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Achievement And Selected Demographic Variables In Relation To Participation In The Early Childhood Education Program On The Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, John E. Derby

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The 1969 Kennedy Report revealed that one of the primary reasons for low achievement among Indian children was the negative self-image that they had of themselves. As a primary result of this study, Congress passed the Indian Education Act of 1972, which attempts to address the educational needs and concerns of Indian people, both young and old alike. The Devils Lake Sioux Early Childhood Education program has been in existence since the mid 1960s and provides three- and four-year-old children with a preschool program in the areas of cognitive thinking, social development, and improving psychomotor skills. The purpose of this …

Cost Containment In The Health Care Delivery Systems, Daniel M. Inwerogu

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An Agriculture-Based Finance Model For Indian Community Colleges, James E. Shanley

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This paper presents a finance model for Indian community colleges which proposes that these colleges begin and operate agricultural operations which will generate revenue for the colleges. The paper proposes that the college working with the respective tribe use tribal agricultural resources to produce income which can then be used to meet tribal objectives in higher education. The model was reviewed by a panel with expertise in reservation and tribal community college development.

History of the Problem: This paper traces the status of tribal land and natural resources from early Federal/Indian relationships through the Dawes Allotment Act up to the …

The Development And Operation Of The Circuit-Riding City Manager Concept, Robert M. King

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Implications Of Sunbelt Cities Growth, Vincent Werner

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Psychopharmacological Analysis Of Central Muscarinic And Nicotinic Receptors, Leonard T. Meltzer

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Arecoline and nicotine are two psychoactive cholinergic alkaloids. Arecoline is primarily a muscarinic agonist while nicotine, at low doses, is a nicotinic agonist. The experiments in this dissertation investigated two major areas: (1) the role of different factors in the development of tolerance to the behavioral effects of arecoline and nicotine, and (2) the possible mechanism and site of action of the discriminative stimulus (DS) effects of arecoline and nicotine.

The role of dispositional and physiological factors comfiared to behavioral factors in the development of tolerance to the effects of arecoline and nicotine on operant behavior was assessed in Experiments …

Investigation Of A Factor Released By Neoplastic Cells Which Produces A Chemokinetic Response In Activated Macrophages, Richard Durelle Lane

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The increase in rate of random migration (chemokinesis) of C. parvum activated macrophages in media conditioned by Lewis Lung (LL) carcinoma cells was attributed to a trypsin sensitive, heat stable, high molecular weight factor released from the membrane of the tumor cells.

A capillary tube assay was developed to expediently monitor the chemokinetic activity of macrophages incubated in whole and fractionated media. The capillary tube assay was found to be capable of detecting both chemokinetic and chemotactic (directional movement) factors present in the test media. Statistical analysis revealed the capillary tube assay provided reproducible data both within and between experiments. …

The Effect Of Three Different Types Of Feedback On The Amount Of Force Generated During Isometric Contraction Of The Triceps Brachii Muscle, Cindy I. Buchanan

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This study was undertaken in order to investigate the effect of different feedback variables on isometric strength performance. The variables studied were auditory EMG biofeedback, knowledge of results, and verbal cues.

Nineteen normal adult women volunteered as subjects for the study. Each subject performed nine isometric contractions of the triceps brachii muscle against the resistance of a cable tensiometer. One of three different types of feedback was given during each contraction in order to motivate subjects to generate as much force as possible. Feedback variables were applied in random order; each variable was used three times. Peak force readings were …

The Relationship Between Self-Esteem And Duration Of Low Back Pain, Betty Sue Holliday Ashby

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between self-esteem and duration of low back pain. Low back pain is one of the most common types of chronic pain. Sternbach et al. (1973) have estimated that the chief complaint of at least seventy percent of the patients presenting at the Pain Clinic associated with the School of Medicine of the University of California, San Diego is back pain. They feel that the major reason for this phenomena is the failure of physicians to recognize it as a psychosomatic illness. Erena (1978) concurs with this conclusion. He notes that …

Regulation Of Cartilage Acid Hydrolases And Their Relationship To Skeletal Growth, John Richard Hubbard

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The in vivo regulation of several acid hydrolases by growth hormone was investigated in an attempt to lend insight into the mechanism of growth hormone action. In addition, the relationship of these enzymes to age-dependent changes in skeletal growth rate was examined. Initial studies showed that hypophysectomy reduced the activity of an unknown cartilage protease, which was assayed by digestion of gelatin-membrane substrates at pH 4.0. Treatment of hypophysectomized rats with growth hormone enhanced this activity to about normal levels. The unidentified protease activity was also shown to be higher in younger, more rapidly growing rats, than in older, less …

Comparison Of Burned Patients' Perception Of Pain With Nurses' Perception Of Patients' Pain, Merri Diane Walkenstein

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Pain is a universal experience. Caring for people in pain is a central aspect of nursing practice. Many studies have been done to determine the physical and psychosocial mechanisms of the pain sensation, in addition to methods of relief. Very little has been done, however, dealing specifically with the pain experienced by the burned patient.

People hospitalized with thermal injuries complain most often of the intensity and long duration of their pain experience. Due to the large number of persons sustaining thermal injuries every year, it is apparent that nurses must familiarize themselves with methods of evaluation and intervention to …

The Effects Of Physical Attractiveness And Empathy On Adjustment And Perceived Adjustment With College Students., Dorothy E. Berg

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A theoretical framework of the physical attractiveness literature to date was presented in the present study. Within this framework, the effects of physical attractiveness on subjects' perception of adjustment were tested in an experimental design using 94 college students. The effects of subject empathy on subjects' perceptions were also tested as it had been suggested by a previous study (Crouse & Mehrabian 1977) that empathy mitigated the effects of physical attractiveness.

Four confederate actors whose physical attractiveness was varied cosmetically were used as ostensible "Peace Corps" applicants in individual 3-minute simulated interviews. A control group was established who …

Communication And Sex-Roles : The Relationship Between The Bem Sex-Role Inventory And Friendship Relations Survey, Marjorie L. Hartman

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A Study Of Conflict Of Interest/Financial Disclosure Legislation For The State Of North Dakota, Heather Claire Holmes O'Keefe

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Development Of A Rating Scale For Evaluation Of Performance Of Park And/Or Recreation Professional Personnel, Cedric Walter Borchert

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Regulation Of Business, Richard H. Duncan

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A Comparison Of Self-Esteem Attitudes Between Ice Hockey Players And Non-Athletes At The University Of North Dakota, Derek Watkins

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Kaolinitic Weathering Zone On Precambrian Basement Rocks, Red River Valley, Eastern North Dakota And Northwestern Minnesota, Lynne Irvine Kelley

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A suite of 26 drill cores recovered from the Red River Valley Drilling Project has provided new information on the Precambrian basement of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Basement rocks in this area consist of intermediate to felsic coarse-grained massive or gneissic rocks, and intermediate to mafic metavolcanic and metasedimentary schists. The Precambrian rocks of the region are interpreted to be a buried extension of the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield, and are divided into terranes of granitic rock and mafic schist, on the basis of drill-hole samples, patterns seen in Superior Province rocks which crop out to …

Stress Awareness In The Business Environment, Alan H. Haznar

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Reactions To The Recommendations Of The Project Which Studied The Financing Of Elementary And Secondary Education In North Dakota (Fesend) And Selected Demographic Characteristics Of Respondents., Bruce Leroy Montplaisir

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The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences in reactions to recommendations of the project which studied the Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education in North Dakota (FESEND) existed, based on demographic characteristics of the respondents. More specific objectives included determining whether agreement existed among the respondents based on geographical area, size of the high school district in which respondents lived, occupation, age, and whether respondents had children attending public school. The study also reviewed literature relating to the history of interest in educational finance, of the concept of equalization in education, and of educational finance issues …

Comparative Histopathology Of Acanthocephalan Infections In Some Freshwater Fishes, Douglas P. Schelhaas

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Response To Frustration As A Function Of Sex-Role Orientation In College Women, Elizabeth Bergmann

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The Response Of The Atrial Myocardium To Ventricular Amputation Injury In The Adult Newt, Notophthalmus Viridescens, Timothy J. Mcdonnell

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Perceptions Of Development And Adaptive Strategies : An Ecological Model For Social Impact Assessment, Delore Delmar Zimmerman

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Flooding Of The Red River Of The North : An Analysis Of Climatic And Land-Use Parameters, John L. Hammen

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An Investigation Of The Criterion Validity Of Three Preschool Language Screening Tests, Karen Ann Balutis

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Physicians' Opinions Of The Preparation And Expertise Of Speech Pathologists, Douglas R. Bowes

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A Reliability Study Of One-Minute Start-Stop Conversation Sampling On A Single Subject, Catherine W. Woidtke

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Tonnies Today, Marty Ulland

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Biographical, Self Concept And Educational Factors Among Youth Referred To A Chemical Dependency Treatment Program., Linda Ann Svobodny

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Problem. Recently the trend of chemical use by increasingly more and younger adolescents has become recognized as a potentially serious societal problem. National studies have found significant proportions of adolescents who use a variety of chemicals frequently and heavily (Alibrandi 1978; Johnston, Bachman & O'Malley 1979). Although drug use and abuse have clearly been documented in the literature as a serious problem for the adolescent population, there is little conclusive evidence of why some adolescents abuse drugs and others do not.Procedure. The present study investigated a group of adolescents who were placed at a residential chemical dependency program for adolescents …