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Characterization And Staged Lagoon Treatment Of Swine Feedlot Waste, Abraham H. Loudermilk Jr.

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"Feedlot pollution is developing into a serious problem because of the trend toward intensive farming techniques and the increasing number of animals in confinement feeding operations. The purpose of this study was to characterize swine waste collected under a slotted feeding floor using a water-carriage system, and to evaluate the treatment of this waste in a staged lagoon system consisting of an anaerobic, a dual anaerobic-aerobic, and an aerobic lagoon. A small feeding floor unit capable of maintaining 3 separate groups of animals, and a pilot 3-lagoon system were designed, constructed, and operated for a period of approximately 4 months. …

The Social History Questionnaire As Related To Length Of Stay In Psychotherapy, David P. Jachim

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A serious problem encountered in clinical practice concerns the large proportion of clients who begin therapy but for various reasons terminate treatment after only a few interviews and without the consent of the therapist. Representative studies by Kurland (1956), Haddock and Mensch (1957), and Rosenthal and Frank (1958) have emphasized the severity of this problem by indicating that most mental health clinics face the possibility of losing half of their therapy clients prematurely.

This problem necessitates some objective means for identifying potential terminators and remainers prior to their entering therapy. Such a technique would permit a more efficient utilization of …

A Study Of Thoracic Skeletomusculature In Peracarida (Crustacea), Donna R. Gill

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Two species of peracarid malacostracans, a mysid, Neomysis americana, and an oniscid isopod, Trachelipus cf. rathkei, were used to study the skeletomusculature system. Serial sections, whole mounts, and gross dissections were made. Coxal promotors and remotors and basal adductors and abductors were the muscle groups examined.

The promotor and remotor muscles of N. americana were found to be numerous, well developed, taking origin primarily from the dorsal thoracic wall, and extending nearly ventrally to insert in the coxa; the adductor muscle and two abductor muscles are weakly developed. The coxa in T. cf. rathkei is incorporated completely …

A Determination Of The Need For And Content Of A Consumer-Oriented Law Course At The Community College Level, David L. Stapleton

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Psychological Bases For Children's Preferences For Picture Sequences, Charlotte A. Kingery

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Cardiovascular Response To Exercise In Water, Dennis Wayne Aten

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A Comparative Study Of The Systems Approach To Teaching And Learning And The Traditional Approach To Teaching And Learning As Applied To Art Education, Thomas R. Littrell

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Old Field Succession In Pinellas County, Florida, Roger T. Poole

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The Influence Of Age And Disease Upon Language, Mary Ellen Kelleher

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Physiological Bases Of Children's Preferences For Picture Sequences, Elizabeth A. Hipskind

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Cross-Validation Of The Length-Complexity Index Screening Form, Shari A. Galloway

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The Fool In Lear Exposes A Foolish Lear, Anthony John Cuccio

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A Comparative Study Of Student Assistant Training Programs In Colleges And Universities, Jurel Deshazer Jackson

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A Study Of Health Education In The Public Schools And Community Of Tomah, Wisconsin, Bernita Helen Wildes

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A Comparative Study Of The Role Of Women And Sport In England And Mexico, D. Sue Hankins

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A Comparison Of Four Methods Of Soccer Throw-Ins, Joseph Edward Donnelly

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The Impact Of Kaiser Bauxite Company On Western St. Ann Parish, Jamaica, Shirley A. Anderson Hallaron

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The Effects Of Institutionalization Upon The Self Conceptions Of Nursing Home Residents, Jack D. Nelson

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Water Quality And Benthos Of A Small East Central Illinois Stream, With A Selected Literature Review, Kenneth Lloyd Brummett

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Polecat Creek is an occasionally intermittent stream which drains approximately 18,368 acres in eastern Coles County, Illinois. It travels 15.2 miles through cropland and a partially wooded valley before it enters the Embarrass River 3 miles upstream from Lake Charleston. The stream ranges from 0.5 foot to 5 feet deep at a normal water level, with an average depth of 16 inches. It averages 12 feet wide, with a range from 4 to 20 feet.

A water quality study with 5 stations along the stream was conducted from January 1971 to July 1971. A qualitative benthos study at the same …

The Effects Of Desoxycorticosterone, Hydrocortisone, And Prednisone On Myogenesis In Vitro, Gregory K. Nienaber

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In order to obtain proper muscle development in tissue culture, certain conditions must prevail. There is a delicate balance of factors, and elimination of even one of these factors leads to poor and improper development. Muscle cells grown in the absence of fibroblasts usually fail to differentiate. Therefore, proper development depends upon the presence of two cell types: myoblasts and fibroblasts. Investigators have demonstrated that the fibroblasts are necessary in that they produce collagen which is necessary for proper muscle development. The present study has shown that desoxycorticosterone, hydrocortisone, and prednisone at concentrations of 10, 1, and 0.1 ug/ml of …

Preliminary Observations On The Effects Of Treflan To Fishes, P. Bradley Latvaitis

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Treflan E.C. is a selective, preemergence, soil incorporated herbicide. Preliminary tests were made to evaluate its effects at concentrations of 0.75, 1.275 and 1.8 p.p.m. on twenty species of fresh water fishes in the laboratory. The herbicide was proven to be a powerful fish toxicant. Centrarchus, Cichlasoma centrarchus, was the most resistant fish tested, while Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, was among the least resistant. Treflan E.C. decomposes and degrades rapidly. It was also found to interact with plastics. Further studies are necessary to provide a complete investigation of the effects of Treflan on Fishes.

Biomonitoring Of Organochlorine Insecticides Using The Clam, Amblema Plicata, Terry M. Hogan

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Range And Optimum Growth Concentrations Of Phosphate And Nitrate For Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, Thomas E. Hill

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A study was conducted on the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to determine the range and optimum growth concentrations of phosphate and nitrate. There are only a few species of algae for which this type of data is known. Inorganic nutritional data is basic to the understanding of the complexities of phytoplankton ecology and eutrophication.

The "plus" strain of this heterothallic alga was cultured in a TRIS-buffered inorganic medium with various concentrations of sodium phosphate and potassium nitrate and adjusted to a pH of 7.4. The axenic cultures were evaluated at the end of 6 days with a spectrophotometer, at a wavelength …

Nitrate-Phosphate Levels Of A Small Mid-Western Lake, Pamela Kay Harmon

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Synthesis And Proof Of Structure Of 2, 2-Dichloro-7h-Cyclobut-(A)-Indian-1-One: A New Route To 4, 5-Benztropolone, Thomas Renwick Potts

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A Workshop Approach To Training Paraprofessionals In The Theory And Application Of Behavior Modification Principles And Techniques, Janice H. Schoonmaker

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Managerial Success And Personality Traits Of Self-Actualization, Louis H. Ballenger

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The Kalamazoo County Community Action Program A Qualitative Analysis, Michael Carl Allerding

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Schedule-Induced Polydipsia And Operant Licking: Effects Of Chlorpromazine, Methamphetamine And Secobarbital, Paul Tobin Maginnis

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Drug Use And Abuse: Suggestions For Teaching In The Junior High School, Ardiccio Daniel Morales

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