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Elastic Scattering Of 1.33 Mev Gamma Rays From Uranium, David Rood Schwandt

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Fabrication Of Lithium Drifted Germanium Detectors Of Planar Structures, Khin M. Yin

Masters Theses

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Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee

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The Self Concept Of Black And White Disturbed Adolescent Girls In Residential Treatment, Cheryl A. Smith

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which race and self concept were associated in a group of disturbed adolescent girls in residential treatment. I The study drew on an earlier investigation of self concept, which conceived of the self concept as a part of the personality of an individual that acted as a motivating force. The study assumed that self concept was implicated in the dynamics of the disturbances that brought adolescents into treatment, and its purpose was directed towards securing a better understanding of the girls.

The study was conducted with a non-probability …

The United States And The Soviet Union On Concepts Of Security And Unanimity, Patricia Carbone

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The Influence Of Experimental Stress Upon Selected Rorschach Variables, William P. Brady

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A Piano Recital Analysis, Linda Sue Parker

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Illinois Agrarianism And Shelby Moore Cullom, Richard F. Wells

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A Comparison Of The Attitudes And Opinions Of Industrial Arts Teachers With School Administrators Toward The Role Of Industrial Arts Education In The Secondary School, Harold E. Vahling

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No abstract provided by author.

A Survey Of Junior High School Industrial Arts In Selected Counties In Illinois, Martin W. Pattin

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No abstract provided by author.

A Comparative Study Of Individualized Reading Procedures For Self-Contained Classrooms, Tommy H. Scott

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Social Darwinism And War: A Study Of British Attitudes, 1890-1900, Gilbert Neal Early

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Dennis Friend Hanks: A Biography, June Cardell Cooper

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An Analysis Of Personal Characteristics As Motivating Factors That Influenced Selecting A Particular Site For Canoeing, Ben Crail Butler

Masters Theses

NEED: The canoe is being used for many types of work and pleasure. Little evidence is available regarding factors that may influence canoeing instruction.

PURPOSE: This study is an attempt to determine the factors which influence people who cross the Four-Mile Portage at Basswood Lake, Ely, Minnesota to go on a canoe trip.

METHOD OF RESEARCH: By the use of a questionnaire, given to people who go canoeing, valuable information could be obtained on the frequency a person goes canoeing, the type of instruction they received and where they received it, their opinion on offering canoeing in the physical education …

A Five Year Study Of The Macon School District For Directions And Dimensions Based Upon Growth Patterns, Billie G. Mcclard

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An Indeterministic Approach To The Investigation Of Cbd Commuter Flows In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bruce Richard Bullis

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Some Aspects Of Aerated Open-Channel Flow At Shallow Depths And Low Velocities, D. L. Fread

Masters Theses

"This study is concerned with the effect of entrained air bubbles on the open-channel hydraulics of water flowing at low velocities. The air bubbles are introduced into the flowing water by injecting diffused compressed air along the channel bottom. The variations of the velocity profile and velocity distribution energy coefficient of aerated and nonaerated flow are discussed. Empirical equations have been determined for the air concentration and increased depth of flow or "bulking" of the aerated open-channel flow. The investigation revealed a significant increase in the Manning roughness coefficient and the related Darcy friction factor for aerated flow relative to …

The Effect Of Structure On The Consolidation Of Compacted Unsaturated Clay Soils, William Joseph Graham

Masters Theses

"Contained in this paper are the results of research which was performed to investigate the relation between the volume-change mechanisms of shrinkage and one-dimensional compression for two clay soils, including some samples whose structures had been altered by the addition of flocculating and dispersing agents. Shrinkage tests were conducted with a special mold designed to facilitate the study of a soil's shrinkage path. consolidation tests on undisturbed samples and one-dimensional compression tests on unsaturated samples compacted in the vicinity of optimum moisture content were performed. A detailed study was made of a highly plastic red Missouri clay. Complications arose in …

System Definition Of A Small, Economical General Purpose Computer, Thomas Elden Kreger

Masters Theses

"The major differences between commercially available electronic calculators and the small, general purpose computer are discussed. A computer system organization is proposed with low cost, physical compactness and user convenience as design objectives. In addition, a system block diagram and a set of micro-instructions are postulated. These micro-instructions are micro-programmed to provide floating point arithmetic capability and a library of function generating sub-routines"--Abstract, page ii.

Some Effects Of Lead-Zinc Mining Wastewater On A Stream Environment, Anthony Ralph De Alonso Handler

Masters Theses

"The continuous discharge of lead-zinc mine and mill wastewater into some streams in southeastern Missouri may alter the ecology of those streams. A field and laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the potential pollution problem. Bee Fork Creek, the first stream in that area to receive tailings from mining operations, was selected for this study and periodically surveyed. Laboratory tests included static bioassays of lead, zinc, and copper, and the mode of action of the metals was investigated through post-mortem examination of the experimental fish. The test animals used in the bioassays were bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus, Rafinesque). The heavy …

Effect Of Hydrostatic Pressure On Anelastic Stress Relaxation In A Mixed-Alkali Silicate Glass, Young-Gil (Gilbert Y.) Kim

Masters Theses

"The effect of hydrostatic pressure on the anelastic stress relaxation of a mixed-alkali silicate glass (0.05 Na₂O, 0.95 K₂O, 3 SiO₂) was studied at 75°C between ambient pressure and 6 kbar. The activation volume of diffusion was found to be - 4.2 cm³/mole. It is proposed that a reequilibration of the defect population at pressure gives rise to the negative activation volume of diffusion"--Abstract, page ii.

The Electrodeposition Of Zinc; Changes In Current Efficiency And Surface Structure Resulting From Various Addition Agents, Haruhisa Fukubayashi

Masters Theses

"An examination of the surface structure of zinc electrodeposited from an acid-sulfate solution was made by scanning electron microscopy techniques. The current efficiencies were also determined, to a lesser extent, in order to correlate the results with the surface structures. Commercial and pure zinc oxide were used to prepare the neutral zinc sulfate solutions. The starting solutions were in a range of acid and zinc concentrations commonly used in commercial practice. Changes in morphology resulting from addition agents such as animal glue, gum arabic, and sodium silicate are compared"--Abstract, page ii.

Laboratory Measurement Of Pore Water Pressure Induced By A Model Friction Pile, Charles Alfred Miller

Masters Theses

"This research program has been undertaken to develop a laboratory testing procedure for the measurement of pore water pressure induced by the static loading of a model friction pile. Most of the investigation involved the design, construction, and testing of equipment to be used during the tests which would produce satisfactory and reliable results. It was also desired to simulate field conditions during the tests. A series of tests were performed varying the consolidation pressure on the soil around the model pile. The effects of changing the location of the pore pressure measurements was also investigated. Results of the tests …

Correlation Of Particulate Theory And Behavior Of Real Soils, Christopher Byron Groves

Masters Theses

"The behavior of granular soils subjected to triaxial stresses can be explained in terms of a combination of elastic deformation and sliding friction. Three sans and a coarse silt at various initial void ratios were tested in drained triaxial compression. Cell pressures were varied between 50 and 1500 psi. Prediction techniques for simulating laboratory data was based on various packings of equal radii spheres. Equilibrium and compatibility equations were used to calculate the principal strains under certain applied stresses. The assumed arrays predicted much smaller strains than those than the soils exhibited. If these strains were subtracted from those observed, …

A Comparison Of Lumped Parameter Models Commonly Used To Describe One-Dimensional Vibration Problems, Suresh Kumar Tolani

Masters Theses

"Three lumped parameter model representations of the one-dimensional uniform continuous system in a vibration state are examined. The exact (continuous) solutions were used as a reference to evaluate the accuracy of the results obtained via these discrete element models. The model comparisons, carried out for both the principal modes and the systems under forced excitations, are based on the maximum strain energy. The effect of varying the number of segments in the model representation showed improvement in approximating the exact strain energy solution as the number of segments was increased. In general, the results of the model comparisons based on …

The Analysis Of R-S-S-R Spatial Four-Bar Mechanism, David Perng Chyi

Masters Theses

"Although many methods are known for the kinematic analysis of spatial mechanisms, such as descriptive geometry, vector analysis, dual number theory, matrices, screw calculus, and various other methods, a better way to analyze the specific R-S-S-R four-bar mechanism is to use tensor methods in order to eliminate the apparently formidable and tedious tasks of mathematically formulating problems and obtaining solutions. The analysis described in this paper is developed basically by using tensor notations and operations, and the calculations take advantage of the capabilities of modern digital computers. A FORTRAN program for the IBM 360 Data Processing System which will analyze …

An Experimental Comparison Of Various Nuclei Counters, Joel William Mansell

Masters Theses

"A series of simultaneous nuclei concentration measurements, with four different nuclei counters, have been made. these counters were a Pollak and a Gardner counter supplied by Mr. Paul Allee of the Environmental Science Services Administration, Boulder, Colorado, and a Pollak and a G.E. counter supplied; by Mr. Norman White of the National Center for Air Pollution Control, Cincinnati, Ohio. In the absence of any knowledge of the absolute concentrations in the samples, the data for each of the individual counters have been compared to the averages computed from all four counters. The results of these comparisons indicate the following: (1) …

The Use Of Turbulence Energy Equation In Boundary Layer Study, Ro-Chi Tai

Masters Theses

"A turbulent boundary layer problem has been studied analytically and compared with an available experiment in the literature. Correlations of the experimental data were made to investigate the validity of the commonly used empirical relations on turbulent shear stresses. It was found that the model which related the local turbulent shear stress linearly with the local turbulent kinetic energy, as used by Bradshow et. al., appeared to be most reasonable. combining this model with the expression of turbulent viscosity given by Boussinesq, it was then possible to introduce the turbulence-energy equation in addition to the governing equations of continuity and …

Criteria For Planning A Mobile Home Park Development In Rural Areas, Richard Euguene Sharp

Masters Theses

"The object of this study was to determine the possibility of developing a mobile home park as a partial solution to the problem of inadequate housing in rural communities. The investigation involved the study of modern mobile homes and mobile home parks, mobile home dwellers, and the social and economic aspects of mobile home living. It was suggested that a properly designed and managed mobile home park can provide a satisfactory location for the placement of mobile homes. The small down payment and low monthly payments associated with purchasing a mobile home, along with the inherent mobility of mobile home …

Computer-Aided Design Of Lossless Non-Uniform Transmission Lines, Larry Lee Wesner

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"A numerical iterative design technique is presented for the synthesis of lossless non-uniform transmission lines. A variational approach is used to minimize an error functional to which the system and boundary equality constraints have been adjoined by Lagrangian multipliers. The resultant network optimization conditions lead to an iterative scheme requiring analysis of the non-uniform line, analysis of an adjoint system and calculation of the error gradient in parameter space. A steepest descent procedure is used to optimize parameter values. Finite difference equations are used to provide an approximation model for implementation on the digital computer. A design example and a …