent Black Political Protest In The United States Since 1865, Robert James Kellogg

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Jean Charles De Pradel In French Colonial Louisiana, 1714-1764, Patricia Dillon Woods

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Jean Charles de Pradel, a younger son of a provincial robe family of Limousin, France, resided in Louisiana for most of the period the colony was under French control. De Pradel's initial encounter with Louisiana was in 1714 when he was assigned to the colony on his first tour of duty in the military. At that time, Louisiana was struggling for its existence against the natural enemies of disease, famine and starvation as well as against the growing threats of conflict with the Spanish in near-by Pensacola and from the English to the north. This colony on the Mississippi offered …