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Development And Verification Of A Laboratory Model For Use In The Study Of A Continuous Flow Pressurized Activated Sludge Process, Wayne Frederick Nolte

Dissertations

Investigations concerning the responses of domestic wastewater treated at elevated pressures have demonstrated an acceleration in the rate of biological assimilation of the waste material. The literature is not extensive, but presents much conflicting data. There has been a lack of a coherent approach to the investigation of pressure in wastewater treatment. This demonstrates the need for standard testing apparatus and procedures.

A bench scale pressurized activated sludge process was designed and constructed. The apparatus was tested over a broad range of conditions and was found to give reproducible results. Kinetic responses of the pressurized process are presented.

Weinen, Hagen [I.E. Klagen] Organ Transcription By Franz Liszt Arranged For Band, Richard Wayne Guidry

Music ETDs

Written for the piano in 1862, "Weiner Hagen" variations were transcribed in 1863 for organ by Franz Liszt. The transcription is really a large fantasia in the key of F minor that consists of groups of variations, all of which are based on two closely related themes. This arrangement for symphonic band was written for the intended use of any university or good high school level organization. There are many exposed solos and other sections and in various places, extreme ranges of instruments are realized. The arrangement imitates the sound achieved by a large church organ and this fact must …

Registration And Energies, Patricia Kinsey

Theses

None provided.

The Suffolk Campaign A Case Study, Brian S. Wills

Honors Theses

"the Suffolk Campaign: A Case Study," covers the Civil War that began on April 11, 1863 and ended on May 3, 1863 and centered around the small Tidewater Virginia town of Suffolk. Suffolk's strategic prominence was derived from its access to the James River, through tributary (the Nansemond), and two major railroads which ran through the town--the Petersburg and Norfolk, and the Roanoke and Seaboard. The Confederates abandoned the town after McClellan's Peninsula Campaign made their position their untenable. Federal troops quickly entered Suffolk and established it as the first line of defense for Norfolk. Suffolk came under the military …

Saturated Solar Ponds: Modified Equations And Results Of A Laboratory Experiment, Markus Karl Rothmeyer

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

The diffusion equation for salt gradient solar ponds has been modified to include the Soret effect (a thermal cross-effect due to the temperature gradient). The contribution of the Soret effect to the diffusion flux of salt is shown to be on the order of 4% in the winter and 28% in the summer for the UNM NaCl solar pond. The traditional stability criterion for solar ponds remains practically unchanged by the Soret effect. However, the contribution of non-constant properties (diffusion coefficient, thermal diffusivity and viscosity)--which have been neglected so far--seems to be significant. Saturated solar ponds are described by a …

Design Of A Bit-Slice Processor, Kenneth Earl Green

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

A microprogrammed computer processor unit is designed using bit-slice technology. This processor executes the PDP-11/45 instruction set. The performance is evaluated and compared to other existing processors.

Provenance Study Of The Westwater Canyon And Brushy Basin Members Of The Morrison Formation Between Gallup And Laguna, New Mexico, Ruben Martinez

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The objective of this investigation is to study the provenance of the Westwater Canyon and Brushy Basin Members of the Morrison Formation between Gallup and Laguna, New Mexico. The coarse, subarkosic Westwater Canyon Member is separated from the quartzitic sandstones of the underlying Recapture Member by an unconformity that provides a recognizable datum for correlation and a definite base for the Westwater Canyon Member.

The very pale orange, cliff-forming Westwater Canyon Member consists of Oto 137 m of very coarse- to very fine-grained, poorly sorted, subrounded to angular, arkosic to quartzitic sandstone with numerous lenses of arkosic granules and pebbles …

The Relationship Of Cognitive Style To Performance On A Nonverbal Intelligence Test And An Achievement Test Among Anglos And Differentially Acculturated Mexican-Americans, Ricardo R. Gonzales

Psychology ETDs

THE RELATIONSHIP OF COGNITIVE STYLE TO PERFORMANCE ON A

NONVERBAL INTELLIGENCE TEST AND AN ACHIEVEMENT TEST AMONG

ANGLOS AND DIFFERENTIALLY ACCULTURATED MEXICAN-AMERICANS

Ricardo R. Gonzales

B.A., Psychology, University of New Mexico, 1977

M.A., Psychology, University of New Mexico, 1979

The relationship of analytic and nonanalytic cognitive style to performance on a nonverbal intelligence test (Culture Fair Intelligence Test) and an achievement test (ACT verbal score), was investigated using Anglo and differentially acculturated Mexican-American college students. Subjects between ages 17-35 completed a cognitive style measure, the Kahn Test of Symbol Arrangement. The test·categorizes response patterns of subjects according to several levels …

Effect Of Phenoxy Acids And Their Derivatives On The Ionic Permeability Of Bilayer Lipid Membranes, Malkanthi Paulis Illangasekare

Dissertations and Theses

It has been found that the herbicide 2,4-D has the ability to increase the rate of transport of positive ions of several kinds and inhibit the transport of negatively charged tetraphenylborate ions in lipid bilayer membranes. Only the neutral molecules of 2,4-D are transport active. The ionized 2,4-D molecules do not modify the transport of ions, and do not by themselves permeate through lipid membranes. The results suggest that the enhancement of transport of positively charged ions is dominated by the increase of the ion translocation rate constant. It has been shown that membrane transport of negatively charged tetraphenylborate ions …

Notes On Viewfinding, Anna Lynn Grimes

Art & Art History ETDs

My mixed media works on paper are a result of an exploration in the landscape that I call “viewfinding. '' This exploration involves looking at the surrounding physical environment from different perspectives, discovering features that are significant to me and producing evidence of these discoveries in my work. To expand my concept of the landscape I explore multiple ways of viewing, i.e. viewing from different positions in the landscape, through window frames and through secondary sources of information such as maps and scientific diagrams. Levels of information are collected and reassembled in my "view” drawings of the landscape. The resulting …

Petrogenesis Of Orbicular Rock, Tijeras Canyon, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, Kathleen Affholter

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

A new occurrence of orbicular rock is located in the Sandia Granite at W. long. 106° 25' 30", N. lat. 35° 04' 55" close to the granite-gneiss contact near Tijeras Canyon, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. The orbicules, set in an aplite-pegmatite granitic matrix, have magmatic and metamorphic cores surrounded by a white plagioclase shell and one or two salmon-colored potassium feldspar shells. The outcrop occurs in two dike-like masses with thicknesses of 1 to 4 m trending N. 5° W. and N. 35° E. for exposed lengths of 16m and 46 m, and is surrounded by biotite syenodiorite and biotite …

Distribution Of Plutonium In Beagle Dog Liver, Jeffery M. Gearhart

Biology ETDs

Plutonium that reaches the systemic circulation by inhalation, ingestion or through cuts or abrasions is preferentially deposited in the liver and bone. Liver cancer may be an important late effect of this deposition. This study was designed to provide improved quantita­tion of the distribution of plutonium deposited in liver as a result of gradual introduction into the blood by absorption from the lung, com­pared with the immediate introduction by intravenous injection of a soluble form. In this study, Beagle dogs were exposed to an aerosol of ²⁸⁰Pu0₂ or an intravenous injection of ²³⁸Pu or ²³⁹Pu-citrate. Animals …

The Effect Of Corticosteroid Therapy On Lung Immunity Following Localized Deposition Of Antigen In Lungs Of Beagle Dogs, Dorothy Victoria Leyva Harris

Biology ETDs

ABSTRACT

Inhaled toxic materials can interact with lymphoid tissues of the respiratory tract resulting in altered immune responses. To test the effect of immunosuppression on lung immunity, corticosteroids were administered to Beagle dogs systemically or directly into the lung. Specific lung airways were lavaged at 5, 7, 10, and 12 days after intra­pulmonary immunization with sheep red blood cell (SRBC) antigen. The cytology of the bronchoalveolar cells in lung lavages was evaluated, and lymphoid cells isolated from lung airways and from blood were tested by the Cunningham assay for in vitro production of antigen-specific IgM and IgG antibodies. In addition, …

Respiratory Patterns And Oxygen Uptake In The Garter Snake, Thamnophis Elegans, James Whitney Hicks

Biology ETDs

Eight garter snakes, Thamnophis elegans, were collected in northern New Mexico during July and August. The snakes were kept in an environmental chamber and were entrained to a 141 (0630-2030 h) / 10D (2030-0630 h) cycle for five weeks at 25 C. Ventilation was monitored with a head/body plethysmograph. Pulmonary oxygen uptake was measured by open-system respirometry. Heart rate was recorded with electrodes implanted subcutaneously, bi-lateral to the heart. Ventilation, oxygen uptake and heart rate were measured simultaneously at 25+-1 C. All measurements were recorded continuously for 48-96 hours. As well as investigating the diurnal rhythms of ventilation, oxygen uptake …

A Construct Validity Study For The Women Workers Scale Questionnaire, Gwen Simpson

Dissertations and Theses

This study attempted to obtain evidence on the construct validity of the Women Workers Scale (WWS), an attitude scale developed to measure male supervisors' attitudes toward women workers. As women enter the work world in increasing numbers, they are usually supervised by men. However, few studies have examined the attitudes of male supervisors toward women workers. At least one author (Bass, 1972) reported that there were significant differences among male managers in their attitudes toward women. Specifically, those male managers who had not worked with women held more favorable attitudes than male managers who had worked with women.

Use Of Thermal Storage For Load Management In A Solar-Augmented Heat Pump System, James Thomas Schmitz

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Electric utilities are today faced with the dilemma of satisfying increasing demands for electrical energy while their ability to build new power plants is being severely curtailed primarily due to environmental concerns. By redistributing the power demand of individual customers (and thus the utility) with respect to time, greater overall electricity consumption can be met without increasing the generating capacity of the utility. This redistribution can be accomplished using thermal energy storage at the customer’s location. For heating and cooling of buildings, thermal storage, combined with off-peak period operation of the mechanical system's major electricity consuming equipment, can lower peak …

My Onepoint Plan For Saving The World Or Approaching The Goddess, Playfully, Jason Eric Jones

Art & Art History ETDs

This thesis discusses my primary motivations in making art, which center around a felt need to exercise the nonverbal, arational processes that seem inappropriate, or at least generally neglected, in our culture. The trend toward increasing intellectuality at the expense of emotionality is described as a prime cause of Western civilization's “spiritual bankruptcy," and various rebellious movements against this trend, such as the cult of the White Goddess, are mentioned, briefly. Bicameral mind theory is used as a convenient model for the duality of the rational and the intuitive. In the context of this model, my approach to photography, which …

Problems In The Administration Of A Health Care Program For New Mexico Miners, Robert L. Lovato

Public Administration ETDs

Since 1971, the State of New Mexico has been in breach of the Trust Agreement between the State and the United States which requires that a hospital for disabled resident miners be established and maintained. The hypothesis of this paper is that as a result of the highly restricted provisions of the Miners' Hospital Trust Agreement between the United States and the State of New Mexico, the State is unable to fullfill its obligation to provide treatment and care to all resident miners of the state as stipulated in the agreement. The principal research for this paper focused on the …

Huning's Highland Addition To The City Of Albuquerque: A Description And Analysis Of Architectural And Neighborhood Development With Recommendations For Preservation, Susanna Eden

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis is an historical survey of the Huning's Highland neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1881 to 1924 and an architectural analysis of the houses built there during that time. Newspapers, booster literature, city directories, insurance maps, the minutes of town council meetings, and other official town records, along with reminiscences of long-time city residents, were used to piece together a picture of neighborhood life in Huning's Highland. The picture that appears is of a prosperous middleclass, “Anglo” suburb, sharing the amenities of civilized life with New Town Albuquerque. Selected houses are discussed as they illustrate the developments in …

Maternal Compliance In Immunization Of Pre-Schoolers As Related To Health Locus Of Control, Health Value, And Perceived Vulnerability, Estelle Helene Rosenblum

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The major purpose of this study was to assess health attitudes and behavior of mothers as related to providing immunizations for their pre-school children. The areas investigated were health locus of control, perceived vulnerability to six communicable diseases, health as a value, and the demographic variables of education, age, ethnicity, religion, income, and ability to recall poliomyelitis.

This was a descriptive correlational study in which 95 mothers of children enrolled in Head Start Centers, Office of Economic Opportunity, Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as subjects. They were randomly selected from six centers serving multicultural neighborhoods in both urban and suburban areas. …

The Utica Club Show, Frank Leto

Theses

Not Included

The Utica Club Show, Frank Leto

Theses

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The Compatibility Of Mild Carbon Steel And Water In A Heat Pipe Application, David D. Kenney

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

The phenomena that govern the performance and affect the lifetime of heat pipes are reviewed. The phenomena include the corrosion of metals by aqueous solutions, the diffusion of gases through metals, and the effects of hydrogen on metals. Heat pipes of 1015 C.D. carbon steel were fabricated and operated with a control group of 304 stainless steel heat pipes over the temperature range from 140° to 300° C. Results indicate that carbon steel/water heat pipes perform as well or better than 304 stainless steel/water heat pipes over the temperature range covered in this test.

State Estimation Using Parallel Extended Kalman Filters Of Nonlinear Measurements, Thomas Carlyle Sheives

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The extended Kalman filter applied to state estimation using nonlinear measurements has demonstrated divergence in many applications involving large initial uncertainties because of "invalid" linearizations performed by the filter on the nonlinear measurement functions. No quantitative results can be found as to how invalid these linearizations must be before divergence occurs. This report attempts to fill this void by deriving the extended Kalman filter as an approximate nonlinear least squares estimator, through the minimization of a measurement squared error function. The convergence of the extended Kalman filter is then determined by examining the squared error function and verifying the usefulness …

Mexicans, Labor, And Strife In Arizona, 1896-1917, Michael E. Casillas

History ETDs

The years between 1890 and 1920 were crucial in the rise of modern organized labor in the United States. During this period, America saw the demise of the Knights of Labor and the subsequent ascent to union supremacy of the American Federation of Labor. As the organized labor movement grew, it reached out to encourage the participation of workers throughout the Rocky Mountain region and the far west. Western laborers, led by hard rock miners, created organizations such as the American Labor Union (ALU), Western Labor Union (WLU), and most notably the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) that represented their …

Anglo-Ethiopian Relations: 1840-1868, Barbara In Den Bosch

Student Work

England, France, and Belgium began to search in the mid-nineteenth century for new commercial opportunities along the Red Sea. At the same time, Ethiopia was emerging from half a century of civil war to move toward the establishment of a unified state. Impelled by curiosity, expanding domestic needs, and the growing importance of the Red Sea trade route, Europeans looked sbuthward to establish commercial, cultural, and diplomatic connections with the Christian society that traditionally had dominated the Horn of Africa. At the time that more European missionaries, traders, adventurers, and diplomats reached her boundaries, Ethiopia was being reunited under strong …

A Quantitative Approach To The Study Of Folk Medical Beliefs And Practices: A Nebraska Example, Ca. 1870-1970, Phyllis M. Japp

Student Work

Scholars of many disciplines find in folk medicine a topic of interest. Formerly the domain of antiquarians, anthropologists, and folklorists, the medical beliefs and practices of ordinary people now intrique sociologists, psychologists, and historians, as well as members of medical professions.

Effect Of Diet On Aerobic Performance, Maureen Hall Fennerty

Student Work

The purpose of this investigation will beto examine the effect of diet on aerobic performance in adult male runners. On their assigned diets the subjects will be tested twice for the maximal distance covered while running 30 minutes on two non-consecutive days.

Effect Of Diet On Aerobic Performance, Maureen Hall Fennerty

Student Work

Aerobic performance is affected by a number of physiological, psychological, sociological and environmental factors (Astrand, 1977). Among the many physiological factors nutrition plays an important part. However, when considering what constitutes a balanced diet, nutritionists express varying opinions as to what percentage of protein, fat and carbohydrate should be included for the general populace and the athlete. Mayer and Bullen (1960) in their review of literature on nutrition and athletic performance concluded a balanced diet is adequate for the athlete.

Characteristics Of The Recovery Of The Coenzyme A-Synthesizing Protein Complex From Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Stanley Joseph Tarnowski Jr.

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

A multienzyme complex contained in Bakers' yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) which synthesizes CoA has been named the coenzyme A-synthesizing protein complex (CoA-SPC). The CoA-SPC has been shown to be insoluble in the crude Bakers' yeast cell lysate formed by exposing the yeast cell to ether and dry ice. Only after solubilization has this multienzyme complex been shown to catalyze the formation of bound dephospho-CoA utilizing the substrates adenosine triphosphate, D-pantothenic acid and L-cysteine. A low molecular weight component or components of the soluble fraction of the yeast cell and chloride ion appears to be responsible for the solubilization of CoA-SPC. This …