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Kcpx News Survey, Marcia Bracken

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The area of public opinion and survey research is one of my chief interests in my chosen major of political science. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate my accumulated knowledge and experience in the field of survey research. After studying and working under Dr. Dan E. Jones, an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Bureau of Government and Opinion Research, for approximately four years, I have been involved in the many phases of survey research on numerous projects including public opinion surveys, political polls, elite interviewing, and election projections.

With the approval of Dr. Sanders, …

Summer Camp 1973: Recreation, An Approach To Behavior Modification, Christine Elizabeth Erni

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

At the culmination of the highly successful first annual Bridgerland Special Olympics, the author decided that more recreational activities needed to be provided for the exceptional (handicapped) children of this area. Academic and vocational programs were rapidly increasing but little was being done to help these exceptional children develop their social and recreational skills. Besides, college students found interaction with the children from the Exceptional Child Center and the Benson Instructional Workshop to be so educational and rewarding that they wanted to plan other recreational activities. Consequently, interested students met in May 1973 to plan a summer camp for these …

The Thermolysis Of Bornyl And Iso-Bornyl Acetates, Allen Reed Jensen

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Recent investigations in the area of acetate gas phase thermolysis indicate a mechanism which involves a similar transition state despite the acetate used. The reaction preferentially goes through a cis-elimination with the β-hydrogen atoms, proceeding through a six-membered ring transition state.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a strained bicyclic ring system upon the mechanism of acetate thermolysis. Throuqh kinetic studies and product identification of the pyrolyzed products of bornyl and iso-bornyl acetate, an insight into the preferred mechanism can be obtained. A previous study (cited later) indicated that the accepted six-membered cis …

Evaluating Water Reuse Alternatives In Water Resources Planning, A. Bruce Bishop, William J. Grenney, Rengasan Narayanan, Stanley L. Klemetson

Reports

Water reuse is a recognized option for augmenting water supplies to provide for expanded water needs. A methodology is developed for examining optimal strategies for water reuse within the context of the total water resources system, including both the provision of water supplies for various uses and management of wastewaters. A model of the water resources system is formulated as a “transportation “ or “transshipment” problem in linear programming depicting the possible sources of supply, including effluent sources available for reuse, which can be used to satisfy the requirements of various water users. The optimizing objective in the model is …

Modeling The Total Hydrologic-Sociologic Flow System Of Urban Areas - Phase Ii, Wade H. Andrews, J. Paul Riley, George B. Shih, Malcolm B. Masteller

Reports

Introduction and Overview: This is an interim report on Phase II of the three phase study. The objectives covered in this phase were: 1. To gather social and hydrologic data needed to calibrate and test the model. 2. The expand the physical model to include the rural part of the watersheds. 3. To test and improve techniques of the logical linking of the hydrologic and sociologic systems. 4. To begin adapting the model to the computer. During the second phase for the hydrologic component of the model major emphasis was placed on the expansion of the hydrologic area and the …

Effect Of Temperature On Algal Removal By Alum Coagulation, Muhammad Anis H. Al-Layla, E. Joe Middlebrooks, Donald B. Porcella

Reports

Questions about the effect of temperature on algal cell coagulation and the relationships between algae removal and temperature, alum dosage, paddle speed, flocculation time, and settling time are answered. The investigations consisted of two series of tests: Studies on algae cultured under laboratory control, and algae in wastewater stabilization ponds. The jar-test technique was used for the coagulation of algal suspensions by alum. Coagulation of algae is caused mainly by the insoluble flocs of aluminum hydroxide. Other aluminum species also have coagulative properties but are far less effective. The destabilization of algal colloids results from enmeshment within the hydroxide precipitates, …

Principal Component Factor Analysis, Kuang-Ming Chu

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The principal-factor solution is probably the most widely used technique in factor analysis and a relatively straight forward method to determine the minimum number of independent dimensions needed to account for most of the variance in the original set of variables.

The principal components approach to parsimony was first proposed by Karl Pearson (1901) who studied the problem for the case of nonstochastic variables, and in a different context. Hotelling provided the full development of the method (1933) and Thomson (1947) was the first to apply it to the principal factor analysis.

This method was first developed to deal with …

Determining Sample Size For A Control Chart, Shu-Yang Catherine Jean

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The essential tool in statistical quality control is the control chart. In spite of the apparent simplicity of the control chart, most engineers, production men, and inspectors find that its use calls for an entirely new point of view. The power of this technique lies in its ability to separate out assignable causes of quality variation. This makes possible the diagnosis and correction of many production troubles and often brings substantial improvements in product quality and reduction of spoilage and rework. The control chart tells when to leave a process alone and thus prevents unnecessarily frequent adjustments that tend to …

Maintaining Topological Properties On The Brink Of Destruction, Kay J. Hamm

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Throughout the paper we consider the setting where f is a continuous function (a mapping) whose domain X and range Y are both Hausdorff spaces. Our object is to determine conditions on the map f which insure that when X has a certain topological property Q, then Y will also have property Q. For example, if X is metrizable, then it does not necessarily follow that Y is a metric space; but if f is a perfect map, then metrizability is preserved. Chapter III is devoted to the study of this metrizability problem. In particular, we present Frink's [ 2] …

Functional Analysis Techniques In Numerical Analysis, Kenneth D. Schoenfeld

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

In this paper we will consider the problem of selecting the best, or optimal, numerical method of solution to a given mathematical problem. The admissible numerical methods will be a clearly defined set for each problem. Obviously, in order to find the best method in this set, we must have a clear mathematical formulation of just what "best" means; this will be the intent of Theorem 0.1. Intuitively, the best method will be understood to be the one which minimizes the maximum possible error where this error will be measured in terms of the norm of a given Hilbert space. …

Upgrading Wastewater Stabilization Ponds To Meet New Discharge Standards, Donna H. Falkdenborg, Ronald F. Lewis, Donald J. Ehreth

Reports

No abstract provided.

Capitol Reef Wilderness Study, United States Deparment Of The Interior, National Park Service

Elusive Documents

Capitol Reef National Park is located in south-central Utah within

portions of Wayne, Garfield, Sevier, and Emery Counties. Situated on

the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, this scenic land is adjacent to

Dixie and Fishlake National Forests and Goblin Valley State Park.

Other Park Service areas nearby include Zion and Bryce Canyon

National Parks, and Cedar Breaks National Monument to the west;

Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park to the east; and

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the south and east.

Utah Science Vol. 34 No. 4, December 1973

Utah Science

Research helps Utah , D. Wynne Thorne 103

Ag notes 106 107 135

Color by cooling, J. LaMar Anderson, E. Arlo Richardson, Gaylen L. Ashcroft, Richard E. Griffin, Grant Hanson, and Jose Alfaro 107

Reducing freeze damage to fruit by overhead sprinkling, J. LaMar Anderson, E. Arlo Richardson, Gaylen L. Ashcroft, Jack Keller, Jose Alfaro, Grant Hanson, and Richard E. Griffin 108

A model can help save Utah's fruit, E. Arlo Richardson, Gaylen L. Ashcroft, J. LaMar Anderson, Schuyler D. Seeley, and David R. Walker 111

Further processing of turkey - putting a gobble into the dog, V. T. Mendenhall …

Short-Term Growth Response To Fertilization In Young Quaking Aspen, Keith Van Cleve

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Mathematical Simulation Of Temperatures In Deep Impoundments: Verification Tests Of The Water Resources Engineers, Inc. Model - Horsetooth And Flaming Gorge Reservoirs, Engineering And Research Center, Bureau Of Reclamation

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

Successful use of predictive mathematical models requires verification of the accuracy of the models by applying them to existing situations where the prediction can be compared with reality. A Corps of Engineers' modification of a deep reservoir thermal stratification model developed by Water Resources Engineers, Inc., was applied to two existing Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs for verification. Diffusion coefficients used for the Corps' Detroit Reservoir were found to apply to Horsetooth Reservoir in Colorado, for which very good computer input data were available. The Detroit diffusion coefficients gave a reasonable simulation of Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming and Utah, which …

Nematosporaceae (Hemiascomycetidae): Taxonomy, Pathogenicity, Distribution, And Vector Relations, Lekh R. Batra

Ba

For almost a century (42, 139) certain yeast, or yeastlike parasites of fruits and seeds have been known. They occur on a wide variety of crop plants and cause such diseases as stigmatomycosis," "yeast-spot," "eye spot," and "internal rot." They seemingly represent a phylogenetic unit. They have cylindrical or pyriform asci, and the hyaline ascospores often are characteristically arranged in two fascicles lying end to end. All have acicular ascospores. (See figs. 2, a-c; 5 , c; 11, hand i; 12, A; 13, c-h; 15,j-k.) They have similar habitats, and several species may simultaneously occur in the same fruit or …

Toxicity Of Pesticides And Other Agricultural Chemicals To Honey Bees, E. L. Atkins, E. A. Greywood, R. L. Macdonald

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The California beekeeping industry of more than 600,000 colonies produced in 1965 an income of nearly $8,500,000 (Stanger, 1966). In addition, honey bees are annually used to pollinate California crops worth $200 million. For the past 80 years this import

Utah Science Vol. 34 No. 3, September 1973

Utah Science

Deawn - a new spring barley - for Utah farmers, R. S. Albrechtsen and W. G. Dewey 67

Pulling panty hose over Mother Goose's eyes 69

Some hows and whys of cereal breeding in Utah, W G. Dewey and R. S. Albrechtsen 70

Wildlife notes 73, 98

Stem nematode-induced injury to alfalfa plants, the inside story, W. F. Campbell and G. D. Griffin 74

The provision of health related services in rural and urban areas, Stan L. Albrecht and Michael K. Miller 78

The Utah prairie dog - decline of a legend, G. Donald Collier and J. Juan Spillett 83 …

Continued Studies Of The Status, Socialization, And Relationships Of Isle Royale Wolves, 1967-1970., Michael L. Wolfe, Durward L. Allen

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Community Characteristics Of Six Burned Aspen-Conifer Sites And Their Related Animal Use, Larry H. Kleinman

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Path-Coefficient Analysis Of Correlation Between Honey Bee Activity And Seed Yield In (Allium Cepa L.), N. S. Shasha'a, William P. Nye, W. F. Campbell

All PIRU Publications

A path-coefficient analysis was used to furnish information on the inter-relationships of pollinating insect activity and components of seed yield in inbreds of Allium cepa L. The inbreds differed very significantly in their attentiveness to pollinating insects. Only one inbred exhibited a significant correlation (P <0.05 positive) between numbers of honey bees and seed yields. Separating the correlation coefficients into components of direct and indirect effects indicated that pollination attractiveness was not the limiting factor in seed set for inbreds in the experiment. Moreover, most of the variation in seed yield could be attributed to indirect effects on the components of yield, umbels per plant, flowers per umbel, percent per fertilized flower, and seeds per fertilized flower.

Status Of Women Meeting Summary, Richard Swenson

ADVANCE Library Collection

No abstract provided.

Predicting Nitrogen Transformations And Ammonia Volatilization In Warm Desert Soils, G. R. Dutt

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

Nitrogen And Carbon Flux In A Soil-Vegetation Complex In The Desert Biome, D. B. Porcella, J. E. Fletcher, D. L. Sorensen, G. C. Pidge, A. Dogan

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

Soil As A Factor In Modelling The Phosphorus Cycle In The Desert Ecosystem, J. J. Jurinak, R. A. Griffin

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

Gaseous Losses Of Nitrogen From The Soil Of Semi-Arid Regions, T. C. Tucker, R. L. Westerman

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

Seed Reserves Of Desert Soils, Stuart Childs, David W. Goodall

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

A Revision Of The Genus Iteaphila Zetterstedt Of North America (Diptera: Empididae), Douglas R. Anderson

Biology

A Complete revision of the genus Iteaphila was made. Described as new species were Iteaphila bulbosa from Alberta and British Columbia, Iteaphila longirostris from Quebec, and Iteaphila pumila from Alaska, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Terrotory. Iteaphila conjuncta was placed in synonymy with Iteaphila nitidula. This left fourteen species of the genus Iteaphila in North America. Keys to the species, descriptions, seasonal occurrences, flower records, illustrations of the male terminalia, and distribution maps were provided

A Reduced Temperature-Dependent Black Spotted Eye Phenotype In Drosophila Melanogaster And Its Association With Three Different Genes, Stanley R. Irvine Jr.

Biology

The purpose of this study was to investigate black spottedness, in the eyes of the op-e strain of Drosophila melanogaster. This process has some characteristics of tumor formation and is a hereditarily transmissable trait. It was found that black spot formation resulted from a reduced temperature event occurring just prior to pigment (ommochrome) deposition in the eye. The temperature influenced event required the presence of a genetic factor behaving as a semi-dominant ("sp-e") gene identified with the third chromosome. Black spottedness then developed in a manner characteristic of melanization. Present in the spotted region were grossly abnormal …

Heart Rate As An Indicator Of Metabolism In Free-Living Uinta Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus Armatus), Steve F. Johnson

Biology

Metabolic rates and heart rates were linearly correlated in nonhibernating, Uinta ground squirrels (Spermophilus arrnatus) at air temperatures in and below the thermoneutral zone. This relationship measured in the laboratory was used to estimate the metabolism of 4 squirrels in the field for 7 days from telemetered heart rate and the metabolism of 2 squirrels in the laboratory for 8 days. The accuracy of heart rate as an indicator of the metabolism of Uinta ground squirrels is evaluated. Measurements of D₂0 and H₂¹⁸0 turnover rates made simultaneously with heart rate did not yield …