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Electrophoretic, Morphometric, And Meristic Comparisons Of Walleye Broodstock In South Dakota, Chantel M. Waltner Jan 1988

Electrophoretic, Morphometric, And Meristic Comparisons Of Walleye Broodstock In South Dakota, Chantel M. Waltner

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Electrophoretic and morphological variability among walleyes collected from three upper Missouri River tributaries and a glacial lake in South Dakota was investigated, and an upper Mississippi River stock was electrophoretically compared to the South Dakota stocks. Allele frequencies of two (MDH-3, GMP-3) of the twenty-one loci examined differed significantly (P<0. 05) between South Dakota and Mississippi River walleyes. Contingency chi-square tests of allele frequencies showed homogeneity among walleyes from the Missouri River tributaries, and significant (P<0.001) heterogeneity (P<0.001) at the GMP-3 locus between Missouri River and glacial lake stocks. A dendogram derived from Nei unbiased genetic identity values produced separate branchings for the South Dakota and Mississippi River walleyes. All four walleye stocks in South Dakota were morphologically variable, although no one character could be used as a diagnostic tool to separate the stocks visually. Discriminant function analysis of eight of the most powerful discriminatory characters was successful in correctly classifying walleyes by origin with 83-97% accuracy.

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Iris Murdoch's "Learning Protagonists" : Toward Contingency, Responsibility And Reality, Patrice J. Coleman Jan 1988

Iris Murdoch's "Learning Protagonists" : Toward Contingency, Responsibility And Reality, Patrice J. Coleman

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For over thirty years Iris Murdoch has continuously provided entertaining and thought-provoking novels. This prolific Irish-born English novelist has also sparked contention and controversy. She is accused of overtly manipulating her characters, placing them in extreme and implausible situations, sacrificing the realism which she admires and espouses. The world of literary criticism remains divided regarding their evaluation of Murdoch's intentions and achievements. While some steadfastly deny her a place among writers of the first rank, others proclaim her the greatest author writing in England today. Because she was born in Dublin and raised and educated in. London, both Ireland and …

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Response Of Oat To Chloride Fertilization, Paul E. Gaspar Jan 1988

Response Of Oat To Chloride Fertilization, Paul E. Gaspar

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Several studies conducted in South Dakota have shown significant yield increases in wheat and barley due to chloride (Cl) fertilization. The effects of Cl on oat were evaluated in the greenhouse and two field experiments. Five cultivars and 3 KC1 fertilizer levels (0, 58, and 117 Kg ha-1) were tested in a factorial arrangement. In a second experiment, five N fertilizer levels (0, 34, 68, 102, 136 kg ha-1) and 2 KC1 fertilizer levels (0 and 135 kg ha-1) on oat (Benson) were tested in a factorial arrangement. The greenhouse study had 4 levels of Cl (0, 10, 20, and …

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Learning Needs Of Ostomy Patients: A Comparison Of Nurse And Patient Perceptions, Linda K. Burdette Jan 1988

Learning Needs Of Ostomy Patients: A Comparison Of Nurse And Patient Perceptions, Linda K. Burdette

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The study will attempt to identify areas of agreement and disagreement between the ostomy patient's perception and the nurse's perception of learning needs. In order to achieve this purpose, the objectives of the study were:
,1. Determine the different perceptions regarding the importance of content items offered in an ostomy patient education program when comparing:
a. Medical-surgical nurses and ostomy patients;
b. E.T. nurses and ostomy patients;
c. Medical-surgical nurses and E.T. nurses.
2. Determine the different perceptions regarding time placement of patient education content items when comparing:
a. Medical-surgical nurses and ostomy patients;
b. E.T. nurses and ostomy patients; …

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Structural Differentiation, Technology, And Employee Fringe Benefits : A Model Of Formal Organization, Paul Eric Krueger Jan 1988

Structural Differentiation, Technology, And Employee Fringe Benefits : A Model Of Formal Organization, Paul Eric Krueger

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This study investigated the extent to which the structural differentiation and the technology of private industry organizations were related to employee fringe benefits in South Dakota. This was accomplished through the development and testing of a theoretical framework and model which represented the modification and synthesis of Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy and Peter Blau's theory of structural differentiation. Using a mailed questionnaire, data were obtained on measures of structural differentiation, technology, and employee fringe benefits from a sample of the population of all private industry organizations in South Dakota which had 10 or more employees. The measurement of unionization …

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A Comparative Study Of The Persuasive Techniques In Japanese And American Tv Commercials In Relation To Selected Cultural Factors, Yukari Nishimura Jan 1988

A Comparative Study Of The Persuasive Techniques In Japanese And American Tv Commercials In Relation To Selected Cultural Factors, Yukari Nishimura

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The purpose of the current study is to determine the persuasive techniques involved in the TV advertisements currently broadcast in the United States and Japan and the relationships of these techniques to cultural factors. It will be for further studies to measure the effectiveness of these techniques. More specifically, the following questions are to be addressed: 1. What is the frequency of usage of selected persuasive techniques in Japanese and American TV advertisements? The persuasive techniques to be examined were taken from: Ehninger, Douglas; Gronbeck, Bruce E.; McKerrow, Ray E.; and Monroe, Alan H., Principles and Types of Speech Communication, …

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From The American Lutheran Church To The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America : Rhetoric Of Merger, David L. Warne Jan 1988

From The American Lutheran Church To The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America : Rhetoric Of Merger, David L. Warne

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The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the rhetoric of the American Lutheran Church, and the various interest groups within this organization, as it applied to the merger with the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form a new organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. To achieve this purpose this study attempted to answer the following questions: 1. What groups, including the ALC leadership and special interest groups from the ALC membership, emerged and were involved in the rhetoric of this merger? 2. Who were the main spokespersons for these …

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The Effect Of Participation In A Wellness Program On Cardiovascular Function And Self-Concept In Middle Aged Men And Women, Marvin R. Jones Jan 1988

The Effect Of Participation In A Wellness Program On Cardiovascular Function And Self-Concept In Middle Aged Men And Women, Marvin R. Jones

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of participating for 16 weeks in the Brookings Wellness Program on cardiovascular function and self-concept in 35-55 year old men and women. Forty-nine volunteer men and women participated in the study. The experimental group consisted of 24 subjects who enrolled in the Brookings Wellness Program between June 1, 1987 and February 19, 1988. Twenty-five matched control subjects who were similar in age and lifestyle were also secured for this study. The experimental and control groups were pre and post tested to determine initial and final values for maximal oxygen consumption …

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Rhetorical Analysis Of Federico Fellini's Film La Strada, Randall Scott Hanzen Jan 1988

Rhetorical Analysis Of Federico Fellini's Film La Strada, Randall Scott Hanzen

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One of the problems faced by critics in the past was a lack of critical resources that would allow for viewing a film as more than just moving pictures. Certainly, it would be difficult to understand or appreciate Fellini's use of the spiritual and metaphysical realms of reality if a critic did not have a means for such analysis. This writer believes that a rhetorical analysis serves as that means to the interpretive end. This study seeks to shed light on Fellini's definition of man's reality through its rhetorical analysis. Noted philosopher of rhetoric Kenneth Burke proclaims that a "rhetorical …

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Subsoil Nutrient Levels, Soil Genesis, And Soil Classification In Selected Northeastern (Mlra 102a) South Dakota Soils, Kent Evert Cooley Jan 1988

Subsoil Nutrient Levels, Soil Genesis, And Soil Classification In Selected Northeastern (Mlra 102a) South Dakota Soils, Kent Evert Cooley

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Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 102A is predominantly used for agricultural purposes with most of the acreage utilized for small grain and row crop production. Much of the area's fertility status has been studied and related to soil classification. Information is needed on the subsoil and parent material nutrient reserves of the soils in this region. With time, money, and qualified personnel as important constraints to agricultural development, agrotechnology transfer is crucial for the short term solutions to agricultural problems in South Dakota. Site-specific research is time consuming and expensive. With decreasing government and private funding, South Dakota does not …

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The Effect Of "Al Manaahil" On Spelling And Reading Of Students In Third Grade, Muntaha Issa Haddad Jan 1988

The Effect Of "Al Manaahil" On Spelling And Reading Of Students In Third Grade, Muntaha Issa Haddad

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Jordan TV was officially inaugurated by His Majesty King Hussein on 27 April 1968. The corporation's programs are varied, supplying news, information, entertainment, and education. Jordan's satellite earth station was inaugurated on 29 May 1972. In April 1974 Jordan Television (JTV) introduced color for the first time. With the increased viewing over the past fifteen years, there has been a remarkable increase in transmission power throughout the country. In 1980 came the introduction of Electronic News Gathering (ENG) equipment which is used to cover all local news as well as major international conferences. Since 1968 Jordan Television has begun transmitting …

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Microprocessor Control Of A Ttl Median Filter Circuit, Scott Warren Pladsen Jan 1988

Microprocessor Control Of A Ttl Median Filter Circuit, Scott Warren Pladsen

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The recent growth of the field of digital signal processing has spurred research into many new methods of data handling. One of the topics that has received some attention during the past few years is the area of median filtering. Median filtering seems to be well suited to eliminating spike noise in communications signals and is also used in image processing to sharpen the outline of an image. The basic terminology used to describe the median filtering process is given below. That section is followed by a brief explanation of the approach to median filtering used in this project. The …

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Serum Progesterone Levels As A Means To Study Reproductive Function In Female Lethal Yellow Mice (Ay/A; C57bl/6j), Jon Andrew Gonsor Jan 1988

Serum Progesterone Levels As A Means To Study Reproductive Function In Female Lethal Yellow Mice (Ay/A; C57bl/6j), Jon Andrew Gonsor

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This research concentrated on the reproductive problem associated with the Ay. Granholm and Breck reported that lethal yellow females never produced more than three litters when put into production at puberty. Ay/a females are as reproductively efficient as their a/a littermates at a young age. Ay/a females progressively become obese and reproductively senescent beyond the age of 120 days. The obese Ay/a females beyond 120 days exhibit lower uterine weights and depressed ovulation. Upon treatment with exogenous pituitary gonadotropins, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (IH), the reproductively senescent AY/S! females' ovulatory rates were restored to near control levels. …

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Reforms Of The U.S. Banking System, Monica Shun-Oi Lun Jan 1988

Reforms Of The U.S. Banking System, Monica Shun-Oi Lun

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There are a number of payments systems in the U.S. These include Fedwire, Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) and Automated Clearing House (ACH). Although the Federal Reserve administers only Fedwire and ACH, it might also have to rescue CHIPS as a creditor of last resort. There have been concerns that some of the procedures adopted by these payments systems could impose risks on the systems. The first concern is the credit risk that these systems assume by allowing receivers to get funds immediately while senders can settle the net differences until the end of the day at no cost …

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Approximations To Creating A Distributed Minix Operating System, Devendra Vithal Naniwadekar Jan 1988

Approximations To Creating A Distributed Minix Operating System, Devendra Vithal Naniwadekar

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Gothicism In Washington Irving's Tales Of A Traveller, Murray Buford Montague Jan 1988

Gothicism In Washington Irving's Tales Of A Traveller, Murray Buford Montague

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Design And Implementation Of A Retrieval Component For An Intelligent Information Retrieval System / By Mustapha A. Sarji, Mustapha Abbas Sarji Jan 1988

Design And Implementation Of A Retrieval Component For An Intelligent Information Retrieval System / By Mustapha A. Sarji, Mustapha Abbas Sarji

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Political Development In Saudi Arabia : A Comparative Study Of Executive And Legislative Functions In Nation-Building And Institution-Building, Abdulrahman A. Al-Shalhoub Jan 1988

Political Development In Saudi Arabia : A Comparative Study Of Executive And Legislative Functions In Nation-Building And Institution-Building, Abdulrahman A. Al-Shalhoub

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The History Of The Department Of Journalism At The University Of Mississippi, 1947-1987, Janine Wilkes Dunlap Jan 1988

The History Of The Department Of Journalism At The University Of Mississippi, 1947-1987, Janine Wilkes Dunlap

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Scattering By A Dielectric Cylinder Partially Embedded In A Ground Plane, Mohammad Ali Kolbehdari Jan 1988

Scattering By A Dielectric Cylinder Partially Embedded In A Ground Plane, Mohammad Ali Kolbehdari

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Starting A Trade Publication, James E. Daniels Jan 1988

Starting A Trade Publication, James E. Daniels

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A Gathering Of Remarkable Women In The Dramas Of Athol Fugard, Arleen B. Dowd Jan 1988

A Gathering Of Remarkable Women In The Dramas Of Athol Fugard, Arleen B. Dowd

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Hydraulic Geometry Of Channel Networks : Tests Of Scaling Invariance, Eduardo Esteban Cadavid Jan 1988

Hydraulic Geometry Of Channel Networks : Tests Of Scaling Invariance, Eduardo Esteban Cadavid

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Automatic Precision Microwave Measurements In Waveguides, Anad Gundavajhala Jan 1988

Automatic Precision Microwave Measurements In Waveguides, Anad Gundavajhala

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Opinions Of Mississippi Pharmacists On The Prescription To Otc Switch, And The Otc Status Of Ibuprofen, Li-Ly Emily Chang Jan 1988

Opinions Of Mississippi Pharmacists On The Prescription To Otc Switch, And The Otc Status Of Ibuprofen, Li-Ly Emily Chang

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A Natural Language Interface For An Intelligent Document Information And Retrieval System / By G. Jan Wilms, G. Jan Wilms Jan 1988

A Natural Language Interface For An Intelligent Document Information And Retrieval System / By G. Jan Wilms, G. Jan Wilms

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The Ten Most Successful Magazines Launched Between 1980 And 1985: A Comparative Study, Usha Ramachandran Jan 1988

The Ten Most Successful Magazines Launched Between 1980 And 1985: A Comparative Study, Usha Ramachandran

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Mteep, An Intelligent Expert System To Design Mechanical Transmission Elements, Sanjiv Ranjan Jan 1988

Mteep, An Intelligent Expert System To Design Mechanical Transmission Elements, Sanjiv Ranjan

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The Relationship Between Selected Social And Environmental Factors And Cancer Mortality By Planning District In South Dakota, 1960-1980, Mansour Haghighatian Jan 1988

The Relationship Between Selected Social And Environmental Factors And Cancer Mortality By Planning District In South Dakota, 1960-1980, Mansour Haghighatian

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This paper investigated the association between selected social and environmental factors and age and sex-specific cancer mortality by planning district in South Dakota for 1960 to 1980. Social factors included median family income, percent of families in poverty, education, and urbanization. Environmental factors included herbicide use, pesticide use, and fertilizer use. Selected demographic variables, such as age, sex, and race were uses as control variables. Modernization theory was chosen as ·the conceptual framework. It was asserted that as the United States industrialized, standard of living also rose, and a shift from communicable diseases to degenerative illnesses as major causes of …

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Images Of Kuwaiti Women : A Content Analysis Of Representative Selections From The Literature With Accompanying Annotated Bibliography, Texas Sabine Swanjord Jan 1988

Images Of Kuwaiti Women : A Content Analysis Of Representative Selections From The Literature With Accompanying Annotated Bibliography, Texas Sabine Swanjord

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This is a descriptive study of the literature about Kuwaiti women published in either English or Arabic in the 20th century. Images of Kuwaiti women are examined in order to assess the literature from which these images are drawn. The study first reviews the literature about Muslim women in the Middle East and then the specific literature about Kuwaiti women. The sociology of knowledge is discussed in terms of its theoretical imperatives after which research areas which serve as background to the study are reviewed. The study goes on to organize the literature about Kuwaiti women. A sample is drawn …

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