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Spark Without Flame: The German Library Of Information A Nazi Propaganda Agency In The United States, 1936-1941, Craig S. Olson

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Most studies of Nazi propaganda have focused on main events inside Germany. This thesis proposes to examine German efforts in the United States in the years before American entry into the Second World War. This will be done by examining one Nazi agency: the German Library of Information which operated out of New York City from 1936 to 1941.

The first chapter explores the formation of the German Library of Information and its goals. The question of whether it as controlled by the Foreign Office or the Propaganda Ministry is also discussed.

The second chapter cover the association between the …

Acute Effects Of Smoking On Prose Memory And Physiological Arousal, Scott J. Krebs

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The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects smoking a cigarette of varying nicotine yields had on physiological arousal and memory for prose passages.

Forty-five male habitual smokers were assigned to either a placebo (0.1mg nicotine cigarette), a 0.7mg, or a 1.5mg nicotine cigarette group. All subjects were in good health, reported that they regularly inhale smoke, that they smoked daily, and have for at least the past 3 months. Subjects smoked their assigned cigarette in a controlled fashion prior to reading 4 prose passages from a computer screen. Immediately after reading each passage, subjects were asked …

Nutrition Education And Consumer Food Safety Concerns, Deborah Matero Zak

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Understanding Craving For Cigarettes: A Multidimensional Assessment Approach, H. Katherine O'Neill

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Cigarette smoking is a serious health hazard affecting a sizeable proportion of the adult population. The addictive nature of cigarettes has been blamed for the difficulty smokers experience in achieving and maintaining abstinence. Cigarette cravings are frequently cited as a factor contributing to relapse. Addiction theories proposed independently by Wikler, Siegel, and Solomon view cravings as classically conditioned responses to internal or external cues. These responses are presumably multidimensional, having cognitive, emotional, and physiological manifestations.

The current study examined cigarette cravings under controlled laboratory conditions. Forty-six male and female undergraduates served as participants. Stimuli commonly associated with smoking relapse were …

Acts Of Meaning: A Descriptive Study Of The Fiction And Poetry Of Three Elementary School Children, Karl A. Matz

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Acts Of Meaning: A Descriptive Study Of The Fiction And Poetry Of Three Elementary School Children, Karl A. Matz

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Speech Behavior In Othello: The Conversations Of Roderigo And Iago, Mary Margaret Dahlberg

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The character Roderigo in William Shakespeare's play Othello is often ignored by critics. Discussion of his role, both in scholarly study and stage portrayal is extremely limited. His lines are spoken almost entirely in dialogue with Iago; he appears to be a mere tool in Iago's evil designs on Cassio and Othello. Yet his conversations with Iago form a subplot which both clarifies Iago's character and aids our understanding of Othello's reponse to Iago's temptations.

The six conversations between Iago and Roderigo are the subject of this paper. Since the two men are not social equals, it seems particularly useful …

Endocrine Regulation Of The Inflammatory Response In The Rat And Photochemical Reactivity Of Aramids., Michael Gene Bouley

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The overall objective of chapter one of this investigation was to determine if glucocorticoids were the endogenous modulators of inflammation. The two specific objectives of this investigation were, (a) to determine if there was a glucocorticoid response during the inhibitory phase of inflammation, and (b) to determine what would be the effects on inflammation if the glucocorticoid response were inhibited.The objectives were carried out using carrageenan-induced rat paw edema as a model for inflammation. The amount of edema formation was determined to be dependent upon the carrageenan dosage. The investigation demonstrated that the injection of carrageenan into the hind paw …

Murine Immune Responses To Herpes Simplex Virus-1 In Relation To Nutrition., Stephen Michael Wright

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This laboratory has observed significantly different survival rates for male balb/c mice maintained on different diets following infection with herpes simplex virus type I (HSV). The two diets, presumably nutritionally complete, are Purina, an undefined laboratory chow, and Teklad, a defined zinc control diet. This investigation examined the effect of these diets on the production of interferon, anti-HSV antibodies and peritoneal macrophage activity. Animals maintained for five weeks on each of the diets remained healthy, and no visible differences were apparent. Food intake and growth rates were equivalent for the diet groups. The concentration of virus in various organs was …

A Computer Simulation Of Braitenberg Vehicles, Eric B. Werkowitz

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In his treatise, Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology, Valentino Braitenberg used simple, autonomous vehicle designs to illustrate the principles behind animal nervous system organization and operation. The goal of this effort was to produce a computer program to allow a researcher to experiment with these concepts and to analyze their performance using methods employed by experimental psychologists. The resulting program allows the user to design vehicles that respond to changes in their environments and that have the ability to adapt their behavior, using a learning algorithm developed by Teuvo Kohonen. The vehicle designer is free to select sensor attributes, …

Autonomic Nervous System Activity And The Perception Of Arousal In Dietary Restrainers And Nonrestrainers., Donald Wayne Preussler

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The reasons why some people eat more than others, have more body fat, or develop some type of eating disorder have been related to the concepts of hunger/satiety, appetite, and their underlying mechanisms. Research has focused on both physiological and cognitive factors related to the regulation of eating behavior. The role of the ventromedial and lateral hypothalamic nuclei with putative connections to the autonomic nervous system has been extensively studied. Further, the construct of dietary restraint argues that cognitive factors play a role in the regulation of eating behavior. Few studies have examined the possible role of the hypothalamically mediated …

Mechanisms Of Regulation Of The Human C-Myb Proto-Oncogene During Myelomonocytic Differentiation, Lawrence H. Boise

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Control of hematopoiesis is a complex set of events that is currently being dissected at the molecular level. To determine factors that may be crucial for commitment to terminal differentiation of myelomonocytic cells, a mutant of the HL-60 cell line was characterized at the cellular and molecular level. This clone, termed DMSOr, was shown to differentiate in a similar fashion as parental HL-60 in response to 1.3% DMSO at the morphologic and functional level. The anti-proliferative aspects of differentiation were also present in DMSOr as evidenced by decreased 3H-thymidine incorporation and an increased percentage of cells in the G0/G1 phase …

Spatial And Temporal Mechanisms Of Spinal Nociceptive Coding, Robert C. Coghill

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In order to better characterize spatial and temporal mechanisms of nociceptive processing in the central nervous system (CNS), the responses of rat spinal cord neuron populations to prolonged painful stimuli were examined. Metabolic mapping studies revealed that prolonged nociceptive thermal stimuli produced extensive activation in the deep dorsal horn, but minimal activation in the superficial dorsal horn. Electrophysiological investigations of neurons within these regions revealed that the responses of wide dynamic range (WDR) neurons, the predominate nociceptive neuron in the deep dorsal horn, did not habituate substantially to prolonged nociceptive stimuli. In contrast, the responses of nociceptive specific neurons, the …

Radical Division : A Symbolic Perspective, Mark E. Huglen

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Two-Phase Flow Simulator For A Geothermal Well, Ka Leung Lok

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Effectiveness Of Case Management With The Chronically Mentally Ill, Cecilia Marcy

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The In Vivo Effects Of Ehrlich Ascites Tumors On The Hepatic Glucose-6-Phosphatase System, Richard W. Lucius

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Development Of The Collegiate Academic Motivation Test, William J. Schmelzer

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Role Of Serotonin And Calcium Channel Blockers In The Activity Of Anticonvulsants, Hans Christian Kusters

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Effects Of Vasopressin On The Comprehension And Recall Of Prose Passages., Timothy Paul Tinius

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The effect of treatment with DDAVP, a vasopressin analogue, on arousal, short-term memory (STM), and the comprehension and recall of expository and narrative prose passages was examined. Poor and good readers were randomly assigned to one of three groups: no treatment, placebo, or DDAVP. The digit span and reading span tests were used as measures of STM. Blood pressure and heart rate were used as measures of physiological arousal. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List were used as measures of self-reported arousal. The passages were presented one idea unit at a time on an Apple computer screen. …

Recreational Development On An Urban Riverfront Corridor, Dean L. Dormanen

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Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Adult Males Undergoing Arthroscopy : A Comparison Of Isoflurane-Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen With Isoflurane-Air-Oxygen, Joy L. Lindgren

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Gender Differences In The Effects Of Acute Ethanol Intoxication And Memory For Prose, Rebecca M. Sharp

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Evaluation Of Sacral Restore In Preventing Pressure Ulcers In Patients On A Roto Rest Kinetic Treatment Table, Linda Fay Inman

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Mitochondrial Dna Variation In The 'Amakihi Complex, Cheryl Lea Tarr

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Structuralist Literary Criticism In Action : A Bolivian Model : Blanca WiethüChter's Bolivian Contemporary Poetry : Oscar Cerruto, Jaime Saenz, Pedro Shimose, JesúS Urzagasti : Translation And Commentary, Blanca A. Richmond

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A Drug Comparison Study For Post-Operative Pain Relief : Bupivacaine Versus Bupivacaine With Morphine, Brenda M. Amundson

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Preformed Aluminum Hydroxide As An Alternative To Alum, Teck-Seng James Mok

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Naming And Semantic Memory Deterioration In Subjects With Senile Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type : Evidence From A Sentence Completion Task, Leanne J. Huzel

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The Effectiveness Of A Breast Self-Examination Program On A Group Of Professional And Paraprofessional Women, Nancy Klatt

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