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Application Of Combined Jointed Media And Discrete Slip Plane Characteristics To Subsidence Predictions, David W. Basinger

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This thesis presents an application of a numerical formulation incorporating the effects of joints, cracks, and fractures to a soil subsidence predictions problem, and the extension of that formulation to combined discrete slip planes and jointed media continua formulations. The results obtained are compared to each other and to a physical centrifuge simulation performed previously on the same problem.

Computer Assisted Fraud, James Knox

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A Study Of The Control Of Government Fraud, Waste, And Abuse, Timothy J. Lenzmeier

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The Changing Role Of Data Processing In The Business Firm, Ernesto Rosado

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Assessing The Procedures For Teaching Basic Skills In The Cleveland Public Elementary Schools, Marlene Burr Ward

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The purpose of this study was to assess how the Cleveland public elementary schools were perceived by teachers, principals, parents, and students to be addressing the basic skills. The hypotheses state that the perceptions of these groups did not differ significantly in the following variables: planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring of basic skills in regard to school policies and procedures, the school plan, learning support, teaching strategies, verification of student learning, performance expectations, and parent involvement.

Parent and community volunteers administered and collected both adult and student surveys. The instruments yielded data on 184 statements in the adult survey and …

An Assessment Of The Attitudes And Perceptions Of Selected Elementary School Teachers Who Serve Native American Children Toward Instructional Supervision And Evaluation, Teresa Delorme

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The Problem: This study was designed to assess the attitudes of selected teachers in North Dakota schools serving Native American students toward current and ideal instructional supervision and staff evaluation. Teacher attitudes were also compared on the basis of age and school type.

Procedure: One hundred classroom teachers participated in a survey designed to assess teacher attitudes and perceptions toward current and ideal instructional supervision and staff evaluation processes. Resulting data were statistically tested for significant differences at the .05 level. Reported data resulted from the responses of teachers employed by Bureau of Indian Affairs schools and public schools in …

A Study To Examine The Relationship Between Traffic Arrests And Driving While Intoxicated Using Grand Forks Air Force Base Personal As Cases, James M. Hughes

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Model Dichotomous Key For Plastics Identification, Diane L. Burnham

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The purpose of this study was to investigate selected plastics when treated by means of heat, fire, solvents, and specific gravity tests for the development of a model dichotomous key.

The study included: (1) a review of literature that contained a brief historical overview of plastics, an examination of their uses, advantages, and chemical make up, and the selection of four tests to be conducted that would reveal characteristics of the plastics, (2) an explanation of the equipment, materials, and procedures for each of the tests, (3) an analysis of the data obtained from the tests, and (4) a recommendation …

The Relationships Among Performance Ratings, Job Satisfaction Perceptions, And Preferred Non-Monetary Rewards For Elementary School Teachers, Beth Stangeland Randklev

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there was a relationship among job satisfaction, preferred rewards, perceptions of teachers' performance, and selected demographic variables for elementary classroom teachers in North Dakota and Minnesota. Eighty-five teachers from seven selected elementary schools comprised the sample.

Data were gathered by employing the following instruments: the Teacher Performance Assessment Instrument (TPAI), the Job Descriptive Index (JDI), and a preferred rewards instrument designed by the researcher to measure the desirability and availability of various rewards. Teachers also completed a demographic information sheet which was used in the data analysis.

The analysis …

A Study Of Job Satisfaction Of Small Market Radio Station Managers, Lawrence William Etling

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This thesis studied job satisfaction of small market radio station managers in North Dakota, Northwestern Minnesota, and Eastern Montana. Thirty-three managers were surveyed by mail questionnaires, telephone interviews, and personal interviews.

The data were used to answer twelve questions regarding factors relating to managerial job satisfaction. From those questions asked, the most significant conclusions drawn were: 1. Factors which probably relate to managerial job satisfaction in small radio stations are: making full use of one’s managerial abilities; exercise of authority; dealing with a variety of job challenges; salary; and using one’s own judgment. 2. Factors which probably do not relate …

Atmospheric Emissions From A Gasifier Wastewater Fed Cooling Tower, Sheila J. Galegher

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Atmospheric emissions from a gasifier wastewater fed cooling tower were studied to determine their environmental effects and their contributions to single-component cooling tower mass balances. The feasibility of using a multicyclone device to separate cooling tower drift from evaporate was also investigated, as was the applicability of sensitive paper and isokinetic tube drift measurement. Data was collected during the operation of a pilot scale cooling tower at the University of North Dakota Energy Research Center. This forced-draft counter flow tower was fed with minimally treated wastewater generated in slagging fixed-bed gasification of lignite, and operated at ten cycles of concentration. …

An Adaption Of A Student Team Learning Technique To Selected Objectives Of The Muscogee County English Course Of Study For Grades Five And Six, Steve Olive

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This project adapts selected objectives of the Muscogee County English Course of Study for grades five and six to a student team learning instructional method known as Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT). This method uses a cooperative classroom reward structure and peer tutoring to build peer support for achievement. Extensive research has shown TGT to be very effective.

Included in the adaptation package are TGT implementation instructions for teachers, all materials necessary for using TGT for one six-weeks period in fifth and sixth grade English classes, and directions for developing materials to use with other objectives. The materials were field tested with one …

Presidential Commission As It Investigates Murder : Case Study In Social Organization, Ross F. Ralston

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Psychological And Environmental Factors Related To The Survivability Of American Indian Students In Education (Higher Education, Persistence, Cpi), Kenneth Leroy Litzau

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Environmental perceptions and psychological characteristics of American Indian students were studied to assess the impact of the higher education environment on their psychological development. The sample consisted of high school seniors and university students from freshmen to graduate levels. Each participant responded to a biographical questionnaire, the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and the College University Environment Scales II (CUES II).The responses were analyzed in terms of research questions designed to address (1) the relationship between the psychological and environmental domains, (2) student progress in higher education, (3) the prediction of academic achievement, and (4) differences between males and females and …

Clastogenic And Mutagenic Effects In White Rats And Human Lymphocytes Induced By 2, 4-D, Thomas E. Turkula

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Reactions Of Speech/Language Pathologists To Speech Disorders, Merle Allen Arin

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Assessment Of Protein Carboxyl Methyltransferase And Protein Methylesterase In Various Rat Tissues, Hazel A. Fetters

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The Effects Of Metals And Ions On High Affinity [12[Alpha]³H(N)]-Digoxin Binding, Steven B. Magill

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An Evaluation Of The Bacterial Flora Of The Inner Nasal Cavity (Inferior Nasal Meatus), Susan Lorraine Hodel

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A Descriptive Analysis Of The Current Status Of Paid Religious Broadcasting On National Television, Wayne R. Bills

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In examining the use of paid television by various evangelical organizations (the "Electronic Church") as contrasted with its use by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), several important differences were discovered. First, the programs of the electronic church are usually designed much like a normal Sunday service with a "preacher" and "congregation" (the T.V. viewers). The LDS approach has been to communicate religious principles through the use of a story. Their productions are attractive to a large audience because they often feature a well-known television or motion picture celebrity, and are aired during prime-time viewing hours.

The …

Selected Aspects Of Family Change In Provo, Utah: A Replication Of Canning's 1955 Survey, Richard B. Miller

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This study is a replication of Canning's 1955 survey of family life in Provo, Utah. The original sample consisted of 239 couples who were married and currently living there. The replication was a 1983 mail survey that used many of Canning's original questions and included a sample of 255 Provo families.

This study measured changes in several courtship and family variables using the companionship family as an ideal type. Findings included increases in the emphasis on the role of romantic love in mate selection, handsomeness as an attractive quality that women seek in a spouse, family members seeking recreation outside …

The Father Role: Correlates Of Fathering Attitudes (Cross-Generational)., Robert Daniel Olson

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The present study focused on the attitudes that fathers hold regarding their father role. In Part 1, 61 men with at least one 4-year old child were assessed as to their father role attitudes, using the Fathering Attitude Survey (FAS). The FAS was created in an earlier study by factor analysis, and was normed on a sample of 360 fathers. Attitudes are measured along nine scales (e.g., Fathering is merely to be tolerated; Fathering is extremely rewarding and satisfying; Father is emotionally involved with his child; Fatherhood hurts his marriage; etc.). These attitudes were related to the men's psychological sex …

The Sun's Magnetic Field, Bryan R. Norman

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Community Ties And Self-Reported Delinquency : A Test Of Social Control Theory, Stephen B. Constantine

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Preschool Teachers' Use Of Language For Distancing (Communication), Margaret Bergan Nardi

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The ability to cognitively separate oneself from the immediate behavioral environment has been identified in the literature as the concept of distancing. It has been suggested that the child's distancing abilities are a reflection of his early experiences with the distancing language of significant others in his environment. Several curricula have been developed that focus on strategies that teachers can employ for facilitating distancing in children. Very little is reported in the literature, however, about the distancing language of teachers in practice. This study investigates the distancing language of six preschool teachers in their talk to preschool age children.The data …

The Effects Of Seismic Blasting On Shallow Water Wells And Aquifers In Western North Dakota, Frank W. Beaver Jr. P. E.

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Seismographic petroleum exploration throughout North Dakota has generated concern over the effects of blasting on groundwater supplies and wells. A preliminary investigation revealed complaints alleging declining productivity and decreased water quality in regions where coal aquifers are extensively used. Unplugged shotholes were frequently cited as a source of problems.

Experimental results indicate that changes due to blasting occur within long term physical the aquifers rather than in specific water wells. Pumping tests conducted in a sand and coal aquifer system showed no apparent physical effects when shots were detonated one quarter mile away from the pumping wells. Shots 500 feet …

The Evaluation Of Plays For Children: An Analysis Of Kenneth L. Graham's Basic Purpose Of Children's Plays, Karla J. Unkenholz

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Two-Dimensional Computer Modeling Of Joints And Fractures In Continua, Royd R. Nelson

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This thesis presents a numerical formulation which incorporates the effects of joints, cracks, and fractures into a mathematical mode used to in an existing finite element code. Two separate crack definitions were incorporated, one involving a discrete crack model, and the other a continuum approach defining a new material with regularly spaced joints. Several examples are also presented demonstrating the use of this capability.

An Evaluation Of Bacterial Flagella Staining Procedures, Dan Dalan

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Five currently used flagella stains and staining procedures have been studied and evaluated. A staining method that is simplest, most reliable, and highly reproducible, especially for beginning students and technicians has been assembled and recommended.

Four important variables necessary for successful flagella staining were stressed. These variables are: growth of organisms, smear pre paration, staining procedure, and reagent stability.

Two important procedures which are part of some, but not all of the flagella staining methods studied are strongly recommended. One is the practice of enclosing a smear with wax pencil and adding a known, constant volume of dye. An effective …

Kinetic Analysis Of The Ion Exchange Of Sodium From Subbituminous Coal, Jason Allen Chesley

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The removal of Na from subbituminous coal by ion ex change was investigated on a batch basis with H-ion donated by dilute aqueous The exchange of K, Mg, Ca, and A1 from the coal was also observed. The four parameters stud ied were initial H2SC>4 concentration, coal particle size, residence time, and liquid to solid mass ratio.

Results from this investigation indicate that at equi librium 95 % of the initial Na content of the subbituminous coal can be removed by ion exchange with dilute aqueous H2S04 . It was also determined that Na removal is directly proportional to …