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Time Perception As A Function Of Expectation Of Receiving An Aversive Stimulus, Richard Milton Weiss

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A Survey Of Theatre Production Facilities In The State Junior Colleges Of Mississippi, Samuel David Christ Sr.

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Fedayeen : Men Of Sacrifice, Ken Melvin Welshimer

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St. Andrew Presbytery Of North Mississippi : A Study Of Ideal And Real Values In Church Participation, John Maxwell Wilson

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A Comparison Of Self-Concept Of Five-Yearolds From A Lower Socioeconomic Group And From A Higher Socioeconomic Group, Rosanne Johnson Williams

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Factors Associated With Attitudes Of Black Students Toward Integration At The University Of Mississippi, Robert Earl Williams

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Computer Simulation Of Unsteady Flow In An Alluvial Channel By The Method Of Characteristics, Dennis Lynn Richards

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A number of dams have been constructed along alluvial rivers. These dams create reservoirs which serve to collect and store water, usually in large quantity, for use in supplying municipal needs, for supplying power and driving machinery, for furnishing irrigation, and for retaining the flow in time of floods. The characteristics of flow and the sediment-transport capacity of the channel change after these dams have been constructed. One of the major problems then confronting the hydraulic engineer is the rate of reservoir sedimentation and the change in river configuration. A problem of concern is the rapidity of reservoir sedimentation and …

The Rhetoric Of The Engineering School Controversy In South Dakota From February 11, 1971, Through March 19, 1971, Katherine L. Kodis

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On February 11, 1971, the Regents of Higher Education for the State of South Dakota determined to follow a course-of action that would eliminate the College of Engineering at South Dakota State University in favor of maintaining only one such college at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. This course of action was implied through the adoption of certain recommendations contained in the Master Plan submitted to the Board of Regents by the Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. Richard Gibb.
It had been suggested, through the prior investigation and subsequent recommendations of various committees, that South Dakota should …

Ben Jonson Examines The Legal System, John T. Mcmillan

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Food Habits Of Snakes In An East Texas State Fish Hatchery, John L. Malloy

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A study was conducted from 1 August 1969 to 1 August 1970 in the Jasper State Fish Hatchery near Jasper, Texas to determine the amount of predation by snakes on fish being propagated. The hatchery consisted of 63 earthen ponds. A total of 373 snakes were captured. Results of stomach contents analyses of the 206 snakes containing food were calculated in per cent frequency of occurrence and per cent volume. Frogs, primarily Ranidae, were found to be the major food item. Fish were taken far less frequently, representing only 13.3 % (by volume) and 15.5 % frequency of occurrence. The …

The Quest For Moral Synthesis : A Study Of The Role Of Scott's Hero And Heroine, Glenda Louise Black

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Seasonal Movements And Behavior Of Ring-Necked Pheasants In Eastern South Dakota, Arthur V. Carter

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Information was gathered on mobility, behavior, and related activities of pheasants from July 1966 to July 1968 by banding and/or marking 160 birds with backtags and radio transmitters. Food was readily available since the winters were mild with little snow. Birds moved less than 1/4 mile from roosting areas to cornfields and weed patches to feed. Numbers of birds dispersing from the study area in spring varied each of the years, but 60 to 70 remained there during the two reproductive seasons. Adult cocks traveled less than 1/4 mile when dispersing-and adult hens moved less than 1/2 mile. Movements by …

Effects Of Chick Stimuli And Dieldrin On Adoptive Behavior Of Penned Hen Pheasants, K. L. Cool

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Studies to determine the effect of chick stimuli and dieldrin on adoptive behavior of penned hen pheasants were conducted in 1969 and 1970. Results indicated that whether caged hens saw or heard chicks had no effect on adoption or killing of chicks. Hens receiving sound stimuli and sight-and-sound stimuli from chicks responded similarly to hens receiving no stimuli. Sub-lethal doses of dieldrin also had no effect on chick adoption under the conditions of this study. Results demonstrated that non-incubating pheasant hens will adopt and brood orphan chicks. During the 2 years of the study, respectively, 37 and 49 percent of …

Phytoplankton Dynamics Of Two Northern Prairie Lakes And Possible Relations To Dissolved Nutrients, Alan B. Hauber

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Phytoplankton populations in Enemy Swim Lake were observed to be quite different. Although these lakes lie within the same geographic area (Coteau des Prairies), major differences in water quality were recorded. The differences in water quality were reflected in the phytoplankton populations and appeared to be influenced by the agricultural practices on the watersheds. Enemy Swim Lake was basically a diatom lake while Lake Herman contained mostly blue-green algae. Genera of algae found in Enemy Swim Lake were: Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Lyngbya, Pediastrum, Staurastrum, Dinobyron, Asterionella, Fragilaria, Melosira, Stephanodiscus, and Ceratium. All of the above genera occurred in Lake Herman except …

Population Dynamics Of The Mourning Dove In South Dakota, Leslie A. Rice

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Mourning dove bandings in South Dakota totaled 44,842 from 1917 through 1970. Adult bandings totaled 44.4 percent of all bandings while immatures, juveniles, locals, and unknown age were 41.3, 0.8, 12.8, and 0.7 percent, respectively. Recoveries totaled 2.8 percent of the banded population, 2.5 percent from hunting and 0.5 percent from non-hunting. Annual mortality estimates of local (nestling) bandings from 1956-61 were between 54.4 and 64.5 percent. Subsequent adult mortality from local bandings was between 51.0 and 52.4 percent. Mean annuals mortality estimates of flying doves banded from 1964-69 were calculated using composite dynamic, composite time-specific, relative recovery rate, a …

Nutrient Transport In The Lake Poinsett System, Jack M. Skille

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Concentrations and loads of nutrients transported through the Lake Poinsett system were monitored from April 1, 1970 to April 1, 1971. An annual 2.07x 10~ m3 surface discharge into Lake Poinsett transported 1.66 x 104 kg (PO4) phosphorus, 1.28 x 104 kg nitrate nitrogen, and 3.90 x 104 kg organic carbon. The Big Sioux River-Dry Lake system contributed 63% of the phosphorus, 45% of the nitrate nitrogen, and 43% of the organic carbon load. The remaining portion entered Lake Poinsett from the Lake Albert drainage. Of the annual load of nutrients transported into Lake Poinsett, 33% of the nitrate nitrogen …

A Clinico-Pathologic Study Of Botulism In Ring-Necked Pheasants, Hazel J. Shave

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Toxins were produced from 6 strains of Cl. Botulinum, 2 of which killed pheasants. Inoculated birds were observed and a description of the progression of signs of the disease is given. Juvenile pheasants were inoculated with Types A and C toxin intramuscularly and were given the toxin orally. These birds were observed and their clinical signs noted. Adult pheasants were inoculated with toxoid prepared from type C toxin and commercial toxoid; injections were repeated in 21 days. Fourteen days following the final injection, the birds were challenged with toxin. Those protected with toxoid survived, while those receiving saline succumbed. Gross …

Macroscopic Benthos Populations And Taxonomy Of The Family Chironomidae In Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, Stephen B. Smith

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Benthos samples were collected in Lake Poinsett, a highly eutrophic eastern South Dakota lake, from March 1970 through February 1971. The lake bottom was divided into three substrate types (sand, sand-sapropel mixture and sapropel) and the percent of each substrate type was calculated. Nineteen macroscopic genera were taken from ten sampling stations located throughout the lake. Descriptions are presented for organisms in this group. Diversity of organisms was greatest in the sand substrates, in that all 19 genera were collected. Chironomus spp. (Chironomus plomosus, Chironomus attenuates and six unidentified species) was the most abundant group of organisms and occurred most …

Responses Of Rumen Microflora To Whey Products Added To High-Grain Low-Roughage Rations, Virgil L. Metzger

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Many factors present in livestock feeds affect the numbers and types of protozoa and bacteria in the rumen. A small particle size of feed and a fast rate of passage of the feed through the ruminant decreases protozoal numbers. Full feeding of a concentrate ration and an acid pH in the rumen also tend to reduce protozoa numbers. Bacteria numbers tend to increase as the protozoa numbers decrease. Knowledge of rumen microflora population changes on different rations is lacking. It is known that restricted-roughage rations will generally cause lower protozoal numbers. Since whey is an available source of lactose and …

The Lipid Composition Of Milk As Affected By High Grain-Limited Roughage Rations Containing Whey Products, Roger Charles Peper

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Certain rations fed to lactating dairy cows appear to have a dramatic influence on the lipid composition of milk fat produced. A high grain ration fed with a limited amount of roughage tends to cause a depression in milk fat production while at the same time changing the milk fat composition. There have been various attempts to alleviate the depression in milk fat. Minerals used in the ration seem to slightly relieve the milk fat depression caused by high grain rations. One drawback has been lower milk production due to a decline in concentrate consumption. Whey products added to a …

Rapeseed, Sunflower And Soybean Meals As Protein Supplements In Dairy Calf Starters, Paul E. Stake

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The world need for protein is ever-increasing causing the feed industry to seek new sources of protein supplementation for livestock (17). Urea and other non-protein-nitrogen (NPN) source have received much attention in the past twenty years as protein substitutes, but their use is limited to years as protein substitutes, but their use is limited to functional ruminant animals. Pre-ruminant calves, unable to utilize NPN, need natural protein in their diets. Soybean meal (SBN) has been the common protein supplement in many dry calf meals in the Midwest for several years and has been proven to be an acceptable source of …

Arboviruses In South Dakota Mosquitoes And Their Pathogenicity To Pheasants, Duane Robert Larson

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The extent of arthropod-borne virus activity in humans and domestic and wild vertebrates in South Dakota is not known. The World Health Organization (88) defines an arbovirus as follows: "an arbovirus must produce a viremic in one or more vertebrate species, multiply in some arthropod that feeds on viremic blood and be transmitted through feeding." Mosquitoes or other arthropods fill these requirements because female mosquitoes take blood as a requisite to egg maturation. Blood from any vertebrate host contains the essential nutrients for ovarian maturation (65). Not all mosquitoes prefer blood from the same host so a wide variety of …

Speech Training And Speech Activities In Institutions Of Higher Education In Taiwan, Chang Yuh-Sheng

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An M.A. thesis in speech on the status of speech training in Taiwan, China, is proposed. From personal experience, this author has discovered some difficulties which Chinese students meet when they take up speech in American universities. The chief reason for this might be that the Chinese students who study speech in American universities and colleges have a somewhat limited knowledge of the speech areas and an. inadequate background of speech training. Since speech courses are elective in most of the universities in Taiwan, the students' interest in participating in speech activities, such as speech contest and ·dramatic performance, has …

An Investigation Of The Extended Three-Dimensional Transportation Model, James Ronald Roskens

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The three major costs generally associated with the process of transforming raw materials into marketable merchandise area

1. Raw material costs

2. Production costs

3. Distribution costs

Raw materials are the materials necessary to produce the finished product. They are the tangible substance from which the finished product is made. As such they may be purchased or shipped in from another plant. Raw material costs are the costs associated with obtaining these materials. The production cost is the cost associated with the conversion of the raw material into a finished product. It includes the cost of labor; the storage cost …

An Evaluation Of Variation In Soil Test Results Caused By Sampling Methods And Individual Samplers, Terensio Kokorom Opio

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Soil sampling has been a subject of much study over the past years and has been undertaken for many different purposes. In the agricultural industry, soil sampling is undertaken mostly for the sake of evaluating soil fertility potentials to aid in making fertilizer recommendations. The need for better soil sampling is illustrated by the fact that inadequate sampling often leads to improper use of fertilizer by farmers. The samples are collected and brought to the soil testing laboratories where they are chemically analyzed for the main plant food elements. Fertilizer recommendations based on the soil test results may either be …

Adjustment Of Rural And Urban Residents In Five Retirement Homes In Northeastern Wisconsin, Grace E. Kiefert

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The need for this study is indicated by gaps in gerontological research and information. Until the last twenty years, studies were not often made of the many aspects of the aged in society; and currently, many questions in this field remain unanswered.Some studies have dealt with the physical setting of the retirement homes, but the individual's perception of the home has not been studied. The actual physical conditions of the homes are inconsequential to this study because the residents' perception of the situation· is critical to adjustment. This will provide the focus for this study. The objectives of this study …

Bipedal Locomotion Structure With Passive Members, Roger D. Pavlis

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The objective of the work presented in this thesis is to clarify the phenomenon of deterioration in settling of the solution when treating the system with passive members.

A Survey Of The Professional Preparation Of Women For Coaching Interscholastic Athletics For Girls In North Dakota, Julie Ann Schauer

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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of and the professional preparation of women who coach interscholastic athletics for girls in North Dakota. As of this writing, there are no specified requirements for women faculty members to compete which certifies them to coach competitive athletics for girls in the state of North Dakota. In discussing qualifications of a coach, Schafer states the following: “Last, but not least, you must be a professional person with a sound educational background.” The writer felt, that in order to be fully prepared and to have a sound educational background in coaching, …

The Historical Development Of Intercollegiate Track And Field Athletics At South Dakota State University, Russel Lee Schmeichel

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Track and field teams at South Dakota State University have played an important part in the history of this institution and sources should be available describing past achievements on the athletic fields. As a history of intercollegiate track and field teams at South Dakota State University has never before been written, such a history would be an important step in compiling the histories of all the intercollegiate sports at South Dakota State University. Histories of football, basketball, and athletics in general at South Dakota State University have been compiled in the last few years. Therefore, the addition of a history …

An Econometric Model Of The South Dakota Economy, Kirk Wray Rubida

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The purpose of this study is to adapt and develop a methodology of practical statewide macroeconomic analysis that is an alternative to the construction of a statewide input-output econometric model. The three objectives of this study are: 1. To present an annual stochastic econometric model of the South Dakota economy which is an adaptation of Daniel B. Suits’ 1962 annual stochastic econometric model of the United States economy; 2. To demonstrate the model’s use as an effective instrument by which state economic performance can be forecast; 3. To begin exploration of the model’s implications for the economic impact which selected …