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Differential Patterns Of Interference During Concurrent Task Performance For The Two Cerebral Hemispheres, Carole H. Hayne

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In this experiment differential hemispheric processing demands in four cognitive tasks, two verbal and two non-verbal, were measured using a simple reaction time probe procedure. The procedure also measured the interference between the reaction time probe and the verbal and nonverbal tasks. The method used was similar to that found in information processing research using a concurrent task procedure to measure processing demands during primary task performance (Posner & Boies 1971). In the concurrent task procedure the subject is requested to perform two tasks at the same time: a cognitive (primary) task and a reaction time probe (secondary task). The …

Trucking Industry Deregulation: An Effort To Increase Market Competition, Robert W. Byrd

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Regulation Of Business, Richard H. Duncan Ii

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This independent study is an attempt to analyze the regulation of business in the United States of America. Its objective is to go back in American history to find and describe the legislative origins of government regulation of business and trace its growth to the present. Using the specific areas of price, transport, and public utilities, the impact of regulation on business as it is manifested in todays modern environment will be analyzed.

Printed Maps Of Utah To 1900: An Annotated Cartobibliography, Riley Moore Moffat

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Old maps are valuable research tools in many fields. Finding and identifying them, however, is often difficult. This annotated cartobibliography attempts to identify all maps of Utah printed before 1900. Entries give the distinguishing features, peculiarities, inaccuracies, and a general description as well as the map's provenance and citations in other lists and bibliographies.

The maps are listed chronologically and include all maps located in research collections in Utah, and in the catalogs of the Library of Congress and the Bancroft Library. Although the first entry is dated 1777, the first map of Utah made from actual observation, earlier maps …

University Of North Dakota Student Athletic Interests At The Intramural, Club-Recreational And Intercollegiate Level, Terry Syvertson

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The purpose of this study was to determine the. interests and levels of competition preferred by University of North Dakota students. One hundred and forty students, 58 females and 82 males, were asked to express their interest in 34 sports listed in a questionnaire which was completed by students enrolled in physical education classes at the University of North Dakota. Students were asked to indicate whether or not they enjoyed the sport as a spectator or participant. If the student indicated an interest at the participant level., he/she was then asked to indicate the level of competition preferred at the …

The Relationships Among Family Structure, Family Environment And Satisfaction With College, John R. Lorenz

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This study investigated the relationships among family structure, family environment, and satisfaction with college. Items taken from Minuchin’s descriptions of Enmeshed and Disengaged family behaviors were compiled and placed in questionnaire form along with the Family Environment scale of the Minnesota Counseling Inventory. The Family Environment scale was chosen in this study as a way of assessing concurrent validity for the newly selected scale items, which comprised the Enmeshed and Disengaged scales. These three family scales and a modified form of the Hoppock Job Satisfaction Blank for assessing college student satisfaction were administered to seventy-one female and twenty-five male college …

Symbolism In Debussy's Music, Kathryn June Lucas

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The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which Debussy was influenced by the Symbolist poets. In order to accomplish this objective, biographical details have been incorporated with the findings that Debussy entered the literary milieu early in his life and became directly involved with the new developments taking place in literature. The Symbolist aesthetic is explained first in terms of the unifying characteristics tying the movement together and then in terms of the specific techniques used by the poets to realize their ideals. A similar approach is used to analyze Debussy’s aesthetic; there is a discussion …

Tax Versus Financial Accounting: The Conformity Controversy Continues, Karen Sue Sando

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Proposed Changes In Accounting For Oil And Gas Reserves, Louisa Ming-Hwa Hung

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A Comparison And Interchangeability Study Among The Ilford, Kodak, And Unicolor Color Transparency To Print Processes, Mitzi Swenson

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The purpose of this research was to investigate and experiment with three selected processes that can be used to produce color prints directly from color transparencies.

This research included: (1) a review the processes available to produce color prints directly from color transparencies, (2) identify and select three processes for producing color prints directly from color transparencies, (3) to experiment with the selected processes used to produce color prints directly from color transparencies for a comparative analysis in terms of processing time, equipment needed, cost, necessary facilities, simplicity of processing, and final results of prints, and (4) to evaluate and …

Impact Of Osha Requirements Of Industrial Reality: A Case Of Study Of Grand Forks Air Force Bas, Natahan S. Easley

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1980 University Of North Dakota Mba Program Survey And Evaluation, Robert Sannerud

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Achievement And Selected Demographic Variables In Relation To Participation In The Early Childhood Education Program On The Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, John E. Derby

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The 1969 Kennedy Report revealed that one of the primary reasons for low achievement among Indian children was the negative self-image that they had of themselves. As a primary result of this study, Congress passed the Indian Education Act of 1972, which attempts to address the educational needs and concerns of Indian people, both young and old alike. The Devils Lake Sioux Early Childhood Education program has been in existence since the mid 1960s and provides three- and four-year-old children with a preschool program in the areas of cognitive thinking, social development, and improving psychomotor skills. The purpose of this …

An Epistemological Study Of Goethe's Novel The Sufferings Of Young Werther: An Examination Of Goethe's Educational Philosophy As Reflected In An Analytical Study Of The Character Werther, Mark A. Beckham

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The research problem is to examine Goethe's educational philosophy as identified through an analytical study of the character Werther in Goethe's novel The Sufferings of Young Werther.

The purpose of this study is to reveal the epistemological premises of the learning construct that are within the context of the novel, and to derive from these premises specific learning principles that can be applied to educational theory. Goethe's concepts of the human will, the self, responsibility, choice, and growth are defined and subsequently utilized as the skeletal frame from which to construct the working principles of his thought process. By focusing …

How Different Is Public Utility Accounting?, Paul J. Weinand

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The Development And Operation Of The Circuit-Riding City Manager Concept, Robert M. King

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Implications Of Sunbelt Cities Growth, Vincent Werner

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The Relationship Between Self-Esteem And Duration Of Low Back Pain, Betty Sue Holliday Ashby

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between self-esteem and duration of low back pain. Low back pain is one of the most common types of chronic pain. Sternbach et al. (1973) have estimated that the chief complaint of at least seventy percent of the patients presenting at the Pain Clinic associated with the School of Medicine of the University of California, San Diego is back pain. They feel that the major reason for this phenomena is the failure of physicians to recognize it as a psychosomatic illness. Erena (1978) concurs with this conclusion. He notes that …

Comparison Of Burned Patients' Perception Of Pain With Nurses' Perception Of Patients' Pain, Merri Diane Walkenstein

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Pain is a universal experience. Caring for people in pain is a central aspect of nursing practice. Many studies have been done to determine the physical and psychosocial mechanisms of the pain sensation, in addition to methods of relief. Very little has been done, however, dealing specifically with the pain experienced by the burned patient.

People hospitalized with thermal injuries complain most often of the intensity and long duration of their pain experience. Due to the large number of persons sustaining thermal injuries every year, it is apparent that nurses must familiarize themselves with methods of evaluation and intervention to …

A Study To Develop A Proposed Program For Gifted And Talented Students Or Appleton Public Schools, Appleton, Minnesota, Janet A. Hanauer

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A Survey Reflecting Parent Opinion Of Conferences Used For Reporting Pupil Progress At Central Valley School, Buxton, North Dakota, Shirley A. Moger

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Analysis Of The Advertising Media In Minot, N.D, Mark S. Spacher

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Sixguns, Windmills, And Barbed Wire : Instruments Of Change? The Webb Thesis In Great Plains States Histories, Stephen G. Sylvester

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A Course Of Study For Design/Drafting In The Senior High School, Thomas Sweet

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An Analysis Of The Federally Funded Fuel Assistance Program In North Dakota And Minnesota : 1977-1980, Martha Kay Parker

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The Rhetorical Vision Of Dr. Jack Van Impe : A Spokesman For Modern Fundamentalism, Cecil V. Kramer

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Loneliness: A Study Of Adult Clinic Patients With Metastatic Cancer, Katherine Norfleet Berry

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Loneliness is a topic of growing concern in the literature. Despite inherent difficulties in measuring such a personal experience, the present study was undertaken in order to gain knowledge concerning emotional needs of the dying cancer patient.

The conceptual frameworks for loneliness of Francis and Brown were combined and added to Bowen’s theory of “family reaction to death” to formulate the framework for this research. The relationship of secondary loneliness among adult clinic patients with metastatic cancer, and openness of their relationship system with a significant other was explored using the structured interview method. The loneliness scale and relationship system …

A Study Of Moriah's Preverbal Communication Acts, Carolyn Denise Roth

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Regulation Of Business, Richard H. Duncan

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A Study Of Student Self-Disclosure/Feedback In Different Residence Hall Enviornments [I.E. Environments], Ann E. Merserve

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