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High Pressure, High Temperature Syntheses Of Rare Earth Diantimonides And Th₃P₄ Type Polymorphs Of Rare Earth Sesquisulfides, Normal L. Eatough

Theses and Dissertations

The rare earths form series of compounds which are known for several elements but end abruptly or undergo a change of structure at some member of the series. The diantimonides are one such series. Sb-Sb repulsion becomes stronger as the rare earth size decreases and the previously known series ended at Sm. It was felt that high pressure would overcome the Sb-Sb repulsion and allow bonding to form stable or metastable compounds not possible by ordinary techniques. Synthesis studies were carried out on mixtures of antimony with all the rare earths except Pm and with Sc and Y. The known …

On Semigroup Rings, Lawrence Paul Runyan

All Master's Theses

Some of the properties of semigroup rings are described, illustrated and proved in this study. In particular, the central problem focuses on how various properties of the semigroup and ring are reflected in the resulting semigroup ring.

Preparation Of Phenylsulphur Chloride Tetrafluoride, Dennis T. Sauer

All Master's Theses

The reaction of C6H5SF3, CSF and C12 was studied under a variety of conditions. The reaction run in the presence of a trace of water yielded C6H5SO2F and C1C6H4SO2F. The reaction run in stainless steel at 170°C yielded an amber solid believed to be a polymer with the empirical formula C6H3.67SF2. Chlorination of a C6H5SF3-CSF mixture in monel at 220°C yielded a yellow liquid tentatively identified as a mixture of the new species C6H5SF4C1, FC6H4SF4C1 and C1C6H4SF4C1.

The Reaction Of Ethylenediamine With Cobalt (Ii) Perchlorate And Oxygen In Dilute Aqueous Solutions, Robert J. Karmy

All Master's Theses

Cobalt (II) perchlorate was reacted with ethylenediamine and molecular oxygen. Various mole ratios of ethylenediamine to cobalt (II) were oxygenated and studied by photometric, potentiometric, conductometric, magnetic susceptibility, freezing point depression, electron spin resonance and cobalt (II) extraction methods. The fact that the complex was brown in color, diamagnetic, contained ethylenediamine to cobalt to oxygen in a mole ratio of 4:2:1 was confirmed. The complex underwent elation to form a polymeric species with excess base. The complex could not be oxidized to a green paramagnetic complex by reacting it with sodium peroxydisulfate, potassium bromate, bromine or chlorine. Ammonia was added …

An Instructional Method For Self-Administered Medications, Beryl Marx, Lorene Russell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An experimental study was done to determine the effectiveness of an instructional method for older ambulatory patients taking prescribed self-administered medications. This method was developed to emphasize the physicians' specific orders, the purpose of medications, feedback of instruction and a plan for remembering and recording medications. The hypothesis tested was that a selected group of ambulatory patients age 60 and over with the instructional method would make significantly fewer errors than a similar control group with no instructions.

Sixty private patients from the Loma Linda University Hospital outpatient department were selected and randomly placed in the experimental and control groups. …

The Thermodynamics (Log K, [Delta]H°, [Delta]S°, [Delta]Cp°) Of Metal Ligand Interaction In Aqueous Solution.|Ni.|P Design And Construction Of An Isothermal Titration Calorimeter.|Nii.|Pthe Interaction Of Cyanide Ion With Bivalent Nickel, Zinc, Cadmium And Mercury.|Niii.|Pthe Interaction Of Glycinate Ion With Bivalent Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Zinc And Cadmium, Harlin Dee Johnston

Theses and Dissertations

A new isothermal titration calorimeter has been designed to facilitate the study of heats of reaction and heats of solution at constant temperature. With this calorimeter, endothermic or exothermic processes can be studied at temperatures constant to ±0.0002°C. Heat effects are compensated by balancing the heat effect of the process taking place in the calorimeter against a variable heat and a constant cooling Peltier device. The calorimeter was tested by measuring the heat of ionization of water and the heat of dilution of aqueous HClO_4 solutions. For these systems heats were measured to an accuracy of ±0.02 calorie. Log K, …

The Effect Of Thiamine And Its Antagonists On Plasma And Tissue Lactic Dehydrogenase In Rats, Dong Hwa Park

Theses and Dissertations

The lactic dehydrogenase activity in plasma and tissues was measured in the thiamine-deprived, the oxythiamine-treated and the pyrithiamine-treated rats as well as the control rats. The lactic dehydrogenase levels of brain and kidney were significantly increased by oxythiamine treatment. The enzyme activity in heart was markedly decreased only in the thiamine-deprived rats. Unlike the above tissues, the enzyme levels in liver were decreased by 29-44 per cent in all three types of thiamine deficiency, However, the enzyme activity in plasma was significantly increased only by pyrithiamine administration. The distribution patterns of lactic dehydrogenase isozymes were electrophoretically examined in these deficiencies. …

Modified Dispersion Relations And Π Π Scattering, David J. George, Barbara N. Hale, Arnold Tubis

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The ππ S-wave scattering-length predictions of Weinberg have been tested by using dispersion sum rules for the infinite-energy cross section. Reasonable agreement is obtained with the infinite-energy cross section (≈15 mb) estimated from the factorization theorem for the Pomeranchon Regge residues. Experimental phase-shift data of Gutay et al., Walker et al., and Baton et al. are used in estimating the dispersion integrals. The analysis seems to rule out an I = 0 S-wave scattering length ⪞0.4μ^-1.

Infrared Absorption Properties Of Lih, Lid Mixed Crystals, Sitaram S. Jaswal, John R. Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

The normal modes of pure LiH and LiD, required in impurity mode calculations, have been computed on the basis of the deformation-dipole model. Neutron-scattering results of Verble, Warren, and Yarnell for Li⁷D, along with some other experimental quantities, have been used to determine the various parameters involved. It is found that the frequency spectrum of LiH has a gap and that a substitutional D^- ion produces a local mode in this gap whose frequency has been computed, together with its amplitude at the impurity. The infrared absorption frequency associated with this local mode and its integrated absorption …

A Study Of The (T, P) Reaction On 90,92,94,96zr And 122,124sn, Jerome G. Beery

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

A study is made of the (t, p) reaction on targets of ^90,92,94,96Zr and ^122,124Sn. The purpose of the study is to investigate the nuclear energy levels that are populated by putting two neutrons into a target nucleus. The targets were bombarded with 20-MeV tritons from the Los Alamos tandem Van de Graaff facility. Protons were detected with solid-state counter telescope and the data was recorded with an online digital computer. Energy spectra were taken for each of the targets utilizing a magnetic spectrometer in order to obtain excitation energies with an accuracy of ± 10 keV. The …

Origin Of Reeflike Masses In The Upper Member Of The San Andres Formation, Central Guadalupe Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico, Richard Lane Squires

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Several reeflike masses crop out in the upper part of the Upper member of the San Andres Formation in the Last Chance Canyon area, southeastern New Mexico. The reeflike masses are situated on the Northwest shelf adjacent to the Delaware basin of Permian age. Based on the compilation of the field and laboratory data, it was concluded that the reeflike masses are not reefs at all and such exposures are termed pseudoreefs. No criteria were found which could be used to differentiate the masses from surrounding, laterally equivalent strata since both consist of relatively unfossiliferous dolomitized mudstones and wackestones. The …

Concurrent Infections Of Schistosoma Mansoni And Trypanosoma Equiperdum In Mice, Venus Ee-Siriporn

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this investigation was to determine factors which may influence the survival time of mice infected with Trypanosoma equiperdum and the effects of T. equiperdum on mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni.

In order to maintain experimentally obtained standard hours of survival (88 hrs) in mice inoculated intraperitoneally with 150,000 T. equiperdum, it was found that trypanosomes removed from the donor rat should be kept at 25 C and all counts, dilutions of the organisms, and injection should be completed within 1 hour after removal from the donor host. Survival time of mice is increased as the …

Nursing Needs Of Selected Patients On Home Care, Margie Sue Temples

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study was conducted to identify selected needs of patients receiving nursing care at home through the Loma Linda University Hospital Department of Home Care. The descriptive survey was used. Fifty patient home care records were reviewed.

From the general information secured, it was found that 68 percent of the patients studied were women. One-half of all patients were under sixty years of age. Fifty-four percent lived with a spouse only, while 26 percent lived with their family. There were 20 percent who lived alone and six of these were over the age of sixty. Patients were found in nine …

Craniofacial Changes Resulting From Expansion Of The Midpalatal Suture In The Macaca Mulatta Monkey As Revealed By Roentgenographic Analysis, Raymond M. Sugiyama

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of midpalatal suture separation on the craniofacial complex by quantitative roentgenographic analysis.

Ten female Macaca mulatta monkeys were randomly grouped for experimentation. Six animals were paired in groups for two months of treatment, four months of treatment followed by two months of post retention, and six months of treatment. The four remaining monkeys were paired and served as control animals for two and six month periods. Total activation of the expansion appliances in the treated animals was completed over a three week period.

The findings of this study were based …

Masseter Muscle Position Relative To Skeletal Open Bite And Skeletal Closed Bite, Alonzo David Proctor

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Modification of cephalometric roentgenographic procedures provided a means to identify the anterior borders of the right and left masseter muscles and relate them to surrounding dentoskeletal elements. Attachment of short, stiff, wires to the cheeks in a position superficial to the anterior borders of the muscles, subsequent to palpation and prior to exposure of the roentgenographic film, was the procedure used. The bi-lateral images projected on the film were averaged and traced along with dentoskeletal elements including those associated with skeletal type. This line representing the anterior border of the musculature was used to assess muscle position in the vertical …

Roentgenographic Evaluation Of Nasion-Menton And Sella-Gonion Measurements And Their Relationship To The Mandibular Plane Angle, David I. Asatani

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A convenience sample of 480 Caucasians using original diagnostic cephalometric films was selected to evaluate the nasion-menton and sella-gonion distances and their relationship to the mandibular plane angle.

The anterior facial height was represented by the nasion-menton plane. The posterior facial height was represented by sella-gonion plane. The facial depth was represented by sella-nasion and menton-gonion planes. The mandibular plane angle was represented by the intersection of the sella-nasion and menton-gonion planes.

The descriptive data, correlation analysis, and regression analysis was calculated for the following groups: total sample, females, males, prepubertal and postpubertal ages and various mandibular plane angles of …

A Study Of Alveolar Bone Loss And Two-Hour Postprandial Blood Sugar Levels, R. Leslie Arnett

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Two-hour postprandial blood sugar determinations were carried out on 500 patients referred for periodontal care. The mean percentage of alveolar bone loss around the mandibular bicuspid teeth was established for each individual. The subjects were then grouped according to blood sugar levels and the mean alveolar bone loss was calculated. The group was separated into male and female sub-groups and data was computed for these segments as well as the total sample. The data was evaluated in a similar manner for those subjects between 40 and 49 years of age.

No Chi-square determinations were statistically significant but significance in differences …

The Motion Of A Charged Particle In The Field Of A Magnetic Dipole, E. Royce Fletcher

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

The principal difficulties encountered in attempting to solve the general problem of the motion of a non-relativistic, non-radiating charged particle in a magnetic field which varies position and time, are associated with the induced electric field. That is to say, the time variation of the magnetic field produces an electric field which also acts on the particle. Both these fields must be known as functions of time and position if the equations of motion are to be determined exactly.

Petrography And Structure Of The Pedernal Hills, Torrance County, New Mexico, Ralph Alan Gonzales

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

In the Pedernal Hills, in the eastern part of north-central New Mexico, five Precambrian metamorphic and igneous rock types occur. Stratigraphically, oldest to youngest, they include medium-grained granite gneiss; quartzite, quartz-mica schist, and quartz-specular hematite schist; schist unit consisting mainly of quartz-muscovite schist and greenstone; intrusive granite which includes rocks ranging from quartz diorite to alkali granite; and cataclasite representing dynamically metamorphosed rocks.

Functional Relationships For Fredholm Integral Equations Arising From Pseudo-Transport Problems., Richard Crenshaw Allen Jr.

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

In this dissertation we consider a class of integral equations of the general form

Ψ(z)=g(z) + ∫_y^x Y(z’)K(|z-z’|) Ψ(z’)dz’

Where K has an integral representation of the type

K(u)= ∫₀^∞ k(s’)e^-a(s’)uds’

With this integral equation, we associate the pseudo transport problem

(sgn s) ∂/∂z N(z,s) + a(s)N(z,s) = k(s)Y(z) ∫_-∞^∞ N(z,s’)ds’,

Y< =z< =x, |s| < ∞

with certain boundary conditions. (Equation (2) is a generalization or the equation for particle transport in a slab geometry). Equivalence between the problems (1) and (2) is established. Thus any results concerning the problem (2) produce corresponding results concerning the …

The Geology Of The Jicarilla Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico., George Ernest Ryberg

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The Jicarilla Mountains in west-central Lincoln County, New Mexico, consist of Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous sediments intruded by Tertiary sills, dikes, laccoliths, and stocks. The upper 50 feet of the Yeso Formation is exposed and is conformably overlain by the San Andres Formation which consists of the lower Sandstone, and middle Limestone, and upper Gypsum members. The Permian Artesia Formation, which is about 300 feet thick, unconformably overlies the Gypsum member. Unconformably overlying the Artesia Formation is a 200-foot section of the Triassic Santa Rosa Formation. The boundary between the Santa Rosa Formation and the overlying Chinle Formation is gradational. …

The Synthesis Of 5- And 8-Dialhylamino-Alkylaminopyrido [2,3-D] Pyridazines As Potential Antimalarial Agents, William M. Rich

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

The appearance of strains of malaria resistant to most of the synthetic antimalarial agents has prompted the investigation of new compounds for antimalarial activity. The structural similarities of the nucleus of pyrido [2,3-d] pyridazine to pteridine as well as to the known quinoline antimalarials suggested the possibility of development of potential chemotherapeutic agents based on the ring system.

A series of 5,8 substituted pyrido [2,3-d] pyridazines were prepared in which one substituent was a dialkylaminoalkylamino group and the other substituent either a chloro, ethoxy, or hydroxy group. Ultraviolet, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were reported for all compounds. Structures …

Pressure And Temperature Dependence Of The Acoustic Velocities In Polymethylmethacrylate, James Russell Asay

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

The acoustic velocities in polymethylmethacrylate have been measured with an ultrasonic pulse echo technique as functions of frequency, temperature and pressure. At atmospheric pressure, data on the velocities and attenuation coefficients were obtained over the range of temperature from 22°c to 75°c and for the frequency range of 6 to 30 MHz. At the temperatures of 25, 40, 55 and 75°c, the pressure dependence of the longitudinal and shear velocity was obtained to 150,000 psi at a frequency of 6 MHz. From the frequency measurements of the velocities, the complex elastic moduli in polyrnethylmethacrylate were calculated at room temperature. The …

Dose And Depth Dose Measurements On The Sixth Gemini Flight, A Comparison With The Gemini-4 Radiation Measurements, Marion F. Schneider

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

Two tissue-equivalent ionization chambers were flown behind 0.4 gram/cm.² and 2.5 grams/cm.² of shielding inside the Gemini-6 spacecraft. The instruments measured the radiation levels resulting from primary cosmic radiation and the trapped particle environment of the earth's Van Allen belts. Each sensor was constructed from a special tissue-equivalent plastic with radiation cross sections that closely match standard muscle tissue for the many complex types and energies of radiation encountered in space. The design of the sensor and logarithmic electrometer preamplifier are described in detail. The calibration and directional sensitivity of the sensors with cobalt-60 and cesium-137 gamma radiation …

Meeting Southern Nevada's Future Water Requirements, George B. Maxey

Publications (WR)

This is a summary of an address given by Dr. George B. Maxey, Director, Center for Water Resources Research, University of Nevada, to a group of Southern Nevada business and community leaders at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas on May 16, 1968.

The Thermal Conductivity Of Liquid Helium 4 And Liquid Helium 3., Jerry F. Kerrisk

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

The thermal conductivity of liquid He4 (helium I region) has been measured between 1.77 K and 3.95 K, and the thermal conductivity of liquid He3 has been measured between 1.5K and 3.95K, both at pressures up to 34 atm. With He4, special attention was given to the vicinity of the lambda-transition, where data were taken as close as 10^-4 K to the transition. With He3, the critical region was given special attention. Data were taken within 10^-2 K of the critical temperature. The thermal conductivity of He4 and He3 gas at low pressure has also been measured between 1.5 K …

The Identification Of The Inorganic Components In The Calcareous Corpuscles From Mesocestoides Corti, Larry M. Kegley

Dissertations and Theses

The inorganic components in calcareous corpuscles from Mesocestoides corti have been identified by use of powder x-ray diffraction and emission spectroscopy. Difference methods were compared for the isolation of the calcareous corpuscles from the residual tissue of the Mesocestoides corti. Previously reported and newly developed methods for the isolation are discussed.

Analyses by powder x-ray diffraction for in vivo samples which had been heated at various temperatures ranging from room temperature to 1000°C are reported.

The qualitative emission spectrographic analyses for in vivo and in vitro corpuscles are reported for normal systems and systems designed to study the ion …

Bacterial Degradation Of Methyl Dehydroabietate, Burl C. Carter

Dissertations and Theses

Bacteria (Arthrobacter sp.), isolated from lodgepole pine (Pinus contortus), are capable of utilizing methyl dehydroabietate as the sole source of carbon. Degradation products of methyl dehydroabietate have been obtained by manually extracting the cell-free supernatant solution of a liquid growth medium with methylene chloride. Gas chromatography (G. L. C.) was used for separation of the neutral products. The acid products were converted to their methyl esters diazomethane and then separated by gas chromatography. Structures have been proposed for two G. L. C. fractions (V, II) on the basis of infrared (I.R.) and mass spectral (M. S.) data. …

Surface Resonances In High Frequency Scattering From A Nearly-Sharp Three Dimensional Well., Jaime Marcelo Wong Luy Tay

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

A computational investigation of the effect of a surface transition region of relative half-width δ on certain surface resonances in high frequencies scattering from a nearly-sharp, three dimensional spherical well is performed by the method of partial wave analysis.

An incident beam of particles, described by a scalar plane wave, interacts with a fixed scattering center represented by a dielectric sphere of index of refraction 1.333, with a very small transition region in the boundary of the well, described by an odd polynomial function of third order. This is the scalar-wave analogue to the more complicated problem of scattering of …

Isolation And Partial Characterization Of The Toxic Substance From Eremocarpus Setigerus Benth, Shuliang Lee

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The work on the active substance of Eremocarpus setigerus Benth has been previously performed by Naito and Noller. However, the investigation was not complete. Therefore we isolated and tested this substance by steam distillation and thin layer chromatography technique. A yellow sticky toxic substance was isolated with Rf values of 0.15 in benzene system and 0.57 in benzene-absolute ethanol (95:5 v/v) system.

The toxic substance which is free of halogen, nitrogen, and sulfur, is soluble in ethyl ether, ethanol, and concentrated sulfuric acid. It has a maximum absorption in the ultraviolet region that indicates the presence of unsaturation. Its infrared …