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A Comparative Analysis Of Regional Councils In A Five State Area, Sui Shan Au Yeung
A Comparative Analysis Of Regional Councils In A Five State Area, Sui Shan Au Yeung
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Regional Councils are voluntary associations of city and county governments. Their functions are to provide forums and means to assist local governments regarding problems of mutual concern. As part of the NC-144 research project to analyze the effects of regional councils of governments on local governments this study attempts to answer the question: “Do the five states differ in the effectiveness of their regional councils and which selected organizational variables are associated with these differences?” The objectives of the study are to describe the origin, development, organizational structure and activities of the regional councils in the states of Colorado, Iowa, …
Experimental Vertification Of Armoring And Pressure Flow Calculations In The Hec-6 Mathematical Model, Bradley Mark Comes
Experimental Vertification Of Armoring And Pressure Flow Calculations In The Hec-6 Mathematical Model, Bradley Mark Comes
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Many mathematical models have been developed to help the hydraulic engineer with respect to sediment transport. Some models have been found to be better than others in specific applications; however, HEC-6 Scour and Deposition in Rivers and Reservoirs has proved to be a very useful model for a wide variety of applications. The flexibility, adaptability, usability, portability and expandability of the model has led to it being used in many federal, state, private, and academic agencies. Each agency, having its own interests, has adapted and expanded the model for their needs. One such expansion was performed by Dr. Alan Prasuhn, …
A Study Of English Loanwords In Chinese Through Chinese Newswriting, Wendy Yeun-Wen Pao
A Study Of English Loanwords In Chinese Through Chinese Newswriting, Wendy Yeun-Wen Pao
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The purpose of the present study, therefore, is to research the signified loanwords found in current newspapers. More specifically, answer to the following questions are to be discovered: 1. How extensive is the standardization of the conventional translation or transliteration of English loanwords in Chinese in terms of explicative hybrid, loan-blend, independent hybrid, word-for-word translation, descriptive translation, and doublet? 2. What kind of proportion of these English loanwords in Chinese exist in selected newswriting in terms of the socio-political, technical-scientific, scholarly, sports, and business-economic terminology?
A Case Study In Establishing An In-House Polling Operation For A South Dakota Political Campaign, Jeff Brockelsby
A Case Study In Establishing An In-House Polling Operation For A South Dakota Political Campaign, Jeff Brockelsby
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Evaluating what voters are thinking and deciding how best to communicate with them are critical to a political candidate planning a campaign strategy. Until recently, a candidate relied on his own instincts and those of his advisers to evaluate what people thought about a particular issue or person and to determine the most effective way of presenting campaign messages. Political polling has changed this. Political scientist Paul Van Riper said in Handbook of Practical Politics "the rapidly increasing utilization of social science techniques to help determine political strategy is one of the most important of the recent trends in American …
Characteristics And Success Of South Dakota Archery Deer Hunters, Kelly Brian Mcphillips
Characteristics And Success Of South Dakota Archery Deer Hunters, Kelly Brian Mcphillips
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Two mail questionnaires were sent to South Dakota archery deer hunters after the 1981 archery deer season. One questionnaire was sent to a random sample of all bowhunters, and the second was sent to a sample of bowhunters failing to return the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks (SDGFP) mandatory big game hunter report card. Success rate of bowhunters killing deer and crippling rate of deer by bowhunters were determined. A profile of the average bowhunter was developed. The SDGFP bowhunter reporting system was evaluated. Success rates from the 2 questionnaires (29% and 19%) were significantly different from …
A Proposal For A Dynamic Backing File Storage System For The Small Computer, Pamela Blass Lawhead
A Proposal For A Dynamic Backing File Storage System For The Small Computer, Pamela Blass Lawhead
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On Modeling Stream Networks In Three Dimensions / By Federico Restrepo-Posada, Federico Restrepo-Posada
On Modeling Stream Networks In Three Dimensions / By Federico Restrepo-Posada, Federico Restrepo-Posada
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The Cosmic View Of Leopold Bloom / By Tess Scogan, Tess Scogan
The Cosmic View Of Leopold Bloom / By Tess Scogan, Tess Scogan
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Spectral Analysis Of Human Cardiac Inter-Beat Interval During Rest, Stress-Anticipation, And Stressor Periods, Glenda Lucille Cottam
Spectral Analysis Of Human Cardiac Inter-Beat Interval During Rest, Stress-Anticipation, And Stressor Periods, Glenda Lucille Cottam
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The Inertial Pressure Concept : A Correlation Study Of The Keulegan-Carpenter Data / By Jeff Windham Rish, Iii, Jeff Windham Rish
The Inertial Pressure Concept : A Correlation Study Of The Keulegan-Carpenter Data / By Jeff Windham Rish, Iii, Jeff Windham Rish
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Charles Wilkins Short : Kentucky Botanist And Physician, 1794-1863., Deborah Susan Skaggs 1949-
Charles Wilkins Short : Kentucky Botanist And Physician, 1794-1863., Deborah Susan Skaggs 1949-
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Charles Wilkins Short (1794-1863) participated in the evolution of a scientific community in the United States. His interests in botany began when he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania (M.D. 1815). As a country doctor in western Kentucky (1817-1825), then as professor of materia medica at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky (1825-1838), and the Louisville Medical Institute (later University of Louisville, 1838-1849), and finally in retirement, Short devoted himself'to the classification of flora of his native state and region. In 1828 Short co-founded The Transylvania Journal of Medicine and the Associate Sciences, in which he published many of …
The Relationships Among Selected Variables Of University And Teacher Education Admission Criteria And Scores On The Common Examination Of The National Teacher Examination, Christine M. Ejlali
The Relationships Among Selected Variables Of University And Teacher Education Admission Criteria And Scores On The Common Examination Of The National Teacher Examination, Christine M. Ejlali
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The problem of this study was to determine the relationships among selected predictor variables in order to identify the combination of variables which best predicts scores on the National Teacher Examination-Weighted Common Examination Total Score. The identified variables were sex, teaching level, ACT composite scores, teacher education admission grade-point averages, CAT scores in Reading, Mathematics, and English, and Professional Education sequence grade-point averages. Nine hypotheses comprised the basis of this study. The first eight hypotheses pertained to the bivariate relationship of each predictor variable and the NTE-WCET scores. Hypothesis nine concerned the relationships of the combination of the predictor variables …
Graceful Trees And The Ringel-Kotzig Conjecture, Cathy Ann Wills
Graceful Trees And The Ringel-Kotzig Conjecture, Cathy Ann Wills
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Industrial Practices And Perceptions Of Management Toward Training/Education With Implications For A Regional University, Shirley L. Morgan
Industrial Practices And Perceptions Of Management Toward Training/Education With Implications For A Regional University, Shirley L. Morgan
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The problem of this study was to determine the difference between industrial practices and perceptions of management toward training and education programs in selected manufacturing industries. The survey was conducted within a 50-mile radius of a regional university to determine how academic institutions could better assist industries with training and education programs. Data were collected through the use of a two-part instrument sent to 426 industries in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. Part I collected data on the perceptions of industrial management. The perceptions were grouped into five categories: (1) employee assistance, (2) employee participation, (3) responsibility assignment, (4) employee …
Laboratory Study Of Trail-Tube Irrigation, Mohamed O. Shanna
Laboratory Study Of Trail-Tube Irrigation, Mohamed O. Shanna
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Increasing energy costs, continuing interest in more efficient use of water, and the availability of low-cost plastic tubes initiated the idea of trail tube irrigation. Trail tubes are perforated poly-flex hoses similar to the laterals of a trickle irrigation system. These tubes connected to the main line of a center pivot system can be used to replace sprinklers. The main line of a center pivot system provides the water supply and the mobility. The arrangement of a trail tube irrigation system is similar to a traveling trickle system. Advantages of trail tube irrigation are its low energy consumption and its …
Genesis And Classification Of Aquic Calciustoll Soils On The Cary Ground Moraine In Eastern South Dakota, Robert D. Nielsen
Genesis And Classification Of Aquic Calciustoll Soils On The Cary Ground Moraine In Eastern South Dakota, Robert D. Nielsen
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The Cary ground moraine forms the western edge of the Coteau des Prairies. It is characterized by numerous lakes, small closed depressions and poorly drained swales. The soils which occur on the footslopes adjacent to the closed depressions and poorly drained swales often contain calcium carbonates and other soluble salts at or near the surface. An in situ investigation of the morphology and genesis of these calcium carbonate enriched soils was undertaken to determine their genesis and classification. An area in which these soils occur was selected for study and a series of observation wells were installed to monitor the …
Canonical Analysis : The Use Of Transformed Landsat Data For Crop Type Discrimination, Thomas Mark Holm
Canonical Analysis : The Use Of Transformed Landsat Data For Crop Type Discrimination, Thomas Mark Holm
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The primary goal of this thesis is to investigate the usefulness, accuracy, and efficiency of canonical analysis (a linear transformation technique) for the classification of crop types using multi-date multispectral scanner (MSS) Landsat digital data. The accuracy statistics and the computer processing efficiency of the crop type classification developed using a canonical transformation will be compared with accuracy and efficiency figures of a crop classification developed for the Columbia River and Tributaries Irrigation Withdrawals Analysis Project (Johnson, Loveland, Anderson, 1981) in which multi-date Landsat data covering the same area was classified. The Clarke, Oregon 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle was chosen …
The Forgotten Realist, John Garvey
The Forgotten Realist, John Garvey
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Today the name "Hoosier" can be applied to anybody living in or coming from the state of Indiana. Many Americans first hear it as the name of Indiana University's athletic teams; tourists become familiar with the "Hoosier State" nickname which appears on interstate highway signs, travel brochures and maps. Because of the popularity ofc Kurt Vonnegut’s books in recent years, many of us have first learned the term in his work. Others think of it as a name for the landscape of James Whitcomb Riley's verse. And there are still alive some older folk among us who, like students of …
Educational, Occupational, And Residential Plans Of Youth In South Dakota, Donald E. Arwood
Educational, Occupational, And Residential Plans Of Youth In South Dakota, Donald E. Arwood
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When talking about South Dakota youth it has been popular to contend that their future is the future of South Dakota. Furthermore, newspaper reporters, politicians, and others have contended that young men and women would prefer to live in South Dakota, but that economic conditions push them to seek jobs in other states. It has also been proposed that many rural youth, though they would prefer not to, move to urban areas to seek a living. Even with these contentions, little objective research has been done to substantiate that a relationship exists between job seeking and migration for South Dakota …
The Determination Of Lead By Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrocsopy : A Study Of The Molecular Interferences, Ahmed Elsayed Abdelfattah
The Determination Of Lead By Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrocsopy : A Study Of The Molecular Interferences, Ahmed Elsayed Abdelfattah
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The presence of interference effects in atomic absorption spectroscopy affects the degree of accuracy that can be obtained. A major source of interference in electrothermal atomization processes appears to involve the formation of molecular species. In the analysis of lead in the presence of chloride, three peaks are observed. The first of these peaks has an absorption spectrum characteristic of lead chloride. The second and third peaks cannot be identified on the basis of their respective spectra. In the presence of nitrate, the analysis of lead results in the presence of a broad band absorption profile that cannot be identified. …
Mammal Damage And Movements Of Deer Mice In South Dakota Shelterbelts, Thomas G. Barnes
Mammal Damage And Movements Of Deer Mice In South Dakota Shelterbelts, Thomas G. Barnes
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A study was initiated to examine animal damage to new shelterbelts in Brookings County, South Dakota. Feeding preferences of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) prairie voles (Microtus ochragaster), and cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) was conducted on 5 woody species that colIIIllonly occur in South Dakota shelterbelts. Movementsof deer mice were studied in a mature shelterbelt using a smoked kymograph tracking technique. Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.), tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica L. ),, and common lilac (Syringa vulgaris L.) were the most common tree species encountered in this study. Of the trees examined, 398 (8. 9%) sustained animal damage over the winter. …
Great Blue Heron Nesting Biology And Habitat Use On The James River In South Dakota, Eileen M. Dowd
Great Blue Heron Nesting Biology And Habitat Use On The James River In South Dakota, Eileen M. Dowd
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Breeding biology, nest site activities, and habitat use of great blue herons (Ardea herodias) nesting in the Glendale heronry, South Dakota, were investigated in 1980 and 1981. Mean brood size was 3.35 nestlings. The predicted number of feeding trips of adult birds peaked when nestlings were 29 days old. A significant amount of variance in adult feeding trips per hour was accounted for by southerly winds and the time period from 1800-2100 hours. The variables that were not significantly related to the number of feeding trips were temperature, wind speed, wind directions other than south, cloud cover, and the 4 …
Distribution, Movement, And Temperature Selection Of Adult Walleye And Muskellunge In A Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Jerry A. Younk
Distribution, Movement, And Temperature Selection Of Adult Walleye And Muskellunge In A Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Jerry A. Younk
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Distribution and habitat selection of five adult walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) and one adult muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), in a power plant cooling reservoir, were determined using temperature-sensitive ultrasonic transmitters, A total of 342 locations were obtained during the monitoring period (1 May-13 November 1981). Walleyes exhibited a seasonal distribution pattern; inhabiting the discharge area during the cooler months and the intake area during the warmer months, Summer-fall home ranges of three walleyes were estimated, Maximum home ranges (maximum area covered by an individual) were overlapping and similar in size, ranging from 36, 7-45, 9 ha, Estimates of utilized areas (intensively …
Aquatic Plant Communities And Invertebrates In A Prairie Pothole During Duck Brood Rearing, Jeffrey W. Mccrady
Aquatic Plant Communities And Invertebrates In A Prairie Pothole During Duck Brood Rearing, Jeffrey W. Mccrady
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More than 1,100 samples of aquatic plants and associated invertebrates were collected in a prairie wetland. Sampling was done weekly throughout the duck brood rearing season. Linear regression revealed a 4 to 100 ratio of animal to plant biomass (R²=0.488). Comparatively high degrees of association were found between Ceratophyllum demersum and Gastropoda and between Lemna minor and most zooplankton groups. Significant sources of variation in invertebrate biomass were plant communities, date, plants, and community by date interaction. Depth and communities were not significant.
Food Habits And Placental Scar Counts Of Bobcats In South Dakota, David Eric Nomsen
Food Habits And Placental Scar Counts Of Bobcats In South Dakota, David Eric Nomsen
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus) food habits and placental scar counts were investigated in western South Dakota during 1978-79 and 1979-80 trapping and hunting seasons. Food habits were recorded by frequency of occurrence and placental scar counts were used to determine litter size for South Dakota bobcats. Rabbits (Sylvilagus spp. and Lepus spp.), rats and mice (primarily Microtus spp. and Peromyscus spp.), and deer (Odocoileus spp.) were identified in 56, 32, and 7% of bobcat stomachs, respectively. Analysis showed that rabbits, rats and mice, and deer occurred in 58, 36, and 9% of bobcat intestines, respectively. Occurrences in rabbits decreased from 67% …
Movements And Habitats Of Brood-Rearing Wood Ducks On A Prairie River, Randy L. Smith
Movements And Habitats Of Brood-Rearing Wood Ducks On A Prairie River, Randy L. Smith
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Radio telemetry and brood surveys were used to evaluate wood duck (Aix sponsa) brood habitat and movements along 40 km of the Big Sioux River in eastern South Dakota during 1979-81. Most of the oxbows and nearby wetlands in the study area contained water in 1979-80, but drought dried all but 2 of the 33 oxbows in 1981. Fourteen brood hens were radio monitored. In 1980, 4 hens utilized oxbows, 1 hen utilized the river, and 2 hens used other habitats for brood rearing. In 1981, 4 hens utilized oxbows, 2 hens utilized the river, and 1 hen utilized the …
A Follow-Up Study Of South Dakota State University's Health Physical Education And Recreation Department's Master's Degree Program Graduates From 1955-1980, Byron J. Palsma
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The purpose of this study was to describe the status of South Dakota State· University's Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department's master's degree program graduates from 1955 to 1980. With the exception of standard record-keeping, the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department of South Dakota State University has accumulated very little organized information of its master's degree program graduates. Four unpublished master's degree theses written at SDSU, three from the HPER Department and one in the area of journalism, may have indirectly provided some information of these graduates to department personnel. Hill performed a status study of South Dakota State …
A Simulation Of The Economic And Public Finance Impacts Of Industrial Development On The Community Of Brookings, South Dakota, Mark S. White
A Simulation Of The Economic And Public Finance Impacts Of Industrial Development On The Community Of Brookings, South Dakota, Mark S. White
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Several rural communities, through the efforts of industrial development corporations or private individuals, are actively engaged in recruiting new industry, with the intent being diversification of their local economies. The goals of these efforts are the reversal of out-migration trends, new employment opportunities, increased local income, and a widened tax base. Community leaders often equate industrialization of their community with increased standards of living for the local residents. Different industries may have quite different economic and public finance impacts upon the rural communities in which they locate, depending upon the characteristics of both the industry and the community. As a …
On An Analytical Approach For Coupling Hydrologic Response And Geomorphology, Oscar Jose Mesa
On An Analytical Approach For Coupling Hydrologic Response And Geomorphology, Oscar Jose Mesa
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Evaluation Of A Power Plant Reservoir As A Holding Area For Paddlefish Brood Stock, Terry L. Margenau
Evaluation Of A Power Plant Reservoir As A Holding Area For Paddlefish Brood Stock, Terry L. Margenau
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Twenty paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) released into the Big Stone Power Plant boiler make-up reservoir were monitored to determine growth, condition, and food habits. In addition, fish and zooplankton populations were sampled and chemical and physical parameters measured to determine the potential of the reservoir as a holding area for paddlefish brood stock. Paddlefish captured during the first year after their release into the boiler make-up reservoir averaged 2.2 kg body weight increases and 59 mm eye-fork length increases. Condition factors of captured paddlefish also increased during this period from 1.26 to 1.49. Paddlefish food in the reservoir consisted almost entirely …