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Population Movement And Growth In Utah County, Utah 1940 To 1980, Brian W. Maxfield

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Utah County, Utah, and more particularly the Utah Valley area, has undergone an enormous change during the last forty years. Rapid growth and urbanization brings with it the problems of urban sprawl. Controlling this sprawl is determined often times by an effective growth policy. Mapping and analyzing growth patterns and trends is a useful method in determining the effectiveness of the "growth towards the cities" policy of Utah County. Research was conducted by using maps, air photos, and field work in locating the growth history of the county.
Growth has been influenced by several factors among which are the physical, …

Classroom Climates As Measured By The Tuckman Teacher Feedback Form: A Comparison Between Academic And Vocational Teachers In A Manitoba High School., William Welsh

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This research was conducted for the purpose of comparing the classroom climates of Academic and Vocational teachers as measured by the Tuckman Teacher Feedback Form. It was hypothesized that the different employment and academic backgrounds of the Academic teachers and the Vocational teachers might have an effect on the climate within their classrooms. In addition to examining the climates in Academic and vocational classrooms, the researcher attempted to determine if any differences in the climates were related to whether the teachers had more or less than five years of teaching experience. In the review of the literature the teaching-learning process, …

Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Sparsomycin Analogues, Scherer Preston Sanders

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In 1962, Owen, Dietz, and Camiener reported the isolation of a new antitumor antibiotic from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces sparsogenes. The structure of the crystalline antibiotic, named sparsomycin, remained elusive until 1970, when Wiley and MacKellar reported results of spectroscopic and degradation studies which elucidated the structure. In addition to the molecular structure, investigators have examined the mechanism of action, toxicity, and related analogues, striving to establish sparsomycin or a synthetic analogue's usefulness as an effective chemotherapeutic agent.

The initial pharmacological evaluation of sparsomycin revealed it possessed activity against KB human epidermoid carcinoma cells, a variety of gram-negative and …

The Utilization Of A Categorical System For Early Pragmatic Behaviors, Sharon Gail Halldorson

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North Dakota High School State Track And Field Meet Records And State Meet Qualification Standards : History And Progress, Michael G. Grandall

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The Relationship Between Locus Of Control, Military And University Environments, And Psychological Well-Being., Edwin Woodrow Gunberg Jr.

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between locus of control and psychological well-being for different environmental situations. Two different environments were selected, the military environment as an example of a situation where events are frequently beyond individual control, and the university environment as an example of a situation where individuals have more control over the events in their lives. Internal and external subjects from both environments were compared on psychological well-being, a linear composite of self-concept and anxiety. The experimental hypotheses reflected the expectation that individuals with an internal locus of control would have higher …

The Perceptions Of Selected Members Of The Legal Community As To North Dakota Public School Superintendents' Understanding Of Important Issues In Public School Law., William Arthur Tipton

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The purpose of this study was to (1)clarify which school law issues, as perceived by selected members of the legal community of North Dakota, are most important to North Dakota public school superintendents and (2)to determine the perceptions of selected members of the North Dakota legal community with respect to the level of superintendents' understandings of school law issues.In gathering the data, two methodologies were used: (1)a questionnaire constructed by the author and distributed through the mail and (2)a structured telephone interview conducted with sixteen school law experts. The first section of the questionnaire elicited information concerned with selected characteristics; …

Mathematical Modeling Of Bicycle Dynamics With Computer Simulation, Timothy J. Pennings

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Length Of Time For College Graduates To Obtain Employment And Selected Job Related Variables., Jole Ann Williams

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant relationship between the length of time it takes Trinity University graduates to become employed and the identified job related variables and combinations of variables. The job related sets of variables are: (1)background variables, (2)variables related to academic major and grade point average, (3)variables related to employment seeking behaviors influencing job attainment, (4)variables related to ethnic background and socio-economic status, and (5)variables related to geographic and organization size preference.The group surveyed in this study was the Trinity University graduates who had received bachelor's degrees in December 1978, May …

Mechanisms Of Glucose Utilization In Isolated Perfused Rat Livers., Katherine Ann Sukalski

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Net glucose uptake was studied in isolated perfused livers from fed and fasted rates in the presence of discriminant inhibitors of enzymes responsible for glucose phosphorylation. N-Acetyl-glucosamine, a potent inhibitor of glucokinase and hexokinase, significantly inhibited net glucose uptake in livers from fed but not fasted rats. This result could not be explained if glucokinase and hexokinase were the only enzymes responsible for glucose phosphorylation in the fasted state. Under some conditions glucose uptake was inibited by 3-O-methylglucose and by ornithine. Both of these compounds are inhibitors of glucose phosphorylation via the phosphotransferase activity of glucose-6-phosphatase but have no effect …

An Evaluation Of A Coronary Education Program, Anne Broaddus Sydnor

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This study was conducted to evaluate a Coronary Educational Program at a 350 bed community suburban hospital. The five year old program has never been evaluated. The evaluation was limited to one product of the program, the change in patient knowledge relative to their disease. Subjects also completed a subjective evaluation of the program, including the content areas, teaching methods, and competence of the instructors.

Twelve subjects participated during the 2% month study. They consisted of 10 males and 2 females; 11 Whites and 1 Black. The age range was 53 to 76 years, with a mean of 63.9 years. …

An Analysis Of The Effects Of Negative Accentuated Weight Training With One Set And Conventional Weight Training With Three Sets For College Football Players, Mark V. Fohl

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The Blues As Equipment For Living : An Application Of Kenneth Burke's Classification Of Strategies, Dianne Lynn Flint

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Long Ago And Far Away: Distancing In Young Children's Stories., Beth Colleen Anderson

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This study investigated the concept of distancing within the oral stories of 36 children, ages three to five. Distancing was conceptualized, in part, as young children's increasing capacity with age to incorporate fantasy material exceeding the boundaries of their direct experience and to achieve self-other differentiation within the discourse form of stories.The study focused on three research questions: (1) What strategies do young children use to achieve distancing within their oral stories? (2) Do these strategies vary with age? (3) Is the ability to achieve distancing related to other measures of language fluency? The author created a distancing rating scale …

Sex Equity Efforts Related To Title Ix In Selected High Schools In North Dakota., Sharon Rae Ervin Johnson

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Four selected high schools in North Dakota were studied to determine what changes had occurred or were likely to occur related to Title IX and to examine the problems encountered in meeting the guidelines of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Two major sources of data were used--written information and on site personal interviews with school personnel. Four questions were answered. (1) What changes have occurred as a result of efforts to provide equal educational opportunities for males and females? (2) What problems have been encountered in making these changes? (3) What future changes are anticipated? (4) What types …

Relationships Between Sex-Role And Selected Self-Concept Dimensions For Male And Female College Students., Randolph Charles Moredock

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Problem. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between sex-role and self-concept for males and females, and to translate the findings into statements about male and female self-concept patterns. The null hypotheses tested were: (1)No relationship exists between sex-role and self-concept for males. (2)No relationship exists between sex-role and self-concept for females. (3)When males and females are compared across sex, sex-role, and sex by sex-role, no differences in self-concept exist.Procedure. The subjects, 90 males and 126 females, were undergraduate volunteers at the University of North Dakota. Each subject completed the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) and Bem …

Content Categories In Relation To The Size Of Language Samples, Cynthia Ann Walker

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An Investigation Of The Relationships Between Pure Tone And Impedance Audiometric Screening Results, Diane Quam Sander

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Effectiveness Of The North Dakota Highway Patrol Personnel Selection Standards, Susanna Wittmier

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Biogeochemical Relationships Of Sulfur-Oxidizing Soil Bacteria Adjacent To Lignite-Fired Power Plants In Western North Dakota, Wayne L. Moe

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A Survey Of The Parasites Of Selected Mustelids In Eastern Roseau County, Minnesota, Bryan R. Stotts

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Health Problems Of Selected Lds Missionaries Throughout The World, Susan Jensen

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The purpose of this study on Mormon missionaries was to determine the effect of health on missionary activity time, age, sex, months in field, laboring city population, monthly mission cost, living conditions, diet, pre-existing conditions, adequacy of medical care, nativity, effectiveness, emotional health, interpersonal relationships, and motivation and enthusiasm. In addition the research attempted to ascertain the effect of the selected independent factors on ill missionary lost time.

As an outcome of the statistical analysis performed on this study's sample the following results were obtained. Respiratory disorders, gastrointestinal difficulties and orthopedic injuries were the most common health problems. Well missionaries …

Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree

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This study attempted to measure mental health status of Vietnamese refugees in Utah County, Utah. The test instrument used was the Cornell Medical Index (CMI). Two subproblems were considered: First, to see if refugee complaints on the CMI were predominantly physiological or psychological. Second, to see if there was a relationship between CMI scores and a related list of demographic variables.

Results showed the mean CMI score for the sample under study was well above the suggested score indicative of possible psychological dysfunction. For 80% of participants, psychological complaints were predominant over physical complaints. The only variables showing a relationship …

Clinton Larson's "The Witness": The Quest For A Mormon Mythic Consciousness, Dennis R. Perry

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"The Witness" can be viewed as Clinton F. Larson's poetic manifesto that points the direction for much of his subsequent work. Although his poetic "mormonism" has been questioned by several of his critics, this thesis shows that Larson definitely expresses his Mormon faith in "The Witness" as a metaphorical quest for mythic consciousness. While searching in the poem for sacred space and time, Larson seeks to become closer to the divine and powerful center of being, creating at once a metaphor for his quest to understand and assimilate Christ's atonement and a poetic voice from which he can speak for …

Elk Behavior In Relation To Winter Supplemental Feeding, Steven A. Williams

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Comparison Of The Behavioral Pharmacology Of Phencyclidine To Related Compounds, Kathleen T. Brady

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Phencyclidine (PCP) belongs to a class of drugs with a unique and characteristic spectra of pharmacological activity. PCP has recently become a major drug of abuse. Structural analogues of PCP have also been reported in street use. The following experiments explore the behavioral pharmacology of PCP and several compounds with PCP-like activity.

In Experiment I the effects of PCP were compared to three structural analogues in rhesus monkeys trained to lever press on a fixed-interval 5 min schedule of food presentation. Dose-response curves and potency estimates were determined for PCP, N-ethyl-1-phenylcyclohexylamine (PCE), 1-(1-(2-thienyl) cyclohexyl) piperidine (TCP) and ketamine.The effects of …

Isolation And Differentiation Of Group B Streptococci From Non-Group B Streptococci On A New Selective And Differential Primary Culture Medium, Bette Rose Wojack

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Public Law 94-142 And Teacher Stress In Bismarck Public Schools, Ann Hauer

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An Analysis Of Selected Undergraduate Student Developmental Programs Designed Especially For Disadvantaged Students, June K. Parisien Randall

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Public Employment Vs. Private Employment : Is The Grass Really Greener On The Other Side?, Richard A. Espeland

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