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The Concept Of Materiality In Accounting And Its Application In Financial Reporting, David Demers

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An Analysis Of Cattle Grazing On Steep Slopes, William Wayne Patton

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A field study was made to correlate cattle grazing patterns of steep terrain with the rest-rotation grazing system. Line-plot transects were positioned across each of three heavily grazed, steep canyons. The rest-rotation system as practiced on the Gooding Cattle Allotment is resulting in good forage use as the animals are grazing forage on slopes up to 60%. Level contour trails extending across slope faces made it possible for cattle to graze on steep slopes at distances up to 80 chains from water. Contour trails originate at watering loctions; hence better distribution of water could be expected to result in better …

Solid-Liquid Phase Equilibria Studies :|Bi. Several Charge Transfer Systems ; Ii. A Metallic System ; Iii. A Liquid Crystal, Dee Edward Oyler

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Solid-liquid phase equilibria studies were used to investigate possible compound formation in solutions of (i) N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and (ii) N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) with a series of halogenated hydrocarbons that were selected to give a wide range of acceptor properties. Solid 1:1 intermolecular compounds were identified from solutions of (i) DMF and (ii) DMA with CCl_4, CBrCl_3, and C_6H_5CCl_3. The intermolecular compounds (DMF)_2•CCl_4 and (DMF)_2•CBrCl_3 were also found. The results suggest charge transfer from DMF or DMA to the chlorine atoms of the acceptor molecule as the process for compound formation. Thermal methods were used to determine with high precision the solid-liquid …

A Calorimetric Study Of Metal Ion Cyclic Polyether Interaction :|Bi. Cation Binding Properties Of Macrocyclic Polyethers In Aqueous Solution As A Function Of Temperature ; Ii. Effect Of Solvent Dielectric Constant On The Binding Properties Of Cyclic Polyethers For Na[Superscript +] And K[Superscript +], Dennis Pershing Nelson

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The complexation properties of the two isomers of the cyclic polyether dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 are examined in aqueous solution for a series of metal ions at various reaction temperatures. The results are discussed in terms of size relationships and salvation characteristics of both polyether and metal ions. ΔCp° values are determined from the temperature dependence of the ΔH° values. A discussion of the errors involved in the determination of ΔH° from the temperature dependence of log K values is also included. Comparisons are made between the results of this study and those of a similar study by H. K. Frensdorff, E. I. …

A Study In The Design And Development Of A Baseball Pitching Machine, Neal M. Lundwall

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Throughout history man has had the need of services which require great skill or tremendous strength or delicate consistency on the part of those who perform. Much of the time he has turned to the machine to accomplish these requirements.

A Computer Simulation Of A Partial Venous System Of A Human Lower Extremity, David C. Smith

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The human body is truly a fascinating and complex creation of our Maker. Because of the complexity and variability, many of its workings were little known until recent years. Some of the more amazing facts of the circulatory system follow. If the individual blood vessels of a single adult, i.e., artery, arteriole capillary, venule and vein, were laid end to end, they would extend more than 60,000 miles. For the average adult, the heart beats 70 times per minute; for the well-conditioned athlete, 50-60 beats per minute; and for the extraordinary athlete, as few as 37 times per minute. The …

Asset Valuation, Current Values V. Historical Costs, Daniel E. Sipes

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An Ecological Life History Of Tall Bluebell In Utah, Verl B. Matthews

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The ecological life history of tall bluebell, Mertensia arizonica Green var. leonardi (Rydb.) Johnston (M. leonardi Rydb.), was investigated during 1963 and 1964. Summer field studies were conducted on the Mud Creek Sleep Allotment of the Uinta National Forest, Wasatch County, Utah. Laboratory and herbarium studies were carried out at Brigham Young University. Specific objectives were to investigate seed germination, seedling development, root system, phenology, palatability, and describe the physical site factors where bluebell occurred. A study of this species was necessary because much of the herbage produced in certain areas of aspen range is not utilized. This condition occurs …

The Use Of The Vocational Preference Inventory With A North Dakota Indian Population, Allen B. Koss

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to develop normative data on the Vocational Preference Inventory with an Indian' population and to determine the relationships between the VPI scales and the Occupational Aspiration Scale, scholastic achievement, intelligence, and selected occupational information. The study also examined the differences between a North Dakota non-Indian high school sample and a North Dakota high school sample on the VPI scales.

Procedure: The research sample for this study consisted of 161 North Dakota Indian high school juniors and seniors enrolled at the Turtle Mountain - Community School, Belcourt, North Dakota, and the Standing Rock Community …

An Investigation Of What Relationships Exist Between A Child's Performance Of Selected Tasks Of Conservation And Selected Factors In Reading Readiness, Beverly W. Brekke

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine what relationships exist between a child's performance of selected tasks of conservation and selected factors in reading readiness. Comparisons were also made between conservation and reading readiness to selected variables such as mental age, sex, chronological age, and teacher prediction.

Procedure: The research population for this study was comprised of 81 first grade subjects enrolled in four classrooms of the Grand Forks Public Schools during the 1970-1971 school year. The students were selected to be representative of the total Grand Forks, North Dakota school population. Due to changes in school populations …

The American Balance-Of-Payments Problem, Beatrice K. Anderson

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Since World War II, the American balance-of-payments situation has presented a multifaceted problem. This study is an attempt to show some of the interrelated and overlapping political, economic, military and diplomatic aspects of this problem. Of the key factors involved, international trade and foreign aid programs have been of primary significance. Proposed solutions, however, have reflected highly diverse opinion on both the national and international levels.

No immediate resolution to the problem has emerged, partly because of the democratic system of government in the United States and partly because of the limited reforms which have been agreed to in the …

Task And Socioemotional Interaction As Contexts Affecting The Agreement-Attraction Relationship, William D. Wittman

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The majority of the research supports the hypothesis that agreement is a major variable in attraction, but several recent studies have shown other conditions may also be important. Following Wright's (1969a) friendship model, Wright and Crawford (1969) have shown that males are oriented toward both "task" and "social-emotional" situations, while females are oriented primarily toward "social- emotional" situations. The present study was designed to investigate the role of agreement within these two situational variables. It was hypothesized that, for males in a task situation, agreement would yield greater attraction than disagreement. For females, greater attraction was predicted for agreeing pairs …

Numerical Control: A Decision Model For Small Manufacturer Guidance, Donald Homrighausen

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Much has been written about numerical control (N/C) and its various benefits and limitations, but there is a definite lack of and need for a unifying decision concept, particularly one oriented to small machine shops. Numerically controlled machining operations can be a major investment for a small shop and therefore management needs good guidance for sound decision making when it comes to deciding whether or not to introduce N/C to his operations.

This study examines the various aspects of N/C and categorizes them under three general areas: (1) technical aspects, advantages and disadvantages, (2) economic aspects, and (3) intangible aspects. …

Overwintering Of Three Species Of Snakes In Northwestern Minnesota, Jeffrey W. Lang

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The hibernacula, overwintering cycles, extent of return to the hibernacula, and associated movements of three species of snakes were studied near Itasca State Park in northwestern Minnesota. Red-bellied snakes (Storeria occipitomacula), smooth green snakes (Opheodrys vernalis), and young eastern gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) were collected at enclosed hibernacula and marked by scale clipping. Inactive ant mounds built by Formica ulkei were utilised extensively as hibernacula by these snakes. During two winters, eleven mounds yielded 2260 Storeria, 409 Opheodrys, and 182 Thamnophis. Temperatures near overwintering snakes in five hibernacula ranged from 0-5 C. Mortality occurred in one mound where snakes were exposed …

An Attempt To Unify Two Divergent Currents In The Art Of The Twentieth Century, Robert J. Hromyak

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The problem was to unify the apparently conflicting themes of hard edge painting and figurative subject matter.

There are historical precidents for both styles in the twentieth century in the work of Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian on the side of abstract geometric form, and Tom Wesselmann on the side of figurative painting.

Presented as evidence of the possibilities of such an approach are ten acrylic paintings and ten serigraphs.

Personality Characteristics Of Unsuccessful Student Teachers, Peter J. Johnson

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes underlying the unsuccessful professional laboratory experiences of student teachers at Saint Cloud State College. Two problems of a specific nature were scrutinized in this study:

1. What were the reasons that made student teachers ineffective in their student teaching experiences at Satin Cloud State College, furthermore, what limitations did personality factors place on student performance?

2. Which, if any, of the selection criteria could identify the potentially unsuccessful student teachers.

Method: This investigation was primarily a study of records and evaluations of those people who were admitted to teacher …

The Development Of A Modular-Flexible Schedule Model And Its Utilization In Building A New Secondary School Physics Curriculum, Lloyd L. Fezler

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Problem: It was the primary purpose of this study to develop a secondary school physics curriculum guide for use within a modular-flexible schedule framework. A secondary aspect was to design a model modular-flexible schedule specifically for physics instruction.

Procedure: Information has been obtained through the direct visitation of seventeen schools in the Minneapolis-St. Paul and suburban areas which were using a modular-flexible scheduled program. A comprehensive study has been made of the physics curricula used in each school to determine its relative effectiveness within a modular-flexible framework.

Interrogation of administrators, staff members and. curriculum • specialists was employed to ascertain …

Characterization Of A Soluble Form Of Structural Protein From Neurospora Crassa, Clarence Denis Perterson

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The study of membrane assembly has, until now, consisted of fractionating a membrane into its components or of assembling model membranes from non-physiological components. A native precursor to membranes was obtained as a quasi-crystalline material. It was the purpose of this work to develop the appropriate techniques for characterizing the material as well as to carry out the characterization. The results of the characterization indicate the quasi-crystalline material contains a single protein, structural protein. This protein is in two forms which may reflect two sequential steps in membrane assembly. One form is solubilized in 2-chloroethanol and isolated by gel filtration. …

Subchapters Corporations, Charles Patrick

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No abstract provided.

Integrated, Internal Weapon System Management Reporting, William G. Ellis Jr

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A Psychophysical Approach To Clinical Judgment On The Mmpi, Richard L. Listiak

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The present investigation attempted to extend the psychophysical analogy to the study of clinical judgment on the MMPI. Previous judgmental research has dealt with multidimensional diagnosis or with simulation of clinicians' judgments on the MMPI. It was believed that the previous research examining the process of clinical judgment had not employed sufficiently sensitive methodologies. Therefore, in this study both direct estimation procedures and classical psychophysical methods were employed in an effort to describe and quantify directly the relationship between clinical judgment and the MMPI. These methods, particularly the former, have been demonstrated to be beneficial to use when exploring the …

An Analysis Of The Role Of Temples In The Establishment Of Zion, C. Max Caldwell

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The establishment of Zion has been a goal of interest to every dispensation. The building of temples and participation in temple ordinances has likewise been a practice of many generations throughout history. In the present dispensation, Joseph Smith declared the need to construct temples in connection with the building of a Latter-day Zion.

The purpose of this study has been to discover a correlation between temple activity and the development of the Church membership in their preparation for the establishment of Zion. It has been concluded that the temples do perform a very significant role in the development of the …

History Of Utah's Salt Industry 1847-1970, John L. Clark

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Utah salt makers have extracted salt from three sources, the principal of these being brine from Great Salt Lake. Other sources are saline beds in Great Salt Lake Desert and subterranean halite formations in central Utah.

This study traces the development of methods used to recover and refine salt by the industry, in general, and by specific companies. It provides brief, historical sketches of the major corporations and the economic, legal, and environmental factors affecting their growth.

Utah produces about 1 per cent of the nation's salt, exporting over half of it from the state. The major factors limiting the …

The Design And Implementation Of A Missionary Language Course In Aymara, Joseph Orville Davidson

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This thesis is a set of materials in colloquial Aymara, an indigenous language spoken by nearly one million people on the "altiplano" of Bolivia and southeastern Peru. It is designed for use by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assigned to the Bolivia Mission. It was prepared on the assumption that missionaries will have completed approximately three weeks of intensive Spanish language training prior to beginning this course.

Each lesson has a pre-class module which previews the vocabulary, grammar, and memorization assignments found in the in-class module, and increases the student's listening comprehension. The in-class module …

An Interpretation Of Student Self Concept And Analysis Of Relationships Between The Self And Selected Characteristics Of Business Education Students Enrolled In Minnesota Area Vocational-Technical Schools., Howard Leslie Fryett

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An Evaluation Of The Adequacy Of Selected Formal Church Programs In Preparing Male Members To Enter The United States Air Force, James R. Palmer

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Church programs in preparing young Latter-day Saint servicemen to accept and live the gospel of Jesus Christ as determined from the opinions of servicemen and bishops. The teaching programs, counseling, continual Church activity, Church publications, and the preservice and inservice Church orientations were evaluated for their effectiveness in teaching the five objectives: Testimony building; commandment living; continual activity, missionary work, and patriotism.

One hundred eighteen servicemen, who had completed basic training and were attending technical training schools, along with seventy-seven bishops provided the information used in this study. …

A Study Of The Contributions Of Andrew Jenson To The Writing And Preservation Of Lds Church History, Keith W. Perkins

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Andrew Jenson, Assistant Church Historian, was one of the most prolific writers of LDS Church History. Born in Damgren, Denmark, he immigrated to Utah when he was fifteen years old. Because of his lack of training, his early life was spent in various manual labor occupations. None of these was satisfying to him; he longed for something better. He began compiling and writing Church history. In this he found much joy and happiness. His labors were soon recognized by the General Authorities of the LDS church, and he was permanently engaged as a historian in the Church historian's office. He …

Causes Of The Mormon Boycott Against Gentile Merchants In 1866 And 1868, Peter Neil Garff

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In the 1850s and 1860s Gentiles monopolized the mercantile profession in Salt Lake valley. Conflict arose between the Mormons and anti-Mormon merchants for essentially five reasons: Mormon Church leaders believed merchants charged exorbitant prices, encouraged the coming of Johnston's army, falsely accused them for the "assassination" of two Salt Lake City Gentiles, supported Gentiles who were "jumping" Mormon land claims, and supported an adamantly anti-Mormon newspaper. Church leaders maintained that the motive behind these actions was essentially the destruction of their church; therefore, they levied a boycott against the anti-Mormon merchants in 1866.

Because Church leaders felt the coming of …

A Validation Study Of An Instructional Design Which Attempts To Teach The Concept Of Faith To Seventeen Mentally Retarded (I.Q.'S 50-75) Seminary Students Of The South Salt Lake Seminary District During The Spring Of 1970, Roger Hendrix

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Recognizing a need to develop religious instructional material for mentally retarded seminary students of the L.D.S. Church, this study was designed to validate an instructional model set up to teach the concept of faith.

Thirty-four mentally retarded seminary students were randomly assigned to six control groups and six experimental groups. Each group was given a sixteen question pre-test. Then, the next day each experimental group was given instructional treatment and the post-test, while the control groups only received the post-test. The Study was geared for a two hour period of time. Results obtained from the analysis of covariance showed a …

Educational Media Attitudes Of And Competencies For Elementary Teachers., Edward B. Lasher

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No abstract provided.