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Immunization Status And Factors Associated With Compliance, Tawnya D. O'Keefe

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In Vivo Depth Estimation Of Features In The Chick Eye By Digital Signal Processing Of Ultrasonic Pulse Echoes, Kevin G. Rada

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Effects Of Fitness Testing On Social Physique Anxiety And Physical Self-Perception, Joseph E. Prusak

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Lactation Clinic Utilization : Impact On Breastfeeding Experiences, Susan Nokleby

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The Use And Accessibility Of Tobacco By Adolescents Before And After Implementation Of A City Ordinance, Debra Flack

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Abbreviated Breastfeeding And The Theory Of Planned Behavior : Womens' Stories, Barbara J. Forrest

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Appraisal Of Knowledge And Attitudes About Farm Safety Among Agricultural Producers In South Central North Dakota, Ramona Eisenbarth

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Identification Of Proteins Secreted By The Choroid During Recovery From Experimentally Induced Myopia In Chicks, Yuan Huang

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Analysis Of Eviromental [Sic] Pollutants By Solid Phase Microextraction And Optical Spectroscopy, Michael J. Jager

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North Dakota Sulfur Dioxide Regulation : An Attack On Constitutional Protected Speech, Jay R. Johnson

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A Comparison Of The Relationship Of The Chief Complaint And The Diagnosis In The Discharged Nonurgent Adult Emergency Room Patient, Melinda Lea Jackson

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Women's Leisure As It Relates To Work And Family Life, Brenda Johnson

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Sociolinguistic Analysis Of The Discourse Of Selected Women In Power, Alla V. Yelyseieva

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Comparative Analysis Of The Performance Of A Traditional Flight Simulator Hydraulic Motion System To That Of A Prototype Roto-Pod Design, Jason A. Wood

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1996 Presidential Campaign Re-Election Of President Clinton By Dick Morris As Compared To Time And Newsweek, Constance L. Osowski

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Pesticide Issues And Public Policy Interaction, Elroy E. Haadem

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Brownian Dynamics Of Nonspecific Protein-Dna Interactions, Fan Yang

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The Effectiveness Of Prophylactic Antibiotics In Otitis Media, Rebecca L. C Simonsen

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The Coaching Club, Darcy D. Cascaes

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The Simulation, Modeling And Analysis Of Wireless Local Area Networks Supporting The Ieee 802.11 Standard, Jaikwan Joo

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Research to improve the performance of the IEEE 802.11 has been ongoing since 1990. The focus of this research has investigated the use of the MAC and Physical layers for improving throughput. An adaptive MAC protocol, CATER (Code Adapts To Enhance Reliability) is based on the proposed MAC standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN)-802. 11. IEEE 802.11 uses a fixed Pseudo-Noise (PN) code for spreading the information signal, implying a fixed process gain at the receiver. When the channel degrades, IEEE 802.11 offers only retransmissions at the MAC layer to contend with the corrupted medium. However, CATER allows communicating …

Three-Dimensional Calculation Of Contaminant Transport In Groundwater At A Dover Afb Site, Tariq O. Hashim

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Macroscale rate-limited sorption modeling was tested using a production transport code, the GMS/FEMWATER ground-water modeling package. The code (Version 1.1 of FEMWATER. dated 1 August 1995) was applied to a 3D conceptual model developed from a field site at Dover AFB, DE. A simulation was performed of a 200 hour contaminant injection pulse followed by clean water flushing. A moment analysis performed on the resulting breakthrough curve validated code self-consistency. Another injection pulse simulation showed that retardation temporally delays the breakthrough peak. Transport simulations of pulsed clean water pumping of the test cell with a prescribed initial contaminant distribution demonstrated …

Decolonizing The Mind With Ngugi Wa Thiong'o And Chinua Achebe: Searching For A Voice In Postcolonial African Literature, Steven M. Almquist

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Any discussion of postcolonial African literature requires consideration of both the inherent diversity of “African” and the complex history of colonialism throughout Africa. Ngugi wa Thiong’o claims there are “broad affinities” among the diverse peoples of sub-Saharan Africa which allow for a broad discussion of the common experiences of colonialism, but it is necessary to complement these broad affinities with specific cultural references and historic contexts. This paper attempts to delineate some of the common struggles facing postcolonial African peoples by focusing on the specific writings of Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe. Though they are from disparate …

Academic Achievement Of Intercollegiate Student-Athletes Compared To Nonathletes, James Reid Beal

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Intercollegiate athletics have been placed under intense scrutiny over the past decade. Concern has been expressed about the role and value intercollegiate athletics has in higher education. Recent scandals of intercollegiate programs and student-athletes involved in illicit or criminal activity, recruiting violations, and academic fraud or failures have increased the anxiety and skepticism. However, is the skepticism surrounding the academic integrity of intercollegiate athletics and academic achievement of student-athletes warranted? Are academics being compromised for the sake of athletics? Is the stereotypical “dumb jock” a myth or reality? Do athletes perform as well academically as nonathletes?

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What Constitues A Gifted And Talented Student, Stephanie A. Budish

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Science Experiences Of Six Elementary Student Teachers: A Case Study, Jacqueline K. Wilcox

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This qualitative study focused on the science experiences of six elementary student teachers. The purpose of the study was to learn how preservice teachers make meaning of science teaching during their student teaching experience. The sources of data were interviews with participants, descriptive field notes from observations of their science teaching, and artifacts collected from the site. The themes that emerged from data analysis were personal and professional career influences and constant adjustments of teaching strategies. The participants experienced these themes in varying intensities.

Learning to teach science to elementary children for the first time is complicated by the context …

Synthesis, Characterization And Electrochemical Investigations Of Metal Complexes Derived From Pendant-Arm Macrocycles., Thomas Loren Hatfield

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This Ph.D. research focused on improvement in the understanding of structurally perturbed electron transfer (ET) events. This broad category of ET was divided into the two categories of concerted and sequential mechanisms. Investigations of the concerted mechanism focused on the electrochemical behavior of six redox couples: (Cr(III/II)TCTA($\rm\sp{0/-},\ \lbrack Mn(II/III)TCTA\rbrack\sp{-/0}$, (Mn(III/IV)TCTA) $\sp{\rm 0/+$, (Fe(II/III)TCTA) $\sp{\rm 0/-}$, (Co(II/III)TCTA) $\sp{\rm -/0}$, and (Ni(II/III)TCTA) $\sp{\rm /-}$ (where TCTA is 1,4,7-triazacyclononane N,N$\rm\sp\prime,N\sp{\prime\prime}$ triacetate). After synthesis of TCTA and the Cr(III), Mn(II), Mn(III), Fe(II), Fe(III), Co(III) Ni(II) and Ni(III) TCTA complexes, each complex was characterized by UV-vis-near IR, FTIR, magnetic susceptibility and Molar Conductance. Electrochemical characterization …

A Comparative Immunocytochemical Analysis Of The Secretory Profiles Of Bovine Retinal Pericytes And Glomerular Mesangial Cells In Vitro., Julie Carol Rutherford

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The purpose of this study was to examine relationships which may exist between retinal microvascular pericytes and renal glomerular mesangial cells regarding their secretory profiles and their resulting potential functional roles in vivo. The following working hypothesis was proposed: Retinal microvessel pericytes and renal glomerular mesangial cells share common morphological and ultrastructural features, reside in similar extracellular matrix environments in vivo, and express similar secretory profiles of extracellular matrix molecules in vitro.The methodology of the study included cell culture, Western blot analysis of the cell layer and matrix, light microscopic immunocytochemistry, ultrastructural analysis of intact and acellular tissues, and immunohistochemistry …

A Comparison Of Experimental Measurements And Numerical Calculations Of Ignition Delay In Lean Premixed H(2)/O(2)/N(2) Turbulent Combustion: A Unique Approach To Modeling Turbulent Combustion., Dong Ho Lee

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Due to the complex interaction of turbulence and chemical reactions, detailed analysis of turbulent flames have never been successfully accomplished. In this work, a simple approach to modeling the interaction of turbulence and chemical kinetics in a lean premixed $\rm H\sb2/O\sb2/N\sb2$ combustion system using SANDIA Premixed Laminar Flame Code and SENKIN Code is described.In order to account for turbulence transport characteristics and accompanying heat transfer effects, a multiplication factor to laminar transport is introduced to the SANDIA Laminar Flame Code. This model has been exercised to determine ignition delay time in pseudo one dimensional flow reactor for 1, 3, 6 …

Can Visuospatial Ability Predict Body Size Estimation Accuracy?, Paulette Marie Stronczek

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The present study tested to see if there were relationships between the ability to estimate body size and other visual-spatial abilities. Fifty female undergraduates at the University of North Dakota who did not have eating disorders (as tested by the Eating Disorders Inventory (Garner, 1990)) were tested. They were asked to estimate the width of their shoulders, waist, hips, and thighs; the width of the shoulders, waist, hips, and thighs of a mannequin; the width of a file cabinet; and the width of a soup can. They did this with the Askevold method of estimation (1975) and the Ruff and …

Outsourcing: An Historical Review For The Projection Of Future Savings, Leslee J. Saleck

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Because of continuing budget and personnel limitations and the need to fund weapons modernization, the Department of Defense has increased its emphasis on outsourcing support activities. Recent studies have suggested that aggressive outsourcing of support activities by the DoD could produce billions of dollars in savings. The overriding purpose behind this research was to determine to what extent projected savings can be substantiated. To explore the potential for savings, this thesis examines the evolution and impact of outsourcing and privatization in both the private and public sectors. Next it looks at the experiences of private and public sectors to identify …