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The Interactions Between Speech-Language Pathologists And Learning Disability Specialists With Regard To The Elementary School-Age Child With Reading Difficulties, Karen Jean Wischow

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The C:R:F Procedure For Screening The Language Of Kindergarten And First-Grade Level Children, Nancy Leigh Wright

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Heat Transfer Between Horizontal Finned Tubes And A Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed, Tak-Kuen Cheung

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An Investigation Of The Type-Token Ratio, Kelley Patricia Ritchie

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The Process Of Selecting Appropriate Small Computer System Under $10,000 For Business Organizations Today, Henry Wendell Jordan Jr

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A Finite Element Computer Model Of The Captive Column, Craig P. Kipp

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This report describes the computerized mathematical modeling of a composite structural assemblage referred to as a "captive column". The captive column is a potentially useful structural member (beam, column, or torsion member) which exhibits a high strength-to-weight ratio. The captive column consists of three basic components: a lightweight core section, the principal load bearing elements referred to as caps, and a filamentous wrap, helically wound around the other two members. Together the three elements act as an integral unit and can be constructed in mul- tigeometrical cross sections and diverse lengths.

A linearly elastic finite element computer model was developed …

Steam Drying Of Lignite, Sunil V. Sapatnekar

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North Dakota lignite, (,-lV x 1") in size and having 35 percent initial moisture content, was steam dried by the Fleissner process at elevated temperatures and pressures. The reduction in moisture content of lignite was investigated as a function of the residence time and the drying temperature. The residence time was varied from 10 to 30 minutes and the drying temperature from 220° to 270°C.

It was determined that decrease in moisture content was independent of drying times longer than 20 minutes and drying temperatures below 250°C. The reduction in moisture content increased at higher temperatures. It varied from 45 …

Hemisphericity And Flexibility In Problem Solving Strategies In Creative Test Performance, Mark D. Schuler

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The present study was designed to provide further data regarding the contribution of hemisphericity to the creative process. A flexibility variable was suggested as another contributing factor in the creative process. A set of four questionnaires yielding seven scores reflecting behavioral, personal preference, and personality indices was used to assess hemisphericity. A concept formation task that would theoretically reflect analytic and holistic processing was developed to assess flexibility in problem solving strategies. The hemisphericity and flexibility measures, along with the creativity measure, were administered to 37 females and 13 males. All subjects were right handed with no familial sinistrality.

The …

Dollar Unit Sampling: Is It A Statistical Sampling Breakthrough, Bradley D. Fosberg

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Pre-College Characteristics And Early College Experiences As Predictors Of Freshman Year Persistence, Robert B. Nelson

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics which differentiated freshmen who persisted beyond the fail semester of 1980 at the University of North Dakota from those who did not.

The research population consisted of all "undergraduate regular"— "new freshman" enrolled during the fall semesters of 1979 (M » 5560) and 1980 (N » 1551). A random sample of 400 students drawn from \he 1980 research population were sent a mail questionnaire, A total of 336 (84X) usable responses were received.

Variables Included in this study were of two types: (a) pre-college characteristics from students' ACT Assessments and …

Generalized Software Packages And Their Implications For The Auditor, Charles B. Dill

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Auditing In An Electronic Data Processing Environment, Terry L. Moore

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A Descriptive Study Of The Educational And Work Experience Of Four Generations Of Women From The Same Family, Enrolled At The Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation, Lorrtta Delong

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A Kinetic Model For Ion Exchange Of Sodium From Lignite Using Sulfuric Acid, David Peterson

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The removal of sodium from lignite by ion exchange techniques was studied using hydrogen ions from sulfuric acid. The exchange of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and aluminum from lignite was also observed. A measured amount of lignite and sulfuric acid solution was contacted in a beaker and stirred for a given period of time. The lignite and solution were then separated and analyzed to determine the extent of ion exchange. The lignite used contained 9.5 percent sodium oxide in the ash.

Five parameters were studied to determine their effect upon the exchange rate. These were initial H2S°4 concentrati°n / lignite particle …

Extraversion, Introversion And Anxiety In Relation To Affiliation In College Students, Thomas Matthew Krapu

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Similarities between personality defects resulting from disruptive, inadequate affective development and problems of extreme extraversion and introversion suggested that developmental ego psychology and object relations theories might be useful in understanding interpersonal functioning in general and how people affiliate in particular. Research on affiliation indicated that extraverts are more affiliative and introverts less affillative, under a condition of high anxiety. A greater predisposition to become anxious (trait anxiety) was also associated with reduced affiliative tendencies under a high anxiety condition. Other research suggested that women and first born subjects were more affiliative than men and later born subjects. The present …

An Introduction To And An Initial Examination Of The Visual Half Field Shut Down Theory Of Reflective Lateral Eye Movements, Barbara Arneson Yutrzenka

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Oral, Written, And Read Syntax Of Forty-Six Learning Disabled Children, Carole Thompson Aitchison

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Problem: This study was designed to meet the need for further investigation of the relationships among oral language, written language, and reading. The following questions were investigated: What syntactical structures characterize the oral and written language of forty-six learning disabled children? What is the relationship between the structures used in the oral and written language of the forty-six subjects? What is the relationship between structures used in oral and written language and errors in oral language? Is the analysis system described by Dever (1978) useful for the purpose of analyzing the syntax of oral language, written language, and reading errors …

The Geology And Environment Of Deposition Of The Kinneman Creek Interval, Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene), North Dakota, Katherine J. Logan

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To date, most environmental reconstructions of lignite bearing formations in western North Dakota have been done on a formational scale. The objective of this study was to investigate one of the non-lignite intervals, the Kinneman Creek Interval, directly above the strati graphically lowest lignite in the Paleocene Sentinel Butte Formation. The Kinneman Creek Interval has been recognized in the Sentinel Butte Formation throughout most of western North Dakota.

The field area is located in west-central North Dakota in Mercer, Oliver, and McLean Counties and is bisected by the Missouri River. Excellent exposures are provided in the highwalls of Baukol-Noonan, North …

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

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Alterations In Cerebellar Basket, Stellate And Purkinje Cell Dendritic Development Produced By Zinc Deficiency In The Suckling Rat., Christopher Lee Dvergsten

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Rat pups suckled to severely zinc deficient mothers from birth were killed at 21 days of age. The cerebella were then examined by light and electron microscopy. Dendritic development was analyzed on Golgi-stained sections both qualitatively and quantitatively. Impaired pup growth, alopecia, hunched back posture and decreased femur zinc were seen in zinc deficient pups. Zinc deficiency impaired cerebellar development. The cerebellum was smaller and had fewer granule cells. The molecular layer was thinner and there was a persistence of the external granule cell layer. The normal cytoarchitecture of the cerebellar cortex was maintained in zinc deficient pups; however, basket, …

A Job Standard Design Process For Electronic Component Maintenance Production, Charles R. Farlow

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Importance Of Selected Accounting And Related Courses As Preparation For A Management Accounting Career., George Eddy Birrer

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This study was conducted to determine wich accounting and related courses are considered most important as preparation for a management accounting career. An initial set of course titles and descriptions was developed with emphasis placed on identifying courses beyond general education, business, and accounting core requirements. Titles and descriptions were refined based on recommendations of two panels of experts. One panel consisted of university educators, and the other of management accountants possessing the Certificate in Management Accounting (CMA). A final set of 41 courses was then printed on cards and sent to all CMA educators and randomly selected CMA practitioners. …

Measuring The Reading Level Of Lds Materials: A Supplement To The Dale Word List, Linda Stahle

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The purpose of this study was to supplement the Dale word list with a list of terms that are familiar to most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and thus increase the precision of the Dale-Chall readability formula when it is applied to LDS materials. The Dale word list consists of 3,000 words that are familiar to 80 percent of fourth graders. The procedure involved identifying non-Dale words that occur frequently in LDS church publications and testing them on LDS fourth graders in a three-alternative multiple-choice format.

Of the 850 words tested, 249 were identified correctly …

An Analysis Of The Effect Of Immediate Corrective Feedback Administered As A Study Aid To Undergraduate Medical Technology Students, Constance Anne Bak

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Twenty-six undergraduate medical technology students at Virginia Commonwealth University were provided with a Hemestasis Study Guide to use during this unit and in preparing for an exam in this area. The study guide contained fifty objective-related questions in multiple-choice format. Answers were printed in latent image and included positive reinforcement for correct selections and remediation for incorrect ones. Thus the student received immediate feedback concerning his response to each question.

An examination grade continuum was plotted for this class utilizing all exam grades in the Hematology course. A similar continuum was plotted for each of the three previous classes. (These …

A Modified Crank-Nicolson Method, Ernest David Jordan Jr.

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In order to obtain a numerical solution to the heat equation using finite differences, either implicit or explicit equations are used to formulate a solution. The advantage in an explicit formulation is its simplicity and minimal computer storage requirements while its disadvantage is its instability. The opposite is true for an implicit formulation such as the Crank-Nicolson method; although it is stable it is more difficult to implement and requires a much larger memory capacity. In this paper we examine the accuracy and stability of a hybrid approach, a modified Crank-Nicolson formulation, that combines the advantageous features of both the …

Relationship Between Personality And Value Structure, William B. Pettus

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Humankind has been interested in the study of individual differences throughout recorded history. Plato discussed the issue of individual variations in aptitudes and suggested having tests for selecting those persons most suited for the military, artisans and rulers (Tyler, 1965). Hippocrates proposed a two-fold classification system of body builds which he called ”habitus apoplecticus” and ”habitus phthisicus” (Tyler, 1965). The nineteenth century German astronomer, Bessel, discovered discrepancies among individuals in recording the time of the passage of stars across the meridian at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. This source of error, due to individual differences, became known as the ”personal …

Stratigraphy And Depositional Environments Of The Wilcox Group (Paleocene) At The Oxbow Mine Site, Northwestern Louisiana, Richard E. Halle

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The stratigraphy, structure, and depositional environments of the Naborton, Do let Hills, and part of the Cow Bayou Formations (Wilcox Group, Paleocene) at the Oxbow Mine site, Red River, De Soto, and Natchitoches Parishes,. Louisiana, were evaluated from a study of four continuous cores and 466 geophysical logs.

Overlying 40 feet {12 m) of silty Porters Creek shale is the Naborton Formation composed of 130-195 feet (40-59 m) of sand, silt, clay, and lignite. There are three lignites in this formation and their average total thickness is 13.5 feet (4. l m), or about 10% of the formation thickness. The …

Petrology Of The Cenozoic Phonolites And Related Rocks Of The Houston Creek Area, Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming, Frederick S. O’Toole

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The purpose of this study was to map and study the characteristics and origin of the Cenozoic phonolites and related rocks of the Houston Creek area, located on the southwestern flank of the Bear Lodge Mountains, 10 km northwest of Sundance, Wyoming. Mapping was conducted on a 2 1:10,000 scale over a 16 km area. Microprobe, optical, and x-ray diffraction procedures were employed to observe and describe petrographic and chemical characteristics of the rocks.

The Cenozoic igneous rocks of the Houston Creek area are classified as phonolite, phonolite porphyry, trachyte porphyry, sodalite-bearing phonolite and altered felsite. These hypabyssal rock types …

Stratigraphy And Sedimentology Of The Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) Near Lost Bridge, Dunn County, West-Central North Dakota, Bradley D. Nesemeier

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The Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) near Lost Bridge, Dunn County, west-central North Dakota, is 190 meters thick, and is charac terized by four main lithologies: sand, silt, clay, and lignite. The study interval is ISO meters thick, and lies between the basal sand of the formation and the Bullion Butte lignite bed, neither of which are exposed in the immediate study area. Sand, gray to yellow, makes up about 3S% of the interval studied. It occurs in tabular beds 2-18 meters thick. It is fine to very-fine, angular, and composed largely of quartz, feldspar, rock fragments, with minor amounts of …

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; …