Digital Commons Network^™

Milton R. Young: Dirt Farmer To United States Senator 1932-1945, Stephen Grant Sylvester

Theses and Dissertations

Milton R. Young rose from the obscurity of a small farm in North Dakota to the prominence of a United States Senator. He began his political career as a member of the Henrietta Township Board, served one term in the North Dakota House of Representatives, three terms in the North Dakota Senate, and as of January 1, 1977, was the Republican Dean of the United States Senate.

Young, a lifelong Republican, opposed William Langer, the state's most skillful politician, throughout his career in the state legislature and helped organize the Republican Organizing Committee, a faction of the Republican Party formed …

Isolation, Purification, Scanning Electron Microscopy And Bacterial Dna Uptake Of Plant Protoplasts, Bronwyn G. Hughes

Theses and Dissertations

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 …

Dietary Requirements Of Subjects Exposed To Hyperbaric He-O₂ Conditions : Effects Of Supplementation Of Vitamins And/Or Casein, Jack R. Isler

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Somatotype And Personality Of Undergraduate College Men, Iain C. Adams

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Assertiveness Between Individual And Team Sport Athletes, John G. Jolley

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Perceived Attributes Related To Adoption Of Food Storage, Connie Jean Roberts

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between an individual's perceptions of the attributes of food storage and his adoption of food storage practices. Food storage is defined as the practice of preserving and storing basic food commodities as a reserve supply. This practice is encouraged as a preparatory measure to provide security for families in the midst of emergencies, whether physical, economic, or social in nature. It becomes especially appropriate in developing areas where physical disasters (such as earthquakes and floods) coupled with social and economic instability, individually and on a national scale, pose constant threats …

Effect Of Altitude On The Peripheral Degradation Of Thyroxine In The Uinta Ground Squirrel (Citellus Armatus), Stuart K. Ware

Theses and Dissertations

Various methods were employed to detect changes in the peripheral degradation of thyroxine (T4) in adult Uinta ground squirrels (Citellus armatus) collected at two different altitudes (5400 and 9000 feet.) Plasma half-life of injected T4-125I (tl/2) was significantly decreased with altitude, as was T4-125I distribution space (TDS) and T4 degradation and secretion rate (TSR). In vitro deiodination of T4-125I by heart homogenates was not affected, while urinary excretion of thyroxine derived iodide was increased at high altitude 44-70 hours post-injection. Both total and free serum T4 concentrations were reduced at high altitude, although not significantly. The cause of the reduced …

Nutrient Relations Of Some Northern Minnesota Forest Communities, Richard H. Bares

Theses and Dissertations

Quantitative information on chemical and physical properties of soils under aspen and jack pine and chemical properties of peat and water under black spruce and tamarack, is limited. The present study quantifies soil particle size, electrical conductivity (E.C.), water soluble and replaceable calcium (Ca) , magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium (Na) , manganese (Mn) and strontium (Sr) concentrations in soils under aspen and jack pine communities. Aspen was found on alkaline clay soils with high Ca and Mg concentrations, and jack pine grew on wel1-drained, acidic, sandy clay loams high in Mn. Organic soils under peat and tamarack were analyzed …

Potential Diets For Carp Production, Rex Carlton Infanger

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of raising carp on pig manure and coli, Brassica campestris. The use of pig feces as a source of fish food has been questioned by researchers (Hickling 1968). Coli was selected for dietary intake by fish since it is used for human consumption by the Indians of Guatemala. Commercial fish food (Silver Cup) was used for a control diet. These diets were both combined and used as a single source of food.

Distinctive Personality And Discipline Characteristics Of Child-Neglecting Mothers, Robert J. Loveland

Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to investigate distinctive personality and discipline characteristics of mothers who physically neglect but do not physically abuse their children. An attempt was made to acceptably define the concept, to meet the need for information regarding a representative sample of child-neglecting mothers, and to test hypotheses of a psychological nature suggested by the literature.

There were ten mothers in the neglect group and ten in the reference group. Each of the neglectful mothers had been accused of failing to provide basic physical care for their children, and the group consisted of the ten most recent referrals …

A Phylogenetic Study Of The Suffrutescent Shrubs In The Genus Atriplex, C. Lorenzo Pope

Theses and Dissertations

Growing on dry saline soils throughout the Intermountain Region of the United States is a group of herbaceous, perennial species of Atriplex, including A. corrugata, A. cuneata, A. cuneata ssp. Introgressa, A. falcata, A. gardneri, A. tridentata, and A. welshii, designated as the Atriplex gardneri complex. Highly adaptive and competitive in the arid salt deserts, these species are valuable as forage for livestock and wildlife. Because of extensive variation present within this complex, considerable taxonomic confusion has resulted. To clarify taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships, selected populations and plants were analyzed morphologically, cytologically, ecologically, phenologically, and genetically. Polyploidy is common within …

Ecological Investigations In Cercocarpus Ledifolius Nutt. Communities Of Utah, James Newton Davis

Theses and Dissertations

Cercocarpus ledifolius communities of Utah were sampled to determine which measured environmental characters were influential in determining community structure and dynamics. Nineteen, one-tenth acre stands were sampled by 25 equally spaced .25m2 quadrats. Plant frequency, cover, density, height, diameter, age, elevation, slope and exposure were determined for curl-leaf mahogany within the study area. Soil depth and soil samples were analyzed for texture, pH and soluble salts. Curl-leaf mahogany is found almost entirely on arid rocky slopes, canyon ledges, and plateaus at relatively high elevations on all exposures. The soils were invariably shallow and slightly acidic with sandy loam soils being …

Effect Of Supplemental Food On Population Estimates And Mortality Rates Of Desert Rodents In Utah, J. Steven Thiriot

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this research is to assess the effects of various quantities of supplemental food (seed) on population estimates and mortality rates of desert rodents . The supplemental food is meant to stimulate natural vegetational productivity. If food availability significantly affects the population parameters methods of population estimators previously used may be in error. Hopefully this study will aid small mannnal research by designating whether, in part, population estimates and mortality rates are in error because of high vegetational productivity. The hypothesis of this study is that supplemental food in the natural environment decreases population estimates and mortality rates …

Vegetational Response To Three Environmental Gradients In A Salt Playa Near Goshen, Utah County, Utah, Michael Grant Skougard

Theses and Dissertations

The plant communities and individual plant species in and around a salt playa near Goshen, Utah County, Utah were studied in relation to three environmental gradients. Forty-eight stands were sampled by means of meter square gradients. Frequency data for all participating plant species were taken. Soil samples were collected from each site and analyzed to establish the environmental gradients (i.e., total soluble salts, soil moisture and hydrogen ion concentration. Results indicate that community vegetation types respond differentially to the three gradients and can be segregated on the basis of one or more of the gradients. The total soluble salts gradient …

Tissue Chromium Levels :|Bautopsy Study In Diabetic And Non-Diabetic American (Pima) Indians, Leslie O. Hansen

Theses and Dissertations

Tissues (liver, spleen, pancreas, and aorta) and hair taken at autopsy from diabetic and non-diabetic southwestern Indians (mainly Pima) were analyzed for chromium (Cr) using flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The Cr levels in both tissues and hair from diabetic subjects were consistently lower than in those from non-diabetic individuals. There were so few individuals in each group that it was not possible to accurately correlate a given tissue either with any other tissues or hair.

Uterine Vascular Adaptations Providing For Embryonic Nutrition During Implantation In The Rat, Christopher A. Bates

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Morphology Of Cartilage Canals In The Chick Proximal Tibial Epiphyseal Plate, Curtiss D. Hunt

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Imagined Scene Selection And Encouragement Of Association On Covert Reinforcement And Covert Sensitization., Diana Graham Pace

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Diet And Alcohol On Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine Methyltransferase And Choline Phosphotransferase Activity In Liver Microsomes, Eric O. Uthus

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Specificity Of Some Chemically Modified Chymotrypsins And Thermokinetic Parameters Of Chymotrypsin Catalysis., Phyllis Elaine Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Populations Of Invertebrate Organisms And Their Consumption By Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdneri Richardson) And Walleye (Stizostedion Vitreum Mitchill) In Gravel Lake, Rolette County, North Dakota., Timothy Wacht Joseph

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Minimum Cost Diet Problem With Modern Data, Michael C. Gunvalson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A First Aid Teaching Unit For The Missionary System Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Glenn R. Schiraldi

Theses and Dissertations

The intent of this study was to develop a sixty minute, mediated practical first aid teaching unit for the missionary system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sugar Phosphate Phosphohydrolase Of Microorganisms., Francis Yiak Man Choy

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Biotin Transport And Accumulation System In Bacillus Coagulans, Duane C. Ulmer

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Profile Of The Physique Of Female Basketball Players, Nancy K. Anderson Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Routes To An Intermediate For The Synthesis Of Dodecahedrane, David Craig Sutton

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Socioeconomic And Medicare Status Differences Between Elderly Church Service And Lds Private Pay Hospital Patients, Edward L. Soper

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the kind and degree of differences that existed in the socioeconomic status and access to financial resources of elderly members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and to determine if differences existed between Church Service and private pay elderly hospital patients in economic status, type of housing, housing costs, marital status, sex, number and degree of access to children, savings and other assets.

Certain elderly members of the LDS Church were found to be significantly deficient economically because of inadequate income, low lifetime earnings and high medical expenses. Findings …

Some Aspects Of Reproduction In Captive Mountain Lions Felis Concolor, Bobcats Lynx Rufus And Lynx Lynx Canadensis, Clifford F. Mehrer

Theses and Dissertations

More than 1500 vaginal smears and 75 0 urine samples were collected from 18 captive mountain lions, Felis concolor Linnaeus, 17 bobcats, Lynx rufus (Schreber), and 9 Canadian lynx, Lynx canadensis Kerr, from 1973-1974. Four types of epithelial cells were observed in the vaginal smears: parabasal, intermediate, cuboidal superficial and nivi- cuiar superficial. The smears were classified as anestrus , proestrus , estrus or metestrus on the basis of the four cell types and other smear characteristics . The reproductive behavior in captive mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx was also analyzed and the relationship between vagi- nal smear types and …