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Majority Effects On Grade School Children's Perceptions Of Sex-Appropriate Occupations, Debra L. Anderson

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Timpanogos Flora, Kelly W. Allred

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A comprehensive floristic study of Mt. Timpanogos, Utah County, Utah, was undertaken. The Mt. Timpanogos area is a much used facility in recreation, biology, watershed development, livestock management, and education. It is also representative of a major segment of the overall flora of Utah. This study adds to the ever-increading knowledge of the flora of Utah, and provides a means of identifying the flora of this region, which is basic to any future management.

Bench Scale Study Of Fast Fluidization, Subramaniam Natarajan

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The technique of fast fluidization in gas-solid contacting was investigated. Behavior of ground sand (44-150 microns), fluid cracking catalyst (30-100 microns), and lignite (5-75 microns) in dense and fast fluidized conditions were studied.

Pressure drop measurements were made in dense fluidized beds of these particles. Incipient fluidization velocity ranged from 0.033 ft./ sec. to 0.066 ft./sec., depending on the properties of the particles. Increase in bed heights were up to 100 percent of the static bed heights.

Pressure drops and bed densities were measured for different air flows and solid flows during fast fluidization of these materials. Critical velocities of …

Folate Content Of Bacillus Subtilis, David Nelson Hintze

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Bacillus subtilis can synthesize deoxythymidylate via either of two pathways. The working hypothesis is that the two reactions are very similar, differing only with respect to specificity for the type of folate required as substrate. The folates from B. subtilis were isolated and were determined by gel chromatography to be derivatives of pteroyltriglutamate and pteroyldiglutamate. Kav values for the two folate species are reported. Conjugase treatment revealed no other highly conjugated folates present. It was also observed that mutants deficient in one or the other of the two pathways grow at the same rate as wild-type cells under conditions allowing …

A Comparative Investigation Of Mammalian Serine Transhydroxymethylases, Sanha Panichajakul

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Serine transhydroxymethylase was purified one thousand-fold from bovine brain and one hundred and twenty-fold from bovine liver. Both enzymes were yellow due to the presence of the coenzyme pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the liver enzyme showed one major band containing 95% of the protein, while in the case of the brain enzyme two major bands of nearly equal intensity were observable. The specific activity of the crude liver enzyme was about sixty times higher than that of brain. The liver enzyme was also more heat stable than the brain enzyme. The purified enzymes exhibited L-allothreonine and L-threonine aldolase …

An Assay Chamber For Quantitative Analysis Of Nitrogen Fixation Using Intact Plants, Thomas Adrie Leslie

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A unique assay system for quantitative analysis of biological nitrogen fixation by intact plants has been constructed and successfully tested. With the system, it has been possible to detect acetylene reduction by intact legumes in situ under laboratory conditions. This assay method is designed to approximate field conditions and in spite of possible procedural errors in sampling, background noise of the gas chromatograph and ethylene contamination of the acetylene gas used in the assay, this method is sensitive ·enough to detect as little as 1 ppm enrichment of ethylene gas as a result of acetylene reduction by intact soybean plants. …

The Kinetics And Mechanism Of A Free Radical Decay In Aqueous Solution, Denzel Lee Fillmore

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The decomposition of nitrosyl disulfonate ion was studied in strongly alkaline solution of 10-2 to 5 m sodium hydroxide. The decomposition was found to be first-order in both hydroxide and nitrosyl disulfonate ions. A multi-step mechanism involving sulfite ion, sulfite ion radical and nitrosyl monosulfonate ion radical as intermediates was proposed, with the initiating step being the SN2 replacement of a sulfite ion by a hydroxide ion. The rate constant for the initiating step ranged from 1.2 x 10-7 to 2.25 x 10-5 M-1s-1 for the solution concentration range of the study. The products of the decomposition were identified as …

An Investigation Of The Ecology Of Subalpine Fir On The Markagunt Plateau In Southern Utah, Ronald Beatty Bolander

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The ecology of subalpine fir relative to broom rust was investigated. Broom rust infections were most common in trees growing on limestone soils, and seldom occurred on trees growing on basalt soils. Even though plant moisture stress was consistently higher in the plants from limestone soils, the studies indicated that moisture stress is not the major factor causing infection. The amounts of available magnesium and phosphorus were much lower in the limestone soil. It is postulated that the higher plant moisture stress of subalpine fir growing on limestone soils may aggrevate the lack of nutrients and be a contributing factor …

Business Knowledges And Work Values Acquired In Office Simulation And Cooperative Office Education Programs., Lowell Lawrence Barr

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Bryan, Populism And Utah, Herbert E. Cihak

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William Jennings Bryan exercised great political power for thirty years in America. Through his efforts the Democratic Party power base was broadened to include Jews, Negroes businessmen, and farmers. Bryan's call for political and social reform found many supporters in the State of Utah.

It is difficult to assess what actually caused William J. Bryan to lose the 1900 Presidential election in Utah. Yet, we must put to rest the conclusion that he lost solely because silver was an unimportant issue to the Utah electorate in 1900. The powerful influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on …

The Twin Crowns : An Original Children's Theatre Play, Elaine Berg Unruh

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Recovery And Survival Of Virus In Water, Hugh Depaolo

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A Galerkin Finite Element Analysis Of Heat Storage In A Confined Aquifer, Dwight D. Wendschlag

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Reactions Of Chromium(Iii) And Thiocyanate Ion In Acidic Water-Methanol Solvent: Separation Of Mercury Species Using Cation Exchange Resin., Curtis L. Knudson

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The Measurement And Analysis Of Oxygen Consumption In Scuba Divers At 1 Ata, 2 Ata And 3 Ata Of Open Water While Breathing Various Mixtures Of Nitrogen - Oxygen, Helium - Oxygen And Helium - Nitrogen - Oxygen, Deborah M. Allen Brennan

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A Study Of The Current Status And Future Directions Of Sports For Girls In Selected Secondary Schools In North Dakota, Elaine Isaacson

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An Attitudinal Analysis Of Natural Resource Development In A Rural Agricultural Area, Henry J. Lebak

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The Differential Effects Of Group Emotional Climate In Four Types Of Counseling Groups., Bruce K. Thordal

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Political Roles And Political Crisis : Americans And Watergate, Todd C. Hanson

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The Need-Serving Role Of Mass Media : A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Dennis Kastendiek

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A Reorientation To Rural Recreation : A Social Behaviorist Approach, Thomas J. O'Leary

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The Use Of Translucent Plastic As A Scenic Medium, Philip R. Therou

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An Evaluation Of The Techniques Used In The Television Presentation : The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman, Jean C. Dechant

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The Creation, Development, And Design Of A Course For Providing Missionaries At The Language Training Mission In Provo, Utah, With The Necessary Communication Skills To Teach The Gospel To The Hearing Impaired Who Use The American Sign Language, Byron F. Crookston

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The purpose of this study was to develop a course outline to begin the teaching of the American Sign Language at the Language Training Mission in Provo, Utah. Presently there is no program offered to train missionaries to teach the eight discussions to the hearing impaired who use sign language and fingerspelling to communicate. This study attempts to provide such a course outline that can later be developed into a complete training program.

To establish a criterion for this course, existing theories and curriculum guides for teaching sign language were reviewed and summarized. A survey for training interpreters, particularly in …

An Analysis Of The Doctrinal Teachings Of President George Albert Smith, Robert K. Mcintosh

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George Albert Smith, Eighth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was a General Authority during some of the most traumatic years in world history. His teachings and doctrines were practical, rather than philosophical or theoretical, and were applicable to a time when the world needed a message of hope and love. The two key ideas of his teachings were based on the two great commandments of Christ: love of God and love of neighbor. In addition, he also gave vital messages on the importance of obedience to God's laws, the character and attributes of God, the …

A History Of Latter-Day Saint Screen Portrayals In The Anti-Mormon Film Era, 1905-1936, Richard Alan Nelson

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Polygamy was the key issue which acted to popularize opposition to the Latter-day Saint Church during the years 1905-1936. As a result of the continuing controversy over the so-called "Mormon Question," secular moviemakers in this period planned or actually produced nearly forty motion pictures containing Mormon characterizations. Although several important pro-LDS movies were made (some with Church assistance), the anti-Mormon photoplay dominated the silent film era portrait of the Saints. Murder and polygamy as basic themes provide clear reference to traditional literary and theatrical images.

Early attempts by Utah and Church officials to censor the offending pictures were unsuccessful. Following …

The Keller Plan In College Introductory Physical Geology : A Comparison With The Conventional Teaching Method, Robert G. Walsh Sr.

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The purpose of this study is to compare the learning and attitudinal changes that took place in a college introductory physical geology class between a self-paced method of instruction called the Keller Plan and the conventional lecture-laboratory method.

The sample population was 56 students enrolled in Earth Science 120, an introductory physical geology course at Minot State College ·~ during the fall quarter, 1973. An experimental section of 20 students experienced the Keller Plan treatment and two control groups consisting of 18 students each received the conventional method of instruction.

Four specific areas of investigation were tested: (1) knowledge of …

On Using The Black Press, Douglas E. Newman

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Flood Damage Limitation Measures In Rapid City, South Dakota, Before And After The Flood Of June 9, 1972, Jon David Mclean

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A Sociological Profile Of Lds Inmates At Utah State Prison, Robert D. Payne

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The present thesis is a study of 103 LDS inmates at Utah State Prison. It tests the hypothesis that the inmates are more likely to come from non-cohesive homes. In 1959, Dr. Evan T. Peterson completed a study of three thousand 12-18 year old LDS male youths. Out of Dr. Peterson's respondents, 112 sixteen-eighteen year old subjects were selectively drawn to match the inmate sample in terms of fathers' occupation and education. This stratified sample was used as the control group.

The study confirmed the above family environment hypothesis. It found that when compared to the control group, the LDS …