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Mormon Return Migration: A Return To Zion, Don Calder Larson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this research has been to study contemporary Mormon migration in the United States. The underlying assumption of the research was that Utah Mormons are culturally and normatively different from Mormons living elsewhere. Research was carried out in two stages. The first stage was a description of migration streams between four designated regions, i.e. Utah, states adjacent to Utah, other Western states, and the remaining Other states. This stage also determined the proportion of return migration in each stream. It provides initial evidence of the cultural pull of Utah for Mormons.

The second stage was a multivariate analysis …

Insites, Spring 1988, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Enamel Structure In Primates: A Review Of Scanning Electron Microscope Studies, L. B. Martin, A. Boyde, F. E. Grine

Scanning Microscopy

Comparative studies of dental enamel microstructure have involved three main areas of enquiry, with structural features having been investigated in relation to developmental mechanisms, function and/or phylogeny. The phylogenetic, or taxonomic aspect has been emphasized in the majority of studies involving the Order Primates, where efforts have focused upon attempts to recognise structural differences among various hierarchical groups.

Studies of primate enamel microstructure by SEM are reviewed here, with emphasis on what has been learned concerning the most suitable preparative techniques that can be employed, and with particular emphasis to the relevance of enamel microstructure in taxonomic analyses of living …

Microscopic Effects Of Predator Digestion On The Surfaces Of Bones And Teeth, John M. Rensberger, Hartmut B. Krentz

Scanning Microscopy

Concentrations of small fossil mammals are frequently encountered in Cenozoic deposits, but the causes for such accumulations have seldom been determined. In many cases the tooth, jaw, and limb fragments appear to be well-preserved under light microscopy, and it is difficult to differentiate damage due to predator digestion from breakage and abrasion due to physical agents. In order to find more specific evidence of predator digestion, we used a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to examine the surface microstructure of bones and teeth consumed by Bubo virginianus (great horned owl) and Canis latrans (coyote), which prey upon similar species. Effects …

"We Gather Together" Food And Festival In American Life, Theodore C. Humphrey, Lin T. Humphrey

All USU Press Publications

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Methodology And Quantification In Dental Microwear Analysis, K. D. Gordon

Scanning Microscopy

Dental microwear analysis is a method of inferring oral events (primarily food processing and aspects of masticatory biomechanics) from microscopic abrasion patterns retained on the enamel surfaces of teeth. Although some qualitative pattern differences may be easily distinguishable, most of the significant results produced thus far have derived from quantified studies of SEM images of occlusal enamel. It often goes unnoticed by readers of microwear reports who are not themselves specialists that microwear analysis is essentially a statistical method, not a visual one. In this review of current techniques and methods, several problems in current approaches are detailed. It is …

A Review Of Dental Microwear And Diet In Modern Mammals, Mark F. Teaford

Scanning Microscopy

Recent work has shown that microscopic wear patterns on teeth may yield insights into variations in diet and tooth use in modern and prehistoric mammals. This paper presents a review of dental microwear and diet in modern mammals, plus a discussion of topics for further research. To date, incisor and molar microwear have been examined, although there are far fewer studies of the former. Facilitated by the use of high-resolution casts and scanning electron microscopy, analyses have ranged from: qualitative to quantitative, low magnification to high magnification, and experimental studies to comparative studies of museum collections. Results are encouraging and …

Tandem Scanning Reflected Light Microscopy Of Primate Enamel, Alan Boyde, Lawrence Martin

Scanning Microscopy

Studies of the cross sectional packing arrangements of primate enamel prisms have been used in a number of recent studies in attempts to determine their taxonomic utility. Credibility of the results has been greatly influenced by the methods employed to examine enamel prism packing patterns and also by the limited sampling. We report here the use of a technique for the non destructive examination, in depth, of enamel prism packing patterns in modern and fossil primate teeth which has considerable advantages over any others so far used, and the preliminary results of a survey of enamel structural diversity in the …

Tooth Enamel Structure In The Koala, Phascolarctos Cinereus: - Some Functional Interpretations, William G. Young, Maria Mcgowan, Terrence J. Daley

Scanning Microscopy

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the structural organization of Pattern 2 marsupial enamel in the Koala is disposed to resist wear on the sectorial crests of the molar teeth. The orientation of wear on the crests is uniformly delineated by parallel scratches on their polished surfaces. Twin blades, a leading and a trailing edge of enamel are formed on each crest by wear into dentine on which the differential wear at enamel to dentine interfaces indicates that the direction of wear is labial to lingual.

96 leading and trailing edges from 12 koala molars were examined …

Utah Science Vol. 48 No. 2, Summer 1987

Utah Science

66 SO WHAT? C. Elmer Clark

69 BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

74 SOIL SCIENCE & BIOMETEOROLOGY DEPARTMENT

81 THE UTAH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION: SCIENCE SERVING AGRICULTURE A review of Experiment Station research facilities and services.

97 FAMILY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

99 ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

104 AGRICULTURAL & IRRIGATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

106 SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK & ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT

108 FISHERIES & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

110 RANGE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

The Multidimensional Concept Of Religiosity And Its Application To The Construction Of Mormon Religiosity Scales, Jeff Black

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Until the 1960's, the concept of religiosity in sociology was very underdeveloped. Although many earlier social scientists were interested in religion, the concept of religiosity was conceptually and theoretically unsophisticated. Religiosity or religiousness was most often determined by church attendance or sometimes simply church membership. In the last two decades, much has been done to rectify this condition.

A Study Of The Relationships Between Hemispheric Asymmetries And Intellectual Abilities, Anne Mcshane

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study investigated the functional significance of cerebral asymmetries. Width measurements of the human brain were derived from computerized tomographic (CT) films and related to intellectual variables as determined by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised (WAIS-R). Subjects were adults of both sexes who had been referred for neurologic examination and were diagnosed as having no abnormalities (N=28). Reasons for referral included headache, dizziness, or to rule out central nervous system damage following various types of trauma. The asymmetry of hemispheric widths (left minus right) in the frontal, temporoparietal, and occipital areas was correlated with Verbal IQ minus Performance IQ …

Poverty And Migration: Synthesis Of Macrolevel And Microlevel Perspectives Of Migration, Keywon Cheong

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study assesses effects of contextual and personal characteristics on the migration propensities of individuals, with primary focus on several measurements of individual poverty status and the poverty level of the residential areas. The restricted opportunity perspective on poverty, the human capital perspective and the microeconomic perspective on migration, are the major frameworks guiding the study. Logistic regression analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of the Youth Cohort and from the 1983 County and City Data Book is employed to investigate differences in the Migration behavior between the poor and nonpoor, and significant main and interactive effects of …

Honoring The Farm: Identity And Meaning In Personal Narratives, Jeannie Banks Thomas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis employs the literary folklorist methodology to explore personal narratives. Personal narratives told by Elizabeth (Beth) Wyatt Winn were analyzed. It was discovered that these narratives provide an eyewitness account of history, reveal world views, and encapsulate experiences into values and personal meanings. The depth of meaning found in Elizabeth (Beth) Wyatt Winn's personal narratives illustrates the importance of personal narratives in historical research and historical re-creation and simulation.

Appendices include several oral interviews containing personal narratives.

Cracks In Fossil Enamels Resulting From Premortem Vs. Postmortem Events, John M. Rensberger

Scanning Microscopy

Vertebrate enamel preserves a record of fracture-producing strain. Fracturing during the life of the individual is potentially a source of selection for stronger enamel in the course of evolution. To determine if it is possible to recognize such fractures in fossil enamel, cracks in a variety of fossil materials, including enamel-covered holostean scales, crocodilian teeth, theropod and hadrosaurid dinosaur teeth, and mammalian teeth were examined. Cracks that occurred during the life of the individual could be recognized by abrasive wear on edges exposed at the surface of the enamel in areas worn by oral or locomotor abrasion. Certain distinctive crack …

Exploring Folk Art, Michael Owen Jones

All USU Press Publications

Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike figures out of cement.

Insites, Winter 1987, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Dolores Archaeological Program: Anasazi Communities At Dolores: Early Small Settlements In The Dolores River Canyon And Western Sagehen Flats Area, U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This volume reports on a series of investigations on the Dolores River Canyon and the western Sagechen Flats area of the Dolores Project. Included in the collection are an overview of the Grass Mesa Locality with a summary of Dolores Archaeological Program systematizing the results of the 1979-1980 Grass Mesa Locality Testing Program, and reports that describe excavations undertaken between 1979-1983. The excavated sites reported include Lemoc Shelter, Prince Hamlet, and Hamlet de la Olla.

Utah Science Vol. 48 No. 4, Winter 1987

Utah Science

154 FARMING WITH MICROCOMPUTERS: ESTIMATED COSTS AND BENEFITS D. L. Snyder and J. Gibney Survey results indicate that farmers' use of and expenditures for computers varied with gross farm income. So did the benefits they attributed to computer use.

159 VINES FOR THE LANDSCAPE W. A. Varga A review of the attributes of selected vines.

164 POPULATION GROWTH AND NET MIGRATION IN UTAH W. F. Stinner and I. AI-Masarweh Both metropolitan and non metropolitan areas in Utah have recently experienced a net migration loss. Sociologists compare these trends to patterns in other regions of the country and during previous decades. …

The Scanning Electron Microscopy/Replica Technique And Recent Applications To The Study Of Fossil Bone, Timothy G. Bromage

Scanning Microscopy

The SEM/replica technique employs high resolution replica materials in order to reflect microstructural details of specimens, such as fossil bones, which cannot be observed directly. The described technique is simple, provides excellent resolution, is maximally adaptable to field and laboratory settings, and is applicable to large and topographically complex bone surfaces. The advent of the technique has made it largely possible to address certain issues in anthropology and paleontology. These contributions have principally been concerned with taphonomy as the study of the bone damage process, and bone biology as it relates to bone growth remodeling processes characterizing the facial growth …

Quantitative Analysis Of Occlusal Microwear In Australopithecus And Paranthropus, Frederick E. Grine

Scanning Microscopy

Quantitative analysis of microwear features preserved on the occlusal surfaces of the M²s of southern African specimens of Australopithecus and Paranthropus (the so-called 'gracile' and 'robust' australopithecines) reveals that there is no striking relationship in either taxon between occlusal facet inclination and the incidence of wear features. Within each taxon, Phase I and Phase II facets tend to differ in a similar manner in the total number of wear features, the percentage frequency of pitting, and in the orientation of wear scratches. Nevertheless, Paranthropus molars tend to display significantly greater numbers of microwear features on both Phase I …

Scanning Electron Microscopy Of Early Dinosaur Egg Shell Structure: A Comparison With Other Rigid Sauropsid Eggs, Frederick E. Grine, James W. Kitching

Scanning Microscopy

Fossil eggs attributable to dinosaur (probably prosauropod) parentage that have been recovered from the early Jurassic Elliot Formation sediments at the Rooidraai locality possess shells that are similar to those of birds and crocodilians, and distinctly unlike those of chelonians and gekkonids. The preserved shell is very thin, and distinct mammillary processes are lacking, although the inner surface displays an undulating contour. The absence of these processes may be attributable to the inner portion of the shell having been at least partially decalcified during incubation and not preserved in the fossil state. The shells appear to be composed of broadly …

Replication Technique For Studying Microstructure In Fossil Enamel, A. D. Beynon

Scanning Microscopy

The present paper describes a two stage impression technique using a silicone elastomer suitable for field replication studies; which requires high dimensional stability, defined resolution, and being capable of reproducing inaccessible details. A test object consisting of etched pearlite possessed fine detail [>1μm to <0.1μm] which was suitable for testing negative/ positive replica combinations. Coltene President light-body impression material was capable of resolving parallel side depressions of widths ≧0.2μm, and it possesses very good dimensional stability with time, allowing the production of positive casts to be deferred for several months. Low viscosity Spurr resin reproduced this detail, and flowed into inaccessible sites.

Although there was evidence of bulk contraction on curing, there was no significant shrinkage on flat [linear] surfaces or in vertical relief dimensions.

Replicas of fractured hominid teeth showed good surface detail, and reproduction of inaccessible three-dimensional features on enamel surfaces. Enamel prism shape was pattern 3.

Anasazi Communities At Dolores: Early Small Settlements In The Dolores River Canyon And Western Sagehen Flats Area, Timothy A. Kohler, William D. Lipe, Allen E. Kane, David A. Breternitz, Department Of The Interior- Bureau Of Reclamation

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This volume reports on a series of investigations in the Dolores River canyon and the western Sagehen Flats area of the Dolores Project. Included in the collection are an overview of the Grass Mesa Locality (with summary of Dolores Archaeological Program systematics), the results of the 1979-1980 Grass Mesa Locality Testing Program, and 6 site reports that describe excavations undertaken between 1979 and 1983. The excavated sites reported include: (1) LeMoc Shelter (5MT2151), which exposed 5 Anasazi occupations between A.D. 750 and 950; (2) Prince Hamlet (5MT2161), a Pueblo I habitation occupied between A.D. 720-840; (3) Hamlet de la Ofla …

Client Writing In Individual Therapy: A Review Of The Literature, Karla Esplin Bennion

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Client writing has been used in association with individual therapy for many years, but published research on its effectiveness is sparse. Such research could provide a potential tool for therapists, as well as expand scientific knowledge. This review includes all available reports on the topic of client writing in individual therapy. The studies fall into three general categories: the systematic, "experimental" studies; the anecdotal reports; and the didactic reports. All studies considered show some benefit from the use of client writing in therapy. Writing appears to be beneficial whether initiated by the client or directed by the therapist; beneficial to …

Person-Environment Interaction Psychological Strain And Delinquency: A Longitudinal Test Of The Theory, Mahmood Gazi-Tabatabaie

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utilizing longitudinal panel data from Youth In Transition Project, the Person-Environment fit (P-E Fit) theory and its specific application to the area of delinquency and aggression was investigated longitudinally. Analysis of Covariance Structure Technique (LISREL) was used to address the issues of multi-dimensionality, stability, measurement of total P-E fit and to test the proposed delinquency model. The relationships between P-E fit, psychological strain, and delinquency were tested both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The student sub-group (those respondents who stayed in school after high school) and the working sub-group (those who went to work after high school) were tested separately. P-E fit …

The Classroom Modification Of Children's Gender Stereotyping Of Careers, Paul Vance Campbell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This research tested the use of non-sexist occupational modules of teaching activities and toys for preschool, second grade and fourth grade classes. In addition to brief descriptions of biological, cognitive development and social learning theories of gender role development, the literature review also focuses on factors which contribute to gender stereotyping in schools: teachers, teacher training, toys, teaching materials and activities. Several hypotheses were tested comparing project members as presenters of modules versus module use by regular classroom teachers and a module-free control group in each grade. Also, second graders were tested in third grade to assess persistence of module …

Folk Art And Art Worlds, John Michael Vlach, Simon J. Bronner

All USU Press Publications

Respected voices combine in this volume to address the fundamental issues pertaining to American folk art. The eleven original essays explore the changing face of folk art in its different contexts or folk art "worlds"--the worlds of the creator, the academic, the art dealer, the gallery or museum, and the community. A new Introduction considers supplemental works on American Folk Art that have appeared since the volume was first published.

Seedskadee Project: Remote Sensing In Non-Site Archeology., U.S. National Park Service

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

A cultural resources inventory survey of the lands near the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.

General Catalog 1986-1988, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalog of 1986-1988

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.