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An Investigation Of Sick Role Designation For Selected Mental Illness Conditions And Validation Influences, Joseph Dennis Jackson Jan 1979

An Investigation Of Sick Role Designation For Selected Mental Illness Conditions And Validation Influences, Joseph Dennis Jackson

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No abstract provided.


Attitudes Of Southern Baptists Ministers Toward Women And Women' S Rights, Shirley Dianne Jaudon Jan 1979

Attitudes Of Southern Baptists Ministers Toward Women And Women' S Rights, Shirley Dianne Jaudon

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No abstract provided.


Instructional Television Materials For Use As A Supplement To Introductory College-Level Television Production Courses, Jacquelyn Fudge Dunn Jan 1979

Instructional Television Materials For Use As A Supplement To Introductory College-Level Television Production Courses, Jacquelyn Fudge Dunn

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An Examination Of The Relationship Between Restraint, Body Weight, And Personality Variables Among College Students, Janet Marie Dodd Jan 1979

An Examination Of The Relationship Between Restraint, Body Weight, And Personality Variables Among College Students, Janet Marie Dodd

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No abstract provided.


Effect Of Probenecid On The Pharmacokinetics Of Dtic-4, Tai Wai David Chen Jan 1979

Effect Of Probenecid On The Pharmacokinetics Of Dtic-4, Tai Wai David Chen

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No abstract provided.


The Determination Of Solubility Data For The Four-Component System Nacl-Naonahcoh At 25 / By Larry Yee, Larry Yee Jan 1979

The Determination Of Solubility Data For The Four-Component System Nacl-Naonahcoh At 25 / By Larry Yee, Larry Yee

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No abstract provided.


Effects Of Prescribed Burning At Different Fuel Moisture Levels On Vegetation And Soils Of Grasslands In Wind Cave National Park, Lynda Lou Worcester Jan 1979

Effects Of Prescribed Burning At Different Fuel Moisture Levels On Vegetation And Soils Of Grasslands In Wind Cave National Park, Lynda Lou Worcester

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Prescribed burning has had a short history of use as a management tool for grassland ecosystems. A paucity of information is available concerning the effects of burning grassland vegetation at different fuel moisture levels. There is ample documentation of the varied effects of burning on the grassland vegetation of humid regions this affected by season of occurrence, successional stage of the ecosystem, kind and density of vegetation, and phenological stage of the dominant vegetation. There is also abundant information on the effect of fire on forest ecosystems and on some grasslands ·invaded by woody plants, especially in the southwestern United …


A Production Stage Analysis Of Lithic Artifacts From The Lightline Lake Site, Leflore County, Mississippi, Carol Ann Raspet Jan 1979

A Production Stage Analysis Of Lithic Artifacts From The Lightline Lake Site, Leflore County, Mississippi, Carol Ann Raspet

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of Growth And Nitrogen Content Of Spartina Alternifloraand Juncus Roemerianus In Response To Source And Concentration Of Nitrogen / By Stephen Henry Sky-Peck, Stephen Henry Sky-Peck Jan 1979

A Study Of Growth And Nitrogen Content Of Spartina Alternifloraand Juncus Roemerianus In Response To Source And Concentration Of Nitrogen / By Stephen Henry Sky-Peck, Stephen Henry Sky-Peck

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Purification And Characteristics Of 1, 2-Dioxygenase From Mycobacterium Smegmatis, James Carlton Norris Jan 1979

Purification And Characteristics Of 1, 2-Dioxygenase From Mycobacterium Smegmatis, James Carlton Norris

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Charting The Psychological Processes : Jungian Elements In The Work Of Joyce Carol Oates / By Cynthia Shearer, Cynthia Sabin Shearer Jan 1979

Charting The Psychological Processes : Jungian Elements In The Work Of Joyce Carol Oates / By Cynthia Shearer, Cynthia Sabin Shearer

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No abstract provided.


Jonah, An Illustrated Children's Book : A Comparative Study For Low And High Level Readability, Debra Gay Aven Jan 1979

Jonah, An Illustrated Children's Book : A Comparative Study For Low And High Level Readability, Debra Gay Aven

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No abstract provided.


Heat Transfer In Nucleate Boiling Of Freon-113, Pradeep Kumar Agarwal Jan 1979

Heat Transfer In Nucleate Boiling Of Freon-113, Pradeep Kumar Agarwal

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No abstract provided.


Nitrogent Removals By High-Rate Infiltration Of Wastewater, Richard J. Waples Jan 1979

Nitrogent Removals By High-Rate Infiltration Of Wastewater, Richard J. Waples

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This investigation evaluated the nitrogen considerations of the Brookings pilot unit with emphasis on new information provided by the 1978 operations. The specific objectives were as follows:
1. To evaluate the nitrogen removal efficiencies of the high-rate system, and
2. To investigate selected factors related to the nitrogen removals obtained by the basins.


Population And Productivity Of A Flock Of Giant Canada Geese In Northeastern South Dakota, Ted A. Clausing Jan 1979

Population And Productivity Of A Flock Of Giant Canada Geese In Northeastern South Dakota, Ted A. Clausing

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Population and productivity studies of giant Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima) were conducted in northeastern South Dakota in 1976 and 1977. One hundred ninety-three of 436 randomly selected sample quarter sections on the 5,459 km2 area contained potential goose nesting habitat in 1976. Forty-six pairs, 6 indicated pairs, and 6 single geese were found on these 193 quarter sections during the 1977 nesting season. The population was estimated to be 1,880 geese. Recommendations were to continue aerial surveys in the spring and late summer and to supplement them with annual searches of the sample quarter sections used in this study. …


The Taxonomic Status Of Coyotes From Western South Dakota, Susan E. Lauzon Jan 1979

The Taxonomic Status Of Coyotes From Western South Dakota, Susan E. Lauzon

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Expansion of the range of the coyote (Canis latrans) has been accompanied by numerous instances of hybridization with domestic dogs (C. familiaris). Recent studies have found a hybrid element in some wild coyote populations. The objectives of this study were to identify the taxonomic status of coyotes in western South Dakota, and to determine the degree of hybridization, if any, that is occurring between coyotes and domestic dogs in the state. Animals were collected from three areas in western South Dakota from September 1976 through January 1978. Skulls of 289 wild canids were cleaned; of these, 167 skulls from adults …


An Analysis Of Three Selected Mental Maturity Measures In Predicting Academic Achievement Of Students For Educational Decision Makers, Robert M. Davis Dec 1978

An Analysis Of Three Selected Mental Maturity Measures In Predicting Academic Achievement Of Students For Educational Decision Makers, Robert M. Davis

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The Problem. The problem was to determine by comparison which of the three selected mental maturity measures was the best predictor of achievement in mathematics and reading as measured by the Peabody Individual Achievement Test. (Abstract shortened.)


Zinc Uptake In Loblolly Pine Seedlings, Victor Zillmer Aug 1978

Zinc Uptake In Loblolly Pine Seedlings, Victor Zillmer

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Zinc concentrations in the root, terminal growth, stem, and needles of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) were measured in 72 seedlings grown in washed sand, fertilized with Zn(N03)2. Zinc treatment periods were early spring, late spring, and summer. Zinc uptake was the greatest in early spring. Zinc nitrate fertilizer and remaining soil zinc at treatments end had no effect on mycorrhizae, height, or diameter growth. Linear and multiple regressions were derived using residual soil zinc and treatment zinc that can predict zinc concentrations in different plant parts that have r values from .7440 to .8170. Linear regressions for the prediction …


Rotifers As Indicators Of Domestic Pollution, Darryail W. Whittington Aug 1978

Rotifers As Indicators Of Domestic Pollution, Darryail W. Whittington

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No abstract provided.


Partial Purification Of Heat Stable Enterotoxin Produced By Escherichia Coli Isolated From A Case Of Porcine Colibacillosis, Lee Ann Zochert Swanson Jan 1978

Partial Purification Of Heat Stable Enterotoxin Produced By Escherichia Coli Isolated From A Case Of Porcine Colibacillosis, Lee Ann Zochert Swanson

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Colibacillosis (CB) in livestock is an economically important disease caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli. It is estimated that nearly one third of all baby pigs born in South Dakota die prior to weaning, and one fourth of these deaths is believed to be caused by CB (62). Similarly, it has been stated that 6 to 20% of calves born alive die from this disease (3). The term colibacillosis encompasses a group of diseases caused by E. coli in neonatal and weaned animals and humans (3). The several different types of CB are due to the differences in tissue localization …


Evaluation Of Fish Stocking In Southeastern South Dakota Ponds, Paul J. Peeters Jan 1978

Evaluation Of Fish Stocking In Southeastern South Dakota Ponds, Paul J. Peeters

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A mail survey was sent to owners of 220 ponds which had received hatchery fish. Based on 187 pond owner responses, at most 45 (24%) of the ponds still contained the fishes stocked. Pond dryness and/or winterkill attributed to the failure of 121 (65%) of the ponds. A subsequent field survey of 30 ponds identified fish populations of recreational value. Attempts were made to identify important pond parameters that contributed to successful fish populations. Aᵼ (percent harvestable fish), F/C (forage to carnivore ratio), balance (in or out), and a scale of balance were the dependent variable used to describe successful …


An Evaluation Of High Protein Oat Forage For Dairy Cattle, Thomas Lee Schroeder Jan 1978

An Evaluation Of High Protein Oat Forage For Dairy Cattle, Thomas Lee Schroeder

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As world population climbs toward the 6 billion mark predicted for the turn of the century, it becomes of grave importance that we meet the challenge of human food production. In developed nations, urban sprawl is devouring land once used for agricultural purposes, while in underdeveloped nations, malnutrition is commonplace. The technology of the 21st century will need to develop new methods and means whereby grains can be increasingly used to provide the nutritional needs of humans. Therefore, animal scientists must work toward even more efficient utilization of roughages by ruminant animals. Efficient conversion of roughages to high quality human …


The Practicality Of The Caldwell-Lawrence Diagrams For Predicting Lime-Softened Water Quality, James A. Arndt Jan 1978

The Practicality Of The Caldwell-Lawrence Diagrams For Predicting Lime-Softened Water Quality, James A. Arndt

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The objectives of the investigation were: 1.) to determine the validity of the Caldwell-Lawrence diagrams in predicting alkalinity, calcium, and pH values at various levels of lime addition of the softening process. 2.) to determine the practical application of the diagram for plant operators in daily operations and design engineers for design calculations. Throughout the investigation, primary consideration was given to the practical aspects of water treatment in terms of water sampled, methodology, and.statistical analysis of test results. Construction of the Caldwell-Lawrence diagrams is based on chemical equilibrium between the carbonic species and calcium and magnesium in water. The theory …


Rotaviral Enteritis In Gnotobiotic Pigs: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study, Marcus W. Johnshoy Jan 1978

Rotaviral Enteritis In Gnotobiotic Pigs: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study, Marcus W. Johnshoy

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The objectives of this study were: 1. To experimentally reproduce rotaviral diarrhea in gnotobiotic pigs. 2. To determine the appearance of the normal intestine by scanning electron and light microscopy. 3. To compare by scanning electron and light microscopy the appearance of segments from different areas of intestine and to determine the development, location, and severity of rotaviral lesions in gnotobiotic pigs.


An Evaluation Of Protein Quality Of Kitt, Era And Rall Wheats By The Protein Efficiency Ratio Method, Lorna Jost Jan 1978

An Evaluation Of Protein Quality Of Kitt, Era And Rall Wheats By The Protein Efficiency Ratio Method, Lorna Jost

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Studies were conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of three wheat cultivars produced at South Dakota State University. The three wheats were Kitt, Era and Rall. Crude protein analysis by the Kjeldahl method, amino acid content and a biological assay were conducted on all three wheat flours. Kjeldahl analysis yielded the following percentage proteins for Kitt, Era and Rall respectively; 18.1, 13.7, and 11.9. Lysine was the first limiting amino acid for rats in all three cultivars under investigation. Diets consisting of four protein levels of each wheat flour, four protein levels of casein control diet and one protein level …


The Columnar Junipers Of Western North Dakota (An Investigation Into The Cause Of Their Columnarity), James M. Murphy Jan 1978

The Columnar Junipers Of Western North Dakota (An Investigation Into The Cause Of Their Columnarity), James M. Murphy

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The objective of this report is to focus on the evaluation of the presence and amount of ethylene in the burning lignite fumes and to search for morphogenetic factors in the lignite at the Slope County site. The former was considered to be more important and was investigated more thoroughly.


Listeria Monocytogenes In The Environment Of Livestock In South Dakota, James W. Neiles Jan 1978

Listeria Monocytogenes In The Environment Of Livestock In South Dakota, James W. Neiles

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The purpose of this investigation is to study the incidence of Listeria monocytogenes in the environment of livestock in South Dakota. The data accumulated from these studies will provide information as to its natural habitat, mode of transmission and factors responsible for its incidence.


First Year Corn Damage - Northern Corn Rootworm Ovipositional Studies, Thomas W. Hedrick Jan 1978

First Year Corn Damage - Northern Corn Rootworm Ovipositional Studies, Thomas W. Hedrick

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The purpose of this study was to determine the factors involved in first year corn damage by corn rootworm beetles and to sample small grain stubble for adult dispersion and oviposition.


Specificity Of Antisera Against Hordeum Vulgare Ribonuclease And Serological Quantitation Of The Enzyme In Tissue Extracts, Steven Bryan Hawthorne Jan 1978

Specificity Of Antisera Against Hordeum Vulgare Ribonuclease And Serological Quantitation Of The Enzyme In Tissue Extracts, Steven Bryan Hawthorne

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Specific rabbit antisera against purified seedling RNase I from both a hardy (Dicktoo) and less-hardy (Tennessee Winter) cultivar of winter barley was obtained using a 1 mg injection schedule. Both antisera formed a single precipitin band on double immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis when reacted with the homologous crude tissue extract. RNase antigen from either cultivar was highly cross-reactive with both antisera. Passive hemagglutination inhibition was used in an attempt to distinguish purified RNase from both cultivars. A consistent difference in anti-RNase serum specificity between cultivars was shown, but the difference observed by this method was not sufficient to conclude structural differences …


Methodology Development For The Study Of The Anaerobic Bacterial Flora Of Bovine Feces, Donald G. Kirsch Jan 1978

Methodology Development For The Study Of The Anaerobic Bacterial Flora Of Bovine Feces, Donald G. Kirsch

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The intestinal bacterial flora of an animal has a considerable influence on the physiology of that animal. Some bacteria of the intestine are pathogenic and can initiate infections if they gain access to a susceptible individual. Some of the intestinal bacteria can produce potent carcinogens in vitro and can presumably do this also in vivo. Food passing through the alimentary tract of an animal is also chemically modified through the enzymatic action of the bacterial flora. The animal is also protected from some enteric infections through the antagonistic and competitive actions of the established organisms of the normal bacterial flora. …