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Occupational And Educational Aspirations Of Black And White Male High School Students In A North Mississippi County, Melissa Hall Clark
Occupational And Educational Aspirations Of Black And White Male High School Students In A North Mississippi County, Melissa Hall Clark
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[No abstract provided.]
Evaluation Of Cattle Use Of A Deer Winter Range In The Black Hills, David C. Hamm
Evaluation Of Cattle Use Of A Deer Winter Range In The Black Hills, David C. Hamm
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Cattle use of a deer winter range in the Black Hills was investigated during the summer grazing seasons of 1971-1972. A U.S. Forest Service grazing allotment situated between Mystic and Redfern, South Dakota, was used as the study area. The allotment was divided into five grazing units or pastures managed collectively under a “rest-rotation” system of grazing. Three study sites were selected in each unit of the allotment, and 75 exclosures were erected on each site; a paired-plot method was used to collect data. Indices to use of sites by deer and cattle were obtained by counts of deer pellet …
The Creative Direction Of Jean Anouilh's Becket, Bette J. Gerberding
The Creative Direction Of Jean Anouilh's Becket, Bette J. Gerberding
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Early in October, it was discovered that the writer's original plan for a thesis was being covered in a dissertation just being completed by a gentleman in California. Miss Anderson urged consideration of a thesis in creative direction since directing was the aim of the writer's college education. The matter was discussed with Dr, Stine who agreed that Becket would be a worthy effort. The proposal was reviewed and accepted by the graduate faculty of the Department of Speech, The unique duo nature of educational theatre is a challenge, Elaborating on the concept, Curtis Canfield says that the college theatre …
The Influence Of Mixing On The Performance Of An Aerated Lagoon Treating Municipal And Industrial Wastes, Gregory G. Huza
The Influence Of Mixing On The Performance Of An Aerated Lagoon Treating Municipal And Industrial Wastes, Gregory G. Huza
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During the past decade aerated lagoons have become a popular means of economically treating industrial and municipal wastes. Adoption of the Water Quality Act in 1965, and public opposition to water pollution have forced municipalities and industrial establishments to provide adequate treatment for their waste discharges. Aerated lagoons, when used as preliminary treatment ahead of the stabilization pond system, can provide an adequate and economical means of waste treatment. The rural community of Volga, South Dakota selected an aerated lagoon system to expand its existing stabilizat1on pond treatment system. Volga, South Dakota lies in the east central portion of the …
Noise Pollution, Jacob John
Noise Pollution, Jacob John
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Noise pollution is a growing crisis. There is widespread concern regarding this problem and in recent years many programs and provisions have been directed to the noise-abatement. It is the purpose of this thesis to compile some important data from the studies made so far pertaining to noise pollution. This study is aimed at having, a bird's eye view of the problem as a whole. In this thesis, some common terms associated with this problem are explored. This study reviews some of the physical and subjective properties of noise. Since noise is a subjective matter, human response to noise …
An Analysis Of The Factors Influencing The Variation Per Capita Costs Of South Dakota County Governments, Richard P. Johnson
An Analysis Of The Factors Influencing The Variation Per Capita Costs Of South Dakota County Governments, Richard P. Johnson
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In South Dakota, county government is the principal level of government. With a population density of approximately 8.71 persons per square mile (as compared to 375. 6 for New York) 1 and only two cities (Sioux Falls and Rapid City) having populations of more than forty thousand, the county governments provide or coordinate a majority of the public services throughout the state. In addition, the county governments in South Dakota spend more than forty-five million dollars a year as compared to the $137,814,675 spent by the state government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. In view of their …
An Evaluation On The Chlorine Contact Tank At The Sioux Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant, Fred J. Klingbeil
An Evaluation On The Chlorine Contact Tank At The Sioux Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant, Fred J. Klingbeil
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In recent years, State and Federal governments have developed water pollution control legislation in response to the public's growing concern for conservation of water resources. This legislation has been enacted to obtain the highest water quality that will provide maximum benefit to the people. Water quality standards for the surface waters of South Dakota have been developed based on the beneficial uses of these sur face waters. Included in these standards are bacterial requirements for streams. The establishing of the bacterial standards has increased the need for disinfection processes in wastewater treatment plants. Although several agents may be employed to …
Feminism And Louisa May Alcott's Stories For Girls, Vivian E. Sarsam
Feminism And Louisa May Alcott's Stories For Girls, Vivian E. Sarsam
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By chance Louisa May Alcott grew up prepared to face life more independently than most nineteenth century women. She became a career woman when most daughters· of respectable families felt it their duty only to marry and care for their families. Even before the success of Little Women, when independence was a difficult course to pursue, Alcott was single-minded concerning her goals in life. She wanted security for her family and independence for herself. After she achieved these goals she used her influence personally and through her books to attempt to widen the sphere of proper activities for the respectable …
Analysis Of The Seasonal Variations Of Streamflow And Water Quality Of The James River In South Dakota, Jeffery Bernard Young
Analysis Of The Seasonal Variations Of Streamflow And Water Quality Of The James River In South Dakota, Jeffery Bernard Young
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On August 3, 1968, Congress enacted Public Law 9 0 -453, which authorized construction of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit. The proposed Oahe Unit is a multipurpose water resources project which is to be located primarily in the Jams River basin of east-central South Dakota. The overall objective of this investigation, then, was to define the seasonal variations of water quality and streamflow for the James River in its natural and relatively undeveloped state. In order to accomplish the overall objective of this investigation, several specific objectives were established. Those specific objectives were: 1. to determine the completeness …
Selected Social Stratification Factors And The Self Concept As Contingencies In College Persistence And Persistence In College Program Choice, Arnold J. Menning
Selected Social Stratification Factors And The Self Concept As Contingencies In College Persistence And Persistence In College Program Choice, Arnold J. Menning
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This research study developed from a continuing interest by the writer in the various factors associated with student college persistence and stability of program choice. Institutions of higher learning are becoming increasingly concerned in these times of declining enrollments about the need for greater congruence between institutional planning and the services provided to the potential and enrolled student body. Relationships between selected (1) socioeconomic, academic, and self concept variables and (2) college persistence and stability of program choice were investigated in this study. The research was centered around the view of the self as a phenomenal self. Reference group theory …
Biology Of The Flea Beetle, Altica Carduorum Guer. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) On Canada Thistle, Cirsium Arvense (L.) Scop., In South Dakota, Burton Danis Schaber
Biology Of The Flea Beetle, Altica Carduorum Guer. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) On Canada Thistle, Cirsium Arvense (L.) Scop., In South Dakota, Burton Danis Schaber
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A laboratory colony of Altica carduorum Guer. was established from a stock colony of 50 adult beetles. They had an average previposition period of 7 days when exposed to a regular cycle of 16 hr. of light (24° C) and 8 hr. of darkness (12.75° C). Under these conditions, females laid an average of 259.3 ± 9.7 eggs, and longevity averaged 100 days. The eggs are laid on the underside of leaves along edges of leaf veins throughout June. Adults fed and overwintered in the soil, and some beetles emerged the following spring and laid viable eggs. Laboratory studies indicate …
Growth, Development, And Plant Temperature Characteristics Of Oats Under Water Stress, Bikkar S. Sandhu
Growth, Development, And Plant Temperature Characteristics Of Oats Under Water Stress, Bikkar S. Sandhu
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Little information is available on sensitivity of oats to water deficits. Therefore, this study was designed (a) to investigate physiological response of oats to water stress, (b) to determine quantitative effect of water deficits on growth and yield components of oats, and (c) to evaluate plant temperature of oats as a water stress index. Spring oats (Avena sativa L.) grown under field conditions were subjected to 10-11 day stress at boot stage, at anthesis through early grain formation stage and at both stages in combination. Diurnal and seasonal patterns of relative leaf water content, leaf diffusion resistance, and net photosynthesis …
The Effect Of Recall On Response To A Self-Administered Medicalhistory Form, William Rankin Francis
The Effect Of Recall On Response To A Self-Administered Medicalhistory Form, William Rankin Francis
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Langston Hughes And The Harlem Renaissance / By Geraldine Williams Smith, Geraldine Williams Smith
Langston Hughes And The Harlem Renaissance / By Geraldine Williams Smith, Geraldine Williams Smith
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Detection Of Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin B By Antibody Coated Latex Particles Using Coulter Counter Channel Shifts, Fred William Olsen
Detection Of Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin B By Antibody Coated Latex Particles Using Coulter Counter Channel Shifts, Fred William Olsen
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Food poisoning is a phrase commonly used in reference to any foodborne illness. Foodborne illnesses caused by bacteria are of two types: (1) food infections caused by organisms such as the salmonellae which multiply and cause infections in the intestine, or (2) food intoxications caused by organisms such as staphylococci and clostridia that release a toxin into the food prior to ingestion by a susceptible person. The increasing importance of convenience foods presents problems of insuring their quality and safety, not only for the safety of the consumer; but, to protect the food industry also. Economic los s due to …
A Visual Interpretation Of Selected Portions Of The Satyricon Of Petronius, Jimmie Starlling Gregg
A Visual Interpretation Of Selected Portions Of The Satyricon Of Petronius, Jimmie Starlling Gregg
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A Histochemical Demonstration Of Uric Acid In The Nephrons Of The Kidney Of Gallus Domesticus, Grover Wesley Barnes
A Histochemical Demonstration Of Uric Acid In The Nephrons Of The Kidney Of Gallus Domesticus, Grover Wesley Barnes
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Chemical Survey Of Selected South Dakota Lake Sediments, Alan Ross Swanson
Chemical Survey Of Selected South Dakota Lake Sediments, Alan Ross Swanson
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Available phosphorus, organic carbon, and organic nitrogen were measured in bottom sediments of 16 lakes and ponds in northeast South Dakota. These lakes were glaciated, relatively shallow, and productive. Ranges of the surface sediments were: available phosphorus, 2 to 42 ppm; organic carbon, 0.94 to 5.34 percent; and organic nitrogen, 0.29 to 0.79 percent. Ranges of subsurface sediments were: available phosphorus, 2 to 39 ppm; organic carbon, 0.54 to 6.06 percent; organic nitrogen, 0.19 to 0.88 percent. Concentrations in most lakes varied little from top to bottom. Hard-bottomed lakes generally decreased in nutrient concentrations from sediment surface of subsurface. Lower …
Origin And Transport Of Nutrients In The Upper Big Sioux River, South Dakota, Charles William Thompson
Origin And Transport Of Nutrients In The Upper Big Sioux River, South Dakota, Charles William Thompson
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The upper Big Sioux River Basin, in northeastern South Dakota, was studied to determine the origin and transport of nutrients in the Big Sioux River. The area was divided into three segments. Two of the segments, the Big Sioux River and Willow Creek Basins, were primarily agricultural drainage areas, and one segment was the city of Watertown. Sampling stations were selected to facilitate the determination of nutrient inputs to the river from each of these segments and to determine the nutrient load in the river leaving the study area. Nutrients studied included total orthophosphate and the particulate and dissolved fractions …
Nutrient Sources And Transport In The Central Region Of The Big Sioux River, South Dakota, Marvin E. Hora
Nutrient Sources And Transport In The Central Region Of The Big Sioux River, South Dakota, Marvin E. Hora
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Concentration and flow of total phosphate (TP), total organic nitrogen (TON), and total organic carbon (TOC) were measured from November 9, 1971 to November 8, 1972 on the Big Sioux River, Six Mile-North Deer Creek, and Drainage M. The Big Sioux River transported 418,640 x 10 3 m3 of water, 776,880 kg TP, 599,590 kg TON, and 5,419,580 kg TOC during the study-year. Six Mile Creek transported 23,900 x 10 3 m 3 of water, 52,040 kg TP, 43,580 kg TON, and 327,860 kg of TOC. The transport of water and nutrients in Six Mile Creek per square kilometer of …
Evaluation Of Toxicity Of A Carbamate And An Organophosphate Insecticide To Adult And Larval Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera Leconte, Mark D. Lyle
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The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera LeCcnte, has caused great economic loss to the com producers of the Midwest. That economic loss is twofold: first, the loss of revenue due to insect damage and second, the cost of control measures. It has been estimated that in South Dakota in 1972, approximately $9,000,000 were lost to the insect. The rootworm complex in South Dakota is composed of the western and northern, D. longicomis, corn rootworms. In later years the western has become the primary pest in the complex. The resistance to chemicals by corn rootworms has compounded the problem of holding …
The Primary Structure Of Nifungin, Marvin Lee Withrow
The Primary Structure Of Nifungin, Marvin Lee Withrow
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The primary structure of the antifungal peptide nifungin was studied. Amino acid analysis of nifungin before and after performic acid oxidation revealed 51 amino acids and the presence of an unidentified ninhydrin positive material. The unidentified material constituted approximately ten per cent of nifungin by weight. It contains nitrogen but, as reported by others (2), did not contain phosphate or reducing sugars. It was not hydrolyzed into smaller compounds by strong mineral acids. Carboxyl terminal analysis was conducted utilizing carboxy-peptidase A and B on both the oxidized and unoxidized nifungin. Tyrosine appeared to be released most rapidly followed by lysine, …
A Survey Of The Lunch Practices And Food Preferences Of High School Students Enrolled In The W. P. Daniel High School, New Albany, Mississippi / By Wilma Maude (Barkley) Reeves, Wilma Maude Reeves
A Survey Of The Lunch Practices And Food Preferences Of High School Students Enrolled In The W. P. Daniel High School, New Albany, Mississippi / By Wilma Maude (Barkley) Reeves, Wilma Maude Reeves
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Listeners In The Ruins : The Protagonists In The Fiction Of Walker Percy, Teresa Ann Neaves
Listeners In The Ruins : The Protagonists In The Fiction Of Walker Percy, Teresa Ann Neaves
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The Element Of The Absurd In The Characters Of Edward Albee's Plays, Maria Clelia Medina
The Element Of The Absurd In The Characters Of Edward Albee's Plays, Maria Clelia Medina
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Opinions Of Graduated Majors In Physical Education Concerning The Professional Preparation Program At Western State College, Brent Ralph Getchel
Opinions Of Graduated Majors In Physical Education Concerning The Professional Preparation Program At Western State College, Brent Ralph Getchel
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University and college physical education directors, supervisors and public school department heads have the major task of preparing the new physical education teacher to face the realities of their chosen profession. As competency requirements for all teachers are becoming more evident every year, there is now an ·urgent need to look at the professional preparation programs in physical education in our colleges and universities. "Education plays an important part in any democratic society, and physical education must accept its role as a vital phase of education. In order to accomplish such a task, a sound and complete teacher preparation program …
Gavin Stevens : Faulkner's Romantic Hero / By Susan Dennison Sinclair, Susan Dennison Sinclair
Gavin Stevens : Faulkner's Romantic Hero / By Susan Dennison Sinclair, Susan Dennison Sinclair
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Histochemical And Tissue Homogenate Demonstration Of A Calcium Activated, Potassium Sensitive Adenosine Triphosphatase Within The Kidney Cells Of Gallus Domesticus / By Charles S. Serio, Charles S. Serio
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The Old Age Pension Movement In Great Britain, 1878-1908, Dennis Jerrell Mitchell
The Old Age Pension Movement In Great Britain, 1878-1908, Dennis Jerrell Mitchell
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Marie Hull's Search For Quality, Virginia Mcgehee Elias
Marie Hull's Search For Quality, Virginia Mcgehee Elias
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