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The Preferred Sign System Of Selected Deaf Adults And Certified Interpreters, Diane Kay Johnson

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A Needs Assessment Of Low And Moderate Income People In Grand Forks, Vicky Lynn Brockman

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On The Way To The End Of The Rainbow, Elizabeth Behr

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The Culture Of Diplostomum Spathaceum On Chick Chorioallantois And Observations On Its Natural Occurrence, Gregory H. Leno

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A Study On Improving Strategic Missile Squadron Management Incorporating The New Assistant Operating Officer, Bradley B. Dunning

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Introducing The Native American Student : A Handbook For Educators, Kenneth Little

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A Sense Of Loss : A Collection Of Short Stories, Bjorn H. Benson

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The Use Of Relational Grammar In Teaching English As A Second Language, Jodi Luann Bredahl

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Utilization Of Health Care Services By Mexican Americans, Nancy R. Diede

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Joan Didion : The Frontier As A Place Of The Mind, Marianne Verbitsky

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The Later Career Of Tom Watson, 1906-1922 : A Study In The Dilemmas Of A Democratic Society, Michael C. Stermock

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The Self-Concept Of Those Who Suffer A Status Decline, Leslie D. Smith

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A Study Of Determinism And Free Will In The Sound And The Fury By William Faulkner, Myoung Ah Shin

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English Intensive Reading Lessons For Chinese College Students, Jie Wang

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Archean Metamorphism In Northwestern Ontario And Southeastern Manitoba, Kevin R. Henke

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Four areas are considered in this study. In Ontario, north-south traverses were made along Highway 599 between Savant Lake and Central Patricia, along the Vermilion River road (40 kilometers northeast of Sioux Lookout) and along Highway 105 between Vermilion Bay and Ear Falls (Fig. 3). The fourth area is centered at Bird River, northeast of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. The study areas are located in the Uchi, English River and Wabigoon Subprovinces.

The traverse along Highway 599 between Savant Lake and Central Patricia crosses the three subprovinces (Fig. 3). Pelites in the eastern Lake St. Joseph area (Uchi Sub province) …

Two-Dimensional Computer Modeling Of Joints And Fractures In Continua, Royd R. Nelson

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This thesis presents a numerical formulation which incorporates the effects of joints, cracks, and fractures into a mathematical mode used to in an existing finite element code. Two separate crack definitions were incorporated, one involving a discrete crack model, and the other a continuum approach defining a new material with regularly spaced joints. Several examples are also presented demonstrating the use of this capability.

Test Task And Item Similarity Factors Affect Memory And Eye Movements During Picture Recognition, David Paul Lommen

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The purpose of this study was to explore how recog nition memory for pictures and eye movements vary depend ing on the type of test and the nature of the "related" distractor items. Prior research suggested that manipula tion of test type and distractor similarity both influ ence recognition memory. The present study crossed test type and composition (kind of distractors) in a 2 X 2 design.

Forty-eight undergraduates viewed an input list of 58 scenic, color photographs of cityscapes and landscapes. The memory test was composed of 12 "Same Photo" items, each identical to input list photographs; 12 "Related" …

Development Of A Computer-Aided Graphics Capability To Display Field Test Data, L. Allen Adams

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This thesis develops an interactive computer-aided graphics package for the display of experimental and field test data. EXPERT was developed to be used in conjunction with MOVIE.BYU and DISSPLA, utilizing a bivariate interpolation scheme to create a full field of data using the "sparse" field data as pivotal points. The usefulness and practicality of the program is demonstrated by graphically displaying the data from the Air Force Weapons Laboratory's CHEAT test.

Discourse Analysis Of A Michif Narrative, Breck S. Speers

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This thesis offers a transcription and translation of a Michif narrative. Michif is a hybrid language consisting of French noun phrases and Cree verb structures. After the translation of the text, a structural analysis of the text is given based on textual analysis techniques proposed by Roger Schank and Robert Abelson (1977) and Ellen Prince (1979).

The Michif narrative was elicited from a resident of San Clara, Manitoba, Canada, and was transcribed with the help of native Michif speakers involved with the Summer Institute of Linguistics at the University of North Dakota. The concept of the script, a stereotypic chain …

A Comparative Analysis Of Selected Thematic Elements In Jean Genet's The Maids And Wendy Kesselman's My Sister In This House, Connie Joan Breding

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Synthesis Of Style In Gabriel Faure's Preludes For Piano, Jane A. Lien

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Gabriel Faure occupies an important position in the history of French music. Through his conscious rejection of the influences of German romanticism he was instrumental in the recovery of artis tic standards which are thought of as typically French— logic, clar ity, moderation, balance— qualities which link Faure to a long line of French classical tradition. His stature in this respect is indis putable. His importance as a transitional figure in the overall course of music history is less commonly recognized. Bridging the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, he synthesized a traditional, yet progressive, musical style.

Faure's Preludes for Piano are …

The Prairie Campaign And Kennedy Caucus: A Study Of Amateur Groups In North Dakota, Curt Togstad

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The problem examined in this thesis is the one of whether or not the Prairie Campaign for Economic Democracy and Kennedy caucus members at the 1980 State Democratic-NPL Convention were political amateurs who placed issues and ideology above winning. The Prairie Campaign for Economic Democracy and the Kennedy for President Caucuses were statewide organizations. In this thesis the caucus members are hypoth esized to be amateurs who, when compared to the convention delegates as a whole, had the following characteristics: 1. Were more likely to be under 35 2. Had higher education 3. Perceived issues differently 4. Had lower party …

An Investigation Of Semantic Invariance In Human Speech, David Burton Tarr

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The present investigation addresses the hypothesis of phonetic symbolism in human speech. As a psycholinguistic and epistemological concept, the phonetic symbol is understood to be a structural a priori in sound which correlates with the semantic properties of physiognomic, muscular tension. An extension of this hypothesis is the assumption that phonemes without conventional meaning in a language can approximate semantic equivalence of ordinary words under appropriate experimental conditions.

This dissertation explores the psychodynamic parameters of phonetic symbol access. Specifically, it makes use of a variety of clinical and experimental tools to tap instinctual processes which could conceivably contribute to phonetic …

Client Views On Confidentiality, Stephan Podrygula

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This study is part of the growing interest in ethical issues in clinical practice. Confidentiality is of particular concern, being regarded by many mental health professionals as a prerequisite for successful treatment. However, conflicts of interest inevitably arise and confidentiality must be weighed against other values. How to deal with these dilemmas has been a matter of considerable debate among professionals; interestingly, the views of clients on these issues have rarely been investigated.

The purpse of the study was to explore the attitudes and expectations of human service/mental health center clients regarding confidentiality. A 36 item scale, consisting primarily of …

Politics In Nigeria: The Role Of The Igbos 1960-1980, P.J. Afamefuna Ifedi

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North Dakota Refugee Assistance And "New Federalism", Gary R. Lorinser

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From The Angelus At Dawn To The Angelus At Dusk A Transition From The French Of Francis James, Antony Oldknow

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Development Of A Computer-Aided Analysis Package For Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics, William E. Warkentin

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This thesis develops an interactive computer-aided analysis package for solving linear elastic fracture mechanics problems. CHILES 2 (an existing finite element fracture mechanics program) was modified to be interactive. The modified program is named CHILES.BYU and is used in conjunction with QMESH.BYU and MOVIE.BYU to form the total software package. An analysis of glass ceramics and glass ceramic/metal interfaces was performed demonstrating the capabilities of the package. This study demonstrates the usefulness of an interactive package of computer programs to allow an engineer to rapidly investigate different crack configurations.

Scrubs.Byu A Two Dimensional Finite Element Package For Continuum Analysis Using Quadratic Isoparametric Elements, Michael Glenn Long

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This thesis develops a two dimensional, axisymmetric finite element package for solving continuum problems including rubbleization subsidence and nonlinear fracture mechanics. This package includes both a user friendly preprocessor, PRESCRUBS.BYU, and a versatile analysis code SCRUBS.BYU. PRESCRUBS.BYU systematically creates the data file necessary to run SCRUBS.BYU. SCRUBS.BYU provides many options of nonlinear static analysis using either linear or quadratic isoparametric finite elements. Sample problems are presented that demonstrate the capabilities of this package.

Provo In The Jazz Age: A Case Study, Gary C. Kunz

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Many historians have suggested in their writings that much of the social behavior that made the decade of the twenties unique had their origins in the urban centers, leaving the small towns taking no active participation in the Jazz Age.

The purpose of this paper is to show that Provo, Utah, a small, isolated community took a very active part in the Jazz Age, contrary to what has been suggested. There was a considerable quantity of drunkenness, bootlegging, wild dancing and partying in Provo during the decade, much more than historians suggest there should have been in a community the …