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The Paleoecology And Geomorphology Of Holocene Deposits Of The Southern Malad River, Box Elder County, Utah, Ann Schaffer Elder

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Widespread Lake Bonneville sediments have been modified by river aggradation and degradation associated with Holocene fluctuations in the Great Salt Lake. Exposures of exceptionally abundant and well-preserved molluscan deposits in the Bear River Valley, Utah, allow detailed paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Holocene environments. The exposed basal unit consists of largely unfossiliferous deltaic silts and clays deposited during Lake Bonneville time (roughly 11,000 - 13,000 yr B. P.). An unconformity representing at least 2000 yr separates the deltaic material from overlying highly fossiliferous stream sands. Eight species of molluscs, comprising a single community, occupied this low energy stream environment at 7690 ± …

Nature's Second Course: Water Culture In The Mormon Communities Of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916, Kathryn T. Morse

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Nineteenth-century Mormon settlers in Utah combined a unique set of religious beliefs with a fervent agrarianism and a strong sense of community. They encountered a specific arid environment along the Wasatch Front. A distinctive cultural set of irrigation institutions and practices developed out of the complex interchanges between nature and culture in Cache Valley, Utah, between 1860 and 1916. The structure of water flow, and conflicts over water rights and responsibilities, reflected the fundamental tensions within Mormon communities between individual gain and collective progress; it also reflected the patriarchal essence of Mormon culture.

The season-to-season workings of irrigation institutions that …

Characteristics Related To The Incidence Of Osteoporosis In Two Distinct Female Populations, Deborah A. Pyke

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Osteoporosis is responsible for approximately 1.3 to 1.5 million fractures per year in the United States. The risk of osteoporosis increases with age, especially among postmenopausal women, and with lifestyle factors such as the use of certain drugs, heavy alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, high caffeine intake, and sedentary living. Genetic factors that may influence susceptibility to osteoporosis include a positive family history of the disease, or a low weight - for-height ratio. In some cases, race and geographic location may increase or decrease the risk of osteoporosis. Known protective factors include obesity, estrogen replacement therapy, weight bearing exercise, and possibly …

Utah Science Vol. 53 No. 1, Spring 1992

Utah Science

3 Preparing Students for the 21st Century

11 Welcoming New Students and New Ideas

13 Research in Brief

23 Hands ...for a Hands-On Education

26 Concurrent Credit Enrollment in Agriculture: The Evidence is Mixed

29 Increasing the Department's Role in Research

Cultural Diversity & Adaptation: The Archaic, Anasazi, & Navajo Occupation Of The Upper San Juan Basin, United States Bureau Of Land Management

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

Recent work in the upper San Juan Basin has more than doubled the number of known, as well as excavated, sites. Without exception, this work has modified and expanded long-held views of the PaleoIndian, Archaic, Anasazi, and Navajo people who inhabited the area. The papers presented in this volume reflect these changes and represent the cutting edge of southwestern archaeology.

General Catalog 1992 - 1994, Utah State University

University Catalogs

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

Use Of Landsat Imagery And Geographical Information Systems In The Assessment Of Rangeland Cover And Wildlife Habitat, Mary Hunnicutt

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The first chapter of this thesis reviews applications of satellite remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) in wildlife studies. The simpler uses of remote sensing are for habitat mapping, often using satellite imagery classified for other natural resources. More sophisticated applications incorporate remotely sensed data into a GIS for the digital manipulation of data planes. The most advanced applications are those which use remote sensing and GIS in models predicting habitat quality or population levels.

The second chapter reports how brightness values of six Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) bands were used in multiple linear regressions to predict percent cover …

Utah Science Vol. 52 No. 2, Summer 1991

Utah Science

42 A Focus on Natural Resources Range Science Department

43 Determining How Rangeland Plants Get Along

44 Desert Crusts: Irreplaceable Veneer or Ecological Frosting?

47 Rhizomes vs. Tussocks: Which Grow Better?

48 Like Us, Plants will Notice Ozone Depletion

50 Grazing May Be Unfairly Blamed for Changes in Pristine Areas

51 Underground Events May Be Root of Grass Behavior Geography and Earth Resources Department

53 New Geography Simplifies Complexity Fisheries and Wildlife Department

55 Complexity, Human Expectations Alter Fisheries and Wildlife Research

56 Healthy Fish--Barometer of a Healthy Environment

59 USU Program Helps Manage Forests for Fish

60 Millions Flock …

Effects Of Selected Insects On Seed Production Of Hycrest Crested Wheatgrass, Ali Yusuf Issa

Biology

Studies were conducted to explore the relationship of common insect pests associated with the cultivar 'Hycrest' crested wheatgrass, Agropyron cristatum (L.) and A. desertorum (Fisher x Link). Insect population surveys were conducted on three farms during three summers to determine relative insect numbers. Thrips, Trigonotylus ruficornis, and Lygus hesperus were found to be the most abundant insect pests infesting Hycrest plants. A broad population peak was observed covering most of July through August for thrips, T. ruficornis, and L. hesperus. In addition to pest insects, the following beneficial insects were collected in significant numbers: Nabidae, Coccinellidae, Collops …

The Swett Homestead: An Oral History 1909-1970, Eric G. Swedin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Making extensive use of oral interviews with the surviving children, this thesis is an biography of Oscar and Emma Swett and their children, who lived on a homestead in Greendale, Utah, (near Flaming Gorge Reservoir) from 1909 to 1970. The family is representative of a group of families who moved to Greendale and engaged in small-scale cattle ranching. The introduction of new technology changed their lifestyles and homestead economics, while simultaneously Greendale evolved from a rural agricultural environment to become part of a National Recreation Area.

Blaming The Boss: Newsroom Professionals See Managers As Public Enemy No. 1, Ted Pease

Journalism and Communication Faculty Publications

The 1,328 newspaper journalists responding to a national study place "inept managers" atop a list of reasons they think the industry is losing talent. "Bad managers have disillusioned more journalists than I can count," one reporter said, "and I don't see the industry doing anything about it."

Elemental Relationships In Rock Varnish As Seen With Scanning Electron Microscopy And Energy Dispersive X-Ray Elemental Line Profiling, Robert Raymond Jr., Steven L. Reneau, Charles D. Harrington

Scanning Microscopy

The heterogeneous nature of rock varnish requires a thorough understanding of elemental and mineralogic compositions before chemical variability of rock varnish may be confidently related to varnish age or to past geochemical environments. Elemental relationships in rock varnish were examined using scanning electron microscopy in conjunction with an elemental line profiling routine using semi-quantitative, energy-dispersive x-ray analysis. Results of our analyses suggest: 1) variations in cation concentrations used in varnish cation-ratio dating relate more specifically to variations in detritus concentration within the varnish than to element mobility as defined by weathering indices; 2) Mn:Fe ratios may be a poor indicator …

Barium Concentration In Rock Varnish: Implications For Calibrated Rock Varnish Dating Curves, C. D. Harrington, D. J. Krier, R. Raymond Jr., S. L. Reneau

Scanning Microscopy

Cation-ratio dating of rock varnish is a recently developed technique for obtaining surface exposure ages of a wide variety of geomorphic surfaces. As originally proposed, the technique utilizes a ratio among minor cations [(K+Ca)/Ti] in rock varnish. Although this varnish cation ratio is related to the Ti concentration, it can also be affected by the presence of Ba that may be partially included in the analyzed concentration of Ti. Barium is a minor constituent found in virtually all rock varnishes sampled from the Lake Mead area, Las Vegas Valley, and the Crater Flat region of southern Nevada. Barium is heterogeneously …

Beyond The Wasatch: The History Of Irrigation In The Uinta Basin And Upper Provo River Area Of Utah, Gregory D. Kendrick, Charles S. Peterson, National Park Service, Bureau Of Reclamation

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

This book deals with the development of water resources Water, of course, has been one of the great factors tn the growth of the American West . Beyond the Wasatch details the process by which water flowing from the southwest drainages of northern Utah's Uinta Mountains was put to human use. The story belongs primarily to the first half of the 20th century, although parts of it extend to both earlier and later times. The water involved rises within the State of Utah, and its utilization had implications mainly for Utah. Development involved native Americans and the settlement of a …

Wyoming Statewide Wilderness Study Report Wilderness Study Area Specific Recommendations, United States Bureau Of Land Management

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

The recommendation for this WSA is to designate 17,150 acres of BLM land and 1,390 acres of State land as wilderness. This alternative is considered to be the environmentally preferable alternative as it would result in the least change in the natural environment over the long term. The entire 17,150 acres of federal land and 1,390 acres of state land within the WSA are recommended for wilderness designation and are shown on the Bobcat Draw Badlands WSA map. The state lands would be recommended for acquisition to enhance the manageability of the area as wilderness.

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 17, 1991

Journal of Mormon History

TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR REFLECTIONS

--Taking Stock: The Mormon History Association after Twenty-five Years

Davis Bitton, 1

--A Community of Heart

Paul M. Edwards, 28

--In Praise of Amateurs

Leonard J. Arlington, 35

• --"Feme Covert": Journey of a Metaphor

Carol Cornwall Madsen, 43

• --The Mormon Message in the Context of Maori Culture

Peter Lineham, 62

• --Hiram Clark and the First LDS Hawaiian Mission: A Reappraisal

Donald R. Shaffer, 94

• --Waging Holy War: Mormon-Congregationalist Conflict in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Hawaii

M. Guy Bishop, 110

• --John Hyde, Jr., Mormon Renegade

Lynne Watkins Jorgensen, 120

• --"Many Mansions": The Dynamics of Dissent in the Nineteenth-Century …

"Lone Star," A Small Communication Satellite For Texas, J.P. Andrews, N. Eaker, J.D. King

Small Satellite Conference

The Texas State Legislature has passed a bill recommending that the state examine the feasibility of developing a "home grown" satellite for communications applications. Such a satellite would be built in Texas by a state, industry and university consortium with the intent that it be launched by a Texas built launch vehicle. This paper reports on a quick look design and trade-off study that was performed to determine the characteristics and possible configurations that such a small satellite system would have. The communications link budget is discussed and used to define the communications payload that would be carried by the …

Commercial Application Of Eyesat, Dino Lorenzini, Doug Loughmiller

Small Satellite Conference

With the continued growth in geosynchronous satellite communications transponders today, why could anyone consider using a low earth orbit, low data rate, limited availability satellite? Several factors have proven to be important as our experience with small, low earth orbit satellites increases: user priority, simple access, low investment cost, portability, global reach, and flexibility in meeting specialized requirements. The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the potential commercial applications of the AMSAT Microsatellite. Four of these spacecrafts are currently in sun-synchronous orbit, being tested and used by amateur radio operators around the world. Interferometrics Inc. of Vienna, …

Small Satellite Constellations For Ehf Polar Coverage, William Acker

Small Satellite Conference

Because atmospheric attenuation is greater for EHF frequencies than lower frequencies, it is necessary to design EHF satellite constellations so that the minimum elevation angles of the ground station antennas are larger than for satellite communication links using lower frequencies. The need for larger elevation angles reduces the coverage provided by geosynchronous equatorial satellites. This paper examines how the size of the polar regions not receiving adequate EHF coverage varies with the number of equally spaced equatorial satellites. The suitabilities of 24 hour Tundra, 12 hour Molniya, and six hour circular orbits for providing the missing coverage are then examined. …

Surviving To The Top: Views Of Minoritynewspaper Executives, Ted Pease, Guido H. Stempel Iii

Journalism and Communication Faculty Publications

There are painfully few nonwhites among the ranks of top newspaper executives. Those who have survived in the business long enough to become assistant managing editors or higher frankly discuss the barriers they encountered on the way up, and the blows that knocked some minority colleagues off the ladder.

Perceptions Of The Honors Program, Andrea Price

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The purpose of this project was to measure how aware the students and faculty of Utah State University are of the Honors Program and its offerings. Questionnaires were sent to a random selection of faculty, students, and Honors students.

Utah State University Commencement, 1990 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

Ninety-Seventh Annual Commencement of Utah State University

Irrigation Management Considering Soil Variability And Climatic Uncertainty, Dani Or

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The increase in multipurpose use of water resources, dwindling xii water supplies, and a decline in the economic viability of many agricultural operations make efficient irrigation management imperative. Soil variability and climatic uncertainty are major obstacles to efficient irrigation management due to a lack of reliable information for decision making. This study was aimed at identifying sources of uncertainty and examining methods for reducing the effects of uncertainty on irrigation scheduling schemes.

A method for spatial-temporal estimation that combines spatial information from few measurements with a physically based model of the system dynamics is proposed. The spatial phase of the …

Tourism Dependency And Its Correlation To Selected Socioeconomic Indicators In Utah, Diane S. Gooch

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This paper investigates the relationship between tourism and well being, or quality-of-life, within eighteen counties in Utah. To evaluate the relationship, comparisons of the counties' differing levels of tourism versus their levels of welfare are necessary. To make these comparisons, three basic steps were followed. First, a social ordering model was derived. The proposed social ordering model was based upon Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of human needs. By utilizing his theory, both economic and noneconomic indicators were identified, and a basis was provided upon which to judge the differing positions of well-being. Factor analysis was applied to this model …

Natural-Resources Education In Utah's Public Schools, John J. Van Niel

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Several aspects of natural-resources education were explored in this study. First, a statewide survey of science, social studies, and elementary teachers was conducted to determine the current form and extent of natural-resources education in Utah. Returns were received from 51% of the surveyed teachers. The percent of time devoted to natural resources, the factors affecting natural-resources instruction, and the need to improve that instruction were assessed.

Utilizing that information, the Natural-Resources Curriculum Framework was developed. The Framework is designed to provide educators with the essential concepts to be included in a comprehensive natural-resources program.

Finally, examples of classroom support materials …

Encouraging Navajo Parents' Involvement In Their Children's Education, Wanda Benale

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The transition of Navajo Indian children from boarding schools to public schools has brought about the challenge of involving parents in their children's education. These people have previously been accustomed to having the education of their children left to the distant schools, with little opportunity for parental involvement. As a consequence, it is often difficult to get these parents to accept the schools' invitations to participate in conferences and other activities when parental involvement is important.

This study reviewed all of the reports that could be found of programs involving Indians and non-Indian parents in their children's education. These programs …

Facts And Feelings Series For Teens, Unknown Unknown

All Archived Publications

Series developed for teens on how to deal with common issues that they face.

General Catalog 1990-1992, Utah State University

University Catalogs

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

An Historical Overview Of The Evolutions Of Institutions Dealing With Water Resource Use And Water Resource Development In Utah 1847 Through 1947, John Swenson Harvey

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis studies the development of social and legal institutions that have controlled the pattern of water development in Utah from 1847 to 1947. The thesis is divided into three parts to facilitate the study of the diverse influences on water development. The first part deals with the mormon church and pioneer influences and private development during the late 1800s. The second begins with statehood and records the changes in the state's institutions up to 1947. The third part is a summary of the entire process. It relates pioneer, private, and state influences to each other and the current (1989) …

Bed-Load Transport Of Mixed-Size Sediment: Fractional Transport Rates, Bed Forms, And The Development Of A Coarse Bed-Surface Layer, Peter Wilcock, J. B. Southard

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Fractional transport rates, bed surface texture, and bed configuration were measured after a mixed size sediment had reached an equilibrium transport state for seven different flow strengths in a recirculating laboratory flume. Fractional transport rates were also measured at the beginning of each run when the bed was well mixed and planar. The start-up observations allow us to describe the variation of fractional transport rates with bed shear stress for a constant bed surface texture and bed configuration. The start-up and equilibrium observations together allow, for the first time, an unambiguous description of the mutual adjustment among the transport, the …