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Avian Succession On Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, John B. Van Orman

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A Faunal Analysis Of Five Woodland Period Archaeological Sites In Southwestern Michigan, Terrance J. Martin

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Morality Among Cathar Perfects And Believers In France And Italy, 1100-1300, James Edward Myers

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On The Analytic Foundations Of Behaviorism, Samuel Yaffe

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Powerlessness In America The Underdeveloped Homo-Faber Negro, Glenn Edward Gibson

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An Examination Of The Functionality Of Self-Monitoring Under External Reactive Conditions, Richard Scott Montier

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Bone Flutes And Whistles From Archaeological Sites In Eastern North America, Katherine Lee Hall Martin

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The purpose of this study was to systematically classify perforated bone tubes known as flutes or whistles which had been recovered from archaeological sites in eastern North America. A sample was established from specimens described in the literature and additional specimens examined by the author. Sizeable collections in the Rochester Museum and Science Center in Rochester, New York, and the Ohio State Museum in Columbus, Ohio, were measured and photographed by the author. Specimens were also viewed at the McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee.

A descriptive typology was constructed and spatial-temporal and functional correlations were tested against it. Spatial-temporal factors …

Factors Influencing Tennessee Teen 4-H Leader's Perception And Performance Of Leadership Tasks, Martha Jo Tolley

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the role perceptions of teen leaders and to identify some factors which influenced their role performance.

The population of the study consisted of all 453 4-H members who attended the 1975 State 4-H Round-Up at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

The data were organized under five major headings: (1) personal characteristics of respondents, (2) perceptions teen leaders had of their role in the 4-H organization, (3) relation between teen leaders' role performance and their feelings of preparedness to perform the leadership role, (4) influence of personal, 4-H participation, and leadership characteristics …

Corn Yields And Nutrient Concentrations In Plants, Soils, And Soil Solutions As Affected By Levels Of Dairy Manure, Sewage Sludge, And Ammonium Nitrate, James L. Magness

Masters Theses

Various rates of dairy manure, sewage sludge, and NH₄NO₃ were applied to a Sequoia silt loam and a Whitwell loam for a two year period to determine their relative effects on corn (Zea mays) responses and some chemical properties of the soils, plants, and soil solutions. Application rates of manure and sludge were 0, 9, 18, 36, and 72 metric tons per hectare on a dry matter basis and 0, 112, 224, 448, and 896 kg/ha for NH₄NO₃. The manure and sludge checks along with all of the NH₄NO₃ plots …

Evaluation Of Rapid Reading Hay Moisture Meters For Field Use, Joseph Keith Mcdonald

Masters Theses

An instrument for use by farmers and agricultural research workers to quickly, accurately, and economically determine the moisture content of hay in the windrow would significantly improve the efficiency of forage crop production. However, no method or technique has been shown to be a successful tool for obtaining such determinations simply, precisely, and with easily portable equipment. An experiment was desig-nated to field test a commercially available conductance-type moisture meter and to identify needed revisions of the meter or a measuring technique that might improve its accuracy. An experimental conductance-type meter was also built and tested in an attempt to …

The Effect Of Two Levels On Dietary Phosphorus On Laying House Performance Of Four Strains Of White Leghorn Layers, Huthail Najib

Masters Theses

The objective of this study was to determine the response of four strains of high producing Single Comb White Leghorn—type hens to two levels of dietary phosphorus as measured by egg production, egg specific gravity, egg weight, feed efficiency, mortality, and the percent tinted eggs and to study the effect of time of oviposition on egg specific gravity. The experiment was conducted for eleven 28—day periods using January hatched pullets housed at the rate of two birds per 20.3 cm. wide cage. Two diets containing two levels of phosphorus, 0.4 percent and 0.6 percent, were compared. Each was fed to …

The Effects Of Fall Applications Of Glyphosate On Johnsongrass, Soy Beans, And Corn, Jewell R. English Jr.

Masters Theses

Controlling johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense (L). Pers.] in such agronomic crops as corn (Zea mays L.) and soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] presents a major problem to many farmers. Although several preemergence herbicides have been developed to control seedling johnsongrass, in general rhizome johnsongrass is primarily responsive only to foliar-applied chemicals. One such postemergence chemical which gives excellent control of rhizome johnsongrass is glyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl glycine). If glyphosate is applied in the spring, a waiting period is required both before spraying to allow johnsongrass foliage to develop and then for trans location of the herbicide following application. As this waiting period …

Variation In American Sycamore (Plantanus Occidentalis L.) On The Western Highland Rim Of Tennessee, George Samuel Foster Jr.

Masters Theses

The objective of the study was to evaluate natural variation in specific gravity, fiber length, total extractives, and rooting ability of mature stem cuttings of American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) growing on upland sites on the western Highland Rim in Middle Tennessee. Twelve upland trees were selected which had a minimum age of 12 years at breast height; for comparison purposes, an equal number of bottomland trees were selected which were also at least 12 years old at breast height. The upland trees were all located on disturbed sites with acid to highly acid soils. The first 12 years growth …

Honey Marketing By Tennessee Beekeepers, Kimball M. Kennedy Iii.

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to; (1) delineate the structure of the marketing system for Tennessee honey, and (2) determine the size, scope and nature of Tennessee's beekeeping associations. A purposive stratified sample of 51 Tennessee beekeepers was personally interviewed. In addition, a mailed questionnaire was sent to each of the beekeepers' associations. The surveyed beekeepers were classified as hobbyist (1-39 colonies), part-time (40-299 colonies), and commercial (300 plus colonies). The data were analyzed using fre-quency distributions, condescriptive, cross-tabular, and breakdown information which was retrieved from the SPSS computer program. The average sample of beekeepers was 54.3 years old …

A Comparative Analysis Of Selected Tennessee 4-H Standards For The Years 1965 And 1975 With Projections To 1981, James A. Batsford

Masters Theses

Four-H, the youth development phase of Cooperative Extension, has grown to be one of the largest youth organizations in the world, and enrolls four million boys and girls annually in its citizen build-ing projects and activities. Four-H in Tennessee involved 166,390 youth in 1975, but had a much larger potential. To bolster enroll-ments, 4-H Standards were developed in the mid-1960's. After ten years it was felt that the Standards might need re-evaluating. There-fore the purpose of this study was to comparatively examine Tennessee 4-H Club data for 1965 and 1975 regarding participation, organization and leadership, considering the utility of the …

Farmland Consolidation And Fragmentation In Upper East Tennessee, William T. Coyle

Masters Theses

Forty percent of farm operators in the 12-county Upper East Tennessee region have expanded their farmland base at one time or another. Consolidation of small farm units into larger ones has been an important adjustment strategy that the nation's farmers have used to maintain or improve their farm income. The gains from this strategy are not clear in Upper East Tennessee. In the region, those farmers who have expanded their land base own an average of 93 acres, more than twice the holdings of farmers who have not expanded. Nevertheless, 93 acres is substantially below the state average of more …

Comparison Of Fish And Benthic Faunal Compositions In Polluted And Pristine Forks Of A Mountain River, Lynn Betson Starnes

Masters Theses

The little Pigeon River in Sevier County, Tennessee presents a near ideal situation for the study of the effects of domestic sewage on species composition in a mountain river. The little Pigeon system has two principal components, the West and Middle Prongs. The West Prong is polluted by municipal effluent from Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, while the Middle Prong remains relatively pristine. Physicgraphically, the two prongs are strikingly similar. The great similarity of natural physical and chemical water quality parameters presents an opportunity to use the pristine prong as a control for the study of changes, probably resulting from pollution, …

An Analysis Of Systematic Desensitization And Covert Modeling: A Theoretical Comparison, Frank G. Barefield

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Silas Deane: Revolutionary Or Profiteer?, Fred Gerard Flegal

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Response Preferences Of Blacks And Roleplaying Whites To Affirmative Action Subscripts In Job Advertisements, David Richard Macdonald

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The Second Part Of The Tractatus De Materia Concilii Generalis Of Pierre D'Ailly, Patrick Lally

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The Validation Of A Test Battery And Biographical Data Used To Select Key-Punch Operators, Michael F. O'Toole

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Petrology Of The Rockport Quarry Limestone (Middle Devonian Traverse Group) Alpena, Presque Isle And Montmorency Counties, Michigan, Charles Willard Cookman

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The basal unit of the dominantly carbonate Traverse Group, the Bell Shale, is gradationally overlain by the Rockport Quarry Limestone which has a thickness of approximately 14 m. The Rockport Quarry Limestone is composed of a dark unrestricted marine subtidal organic-mud packstone facies, comprised of an algal-mat-bearing coral packstone subfacies and a shallower water crinoid-bryozoan grainstone subfacies; a shoal forming stromatoporoid biolithite facies; and a lagoonal micrite facies comprised of a subtidal dense subfacies containing gastropods, ostracods, and calcispheres, and an Intertidal to supratidal fenestral subfacies. The local facies tract reconstructed for the Rockport Quarry Limestone is interpreted to be …

A Study Of The Seasonal Trend Of Several Nutrient Elements In Golden Delicious Apple Leaves In Tennessee Orchards To Determine The Ideal Time To Collect Leaf Samples For Foliar Analysis, Michael Blaine Donoho

Masters Theses

Leaf samples from Golden Delicious apple trees were collected at nine dates throughout the growing season at four locations in Tennessee. The leaf samples were analyzed for precent N, P, K, Ca and Mg to determine the seasonal trends of these elements and to determine if a common period of relatively little nutrient change exists. N, P and K showed a general decrease in concentration throughout the season. Ca levels increased throughout the:growing season, but Mg showed irregular changes. A period of minimal change in mineral composition of leaves with the exception of Mg was July 30 through August 27 …

A Partial Analysis Of The 1975-76 Tennessee Extension Family Life Survey, Virginia Clark Cobb

Masters Theses

A total of 829 homemakers was interviewed by Extension home econo-mists in; the 1975-76 Family Life Survey for the purposes of characterizing selected Tennessee families and studying relations of certain family vari-ables and family characteristics. Variables had to do with homemakers' statements regarding their families' interaction and communication, self-esteem and family rules. Homemakers selected adjectives for each of the variables mentioned above that they felt applied to their family. Certain adjectives were positive and others were negative. Homemakers who checked more positive than.negative items were said to have a nurturing family. Others were non-nurturing. The typical family had 1.7 male …

Comparative Site Index Of Sweetgum (Ḻi̲Q̲U̲I̲Ḏa̲Mḇa̲Ṟ S̲Ṯy̲Ṟa̲C̲I̲F̲Ḻu̲A̲ L.) And Southern Red Oak (Q̲U̲E̲Ṟc̲U̲S̲ F̲A̲Ḻc̲A̲Ṯa̲ Michx.) In West Tennessee, William Clayton Edwards

Masters Theses

Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) and southern red oak (Quercus falcata Michx.) occur naturally together over a continuum of sites in West Tennessee; sweetgum performing better on the best bottomland sites and southern red oak out performing sweetgum on the poorest upland sites such as the dry ridges. Previous research conducted at Ames Plantation, the study area, suggested that the midslope topographic position was about equally productive for both species. However, this conclusion was tentative and was made with incomplete data. Hence an on-the-ground study for verification purposes was necessary. A major objective of this study was to verify that the …

Self-Reinforcement In The Classroom: Assessing Efficacy, Durability, Prior History And Unmerited Self-Reward, Mark Henry Lewis

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The Effects Of Extrinsic Reinforcement On Previously Non-Reinforced "Preferred" Play Activities, Tanea Calou

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Graph Multiplicities, David Burns

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The Oakland Drive Neighborhood City Of Kalamazoo, Michigan: A Study Of Neighborhood Planning, Karl Francis Freed

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