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Self Concept And Achievement Among Elementary Students In An Experimental Program, J. Daniel Beebe

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Problem: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the direction and degree of relationship between self concept and academic achievement among elementary students in an experimental program. A second purpose was to determine the amount and direction of change in the teachers' perception of the students.

Procedure: The research population was selected from students and staff in the Carl Ben Eielson and Nathan Twining Elementary Schools, in Grand Forks, North Dakota during the 1971-72 school year. These schools were participating in an experimental project, entitled Human Awareness through Self Enhancing Education (HATSEE), which was designed to enhance self …

Isaac Post Baker, Pioneer North Dakota Entrepreneur: Three Business Ventures, Charles Wayne Spiedel

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This paper is to examine three businesses developed in tha first two decades *. he twentieth century by Isaac Post Baker in Bismarck, North Dakota. Baker was a noted river transportation man, businessman, politician, and banker in pioneer North Dakota. From his personal papers I traced the developments of his Bismarck Realty Company, his Bismarck Elevator and Investment Company, and his Expansion Lumber and .Mercantile Company. By examining the developments of these businesses, a better understanding can toe gained of the changes which developed along the Upper Missouri River during this time period in regard to Baker*s dispersal of farmland, …

The Effects Of Different Gases On Excystation Of Coccidian Oocysts, James B. Jensen

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Excystation of coccidian oocysts is a diphasic process where CO2 and suitable reducing agents cause changes in oocyst wall permeability (phase I) allowing the entrance of trypsin and bile which activate the sporozoites (phase II). This project was an indirect study of the mechanism of CO2 action by the substitution of NO, NO2, N2O, H2S, SO2 , CH4, NH3 and 8M urea in place of CO2. Changes in oocyst wall permeability of Eimeria stiedae, E. bovis and E. tenella were determined by incubation with the reagents and cysteine HCl followed by treatment with trypsin and bile to initiate activation of …

An Analysis Of Selected Variables To Determine Their Relationship To Performance Ins Econdary Schools, Second-Semester Application Typewriting, Wilbert R. Fischer

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Purpose: The problem of this study was to determine the relationship of selected predictor variables to typewriting performance in straight copy typewriting, as well as timed application typewriting on letters, manuscripts, and tabulation at the end of the second semester of a first-year typewriting course.

Procedure:

The population for this study consisted of 199 eleventh grade second semester typewriting students enrolled at Mandan High School, Mandan, North Dakota. Through the cooperation of the high school administration and the instructors, the students were tested on the General Aptitude Test Battery administered by the Mandan Office of the State Employment Service at …

The Feasibility Of An Annual Report For Grand Forks, Robert C. Lawton Jr

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Embryology And Larval Development Of Acteon Punctocoelata (Carpenter) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchiata), Scott E. Brown

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Acteon (Rictaxis) punctocoelata (Carpenter) is a primitive opisthobranch mollusc found sporadically in central California bays. The primitive nature of this genus is indicated both geologically and morphologically (Fretter and Graham, 1954 and Morton, 1958). This micro-phagous browser burrows just below the surface of the sandy mudflats, as do its close relatives Harninea, Scaphander, and Philine (Fretter and Graham, 1954). Its strong, sculptured external shell is approximately 1/2 inch long and is encircled with narrow black· bands that follow the whorls around the white shell (Fig. 1).

Laboratory Rearing, Development And Cytogenetics Of Orchopeas Leucopus (Baker), Robert Francis Allen

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Vector control is fundamental to the suppression and/or eradication of many endemic and epidemic diseases affecting man. The discovery and widespread application of insecticides in vector control programs focused early attention on studies revealing ecological and behavioral characteristics of arthropod vectors. As a consequence of this emphasis, few attempts were made to investigate arthropod cytogenetics. However, recent recognition of the deleterious effects of highly persistent insecticides on the environment and the development of insecticide resistance by vectors of human disease have established the importance of cytogenetics as a base on which programs for control of vector populations may be built …

A Survey Of Selected Business Firms In Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, To Determine The Types And Requirements Of Entry-Level Office Occupations And The Types Of Equipment Being Used., Sandra Adelman

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Effectiveness Of Written Application Communications As Evaluated By Employment Personnel, George O. Parker

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An Examination And Critique Of The Process For Allocating Resources For National Defense, Laurence L. Pinkerton

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The Nature Of The Balance Sheet: Present And Future Proposal, Ying Chow Tang

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Intracompany Transfer Pricing, Gary Burwell

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A Study Of The Effects Of Sustained Silent Reading On The Reading Attitudes And Habits Of Second, Third, And Fourth Grade Students In A Low Income Area School, Richard A. Hanson

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The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of the inclusion of a daily period of sustained silent reading in the classroom instructional program on the attitudes toward reading and the independent reading habits of second, third, and fourth graders in a low-income area school.

The Procedure: The sample for this investigation was comprised of children enrolled in twelve classrooms in Longfellox^ Elementary School, Great Falls, Montana. Four classrooms each, at second, third and fourth grade levels, participated in the study. Two experimental and two control group classrooms were identified at each grade level by a …

A Unidimensional Scaling Analysis Of Pornographic Stimuli, Gary R. Hackney

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Pornography has had a varied and interesting history which dates back to antiquity. Its popularity appears not to have diminished in the past 3Q00 years, in fact the recent level of interest in the subject was exemplified when President Lyndon Johnson formed a special committee (Commission on Obscenity and Pornography) in 1967 to study pornography and obscenity. This Commission directly and indirectly initiated many scientific studies in the field of pornography.

Subjective judgments of pornography have been scaled before. The kinds of scaling approaches employed in these scale measurement developments are open to criticism and alternative scaling approaches have been …

The Effectiveness Of The Cooperating Teacher In The Student Teaching Experience As Determined By The Student Teacher, Donald Henry Charles Eshelby

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The study was conducted to determine how effective cooperating teachers were in performing their assigned duties during the actual student teaching period. The population consisted of University of North Dakota student teachers who were actively involved in the field experience during the 1970-1971 academic year. The purpose of the study was threefold: (1) to design an instrument which could be used for a study of this nature, (2) to determine the effectiveness of cooperating teachers in all academic areas, and (3) to determine how effective cooperating teachers were in specific aspects of the student teaching experience and by academic area. …

Characterization Of Field Populations Of Magarites Pupillus (Gould) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), Stephen Craig Schroeter

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Field populations of Margarites pupillus (Gould), a numerically abundant prosobranch mollusc occuring on rocky shores in Puget Sound, Washington, have previously received little autecological attention. Seawater table studios and SCUBA observations led to the following conclusions: Populations of Margarites are primarily subtidal. Population density and growth are directly related to algal canopy density. Algal canopy may function in reducing predator efficiency, Margarites populations have a 1:1 sex-reatio and no size dimorphism. Sexually mature individuals live for at least two years, and possibly more than four years.

Helminths Of Sceloporus Lizards In The Great Basin And Upper Colorado Plateau Of Utah, Richard Carlyle Pearce

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This study was prompted by the scarcity of information on helminths in Sceloporus lizards of Utah. It reports these worms and includes references to parasites of reptiles in the appendix. A microscopic examination of the coelom, mesenteries, liver, lungs, esophagus, stomach, and intestines of 55 lizards was made, but helminths were recovered only from stomachs and intestines. Examination of S. graciosus yielded Opchoristica scelopori, a cestode found in the duodenum, and Cyrtosomum penneri, C. readi, and C. heynemani, three nematodes of the cecum. The latter two are new nematodes for this host species. Examination of S. undulatus yielded three new …

Career Education And Its Implication For Vocational-Technical Education, Jack H. Adams

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The major purpose of this independent study was to see if there were any implication forthcoming for Vocational Education as we know it today, "because of the new concept of Career Education. In trying to accomplish this purpose, the area of Vocational Education, as well as the new concepts of Career Education, were examined. Both the past and future needs of the students were considered. The immediate and future needs of creating this new concept of Career Education was considered. A group of charts were presented for the purpose of giving anyone considering this new approach, a choice of the …

Hiring Practices Of North Dakota Based Firms, Blair P. Mowery

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This thesis describes and analyzes the hiring practices of North Dakota based firms. The term, North Dakota based firms, is defined as those firms organized, incorporated or originating in North Dakota. The data were obtained from firms employing a minimum of 50 individuals. It was felt that firms of this size or larger were most likely to hire college graduates. A mail questionnaire was sent to 86 firms and a 60 per cent return was received. The main topics discussed in this thesis concern the extent of demand for college graduates in North Dakota and the ways in which the …

A Follow-Up Study Of Master's Degree Graduates Of The University Of North Dakota Department Of Industrial Technology, Gary L. Gorrman

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Operational Auditing, James E. Boresky

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Vegetation Changes Following Fire In The Pinyon-Juniper Type Of West Central Utah, Milo Arnel Barney

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A total of 28 burn areas, that varied in age from 3-100+- years, were analyzed in a study of succession following fire, in the pin yon-juniper woodlands of west central Utah. Data were collected by means of the line-point and quadrat methods. These data were subjected to a multiple regression analysis. Canopy cover, basal area (sq. ft./acre) and density (trees/acre) of juniper were highly correlated with age of burn. Percentage dead sagebrush was found to be positively correlated with density of junipers. The stages of succession following fire began with weedy annuals, that reached a peak within 3-4 years. Juniper …

Enzymatic Synthesis Of Oligoribonucleotides Of Defined Base Sequence, Mark J. Rowe

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The synthetic reaction of ribonuclease T_1 has been studied as to its potential for the synthesis of oligoribonucleotides of defined base sequence. Conditions have been determined for maximum synthesis with respect to percentage incorporation of both guanosine 2',3'-cyclic phosphate (donor), and cytidine (acceptor). With regard to maximum acceptor incorporation, a donor blocked at the 5'-hydroxyl has been used to drive the reaction. It has also been shown that acceptor incorporation decreases as the chain-length increases up to the hexanucleotide. Synthesis of a 3'-blocked substrate for polynucleotide phosphorylase for use in chain termination studies was attempted using adenylate kinase. In this …

Marketing Practices Of Motorcycle Distributors In The United States, Dennis J. Elbert

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The purpose of this thesis was to describe and analyze the marketing practices of motorcycle distributors in the United States. The information used in this thesis was obtained primarily from a mail questionnaire survey sent to motorcycle distributors throughout the United States.

The majority of the motorcycles sold in the United States in the most recent year of record, 1970, were imported. With the inclusion of domestic manufactured motorcycles and parts, sales of used motorcycles and cost of service, the total value of the motorcycle business in the. United States in 1970 was veil over a billion dollars.

There were …

Nest Morphogenesis And Population Ecology Of Two Species Of Formica, Donald A. Sather

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Two species of thatching ants (Formica obscuripes and F. oreas comptula) are common to the ecotone and woodland habitats of the Forest River Biology Station near Inkster, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. The general ecology for each species was determined with emphasis on mound morphogenesis, colony-founding and population characteristics. For each species the following samples and data were collected: random samples of each population, thatch sample, external and internal mound measurements, and field maps of distribution patterns.

The morphogenesis of F. obscurlpes mounds was found to follow a predictable pattern with three well defined but transitional nest forms: (1) Stage …

A Comparison Of The Self-Concepts Of Institutionalized Delinquents, Non-Institutionalized Delinquents, And Non-Delinquents, Franklin D. Deforest

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On the basis of previous theorizing and empirical research, it seems that the self-concept may be a highly relevant factor in the understanding and containment of delinquent behavior. However, as Rubin (1970) has noted, there remains some doubt as to the effectiveness of existing treatment programs in promoting a change in the delinquent's self-concept structure which will be lasting and lead to a more adaptive response to the normal social environment. Therefore the present investigation proposes to show that there exist fundamental differences between the self-concepts of delinquents, both institutionalized and non-institutionalized, and non-delinquents. These differences can then be assumed …

John F. White: One Man's Contribution To Educational Television In The United States, Sara Garland Frederickson

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The purpose of this thesis was to examine the contribution of John F. White to the development of educational television in the United States. White, who was president of National Educational Television (N.E.T.) for over ten years, was instrumental in giving educational television a national image and establishing N.E.T. as the source of quality programs and services for educational television stations. The study traces Whitefs career from his position as development director at Western Reserve University in Cleveland where he helped pioneer the use of television for broadcasting courses for academic credit to his reaction to the Public Broadcasting Act …

The Nostalgic Revival In America, Dale A. Twingley

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This paper is primarily concerned with the revival of nostalgia in America as seen by the minimal artist. The project reviews the current nostalgic trends in the media of theater, films, television, and radio, fashion, entertainment, business, and the arts. Attention is paid to the techniques by which this nostalgia is presented through the media of drawing and printmaking.

Because the artist's prints and drawings best illustrate the intentions of the artist, the majority of the paper is devoted to the study of them.

Effects Of Repression-Sensitization, Arousal, And Sex On Physical Aggression, Richard J. Moser

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In the past two decades, numerous experiments have focused on a wide variety of situational factors influencing the arousal, intensity, and direction of aggressive behavior. In contrast, few studies have considered the role of individual difference variables in producing aggression. The present study was concerned with a personality variable which theoretically should have some relevance to the expression of physical aggression. This variable was repression-sensitization (R-S) as measured'by the revised Repress ion-Sensitization Scale (Byrne, Barry, and Nelson, 1963). In an attempt to improve upon the predictive validity of R-S, defensive and nondefensive repressors were differentiated through the use of Marlowe-Crowne …

Caricaturization And Its Ability To Depict Ideology, Maurice D. Olson

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One of the purposes of this thesis is to investigate the importance of the cartoon caricature styles that have been developed throughout history. Another purpose is to explain the development of my cartoon caricatures and their importance in depicting ideology. This thesis will also be concerned with the development of a caricature attitude, and caricature forms as depicted in an exhibition. The exhibit, submitted as a part of this written work, is an assorted collection of various cartoon images which can help in furthering an understanding of my personal attitude and interpretation.