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Insect Communities And Faunas Of A Rocky Mountain Subalpine Sere, David J. Schimpf, James A. Macmahon Jan 1985

Insect Communities And Faunas Of A Rocky Mountain Subalpine Sere, David J. Schimpf, James A. Macmahon

Great Basin Naturalist

Insect faunas and communities are characterized for herbaceous and tree canopy layers in meadow, aspen, and spruce/fir stages of a northern Utah sere. A greater percentage of species were in Thysanoptera in both aspen strata, and a greater percentage of individuals were in Lepidoptera in aspen canopy. Our sites were quite similar to a wide variety of other terrestrial sites in their distribution of species or individuals among orders or metamorphosis categories. Insects/m2 peaked in the aspen stage, but declined in the herbaceous layer with succession. Insects/plant biomass in the herbaceous layer increased with succession. Insects/m2 and insects/foliar …

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Unusual Social Feeding And Soaring By The Common Raven (Corvus Corax), Clayton M. White, Merle Tanner-White Jan 1985

Unusual Social Feeding And Soaring By The Common Raven (Corvus Corax), Clayton M. White, Merle Tanner-White

Great Basin Naturalist

A flock of some 1000 ravens, not associated with night roosts, was seen during the breeding season. Some were feeding on the ground while others soared in the air above them. It is suggested that the large soaring flock acted as information transfers for feeding conditions.

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Nature On Trial: The Case Of The Rooster That Laid An Egg, E. V. Walter Jan 1985

Nature On Trial: The Case Of The Rooster That Laid An Egg, E. V. Walter

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Mathematical Model In Plato And Some Surrogates In A Jain Theory Of Knowledge, Edith Wyschogrod Jan 1985

The Mathematical Model In Plato And Some Surrogates In A Jain Theory Of Knowledge, Edith Wyschogrod

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Muslim Perceptions Of The West; Iran, Roger Savory Jan 1985

Muslim Perceptions Of The West; Iran, Roger Savory

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Reflections Of "Orientalism" From The Angle Of Japan-Related Research, Carl Steenstrup Jan 1985

Reflections Of "Orientalism" From The Angle Of Japan-Related Research, Carl Steenstrup

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Reflections On The Question Of "East" And "West" From The Point Of View Of Japan, William E. Naff Jan 1985

Reflections On The Question Of "East" And "West" From The Point Of View Of Japan, William E. Naff

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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The Civilized Mind, E. V. Walter Jan 1985

The Civilized Mind, E. V. Walter

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review Jan 1985

Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Little Giant Industries, Max Downing, Lisa Reese, Greg Rummler, Michael Ryan Jan 1985

Little Giant Industries, Max Downing, Lisa Reese, Greg Rummler, Michael Ryan

Student Works

This report is a compilation of the survey conducted by the B.Y.U. marketing research team of Zastowney and Associates, as outlined in the proposal approved on May 15, 1985. The purpose of this research study was to: 1. Determine students' perceptions of the Little Giant aluminum briefcase with other existing products in the marketplace; 2. Determine the student groups that would be most likely to purchase the briefcase; 3. Determine the retailing price which students would be the most willing to pay; 4. Determine what accessories students would most prefer for the briefcase. Zastowney & Associates comprised of Max Downing, …

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Nuclear War And Computer-Generated Nuclear Alerts, Douglas M. Campbell Jan 1985

Nuclear War And Computer-Generated Nuclear Alerts, Douglas M. Campbell

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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Max Weber, Joseph Needham, Benjamin Nelson: The Question Of Chinese Science, N. Sivin Jan 1985

Max Weber, Joseph Needham, Benjamin Nelson: The Question Of Chinese Science, N. Sivin

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Quantum Electrodynamics Based On Self-Energy: Lamb Shift And Spontaneous Emission Without Field Quantization, A. O. Barut, Jean F. Van Huele Jan 1985

Quantum Electrodynamics Based On Self-Energy: Lamb Shift And Spontaneous Emission Without Field Quantization, A. O. Barut, Jean F. Van Huele

Faculty Publications

The theory of radiative processes in quantum theory is formulated on the basis of self-energy, in analogy to classical radiation theory, and is explicitly carried out for the calculation of the Lamb shift and spontaneous emission.

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Application Of Combined Jointed Media And Discrete Slip Plane Characteristics To Subsidence Predictions, David W. Basinger Dec 1984

Application Of Combined Jointed Media And Discrete Slip Plane Characteristics To Subsidence Predictions, David W. Basinger

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents an application of a numerical formulation incorporating the effects of joints, cracks, and fractures to a soil subsidence predictions problem, and the extension of that formulation to combined discrete slip planes and jointed media continua formulations. The results obtained are compared to each other and to a physical centrifuge simulation performed previously on the same problem.

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Publications, Yeen-Mei Wu Chang, Lily Kecskes, Wen-Kai Kung, Edwin G. Beal, Yoshiko Yoshimura Oct 1984

Publications, Yeen-Mei Wu Chang, Lily Kecskes, Wen-Kai Kung, Edwin G. Beal, Yoshiko Yoshimura

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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Isee/Ice Data Reduction And Analysis: Magnetic Fields, Edward J. Smith, Douglas E. Jones, George L. Siscoe, Bruce T. Tsurutani Jul 1984

Isee/Ice Data Reduction And Analysis: Magnetic Fields, Edward J. Smith, Douglas E. Jones, George L. Siscoe, Bruce T. Tsurutani

Faculty Publications

In accordance with the instructions provided by GSFC, the work has been divided into a number of individual study tasks. For each task, a brief narrative description and a budget are provided. Task I, the Core Task, is treated as a single task. Task II, concerning the comet, is a single task. Task III is subdivided into three major categories: (A) on-going interplanetary studies begun in prior years (B) on-going magnetotail studies begun in FY'84 and (C) new studies proposed for FY'85 and '86.

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Isotropy Group Description Of A Phase Transition In Nano3, W. Scott Stornetta, Dorian M. Hatch Jun 1984

Isotropy Group Description Of A Phase Transition In Nano3, W. Scott Stornetta, Dorian M. Hatch

Faculty Publications

Predictions of the possible post-transition symmetries of an R 3c zone center continuous phase transition are made using recent extensions of the Landau theory. The Landau theory is summarized and direct group theoretical methods are applied to the R 3c phase. General techniques for solving systems of nonlinear polynomial equations are reviewed and these techniques are applied to the minimization of the free energy F for the aforementioned possible symmetries. The results of the direct methods and the minimization procedures are shown to be compatible. It is shown that the transition to R 3c in NaNO3 is consistent with the …

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The ±Tense Feature Of Consonants. Is It Determined Universally By The /H/ Phoneme?, Thomas H. Cunningham Feb 1984

The ±Tense Feature Of Consonants. Is It Determined Universally By The /H/ Phoneme?, Thomas H. Cunningham

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

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Incorporation Of Scientific And Technological Terminology In The Arab World And Israel: A Comparative Study, Sadok H. Masliyah Feb 1984

Incorporation Of Scientific And Technological Terminology In The Arab World And Israel: A Comparative Study, Sadok H. Masliyah

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

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Size And Seasonal Activity Patterns Of Abundant Sympatric Spider Species In Cache County, Utah, James V. Robinson Jan 1984

Size And Seasonal Activity Patterns Of Abundant Sympatric Spider Species In Cache County, Utah, James V. Robinson

Great Basin Naturalist

Of the eight most frequently collected spiders at a northern Utah study site, each of two species employed one of the following hunting strategies: pursuing, web building, jumping, and ambushing. Within each pair, size differences between species were substantial for all but the ambushers. The ambushers had different seasonal activity patterns, as did the web builders.

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Another View Of Family Conflict And Family Wholeness, C. Terry Warner, Terrance D. Olson Jan 1984

Another View Of Family Conflict And Family Wholeness, C. Terry Warner, Terrance D. Olson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

A family life educator's suggested solutions of family problems will spring from his beliefs abou the sources of human conflict. This paper sketches a theory of conflict that is rooted in the individual's betrayal of his/her own fundamental values. Hypocrisy and self-deception ensue, and individuals insidiously provoke each other to do the very things for which they blame one another. This means that people can desist form the attitudes that throw them into conflict and live harmoniously. But because of their self-deception, seeing how to do this is not easy. Ultimately, the solution lies in moral responsibility. Implications for family …

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The Incidence Of Obesity In Lds College Women: The Effect Of Selected Physical Socio-Environmental Variables On Total Percent Body Fat In Two Populations Of Lds Women, Carrie Tanner Summers Jan 1984

The Incidence Of Obesity In Lds College Women: The Effect Of Selected Physical Socio-Environmental Variables On Total Percent Body Fat In Two Populations Of Lds Women, Carrie Tanner Summers

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of selected physical socio-environmental variables on total percent body fat. The sample population consisted of single, LDS, white women attending Brigham Young University (BYU) and California State University at Fullerton (CSUF). Significant data as well as trends that appeared were included in this paper.

From the data collected, it was concluded that the sample populations at BYU and CSUF were the same. The incidence of obesity was determined only among individuals attending both universities. The entire sample population mean was 22.19 percent. This percentage did not meet the obesity criteria. …

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Two-Dimensional Computer Modeling Of Joints And Fractures In Continua, Royd R. Nelson Dec 1983

Two-Dimensional Computer Modeling Of Joints And Fractures In Continua, Royd R. Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a numerical formulation which incorporates the effects of joints, cracks, and fractures into a mathematical mode used to in an existing finite element code. Two separate crack definitions were incorporated, one involving a discrete crack model, and the other a continuum approach defining a new material with regularly spaced joints. Several examples are also presented demonstrating the use of this capability.

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C. C. A. Christensen On Art From The Salt Lake City Bikuben February-March 1892, Richard L. Jensen Oct 1983

C. C. A. Christensen On Art From The Salt Lake City Bikuben February-March 1892, Richard L. Jensen

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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Development Of A Computer-Aided Graphics Capability To Display Field Test Data, L. Allen Adams Aug 1983

Development Of A Computer-Aided Graphics Capability To Display Field Test Data, L. Allen Adams

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis develops an interactive computer-aided graphics package for the display of experimental and field test data. EXPERT was developed to be used in conjunction with MOVIE.BYU and DISSPLA, utilizing a bivariate interpolation scheme to create a full field of data using the "sparse" field data as pivotal points. The usefulness and practicality of the program is demonstrated by graphically displaying the data from the Air Force Weapons Laboratory's CHEAT test.

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Unification Of Ernst-Equation Backlund Transformations Using A Modified Wahlquist-Estabrook Technique; Wahlquist-Estabrook, B. Kent Harrison Aug 1983

Unification Of Ernst-Equation Backlund Transformations Using A Modified Wahlquist-Estabrook Technique; Wahlquist-Estabrook, B. Kent Harrison

Faculty Publications

The three known Backlund transformations for the Ernst equation are derived using a modification of the Wahlquist-Estabrook prolongation procedure. The modification requires that the equation to be studied be cast into a set of differential forms and their exterior derivatives, such that all coefficients are constant (a "CC ideal''). Analysis of the resulting equations produces 16 solutions composed of the three basic transformations combined with identity and other essentially trivial transformations. The group structure of the transformations is discussed. A Backlund transformation (already known) for the Ernst-Maxwell equations can be found by the same method. Promising generalizations are mentioned.

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Winter Stomach Contents Of South Dakota Badgers, E. Blake Hart, Michael Trumbo Jul 1983

Winter Stomach Contents Of South Dakota Badgers, E. Blake Hart, Michael Trumbo

Great Basin Naturalist

Stomach contents of 33 hunter- and trapper-killed badgers, Taxidea taxus, from northeastern South Dakota were examined during the 1980–81 fur season. Mammal prey species made up the bulk of the ingested food, followed by plant materials. Approximately 40 percent of stomach contents were mammals, 35 percent were of plant origin, 10 percent were birds, 10 percent were insects, while the remainder was mostly inorganic materials. Little significant difference was found in variety of food items consumed by each sex. South Dakota badgers are opportunistic foragers in the wintertime when food is scarce. Individual food items are usually taken in quantity …

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Development Of A Computer-Aided Analysis Package For Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics, William E. Warkentin Apr 1983

Development Of A Computer-Aided Analysis Package For Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics, William E. Warkentin

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis develops an interactive computer-aided analysis package for solving linear elastic fracture mechanics problems. CHILES 2 (an existing finite element fracture mechanics program) was modified to be interactive. The modified program is named CHILES.BYU and is used in conjunction with QMESH.BYU and MOVIE.BYU to form the total software package. An analysis of glass ceramics and glass ceramic/metal interfaces was performed demonstrating the capabilities of the package. This study demonstrates the usefulness of an interactive package of computer programs to allow an engineer to rapidly investigate different crack configurations.

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Scrubs.Byu A Two Dimensional Finite Element Package For Continuum Analysis Using Quadratic Isoparametric Elements, Michael Glenn Long Apr 1983

Scrubs.Byu A Two Dimensional Finite Element Package For Continuum Analysis Using Quadratic Isoparametric Elements, Michael Glenn Long

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis develops a two dimensional, axisymmetric finite element package for solving continuum problems including rubbleization subsidence and nonlinear fracture mechanics. This package includes both a user friendly preprocessor, PRESCRUBS.BYU, and a versatile analysis code SCRUBS.BYU. PRESCRUBS.BYU systematically creates the data file necessary to run SCRUBS.BYU. SCRUBS.BYU provides many options of nonlinear static analysis using either linear or quadratic isoparametric finite elements. Sample problems are presented that demonstrate the capabilities of this package.

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Stylometry And Wordprints: A Book Of Mormon Reevaluation, Brian Curtis Roberts Jan 1983

Stylometry And Wordprints: A Book Of Mormon Reevaluation, Brian Curtis Roberts

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a project which investigates the science of stylometry and wordprints; the analysis of writing style characteristics. The focus is placed on reexamining a wordprint study done by Wayne Larsen and Alvin Rencher wherein the Book of Mormon was analyzed against texts by those who are purported to have written it. The difference in this study from the first was that new wordprint definitions were developed using a junction grammar program created by Eldon Lytle, the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon was employed as the base text, the phrase "it came to pass" was deleted and …

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