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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 …

An Analysis Of Selected Speeches Of A. C. Townley, 1915-1921, Alice C. Poehls

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the rhetoric of Arthur C. Towriley who, in 1915, founded the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota. The study included the history of the organization and activities of the Nonpartisan League from 1915 to 1921, a biography of Townley, a discussion of the Aristotelian canon invention, and an analysts of the logical, emotional, and ethical proof utilized by Townlc-y in selected 1917 speeches.

Townley had a great deal of natural oratorical skill and benefited also from seme education, imitation of other speakers, and experience. His agrarian background greatly influenced his public speaking and …

History Of The Department Of Speech Pathology And Audiology At The University Of North Dakota, Terri R. Morris

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The Department, of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of North Dakota has been in existence since 1 February 1967 The purpose of this study was to accumulate a complete history of the department from the time a program in speech correction was begun as a part of the Department of Speech in the late 1940's through the spring semester 1978.

This thesis begins with a statement of purpose and a brief description of the present status of the department in Chapter I. The first section of Chapter II includes information about the early history of speech pathology in …

The Effects Of Merger And Acquisition And Growth In The Banking Industry 1960-1978, Paul Dempsey

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An Evaluative Study Of The Morris Rod-Weeder Company Ltd. From A Marketing Perspective, Charles Boyll

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The Morris Rod-Weeder Company is a farm tillage implement manufacturer based in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Company presently markets its products throughout mid-North America, and to France, Australia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Because of the wide variety of agricultural products and farming techniques, proper marketing of such equipment is crucial to a firm's success. Based on the view that marketing 1s the all-encompassing coordination of the full spectrum of business activiti es from determining consumer needs and desires, to resource acquisit ion and allocation, through consumer education and product promotion, this study will describe present policies and processes by …

A Study Of Elementary Accreditation In North Dakota, Rick E. Mcclure

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Analysis Of Financial Statements: Current Value Versus Historical Cost, Jerry A. Topp

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A Study Of The Job Satisfaction Of North Dakota Industrial Arts Teachers, Ronald Dahl

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The purpose of this study was to determine if industrial arts teachers in North Dakota were satisfied with their jobs and to identify job related problem areas which might exist for the industrial arts teacher.

The objectives of this study were to: (1) Develop an instrument which would be used to identify possible problem areas of the industrial arts teacher in North Dakota, (2) Identify the factors of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, (3) Correlate the degree of job satisfaction of industrial arts teachers as measured along selected dimension of their job by the JDI, (4) Determine what effect job satisfaction has upon …

Abstracting The Familiar, Michael T. Lysenko

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The ideas presented in this Artist's Statement give some insights into the background and early development of the painted and drawn works illustrated by the accompanying slides.

Effectiveness Of Professionals Vs. Paraprofessionals In The Group Management Of Test Anxiety, Matthew P. Bars

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This research was concerned with the relative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists in group management of college students exhibiting test anxiety. It was predicted that both the professional and paraprofessional therapists' groups would exhibit significant pre-post decreases in debilitating test anxiety. It was also predicted that there would be no significant pre-post differences between the professional and paraprofessional therapists' groups. Subjects were 26 participants in five Illinois State University Student Counseling Center Test Anxiety Workshops. Subjects completed a modified State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Achievement Anxiety Test at the beginning and end of the test anxiety workshops.

The hypothesis that …

A History Of Coal Development In North Dakota, Colleen A. Oihus

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Lignite coal, one of North Dakota's natural resources, is at the present time an issue of great concern for North Dakotans. This thesis explores the historical stages in the development of the lignite industry. During the 1804-1873 era, lignite was only an object of curiosity to the frontier element. As the frontier receded, the outlines of the lignite industry began to take form. From 1873 to 1900, large underground coal mining companies and smaller operations grew in number and size. The railroad freight rates on lignite shipments caused problems for the young industry during the 1890's.

The early twentieth century …

Design Of A Microprocessor Based Real Time Digital Controller, Venkatachalam Garimella

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With the availability of microcomputers it is now possible to design low cost digital controllers. In the present work the design of a microprocessor based real time digital controller is presented. The microcomputer used was an 8080 based PROMPT 80. The necessary hardware to interface this computer with a 'plant' was designed and tested. The software for the controller was written such that it can be operated In Proportional, Proportional-Integral and Proportional-Integral-Difference modes. With minor changes in the programs the controller can be operated in Integral, Integral-Difference and Proportional-Difference modes. The. necessary modifications are indicated. The controller performance was tested …

A Study Of Positive And Negative Verbal And Nonverbal Consequences, Nancy Kienzle

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the positive and negative verbal and nonverbal consequences to client responses delivered by student clinicians in the practicum situation.

The subjects included thirty-two undergraduate and graduate female student clinicians who had completed not less than ten hours of clinical case contact.

Each student clinician was videotaped for a ten-minute segment of the regularly scheduled therapy session. The videotapes were viewed by the experimenter and the nonverbal and verbal behaviors acting as consequent events were recorded onto cassette tapes. Both the nonverbal and verbal behaviors selected for this study were counted. The verbal …

Physical Contact In Psychotherapy, Cassandra Lynne Tyson

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Physical contact between therapist and client continues to be an area of both controversy and concern among mental health professionals. Although there has been much theoretical discussion about touching, the literature contains little related empirical research.

Forty undergraduate students participated as subjects in a psychotherapy analogue study. Independent variables were physical con tact and sex of therapist. Dependent variables were subject and thera pist nonverbal immediacy, speech duration, and affective reaction and subject self-disclosure and perception of therapist interpersonal atti tudes. Data on subject experiences with touching and attitudes toward it were also gathered.

The results show no facilitative effects …

Regulation And Discipline Of The Auditing Profession: Who Will Guard The Guardians?, Anthony R. Gette

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No abstract provided.

Professional Schools Of Accounting: A Look At The Issues, Frank J. Beil

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Artist's Statement, Margaretha Maria Tettero

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My statement is primarily concerned with the thought that there is an active interaction between what I perceive as speculation and conclusions regarding existential philosophies and the visualization of these perceptions in works of art. Emphasis is placed upon the idea that life and art as processes of thought and action enhance, strengthen and clarify one another in an ongoing development.

Investigations Of Population Structure And Relative Abundance Of Year-Classes Of Buffalo Fishes, Ictiobus Spp., In Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, David W. Willis

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This study was undertaken to investigate the population and abundance of year-classes of the buffalo fishes in Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota. Fish used in this study were obtained from Grasteit Dakota Fisheries, a commercial fishing operation headquartered in Newtown, North Dakota.

Only bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) and smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus) were collected during this study; no black buffalo (Iciobus niger) were captured. The age and growth of these fish was found to be quite similar to that in other Missouri River mainstem reservoirs. The mean condition factor (K-TL) for the bigmouth was found to be 1.88 and for the …

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 …

Field Independence And Cognitive Flexibility In Creative Test Performance, Joel Patrick Newman

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Much research in recent years has been devoted to the identification and measurement of creative abilities. It was postulated that Werner's orthogenetic principle, in which development is conceptualized as proceeding from a state of relative lack of differentiation of functions to a state of increasing differentiation, articulation, and hierarchic integration of functions, might be applied to cognitive development in order to provide a useful model for investigating such abilities. A parallel interest of the investigator was the use of the Stroop Color-Word Test as a measure of hierarchic integration of cognitive functions (here called cognitive flexibility).

Three hundred and fifty-nine …

Inflation Accounting: Does It Provide Useful Information?, Bryan T. Lawler

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The continuing problem of inflation has spawned a debate among accountants, investors, and businessmen as to whether financial statements based on historical costs with no adjustment for the effects of inflation present an accurate picture of a firm's position. Many of these people feel present financial statements do not present an accurate picture and therefore contend the information in them can be misleading. However, these same people cannot agree as to how best to adjust financial statements to take into account the effects of inflation

The debate, then, focuses on two questions;

Should financial statements be adjusted for the effects …

Electron Microscopy Of Subarachnoid And Epiplexus Free Cells Challenged In The Primary And Secondary Immune Response., Randall Edward Merchant

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A Survey Of Mormon Literary Criticism, Colin B. Douglas

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Three general questions concerning literature have been addressed by the writers considered in this thesis: What constitutes a work of literary art? What ought to be valued by Latter-day Saints in a literary work? How should criticism be conducted by Latter-day Saints? To the first question, five basic answers have been proposed: significant form, uplifting thought content clothed in decorative form, typological symbol, ikon (as the word is used by C S lewis in An Experiment in Criticism), and capacity for helping the reader achieve a kind of "negative capability." These definitions also tend to be statements of value, …

Early Sibling Relationships, Patricia Mccook Rager

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Most of the richness and beauty of life is derived from the close relationship that each individual has with a small number of other human beings--mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, and a small cadre of close friends. With each person in this small group, the individual has a uniquely close attachment or bond. Much of the joy and sorrow of life revolves around attachments or affectional relationships--making them, breaking them, preparing for them, and adjusting to their loss.

This study dealt with one of those special attachments, the relationship a child formed with his newborn brother or …

Reassessment Of Manning Requirements In The Strategic Air Command Launch Control Facility Management Divisions, Clifford H. Beeks

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The Reliability Of Judgment Of The Critical Ratio Format (C:R:F) For Screening Syntax In Preschool Children, Barbara Joy Lints

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A Reliability Study Of The Critical Ratio Format Procedure For Screening Language, Barbara Gray

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The Relationship Between Ethnic Traditions And Officeholding Of The Early German-Russians Of Mcintosh County, North Dakota, 1889-1915, William L. Jahraus

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A Study Of The Accuracy Of Medical Information Reported By Elderly Patients And Its Relationship To Doctor-Patient Communication, Sharon Ann Price

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A Status Study Of The Physical Working Capacity Of Middle Aged Women, Anne M. Fluharty

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