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An Analysis Of The Speaking Style Of Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Leader, James Francis O'Connor

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The primary function of this thesis was to determine, through the analysis of three randomly selected speeches, the speaking style of Heber C. Kimball. The selected speeches were presented in three different utah locations, and they covered a span of nine years (1856-65). All three speeches were presented to a Mormon audience and were religious in nature.

Seven elements of style have been used for the analysis of the three speeches. They are: accuracy, clarity, propriety, economy, force, striking quality, and liveliness. It was determined that President Kimball's speaking style was weak in the areas of accuracy and clarity. In …

Stratigraphy Of The Lower Tertiary And Upper Cretaceous (?) Continental Strata In The Canyon Range, Juab County, Utah, James M. Stolle

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The Canyon Range Formation (informal new name), formerly mapped as the Indianola Group within the Canyon Range, is divisible into two distinct, mappable units, A and B. Unit A is nearly all conglomerate strata, and conglomerate texture and sedimentary structures suggest an alluvial fan depositional environment. Precambrian and basal Cambrian quartzite clasts represent the erosional debris from the allochthonous Canyon Range thrust. Unit B is composed of interbedded fluvial sandstone and conglomerates with lacustrine limestones, commonly micritic and/or oncolitic. Conglomerate clasts indicate a Paleozoic carbonate provenance. Unit A, previously mapped as the Indianola, underlies Unit B and correlates with the …

Parental Control Of Children's Television: An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Control And Family Home Evening, Marion Wixom Mccardell

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This study was designed to examine the relationship between a secular behavior—television control—and a religious one—Family Home Evening. The findings show that there is a relationship, with those having favorable attitudes toward Family Home Evening and those who hold casual FHE's being most inclined to exercise positive control over their children's television viewing.

Reassessment Of Manning Requirements In The Strategic Air Command Launch Control Facility Management Divisions, Clifford H. Beeks

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Development Of A Course Of Study For Graphic Communications In Junior High School, Roland S. Heidmann

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Microbial Coal Gasification : A Laboratory Study Preliminary To In Situ Production, Paul G. Scharold

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An Investigation Between Field Dependence, Sex Role Identification And Attitudes, Male Versus Female Dominated Career Choice, And Dependency Behavior, Patricia A. Torness

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One rather consistent finding from field dependence studies is that males are more field independent, more articulated in their approach to certain perceptual tasks, than females. It appears that cultural factors and the encouragement of independent behavior are related to the development of field dependence or field independence. If society plays a role in the development of individual differences in field dependence, a change in society such as the present movement toward greater equality in sex roles could possibly influence sex differences in field dependence. The present study was designed as a correlational study to assess sex role identity, attitudes, …

Do Accountants Communicate?, Kay L. Storbakken

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Techniques For Preparing 35-Mm Title Slides To Enrich Mediated Instruction In Industrial Arts Education, Keith A. Stenehjem

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The nature and scope of this study was a library-descriptive research project designed to investigate and experiment with selected photographic techniques that can be used by a classroom instructor in preparing 35-mm title slides in industrial arts education.

The specific objectives formulated for this study were: (1) to conduct a literature search, (2) to review and analyze techniques used in preparing title slides for educational media, (3) to identify and select five techniques to be used as the basis of this study by a predetermined criteria, (4) to experiment with the selected techniques used in producing title slides, and (5) …

Discrimination Learning Sets In Children, Sandra Harrell Fenner

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This study investigated the relationship between the formation of discrimination learning set and children's ability to use logical thinking as indicated by verbalization of the rule of the problem. Twenty-seven seven-year-olds and 27 nine-year-olds, all females, within the average IQ range, were presented four-trial object discrimination problems as a game. Each child was presented 20 problems per day for one to three days until she reached the criterion of two successive problems in which no error was made on trials 2, 3, and 4 of both problems. After every ten problems the experimenter asked the subject questions to determine whether …

Expanding Expressions Involving Experiments In Painting, Sculpture, And Intanglio Printing, Rheta Mae Mason

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This thesis investigates testing of the procedures and demonstrating of the visual images expressed by the artist over the past two years as a graduate student in painting, printing, and sculpturing.

An Assessment Of The Social Science Program At A Selected North Dakota Public School, Lynn M. Davidson

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify methods and develop instruments which were used to evaluate the social studies program at a selected public school in North Dakota. Research was conducted to:

1. Determine levels of achievement of selected social studies objectives by students at different grade levels.

2. Report these results in both a norm-referenced and a criterion-referenced setting.

3. Compare the results to other measures of pupil success.

4. Examine relationships between the results and selected personal and educational factors.

Procedures: Three instruments were prepared by selecting and altering exercises utilized by the National Assessment of …

Effects Of Television On Rural Minnesota Viewer Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment, Beverly Brown Schulke

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This thesis examines the relationship between television viewing and attitudes toward capital punishment by making comparisons between viewers watching Canadian television and viewers receiving United States television. The adult population of three rural Minnesota areas was enumerated providing a sample N of 414. These areas were closely matched in all respects except type of television received. The first area receives only Canadian television signals, the second both United States and Canadian television signals, and the third receives only United States television signals. One adult from each household was interviewed in his/her home. High school youths in corresponding areas were also …

Attitudes Of Freshmen Legislators In The 1977 North Dakota Legislative Session, Lois J. Klostreich

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Unionization Of The Military, Ltc. Lavern E. Hammers

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Linear Limitations Of Two-Dimensional Drawing, Benedict Gi-Ling Wang

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The first section of my thesis deals with the concepts of the limitation of line as a two-dimensional phenomenon.

The second part is an account of my personal exploration both in the technical and conceptual aspects of my drawings using lines as a basis of expression.

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 …

Subdued Imagery Of Watercolor And Oils Through Experimentation Of Technique, Dona D. Erickson

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This thesis is primarily concerned with the techniques used in experimentation by the artist over the past two years, as a graduate student in painting. Attention is paid to the techniques developed through the media of painting with watercolor and oils.

The Differentiation Of Mercury Species In Submicrogram Quantities In Aqueous Solution, David A. Hildebrand

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Although trace analysis procedures for the analysis of total mercury have been available for a number of years, a major shortcoming of the procedures has been the inability to differentiate between the exact chemical forms of mercury species in solution. This is needed due to the varlng toxicity of the different species. An investigation was made of the possible analytical procedures which could be used for a separation and quantitation of mercury (0), mercury(I), mercury(II), methyl- and phenylmercury(II). The method of flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy (PAA) was used to detect mercury vapor produced by reduction of all mercury species or …

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" …

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 …

Perceptions And Images Of The Living Environment: Potential Applications To Planning, Richard W. Gray

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Mccarthyism In Utah, Richard Swanson

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The exaggerated anti-Communist crusade of Senator Joseph McCarthy allegedly gained the support of a majority of Americans during the early 1950's. It is historically important and interesting to question that supposition by considering the character of McCarthy's following in each state. This study shows that in Utah sympathy for the second Red Scare abounded and evidences of McCarthyism were readily apparent.

Three indicators illustrate Utah's support for the Wisconsin senator. The defeat of Elbert Thomas in 1950 dramatically epitomizes the successful use of incriminating allegations effectively employed by McCarthy. The election, or re-election, of McCarthy supporters and the defeat of …

The Effect Of He-O₂ Hyperbaria Upon Aspirin-Induced Gastro-Intestinal Bleeding, Harley A. Pakola

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Eine Linguistische Analyse Des Wiener Dialekts, Linda Walton

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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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The Effect Of Word Processing On Business Letter Writing., Stephen Dale Lewis

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Herpes Simplex Virus Infection In Nutritionally Deficient Mice, Mary L. Hetland Van Eeckhout

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The Histology Of The Spleen Of The Bush Baby, Galago Senagalensis : A Light Microscopic Study, J Eric Dravland

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Teacher Inservice And Professional Development In The Urban School Divisions Of Metropolitan Winnipeg., Alice Mary-Elizabeth Cheatley

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