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Cognitive Slowing : The Effect Of Alcohol On The Serial Position Curve, Gary Aaron Sacks

Theses and Dissertations

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Novel Antiinflammatory Compounds: Copper- And Manganese - Ethylenediamine - Diacetic Acid Complexes., Bernice February Katz

Theses and Dissertations

Copper and manganese complexes of bridged ethylene derivatives of twenty physiological amino acids were synthesized, and tested for their ability to quench superoxide and antiinflammatory activity for use as drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. The synthesis was accomplished by nucleophilic substitution of ethylene dibromide by the amino group of the amino acids. The derivatized amino acid complexes of copper that showed the greatest activity were leucine, alanine, serine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine, arginine and glutamine. Valine, isoleucine and threonine ethylene copper complexes showed low reactivity. The glycine complex is unreactive. The manganese complexes showed reactivity at a concentration of a factor of …

Development And Preliminary Validation Of An Instrument Measuring Four Cognitive And Affective Psychological Dimensions (Hemispheric, Specialization, Brain, Laterality)., Thomas Richard O'Connell

Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to construct four relatively independent subscales measuring psychological correlates of brain laterality, namely, control-spontaneity, anxiety, analytic-impressionistic cognition, and verbal-nonverbal cognition. The selected trait dimensions, and the items to tap them, were derived largely from Tucker's (1981) and Tucker and Williamson's (1984) discussions of asymmetric cognitive-attentional and affective processes and from Shapiro's (1965) clinical formulation of obsessive and hysteric personality styles.A Deductive-Inductive (Burisch, 1978, 1984) test construction strategy was used, involving both rational and statistical procedures. On the basis of rational judgment, a priori definitions of the four trait constructs were articulated and a …

A Comparative Study Of Cleopatra In Three Selected Plays : Shaw's Caesar And Cleopatra, Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra, And Dryden's All For Love, Alan A. Fuller

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Induced Mutagenicity And Clastogenicity Of 2,4,5-T In Human Lymphocytes, Kristin E. Konzak

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Artificial Induction Of Host Resistance To Ixodid Tick Infestation : Immunocompetence Of Immunized Hosts, David Strand

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The Effects Of Arginine Vasopressin On Fixed-Ratio Responding In Rats, Dianne M. Heckman

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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December 1984, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

December 1984 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 12 pages

Volume 68, Number 4

Ormsby Macknight Mitchel And The Railroad: A Study Of The Significance Of Lines Of Communications In The Civil War, 1861-1862, Michael Robert Terry

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes a minor campaign of the American Civil War, but one which illustrates the importance of the railroad, as a line of communications, to strategy. In the Spring of 1862, the Union Army in the west concentrated at Pittsburg Landing, in Tennessee, preparatory to an advance south on Corinth, Mississippi. General Ormsby Macknight Mitchel, in command of the Third Division of the Army of the Ohio, was given the defensive duty of safeguarding the Federal left, which included Middle Tennessee, against any Confederate threat from Chattanooga. Instead, Mitchel advanced to and captured Huntsville, Alabama.

This action provided several …

The Omnibus Bill Of 1889: Statehood For Dakota Territory, Julie Marvyl Andresen Koch

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the Statehood history of the present-day states of North and South Dakota. They were part of the Territory of Dakota during the years of 1861-1889, their ultimate division occurring only after a long and bitter eighteen-year struggle.

The prime objective of this thesis is to pinpoint precisely the reasons why statehood for the Dakotas took so many years. It seeks to determine who supported and who opposed admission, both in Dakota Territory and in the United States Congress, and investigates the reasons admission was so long delayed. Specific investigation of the Fiftieth Congress, 1888-1889, is necessary because …

Heuristics, Schemas And Biased Social Judgement: An Explanation Of The Reports Of The Sources Of Self-Knowledge, David L. Nash

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated subjects' reports of the sources of self-knowlege in light of the growing literature about the shortcomings of social judgment. The hypothesis of this study was the subjects' tendency to report self-observation at the expense of feedback and social comparison as the best source of self-knowledge is based on an implicit evaluation bias similar to Schlenker's (1980) notion of "self-projection" and Jellison and Greens' (1981) "norm of internality". It was predicted that subjects' intuitive notions about the sources are such that self-observation is seen as a generally "better" method of self-knowledge than feedback which, in turn, is better …

The Effects Of Hydrocortisone On Visual Thresholds, Tesa L. Webster

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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James J. Hill And His Influence On The Red River Valley, Cynthia M. Beyer

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Touring A Children's Theater Production Designed For Grades 1 Through 6, Paula D. Lindekugel

Theses and Dissertations

Very little is done with the elementary theater programs in the North Dakota school systems. To test the feasibility and ac ceptability of a dramatic production designed for grades one through six, Aurand Harris' Androcles and the Lion was chosen, designed and directed for a tour production. The p ay was presented in eight northeastern North Dakota schools to a total audience numbering over two thousand students.

To determine a response of the acceptability to such a produc tion a pre- and post-one shot Likert design survey was implemented and results were analyzed.

Surveys'show that the production was well received …

An Analysis Of A Nonverbal Training Program's Effect Upon Business Communications Students' Sensitivity To Nonverbal Facial Expressions, Larry R. Honl

Theses and Dissertations

Problem. The problem of this study was to determine if a specific training program in nonverbal facial communication for business communications students affects their sensitivity to nonverbal facial cues. A secondary problem was to determine if there was a difference between those groups trained in nonverbal facial communication and their sensitivity to para-language and kinesics (areas that received no formal training) and groups who received no such formal training.

Procedures. The study was conducted during the second semester of the 1982-83 school year. The study involved eight business communication classes, four teachers, and two post-secondary schools.

Of the 202 students …

Elie Wiesel : Examining The Struggle, Shelly Matthews

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Here I Lie, Nancy J. Broyles

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Cold Tolerance In Purple Martin Fleas: Survival And Their Altered Glucose And Glycogen, Dennis John Bonzo

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Caffeine And Free Recall, George Erikson

Theses and Dissertations

Caffeine is said to increase alertness and improve attention. However, the research which has examined the relationship between caffeine and attention has been atheoretical with respect to current theories of information processing. Therefore, the specific aspects of information processing that caffeine influences cannot be ascertained by the existing data. The purpose of the existing study was to examine the effect of caffeine on memory performance using a task that has theoretically and empirically discernable component processes. Specifically, the present study assessed whether caffeine selectively influences short or long term memory by examining subjects' immediate memory for word lists (cf. Glanzer …

The Role Of Symbolic Form In The Bedtime Nature Stories Of Thornton W. Burgess, Ronald A. Royer

Theses and Dissertations

The task of this research is to examine the epistemological premises inherent in Thornton W. Burgess' nature stories for children as defined by Ernst Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms. Its purpose is to identify these premises, examine them in light of Cassirer's philosophy, and explore their relevance to education theory.

Burgess holds that children are characterized by their potentiality, that their interest in animals is inherent, that they instinctively sense themselves superior to animals, and that for these reasons it is possible to convey any lesson to the child through the medium of a fact-based animal story.

During the course …

An Analysis Of The Dimensions Of Congressional Voting: The Case For Foreign Aid, Donald R. Morrison

Theses and Dissertations

The major focus of this paper concerns defining congressional issue dimensions towards the American foreign assistance programs of 1979 to 1982. The resulting dimensions serve as a foundation to identify coalitions of congressmen who support or oppose different aspects of foreign aid policies. Previous foreign aid vote studies have usually divided congressmen into pro and con camps or placed them along activist-restrained continuums. This study, however, is based on the assumption that foreign aid policy has become too complex for such divisions and that its dimensions center more around the types of aid, the purposes of aid, and the ideological …

Dedalus And Icarus: The Influence Of James Joyce On The Poetry Of Hart Crane, Ayman F. B. Hussein

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is a pioneer study of the influence of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses on Hart Crane's White Buildings. As such, it is both an influence study and a close reading of Crane's finest poems in a new light.

The first part of the essay (the introduction and the first three chapters) tackles the question of influence, the authors who helped shape Crane's literary make-up, and the extent and limitations of these influences as compared to the thorough-going influence Joyce exerted on Crane. In those chapters I examine the role played …

Age Differences In Memory For Stories As A Function Of Passage Type And Rate Of Presentation, Lisa Norgaard

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone And Overtraining On Reversal Discrimination Learning In Rats, Mark Rodlund

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The Validity Of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's Theory Of Guerrilla Warfare With Reference To Bolivia And The Nancahuazu Campaign, 1967, Maria-Gratzia Villarroel

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The Transcendence Of Joseph Knecht : A Study Of The Jungian Process Of Individuation In Hermann Hesse's Magister Ludi., Brenda Annette Johnson

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The Effects Of Vasopressin On Memory Retrieval Following Forgetting Of A Passive Avoidance Response, Margaret M. Traynor

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Clitic Doubling And M-Chains In Pirahã, Daniel L. Everett

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "Recent studies of syntax have shown clitics to be a rich source of insights into a variety of principles governing the well-formedness of sentences (cf., inter alia, Kayne (1975); Steele, et al. (1981); Jaeggli (1982); Borer (1981); Kaisse (1982)). One particularly interesting focus of discussion continues to be the relationship between pronominal clitics and coreferential NPs in the same clause, so called clitic doubling constructions. [...]

"At least two points of consensus have been reached by studies on clitic doubling in the Government and Binding Theory (henceforth GBT) of Chomsky (1981; 1982). These are : (i) the …

A Beginning Sketch Of The Huastec Noun Phrase, Abdias Pablo E., Daniel L. Everett, James Walker

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "The present paper proposes a preliminary analysis of nominal phrases in Huastec, a Mayan language spoken in the states of Veracruz and San Luís Potosí, Mexico. This analysis is important in that it provides one of the first discussions of phrase structure in Huastec, a language regarded by some authorities as somewhat independent in its development in the Mayan family (for one classification of Huastec, cf. Voeglin and Voeglin (1977:224ff)).

"While earlier studies of Huastec (cf. Walker 1983)) have claimed the basic word order to be VSO, material found in texts has adduced little evidence for this. …

Evidence For A Yaguan-Zaparoan Connection, Doris L. Payne

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "This paper examines preliminary evidence regarding the type of the relationship obtaining between Peba-Yaguan and Zaparoan languages. My tentative conclusions are that certain features shared by the Peba-Yaguan and Zaparoan families may be due to a genetic connection, though independent origin cannot be ruled completely out. These features include phonological phenomena, certain transitivity-related verbal suffixes, and postpositional counterparts of some such suffixes."