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A Demographic Examination Of Household Heads In Salt Lake City, Utah, 1850-1870, Larry W. Draper

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This study examines the demographic characteristics of household heads in Salt Lake City, Utah at three points in its history: 1850, 1860, and 1870. Data was compiled on population growth, nativity, sex, age, occupation, wealth, and persistence from the United States Census for those years.

The data shows that between 1850 and 1870 the makeup of Salt Lake City household heads changed dramatically from predominately American-born to predominately foreign-born. This change in the nativity of household heads over time significantly influenced several demographic characteristics including the location of immigrant settlement, occupational tendencies, and a high level of stratification of real …

Case Study.Relating Self-Concept And Learning Disabilities To Athletic Success And Academic Achievement, J. Michael Stephens

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Brad Dodson, a 21 year old male, served as the subject of this case study. The purpose of the study was to determine if self-concept in the learning disabled student can be improved after athletic success is realized and if an improved self-concept realized through athletic success can transfer to an improvement In academics.

Much of the data used in the study was collected through interviews with the subject. Additional data was collected through Interviews with family members, former teachers and acquaintances of the subject. The researcher's personal contact with the subject in a teacher-coach/student relationship was also utilized.

In …

County-Level Land Use Planning Policies And Regulations Impacting The Pattern Of Settlement In Utah County, Utah, Erik A. Johnson

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Utah County has the second largest county population in the State of Utah and ranks 16th out of 29 in total land area. Over 90% of the County's quarter of a million residents live in the area known as Utah Valley, a relatively narrow strip of land situated between the Wasatch Mountains and Utah Lake. In addition to a large population, most of which was realized during the 1970s, Utah Valley also contains the bulk of the County's important agricultural land. Not surprisingly, the expanding population in Utah Valley has created competition between agricultural and urban uses for limited land …

Corticosteroid Effects And Senescence In Cultured Endothelium, Stephen A. Gudas

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Cultures of human umbilical vein endothelial cells were treated with heparin-corticosteroid combinations to determine effects on cellular growth. Standard proliferation assays, colony formation assays, and cytoflourometric analysis were the methods employed. Dexamethasone (DEX) and hydrocortisone (HC) were inhibitory to growth of HUVEC when EtOH was used as a solvent and fully supplemented medium (20% serum) was employed. When DMSO was the solvent, growth enhancement sometimes occurred when (DEX) was the test steroid; growth inhibition occurred with this steroid when a reduced (1%) serum component was used. Since significant inhibition of cell colony formation in response to DEX administration was observed, …

Physical Plant Facility Management : Its Structure, Services, And Functions For Higher Education, Brian J. Sand

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Combination Administrative Positions In North Dakota Schools, Robert E. Klein

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Powerlessness And Self-Esteem In Post Cerebral Vascular Accident Elderly Intermedidate Care Residents : A Comparative Study, Patricia A. Hostbjor

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The Relationship Between Locus Of Control, Health Locus Of Control, And Loneliness As Reported By A Selected Group Of Independent Elderly Women, Todette Laprairie Holt

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Regulation Of Glucose-6-Phosphate Hydrolysis In Fasted And Diabetic Rats And Tumor-Bearing Mice At Near-Physiological Substrate Concentrations, Kerry L. Nelson

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Personality Characteristics Of Home Health And Hospital General Staff Nurses : A Comparative Study, Sherry C. Nelson

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Language Recovery In A Child After Coma Resulting From Closed Head Injury, Marianne Cassels

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Cohesion In A Utah Sample Of Latter-Day Saint Couples, Joe Edgar Glenn

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It was hypothesized by Olson and his colleagues (Olson, et al., 1983) that "Mormons" were more likely to be enmeshed than many other cultural/religious groups. The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) scored significantly more often in the enmeshed category of the cohesion dimension of the Circumplex Model, using FACES III data, than the norming sample for the FACES III instrument. The study also examined the level of satisfaction that the Mormon sample expressed for their level of cohesion. Data from 61 L.D.S. married couples living …

Perceived Stressors Of Hospitalized Antepartal Adolescents, Rita Murphy Ciavarelli

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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe adolescents' perception of stress during antepartal hospitalization. The research questions answered in this study were: 1. What are the perceived stressors of hospitalized antepartum adolescents? 2. Are there differences in the perceived stressors among early, middle, and late adolescents?

The study was conducted in a teaching hospital in the southeastern United States. A convenience sample of 14 adolescents participated in this study. The ages of the subjects ranged from 14 to 19 years old, with the majority of the subjects 16-19 years old. The subjects were all unmarried and had …

Phenotypic And Functional Characterization Of Ia+ And La- Sublines Of The Human Monocyte-Like Cell Line, U937, Coles Meredith Squire

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Sublines were derived from the U937 human monocytic cell line by limiting dilution techniques. Several of the sublines derived in this manner were found to constituitively express la, unlike most U937 cell lines previously examined. Thus the la+ and la- sublines were examined and characterized phenotypically and functionally. Morphologically the sublines, both la+ and la-, were found to be similar to the originally described U937 parent cell line. They were positive for production of non- specific esterase and expressed the HLA phenotype A(3,X), B(51,18), DR(2,X). The sublines were examined by immunofluorescence techniques with a large number of antibodies specific for …

New Antimuscarinic Agents For Improved Treatment Of Poisoning By Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Robert Lee Hudkins

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Poisoning by organophosphate cholinesterase inhibitors results in a rapid rise in acetylcholine (ACh) in the synapse and many pronounced pharmacological effects in numerous tissues in the body. The treatment for organophosphorus poisoning involves administration of a cholinesterase—reactivating oxime to restore the activity of the cholinesterase and an antimuscarinic agent to block the response to the excess ACh. Presently atropine is the standard antimuscarinic agent used clinically as an antidote. This research was directed toward finding an antimuscarinic agent better than atropine as an antidote.

Since caramiphen and aprophen have been reported to be effective antidotes we synthesized numerous structural variations …

The Financial Performance Of System Acquired Hospitals, Janet Lynch

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This study investigated the financial performance of not-for-profit hospitals in 10 Southern states acquired by either the for-profit or not-for-profit multihospital systems between the years 1978 through 1982. The impact of system affiliation on acquired hospitals was investigated by looking at average financial performance from the two years before acquisition to 1984/1985. Differences between the performance of hospitals acquired by for-profit and not-for-profit multihospital systems were examined as well. with regard to the latter, major findings revealed both for-profit and not-for-profit multihospital systems increased debt in acquired hospitals and made improvements to plant and equipment. For-profit multihospital systems additionally increased …

Glucocorticoid-Responsive Hepatic Cytochromes P-450 In The Rat: Multiplicity And Differential Regulation, Keith Alan Hostetler

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The multiplicity of glucocorticoid-responsive hepatic cytochromes P-450 in the rat was investigated by developing a series of monoclonal antibody probes directed against purified steroid-inducible isozymes from the rat (P-450p) and man (HLp). Two antibodies, termed 1G8 and 13-7-10, showed unique specificity for purified cytochromes P-450 upon immunoblot analyses. These antibodies were further characterized in terms of their reactivity toward proteins in liver microsomes from untreated and xenobiotic-treated rats. Three P-450p-related proteins were identified using 1G8 and 13-7-10 to monitor the expression of P-450p family subtypes. In untreated rats, members of this family exhibited sex-specific expression. Treatment with various chemicals resulted …

Home Teaching: Effect On Compliance, Hospital Readmissions And Days Of Rehospitalization For Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure, Betty Sue Holliday Ashby

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of patient teaching in the home setting on compliance to one's home care regimen, number of hospital readmissions, and days of rehospitalization for patients with chronic congestive heart failure. An experimental design was used with subjects randomly assigned either to the experimental or control group. Both groups received traditional education in the hospital setting. In addition, the experimental group received the home health teaching program and the control group received an assessment visit for the purpose of counteracting the Hawthorne effect. Compliance data were collected from both groups by the investigator via …

The Relationship Between Position And Incidence Of Spinal Headache Following Spinal Anesthesia In The Young Adult Female, Royce A. Fishell

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This investigation determined the difference in the incidence of spinal headache in 33 patients placed in 30 degrees (°) head-up position versus 33 patients who remained flat for four hours following the administration of spinal anesthesia. An experimental design was used. The two randomly assigned groups presented for elective postpartum tubal ligation under spinal anesthesia. Group A was placed flat and group B had the head of their beds elevated 30° postoperatively. Strict procedural protocol was adhered to prior to and during the administration of the spinal anesthetic. To determine if the patients had any symptoms consistent with spinal headache, …

The Effect Of Pre-Emergence Gastric Aspiration On Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting Following Abdominal Surgery, Marc Alan Friedberg

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An investigation was undertaken to determine the effect of pre-emergence gastric aspiration on the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in abdominal surgery patients. Thirty female ASA I and ASA II patients were randomly assigned to either a control group (n = 16) or a treatment group (n = 14). Those patients in the treatment group received pre-emergence gastric aspiration with a suction catheter; those patients in the control group did not. The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting was determined at various time intervals. Data were analyzed using Student's t test and the Chi-square statistic. Results indicated that there …

Certification Requirements Of Educators In Trade, Technical, And Health Occupations, John M. Bliven

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The purpose of this study was to identify the existing vocational trade, technical, and health occupations teacher certification requirements and standards for various states for both secondary and post-secondary levels.

The questions of the survey requested data that reflected current certification requirements with respect to the areas of minimum level of formal education, work experience, provisional certification, pre-service programs, continuing education, certification renewal, work experience validation, vocational certification degree programs, and professional education courses for vocational trade, technical, and health occupations teachers.

Entrance And Exit Criteria For Speech And Language Special Education Programs In The Public Schools: Status And Recommendations, Cynthia Mooibroek Hankey

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The purposes of the present study were these: (1) to identify and compare the entrance and exit criteria developed for speech and language special education programs currently utilized within the fifty states; and (2) on the basis of a review of literature and current practice, to formulate and present several recommendations and considerations regarding the development of entrance and exit criteria for speech and language special education programs. The data consisted of the criteria developed at the state level by the fifty states. The criteria for thirty-three of the states were obtained from officials within state departments of education responsible …

Selected Measures Of The Physical Environment In Secondary Schools, Rebecca W. Rafferty

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The Effects Of Caffeine On The Recall Of Prose Passages, Scott V. Sternhagen

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It has been demonstrated that an individual's level of arousal has a significant effect on their ability to perform a specific tasks. This arousal may be due to stable trait characteristics such as those measured by the impulsivity subscale of the Eysenck Introversion Extroversion Scale or transient state effects like those caused by consumption of stimulants such as caffeine. Manipulation of trait and state arousal have been shown to cause significant effects on an individual's ability to perform various cognitive tasks such as to remember word lists or prose passages.

In this experiment, 79 male subjects listened to three expository …

A History Of The Northern Dakota Railway Company, Douglas Ramsey

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The Northern Dakota Railway Company 's (NDRC) story began in 1891. In that year a young professor from the University of North Dakota, E . J. Babcock, started searching the Pembina Hills of northeastern North Dakota for minerals. Along the Tongue River he discovered cement clays that he believed had enough of the natural ingredients to make Portland cement. Babcock enlisted the aid of the president of the University of North Dakota, Webster Merrifield, to help him develop a cement industry. The two, along with John Macnie and J. Montgomery Sears, put up capital to buy the land and build …

Statement Of Financial Accounting Standards No.33 "The Experiment", Edward J. Gillig

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P.L. 93-638: Self-Determination Or Termination?, Thurman J. Robinson

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For the approximate two hundred years of their relationship, the federal government has dictated the life situation of Indians. The federal government has vacillated in both the method and goal in its role as dominate partner. Indian tribes have sometimes been regarded as governments through treaties; viewed as immigrants in plans of assimilation; and have been viewed as a "primitive peoples" to be preserved from modern day corruption. Most recently, they have been offered self-determination, - i.e., the eventual power to assimilate and to preserve their heritage as they as Indians desire. The government, however, has not relinquished this control …

Independent Living Skills For The Visually Handicapped, Barbara E. Crocker

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Agentive Theory As Therapy: An Outcome Study, Daniel K. Judd

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The present study evaluated the efficacy of a four-week seminar which emphasized the principles of Agentive Theory. This theory, which is compatible with theories of a phenomenological/ existential perspective, was first developed by C. T. Warner, an American philosopher. Agentive Theorists/Therapists emphasize that our negative emotions, ie., depression, anger, etc. , are assertions or judgments we make and not merely feelings we are responsible for controlling or expressing. Forty-eight outpatients who sought help with personal/emotional problems from a department of behavioral medicine were assigned to either a treatment or waiting-list control Group. Following a four-week treatment phase, the treatment group …

A Study Of Achievement Among Economically Disadvantaged Fifth-Grade Students In Grand Forks, North Dakota, Patricia L. Vogt

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