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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.

The Narrow Room : A Critical Study Of The Sonnet Sequences Of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ann O. Boultinghouse

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The second decade of the twentieth century brought to American Literature a renaissance in poetry which affected not only the course of American letters b􂨻t also the course of American culture as well. The beginning of this renaissance is marked by the publication of the Lyric Year in 1912 which purported to be a collection of new, fresh, and arresting poems by contemporary poets, both known and obscure. In this volume and into this renaissance appeared the teen-aged Edna St. Vincent Millay with her youthful "Renascence." Although the poem did not win a prize, over which there was an eruption …

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 …

The Present Status Of Intramural Sports Programs For Boys In South Dakota High Schools, Thomas Lee Farrell

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The problem under consideration in this study was to determine the number of South Dakota high schools that are providing intramural sports programs for their male and female students, and to determine the present status of intramural sports programs for boys in South Dakota's public and private high schools.

A Study To Determine The South Dakota School Districts' Information Programs, Policies, And Attitudes, Donald A. Clyde

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There are a great many problems in education today. One of them is the growing reluctance of the public to support the high cost of education. Communications and public relations are considered to be helpful tools in explaining school needs and policy to the public. But are the schools in South Dakota making a rational use of these tools? To do so, a public relations-community relations communication policy ls needed. This thesis will evaluate the public relations policy of South Dakota schools--the policy of communicating with the public. It will focus on the school district policy. Included in the discussion …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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Effects Of Marihuana And Lysergic Acid Diethylamide On Leukocytechromosomes Of The Golden Hamster, Michael Thomas Nicholson

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Need For Day Care Services As Expressed By Current, Former, Andpotential Aid To Dependent Children Recipients In Oxford, Mississippi, Frances Elizabeth Hinson Williams

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Nature In Walt Whitman's Poetry And Prose, Carl James Koch

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The New Town Concept As A Possible Solution To Population Dispersal, James W. Darden

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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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Chemical Constituents Of Cannabis Sativa L. Roots / By David Joseph Slatkin, David Joseph Slatkin

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Frost Among The Leaves : The Dark Side Of Robert Frost / By H. Mark Woodward, H. Mark Woodward

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The Effects Of A Collegiate Basketball Season On Selected Fitness Measurements, John Lee Eidsness

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in selected cardiovascular fitness and body measurements of collegiate varsity basketball players during and following a season of training and competition.
Hypothesis
The following hypothesis was investigated:
1. There is no significant change throughout a season of competitive varsity basketball in the variables of maximal oxygen uptake, leg strength, leg power, and percent body fat delimitation.

Limitations and delimination of the study:

1. The subjects used in this study were nine South Dakota State University basketball players.
2. Data were collected only on cardiovascular endurance leg strength, leg power, and …

Occupational Aspirations And Expectations Of Seminary Students, William Mastin Cross

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This study was developed as the result of a long-term interest in occupational choice. The basic problem of the study was the nature of the relations between influences perceived by seminarians on their occupational choice, and their occupational specialization. The basic objective was to explore the nature and extent of this relation. Literature was reviewed dealing with the relation of reference groups to classical and contemporary theory. Literature related to reference theory dealing with medical students and ministerial specialization was also dealt with. The basic theoretical model used was that of Merton. He related reference group theory to the occupational …

Nutritional Adequacy And Acceptance By Students Of The Meals Served In Nine Sorority Houses At The University Of Mississippi, Quintilla Smith Williams

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Art Education And The Blind Child, Susan Sprinkel

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Human Olfaction : A Study Of Its Significance As A Variable In Social Interaction/ By Albert Alexander Teel, Albert Alexander Teel

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Flavor Preference And Stability Of A Low-Fat Dairy Spread, James Robert Miller

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Low-fat dairy spread has been defined as a product which contains only dairy ingredients and has a lower fat content than the commonly used spreads, butter and margarine (5). Although some low-fat spreads have contained very little fat, most of those which have been developed during the past 30 years have contained about one-third to two-thirds as much fat as the commonly used spreads and have had a higher protein content. ·The low-fat dairy spread studied in this project contained about ten times more protein and only one-half as much fat as butter and margarine. The present day justification of …

Abnormal Milk Evaluations In Eastern South Dakota Milk Plants And Dairy Herds, Edwin J. Kleen

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For many years bovine mastitis has been a major problem for dairy producers, the seriousness of which can be measured by the volumes of literature which have been written about it as well as the economic losses incurred by the dairy industry because of it. The fact that mastitis is still a virulent disease in spite of the vast amount of research conducted on it would suggest either that the underlying causes of mastitis still are not completely understood or that the knowledge gained through research has not been presented effectively to those who need it most—namely the dairy farmer. …

The Effects Of Interval Training In Ambient Temperature Variations As Measured By Cardiovascular Endurance, Bernard Alexander Moore

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of interval training in a warm environment and the effect of interval training in a cold environment on cardiovascular endurance, and to compare the effects of interval training in the two environments. There will be no significant difference in the improvement of cardiovascular endurance in comparing interval training in a warm temperature environment to interval training in a cold temperature environment.

Immunofluorescent Detection Of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B In Food And Culture Media, Raymond Lloyd Stark

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This study was undertaken to investigate the possibility of using the fluorescent antibody technique to rapidly demonstrate and estimate enterotoxin concentrations in food and culture media. The correlation between degree of cell fluorescence and enterotoxin production of organisms grown under varying environmental and nutritional conditions was shown.

Characteristics Of Low-Income Families In The Head Start Program In Three Eastern South Dakota Counties, Christopher Lee Smith

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Little has been published which deals specifically with families in the Head Start program. Therefore, it would seem most appropriate to ask: What characteristics do Head Start families possess; in what way, if any, do these characteristics differ from those characteristics which are frequently attributed to the "poverty type" family; and, what are the Head Start parents impressions of the Head Start program. Objective 1. To determine the extent to which a sample of Head Start families possesses certain social and demographic characteristics which have been cited as common among families participating in the Head Start program, or among poverty …

Physical Conditioning And Ammonium Carbonate Affecting Blood Ammonium And Swimming Performance Of Dogs, Larry Alan Bjurstrom

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Ammonia is produced by the working muscle of exercising mammals and cellular metabolic process of resting mammals. Normally relatively minute blood ammonium-nitrogen (BAN) levels are present because mammals have efficient systems for excreting ammonia or converting it to non-toxic end products. Impaired or inadequate detoxification process allow elevated BAN levels with excessive ammonia production. Above normal BAN levels produce deleterious effects which are well known to many research fields. When impaired or inadequate detoxification process occur in an exercising mammal, deterioration of performance is manifested in physical exhaustion and fatigue. Mobilization and enhancement of the KrebsHenseleit urea cycle by addition …

The Primary Structure Of Selected Peptides From Chymotryptic Digests Of Nifungin, Burton D. Cardwell

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Nifungin, an antifungal peptide produced by Aspergillus giganteus, was studied and partially characterized. The amino acid composition of the antifungal peptide was investigated , and eighty-seven percent of the peptide constituents were identified. The presence of free –SH groups in the peptide was studies by spectrophototmetric titration of the peptide with p-hydroroxymercuribenzoate. Performic acid oxidation was used to disrupt the disulfide bridges present in the molecule, and subsequent enzymatic digestion of the oxidized peptide was accomplished with alpha chymotrypsin. Chromatographic separation of the digestion mixture produced eleven chymotryptic peptides. Six of these peptides were selected for amino acid sequence analysis …

Attitudes Of Farm Operators In Four South Dakota Counties Toward The Conservation Of A Natural Resource, Charles Thomas Fortney

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Attitudinal differences among farm operators were studied in relation to wetlands, drainage, and waterfowl production within selected sections of four South Dakota counties. The counties involved were Marshall, Day, Codington and Brookings. The interview schedule which was used included personal, social, and economic characteristics of the farm operator and his farm operation. Also included were a series of knowledge and attitude questions pertaining to wetlands, drainage, and waterfowl production. Through the use of a Likert-type scale, the degree of favorableness toward 26 statements in relation to wetlands, drainage, and waterfowl production was recorded. The independent variables which were used in …

Characteristics Of Low Income Families In Eastern South Dakota : An Examination Of The Culture Of Poverty Concept, James Lee Satterlee

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Characteristics of a sample of 120 low-income families receiving USDA food commodities in three Eastern South Dakota counties are studied. The Objectives of the study are: (1) to provide a sociodemographic overview of the characteristics possessed by these families; (2) to test the applicability of the Culture of Poverty approach for classifying rural low-income families; (3) to construct a typology- designed to better understand the heterogeneity exhibited among low-income rural families; and (4) to present the implications of the study for policy making, program planning and research. Findings on the first objective show the average age of household head to …