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Ovine Body Composition As Influenced By Live Weight, Wallace Jon Koester

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Breeders are looking today for larger, growthier animals which will produce a fast gaining market lamb. The market animals must be able to reach a desirable weight with a correct amount of finish. The weight at which these lambs are marketed influences average daily gain and feed efficiency. This market weight often depends upon the availability and cost of feed. When market prices look favorable for the future, the producer tends to put additional weight on his lambs in order to obtain a greater total return. The producer is usually encouraged to market his products at weights which maximize feed …

The Development Of A Training Film And Manual Based On The South Dakota State University 5-2 Defense, Conrad Mahlon Hellrich

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The purpose of this study was to develop a training film and manual on the 5-2 football defense which could be used to improve the coaching process. Specifically, the present study involves three phases: 1) Development of a coaching manual explaining the basics of the 5-2 defense, the the stunts, player technique, and movement variations of the defense. 2) Filming of all the techniques of the defensive line and linebackers. 3) Extracting game situation examples of the 5-2 defense and splicing them with the techniques previously filmed, thus developing a coaching film on the 5-2 defense used at South Dakota …

Comparing The Effectiveness Of Two Different Methods Of Teaching A Self-Developed Consumer Education Unit In A Second Year High School Home Economics Class, Doris L. Keiner

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Because this home economics teacher had a desire to become involved with the new trends in education, she chose to compare the effectiveness of an independent method and a traditional method of teaching a self-developed, three week consumer education unit to 31 girls in a Home Economics II class at Madison Senior High School, Madison, South Dakota. The effectiveness of each teaching method was to be measured by the change in scores of a pretest and a post test. An attempt was made to place equal numbers of high-, average-, and low-ability students in each group and to compare the …

Status, Past And Present, Of Male Physical Education Graduates Of Concordia College, 1954-1970, Neal Arlyn Jeppson

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As a graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, the investigator became interested in conducting a study to achieve the above mentioned values of a follow-up study. The results of this investigation could reveal many interesting facts about the Concordia physical education graduates and the data compiled could be of value to the department in the four areas listed below.

1. Administration. Administrators could obtain valuable information about the graduates to evaluate and update the present physical education curriculum at Concordia. They should be able to adapt their programs to the needs of the future educator and better prepare the graduate …

Embryogeny In Haemmanthus Albiflos Jacquin, Ping-Fai David Lo

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There has been concern over the controversial position of the genus Allium in the classification scheme. Allium has been put into the Liliaceae because of its superior ovary and into the Amaryllidaceae because of umbels subtended by membranaceous bracts. The first purpose of this investigation is to study the embryogenesis and subsequent embryogeny of Haemanthus to evaluate affinities between Allium and Haemanthus. Since Allium has stalked cotyledons, it was thought that we could appeal to Haemanthus embryogenesis for evidence as to its relationships, since it is a genus which has been considered both primitive with the Amaryllidaceae and related to …

Lateral Deflections And Stress Analysis Of Plate Girder Webs Subjected To Horizontal Loads, Hong-To Lam

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In a routine design of a plate girder bridge, the structural engineer is mainly concerned with the gross area of the flange due to bending and the gross area of the web due to shear. The web deflections and stresses due to horizontal loads resulting from the bracket during construction are not considered. The object of this thesis is to establish a mathematical solution which permits the prediction of structural behavior of the web for lateral loads. The web deflection and stress which occur as a result of using temporary construction brackets are primarily studied. In this investigation, a partial …

Food Habits Of Deer In The Southern Black Hills As Determined By The Point Technique, Theron E. Schenck

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White-tailed (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionius) were collected in 1968 and 1969 for a study of food habits. Rumen contents were analyzed by use of the point-analysis technique and weights. This is the first food habits study from the southern Black Hills and is necessary for proper deer management. To evaluate the suitability of the point technique for Black Hills vegetation, an artificial population was constructed from known weights of a forb, (Achillea lanulosa), grass (Oryzopsis asperfoliz), rose (Rosa sp.), kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Each population was tested with 100-point trails and 200-point trials. …

Effects Of Feeding Leptaden To Dairy Cows, Sitakantha Dash

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Leptaden is a herbal drug which was recently introduced to the market by Alarsin Pharmaceuticals, Bombay, India. It consists of the extracts of two indigenous medical plants, namely Leotadenia reticulata (Jeevanti) and Breynia patens (Kamboji) in equal proportions. In 1947, Patel first drew the attention of gynaecologists to the usefulness of Leptaden in habitual abortions and allied conditions in women and later on pointed out its lactogenic and galactagogue properties. His original observations are supported by growing clinical experience over a twenty year period of medical practice. Published clinical experience shows that in most cases Leptaden stimulates, lactation within twelve …

Temperature Computer Measurements, Production And Carcass Traits Of Individually Fed Weight Constant Steers, Lowell M. Anderson

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During 1968, 29 Hereford steers were individually fed and marketed at one of seven constant weight classes from approximately 386 to 522 kg at intervals of 22.7 kg. During 1970, 21 Angus and Hereford crossbred steers were individually fed and marketed at one of four constant weight classes from approximately 386 to 522 kg at intervals of approximately 45.0 kg. The amounts of edible portion, trimmed fat, removed bone and the summation of the kidney, pelvic, and cod fat were determined on the steers of both years. In 1970 two experiments examined the usefulness of an analog computer for calculation …

The Effects Of Acute Ammonia Toxicity On Certain Homogram Parameters In Sheep, William C. Kirkpatrick

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Due to the rapidly expanding human population, one of the greatest problems facing agricultural scientists is the development of adequate food resources to meet the growing demand for quality protein. The development of more economical and higher quality feed for ruminant animals is essential since they are one of man's primary sources of animal protein. Microorganisms in the ruminant stomach convert relatively cheap non-protein nitrogen compounds into bacterial proteins, which are digested, absorbed, and utilized by the host animal. Urea, a common non-protein nitrogen compound, is hydrolyzed into ammonia and carbon dioxide by bacterial urease. When urea is hydrolyzed faster …

The Use Of Iodine And Chlormadinone Acetate To Suppress Sexual Maturity In Chickens, Curtis Eldon Holmquist

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Researchers, for several years, have tried various methods of retarding the onset of egg production in chickens. Some reports have shown that a delay in sexual maturity is beneficial. When comparing restricted pullets to unrestricted control groups, these reports reveal economic advantages of restriction in that restricted pullets have lower total feed costs, improved egg size, improved total egg production and a lower percentage of mortality during the production cycle. Other research has accomplished restriction with no resulting advantages. These discrepancies may be due, in part, to inaccurate means by which the results of restriction have been measured. Confinement rearing …

Various Forms Of Dehydrated Alfalfa In High-Concentrate Cattle Finishing Diets, Jerry D. Burkhardt

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Even though growing and finishing beef cattle have been fed satisfactorily on all-concentrate diets, in many instances weight gains have been improved and management problems reduced by including some conventional form of roughage in the diet. The most efficient level of roughage will likely be a variable factor depending upon a number of things including weight and condition of the cattle and. nature of the roughages and concentrates. It is a well-established fact that .as the energy content of the diet increases the rate of gain increases and the feed required per unit of gain decreases. In addition to rate …

The Effects Of Erythropoietin, Dibenzyline, And Iron Dextran On The Hemogram Of Doe And Fetal Rabbits, Eugene Austin Gardner

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The iron deficiency anemia found particularly in swine has a high incidence in the newborn. The nutrition of the sow inversely affects progression of the anemia. Newborn nutritional status, also, inversely augments the anemic condition. The anemia does not become apparent in the newborn until a few days following parturition. There is a drastic decrease in iron availability with succeeding decreases in normal hemoglobin formation and mature red blood cell formation. An important factor along with these conditions is susceptibility to disease leading to death. A gradual return to normal follows if the newborn survives the anemic period. This condition …

Out, Damned Spot! : The Metaphor Of Guilt And The Theme Of Expiation In The Drama Of Shakespeare / By Dean Michael Songy, Dean Michael Songy

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On The Stability Of Hypersonic Viscous Shock Layer With Finite Rate Chemistry / By Narender P. Reddy, Narender P. Reddy

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On The Velocity Distribution In Open Channel Flow / By Sunil B. Sengupta, Sunil B. Sengupta

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Jean Berger And His Style Of Choral Composition / By Gail Dubard Temple, Gail Dubard Temple

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Mark Twain's Views On God, Religion, And Death, Janice Marie Weber

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Vulnerability Analysis Of Two Water Treatment Utilities To The Effects Of Fallout Contamination, Richard R. Bell

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The general objective of this study was to determine the vulnerability to the effects of nuclear detonation of two selected representative water treatment utilities in order to assess the overall preparedness of South Dakota Water utilities. Some specific questions of the investigation were these:
1) Is adequate protection from radioactivity available in the area of the treatment plant for the operators to function safely during a fallout period? Could the operators continue to operate the plant?
2) Will the source of water yield uncontaminated water during a fallout period?
A. Can an adequate source of water be derived from a …

An Evaluation By Winter Wheat Of Phosphorus Carriers And The Effect Of Different Carriers On Three Phosphorus Availability Indices, Charles C. Biggar

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Various types of phosphorus fertilizers are being commercially produced and used. Due to the different properties of these phosphate materials, their ability to supply phosphorus may differ among South Dakota soil environments. To provide data for phosphate users it is necessary to evaluate- the.se materials under varying soil and climatic conditions. Soil reaction is commonly used to differentiate conditions within the soil that are important to phosphorus utilization or fixation. Generally, where fixation is high the possibility of utilization of the added phosphorus is low. Acid soils are considered as having a high phosphorus fixing capacity. Alkaline soils are medium …

A Study Of The Properties Of Parametric Programming, Arjun Kumar Batr

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Programming is defined as the planning of activities for the sake of optimization. When linear constraints are ·assumed, together with a linear objective function, the optimization is defined as solving a linear programming problem. Linear programming was originally developed by Dantzig, Wood and (others for the U.S. Air Force. Since it was first published in 1947, it has been used widely in industrial as well as military situations.

Examples of specific exotic and straight forward applications of the linear programming technique can be found in text books, monographs and technical papers in the several fields in which it has been …

Classification Error Of Gaussian And Transformed Gaussian Variates, John E. Boyd

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As indicated by the title and by the large proportion of pages devoted to the subject, transformation of variables is the primary topic of this thesis. The transformation of partially overlapping, correlated, two-dimensional, Gaussian distributed random variates to partially overlapping, independent, one-dimensional, Cauchy distributed random variates involves a reduction in dimensionality by one. Consequently, the equation defining the receiver is simplified, and the expressions for predicting the classification error are easier to formulate. The equation required to effect this transformation is z=Y₁/Y₂ , where Y₁ , Y ₂ are the standardized correlated Gaussian variates and z …

Analysis Of The Phase-Angle Method When Applied To An Actual Power System, Neal D. Drefke

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Determining the optimum generation schedule for a power system has been a basic problem in the electrical power industry for many years. The computations needed to determine the optimum generation schedule are becoming more complex and the need for greater accuracy increases, for a percentage savings represents total dollar savings on the ever-growing power systems. The most accurate method for determining the optimum generation schedule has come to be known as the phase-angle method. This method gives an optimum generation schedule for minimum fuel input where the fuel input is expressed in monetary units per unit of time. The only …

Effects Of Applied Nitrogen And Phosphorus On Native Grasslands In The Northern Great Plains, Gregory Kirk Grenz

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The majority of the grazing lands in the Northern Great Plains are native grasslands. In some areas profits derived from these grasslands may best be increased by complete renovation and reseeding. However, many of these grasslands can be improved by practices such as deferred grazing, interseedings, rotational grazing and fertilization. This study involves the evaluation of one of these practices, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization. It is a study that is to provide basic information which can be used to determi.ne the economic feasibility of grassland fertilization.

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine whether significant yield increases could …

Partial Cooling Of The Environment In Free Stalls For Sows During Farrowing And Lactation, Thomas R. Gannon

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Many of the technological advances in the swine industry have resulted in increased capital requirements for buildings and equipment. This has made multiple farrowing, including summer farrowing, a near necessity. Hog farmers recognize the problem of sow mortality due to severe heat stress during periods of high ambient temperatures, and hog producers utilizing the free stall farrowing system recognize yet another problem, that of poor stall occupancy. Sows in this type of system tend to seek relief by leaving their stalls and lying in moist or breezy areas. This decreased stall occupancy has resulted in pigs being severely neglected, reduced …

Population Changes Associated With Net Out-Migration From South Dakota Counties, 1950-1960, Gerald F. Heil

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The central objective of this thesis is to study the relationship between net out-migration and changes in selected characteristics of the population of South Dakota, during the decade from 1950 to 1960. This basic objective can be refined into three minor objectives.

1) To analyze the relationship, if any, between net out-migration rates and changes in selected vital rates of South Dakota's population, by county, for the decade 1950 to 1960.

2) To analyze the relationship, if any, between net out-migration rates and changes in selected demographic characteristics of South Dakota’s population, by county, for the decade 1950 to 1960. …

Fred Hayden Carruth : Author And Journalist, 1862-1932, Barbara S. Hartinger

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This study was undertaken to compile information about Fred Hayden Carruth during the period of his life-time, 1862-1932, his activity as author and journalist forming the guidelines. Carruth's success as a western humorist and local journalist on two Dakota Territory weeklies, the Estelline Bell and the Dakota Bell, was probably the factor which helped him obtain a position as a humorous editorial witer with the New York Tribune, foremost paper in the country in 1888. He went on his own in 1892 and after free-lancing his way onto the pages of more than nineteen popular periodicals, Carruth began a thirty-four …

Effects Of An Appetite Suppressant And Exercise Upon Selected Physiological And Anthropometric Measurements In Overweight College Women, Jo Ann Krause

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Leaders in the field of physical education constantly urge that programs of physical education be based on the needs of all students. Educators have the professional obligation to develop special programs to meet the unique requirements of the individual. One individualized program is for the overweight and the complications both physical and emotional which result from it should be of immediate concern in the planning of the physical education curriculum. However, there is evidence that the best interests of the overweight student have for the most part been overlooked, Programs to combat overweight should be constructed to include physical exercise …

Man And Nature In Herman Melville's "The Encantadas", Jay J. Jackson

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It is in light of the fact that no critic has yet seen fit to explore "The Encantadas" with regard to Melville's theme of the man-nature dialectic that this thesis is written. It is the purpose of this paper to show how Melville views man, nature, and their relationship to each other within the bizarre setting of the Galapagos Islands. In no other work save Moby-Dick does Melville so deeply cut to the roots of the question of man and his role in the natural scheme of the cosmos. In order to examine the man-nature tension of "The Encantadas," I …

A Zoogeographical Study Of The Bee Flies (Bombyliidae: Diptera) And A Consideration Of The General Problems Of Distribution Inthe Two-Winged Flies Of The Order Diptera / By Patricia Anne Sellers, Patricia Anne Sellers

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