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Bionomics Of Two Bark Beetles : Genus Chaetophloeus (Coleoptera : Scolytidae), John Wendell Aaron

Theses and Dissertations

Shrubs are important as browse and cover for game animals and songbirds in the desert-shrub and chaparral plant communities in the Great Basin (Plummer, 1968). They also play a major role in soil binding and watershed maintenance (Colby and Weissert, 1975). Therefore, an understanding of the agents which affect the health and survival of the shrubs is important. Insects-have a great impact on the health and reproductive capacity of shrubs. Pollinators, defoliators, borers, etc. must be studied and known for proper management.

Analysis Of Macroinvertebrate Samples From Ten Rocky Mountain Streams, Fred A. Mangum

Theses and Dissertations

This study was an attempt to evaluate the effects on ten Rocky Mountain streams from management activities on U.S. Forest Service lands. Macroinvertebrate and water chemistry data were collected. Data analysis methods included: three diversity indices, a numerical taxonomy system of multivariate statistical analysis, numbers and biomass per selected taxa, percent composition per order, and total numbers and biomass. None of the methods of analysis were found to be adequate if used alone, but by using a combination of dendograms, biomass, and numbers data in addition to the diversity indices (SCI and d) stream stress could be detected. Although organic …

Steady State Fluidics: The Static Matching Of Fluidic Amplifiers And Loads, Frank J. Redd

Theses and Dissertations

"Fluidics" is the title applied to a relatively new technology which is concerned with the control of fluid power and the processing of information through the use of the fluid mechanical properties of the fluid medium itself. The absence of moving parts and the relatively low sensitivity to enviromental conditions suggest the probability that fluidic systems will prove to be faster and more reliable than the mechanically controlled (valves, diaphragms, springs, etc.) fluid systems which they are designed to replace.

A Comparison Of Mean Occurrences Of Saad Sentences And Transformations, Judith E. Courtney

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The. purposes of the present .study were to compare the frequency of occurrence of five simple, active, affirmative, declarative (SAAD) sentence patterns and twenty selected transformations in one-hundred utterance oral language samples of sixty preschool children (three, four, and five years of age) and twenty adults (eighteen to twenty-three years of age) and to determine if the first fifty utterances of the language samples differed from the second fifty utterances of the samples with regard to the frequency of occurrence of those same sentence patterns and transformations.

Sixty preschool children and twenty college age adults served as subjects for this …

Perceived Models, Selected Characteristics And Values By Two Samples Of North Dakota Women, Bernice Pavek

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study examined two samples of North Dakota Women, the recognized group and the control group. The purpose was to determine the models of the women in the two groups and to identify personal and family characteristics, educational development and experiences, vocational patterns, avocational interests and values that were similar to both groups and those that were significantly different between the two groups.

Procedures: After the identification of the recognized sample a randomly selected control sample was compiled. There were 10$ women, originally, in each group.

An opinion questionnaire, a personal data inventory and the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values …

Women As Political Persuader: A Study Of Ella T. Grasso's Campaign For Governor, Ardyce Carlson Whalen

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the persuasive strategies within the campaign rhetoric of Ella Grasso who won the governorship of Connecticut in 1974. In the analysis of the persuasion, a study of her political campaign within the context of a small industrial state is included. As an aid to understanding, the study briefly reviewed the concerns of Connecticut, introduced members of both parties who were interested in the governorship, and showed how Ella Grasso got the nomination and party support.

The campaign rhetoric centered around the issues of taxation for revenue, the utility companies' billing practices, energy, …

Three Dimensions Of The Parental Role In Selected Childrens' Literature 1950-1974, Paula Reigh Boothby

Theses and Dissertations

In this study the conceptualization of the parental, role in selected children's books was analyzed. The analysis of the parenting figure (i.e., the character who undertook the care and responsibility of the child for a continuous length of time) was accomplished using the following three dimensions: (1) Need-Gratification and Control, (2) Stimulation-Maturity, (3) Affection-Emotional Interchange.

The sample consisted of twenty-six books representing txjo time periods 1950-1960 (Early Period) and 1964-1974 (Later Period) equally. A comparison between these two periods was made in view of changes in the characterization of the parenting role. This included looking at the above three dimensions …

The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Factors To The Money Management Knowledges Of National Secretaries Association Members, Marilyn Cameron Stinson

Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to measure selected personal finance knowledges possessed by members of the National Secretaries Association and to determine the relationship of selected socioeconomic variables to personal finance knowledges.

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of selected variables to the personal finance knowledges possessed by members of the National Secretaries Association. An analysis of the variables identified the factors which contributed most toward a better understanding of personal money management concepts.

Procedures: The subjects for this study were selected from the national membership lists …

Touching In Psychotherapy: A Case Study, Cassandra L. Tyson

Theses and Dissertations

There is a wide range of opinion among psychotherapists as to the appropriateness of physical contact between therapist and client. Some suggest that touching facilitates the development of the therapeutic relationship; others, however, argue that potentially harmful effects far outweigh possible benefits.

In the present case study, touching was manipulated using an ABA reversal design during each of four initial meetings of a male therapist and female client. Dependent measures included therapist and client immediacy and speech production, and client self-disclosure. Time series data for each dependent measure were examined to determine whether client and/or therapist behavior changed in response …

The Classification And Identification Of Ecosystems In Bowman County, North Dakota, Michael L. Heinrich

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to classify and identify ecosystems in Bowman County, North Dakota. Procedures utilized in conducting this study were a review of pertinent Literature, cartographic analysis, air photo interpretation and field study.

The study has established a regional profile in terms of physical and cultural characteristics which has not previously been done for Bowman County, North Dakota.

Ecosystems were classified.using parameters previously established by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The parameters included general topography, soil types, degree of slope -■'tad' vegetative cover.

Eight terrestrial ecosystems were identified within Bowman County. The ecosystems were: …

An Analysis Of Selected Knowledge Of Indian Culture Held By Indian Students Enrolled In The Grand Forks, North Dakota Public Schools, Murton L. Mccluskey

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem: The purpose of this investigation is to determine: (1) the attitudes that Indian children in the Grand Forks Public Schools have about themselves as Indian, as measured by the Native American Self- Concept and Attitude Inventory; (2) how much information Indian children in the Grand Forks Public Schools have about Indian Culture, as measured by the Native American Culture Knowledge Inventory; and (3) the attitudes that Indian children in the Grand Forks Public Schools have about school in comparison to a matched sample of non-Indian children, as measured by the School Sentiment Index.

The Procedure: The population for …

A Q-Methodological Study Of The Kubler-Ross Stage Theory, Anne M. Metzger

Theses and Dissertations

Kubler-Ross (1969) identified a progression through stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance as a completion of the dying process. These stages are encompassed by feelings of hope which extend throughout the course of illness. The present study was designed to investigate the correspondence between the stage changes hypothesized by the Kubler-Ross theory and the perception of the course of illness by seriously ill patients and their spouse. An additional focus of the study was an evaluation of Q-methodology as a research procedure with the terminally ill.

A thirty-six item structured Q-sort was administered on two occasions to …

An Investigation Of Phonetic Symbolism, Joann K. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the patterning of phonetic symbolism of selected vowels and consonants and the effect on that patterning of selected personal attributes of the subjects making the judgements of phonetic symbolism.

Forty parents and forty unmarried college students participated in the study. The subjects were required to complete two experiments involving forced-choice judgements of the phonetic symbolism of nonsense syllables with regard to ten aspects of meaning presented as the following antonymic pairs of words: Hot-Cold, Light-Heavy, Beautiful-Ugly, Quiet- Noisy, High-Low, Large-Smal1, Slow-Fast, Good-Bad, Hard-Soft, and Strong- Weak .

Chi-Square was applied to …

Dependency Attachment And Exploration: Their Interrelationships In One-Year-Old Children, Elizabeth S. Baraga

Theses and Dissertations

Attachment and dependency are two important related infant-mother relationships which develop in the first year of life. Attachment has been defined as an affectional bond that one person forms to another specific individual which is both discriminating and enduring. Dependency, on the other hand, has been defined as a class of behaviors learned in the context of the infant's dependency relationship with his mother, reinforced in the course of her care of him and generalized to other caretakers. Operationally, attachment has been defined by proximity- seeking while dependency has been defined by attention-seeking. The purpose of the present study was …

A Comparison Of Conservation Training Procedures And A Proposed Criterion For Diagnosing The Presence Of Conservation Of Weight, David R. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Sixty first and second grade students were administered Piagetian conservation of weight tasks utilizing materials from the Goldschmid-Bentler Concept Assessment Kit. Ten natural conservers , and fifty nonconservers and partial conservers were identified . The nonconservers and partial conservers were assigned to a no-training control group or one of four training groups where the training procedures were based on invariant quantity principles, reversibility principles, compensation principles, or direct verbal reinforcement. The natural conservers constituted a second control group which did not participate in the training phase of the study . Following training, all subjects were administered a conservation of weight …

Accountants Legal Liability, Gary Sorenson

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Electronic Funds Transfer Systems And The Float, Daniel Fannin

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Adjusting For Inflationary Distortion Of Historical Cost Financial Statements, Gary N. Arness

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A Study Of Human Resource Accounting, Susan I. Griffin

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A Study Of Computer Security Problems And The Auditor's Responsibility, Gerald L. Titterud

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Changes In Clients' Perception Of "Curative Factors" During A Short-Term Therapy Group, Jack B. Schaffer

Theses and Dissertations

Tlic present study was designed to examine participants' perceptions of specific therapeutic mechanisms which may promote learning or behavior change in therapy groups. Yalom (1970) suggests the possibility that such "curative factors" may be therapeutic at different stages of group development, a general hypothesis which provides the basic framework for this study. Drawing from the theoretical literature on group development (e. g . , Martin and Hill, 1957, Tuckman, 1965), hypotheses were also formulated concerning changes in the perceived importance of specific therapeutic mechanisms as the group develops.

A short form of Yalom's Curative Factors Q-sort was administered on four …

The Relative Importance Of Secretarial Duties And Personal Traits, Thomas R. Whelan

Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences in the way practicing professional secretaries and prospective secretaries perceived the relative importance of selected secretarial duties and personal traits.

Procedures: This study involved participation of 278 secretaries from four geographic regions of the United States. Members of the National Secretaries Association chapters in North Dakota, California, Massachusetts, Georgia, and Alabama formed the secretarial population. A total of 211 students from four colleges and universities were included in the study. The students came from the University of North Dakota, California State College at …

A Reliability Study Of The Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test Of Auditory Discrimination Used With Learning Disabled Children, Bruce W. Stenhjem

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to compare scores obtained on the two subtests comprising the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination (GFW) to determine test-retest reliability and internal reliability of the GFW.

Twenty-three subjects between the ages of six years, six months to ten years, three months previously identified as exhibiting a learping disability (LD) were matched by age levels with twenty-three subjects identified as exhibiting normal learning abilities (NL) . These two groups were administered the Quiet and Noise Subtest of the GFW followed by a retest within seven days.

Statistical analysis of the test-retest scores of the Quiet …

Effects Of Background Music On Interpersonal Immediacy, Roberta Schwab Stephens

Theses and Dissertations

The prosent study was designed to demonstrate the e f fects of background music on immediacy behaviors observed during dyadic interaction. I t was predicted that background music introduced during an ongoing male-female interaction would increase interpersonal immediacy re lat ive to a preceding no-sound baseline. I t was further predicted that immediacy would be enhanced more by background music than by "cont ro l " exposures to white noise.

Six male-female dyads were observed during 36 minutes of continuous interaction. Following an A.-B-A.-C design, the interaction period was divided into four 9-minute segments two baseline segments and two treatment …

Themes, Intentions, And Fog: An Artist's Statement, Robert M. Jankel

Theses and Dissertations

My statement *as an artist expresses itself in chronological order: how I as an artist, over an approximate period of a year and a half, sought to bring meaning into my visual expressions even though I worked in a subjective and abstract manner. First, my paper discusses the importance of being aware of basic themes and intentions, and how ones thoughts and emotions affect the whole visual process. Also, I have asserted that an artist can make general statements which visually communicate on more than one level of consciousness.

A Study To Determine The Effects Of A Perceptual-Motor Program Upon The Improvement Of Motor Skills And The Enhancement Of Self-Concepts Of Primary School Children, Grades One Through Three, Thomas G. Hall

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The purpose of this study wa3 to determine whether a perceptual-motor program, conducted by primary classroom teachers, could improve not only children*3 motor skills, but also enhance their self-concept.

Two hundred and thirty-four children in grades one, two, and three, from the Great Palls Public School District, were divided into two groups, experimental (N=121) and control (N=113). The experimental group received eight weeks of treatment (a perceptual-motor program) on a daily basis from their classroom teacher who themselves had received twelve to sixteen hours of in-service instruction in perceptual-motor training. The control group continued to receive physical education instruction from …

An Analysis Of The Effects Of A Preschool Program For Parental Involvement On Reading Readiness, William R. Kreul

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a school district training parents to teach pre-reading skills to their four-year-old children through home-based learning activities. These activities were carried out through an experimental program in Independent School District 742 which has its central administrative offices in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

The method used to evaluate the effects of the experimental program was to test a sample of the experimental group and a control group upon matriculation to kindergarten in September, 1973, and at the end of the school year in May, 1974. The test used was the Screening …

Personality Needs And Patterns Of Friendship, Robert J. Bateen

Theses and Dissertations

Several approaches to the study of friendship based on Murray’s (1938) need model have been suggested. Winch (1955) proposed that a person who is high on one need would be attracted to another who is high on a complementary need. Izard (1960a) failed to support Winch's hypothesis but found instead that friends tended to have similar needs. Izard suggested that people who were striving for the same goals could engage in mutual need satisfaction and would therefore be attracted.

Since need satisfaction is a theme common to both Winch's and Izard's approaches, the current author suggested an approach which would …

Maternal Personality Variables And Their Effect On Interaction With Their One-Year Old Children, David Baraga

Theses and Dissertations

Attachment behavior is defined as the diversity of behaviors which promote proximity, contact and communication with the figure or figures to whom the child is attached. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that personality traits of the mother influence the manner in which she characteristically relates to her child. These traits, therefore, influence the quality of attachment of the child.

To accomplish this task, thirty-six mothers and their one- year-old children participated in a controlled laboratory situation consisting of eight episodes in which the child alternately played with the mother, with, a stranger, and alone. Observations were made …

Systems Theory; A New Tool For Farm Managers, Steven W. Schobert

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