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The Spatial Distribution Of The Nests Of The Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax Nycticorax) And The Snowy Egret (Leucophoyx Thula) In Central Utah, Randall S. Isham

Theses and Dissertations

Nests of the Black-crowned Night Heron and the Snowy Egret were examined in five central Utah colonies in 1973 to determine the spatial distribution within the colony. Nest locations of the 1085 nests of the two species were plotted to the nearest foot with an alidade and plane table. Tests of randomness, clump size, association, segregation, and T distribution were utilized. No differences between species were noted for the distance to the nearest and the next nearest nest. The Night Heron nested closer to other Night Herons and more often than did the Snowy Egret which non-significantly selected either species …

The Identification Of Current Concepts In Wood Technology To Be Taught In Grades Nine And Ten, Richard Odell Olson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent which the ninth and tenth grade woodworking. Industrial art curriculum of the State of Michigan offers as far as exploratory opportunities for the understanding of the processes and procedures utilized by selected wood manufacturing firms of the State of Michigan.

The Development Of Individual Contracts For First-Year High School Bookkeeping And Accounting Classes, Sidney A. Bingaman

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No abstract provided.

Planning, Programming, Budgeting Systems, Gordon L. Mcconnell

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No abstract provided.

Biological Studies On Cryptobia Atraria Sp.N. (Kinetoplastida: Cryptobiidae) In Fishes From The Sevier River Drainage, Utah, J. Stephen Cranney

Theses and Dissertations

Fish culture for both food and sport utilization has been greatly increasing throughout the world. The editor of Fish Farming Industries (1973) predicted an increase by 1977 in the United States of 83% for catfish producers, 49% for trout farmers, and 91% for bait dealers. Concomitant with the renewed interest in fish culture has been a corresponding need to further understand fish diseases.

Expanding The Attest Function To Forecasts And Management Audits, Donald C. Johnson

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No abstract provided.

High School Students Achievement Of College Level Work Through The Phase Achievement System (Pas), Dwight D. Lassen

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Senior high school students in a Human Biology course were given college level work through the Phase Achievement System (PAS), a biology course at Brigham Young University (BYU). Statistical analysis showed significant growth in high school student learning through the PAS. When ability to work with PAS was measured, significant differences between the high school and college groups were not evident. A high percentage of college and high school students dropped out of the PAS, probably becasue students could fail at the PAS without experiencing academic failure.

A Remote Aerosol Sampler To Be Used With Charged-Particle X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis, Steven Dee Rowley

Theses and Dissertations

A remote aerosol sampler, capable of up to 3 weeks continuous sampling has been developed. It consists of an Anderson 2000 Inc. mini-sampler or personnel monitor requiring an air flow of 1.4 e/min, a flow meter, a vacuum meter, a bleed valve, a dry gas volume meter, and a pump. The pump is a Brailsford Model TD-4X2, and operates on a 24 volt D.C. power supply. The sampler consists of four impaction stages with a 0.4 μ Nuclepore backup filter. Particulates are removed from the plates in an ultrasonic cleaner with hexane solvent. The suspended particulates are collected on a …

Relationships Among Personality, Empathic Ability And Counselor Effectiveness, Brian R. Brewer

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Problem

The purpose of this study was to measure personality characteristics and empathic ability of masters level counseling students and then to determine the relationship of these dimensions to independent ratings of their counseling effectiveness. Relationships between personality characteristics and empathic ability were also examined as were differences in personality and empathy between more effective and less effective counselor groups.

Method

The subjects were 34 masters level counseling students enrolled in their first counseling practicum. They completed Form A and Form B of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), the measure of personality, and the Affective Sensitivity Scale, the measure …

A Comparison Of Communication Between Friends And Strangers Under Oral And Written Conditions, Raymond F. Venzke

Theses and Dissertations

The primary goal of the communication process is to have the addressee understand the communicator's expressed thoughts or ideas. Three factors which have Been shown to be important are: the relationship between the communicator and addressee (Ferguson, 19^9), the amount of feedback (Leavitt and Mueller, 1951)» and the communication channels used (Duncan, 1969).

The present study attempted to determine if friends communicate more effectively than strangers and if oral communication in a condition permitting nonverbal communication and feedback was more effective than written communication.

Five sets of ten pictures of males were given to each subject. One friend was designated …

The League Of Arab States And Its Role In The Arab World, Lutfi M. Tayeb

Theses and Dissertations

This paper is concerned with the Arab League and its role in the Arab world. Its primary concern is with Arab unity, the Palestine problem, Arab disputes, and cooperation among Arab states.

Since the establishment of the League in 1945 as an organization through which the various Arab states could work together by voluntary cooperation in all spheres, and as a means toward achievement of Arab unity, many important developments in the Arab world, both in the internal and external fields took place, and led to instability in the Arab world.

The political and social revolutions in the Arab world …

A Correlation Study Of The Northwestern Syntax Screening Test And The Grammatic Closure Subtest Of The Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Karen M. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Grammatic Closure (GC) subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) and both the receptive and expressive portions of the Northwestern Syntax Screening; Test (NSST-R) (NSST-E). Another aim of this study was to obtain an indication as to whether or not these assessments are more strongly a measure of visual or of auditory comprehension.

The subjects included thirty-eight, children selected from Sacred Heart School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The subjects were screened according to established criteria and all subjects who failed to meet the requirements were …

The Development And Evaluation Of Individualized, Independently Arranged Study Material For A Third Semester Typewriting Class At Langdon High School, Gary Dean Rath

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No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Sex Of Administrator On Independent/Dependent Women In A Problem Solving Situation, Morna R. Pederson

Theses and Dissertations

This investigation was designed to study help seeking behavior among women when they are in interaction with males and females. The behavior of women who differed in the personality traits of dependence and independence was observed. After psychological screening with the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, sixteen independent subjects and sixteen dependent subjects were placed in an anagram problem solving situation in which it was possible to receive help. For one list of anagrams a male helper was present and for another list, a female helper was present. After completion of the anagrams, the subjects rated on 10-point scales their helpers …

A Measurement Of Differences In Motor Fitness Performances According To Primary Grade Levels, William Lee Predovich

Theses and Dissertations

The research hypothesis states that children of primary grade school level (K-2), when tested in four areas of motor fitness (agility, speed in running, leg power and balance), will differ in performance scores according to grade; the upper grade will indicate the superior performance.

There were three main objectives of this research project. The first objective was to establish reliability on six motor fitness test items. These test items were: the sprint (measure of speed), the zig zag run (measure of agility), the standing broad jump (measure of leg power), the one legged stand (measure of static balance), and the …

A Study Of Nonverbal Behaviors Used By Student Speech Clinicians, Anne L. Mercer

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between high- and low-rated clinicians in the observed frequency of each of ten selected nonverbal behaviors. Student clinicians, who met certain criteria, were rated independently by two faculty members primarily responsible for supervision of clinicians. Based on these ratings, clinicians were ranked from high to low. The top thirty-three per cent and the lower thirty-three per cent of these clinicians served as the two groups of subjects for this study. The high-rated group was composed of eight clinicians and the low-rated group was composed of six clinicians for a total …

Pre-Implementation Evaluation And Refinement Of A Schoolwide Model For Eliciting Parent-Owned Information Regarding School Program Effectiveness, Alfred M. Mcglinskey

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study was concerned with the design, evaluation and refinement of a model which would attempt to organize all the parents from a given school, into a structure and process which would enhance, elicit and legitimize parent contributions to the information base utilized in the schools' decision-making processes.

Procedure: The population of the study included (1) Grand Forks residents whose children attend one of two public elementary schools selected for differences in socio-economic variables, (2) the teachers in those schools, (3) all the district's elementary principals and (4) the district's central office administrators. Each member of the population was …

The Effect Of Alpha Brain-Wave Control On The Speech Of Two Adult Stutterers, Randall J. Bjork

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine, compare and describe the effect of alpha brain-wave conditioning upon the speech of two adult stutterers.

Five sessions of baserate measurement were followed by a sequence of conditioning sessions (in which an electronic brain-wave monitor was used to train subjects to control their alpha rhythms), after which the speech of the stutterers was re-evaluated by a procedure which was identical to the baserate procedure. The four speech activities which were investigated were: reading without feedback of alpha-band brain activity from the monitor, monologue without feedback from the monitor, reading with feedback from …

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Two Different Time-Out Durations On Audible Stuttering Behavior, Duane A. Dale

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine any differences or similarities between the effects of five-second and ten-second time-out durations on the frequency of criterion stuttering behaviors.

Four adults, who exhibited stuttering behavior, were selected as subjects. Each subject was studied individually for four sessions. Each session consisted of five ten-minute segments, including (1) baseline, (2) treatment, (3) extinction, (4) treatment, and (5) extinction. During treatment segments, time-out stimuli of either five-second or ten-second durations were delivered contingent upon the occurrence of each criterion stuttering behavior. Time-out stimuli consisted of a brief period of time during which the subject …

Venezuelan Macronyssidae (Acarina:Mesostigmata), Robert C. Saunders

Theses and Dissertations

A total of over 5000 mite specimens representing 49 species was studied and evaluated. The most frequently encountered species was Ornithonyssus bacoti. Based on these specimens, a brief review of the family Macronyssidae in Venezuela is presented. Included are brief notes as to medical importance and host relationships; also a key to the genera of Venezuelan Macronyssidae and a host-parasite list are included. Reprints of two papers and the manuscript of a third are included as part of the dissertation requirements. Contained in these are descriptions of three new genera (Argitis, Lepidodorsum, and Nycteronyssus) and four new species (Acanthonyssus proechimys, …

Revenue Bonds And Universities, Norman S. Macphee

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No abstract provided.

Appropriate Educational Background For Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning Agency Executive Directors: A Survey, Lawrence W. Olson

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No abstract provided.

Day Care Experienced Vs. Non-Day Care Experienced Children: A Comparison Of Maturity And Achievement In Grade School, James L. Youngman

Theses and Dissertations

While a considerable amount of evaluative research has been performed in the area of day care, the overwhelming majority of these studies have dealt only with experimental programs aimed at lower class children. The present study was conceived as an evaluation of established day care and preschool programs available to the general community. The study was performed in an Upper Midwest community with a total population of 35*000.

Three groups of fifth-grade students were selected and matched on the bases of age, sex, and family income. Members of Group 1 had no day care experience, Group 2 had 20- 120 …

A Study Of Minnesota And North Dakota Industrial Requirements For The Employment Of An Industrial Technologist, Patrick A. Remfert

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No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Job Characteristics And Responsibilities Of Legal Secretaries In Selected Law Firms In California With Implications For Curriculum Revision, Marylynne Ward

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No abstract provided.

The Rating Of Sexual And Nonsexual Cartoons As A Function Of Repression-Sensitization, William J. Burns

Theses and Dissertations

In the past ten years, since the revision of the Repression- Sensitization Scale (Byrne, Barry and Nelson, 1963) a growing number of investigators have attempted to relate the R-S scale to an approach- avoidance continuum of defensive behavior. The few studies that have used sexual stimuli to produce a threat response have not obtained very consistent results. The present study has focused on the relationship between the R-S scale and the humor rating of cartoons. Through the use of Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scores, repressors were differentiated into defensive and nondefensive.

The independent variable involved the presentation of two types of …

The Prevalence Of Speech And Hearing Disorders Among Inmates At The North Dakota State Penitentiary, Pamela Kay Strom

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to determine the prevalence of speech and hearing disorders at the North Dakota State Penitentiary. Recommendations for suitable follow-up services for speech and hearing disorders were made to the administrative staff of the penitentiary.

Subjects for this study consisted of eighty-seven male inmates at the North Dakota State Penitentiary. The speech of each subject was evaluated to identify speech disorders of articulation, voice, and/or fluency. Articulation disorders were identified from scores obtained by the subjects on the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale ReVised. Voice and fluency disorders were identified on the basis of the examiner's clinical experience …

The Effect Of Response Cost On Misarticulation, E. Heather Mackenzie

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of response cost on percentage of error production with children who misarticulate.

Six elementary school children enrolled in articulation therapy were selected as subjects. Baseline measures of target phoneme error production were obtained by having the subjects construct sentences, using words presented to them verbally by the experimenter.

The effect on percentage of error production of two different ratios of token gain to token loss and positive reinforcement alone was investigated. Also, the effects during extinction of the three different contingencies were studied. During the treatment sequence, subjects were placed …

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Recording And Analyzing Student Clinician-Client Interaction: Boone And Prescott System And The Abc System, Audrey M. Glick

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to analyze and compare two objective methods of recording clinician-client interaction: The Boone and Prescott System and the Analysis of Behaviors of Clinician (ABC) System, in terms of the information each system presents. Since eight categories on both systems are similar, the systems were analyzed using the eight similar categories, then analyzed using all categories in both systems. The systems were analyzed in terms of total number of observations and rank order of categories.

Subjects for this study were eight undergraduate clinicians from the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of North Dakota. …

How Stated Purposes For Reading Affect Reading Comprehension Scores Of Fifth Grade Students In A Midwestern Suburban School District, Larry M. Brady

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was to study the performance of fifth grade students on reading comprehension under two conditions: (1) when stated purposes for reading were provided prior to reading, and (2) when stated purposes were not provided prior to reading. A second purpose of the investigation was to determine whether the effect of providing purposes for reading is different at various cognitive levels.

The Procedure: The sample for this investigation was comprised of students enrolled in the thirty-two fifth grade classrooms of Independent School District #191, Burnsville, Minnesota. The subjects were assigned by classroom unit to …