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A Comparison Of Attitudes Toward Community Colleges With Attitudes Toward Four-Year Colleges, Robert L. Gillespie

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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to determine if the attitudes of high school seniors toward community colleges and four-year colleges were significantly different according to socio-economic measures, and to see how they compared with their teachers'attitudes. (Abstract shortened.)

Employment Status Of Female Administrators And Attitudes Toward Employment Of Female Administrators In The Community College System Of North Carolina, Linda C. Gardner

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Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine the current employment status of female administrators and, further, to study attitudes held by female educators, male educators, presidents, and board chairmen of the North Carolina Community College System toward employment of female administrators in the Community College System of North Carolina. (Abstract shortened.)

A Church Growth Study Of Churches In North East India, Clinton Brazle

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The Church of Christ in North East Indian began as an indigenous movement among the Khasi tribe as an effort to restore New Testament Christianity. The movement is under fifty years old. It grew normally and rapidly until division occured among the leaders in 1963, when the growth rate dropped drastically. The movement has spread now to the Garos, Mizos, Mikirs, Nagas, Assamese, Kukis, and especially the Paites and Manipuree. There is a growing ethusiam among a few Christians which may eventually spread through many of the tribes of North East India and beyond.

Examination of the above-mentioned tribes of …

The Status Of Science Supervision In Florida School Districts, Roy F. Ellis

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The Effects Of Prescribed Burning On Nutrient Content Of Selected Understory Species In An East Texas Loblolly-Shortleaf Pine Stand, Kelly Bell

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The objectives of this study were to determine whether prescribed burning affected nutrient levels in leaves and twigs of six species and whether there were differences in response between leaves and twigs. Backfire and headfire treatments were used to determine differences between burning techniques. Samples were collected in October, 1974. The burn was in March, 1975 and post-burn sampling was in June, 1975, September, 1975, and June, 1976. Leaf and twig tissue were analyzed for contents of protein, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus and then subjected to statistical analysis. No difference was found between burning techniques. Protein and phosphorus increased and …

Fundamentals Of Traditional Composition : A Harmonic Approach, John Philip Manchester Jr

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The Puritan Tradition In The Novels Of Robert Herrick, Allen D. Towery

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The Planning Of Recitals Of American Piano Music Of The Common Practice Period, James Walker Snyder

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Children As Victims, Demons, Seers : Flannery O'Connor's Wise Brood, Marion Ellison Ham

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A Comparative Study Of Chaucer's Wife Of Bath's Tale And Its Sources And Analogues, Susan Kay Morris Williams

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Factors Affecting Waterfowl Brood Use Of Stock Ponds In South Dakota, Gene D. Mack

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A July waterfowl brood survey was conducted from 1973 to 1976 on stock ponds located within four physiographic strata in South Dakota. Information was collected on weather, stock pond characteristics, land use and the condition of other wetlands located within the quarter section (64.8 ha) study plots. Multiple regression and multiple discriminant analyses were sued to determine the importance of these variables in influencing brood use of stock ponds. Vegetation type, distribution of emergent vegetation and pond size were important in determining if broods of any particular species utilized a pond or not. Shoreline distance was particularly important in explaining …

Variables Associated With Breeding Waterfowl On South Dakota Stock Ponds, Jay A. Roberson

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Use of stock watering ponds by indicated breeding pairs of waterfowl was measured in the western two-thirds of South Dakota from 1973 to 1976. Multiple regression and discriminant analyses were used to describe the habitat associated with pairs of each species. Habitat variables explained 35-47 percent of the variation in pairs having small home ranges and 26-35 percent of the variation in pairs having large home ranges. Shoreline distance account for more variation in mallard (Anas Platyrhmchos) and blue-winged teal (A. discors) pairs than any other single variable. Ponds used by these pairs and shoreline distances that averaged 590 m …

Population, Home Range, And Dispersal Of Red Foxes In East-Central South Dakota, James D. Sweeting

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The population, dispersal movements and summer home range of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were studied in east-central South Dakota during 1974 and 1975. The spring population density of foxes on a 23,319 ha study area declined from 9.2 families/township in 1974 to 7.6 families/township in 1975. Fifty-four percent of 130 foxes tagged in spring, 1974 and 1975 were recovered during the first year following tagging. Hunting and trapping accounted for 18.0 and 77.8 percent, respectively. Recoveries revealed that dispersing juvenile male foxes were more mobile than juvenile females; juvenile foxes traveled a mean distance of 39 km for males and …

A Comparison Of Cottage Cheese Yields Using Culture And Direct Acidification, David Edward Satterness

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Commercial production of cottage cheese constitutes a significant portion of the total fluid milk utilization in the U.S. Since 1955, yearly per capita consumption of cottage .cheese has steadily increased from 1. 77 kg (3.9 lb) to a high of 2.45 kg (5.4 lb) in 1971 and 1972 (101, 122). A relatively sharp increase in the price of milk solids-not-fat depressed the yearly per capita consumption of cottage cheese to 2. 14 kg (4. 7 lb) in 1974 and 1975 (121). A gradual recovery from this depression was experienced in 1976 with the yearly per capita consumption increasing from 2.10 …

Influence Of Season On Immunoglobulin Absorption And Status In Young Calves, Lynn Maureen Boyd

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A high rate of calf mortality can represent a major economic loss to the dairy farmer. Despite increased knowledge in calf rearing, mortality rates of 10 to as high as 25% are not uncommon. The loss of heifer calves alone cost dairymen an estimated $81 million in 1975. This figure does not include the additional costs of extra labor, medication and veterinary expenses, and the loss of genetic potential. The most critical period for calf survival is the first 2 to 3 wk of life. During this time, the calf depends upon colostral immunoglobulins absorbed during the first 24 h …

A Conceptual Approach For Analysis And Evaluation Of Branch Line Abandonment, Dale Bertsch

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Prior to the passage of the Regional Railroad Reorganization Act of 1973, the position of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Government was to place the financial burden of maintaining and operating unprofitable trackage on the railroad companies. With the bankruptcy of seven railroad companies in the Northeast however, the Federal Government and the Interstate Commerce Commission have altered their positions. Emphasis is shifting from railroads as public utilities, charged with responsibility for affecting social goals, to railroads as businesses, incapable if survival without profits. The financial burden for operation of unprofitable trackage has been shifted to those benefiting …

Attitudes Of Participants Toward The Brookings Middle School Interscholastic Athletic Program, Benda Lou Berseth

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The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of participants toward their experience of the interscholastic athletic program at the Brookings Middle School, in Brookings, South Dakota. This involved a comparative analysis of reactions to questionnaire items to determine the influence of sex and grade level on attitudes toward the athletic program. The questionnaire was designed to investigate attitudes in three areas: 1 the initial motivations which led the student to participate in athletics; 2 ways in which the actual athletic experience coincided or contrasted with the student’s expectations; and 3 the place of athletics in each student’s …

Model Study Of Swine Manure Pit Ventilation Systems, Gary W. Buller

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A potential method to attain an optimally controlled swine environment conductive to both the animal and laborer is a pit ventilation system. A pit ventilation system should exhaust noxious gasses and odors that evolve in the pits before natural or forced convection currents transfer the gasses and odors into the livestock environment. This is especially important when minimum airflow rates are employed during winter operation. Pit ventilation systems in swine confinement housing have not continually produced an optimum environment for both the animal and operator. Consequently, improvements in design and performance data on various systems are needed, if more reliable …

Dicamba Use In Relationship To Drift Injury On Soybeans In Southeastern South Dakota, Duane E. Auch

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The benefits of using herbicides have been demonstrated repeatedly, but less is known about the risks involved in the use of herbicides. Any herbicide movement out of its field of application increases the potential damage to sensitive plants and animals. Herbicides more through the air by herbicide drift. Spraying equipment, application methods, and spray additives have been developed to reduce the amount of drift. Unfortunately, none have been shown to eliminate drift without reducing herbicide effectiveness. Dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid) has the potential to cause drift injury. Dicamba controls certain broadleaf weeds in corn (Zea mays L.), small grain, and pasture, …

Evaluation Of Selected Sludge Disposal Methods, William W. Brinker

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This research was undertaken to determine the feasibility of dewatering digested sludge using vacuum filters or centrifuges followed by land spreading as opposed to the present method of sludge hauling and disposal. The objectives of these experiments were to: 1 Determine whether the sludge from the Sioux Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant with the addition of a selected polymer could be dewatered by means of a vacuum filter. 2. Determine whether the sludge from the Sioux Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant with the addition of a selected polymer could be dewatered by means of a solid bowl centrifuge. 3. Establish capita costs …

The Minnesota River Lowland : An Area Study, Ronald R. Crawford

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This thesis is a systematic-area geographical study of the extreme northeastern part of South Dakota known as the Minnesota River Lowland (Fig.1). Most of the Minnesota River Lowland region lies in Minnesota and North Dakota, but this study will be limited to that area if the region within South Dakota. This area study is not limited to one criterion such as location, climate, or human occupance. Rather, it incorporates the sum total of all the criteria included in a systematic-regional study.

Epiphytic Movement And Survival Of Pseudomonas Syringae On Spring Wheat, Sandra J. Fryda

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Field, greenhouse, and growth chamber experiments demonstrated that Pseudomonas syringae, the incitant of bacterial leaf necrosis of wheat, moved from inoculated wheat seed to the seedling and survived as an epiphyte on the leaves. In greenhouse experiments 80-90% relative humidity favored movement of P. Syringae to the coleptile and first true leaf of the seedlings. Movement was not different on wheat cultivars susceptible or resistant to bacterial leaf necrosis. Under 70-98% relative humidity in a growth chamber, P. syringae moved to a significantly higher (P=0.01) percentage of seedlings at 10C than at 16 or 22C. In a field experiment, using …

The Transmission Of Mycobacterium Avium Among Swine: An Immunologic And Bacteriologic Study, Steven R. Ellsworth

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Mycobacterium Avium is the major cause of tuberculosis in swine (53). The natural reservoir of this organism is assumed to be birds, particularly poultry. Federal meat inspection records show that efforts to reduce tuberculosis in poultry over the last 55 years have resulted in an accompanying decline of tuberculosis in swine (54). Studies have shown, however, that M. avium infection in swine cannot always be traced to birds, and the disease is common in those regions where tuberculosis in poultry is rare (53). Also serotypes not normally pathogenic for birds are commonly isolated from swine (40, 51, 53). Indeed, many …

Sodium Bentonite, Sodium Bicarbonate And Limestone Supplementation In High-Concentrate Diets For Ruminants, Barry Howard Dunn

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In the past several years, there has been increased interest in what has been referred to by some as the two-phase feeding of ruminants. This includes backgrounding, when animals are fed diets high in roughage during a growing period, followed by high-grain feeding during a relatively short finishing period. An interim period of grain adaptation, usually 2 to 3 weeks in length, is necessary in this feeding system to avoid the deleterious effects of the rumen acidosis associated with abrupt changes from predominantly roughage diets to high-grain diets. Feedlot performance during this adaptation phase is generally lower than desired. The …

Organochlorine Insecticide, Polychlorinated Biphenyl And Metal Residues In Birds Of South Dakota, Brian Gueck

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Chlorinated bydrocarbon insecticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) and metal residue levels were measured in tissues of common crows, American coots, starlings and Franklin’s gulls of South Dakota. Methods of analysis for insecticides and PCB’s included column, thin-layer and gas—liquid chromatography and atomic absorption spectrophotometry for metals. DDE was the most prevalent residue, being detected in 93% of all samples ad averaging 66% of the total residues in the carcass.

Lysine-Energy Relationships In Corn-Soybean Meal Diets For Growing And Finishing Swine, James L. Girard

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Increasing feed costs in recent years have led researcher and producers to look to different sources for their feedstuffs. Many by-products of various industries have been studied to determine their potential as livestock feeds. One product that has been used to spare feed grains in the diet by increasing the total dietary energy and increasing feed efficiency. The amino acid lysine represents another opportunity to decrease food costs of swine diets when protein supplementation is costly. Lysine is the first limiting amino acid in most practical swine diets. The addition of lysine has proven effective in diets adequate in other …

The Effect Of Oral Ferric Nitrilotriacetic Acid (Fe-Nta) Alone And In Combination With Ascorbic Acid And Choline On Serum Iron Concentration In Swine, Thomas Michael Juntti

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Iron deficiency anemia has been a problem with pigs raised in confinement for over five decades. During that period effective treatments have been developed, but these still involve a considerable outlay of labor on the part of the swine producer. The need for an effective and easily administrable hematinic still exists. The possible advantage of the treatment tested here are: 1. The treatment may be administered to either sow or baby pigs in drinking water or feed. Pigs born to sows whose diet was supplemented may have increased iron stores. 3. The iron concentration of milk in sows whose diet …

In Vitro Analysis Of Pre- And Early Postimplantation Development Of Lethal Yellow (Ay/Ay) Mouse Embryos, Linda L. Johnson

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The dominant A^Y gene of the agouti locus (linkage group V) in the house mouse (Muse musculus) is one of approximately eleven alleles specifying coat color. Homozygosity of the A^Y allele is thought to cause death of the embryo in utero around the time of implantation. For this reason the A^Y/A^Y genotype is called the lethal yellow mouse. The precise time that the primary gene defect is first expressed is not known. Attempts to pinpoint the phenocritical period in an effort to discover the basic biochemical alteration specified by the lethal gene have thus far …

The Photochemical Behavior Of Adsorbed Stilbene, Jeffrey L. Jensen

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Only limited study has been conducted in the area of photoirradiation of trans-stilbene abdorbed on silica gel or alumina. These previous studies were characterized by the immediate removal of the resultant irradiation products from the solid matrix. Hecht, however has noted that if an irradiated system was left on alumina and monitored by reflectance spectroscopy the irradiation products did not produce a stable system, but a return of trans-stilbene was noted. The purpose of this work has been to investigate this behavior.

Estimating The Elasticity Of Demand For Rail Transportation Of South Dakota Wheat, Karen Ann Olson

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The overall objective of this study is to estimate the price elasticities of demand for rail transportation of wheat produced in South Dakota in 1974. The specific objective of this study is to estimate the demand for rail transportation in shipping wheat and the corresponding elasticity coefficients. By accomplishing this, the impact of changes in rail rates on quantities shipped by rail can be estimated. The degree of substitutability between rail and truck is also measured by estimating the elasticity of substitution. To accomplish the above, data on 1974 grain shipments is used to estimate demand functions from which the …