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Developmental Histology Of The Rat Epididymis And Testis., Beverly Ann Muckey

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A Multi-Valued Attitudinal Study Of Obscenity And Freedom Of Expression, Allen W. Palmer

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This study was designed to examine whether religiosity is a determining factor in public reaction to obscenity issues.

A sample population of 452 residents of the community of Idaho Falls, Idaho was selected using a technique based on a list of random numbers in October, 1979. Path analysis, Chi-square analysis and Spearman's correlation were used to measure the results.

The study found there is a significant relationship between religiosity and behavior intention toward obscenity issues. The affective component of the attitude organization functions somewhat as a mediating variable. There were also findings that members of the Church of Jesus Christ …

An English Translation Of Adalbert Stifter's Short Story "Bergmilch.", Patricia J. Kluckner

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The Prairie Du Chien-Dubuque-Galena Region, 1673-1860 : A Bibliographical Essay In Regional History, Richard Daniel Brauhn

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The Application Of The Total Systems Approach To The 5th Bomb Wing, James E. Ballengee

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Effects Of Fluoride, Molybdate And Tartrates On Sugar Phosphate Phosphohydrolase From Escherichia Coli And Neisseria Meningitidis., Wing Cheun Lau

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The Association Of Fenestrated Uterine Capillaries With Implantation In The Rat., Christopher Anthony Bates

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Central Nervous System Catecholamine Mediation Of The Anticonvulsant Activity Of The Benzodiazepines., Gerald John Yutrzenka

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Synthesis Of New Tetrazoles As Possible Antiinflammatory Agents., Pareshkumar J. Kothari

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Immune Responsiveness And Herpes Simplex Virus Disease In Iron Deficient Balb/C Mice, Kathleen A. Murphy

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Communication And Personality : The Relationship Between The Inventory Of Anger Communication And The Interpersonal Checklist, Claudette D. Stafslien Beyer

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Nineteenth Century Images Of The Northern Plains : Impacts On Settlement Patterns, Eileen Helen Dopson

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A Study To Compare The Strength Changes After Training The Abductor Digiti Minimi In Young Adults And In Geriatric Adults, Timothy Lee Kauffman

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A paucity of research exists in the strength training and aging literature. Hettinger (1958) reported that strength declined with age and that older persons gained less with strength training than younger persons. This study altered Hettinger's design by using a different muscle and a different strengthening routine. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of isometric strength training of the non-dominant left abductor digiti minimi muscles of young subjects and old subjects. The ten young female subjects, mean age 22.6 years, were all nursing students. The ten older female subjects, mean age 69.2 years, did not constitute …

A Question Of Influence: William Cowper Brann And Henry Louis Mencken, Dale Owen Bishop

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A major critic of H. L. Mencken and a co-worker of his on the Baltimore Sun have both theorized that Mencken was influenced by a little-remembered Texas iconoclast who was assassinated in 1898, William Cowper Brann. Investigation revealed that Brann and Mencken agreed on many topics such as Prohibition, politics and religion among others. Mencken's early style compares well with Brann's, and they shared many techniques and preferences for particular words standard in the debunker's vocabulary. Research revealed that Mencken even published an article in 1900, at the age of twenty, in the magazine that had formerly been published by …

Oncogenic Transformation By Herpes Simplex Virus, James Christian Burns

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Many lines of evidence exist associating herpes simplex virus (HSV) with the development of carcinoma. Data from human studies includes seroepidemiologic studies of carcinoma patients and the localization of viral markers in human cancers. Experimental studies include in vitro transformation of cultured cells and viral induced alterations of host DNA. Much of this evidence is anecdotal or associative in nature and does not prove a cause and effect. The purpose of this research was to investigate the oncogenic potential of HSV type 2 (HSV-2) in vivo and in vitro.

An in vivo mouse model for lib carcinogenesis was designed to …

Characterization Of The Bursicon-Mediated Pathway For Membrane Permeability Enhancement In The American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana, David Alan Compton

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The presence of an adenyl cyclase system within the haemocyte of Periplaneta americana has been confirmed by previous investigations, with corresponding experiments using dibutyryl cyclic AMP to show enhancement of 14c-tyrosine uptake into the cuticle linked to stimulation of the sclerotization process.

In the present studies, American cockroaches held at depressed temperatures were treated with bursicon, revealing an increase in haemocyte cyclic AMP concentrations. The levels declined with progression of time, probably resulting from enzymatic hydrolysis.

When animals which had been held at room temperature were treated with bursicon, the levels of haemocyte cyclic AMP were lowered, with a declination …

The Responsiveness Of Murine Tumors To Maleic Vinyl Ether, Paal Christian Klykken

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Studies were undertaken to characterize the immune status of mice bearing the Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) and to maximize the cure rate of LLC and Madison l09 carcinoma (Ml09) bearing mice by employing the immunomodulator maleic vinyl ether (MVE) in combination with surgery or radiotherapy.

The pattern of immunodeficiency in mice bearing the LLC appeared to be in contrast to most studies. LLC mice with a minimal tumor burden were found to have a diminished ability to phagocytize sheep erythorcytes (SRBC) or elicit an antibody response to the same antigen. Vascular clearance and phagocytic uptake of ⁵¹Cr-labeled SRBC into …

Intravenous Infection Of Mice With Naegleria Fowleri, Richard G. May

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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is a fatal disease of man caused by the free-living ameboflagelate Naegleria fowleri. In general, the victims have been active, healthy, young adults with a recent history of swimming or other fresh water-related activity. Infection with N. fowleri is apparently by way of nasal introduction of amebae-containing water. After nasal installation, electron microscopic and histopathologic studies with experimental animals reveal that amebae reside in the olfactory mucosa and then invade and migrate through the submucosal structures into the nerve plexuses. Amebae pass through pores of the cribiform plate and into the subarachnoid space. Subsequently, amebae invade the …

To Clothe A Fool : A Study Of The Apparel Appropriate For The European Court Fool 1300 - 1700, Virginia Lee Futcher

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In order to design a costume for a period show, a costumer must unify the personality of the character in the appropriate historical style with the director's concept for the production. My study endeavors to aid the costumer in search of the historical clothes of the Medieval and Renaissance court Fool. Lack of time to do extensive research often imposes limitations on a designer's creativity. Through extensive research. into Medieval and Renaissance art, with the aid of Robert Armin's jest book, and descriptions of the household accounts of the period, I have compiled a document that will save a harried …

A Study Of Jacques Maritain's Concept Of The Habitus And Its Relationship To Musical Performance, Loren Jechort

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The research problem was— to study the relationship between Maritain's concept of the habitus and the fine art of musical performance.

The purpose of the study was (1) to identify philosophical truths concerning the role of the habitus in musical performance; and (2) to apply these truths to the performance program in music education.

The research procedure was a philosophical analysis of Maritain’s treatises on the fine arts and on education. Source material also included additional related writings by Maritain and pertinent studies on Maritain's philosophy, as prepared by other researchers.

The main body of the study was designed in …

Modification Of Stimulation Seeking Behavior In Psychopaths Using Hypnotic Sensory Imagery Conditioning, Franklin D. Deforest

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Recent theorizing has postulated that there exists for every individual an optimal level of arousal. Deviations from this optimal state produce discomfort which motivates behaviors aimed at remediation. Potential causes of underarousal include the attenuation of perceptual input and excessively rapid habituation to sensory input. Both of these processes have been linked dynamically to the psychopathic condition. Presumably, in the context of restricted opportunities for involvement in highly stimulating activities, the psychopathic individual attempts to alleviate the stress caused by chronic sensory deprivation through participation in illegal behaviors. The present investigation has attempted to clarify the dynamic picture with regards …

Miniature Mimicry, Claudia J. Berg

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Drawn from everyday life, I have moved my images into their own realm. Confining my creatures by scale and composition makes the viewer the dominating element when looking at these prints. By using examples of human activity and emotions, these specimens become examples in miniature of what already exists.

In Mild Defiance Of Rectangular Stability, Robert A. Matz

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This Artist's Statement is concerned with the awareness of one's environment, and the pursuit and evolution of an idea based on this awareness.

The Transmutation Of Self In Childhood, Craig David Stevens

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The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding children's developing sense of self. Seventy children, ages three to seven years, were tested on three measures. In the first task, the children tried on a mask and answered questions about their identity while looking in a mirror. The second involved a group of conservation tasks where external objects, the child's body, or part thereof, were the objects in question. The third was a picture task where pictures of a person, a person wearing a mask, and an animal were compared and the children were asked to decide which two …

The Effect Of Government Regulation On The Profitability Of Drug Manufactures, Thoman E. Thorenson

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A Comparative Study Of Academic Achievement Of Full-Blood And Mixed-Blood Indian Students, Paul J. Comeau

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Prenatal Zinc Deficiency And Stress In The Rat, Michael Charles Rowe

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The studies presented below concern the effects of stress upon prenatal zinc deficient adult rats. One group of dams was fed a zinc deficient diet from the morning of day 14 to the morning of day 19 of the pregnancy. A second group was given the same amount of food as was eaten by their zinc deficient counterpart (pair-fed) plus water containing 50 ppm zinc, thus they were not zinc deficient but did experience starvation. A third group was fed the diet ad libitum and given the zinc-supplemented water.

Starting at 150 days of age three offspring from each of …

Hypnotic Age Regression And The Occurrence Of Transitional Object Relationships, Michael Robert Nash

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A transitional object, as defined by object-relation theorists is the first treasured possession of the infant (teddy bear, blanket, etc.) usually first appearing in the second half of the first year, and terminating between the ages of four and six. Object relations theory and subsequent empirical investigations have demonstrated that, for almost all three year old children, the relationship with the transitional object: is spontaneously desired during periods of isolation and mild stress, is characterized by attachment to a specific object, and is affectively intense. The present study used these three characteristics of the three year old child's mode of …

In Vitro Studies On The Methylation Of Dna In Rat Brain And Liver Chromatin, Douglas P. Quick

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The properties of DNA methyltransferase in various age rats were investigated to better characterize the enzyme. When purified chromatin from 5-day-old rat brain or liver nuclei was incubated with S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-³H]-methionine, 5-[methyl-³H]methyl-cytosine was the only product of methylation. The optimum pH of the DNA methyltransferase was approximately 8.0 with little or no change in activity over a pH range of 6.9 to 8.3. The Km value of the chromosomal bound DNA methyltransferase for S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) was 3.5 ± 0.15 μm and 4.2 ± 0.13 μm, in the liver and brain, respectively. The Vmax values for the enzyme …

Agricultural Research As An Aid To Farm Management, Claude Bowie

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The object of this research paper is to develop a practical method of presenting the results of agricultural research to North Dakota farmers, An alternative method is suggested for presenting the results of a Duncan's multiple range test subsequent to a rejection of the null hypothesis of a 2-way analysis of variance.

Recrop data for 6 crop varieties and 1 set of data which includes some experimental varieties of Durum, grown on fallow, are statistically analyzed.

Recommendations are made for further research specifically, regression analysis to aid farmers in choosing the best crop varieties for their area of North Dakota