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Integrating Mathematical Concepts With Technology Education, Chei-Chun Chen

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Development Of Human Emotions From Neonate To Preschoolers, Edwina Davies Luevanos

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Measurement Of Ascorbic Acid And Dehydroascorbic Acid In Mammalian Tissues Using Hplc With Electrochemical Detection, Debra A. Fry

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The oxidized and reduced forms of ascorbic acid (AA) are reactive and unstable compounds making their measurement difficult. Detection of small amounts of AA and dehydroascorbic acid (DHAA) is essential for determining the biochemical function of the vitamin in cells and subcellular organelles. While a variety of techniques exist which detect millimolar levels of AA, accurate assessment of pmol levels of AA and DHAA in a variety of tissues has not been perfected. In the present study, a method was developed for quantitation of AA and DHAA that combines HPLC separation with the advantages of increased sensitivity and selectivity available …

The Impact Of Early Intervention On Subsequent Classroom Placement, Amy Jo Sanner

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The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of an Early Childhood Special Education program in a small city in northeastern North Dakota. The study examined the classroom placements and supportive services required by two hundred seventy two (272) preschool aged handicapped children prior to, during, and subsequent to their participation in the early intervention program. Children included in the study had attended the preschool program some time between the 1984-1985 school year and the 1990-1991 school year.

The following research questions were posed: 1) What types of children, based on primary handicapping condition, require a less restrictive …

A Descriptive Study Of The Role Of The Elementary Teaching Principal In North Dakota, Rebecca Susam Goehring

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Assessing And Articulating School Vision: A New School Philosophy For Leeds, North Dakota, Margaret Jane Brown

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Should North Dakota Have A Medical School? An Analysis From The Taxpayer's Perspective, Al Larson

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The Effect Of Defense Management Review Decision 904, Stock Funding Depot Level Reparables, On Cash Flow Within The Reparable Support Division Of The Air Force Stock Fund, Deborah A. Elliot

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This study investigated what the potential cash flow condition of the Reparable Support Division of the Air Force Stock Fund might be after final implementation of the procedures outlined in Defense Management Review Decision 904, Stock Funding Depot Level Reparables. The operation of the future Reparable Support Division was modelled using the General Purpose Simulation Software (GPSS/H) package and future cash flow conditions were projected through use of this model. Recommendations were then made based on the results of these projections and based on other data gathered during the course of the research process.

Red Cross Nursing In World War I: North Dakota Women's Response To The Call To Serve, Beverly Jensen

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North Dakota women served in the United States Army and Navy Nurse Corps during World War I as Red Cross Reserve nurses. In 1935 the North Dakota American Legion Auxiliary collected and compiled, in manuscript form, brief biographies of these women and placed the manuscript at the North Dakota State Library in Bismarck. This paper is an attempt to describe the circumstances surrounding North Dakota nurses' participation in World War I.

The Red Cross Nursing Service Committee was the primary agency recruiting and training nurses. Numerous books, nursing journals, newspaper accounts, and magazine articles about Red Cross nursing were read. …

The Child Witness: The Effects Of Videotaped Versus Live Testimony On Juror Perceptions Of Guilt., Sharon Kaye Hagen

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A total of 192 jury-qualified subjects participated in this study which compared the effects of a child's videotaped deposition on juror's perceptions of a defendant's guilt to live in-court testimony. A three hour trial, videotaped from a simulated case of child physical use being conducted for the Trial Advocacy Class of the University of North Dakota Law school, was shown to all subjects. A separate deposition of the child's testimony, identical to the live testimony, was also videotaped and shown to half the subjects. Eight juries viewed the videotapes of the trial with the child testifying on the witness stand …

The Use Of Transition Metal Complexes For The Construction Of Unusual Metal-Modified Phosphorus Linkages Between Nucleosides., Theresa Jo Schmaltz

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Oligonucleotides based on methyl phosphonate linkages between nucleoside units have been of particular interest as anti-sense molecules for inhibiting mRNA function. The focus of our research has been on the development of new construction techniques for anti-sense oligonucleotides. Specifically we have been investigating new methods for generating iron and cobalt-modified linkages in oligonucleotides during the course of automated synthesis.We have found that (dicarbonyl)($\eta\sp5$-cyclopentadienyl)($\eta\sp2$-ethylene)iron reacts with 5$\sp\prime$-O-dimethoxytritylnucleoside 3$\sp\prime$-phosphite esters to yield (dicarbonyl)($\eta\sp5$-cyclopentadienyl)iron(ethyl)phosphonates. These phosphonates appear to be stable to the conditions commonly used to construct oligonucleotides by phosphoramidite methodology. This chemistry has been extended to the formation of a dimer on …

Aggressive Conduct Disordered Children Intervention Stratagies, Sheila M. Gamble

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Theme Studies And Thinking: How Children Use Reading, Writing, And Talking To Develop And Extend Their Thoughts., Laurie M. Wenger

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In this study, the thinking practices of students as they used reading, writing, and talking in a thematic unit of study were described and analyzed.The subsidiary questions were suggested by recent studies and reports that indicated a decline of "thinking" in American schools. The questions were: (1) What categories of thinking were evident in the language and behaviors of young learners? (2) What environmental factors contributed to the development of children's thoughts and ideas?The thinking of nine first graders was described by semantic maps, direct observation, video and audio tapes, and analyzed using the categories of Bloom's Taxonomy and Tough's …

Assertive Behavior Training With Chronic Mentally Ill Persons Using A Videotape Format., Mark Carter

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Young chronic mentally ill persons are individuals whose needs for treatment are well documented. Within the context of existing mental health systems, the client is generally faced with the need to be able to seek out services. With sobering regularity, these persons are quite poorly prepared to communicate their needs effectively.The present research proposed that improvements in the assertive communication skills of young chronic mentally ill persons would promote improvements in their interactions with caregivers. This study was undertaken to investigate a videotape strategy for the training of assertiveness.The sample for this study consisted of 42 male and female volunteers …

Development Of An Instrument To Evaluate Boys Basketball Coaches., Peter Michael Oliszczak

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A modified Delphi technique was used to develop a usable instrument for the evaluation of boys basketball coaches. The study was designed to identify competency items appropriate for assessing coaching effectiveness based on a consensus of opinion (Delphi technique) among selected experts.The study was conducted in a three-state region: North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. An expert panel of judges refined the ninety-five questionnaire items compiled by the writer for their use in the study. The selection panel consisted of nine athletic directors, nine principals, and nine coaches.Four rounds of the questionnaires were used in the study. The first questionnaire …

Species- And Tissue-Specific Distribution Of Mitochondrial And Cytoplasmic Isozymes Of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase., Thomas John Wiese

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Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), an enzyme which exists as two distinct isozymes, is distributed in a species- and tissue-specific manner. The purpose of this study was to systematically determine the quantity and intracellular location of both isozyme activities of PEPCK in a number of major and important tissues of several species of mammals and birds.Both the intracellular distribution and quantities of both PEPCK isozyme activities were determined in liver, kidney, gastrointestinal mucosa, and adipose tissue; and the total quantity of the enzyme activity was determined in skeletal muscle, brain, spleen, lung, and heart of fed rat and fed and fasted rabbit, …

The Effect Of Academic And Social Integration On Second-Year Attrition: A Comparison Of American Indian And Non-Indian Students, Tammie J. L. Colwell

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The validity of Tinto's model of college student attrition has been the focus of recent research, but few studies have focused on attrition of minority student populations. It was the intent of this study to (1) examine the effect that academic and social integration had on persistence/withdrawal behavior of freshman American Indian and non-Indian students, and (2) compare the degree of academic and social integration of American Indian and non-Indian students. This study involved the entire population of freshman American Indian students and a random sample of five hundred non-Indian freshman students who were enrolled at the University of North …

Relationship Of Adolescent Self-Image To The Risk Of Pregnancy, Vicki Wessman Downey

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Adolescent pregnancy remains as one of the most pervasive socio- heaUh problems present in the United States. The health, economic, and social risk concomitant with adolescent pregnancy impacts on the child, mother, father, and society. Adolescent pregnancy, the problem that has not gone away, is an endemic phenomenon requiring long-term systematic intervention. It is imperative that underlying factors which contribute to this problem be identified so that subsequent research and educational programs can impact to reduce the problem.

One of the significant factors in teen pregnancy is low self esteem and self-concept. The purpose of this study was to examine …

Acute Effects Of Smoking On Prose Memory And Physiological Arousal, Scott J. Krebs

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The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects smoking a cigarette of varying nicotine yields had on physiological arousal and memory for prose passages.

Forty-five male habitual smokers were assigned to either a placebo (0.1mg nicotine cigarette), a 0.7mg, or a 1.5mg nicotine cigarette group. All subjects were in good health, reported that they regularly inhale smoke, that they smoked daily, and have for at least the past 3 months. Subjects smoked their assigned cigarette in a controlled fashion prior to reading 4 prose passages from a computer screen. Immediately after reading each passage, subjects were asked …

Nutrition Education And Consumer Food Safety Concerns, Deborah Matero Zak

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Understanding Craving For Cigarettes: A Multidimensional Assessment Approach, H. Katherine O'Neill

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Cigarette smoking is a serious health hazard affecting a sizeable proportion of the adult population. The addictive nature of cigarettes has been blamed for the difficulty smokers experience in achieving and maintaining abstinence. Cigarette cravings are frequently cited as a factor contributing to relapse. Addiction theories proposed independently by Wikler, Siegel, and Solomon view cravings as classically conditioned responses to internal or external cues. These responses are presumably multidimensional, having cognitive, emotional, and physiological manifestations.

The current study examined cigarette cravings under controlled laboratory conditions. Forty-six male and female undergraduates served as participants. Stimuli commonly associated with smoking relapse were …

The Norwegian Short-Term Parochial School (Religionsskole) In North Dakota Lutheran Congregations, 1880s-1930s, Erik Luther Williamson

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Within the Norwegian-American community of the United States and North Dakota there is a memory of "Norwegian Schools" held mainly in summers. These schools taught the essence of Lutheranism with hymn singing, and Norwegian grammar and literature. These schools seemed pervasive in North Dakota, but there is little material on them.. General church histories neglected them; Sunday School seemed dominant. People who had attended or taught the Norwegian Schools in the early twentieth century were becoming fewer. It was appropriate to research the schools before recollection faded and significance waned.

Research began with anniversary pamphlets of Lutheran churches which affirmed …

Community Development Block Grant: A Comparative Analysis Of Economic Development Program For North Dakota, South Dakota, And Montana, Jill Bourgois

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The Trend Toward Preventative Medicine Through Health And Fitness Programs In The Public And Private Sectors, Christina M. Lehnertz

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Taking Care of the Employees While Cutting Health Care Costs: Can the Private and Public Secotrs Learn from one Another?

In the face of skyrocketing health care costs for employees in both the public and private sector, each must find ways to contain these costs while providing their employees adequate care. The trend has been toward the practice of preventative medicine. Each sector has experimented with and developed different programs for employee health that must operate within the particular constraints of the sector. Public sector examples to be used in the study are public health programs and the old and …

Families Perceptions Of Early Intervention, Cheri J. Benter-Collette

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This study was designed to survey and interview the following four groups of people: (1) Families who currently have children birth to five years of age and are receiving Early Childhood Special Education services; (2) Families who currently have children aged seven to eleven who did not receive Early Childhood Special Education services: (3) Professionals currently working with students aged seven to eleven who did not receive Early Childhood Special Education services; and (4) Professionals currently working with young children who are receiving Early Childhood Special Education services.

A survey form and interview format were developed to address the following …

Some Measurements Of Achievement Among Participants In The Indians Into Medicine Student Support Program, James N. Beiswenger

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The subject of this paper is an assessment of the effectiveness of several student support activities provided by the Indians into Medicine (INMED) program at the University of North Dakota. INMED offers summer enrichment sessions and academic year support for Indian students preparing for health careers.

Program evaluation mechanisms include pre- and posttesting of participants in summer 1990 enrichment sessions, a questionnaire completed by 41 undergraduate and medical students in fall 1990, and statistical analyses of student achievement, with some tests using variables which researchers have found to be associated with achievement in college and professional school.

A Simulation Analysis Of The Usaf Commissary Customer Service Environment In Support Of Afcoms Store-Level Staff Sizing, Bruce H. Fritz Ii

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This Thesis sought to determine the probable impact of the proposed Air Force Commissary Service (AFCOMS) manpower standard for customer service (manpower standard) upon commissary operating environments and to investigate the sensitivity of performance parameters within the customer service system. Specific problems addressed were: (1) Comparison of the cashier manpower requirements calculated by the proposed AFCOMS manpower standard to those determined by a simulation model under similar conditions; (2) Calculation of the expected mean and maximum waiting times in the commissary given the proposed standard; and (3) Determination of the sensitivity of customer waiting time performance measures to variations in …

Characteristics Of Adult Learners At The Post-Baccalaureate Level At The University Of North Dakota., Doreen Marie Keable Tholl

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The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of older-than-average post-baccalaureate students at the University of North Dakota. Questionnaires were sent a random sample of both part-time and full-time graduate and professional students (law and medicine). The questionnaires gathered information on the demographics, educational histories, preferred teaching/learning styles, perceived student strengths and weaknesses, perceived strengths and weaknesses of support services, and primary reasons that adults returned to school. The majority of the students were between the ages of 25 and 29 and were from a town population of 10,000-99,000. Respondents were about evenly divided between males and females. …

Analysis Of The Effects Of The Commander's Battle Positioning On Unit Combat Performance, Thomas I. Pratt

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Commander's battle positioning on unit combat performance. Research was focused on analyzing the location of the Battalion/Task Force Commander during daytime deliberate attacks conducted at the U.S. Army's National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. Forty battles, from January 1986 to September 1989, provided the basis for this study. Information that described the Commander's location, a general description of the battle, and unit measures of effectiveness, was collected for each battle and put in a format that allowed for ease of analysis. This study database was explored using numerous …

Trait Inferences Toward The Dsm-Iii-R Construct Of Self-Defeating Personality Disorder., Eugene Ray Bonynge

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The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the recently introduced (DSM-III-R) Self-defeating Personality Disorder (SDPD) at the construct level. The trait structure of the construct and possible gender biases were analyzed. For purposes of construct investigation, a model addressing certain processes of human judgment was used. This model consisted of a trait inferencing method and three parameters: (1) consensual accuracy, (2) threshold, and (3) salience. A rating instrument consisting of selected items from scales of the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) was used. Targets representative of normal, self-defeating, dependent, and dysthymia constructs were presented to 121 male …