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The Mormon Role In Irrigation Beginnings And Diffusions In The Western States: An Historical Geography, Kelly C. Harper

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Irrigation has played an important part in the development of the Western States. Its beginnings have often been associated with the Mormon settlement in Utah. However, irrigation had its inception in the West long before the Mormons came to the Great Basin in 1847. The spatial extent of irrigation before this date included limited acreage in nearly every Western State.

Before their arrival in the Great Basin the Mormons had become acquainted with irrigation methods. Knowledge of irrigation had diffused to them primarily from the Spanish in the Southwest. Thus, they were well prepared to begin their irrigation enterprises in …

Paleontology Of Brackish-Water Faunas In Two Tongues Of The Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian), Slope And Golden Valley Counties, Southwestern North Dakota, James B. Van Alstine

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In June and July, 1972, four stratigraphic sections were mea sured and described in Slope and Golden Valley Counties, southwestern North Dakota. Within the sections, the Cannonball and Ludlow Formations are recognized. The Cannonball consists of two tongues in the upper part of the Ludlow (perhaps equivalent to the Lebo Member), separated stratigraphically by about 30 roof Ludlow. The U tongue (upper tongue in the study area) is up to 11. 7 m thick. The L tongue (lower tongue. in the study area) is up to 3.8 m thick. The Cannonball is composed mostly of mudstones and the Ludlow consists …

The Foraminiferids Of The Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian) And Their Paleoenvironmental Significance : Grant, Morton And Oliver Counties, North Dakota, William E. Fenner

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Two hundred-forty samples (of which fifty-five contained micro fossils) were collected from six measured sections in the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian) in Grant, Morton and Oliver Counties, North Dakota. Twenty-six species of benthonic foraminiferids were identified from these samples: 6 textulariines, 2 miliolines and 18 rotaliines. No planktonic foraminiferids were found. The fauna is characterized by a predominance of individuals of textulariines, especially the lituolids. Although the Cannonball Formation is characterized by an alternating sequence of sandstones and mudstones> the foraminiferid fauna was restricted to the mudstone facies in the upper and upper-middle part of the formation. Two characteristic assemblages …

A Mechanical Well Log Study Of The Popular Interval Of The Mississippian Madison Formation In North Dakota, C. W. Cook

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The Poplar interval of interbedded evaporites and carbonates forms the uppermost part of the Mississippian Madison Forr.1ation in western North Dakota. A detailed mechanical well log study of the Poplar interval in North Dakota was conducted to interpret the Poplar's regional geology and to attempt to locate areas with potential for petroleum production. Limestone, dolomite, anhydrite and salt were differentiated using mechanical well logs.

The complex facies of the Madison are subdivided into para-time rock units (the Poplar interval is one) on the basis of extensive thin anhydrite beds which are considered time-parallel.

The base of the Poplar interval is …

The Two-Way Mixed Model Analysis Of Variance, Kenneth Davis Buckley

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The analysis of variance for experiments where the fixed effects or random effects model is appropriate is generally agreed upon with regard to testing procedures and covariance structure. It is only in experiments involving both random and fixed factors, i.e. mixed effects models, that controversy occurs as to the proper analysis. The mixed effect model has been considered by many statisticians, and several techniques have been developed for explaining its structure and performing its analysis for balanced data sets. The relationship of these techniques have been discussed in several papers as well.

The simplest case of the difficulties presented by …

The Effects Of Ototoxic And Centrally Acting Drugs On The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Arc In Guinea Pigs., Clyde Bruce Jensen

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A Study Of The Effects Of Training In Decision-Making On Selected Factors Of Self-Concept, Certainty Of Vocational Choice And Appropriateness Of Vocational Choice., Milton Curtis Olsen

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The Results Of A Human Development Program On Selected Characteristics Of Non-Indian And Indian Elementary School Students., George John Fossen Jr.

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A Study Of Public Post-Secondary Vocational-Technical Education In The States Of Minnesota, North Dakota, And South Dakota From 1963 To 1973., Robert Harvey Cockle

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91st Strategic Missile Wing Training And Command Data Buffer, Eugene L. Gangl

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The Application Of Systems Management To The Training Of Minuteman Launch Officers, George William Berger

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Measurement Of Attitude Toward Selected Variables In The Primary Grades Of The Dunseith Elementary School, Wally Fernow

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The Effect Of Health Planning Councils On Comprehensive Health Insurance, Jimmy Cornelius Brown

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A Study Of The Layer Composition Of Bismuth Tellurium Sulfide, Karl R. Wilhelm

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Delimiting Residential Growth : A Theoretical And Empirical Study Of Spatial Spread, Ronald L. Rogstad

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The Steinhaus Theorem And Its Applications, Janice Ess Skinner

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Some Properties Of Closed Linear Transformations, Ullrich R. Reichenbach

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Generation Of Conjugate Directions With Application To Quadratic Minimization, Hendrik B. Vermeulen

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The Philosophy Of The History Of Logic Of Charles Peirce, Guy O'Gorman King

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Age And Growth, Population Structure, And Relative Abundance Of Several Fish Species In Lake Ashtabula, North Dakota, 1972, Patrick J. Farmer

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Recursive Functions, Roberta G. Froelich

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Leasehold Arrangements And Their Effect In Financial Statement Presentation, Michael J. Bullinger

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Responsibility Accounting: A Better Way To Serve Management, Gary D. Anderson

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The Use Of Polyethylene Film As A Scenic Medium, Paul K. Mccullough

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This paper deals with the use of fan-inflated polyethylene film as a scenic medium. Undertaken as part of the design of The Little Prince, produced a3 the University Theatre children's theatre production in April 1973» it is devoted to the techniques involved in constructing scenery from polyethylene film. The chemical and physical properties of polyethylene film are described. Construction techniques begin with the floor plan and model. Upon completion of the model, a light weight polyethylene film is fitted to the set model, cut and marked in the same manner as a costume is fitted to an actor. The completed …

A Study Of Nonverbal Communication And Leadership Emergence In Task-Oriented And Informal Small Groups, Arline F. Schubert

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This study was designed to investigate the nonverbal cues exhibited by participants in informal and task-oriented groups. The following hypotheses were examined: 1) Leaders exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than do nonleaders in task-oriented and informal small groups; 2) Members of a task-oriented small group will exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than members of the informal small group; 3) An interaction effect will occur with leaders of the task- oriented groups exhibiting significantly more nonverbal cues than leaders of the informal groups.

Subjects for this study were fifty undergraduate students enrolled in Speech Pathology and Audio! jgy 232 at the …

Higher Mathematics Applied To Business Decisions, John W. Gillett

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The use of mathematics in the study of business management, economics and accounting is apparently becoming more and more relevant to the students of these chosen fields. Although many faculty members in these fields learned their mathematics in graduate school and therefore have seen the need for higher mathematics, students wonder why they have to take a course in higher mathematics.

In most instances the answer is not forthcoming in the math course itself. Mathematicians are not economists or accountants. The consequence of these simple facts is that the students conclude that mathematics is just an intellectual exercise that they …

A Study Of Pupil Achievement In Differentiated And Traditionally Staffed Elementary Classrooms, Gordon Leigh York

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The Relationship Of Selected Personal And Curricular Variables To Achievement In Cobol, Robert N. Sando

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Statement of the Problem

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship of secondary school, personal, and collegiate factors to student achievement in COBOL computer programming.

Purpose of the Study

The primary purpose of this study was to identify those personal and curricular characteristics of students which could be used to predict performance in COBOL programming classes. A prediction equation was developed which could be used to predict performance in COBOL.

A secondary purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship b e tween certain student characteristics and the high dropout rate of students …

State Of Bacterial Dna After Uptake Into The Roots Of Germinating Barley Seeds, Larry Dale Lawson

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Germinating barley seeds have been shown to take up Bacillus subtilis DNA labelled with 5-bromouracil and tritiated thymidine and retain the DNA in the root system without substantially degrading it. The percentage of bacterial DNA recovered from the total root DNA was independent of the amount of bacterial DNA available for uptake. Four observations indicated the stability of bacterial DNA after uptake into barley roots: (1) the bacterial DNA retained its transforming ability after recovery from the roots; (2) the labelled B. subtilis DNA showed similar CsCl density gradient patterns before uptake and after uptake; (3) most of the radioactivity …

Reproductive Life History Of Catostomus Ardens And Catostomus Discobolus In The Weber River, Utah, James K. Andreasen

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Fish of the family Catostomidae, consisting of 11 genera and about 57 species, comprise a significant part of the fish fauna of Western North America. Life history information of some species is available (Bailey, 1969, and Brown and Graham, 1953, Catostomus catostomus; Dence, 1948, .f. commersoni; Douglas, 1952, Xyrauchen texanus; Geen et al., 1966, C. catostomus and C. coI!Dllersoni; Greenfield et al., 1970, .f. santannae; Harris, 1962, C. catostomus; Hauser, 1969,C. platyrhynchus; MacPhee, 1960, .f. macrocheilus; Nelson, 1968, .f.cotmnersoni and C. macrocheilus; Raney and Webster, 1942, C. commersoni; Smith, 1966, entire subgenus Pantosteus; Spoor, 1938, C. commersoni; Willsrud, 1966, C. …