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Combined Law Enforcement Council Grants: An Empirical Study, Bruce Brenner

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The Role Of North Dakota Health Council In State Government, Terry Brosseau

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Correlates Of Perceived And Experienced Life Stress, Jerry Allan Boriskin

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Previous researchers employing objective measures of life stress such as the Social Readjustment Rating Scale have demonstrated an association between life change and illness onset. More recently, because of their apparently superior predictive validity, individualized ratings of stressfullness of life events have been employed. The psychological contributors to perception of life events, as well as psychological correlates to the level of experienced stress, are basically unexplored.

The present study investigated the association of perceived stress and experienced stress with the psychological constructs measured by: the Repression-Sensitization Scale, the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Scale, the Hidden Figures Test, and the Mood Adjective Checklist. …

The Role Of The North Dakota Electrical Board In State Government, Jack E. Eakman

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Self-Concept In Children Of Alcoholics, David J. Baraga

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The progressive deterioration of an alcohol abuser is well documented. As the alcoholic continues to sink into a deeper dependency on alcohol, he experiences devastating physical and emotional repercussions. Not the least of the repercussions is the gradual breakdown of his family system. As the alcoholic moves toward the bottle, his family moves away from him, with the result that alcoholism ranks as one of the leading causes of broken homes. Alcoholism is double-edged; it affects not only the primary victim but it exerts a heavy toll on the spouse and children as well. Only recently has stress in research …

The Relationship Between Changes In Articulatory Performance And Changes In Oral Sterognostic Ability In Children, Arlene A. Smolak

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between changes in oral stereognostic ability and changes in articulation proficiency in elementary-school children. The subjects for this investigation were seventeen normal-speaking children, with a mean age of seven years four months, and seventeen articulatory- defective children, with a mean age of seven years three months.

All of the subjects were administered the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale: Revised (AAPS) (Fudala, 1970) and a test of oral stereognosis twice in the 1977 school-year--both prior and subsequent to a period of articulation treatment with the speech-defective group. The interval between the measures …

Milton R. Young: Dirt Farmer To United States Senator 1932-1945, Stephen Grant Sylvester

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Milton R. Young rose from the obscurity of a small farm in North Dakota to the prominence of a United States Senator. He began his political career as a member of the Henrietta Township Board, served one term in the North Dakota House of Representatives, three terms in the North Dakota Senate, and as of January 1, 1977, was the Republican Dean of the United States Senate.

Young, a lifelong Republican, opposed William Langer, the state's most skillful politician, throughout his career in the state legislature and helped organize the Republican Organizing Committee, a faction of the Republican Party formed …

The Synthesis Of Novel Macrocyclic Multidentate Compounds From Dioxodioic Acids (1), R. Elliott Asay

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A series of novel macrocyclic multidentate crown compounds have been prepared from a series of dioxodioic acids. The dioxodioic acids were prepared by treating various oligoethylene glycols or amines with maleic, succinic, citraconic, and glutaric anhydrides. The crown compounds were then synthesized from the dioxodioic acid chlorides obtained from the diacids and various oligoethylene glycols or ethylene diamine.

Phlox Longifolia Nuttall (Polemoniaceae) Complex Of North America, Frederick J. Peabody

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Over 1,000 herbarium specimens including 24 type specimens were examined in an attempt to achieve a clearer understanding of the Phlox longifolia complex. Four variables were measured for each specimen and the data were statistically analyzed by disciminant analysis. Using a previously published system of classification for the complex approximately 73% of the measured variation among the specimens was accounted for by that system. The clustering patterns produced in this first analysis indicated that a more conservative approach would be advisable. The formulataion and subsequent application of a modified system produced a grouping of specimens that accounted for 95% of …

Unionization Of The Military, Ltc. Lavern E. Hammers

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Executive Compensation In The United States, James Clements

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Reciprocity Of Self-Disclosure At High Levels Of Intimacy, William P. Hampes

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Modeling theorists, norm of reciprocity theorists, and social exchange theorists predict that person A will reciprocate person B's level of intimacy from low levels of intimacy all the way up to high levels of intimacy. Trust theorists predict that reciprocation will occur at low and moderate, but not at high levels of intimacy. Siirdliarly, trust theorists would predict that subjects high in social desirability, due to their suspicious nature, would not reciprocate at high levels of intimacy. The other theorists would predict reciprocation at high! levels of intimacy due to the conforming nature of the subjects high in social desirability. …

The Genus Haemolaelaps (Acarina: Laelapidae) In The Northwest Ethiopian Biogeographical Region, Calvin J. Sakamoto

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This paper presents the results of a taxonomic stury of mites of the genus Haemolaelaps collected from small mammals of 8 political subdivisions of the northwest portion of the Ethiopian Biogeographical Region. Specimens taken from 2,863 small mammals from a wide variety of habitats and localities were examined. The Haemolaelaps fauna includes 23 species, 10 of which are described as new: H. bellasoma, H. caurinus, H. chaetospinicus, H. crocidura, H. desmodilliscus, He. ebsi, H. malachela, H. parahirsti, H. sikapusi and H. taterakempi. Numerical taxonomic and multicariate analyses were used to assess variation and clustering. A key for identification of females …

A Comparison Of Groups' Judgments During The Screening Of Normally-Developing And Language-Impaired Children, Karen Louise Ruttledge

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The purpose of the present study was to determine whether classroom teachers, student clinicians, and public school speech- language pathologists judge child language performance differently when using personal criteria and when using selected criteria to screen child language performance.

The subjects in the present study were ten public school speech- language pathologists with one to thirteen years of experience, ten student clinicians with one to three semesters of supervised clinical practicum, and ten classroom teachers with one to six years of experience. Two videotapes of one-minute start/stop language samples of ten children, five of whom were language normal and five …

The Educational Cooperative Service Unit As Perceived By School Board Presidents, Administrators, And Teachers In Planning Regions One And Two Of Northwestern Minnesota, William R. Nachatilo

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of school board presidents, superintendents, elementary principals, secondary principals, elementary teachers, and secondary teachers of the Governor's Planning Regions One and Two of Northwestern Minnesota regarding the establishment of the Educational Cooperative Service Unit (ECSU). A survey questionnaire was used to compare the attitu- dinal differences between respondents: (1) from the different roles; (2) from school districts of various size enrollment—i.e., 0-300, 301-700, 701-1200, and above 1200; and (3) from each of the twelve counties within this area.

The study has also identified the potential programs and/or services that …

Vice And Violence In Ward County, North Dakota: 1905-1920, Michael J. Martin

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This thesis is the examination of Ward County as a violent and lawless county between the years of 1905 and 1920. A general history of the county prior to 1905 is presented along with a description of the major economic activities with in the county during this period of study.

A breakdown of the jurisdiction of the three courts located in the county is accomplished by using North Dakota legislative materials which originally gave them the jurisdiction The type of offense and the number of offenses tried in the three courts, along with a general review of the categories of …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Selected Sixth Grade Students Concerning Social Studies, Norman C. Machart

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Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the current attitudes held by sixth grade students toward social studies.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any significant differences between the attitudes of sixth grade students toward social studies and science, spelling, mathematics, reading, and language. An attempt was also made to determine what effect the following factors might have upon sixth grade students' attitudes toward social studies: sex, size of school district, the degree of usage of several instructional strategies and types of materials, the degree of implementation of the "New Social Studies" …

Three Methods Of Evaluation, Catherine J. Pery

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Clause-By-Clause Listing Of Teacher Association And School Board Agreements In Effect In Selected North Dakota School Districts To June 30, 1976, Charles W. Potter

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The North Dakota legislature provided for negotiations between boards of public school districts and their certificated employees with statute 15-38.1 (see Appendix B). The Teachers' Representation and Negotiation Statute has been in effect since 1969!

The purpose for negotiation legislation was to promote the improvement of personnel management and relations between school boards and their certificated employees by providing a uniform basis for the negotiations process. The success or failure of this process may prove to be the most important factor in determining how effectively school boards, teachers, and administrators can and will work together in the future. The need …

Environmental Interaction In Summer Algal Communities Of Utah Lake, Mark C. Whiting

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Utah Lake is a shallow eutrophic lake located in central Utah. It is characterized by high nutrient and silt loads and by large algal blooms in late summer and early fall. Phytoplankton samples and environmental data were taken from June through August 1974. Phytoplankton species were identified and then quantified in a Palmer counting cell. Environmental continuum theory was employed to describe algal succession and regression analysis was used to discover interactions between algal communities and the environment. Phytoplankton communities in June were characterized by high species diversity. As the lake environment became stressed in late summer due to higher …

Partitioning Of Space And Time By The Western Jumping Mouse, Zapus Princeps Utahensis Hall, John M. Deacon

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Intraspecific competition is important in determining habitat utilization by members of a single species. Effective use of habitat may involve partitioning the available resources: space, time and food among individuals of different age, sex, and/or reproductive state. Numerous publications deal with interspecific competition (McCloskey and Fieldwick 1975, Cody 1973, Rosenzweig 1973, Stewart and Levin 1973, Gaby 1972, Brown 1971, Koshkina 1971, Sheppe 1967, Caldwell and Gentry 1965, Cameron 1964, Clough 1964, Gause 1932), but little has been written on intraspecific competition among populations of organisms in nature.

Isolation, Purification, Scanning Electron Microscopy And Bacterial Dna Uptake Of Plant Protoplasts, Bronwyn G. Hughes

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Protoplasts were isolated from tobacco and barley leaves in sucrose or mannitol using commercially available cellulases and macerozymes. Barley growth and protoplast isolation and purification conditions were optimized so that protoplasts were obtained in high yields free of unwanted debris and organelles. A technique for processing barley and tobacco protoplasts for examination by scanning electron microscopy was developed in which protoplasts seem to have maintained their structural integrity. Barley and tobacco protoplasts took up 3H-B. subtilis DNA, 125I-B. subtilis DNA or 125I-M. luteus DNA as a linear function of time (0-6 hr) and DNA concentration (0-200 μg/ml). Up to 16 …

Automatic The Audit Process And The Impact Of The Microcomputer, James Britton

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George Q. Cannon's Views On Church And State, Lyndon W. Cook Sr.

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Writers of nineteenth century Utah generally recognize George Q. Cannon's religious and political influence as second only to that of Brigham Young. Having occupied several positions of importance in the political arena as well as in the Mormon Church, Cannon is a major figure in Utah history whose life and thought merit careful examination.

This treatise is a study of George Q. Cannon's views on the institutions of church and state. After presenting a biographical sketch of Cannon's life, it examines his beliefs regarding the religious clauses in the First Amendment, and the place of revelation, positive law, and majority …

A Study Of The Body Image Of Visually Handicapped Students At The North Dakota State School For The Blind, Stephen Douglas Hackler

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The Accuracy Of The Universal Gym Equipment To Apply The Resistance For Muscle Strength Training And Testing, Chester Alan Stevenson

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The Relationship Of The Satisfactoriness Of North Dakota Vocationally-Trained Employees To Selected Factors Of The Employee, The Supervisor, And The Organization., Jack W. R. Peters

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Student And Parent Attitudes Toward Time Spent On Outside-Class Assignments In A Minnesota High School, James W. Mann

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Dietary Requirements Of Subjects Exposed To Hyperbaric He-O₂ Conditions : Effects Of Supplementation Of Vitamins And/Or Casein, Jack R. Isler

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The Effects Of Differential Feedback On Expected And Actual Mathematical Achievement Of Male And Female College Freshmen., Shahin Oliyaee-Zand

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