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The Quest For Freedom In The Novels Of John Updike / By Robert Everett Schiller, Robert Everett Schiller

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A Comparative Study Of The Beginning Drawing Courses In The Junior And Senior Colleges In Mississippi, Louis R. Walsh

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Experimental And Theoretical Analysis Of An Improved Levee Foundation Design On A Swampy Soil / By Ewing Berkley Traughber, Ewing Berkley Traughber

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Selected Physiological Changes In College Men And Women Participating In Social Dance, Barbara Dale Bovee

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The purpose of this investigation was to study the physiological effects of social dance on selected bodily responses of freshman male and female students at South Dakota State University. The selected bodily responses investigated were dynamic balance, static balance, trunk flexibility, agility, leg power, and leg strength.

Parasites Of Shrews In Brookings County, South Dakota, Gary D. Collins

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The short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda, and the masked shrew, Sorex cinereus, are the two representatives of the shrew family in Brookings County, South Dakota. These mammals, by the very fact that they are insectivores, are potential hosts for a varied fauna of parasites, as insects serve as intermediate hosts for a number of helminths. Although shrews are insectivores, they are omnivorous. An opportunist, the shrew will consume an abundance of any available food. They have been known to feed on a bird's nest (Horvath, 1965) and attack a garter snake (Byle, 1965). Hair from various small mammals was found in …

Crystal And Molecular Structures Of Bis-Tetramethylammonium Hexabromouranate (Iv) And Bis-Tetramethylammonium Dioxotetrabromouranate (Vi), Donald Dean Dickerson

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The purpose of this work was to study bond lengths in uranium halide complexes by means of x-ray crystallography. In order to prepare the uranium complexes, a synthesis had to be found that would allow uranyl acetate to be used as the starting material. Two complexes, bis-tetramethylammonium hexachlorouranate (IV) and bis-tetramethylammonium dioxotetrachlorouranate (VI), were chosen for crystal studies. U--Br bond lengths were determined for each complex. Carbon and nitrogen were located for the U(IV) complex. A full matrix least squares refinement and electron density maps were used to find atom and temperature parameters.

An Investigation Of Subscriber Attitudes Toward The Clark County Courier, Duane Anthony Dolney

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Although the editor of a weekly newspaper can use the size of his subscription list and the letters to the editor to determine how area residents feel about his newspaper, the amount of information acquired and the accuracy of such information are limited. Another determinant which the editor could use is feedback the employees of the newspaper receive from the subscribers and the other residents of the community. It was through this feedback that some dissatisfaction with the Clark County Courier was noticed. The author of this paper began working for The Clark County Courier as advertising manager in June, …

Prediction Of Beef Palatability Factors And Relationships Between Live And Carcass Traits, Richard J. Berns

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The agricultural industry or South Dakota is primarily based on the beer cow and her products. Cattle feeders had 275, 000 head of cattle and calves on feed on July 1, 1970, a 2 percent increase over July 1, 1969. South Dakota has about 1, 719, 000 beef cows which is 38 percent more than a decade ago. The state can continue to increase beef production in many ways such as retaining mare cows to produce feeders, increasing calving percentage, using crossbreeding, or feeding cattle to heavier weights. Increased carrying capacity through irrigation and management may be another avenue to …

A Theoretical Investigation Of Shock Wave Stability In Sonic Inlets, Assem A. Fathy

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A theoretical investigation of the shock wave stability applicable to "sonic" and supersonic inlets is presented. It is assumed that the boundary layer remains attached and that the principal sources of instability are the acoustic wave reflections from the shock wave and the face. The analysis is based on linearized one-dimensional flow theory and involves the solution of the wave equation with variable coefficients. The solution is obtained by series expansion. The results suggest that shock stability is mainly dependent on the shock strength and to a certain extent on the area distribution. For a given geometry, increasing the shock …

An Electrical Standards Laboratory, Twyla Folk

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The purpose of the research described in this thesis is to establish means of calibrating certain typical electrical equipment in order that a calibration laboratory may be initiated. The quantities to be considered are ac and dc voltages, and ac and dc current, resistance, and frequency.

The Status Of Aquatics Programs In Selected Colleges And The Development Of An Aquatics Handbook, Dwight Lambert Hunter

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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of aquatics programs of selected universities and colleges and to develop for South Dakota State University a handbook comprehensively covering the facets of an excellent aquatics program to be used in conjunction with the yet-to-be completed University Natatorium.

1. Data were obtained from aquatics directors and swimming coaches in-colleges and universities the approximate size of South Dakota State University in all fifty states.

2. Data were obtained from personal communication between the writer and swimming coaches throughout the United States.

3. The handbook developed was designed for use especially South …

Irregation Automation: A Systems Approach, Earl B. Hoekman

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This thesis defines areas in which the electrical engineer can assist in developing irrigation automation. Particular attention is given to a telemetry system for data transmission from soil moisture sensors. Present and future communication requirements in automated irrigation systems are also discussed.

Selected Anatomical And Physiological Responses As Affected By A Rope-Skipping And Cycling Program For College Women, Betty Jane Lengkeek

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The purpose of this study was to test the effects of a bicycle ergometer program and a rope-skipping program on the cardiovascular efficiency of a selected group of college freshman women. The effects of the two programs on percent body fat, body weight, strength, and endurance were also tested. During the course of this study, the following hypothesis was tested: There are no significant differences among a rope-skipping group, a bicycle ergometer-exercising group, and a control group in the development of selected anatomical and physiological responses.

1. The subjects involved in this study were thirty-three freshman women from basic instruction …

A Multi-Item Inventory Model, Ramakrishnan Krishnan

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During the last fifteen years there has been a rapid growth of interest in scientific inventory control; the use of mathematical models to obtain rules for operating inventory systems. The subject has attracted such wide interest that today every serious student in the Industrial Engineering and related fields is expected to have had some experience with inventory models. Originally, the development of inventory models had practical applications as an immediate objective. Today, inventory models are being developed at many different levels, ranging from the direct application in practical problems to the development of abstract mathematical models. The earliest derivation of …

Estimation Of An Economic Social Return To The Investment In The Undergraduate Education Of One Graduating Class Of A University, Ronald N. Lafferty

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Colleges and universities compete for financial resources with societal needs such as defense, transportation, health, welfare, and recreation. Any expenditure for education has an alternative use in some other activity. Both education and the alternative activity would produce financial and non-financial benefits. Comparison of the non-financial benefits must almost always be subjective. The purpose of this study is to make possible an objective comparison of the financial benefits. Empirical estimates of the financial benefits are available expenditures in most activities; however, no estimates of the financial benefits are available for specific investments in education. The decision maker is forced to …

Synthesis And Room Temperature Nmr Analysis Of Dimethylpiperazines, David L. Lyle

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A survey of the literature has been made on the syntheses of 2,5- and 2,6-dimethylpiperazines. Several new N-substituted dimethylpiperazines were subsequently prepared. These are: cis-2,6-dimethyl-4-mesyl-piperazine, cis-2,5-dimethyl-l,4-dimesylpiperazine, and trans-2,5-dimethyl-l,4-dimesylpiperazine (Jl). Attempted syntheses of trans-2,6-dimethylpiperazine (!±,) are also discussed. Room temperature nmr analysis of these and other previously known piperazine isomers supports the hypothesis that the more energetically equivalent equilibrating conformers are the more compact the AB portion of the ABX pattern of the piperazine ring protons. This technique provides a convenient method for suggesting the configuration and conformation at room temperature of the seventeen isomers and derivatives that were studied. Piperazine …

William Faulkner : An Essay On The Trends In Recent Criticism And An Annotated Bibliography, 1967-1970, James Barlow Lloyd

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Response Acquisition As A Function Of Verbal Instructions, Imitation, And The Method Of Successive Approximations, Sylvia F. Alfonso

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The General Music Class In The Junior High School, John Howard Hanbery

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Shape, Plane And Form Exploration Of Sun Designs Adapted To Wallhangings, Guntis Barenis

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The Transitional Nature Of Joseph Warton's Criticism, Ellen Porter Bourland

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Refractivity Of High Temperature Gases, Babulal Virji Gala

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An Investigation Of The Tripole Antenna, Michael George Harrison

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The Chromapproach In Early Childhood Music Education, Martin William Fenerty

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The Transcendence Of [Pi], Paula Ray Dunnam

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A Middle Eocene Depositional Cycle In Central Mississippi, Stephen Guest Franks

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An Investigation And Comparison Of The Music Education Techniques Developed By Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Carl Orff, Zoltan Kodaly, And Schinichi Suzuki, Glenda Broughton Jones

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Analysis Of A Balanced Microwave Mixer, Timothy James Murray

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A Study Of Zoning Performance Standards As A Method Of Pollutioncontrol / By Robert Clark Schroeder, Robert Clark Schroeder

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A Solution To The Particle Equations Of Motion Arising In Exterior Ballistics Using The Concepts Of Radau And Mayevski, Robert Edward Nelson

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