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The Ashern Formation (Middle Devonian) In The Williston Basin, North Dakota, Frederick K. Lobdell

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The Ashern Formation (Middle Devonian) is the basal unit of the Kaskaskia Sequence in North Dakota. It unconformably overlies the Interlake Formation (Silurian) and underlies, probably paraconformably, the Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian). The Ashern is present in the northwestern one-half of the state, and attains a maximum thickness of 180 feet (55 meters) The Ashern Formation may be subdivided into a lower red member and an upper gray member. The latter directly overlies the Interlake Formation where the red member is absent. Both members are argillaceous, microcrystalline dolostones containing minor quartz silt. Anhydrite, present in both members, is much more …

Introducing The Native American Student : A Handbook For Educators, Kenneth Little

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The Preferred Sign System Of Selected Deaf Adults And Certified Interpreters, Diane Kay Johnson

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The Effects Of Single Engine Airplane Noise On The Auditory Sensitivity Of Flight Students And Flight Instructors, Jacqueline Marci Blum

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Scheduling Practices And Preferences Of Public School Speech-Language Pathologists With School-Age Stutterers, Patricia A. Smith

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Interpersonal Communication Trust Among University Students, Dale L. Shannon

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Paleohydraulics Of Pleistocene Drainage Development Of The Souris, Des Lacs, And Moose Mountain Spillways, Saskatchewan And North Dakota, Mark L. Lord

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Recent recognition of the rapid draining of numerous glacial lakes, including some in the Northern Plains, has revealed 'a need for further research concerning this process. Geomorphic interpretation of the Souris, Des Lacs, and Moose Mountain Valleys, and the gravel deposits in them, has resulted in the recognition of five phases in the development of the drainageways. Textural analyses and paleohydraulic methods were applied to the sediments associated with each phase to distinguish and characterize the discharges. Four of the five phases of development involved short-lived, high velocity (>4 m/s) discharges resulting from the rapid draining of glacial lakes; …

Depositional Environments And History Of The Winnipeg Group (Ordovician), Williston Basin, North Dakota, Stephen C. Thompson

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The Winnipeg Group (Ordovician) in the Williston Basin, North Dakota, contains three formations. They are, in ascending order, the Black Island Formation, herein informally divided into lower and upper members, the Icebox Formation, and the Roughlock Formation. Strata of the Winnipeg Group (maximum thickness 400 ft., 122 m) represent the initial deposits of a Middle Ordovician craton-wide transgression. Throughout most of North Dakota, the Winnipeg is unconformably underlain by the Deadwood Formation (Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician) and conformably overlain by the Red River Formation (Upper Ordovician).

The strata of the lower member of the Black Island Formation consist of a red-bed …

The Evaluation Of Plays For Children: An Analysis Of Kenneth L. Graham's Basic Purpose Of Children's Plays, Karla J. Unkenholz

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Cognitive Ability And Cognitive Style In The Comprehension And Expression Of Emotion, Carole H. Hayne

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This research investigated the ability to comprehend and express affect by non-verbal means. Darwin (1872) suggested that the non-verbal communication of emotion had a biological basis. Hughlings-Jackson (1879) emphasized the relationship between cerebral functioning and the ability to communicate affect. Neuropsychological research suggests that a major neuronal network located in the right hemisphere supports non-verbal communication. The evidence indicates the localization of expressive skills in the anterior cortex and comprehensive skills in the posterior cortex.

In the present study 31 behavioral tasks comprised a scale to assess the ability to communicate affect by non-verbal means. The tasks assessed the comprehension …

Behavioral Ecology And Population Decline Of Mink Frog, Rana Septentrionalis, Michael Gunnar Tenneson

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Protecting The Medium-Sized Business Computer, Michael J. Doonan

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Computers were first introduced into our lives in 1944, when the first one was designed and built for the Army. They were able to process simple information faster than man, allowing him to concentrate on more difficult problems. Progress came quickly and the first commercial use of the computer was in 1954.

Today, computers are recognized as having a tremendous influence on our daily lives. They have been successfully incorporated into almost every aspect of human endeavor.

Computer crime is an unfortunate reality in today's world. If the crime is detected at all, the loss may very well run into …

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Of 1977: A Legislative History, Anne M. Oppegard

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Usage Of Microcomputers In North Dakota Secondary School Industrial Arts Programs, Gerald H. Niess

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The purpose of this study was to determine if secondary Industrial Arts instructors in the state of North Dakota were using microcomputers in their instructional programs.

The. purpose of the· study was to design and administer a survey instrument to: (1) determine whether microcomputers are being used by North Dakota Industrial Arts instructors; (2) determine the availability and accessibility of microcomputers for classroom, administrative and/or personal use; (3) determine Industrial Arts courses that are presently using microcomputers; ( 4) identify factors that preclude use of microcomputers in North Dakota programs, and (5) design guidelines for in service workshops that would …

Political Aspects Of Natural Resource Agency Administration: Citizen Participation Applied, John Staley

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Usage Of Microcomputers In North Dakota Secondary School Industrial Arts Programs, Gerald H. Nies

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A Comparative Analysis Of Selected Thematic Elements In Jean Genet's The Maids And Wendy Kesselman's My Sister In This House, Connie Joan Breding

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The Construct Of Personality And Hemispheric Usage, Steven L. Dawson

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Studies on the differential contributions of the cerebral hemispheres to human experience and behavior have demonstrated that the hemispheres are lateralized for cognitive strategies and, possibly, for emotional valance. Recently researchers have demonstrated that the hemispheres may also be lateralized for certain personality disorders and personality traits. Using lateral eye movements as a measure of hemispheric activation, Dawson, Tucker, and Swenson (in preparation) have shown that certain self-description questionnaires may serve to discriminate subjects who characteristically utilize one hemisphere over the other, regardless of the relative adaptiveness of the cognitive strengths of that hemisphere for the task at hand.

This …

Breeding Ecology And Productivity Of Red-Necked Grebes In Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba, Kenneth D. De Smet

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The breeding biology and productivity of the Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) were studied in Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba, during 1980 and 1981. Arrival dates ranged from mid-April to early June. Pre-nesting intervals ranged from 11 o 42 days and averaged about 20 days. Egg-laying commenced in early May and extended until mid-July. The average clutch size (4.95 eggs) was much larger than those found in other studies of the Red-necked Grebe in North America.

Although the nest success rate was low (26.2%), most failed pairs (83.5%) initiated at least 1 replacement clutch, and more than one-half of the observed …

Cause And Effects Of Governmental Deregulation Of The Airline Industry, D.K. Miller

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Norwegian-American Debating Societies: A Historical And Rhetorical Analysis, Rosemary R. Wick

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The purpose of this study was to investigate two Norwegian-American debating societies: the Forward Debate Society, founded in 1889, and the Wig Debate Society, founded in 1890. Both societies were in Minnesota. The study included a brief history of the self-improvement movement that eventually paved the way for immigrant debate societies, and an analysis of each society using three criteria: the categories of the topics debated, the annual pattern in which the debates occurred, and the type of propositions that were debated. These immigrant debate societies provided an atmosphere conducive to learning and helped to ease the assimilation process. Through …

Cash Flows: A Part Of Financial Reporting, Laurie E. Furuseth

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The Influence Of Sex-Role Stereotypes On Managerial Models, Janet L. Westra

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Synthesis Of Style In Gabriel Faure's Preludes For Piano, Jane A. Lien

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Gabriel Faure occupies an important position in the history of French music. Through his conscious rejection of the influences of German romanticism he was instrumental in the recovery of artis tic standards which are thought of as typically French— logic, clar ity, moderation, balance— qualities which link Faure to a long line of French classical tradition. His stature in this respect is indis putable. His importance as a transitional figure in the overall course of music history is less commonly recognized. Bridging the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, he synthesized a traditional, yet progressive, musical style.

Faure's Preludes for Piano are …

An Investigation Of Semantic Invariance In Human Speech, David Burton Tarr

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The present investigation addresses the hypothesis of phonetic symbolism in human speech. As a psycholinguistic and epistemological concept, the phonetic symbol is understood to be a structural a priori in sound which correlates with the semantic properties of physiognomic, muscular tension. An extension of this hypothesis is the assumption that phonemes without conventional meaning in a language can approximate semantic equivalence of ordinary words under appropriate experimental conditions.

This dissertation explores the psychodynamic parameters of phonetic symbol access. Specifically, it makes use of a variety of clinical and experimental tools to tap instinctual processes which could conceivably contribute to phonetic …

Ceta Pse Terminee Reemployment Reporting -- A Federal Farce?, Edward G. Kouba

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Values And Academic Achievement Among Rural Indian High School Students In North Dakota, Janet Lee Clark

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Literature relating to American Indian formal education reveals that throughout much of history, the majority culture has stressed assimilation in the educational process. Indian students have been encouraged to give up their values and embrace the values of majority culture members. However, for the majority of Indian people, the goals of assimilation have not been realized. Indians have retained unique cultural values.

This study was designed to systematically investigate the role of differential values in the educational process of rural North Dakota Indian high school students. High school students and their teachers from seven schools were surveyed in group testing …

Client Views On Confidentiality, Stephan Podrygula

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This study is part of the growing interest in ethical issues in clinical practice. Confidentiality is of particular concern, being regarded by many mental health professionals as a prerequisite for successful treatment. However, conflicts of interest inevitably arise and confidentiality must be weighed against other values. How to deal with these dilemmas has been a matter of considerable debate among professionals; interestingly, the views of clients on these issues have rarely been investigated.

The purpse of the study was to explore the attitudes and expectations of human service/mental health center clients regarding confidentiality. A 36 item scale, consisting primarily of …

Perceptual Styles Of Left- And Right-Lookers, Joann C. Russell

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The left and right hemispheres have unique modes of processing data: the former verbal-analytic, the latter spatial-holistic. Dominant direction of lateral eye movement on answering reflective questions has been interpreted as indicating differential contralateral hemispheric activation and, by inference, predominant reliance on one or the other mode.

This study tested the hypothesis that neurological organization of the brain underlies and unifies individual perceptual, cognitive, and personality style differences. Right-lookers were expected to be more obsessive-compulsive and to obtain a predicted pattern of test scores congruent with left hemispheric characteristics, while left-lookers were expected to be more hysteroid and to obtain …

Politics In Nigeria: The Role Of The Igbos 1960-1980, P.J. Afamefuna Ifedi

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