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Manual Signs As Facilitators Of Verbal Acquisition Of Retardates Sight Vocabulary, Glenn Howard Lowitz

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A Production Study Of The Sea Gull : An Investigation Of Chekhovian Dramatic Method, Anna Karen Wallace

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Differences In Emotional Expressiveness Of Love, Hate, Happinessand Sadness Of Males And Females / By John Wallace Trepp, Jr, John Wallace Trepp

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Concepts Of Creon : Classical And Modern / By Micky Gwynn Rigby, Micky Gwynn Rigby

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Narrative Devices In Alban Berg's Wozzeck, Charlotte Gower Mcelroy

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The Christian Humanism Of Fulke Greville, Marie Mullins Goodwin

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Christopher Marlowe's Minor Religious Characters, Katherine Bray Marcella

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The United Nations Emergency Force, Zeinab Ahmed Mansour

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Gordon Craig's Treatment Of Marionettes In The Mask, Martha Mcgaughy Geddie

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Walker Percy's Phenomenological Method : A Clue To Meaning In The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, And Lovein The Ruins, Lois Sandusky Mauldin

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One Blake : The Principles And Method Of Visionary Awakening In The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell, Milton, And Jerusalem., Richard Lee Record

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Essential to an understanding of William Blake is the knowledge of his intense identification with the messianic "perfect prophet," described by the Old Testament prophets, St. John, and Milton, and of the thematic unity which this identification produces in his work. The principles which lead to the attainment of this prophetic role--visionary awakening--and the moment of vision itself are the raw materials for his canon and provide the framework for his three key engraved works. The principles of visionary awakening and the epiphanic moment are outlined in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, elaborated in Milton, and extended to all …

A Syntactic Analysis Of William Faulkner's Prose Fiction, Anne Conner Gaddis

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A Practical Guide For The Collegium Musicum, Harry Evers Spell

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The Influences Of The Drum And Bugle Corps On The High School Marching Bands In The State Of Mississippi, John Howard Hanbery

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Perceptual Motor Match: Impact Of Two Motor Training Programs, Jo B. Cleek

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Purpose. The purpose of the study was to compare the impact of two motor training programs upon a selected perceptual motor task, verbal intelligence and motivation of kindergarten children. (Abstract shortened.)

The Effect Of Frequency Of Home Visits On Parent Behavior And Child Achievement, William W. Locke

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Statement of the Problem. The problem of this study was to determine if the frequency of home visits made to families enrolled in a home-based early childhood education program was related to changes in parental behavior and student achievement. Design of the Study. The procedural analysis for the study was the randomized three group pretest-posttest design. One hundred twenty low income families who had one or more children between three and five years of age, and who volunteered to participate in the home-based early childhood education program, were selected for the study. The early childhood program consisted of three basic …

Perceptual Motor Match: Impact Of Two Motor Training Programs, Jo B. Cleek

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Purpose. The purpose of the study was to compare the impact of two motor training programs upon a selected perceptual motor task, verbal intelligence and motivation of kindergarten children. (Abstract shortened.)

A Critical Evaluation Of Rhetorical Processes In The Preaching Of Pearl Howard Welshimer Through An Analysis Of Representative Sermons, Keith Peter Keeran

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The, purpose of this study was to describe, analyze,

and evaluate the preaching of P. H. Welshimer. Within the

frame of reference of classical rhetorical theory, as

amplified by twentieth century rhetoricians essentially

within the classical tradition, this study sought successively

(1) to determine the biographical and influential

factors that accounted for Welshimer's success as a

speaker; (2) to trace his phenomenal preaching career;

and (3) to describe, analyze, and evaluate his rhetorical

practice on the basis of five selected sermons.

A Study Of Needs Assessment Methods Used For Program Development In Adult Education, Richard L. Gilmore

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The Problem. The problem of this study was to evaluate methods employed in identifying needs for program development in adult education among selected public community colleges in the United States. (Abstract shortened.)

The Effectiveness Of The Tarmac Reading Program, Dan G. Wilder

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Statement of the Problem. It was the problem of this study to determine if educationally-deprived students participating in the TARMAC Diagnostic-Prescriptive Reading Program would show significant differences in reading abilities compared with educationally-deprived students who were not participants in that program. Limitations of the Study. The following limitations were imposed upon the study: 1. Initial grade levels in reading in control and experimental groups were measured by California Achievement Test scores as criteria for defining educationally deprived. 2. The 1975-76 school year was used as the experimental period. 3. The results were limited to one school and forty student participants. …

Paracompactness And Related Covering Properties In Moore Spaces, Virginia Matthews Buchanan

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Physiologic And Embryologic Studies Of The Yellow (Ay/A) Mouse, Gerald R. Cizadlo

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Mice heterozygous for the dominant AY gene have a yellow coat plus an altered metabolism which results in diverse physiologic characteristics including a greatly increased amount of carcass fat, a longer body and tail length, slightly more muscle mass, increased feed efficiency, increased susceptibility to spontaneous and induced tumor growth, and reproductive inefficiency in females. Homozygous AY animals die in utero. The mutation produces a lesion which is potentially valuable as an investigative· tool for the study of physiologic mechanisms and relationships of diverse metabolic pathways. Several experiments were performed to gain information concerning the AY effect. Rate of oxygen …

Drip And Sprinkler Irrigation Of Carrots And Onions, James D. Melstad

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Many specialty crops, especially vegetables, are shallow rooted and sensitive to periods of moisture stress. This makes irrigation of vegetables necessary to their production in South Dakota since summer rainfall is normally both inadequate and undependable. A study was initiated in conjunction with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and the Water Resources Institute to evaluate irrigation of specialty crops in eastern South Dakota. Drop and sprinkler irrigation were utilized for the irrigation of two specialty crops presently grown in South Dakota, carrots and onions. The study was initiated with the following objectives: 1. To compare carrots and onion yields …

Factors Associated With The Acceptance By Nursing Students Of Role Functions As Characteristic Of An Expanded Role For Nurses, Sharon Leech Hofland

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A study of graduating nursing students was conducted to determine: (1) the extent to which these students would be willing to accept specified role functions as characteristic of an expanded role for nurses; and (2) what factors are associated with and seem to explain the graduating nursing students' acceptance of these specified role functions as characteristic of an expanded role for nurses. An interview schedule was developed, pretested, and administered to students enrolled in their final year of study at one of the nine schools with state board approved programs for Registered Nurse licensure. The interview schedule included questions relating …

Compositional And Metabolic Evaluation Of Colostrum Preserved By Four Methods During Warm Ambient Temperatures, Susan Mary Annexstad Carlson

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A study of giant Canada geese (Branta Canadensis maxima) nesting on stock ponds in western South Dakota was conducted during 1974 and 1975. Analysis of 10 selected variables at nests on natural sites indicated that distance of water below high water level and percent slope from wetland to horizon, contributed the most to the use of the site. Distance from wetland to horizon and disturbance factors were two important variable measured to determine use of artificial nesting structures. First nests were initiated on 1 April 1974 and 8 April 1975. Twenty-five nests (16 percent) were located on artificial nesting structures, …

The Development Of Validated Metric Teaching Materials : Length, Joanne Parry Dankey

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The purpose of the present study was to develop a Metric Length self-instructional program to teach adult male and female consumers how to use the meter, the basic unit of length in the metric system. The goal of the project was to create a self-paced program containing instructional materials that were totally individualized. The researcher chose this approach because adult education programs have found individualized instruction to be very effective. Self-instructional programming has been found to be effective for mastery level learning. The goal of this program is to help consumers think metric and to use these units in their …

Mathematical Models Of Postweaning Growth, Feed Intake And Carcass Composition Of Beef Cattle, Hoon Song

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A computer model was developed to evaluate the energetic efficiency of postweaning beef production of various biological types of cattle fed rations with different energy densities. In Section I, a mathematical model was developed to estimate voluntary feed intake for growing cattle from weaning to slaughter. The mathematical model included effects of differences in energy density and crude fiber content of the ration and in breed and degree of maturity of cattle on feed intake. When gastrointestinal tract distension controlled feed consumption, the primary factors determining feed intake were (1) rate of excretion of digesta, (2) rate of digestion, (3) …

Social-Structural Effects On The Adoption Of The Snowmobile As A Recreational Innovation, Sandra H. Ramynke

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Social structural factors and individual characteristics related to innovativeness were studied in a random sample of 402 South Dakota owners of registered snowmobiles. Data collection employed a mailed questionnaire. The objectives of the study were to determine: (1) Which, if any, sociopsychological and sociodemographic individual characteristics explain variations in innovativeness with regard to purchasing of snowmobiles; (2) Whether community norm as a structural effect contributes to the explanation of variations in snowmobiler innovativeness when individual characteristics of adoptors are partialed out or controlled; and, (3) Whether the general contours of the adoption-diffusion model may be extended to the area of …

Criticism Of The Liberal Intellectual In The Political Fiction Of Mary Mccarthy, Terrill Hyde Huntington

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For more than thirty years, Mary McCarthy has served as the conscience of the liberal American intellectual. McCarthy’s method of writing is satire, and she treats both her sympathetic and unsympathetic characters satirically. The characters in her fiction are generally liberal intellectuals who follow one of two patterns. The sympathetic characters are those who, despite their flaws, endeavor to be conscientious, objective and truth seeking. They are plagued by self-doubt and constant awareness o their own limitations. In contrast, her unsympathetic characters are egotistical and self-deluding. Their intellectual capabilities are bent not toward fulfillment of their liberal and humanitarian ideals, …

Correlates Of Leadership Attractedness Among Instrumental And Expressive Voluntary Service Organizations In Fall River And Meade Counties Of South Dakota, William Wakefield

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A study of the voluntary service organizations in Fall River and Meade counties of South Dakota was conducted during 1975 to determine: 1. The various voluntary associations in Fall River and Meade counties and their functions. 2. The leaders of the various voluntary associations in these two counties, their socioeconomic characteristics, and their attractedness to these organizations. 3. Whether those leaders who are characterized as either instrumental or expressive members have joined voluntary associations because of the association's perceived instrumental or expressive orientation, or because of some other not so apparent reasons. The respective leader of the voluntary associations is …