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The Relationship Between Achievement Motivation And Performance Among Intercollegiate Gymnasts, Lisa Patricia Nesvig Jan 1977

The Relationship Between Achievement Motivation And Performance Among Intercollegiate Gymnasts, Lisa Patricia Nesvig

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between an athlete’s level of achievement motivation and gymnastics meet performance. A secondary purpose was to determine if the level of achievement motivation differed between and among male and female gymnasts. The McClelland Thematic Apperception Test was administered to measure the levels of achievement motivation among male and female members of the South Dakota State University Intercollegiate Gymnastic Team. Each subject’s gymnastics meet scores served as the measure of proficiency in gymnastics. All statistical tests were conducted at the .05 level of confidence. Using the Pearson Product Moment …

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The Effects Of Mental Warm-Up On Jump Shooting Accuracy Among Selected Boys' High School Basketball Players, Thomas J. Murphy Jan 1977

The Effects Of Mental Warm-Up On Jump Shooting Accuracy Among Selected Boys' High School Basketball Players, Thomas J. Murphy

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mental practice, as a warm-up activity, on performance in shooting accuracy as measured by success in the execution of a fifteen foot jump shot at an angle of forty-five degrees. A second purpose was to determine whether a relationship existed between the change in shooting accuracy from pre-test to post-test and academic achievement as measured by each subject’s grade point average. The subjects were sophomore and junior members of the Roncalli High School basketball team of Aberdeen, South Dakota. They were divided into two groups through the use of …

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An Analysis Of Urban Sprawl And Its Impact On Sioux Falls, South Dakota And Adjacent Areas, Robert G. Mckay Jan 1977

An Analysis Of Urban Sprawl And Its Impact On Sioux Falls, South Dakota And Adjacent Areas, Robert G. Mckay

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It is the intention of the writer to recognize and analyze urban sprawl as a continuing process of urbanization. The general purpose of the study is to better understand the patterns of growth of urban sprawl and its impact upon future expansion. It is also intended to examine problems and benefits that are products of urban sprawl. Sioux Falls, located in the southeastern portion of South Dakota, constitutes the study area. The study examines the growth of that city during a ten year period, beginning from 1966 through 1976, It is the purpose of the study to determine the causes …

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The Distribution Of Small Mammals On Samuel H. Ordway Memorial Prairie, Richard D. Puetz Jan 1977

The Distribution Of Small Mammals On Samuel H. Ordway Memorial Prairie, Richard D. Puetz

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Factors affecting the distribution of small mammals have been investigated for many years. Environmental characteristics which correlated with rodent populations have been found to vary from specie to specie. If Ordway Prairie were homogeneous with regard to habitat, management would be relatively simple. The prairie, however, is heterogeneous in its habitat. Intuitively one could expect that management to increase or decrease a particular species could possibly affect the population levels of other beneficial species. The objectives of this study were to document the presence, relative abundance, and distribution of small mammals on S.H. Ordway Prairie. An additional objective was to …

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Value Of Farm Groves To Nesting Songbirds In Sioux County, Iowa, Dennis L. Pluimer Jan 1977

Value Of Farm Groves To Nesting Songbirds In Sioux County, Iowa, Dennis L. Pluimer

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A two-year study (1974-1975) of birds in Sioux County, Iowa farm groves is reported. Twenty-eight groves were visited and 66 species of birds (34 breeding and 32 migrant) were observed. The number of species sighted per farm varied from 8 to 40. Grackles, starlings, and robins were the most abundant breeding birds and white-throated sparrows, Harris’ sparrows, and Myrtle warblers were the most abundant migrants. Number of species of birds per section did not depend upon the number of farms in that section. The mean number of sightings in a two farm section was 395, while the mean number of …

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The Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center's Origin, Development, And Functions, Susan Marie Peterson Jan 1977

The Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center's Origin, Development, And Functions, Susan Marie Peterson

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The purpose of this study, then, is to determine the origin, development, and functions of the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center, located in Waterford, Connecticut, from its inception in 1964 through 1977. The purposes and goals will be examined as they were reflected n the initial objectives of the Center. Conclusions will be formulated concerning the pursuance of these goals or any modification of the set goals from the beginning date of the Center to the present.

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Taking Hold : A Study Of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership, And Community Development In Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916), Debra Robson Salonen Jan 1977

Taking Hold : A Study Of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership, And Community Development In Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916), Debra Robson Salonen

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The process of settlement on the American frontier has traditionally been a topic of extensive study for both geographers and historians. Especially intriguing has been the conquest of the vast treeless prairie—an environment remarkably foreign to settlers from the woodland east and Europe. Until fairly recently, however, scholars have tended to look at this process in rather general terms. Studies typically deal with large areas and base their conclusions on the assembly of widely scattered and isolated pieces of information. As John Fraser Hart states in his book. The Look of the Land, “We need far more detailed and intensive …

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The Relationship Between Maternal Satisfaction With Family Day Care And Mother And Caregiver Child Rearing Attitudes, Patricia Ellis Straub Jan 1977

The Relationship Between Maternal Satisfaction With Family Day Care And Mother And Caregiver Child Rearing Attitudes, Patricia Ellis Straub

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This study attempted to gain information related to the following questions: 1. Do the child rearing attitudes of a mother differ from the child rearing attitudes of the caregiver that she has selected for her child? 2. If the child rearing attitudes of a mother and caregiver differ, does the mother indicate less satisfaction with the child care situation than the mother whose attitudes are similar to her caregiver?

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Solvent Extraction Of Chromium By Salicylic, Thiosalicylic, And Phthalic Acids, Dennis G. Sebastian Jan 1977

Solvent Extraction Of Chromium By Salicylic, Thiosalicylic, And Phthalic Acids, Dennis G. Sebastian

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The use of salicylic, thiosalicycle, and phthalic acids as chelating agents for the extraction of Cr(III) from aqueous solution was investigated. Normal butanol was selected as a solvent due to its relatively low solubility in the aqueous phase. Heating of the metal-ligand mixture was necessary to accelerate complex formation. The efficiency of the extraction process was found to be dependent upon pH, heating duration, and the choice of buffer systems. The % extraction was reduced using some buffer systems due to the formation of non-extractable complexes with chromium. A potassium hydrogen phthalate buffer system was found to yield the highest …

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Ecological Changes On Pine-Grassland Burned In Spring, Late Spring, And Winter, Janet Ruth Schripsema Jan 1977

Ecological Changes On Pine-Grassland Burned In Spring, Late Spring, And Winter, Janet Ruth Schripsema

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The research with which this thesis is concerned will, hopefully, provide additional data to develop a proscribed fire management program with the following objectives: reduce wildfire conflagration hazards which exist because of unnatural fuel accumulation, eliminate or reduce exotic plants, invigorate stagnating prairies through reduction of litter, open up dense pine thickets, reduce forest insect problems, create firebreaks, develop a natural vegetative mosaic by preventing unnatural pine encroachment into prairies, and re-establishing pine savannahs (Shilts 1976).

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Extent And Type Of Retirement Preparation Made By Middle-Aged Women In South Dakota, Mary M. Wipf Jan 1977

Extent And Type Of Retirement Preparation Made By Middle-Aged Women In South Dakota, Mary M. Wipf

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One purpose of this study was to examine the extent and type of preparation for retirement made by middle-age people, specifically women from 0 through 64 years of age, in South Dakota. These preparations were examined in terms of the several adjustments demands with which retired people are faced in American society. A further purpose of the study was to compare the age, level of education, and marital status of the subjects to their responses to questions dealing with the various aspects of preparation for retirement.

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An Economic Analysis Of Selected Impacts Of The Lincoln County Rural Water System, Arthur J. Young Jan 1977

An Economic Analysis Of Selected Impacts Of The Lincoln County Rural Water System, Arthur J. Young

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There were many events leading to the development of the rural community water systems in South Dakota. These systems were instituted by state and federal legislation enabling organizations to form a political subdivision or incorporate for the purpose of distributing water in rural areas. Their development was encouraged by lean programs through the Farmers Home Administration, state government and other sources. Advances in technology, like the polyvinyl chloride pipe and new techniques for burying the pipe, reduced the cost of the systems so they became feasible in even sparsely populated areas in South Dakota. While these events make possible and …

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Studies Of The Establishment And Characterization Of Lactobacilli In The Digestive Tract Of Chickens, David Linn Voelker Jan 1977

Studies Of The Establishment And Characterization Of Lactobacilli In The Digestive Tract Of Chickens, David Linn Voelker

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One objective of this study was to determine if the inoculation of young chicks with crop-adhering strains of lactobacilli affects the numbers of lactobacilli, fecal coliforms, and fecal streptococci in the intestinal tract. Only one known study has been conducted to identify the lactobacilli which adhere to crop cells. In this study 86% of the crop lactobacilli could not be identified as any known species. On the other hand, in a study of the types of lactobacilli present in the intestinal tract, nearly all could be classified as known species, with most identified as Lactobacillus acidophilus. These defined differences between …

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A Study Of The Relationship Between The Ideological Tendencies Of United States Supreme Court Cases Affecting The Press, 1946-1974, Thomas A. Schwartz Jan 1977

A Study Of The Relationship Between The Ideological Tendencies Of United States Supreme Court Cases Affecting The Press, 1946-1974, Thomas A. Schwartz

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Analysis of United States Supreme Court decision-making in cases affecting the press is important to communication law because many significant aspects of the court’s political behavior cannot be studied by reading the opinions of the court. The great volume of cases and range of issues simply preclude meaningful analysis except when subjected to the quantitative techniques of data processing and measurement. The hypotheses are: 1. Basic attitudes of Supreme Court justices contribute to their voting behavior. 2. Basic attitudes of Supreme Court justices in civil liberties cases. 3. Basic attitudes of Supreme Court justices toward press issues contribute to their …

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A Study Of Selected Factors Associated With Formal Normative Inmate Behavior At The Maryland State Correctional Institution, Virgil J. Brown Jan 1977

A Study Of Selected Factors Associated With Formal Normative Inmate Behavior At The Maryland State Correctional Institution, Virgil J. Brown

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This research was designed to answer the following question: “What factors are associated with inmate deviations from formal rules and regulations within a correctional institution?” The study had the following objectives: (1) the development of a theoretical model which would be capable of analyzing formal normative behavioral patterns of incarcerated individuals; (2) the development of instruments for measuring formal normative behavior and a set of related variables; (3) to establish the degree of association between selected variables and formal normative behavior of inmates; and (4) the development of an index for prediction of inmates propensity to conform to or deviate …

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Project Remand : Estimating Probability Of Failure To Appear, Glen Arthur Just Jan 1977

Project Remand : Estimating Probability Of Failure To Appear, Glen Arthur Just

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The study investigated the following problem: What is the best estimator of failure to appear (FTA) for felons in Ramset County, Minnesota, who are released into the community during their pretrial period? An estimator of FTA and nonFTA probabilities was derived with the aid of stepwise discriminant analysis. The method demonstrates the expost facto ability to correctly place 98 percent of the nonFTA’s and 30 percent of the FTA’s in the 1975 sample. The overall total group placement, due to the large percentage of nonFTA’s in the sample, was approximately 90 percent. Even though it is recognized that multiple regression …

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A Microprocessor Controlled Clock System, Joseph P. Clarke Jan 1977

A Microprocessor Controlled Clock System, Joseph P. Clarke

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While the areas of time keeping and computers have been somewhat independent, there have been exceptions. The commercial time recording clocks have for many years been used of ring bells in schools and factories. An example of this type of system is the simplex control clock designed by International Business Machines in 1949. This type of clock relies on electromechanical logic. With the introduction of low cost digital logic and microprocessors, the designer has been given the opportunity to develop real time control systems and sophisticated digital clocks. The first attempt at this project definition was to develop a digital …

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An Analysis Of The Public Television Audience In The Oxford, Mississippi, Area, 1977, Susan Helen Langdon Jan 1977

An Analysis Of The Public Television Audience In The Oxford, Mississippi, Area, 1977, Susan Helen Langdon

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No abstract provided.

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The Visionary Experience In Three Novels By Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Elizabeth Tonos Brantley Jan 1977

The Visionary Experience In Three Novels By Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Elizabeth Tonos Brantley

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No abstract provided.

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Estimate Of Production By A Population Of Fathead Minnows, Pimpephales Promelas, In A South Dakota Prairie Wetland, Ronald D. Payer Jan 1977

Estimate Of Production By A Population Of Fathead Minnows, Pimpephales Promelas, In A South Dakota Prairie Wetland, Ronald D. Payer

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Estimates of production and population densities were obtained for an autochthonous population of fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, in a South Dakota prairie wetland. The study was conducted from May to September of 1976. Population estimates were obtained using a Schnabel-type mark and recapture model. Fish were marked either by fin clipping or granular fluorescent pigments driven into the dermal tissue. Production estimates were derived both arithmetically and graphically. The estimated population of adult fathead minnows declined from 194 in May and June to 26 in July. Production by adults was estimated at 0.10 kg, or 0.0007 gm/m²/yr. The population …

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Digestibility Of Common Forage Plants And Energetic Requirements Of The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Maureen A. Beckstead Jan 1977

Digestibility Of Common Forage Plants And Energetic Requirements Of The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Maureen A. Beckstead

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Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) assimilated 51.5 percent of the wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium) they consumed; thus, they would have to consume 0.148 kcal · g-1 · day-l in order to obtain the 0.076 kcal · g-1 · day-1 they would require to maintain their weight. Prairie dogs assimilated 31.5 percent of the buffalograss/blue grama mixture (Buchloe dactyloides/Bouteloua gracilis) they were fed. They would have to consume 0.229 kcal · g-1 · day-1 of this forage to assimilate 0.072 kcal · g-1 · day-1 and maintain their weight. The proximate composition of forages fed in feeding trials was similar to that …

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Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Of The Unchannelized Missouri River In South Dakota, James R. Clapp Jan 1977

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Of The Unchannelized Missouri River In South Dakota, James R. Clapp

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Areas of eight habitats were identified, delineated, and measured along the unchannelized Missouri River in South Dakota. Agricultural and urban developments existed on 60 percent of the land within 1 km of the river. Six habitat types made up the non-developed land in the study area: cottonwood-dogwood (16 percent), cottonwood-willow (9 percent), elm-oak (7 percent), cattail marsh (3 percent), sand dune (3 percent), and sand bar (1 percent). All non-developed habitats except sand bar were sampled to obtain vegetative composition and to determine their value to wildlife. The value of each habitat to nine faunal groups of wildlife was subjectively …

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Biology Of The Porcupine (Erethizon Dorsatum) In Northwestern South Dakota, Judith Johnson Jan 1977

Biology Of The Porcupine (Erethizon Dorsatum) In Northwestern South Dakota, Judith Johnson

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The summer home ranges, food habits, cover preferences, population dynamics, metabolic rates, growth rates, and taxonomic characteristics were determined for porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in northwestern South Dakota. The summer home ranges were 158.2 ha for adult females, 90.4 ha for juveniles, and 57.9 ha for adult males. The population was 34 percent adult males, 16 percent juvenile males, 34 percent adult females, and 15 percent juvenile females. The preferred daytime cover choice was silver buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea), followed by snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis), earth dens, forbs, and low brush. Shrubs were the most important item in the diet, then trees, forbs, …

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Soil Salinity And Water Movement Through Soils As A Consequence Of Manure Applications, Ronald R. Schnabel Jan 1977

Soil Salinity And Water Movement Through Soils As A Consequence Of Manure Applications, Ronald R. Schnabel

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The objectives of this investigation were: 1) to determine if under dryland conditions the salts present in manure applied to the land would accumulate in the root zone to levels high enough to seriously limit crop production, 2) to determine if the ratio of monovalent to divalent cations present in the manure would upset the balance of these cations in the soil and cause soil structure problems, and 3) to determine if the salts and organic matter added by the manure would affect the soil’s ability to transmit water.

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A Comparison Of Enrollment In Physical Education Courses And Leisure Time Physical Activity Patterns Among Selected South Dakota State University Graduates, Le Anne Elhoff Dobratz Jan 1977

A Comparison Of Enrollment In Physical Education Courses And Leisure Time Physical Activity Patterns Among Selected South Dakota State University Graduates, Le Anne Elhoff Dobratz

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A survey was conducted to determine whether enrollment in the required Fitness and Lifetime Activity courses at South Dakota State University had influenced members of the graduating classes of this institution in their selection of leisure time physical activities. Two hundred eight questionnaires were mailed to selected 1970 graduates of South Dakota State University and 206 to members of the 1972 class. Sixty-one percent of the questionnaires were received from the class of 1970, while a sixty-six percent rate of return was realized for the class of 1972. More than one-third of the respondents from both graduating classes (38% from …

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Mercury-Selenium-Arsenic Interrelationships In Broiler-Type Growing Hicks, Jiing-Chnan Chern Jan 1977

Mercury-Selenium-Arsenic Interrelationships In Broiler-Type Growing Hicks, Jiing-Chnan Chern

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Mercury contamination of many marine coastal environments and some inland waters has resulted from discharger of mercury contained in industrial waters. In addition, the extensive use of mercury compounds as agricultural seed dressings, fungicides in paints, a slimicide in paper and pulp manufacturing and other uses have added to the environmental mercury burden. Even though a ban on the discharge of mercury is in effect, and agricultural and domestic uses of mercury have been greatly restricted, the problem continues. It has been estimated that it may be hundreds of years before the Great Lakes, contaminated by mercury from the chlorine-caustic …

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The Relationship Between Soil Test And Small Grain Response To P Fertilization In South Dakota Field Experiments, Paul Elias Fixen Jan 1977

The Relationship Between Soil Test And Small Grain Response To P Fertilization In South Dakota Field Experiments, Paul Elias Fixen

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Phosphorus is one of the two most limiting nutrients to crop production in South Dakota. Because of this fact, many recommendations for P fertilizer are made each day by the South Dakota State University Soil Test Lab. Nearly 65,000 tons of available O are marketed each year in South Dakota as commercial fertilizer. This amounts to over 18 million dollars or expense for South Dakota farmers. Therefore, it becomes essential that recommendations for phosphorus fertilizer be as accurate as our knowledge of the soil-plant system allows. Those recommendations are currently based on the results of the Modified Bray 1, 1:7 …

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Supplemental Space Heating Using A Solar Energy-Intensifier-Thermal Energy Storage System, James L. Julson Jan 1977

Supplemental Space Heating Using A Solar Energy-Intensifier-Thermal Energy Storage System, James L. Julson

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Many variations of solar concentrators, solar collectors, and solar thermal energy storage units are currently being investigated for use in agricultural space heating applications. However, limited data are available on the use of solar concentrators and thermal storage systems for specific agricultural applications in most climatic areas. Since useful alternate energy sources are of such great importance, research was conducted with the following objectives: 1. Evaluate the thermal efficiency and energy collecting capabilities of a solar energy-intensifier under actual climatic conditions. 2. Study the temperature and energy storage characteristics of a native stone thermal energy storage unit used with a …

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A Study Of Factors Associated With Community Satisfaction Among Residents Of A South Dakota Community, Javan E. Dargan Jan 1977

A Study Of Factors Associated With Community Satisfaction Among Residents Of A South Dakota Community, Javan E. Dargan

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This exploratory case study examined the extent of community satisfaction in a South Dakota town, herein called Dakota Town. The purposes of this study were (1) to examine the attitudes of residents toward their community, (2) to examine the attitudes of residents toward their community’s subsystems, (3) to examine the factors associated with the residents’ overall satisfaction with their community, (4) to examine the factors associated with the residents’ satisfaction with the subsystems of their community, and (5) to examine the extent to which variations in the attitudes toward community subsystems explain variations in community satisfaction. Social systems theory and …

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The Investigation Of Several Species Of Bacillus To Determine Their Potential As Biocontrol Organisms On Wheat, Venance H. Lengkeek Jan 1977

The Investigation Of Several Species Of Bacillus To Determine Their Potential As Biocontrol Organisms On Wheat, Venance H. Lengkeek

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Of twenty Bacillus species tested, only five were capable of I vitro inhibition of several wheat pathogens. The mode of inhibition of these five Bacillus species was due to the production of an extra cellular peptide antibiotic which caused disruption of the plasma membrane. Various other physical and chemical characteristics of the antibiotics were also investigated. When applied as seed treatments on spring wheat, the five Bacillus species did not produce significant yield differences. Low soil temperatures at spring wheat planting may have been responsible for the failure of response. The five Bacillus species, B. subtilis var. niger (originally received …

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