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Molluscan Paleontology Of The Pliocene Peace Valley "Beds" And Ridge Route "Formation" (Ridge Basin Group), Ridge Basin, Southern California, Daniel R. Young

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The Ridge Basin, 90 km northwest of Los Angeles, California, lies within the San Gabriel, San Andreas, Liebre, and Clearwater fault zones. The basin is an elongated, wedge-shaped, intermontane, Miocene-Pliocene basin filled with about 12 000 m of marine, lacustrine, fluvial, and alluvial sediment. More than half of the thickness of the Ridge Route "formation" and about one fifth of the Peace Valley "beds" was examined for molluscs along the northeastern side of the basin and more than 600 m of section were measured.

The nonmarine molluscs of the Ridge Route "formation" and Peace Valley "beds" consist of ten species: …

Stereochemistry Of Some Bis-Arene Vanadium Complexes, Thomas D. Parish

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Internal And External Context Effects Upon The Types Of Information Encoded From Pictures, James G. Penland

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Several investigators (e.g., Biederman, et al. 1974; Loftus & Bell 1975) have proposed that one's perception and subsequent recogni tion of pictured scenes results from the acquisition of two types of information. One is specific in nature and results from the direct inspection of object detail. The second type is more general in char acter and is thought to result from the processing of contextual in formation. Friedman (in press) has pointed out that context must be considered to encompass both internal (memorial) and external (physical) constraints, and as such to have a dual informational base. The present study was …

A Study Of The Growth And Decline Of North Dakota Towns, 1920-1970, Christopher Troseth

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Differences in percentage population change among North Dakota incorporated places of 250 to 2,500 inhabitants for the period 1920- 1970 were first explained statistically by means of spatial and economic variables. Additional insight concerning town population change was gained by a more detailed examination of selected towns, in which the number and type of business functions were stressed.

For each decade in the period 1920-1970, the relationship between percentage population change of towns with populations between 250 and 2,500 and four independent variables was measured by means of a stepwise multiple correlation and regression procedure. It was found that a …

A Study Of Four Arts Enrichment Activities, Mary Etten-Johnson

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The dissertation is a descriptive study of formative research in four arts enrichment activities developed for the elementary classroom. The appendix contains the essential parts of this description. The rationale for developing enrichment activities for the elementary classroom is related to the lack of background and confidence many elementary educators have for the arts in education. The traditional practice leads educators to exclude arts enrichment activities from their programs.

The formative research in this study is based on four enrichment units used by teacher raters who were trained through in-service sessions. They taught the enrichment activities to eighty elementary students. …

A Study Of Natural Language Phonetic Symbolism, David B. Tarr

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The present investigation concerns itself with the phenomenon of natural language phonetic symbolism. Proponents of phonetic symbolism, or the hypothesis of phonetic universals, as it is sometimes called, claim that human speech sounds have inherent meaning apart from their learned association with referents in the world. Since phonetic symbolism had been used to explain both success in guessing the meanings of foreign words and also a consistent tendency to attribute particular meanings to selected nonlinguistic verbalizations, it was hypothesized that phonetic symbols were part of an underlying stratum of semantic invariance. Further, it was assumed that such phonetic/semantic symbols should …

Privacy - A Contemporary Management Problem, Harvey Greenberg

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The Zero-Base Budgeting, Paul A. Bernier

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The Independent Public Accountant's Legal Liability To Third Parties When Attesting To Financial Statements, Gregory S. Furness

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Zero-Base Budgeting And Government Spending, David E. Bosanco

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An Evaluation Of The "Mainstream" Connection: Supporting The Regular Teacher, Jerry James Wellik

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Problem: The purposes of this study were to evaluate the effects of an inservice training program (the "Mainstream" Connection) for regular elementary and secondary teachers in the education of the mildly handicapped and to respond to conventional practices for meeting differences in our schools.

The "Mainstream" Connection Inservice Project focused upon increasing knowledge of needs and characteristics of the mildly handicapped, specifying methods of modifying materials and curriculum and accepting handicapped children.

Procedure: The research population for this study consisted of 438 regular elementary and secondary teachers in central Minnesota who participated in a project to provide training in the …

Determination Of Terrestrial Heat Flow In Southeastern North Dakota, Dean A. Zabel

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Terrestrial heat flow measurements have been carried out at three sites in Southeastern North Dakota. The heat flow values were calculated from temperature gradients measured in three wells and thermal conductivities measured in the lab using samples from these wells.

At two of the sites values were obtained in Precambrian layers. Near Lidgerwood, North Dakota measurements in a layer of weathered Precambrian yielded a value of 1.21 HFU. At a site near Blanchard, North Dakota measurements in a Precambrian greenstone yielded a value of 0.76 HFU.

At a third site near Wheatland, North Dakota, no Precambrian layer was accessible for …

Don Diego De Silva: Spanish American Ambassador In England, 1564-1568, Jack K. Nielsen

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A resident ambassador in the late sixteenth century faced many challenges, among which were: gathering, evaluating, and relaying useful information; performing negotiations on behalf of his principal; and calming troubled waters at the foreign court. The way in which he .faced these challenges determined the extent of the ambassador's success.

Jon Jiego Guzman de Silva, Spanish ambassador in Zngland .from 1564-1568, faced these challenges and others because he was a staunch Catholic at a Protestant court. Although he was able to maintain his position at court for four years, he was not totally successful. He forwarded much useful and correct …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Language And Cognition In Congenitally Blind Children Ages 3 Through 9, David Wm. Anderson

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Purpose This study was designed as an investigation of the semantic and cognitive functioning of congenitally blind children within the age range of 3 through 9 years, to help fill the gap in the existing research concerning the early development of the visually handicapped.

Delays in cognitive development among school age congenitally blind children have been attributed to the limitations imposed by blindness on mobility and interaction with objects and events in the environment. It has been assumed that blind children must rely on less efficient sensory perception and discrimination processes resulting in a conceptualization of the world which may …

Learned Helplessness: Affect In Relation To Facilitation And Interference Effects, Thomas R. Foster

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Learned helplessness is an experimental analogue of depression. In ess;ence learned helplessness theory states that exposure to noncontingent feedback leads to changes in self esteem, performance and affect. Brief exposure to noncontingent feedback is thought to cause increases in anxiety and/or hostility and these motivational changes are thought to facilitate subsequent performance. Extended exposure to noncontingent feedback is thought to cause decreases in self esteem and increases in depression and these motivational changes are thought to be associated with subsequent impaired performance.

One hundred and twelve undergraduate students participated in a six group experiment with groups receiving either contingent or …

Aspects Of Sedimentology And Fluvial Morphology Of A Part Of The Little Missouri River, North Dakota, Paul C. Jeffcoat-Sacco

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The Little Missouri River drains 21,500 km in Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas- The river is perpetually muddy, although the bulk of its deposits are fine to medium silty sand. The discharge ranges between 0 and 3000 m^/s, with a mean value of approximately 17 m'Vs.

Between Medora, North Dakota and Lake Sakakawea 250 km downstream, the river changes from meandering to braided. Braiding may be a transitory response to the decrease in discharge following the spring flood, although more likely braiding is the result of post-glacial changes in drainage, when the river was diverted eastward from its original course. …

A Philosophical Analysis Of Cooper's Principles Of Aerobics, Rea M. Mackey

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This study was an analysis of Kenneth H. Cooper's program of aerobics, examining the underlying principles, its potentials, and limitations.

The purposes of the study were:

1. To determine the principles upon which the program was established.

2. To analyze current literature for evidence both contrary to and supportive of the program.

The procedure utilized by the writer in this study was the philosophical method of induction and deduction. The analysis was interpreted from the related literature which contained pro and con views, opinions and studies about exercise physiology and related areas by various authors.

Having studied the underlying principles …

Examination Of The Therapeutic Process In A Juvenile Probation Setting And Further Validation Of The Group Assessment Of Interpersonal Traits (Gait), Douglas D. Knowlton

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The present study was undertaken to examine several questions ranging from simple, direct, detailed examination of juvenile probation officer behavior in a county juvenile court system, to a more technical question—Does this study provide additional validation of the Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits? In addition, the study locks at the relationship between probation officer's verbal behaviors and their ratings of Therapist Talent.

Twelve juvenile probation officers (full-time and volunteer) and their probationers agreed to have four individual sessions audio recorded. Randomly selected segments of these tapes were rated by two sets of raters. Their verbal behaviors were categorized and ratings …

A Preliminary Investigation Of Physical-Chemical Treatment Of Slagging Gasifier Aqueous Effluent, Kirk B. Hird

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The feasibility of treating slagging gasifier wastewater by physical-chemical means was studied. Pretreatment and treatment flow schemes were developed by using batch and continuous tests. Results were based mainly on wastewater residual total organic carbon (TOC). A treatment facility was designed and economically evaluated.

It was found that slagging gasifier wastewater is treatable by physical-chemical means using activated carbon and chemical oxidation as the two principal treatment steps. A pretreatment scheme consisting of lime addition, ammonia stripping, and recarbonation-coagu- lation was found to sufficiently purify the raw gasifier liquor so that activated carbon adsorption and chemical oxidation could be applied …

Relative Hemispheric Involvement During Arousal And Inhibition Of Affect, Steven L. Shearer

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The predominant view of hemispheric contributions to emotional ity focuses upon the inherent emotionality of the right hemisphere, in contrast to the logical, rational, nonemotional characteristics of the left hemisphere. However, recent research has also implicated contri butions of the left hemisphere during affective arousal (d'Elia & Perris, 1973, 1974; Ehrlichman & Wiener, Notes 10, 11; Harman & Ray, 1977; Tucker, Antes, Stenslie & Barnhardt, 1978; Tucker, Roth & Shearer, Note 7). Some reports have implicated the left hemisphere in negative affect (Ehrlichman & Wiener, Notes 10, 11; Harman & Ray, 1977), and the right hemisphere in positive affect (Ehrlichman …

The Accounting Profession And The Sec, Linda J. Myers

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Internal Control -- Its Importance To Those Within The Business And Financial Community, Juliana M. Kierstein

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Acid Catalyzed Nonhydrogenative Depolymerization Of Lignite, James B. Kiefer

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Catalytic non-hydrogenative depolymerization of North Dakota lignite was investigated by reacting it with phenol in the presence of an acid catalyst. Three catalysts were examined: calcined activated carbon, p-toluene sulfonic acid, and methane sulfonic acid. The order of effectiveness of these catalysts in decreasing order, based on yield is: methane sulfonic acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid, and activated carbon. The products were characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight distribution, and infrared spectroscopy. The NMR was used to determine the relative differences in aromatic character between the products. Properties of the products were determined to be functions of reaction conditions. The structures …

Job Satisfaction In Public Accounting, Elroy C. Marcusen

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Heterogenous Catalysis Of Solvent Refined Lignite To Obtain Chemical Feed Stocks, John R. Rindt

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Continuous catalytic depolymerization of solvent refined lignite (SRL) was investigated by reacting it catalytically with hydrogen in a fixed bed trickle reactor, using tetralin as the solvent. At a reaction temperature of 450° C , a hydrogen atmos phere at 1,000 psi, and a liquid hourly space velocity of 1.0 to 1.5 hr“^, 58 runs were made using eighteen different catalysts. Yields of light oil ranged from 0.010 to 0.211 grams of light oil produced per gram of SRL fed. Using a gas chromatograph-mass spectrophotometer, light oils were shown to contain toluene and ethyl benzene, in substantial quantities. Conversion of …

Aquatic Invertebrates And Water Chemistry Of Strip-Mine Ponds In Western North Dakota, Donald Llewllyn Batema

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The chemical and biological properties of ponds artifically created as a result of the strip-mining process, were studied in Mercer County, North Dakota. The water in four of these ponds was analyzed for 25 chemical variables, pH and electrical conductivity. These same variables were also analyzed in bottom sediments and spoils surrounding the four ponds. Invertebrates were collected and identified from these ponds, as well as measuring certain attributes of community structure, including species composition, density, biomass and species diversity. Both the chemical and biological properties documented in strip-mine ponds were compared to a naturally occurring pond nearby (NBUN).

The …

Expectation For The Role Of Cooperative Special Education Director As Perceived By Superintendents Of Schools, Teachers Of Special Education, And Directors Of Special Education In North Dakota, Robert R. Duncan

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The purpose of this study was to attempt to clarify the role expectations held for the cooperative special education director in the State of North Dakota as perceived by public school superintendents, public school special education teachers, and public school special education directors.

A three section questionnaire was constructed by the author. The first two sections asked the respondent to rank in order of importance seven role performances and six personal characteristics commonly associated with the role of the cooperative special education director. The third section asked the respondent to complete twenty forced choice questions dealing with typical administrative problem …

Historical Development Of The Teaching Of Writing, John P. Landwehr

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Analyzing The Relative Equity Of School Aid Distribution Relating To Oil And Gas Tax, Employing Impact Aid, Property Tax, And Severance Tax Systems, Harry Lee Weisenberger

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Statement of the problem: The purpose of this study was to define "relative equity" and then propose an alternative to the present system for more equitable financial assistance to school districts in which taxes on severed resources are substituted for taxes on increment of property wealth related to existence of resources.

There apparently was a great deal of dissatisfaction among school administrators in North Dakota, as well as those individuals in the public sector who are informed of the issues, concerning the present system of generation and distribution of oil and gas tax revenues in North Dakota. It has been …

Review And Synthesis Of Research On The Effects Of Dividend Policy On Corporate Growth, Charles Paul Dubort

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