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Serving God And Government : The Grey Nuns On Devil's Lake Reservation, 1874-1901, Eleanor E. Merrow

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The North Dakota Property And Casualty Insurance Underwriting Cycle, Karen G. Knutson

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Frequencies Of Strength Training On Strength Performance, Lynn Alan Duncan

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Health Habits And Self-Esteem In Postmastectomy Patients, Barbara Jenenne Peter Nelson

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Cognitive Slowing : The Effect Of Alcohol On The Serial Position Curve, Gary Aaron Sacks

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An Investigation Into The Temporary Auditory Effects Of In-Cabin Helicopter Noise On Flight Students And Flight Instructors At The University Of North Dakota, Janet Lois Turner

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The Effects Of Gender, Sex-Role Traditionality, And Sex-Role Orientation On Drinking Behavior, Shelly I. Wright

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The Relationship Between Client-Therapist Mental Health Value Similarity And Psychotherapy Outcome., Randall Scott Cheloha

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The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between client-therapist pretherapy similarity on mental health values and psychotherapy outcome. Previous outcome research has examined client-therapist similarity on values-in-general but neglected the study of mental health values. Mental health values are defined as a subset of values-in-general, those concerned with judgments of good or poor mental health. A sample of outpatients (N = 60) and their therapists (N = 28) completed the Mental Health Values Questionnaire (MHVQ; Tyler, Clark, Olson, Klapp, and Cheloha, 1983) as a measure of mental health values. The MHVQ consists of eight scales: (a) Self-Acceptance, …

Science Laboratory Equipment In North Dakota High Schools During 1954-1984, Including Effects Of Federal Funds Authorized In Title Iii Of Public Law 85-864 (National Defense Education Act (Ndea), Elementary And Secondary Education Act (Esea), Pl85-864)., Patricia Andrea Giese

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The purpose of this study was to analyze information about science laboratory equipment in North Dakota high schools during 1954-1984 and to determine if past experiences and present conditions warrant new federal aid to schools for purchasing science laboratory equipment. A history was written about all federal legislation funding school science laboratory equipment and about the administration of funds from that legislation allocated to the North Dakota state education agency, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Most of the federal funds used for school science laboratory equipment in North Dakota were authorized by Congress under Title III of Public Law …

Educational Needs Of Patients Undergoing Treatment For Cancer : A Comparison Of Patient And Nurse Perceptions, Roxanne Kathleen Hurley

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Awareness Of Speech, Language, And Hearing Services Within The University Of North Dakota Student Population, Shannon K. Lyttle

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The Auditory Effects Of Exposure To Single-Engine Aircraft Noise, Marta Lydia Wasylkewycz

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The Locus Of Control Orientation Of Stutterers And Nonstutterers, Alanna Nielsen

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Chemical Studies On Oxomolybdenum(Vi,Iv) Complexes As Bioinorganic Models For The Molybdenum Oxidases, James Thomas Lyon Iii

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The synthesis, characterization, and chemical properties of Mo(VI)o₂(5-X-SSP) and Mo(VI)o₂(5-X-SSE), (5-X- SSP²- = 2-((5-X-salicylidene)amino)benzenethiolate; 5-X- SSE^2- = 2-((5-X-salicylidene)amino)ethanethiolate; X = Br, Cl, H, CH₃O), which contain tridentate (ONS) Schiff base ligands is described. The chemical properties of these molybdenum complexes are compared with those which possess tridentate (ONO) Schiff base ligands. Cyclic voltammetry was used to obtain cathodic reduction potentials (E_PC) for the quasi-reversible reduction of the cis-dioxomolybdenum (VI) complexes. Although the reductions are quasi-reversible, trends are observed in E_PC both within series and when different series are …

Needs Of Relatives Of Critically Ill Cardiac Patients, Mary S. Labernik

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Section 8 Housing : In The Case Of Efficiency And Effectiveness, Keitha Denise Lawrence

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A Study Of The Use Of Microcomputer As An Administrative Tool In Selected Minnesota Elementary Schools, Lyle R. Clausen

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Fiscal Anatomy Of A Lawsuit, Linda R. Houfek

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The Role Of Salicylates On Thermoregulation And Respiration On The Male Human During Exercise, Riad Mahayni

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The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) upon thermoregulation and respiration. Eight adult males whose ages ranged from 19 to 33 years were asked to engage in this study. The respiratory parameters included oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, respiratory quotient, minute ventilation, and breathing frequency. The thermoregulatory parameters included rectal temperatures and total skin temperatures. Before experimentation commenced, each subject underwent a maximum oxygen consumption test (VO₂ max) to determine 60% of their VO₂ max. Each of the eight subjects walked at 60% of their VO₂ max up an appropriate …

The Incidence Of Postoperative Retching And Vomiting In The Adult Patient Undergoing Abdominal Surgery Following Intraoperative Administration Of Droperidol, Gary L. Miller

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The complication of postoperative nausea and vomiting is still one of the most common today. The potential for secondary complications associated with retching and vomiting such as aspiration pneumonitis strain of suture line with possible hemorrhage, and potential fluid and electrolyte imbalance makes prevention of retching and vomiting a primary concern in the management of the postoperative patient.

The use of antiemetic drugs to prevent or control postoperative nausea and vomiting is a long-standing practice. Droperidol, an antiemetic, routinely used since being introduced in 1963, has been found to be successful in treating postoperative nausea and vomiting. This study examines …

Alterations In Blood-Brain Barrier Function Following Acute Hypertension: Comparison Of The Blood-To-Brain Transfer Of Horseradish Peroxidase With That Of Alpha-Aminoisobutyric Acid, Mary Draper Bennett Ellison

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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) selectively restricts the blood-to-brain passage of many solutes owing to unique properties of cerebrovascular endothelial cell membranes. This selective blood/brain interface participates in the maintenance of brain homeostasis by controlling nutrient, gas, and fluid exchange necessary for brain function. Normal BBB function can be altered under various pathological and experimental conditions, allowing the transfer into brain parenchyma of blood-borne solutes normally excluded. To date, experimental study of the BBB has been accomplished primarily through the use of two different methodological approaches. Some investigators have focused on the barrier's morphological correlates and its morphopathological alteration under various …

The Effects Of Needle Play On Pre-School Children's Anxiety Concerning Injections, Michelle Anne Belyea

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of needle play in reducing pre-school children's anxiety concerning injections. The Pre-school Observational Scale of Anxiety was used to measure the degree of anxiety experienced by the children. The hypothesis stated that there would be a significant decrease in anxiety of pre-school children who participated in needle play as compared with the anxiety scores of pre-school children who did not participate in needle play.The sample consisted of 20 pre-school children who were receiving routine health care and injections for immunizations or PPDs (purified protein derivative) at a county health department …

Adult Age Differences In Recall And Reading Times For Prose, Dee Rene Ramsel

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One strategy used by good college-age readers is to spend additional time viewing or reading information which is relevant to their goals or purpose in reading. Additional viewing time of goal-relevant information then presumably leads to superior retention of this information, at the expense of information which is irrelevant to the reader's goals. One way to detect different strategies used by younger and older readers is to measure how much viewing time readers allot to goal-relevant information and how much of this information is recalled. Relevant information can be designated as that material which contains answers to previously-memorized questions or …

A Study Of Selected Style And Content Variables In The Drawing Of Depressed And Nondepressed Adults, Catherine F.S. Dawson

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This study investigated differences between the drawings of depressed and nondelpressed adults. A procedure for obtaining objective scbres for structural and content variables was developed. Subjects were patients of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona v.rho were high and low scorers on the Beck Depression Inventory. Based on the research of Wadeson (1980) and Wright and McIntyre (1982) the following differences between the drawings of depressed and nondepressed subjects were hypothesized: the drawings of depressed subjects would have less color, more empty space, smaller forms, more missing details, and fewer extra details than those of nondepressed subjects. Based …

Recreational Development At Pelican Lake, Minnesota: An Analysis Of Factors Affecting Site Selection, Robert L. Stoll

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In order to better predict those areas whicd' have the po tential to be developed more rapidly than others, research concerning physical land use character isti ;s which determine current lakeshore patterns needs to be implemented. This study is designed to assess which physics . land use/cover characteristics have affected lake home development at Peli can Lake in north central Minnesota.

Analysis involves the interpretation of aerial photo graphs from the years 1939, I960, 1969, and 1978 which were used to map location and extent of land use/cover change in the Pelican Lake area. Archival data is utilized in order …

A Study Of The Control Of Government Fraud, Waste, And Abuse, Timothy J. Lenzmeier

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Financial Ratios: A Means Of Analyzing Financial Statements For Banks, Kirby Martz

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Planning For The On-Orbit Servicing Of Military Spacecraft, Michael E. Russell, Robert M. Tayloe

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On-orbit spacecraft servicing for military programs is examined. The military community appears to be somewhat reticent to embrace or, in some cases, to even consider on-orbit servicing. The civilian community appears enthusiastic about the potential of on-orbit servicing and the majority of economic studies of civilian missions show servicing strategies to be an attractive alternative to most expendable spacecraft strategies. A model called SATSERV is presented. This model can be used to conduct economic comparisons from an overall standpoint between expendable and servicing strategies. The model is implemented in a microcomputer spreadsheet format for rapid implementation and application along with …

Assessing The Procedures For Teaching Basic Skills In The Cleveland Public Elementary Schools, Marlene Burr Ward

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The purpose of this study was to assess how the Cleveland public elementary schools were perceived by teachers, principals, parents, and students to be addressing the basic skills. The hypotheses state that the perceptions of these groups did not differ significantly in the following variables: planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring of basic skills in regard to school policies and procedures, the school plan, learning support, teaching strategies, verification of student learning, performance expectations, and parent involvement.

Parent and community volunteers administered and collected both adult and student surveys. The instruments yielded data on 184 statements in the adult survey and …

An Experimental Study Of Contact With The Elderly Upon Second-Grade Students' Attitudes And Factual Knowledge, Theresa Ann Haman

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Purpose Purposes of this study were: (a) to assess the effects of inter- generational contact on the attitudes and knowledge of second-grade students and (b) to determine if similarities existed between second- grade students' and their parents' attitudes and knowledge concerning the elderly. Procedure The research population for this study was comprised of 91 Grand Forks Public School second-grade students and 61 of their parents. The experimental group of students (46) participated in an intergenerational program with elderly persons in a nursing home. The control group of students (45) was not involved in this intergenerational program. All of the students …