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The Relation Of Selected Academic, Biographical And Personality Factors To The Achievement Of Canadian College Freshmen, Calvin W. Vraa

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of several selected variables to the first year undergraduate grade point average of Canadian inale freshmen enrolled at the University of North Dakota during the 1967-1968 academic year.

Procedure: The subjects used in this study were 59 Canadian male freshmen who were enrolled in the University of North Dakota in the Fall of 1967. The subjects were randomly selected from the total Canadian male freshmen population.

The instruments used in this study were the American College Test, The Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior, the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Feelings, and a …

A Comparative Study Of Teacher Prepared And Commercially Purchased Transparencies In Industrial Arts Education, Larry J. Yetter

Theses and Dissertations

Most graphic arts laboratories in Industrial Arts Teacher Education Programs are equipped with darkroom, process camera and offset printing equipment. The utilization of this equipment for the production of overhead transparencies could update instructional materials for industrial arts courses.

Several processes for producing overhead transparencies were investigated by means of a documentary study of educational and industrial literature. The information gathered was then studied and experimentation was conducted to determine the feasibility of producing single color and multicolor transparencies in the graphic arts laboratory of the Industrial Arts Department.

The results of this study provided the following:

1. Technical information …

Vocational Office Education In The European Economic Community Countries: An Interpretive Analysis With Specific Emphasis On The Secondary School Level, Helene L. Zimmerman

Theses and Dissertations

The primary objective of this study was to describe, analyze, and compare the vocational office education programs of the six European Economic Community countries (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands). In these vocational office education programs, specific emphasis was placed on the secondary school level. The following facets were represented in the description and analysis of each country's program and in the comparison of the programs of the six countries: (1) philosophy and objectives; (2) schools; where available; (3) organization, administration, and supervision of these schools; (4) how schools are financed; (5) curriculum, content of courses, …

A Comparison Of Physical Fitness Development Of Physical Education Students And Athletes Compared To Normal Physical Maturation Of Junior High Boys In Havre, Montana, Neil C. Boyd

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in fitness levels shown among a Control Group and two Experimental Groups over a two year period. The Control Group consisted of seventy-two boys not taking instructional physical education or participating in any athletics. Experimental Group I consisted of one hundred subjects taking the regular physical education classes; Experimental Group II, of forty-eight subjects involved in a year round athletic program in addition to the regular physical education classes.

Pre and post test comparisons were made on the seven items of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation …

The Effects Of Heel Disks, Heel Bars And Conical Cleats On The Speed And Cutting Ability Of University Of North Dakota Football Players, James J. Driscoll

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to measure the effects of three different types of heel structures on the agility and cutting ability of University of North Dakota football players. The three types of heel structures used were regular conical cleats, heel disks and heel bars.

The test used in the study was the Dodging Test from Frederick V. Cozens' General Athletic Ability Test for College Men. It consists of running and dodging or cutting in and out among five hurdles placed at strategic points on five 3-toot lanes.

The subjects tested were the total population of the University of …

Reproductive Ecology Of Female Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Pedioecetes Phasianellus Jamesi Lincoln) And Food Habits Of Broods In Southwestern North Dakota, Lawrence Stanley Bernhoft

Theses and Dissertations

A study of the reproductive ecology and brood food habits of sharp-tail grouse (Pedioecates phaslanel.lus jamesi Lincoln) was conducted in southwestern North Dakota during 1967 and 1968. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the nest and brooding cover selected by the female was made to determine the effect of intensive grazing. Radio telemetry was utilized to monitor dispersals of 13 females from three dancing grounds; eight nests were located. Nest sites were selected in areas of moderate grazing with residual vegetation, or in non-use areas associated with intensive grazing' and land-use. Deferred grazing on native range was important in providing …

Ultrastructural Investigations Of Tilletia Caries Teliospores, James Vincent Allen

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the ultrastructure of Tilletia caries teliospores. Specimens were prepared for viewing in the electron microscope by freeze-etching and thin-sectioning techniques. Thin-sectioning techniques gave excellent results with the teliospore walls and the lipid bodies within the teliospore but failed to adequately fix the membranes and internal organelle systems. Micrographs of Tilletia caries teliospores prepared using thin-sectioning show three major wall layers and two partition wall layers and abundant lipid bodies. The freeze-etch method of spore preparation proved superior to the thin-sectioning used in this study to reveal the internal organelle systems of the …

Religious And Secular Correlates Of The Lds Family Home Evening Program, Gordon E. Mauss

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The purpose of this study was to describe and explore three phenomenon of the L.D.S. Family Home Evening Program: (1) the nature of religious commitment in an L.D.S. sample, (2) the degree of participation, (3) the relation of certain religious and secular variables.
The data for the study were made available to the researcher by A. L. Mauss, as part of a larger study designed to measure the impact of Urbanism upon Mormonism. The instrument, modeled after the Glock and Stark studies, was adapted to a random sample of 958 members of the L.D.S. Church in Utah.
The nature of …

Thermodynamics Of Proton Dissociation And Metal Ion Complexation In Aqueous Solution. I, Cation Binding With Cyclic Polyethers: Significance In Ion Transport Processes. Ii, Proton Dissociation From Adenosine, Several Monosaccharides And Related Compounds. Iii, Proton Dissociation From Several Pyrimidines And Their Nucleosides At 10, 25 And 40°, Joseph Howard Ryttling

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The log K, ΔH° and ΔS° values for the interaction of several metal ions with the two isomers of the cyclic polyether, 2,5,8,15,-18,21 hexaoxatricyclo[20.4.0.0^9,14]hexacosane are reported. The stability order found for alkali metal ion interaction with either isomer is identical to the order of ion permeability through reconstituted biological membranes for structurally related antibiotics. The size of the metal ion is critical in determining the extent of interaction. A calorimetric titration study of proton ionization from several monosaccharides and derivatives, pyrimidine bases and their nucleosides, adenosine and its derivatives, and cycloheptaamylose is described. The heats of reaction obtained in this …

A Study Of Changes In Vocational Interest Inventory Patterns And Scores After Two Years For Male College Students Initially Having No Primary Interest Patterns, Ralph Kent Roberts

Theses and Dissertations

Problem

The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine whether college males who had no primary patterns on an SVIB administered in 1966 developed primary patterns on a 1968 retest and whether there were significant proportional differences in the number of students having one or more primary patterns on their 1968 SVIB among the three treatment groups and the control group; and (2) determine if there were significant differences between the scale means of the 1966 and 1968 SVIB for two groups of students who were dichotomized according to primary or no primary patterns in 1968.

Procedure

The subjects …

Surface Characteristics Of Conidia From Monosporous Cultures Of Penicillium Digitatum And Aspergillus Nidulans Var. Echinulatus, Raymond Kunito Fuji

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The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the possible taxonomic significance of the "rodlet" patterns and spore wall configurations of conidia from monosporous cultures of Penicillium digitatum Saccardo and Aspergillus nidulans Eidam var. echinulatus Fennell & Raper. Freeze-etching the conidiospores from single spore isolates of these fungi revealed that spore wall patterns and configurations vary much too greatly to be of taxonomic importance on the strain and subspecies level. Environmental factors and genetic influences are discussed as possible mechanisms causing the variations of the spore wall configurations. A membrane-like structure that covers the "rodlet" patterns and which hinders spore …

Water Injection In An Automobile Gas Turbine Combustion System, Billy Ray Jackson

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"GENTLEMEN, JUNK YOUR ENGINES!" This title of a recent periodical article [1]* catches some of the expectation for the wedding of the Automobile and the Gas Turbine, The nuptials cannot be completed though, unless two problems are overcome: 1) high fuel consumption, and 2) high operating temperature. The first problem is solvable by the use of heat regeneration and much work has been done in this area [2][3] [4]. The solution of the second problem of high operating temperature was the basis for this thesis. The method of solution was by water injection into the combustion gases prior to entrance …

Optimization Of Physical Properties Of Hydraulic Cushion Cells For Vehicle Impact Restraint, William Evans Hughes

Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, the United States has witnessed a vast expansion of its internal highway system. Concurrently the number of vehicles has increased as has the average yearly milage per vehicle. Unfortunately, along with increased vehicle use there has been an alarming increase in annual loss of life and property due to traffic accidents. Statistics verify that the modem freeway systems greatly reduce dangerous head on collisions but the rate of accidents due to collisions with fixed objects in or near the roadway has increased almost 50 percent in the past thirty years.^1 In 1966, about 13>300 deaths were …

North Dakota And The Korean War, 1950-1951: A Study In Public Opinion, Michael R. Sponberg

Theses and Dissertations

Frequently one hears reference to North Dakota the "isolationist state." Indeed, North Dakota's vociferous opposition to World Wars I and II and its Senator Gerald P. Nye's investigations of the munitions industry all warrant the description of North Dakota as an isolationist state. But what of the cold war period when the enemy was Asiatic rather than European? This study of the first year of the Korean War is an attempt to determine what North Dakotans thought about fighting a war in Asia.

The press which had been divided over the involvement of the United States in earlier wars now …

A Follow-Up Study Of The 1962-65 Notehand Students Of Bishop Dubourg High School, St. Louis, Missouri, To Identify The Effectiveness And Personal Uses Of Notehand, M. Anthony Naes

Theses and Dissertations

This study aims to ascertain the "effectiveness" and "personal uses" of Notehand.

Students of six classes taught during the years 1962-65 at Bishop Dubourg High School, St. Louis, Missouri, were contacted and requested to complete questionnaires which furnished this data. Of the 149 students invited to participate, 147 replied.

Tabulations were made as replies were received, and an analysis began when 98.6 per cent of the questionnaires were returned.

The findings of the study were converted into tables showing the positive and negative responses to each question for each academic year, and the percentage for all years combined. A sampling …

Albert D. J. Cashier And The Ninety-Fifth Illinois Infantry ( 1844-1915 ), Mary Catherine Lannon

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An historical account of a person who fought in the Civil War and subsequently lived in Central Illinois. It is primarily based on official records, letters, interviews, and newspaper articles.

Wisconsin Power Mechanics Course Of Study, Donavan L. Jones

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No abstract provided.

Mechanism Of Water Transport Through Reverse Osmotic Membranes, Cheryl Kay Murphy

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Cellulose acetate membranes show a higher permeability to water than to salt and are being used for desalination of salt water by reverse osmosis. Use of highly acetylated cellulose membranes give a higher salt rejection but also decrease flow rate of the water. The addition of very-short-chain substances or alkyl groups larger than one carbon atom to the cellulose membrane also decreases water flux. A proposed mechanism of transport through the membrane is that the water molecule is passed along the chain by hydrogen bonding with the acetyl groups, The NMR shows a change in the chemical shift of water …

A Study Of The Opportunities For A Public Accountant In The Rural Area Surrounding Drayton, North Dakota, Richard D. Mcconnell

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No abstract provided.

Independence For The Sec, Donald H. Mckush

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No abstract provided.

The Controlled Oxidation Of Lignite In A Fixed Bed, Leroy Dockter

Theses and Dissertations

The use of cooling coils or pipes to control the reaction zone temperatures when oxidizing lignite in a fixed bed was studied. The experimental procedures involved passing heated air through a bed of lignite to initiate spontaneous heating and then removing the heat generated using a water cooled coil. Variables investigated included the lignite moisture content, prior oxidation history, and lignite source.

Spontaneous heating was initiated in lignite from three different mines, and at initial moisture contents from bed moisture down to 10 percent by heating the lignite to 250-260 °F while passing air slowly through the bed. At moisture …

Thermal Dissolution Of Lignite Under Hydrogen Pressure, Shrikrishna N. Desai

Theses and Dissertations

The hydrogenation-solution reaction of North Dakota lignite was studied with various organic solvents in a batch microautoclave at reaction conditions of 740 degrees F. and 1500 psig. initial hydrogen pressure. The solvents included aliphatic, aromatic, cycloparaffinic, heterocyclic, phenolic and amino compounds. The extent of dissolution was measured from the amount of residue retained on an asbestos filter-mat after it was washed and dried. It was found that the hydroaromatic compounds were very effective, giving more than 70 percent solubilization of lignite in solution reaction.

Four lignites from different mines in the Northern Great Plains Provinces were dissolved in tetralin at …

Selected Variables Related To Academic Achievement Of American And Canadian Male Freshmen At The University Of North Dakota, William E. Grady

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of various academic, personality, and biographical factors to the academic achievement of American and Canadian male college freshmen.

Procedure: The subjects employed in this study were 31 American and 31 Canadian male college freshmen enrolled at the University of North Dakota during the 1968-1969 academic year.

These students were administered the American College Test immediately preceding the beginning of the fall semester. During the semester each student was administered the Biographical Data Questionnaire, the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation- Behavior scale, and the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Feelings scale.

The statistical …

Physicians' Degree Of Concern As A Function Of Numerical Medical Information Indices, Frederick W. Theye

Theses and Dissertations

The present investigation was essentially exploratory and descriptive in purpose. Utilizing the direct scaling method of magnitude estimation (with assigned modulus) the study attempted to: (1) determine if lawful relationships existed between the clinical judgment of licensed physicians and the results from nine numerical medical information indices, and (2) to quantitatively describe such relationships.

It was believed that direct estimation methodologies have been shown through empirical studies to be superior to the psychophysical models of Fechner and Thurstone. Previous work has also illustrated that the power law of S. S. Stevens' has provided a powerful methodology in studying the topic …

A Study Of Differences Between A Group Of Community College Students In An Adjustment Skills Course And A Control Group On Selected Personality And Non-Academic Characteristics, Eugene L. Curtis

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the differences between a group of community college students in an Adjustment Skills course and a control group on selected personality and non-academic characteristics.

Procedure: The subjects in this study consisted of 56 freshmen males and 33 freshmen females enrolled at Wenatchee Valley College during the 1967 Fall Quarter who received a standard score less than 42 on the English Composite sub-test of the Washington Pre-College Test, or achieved a high school grade point average in English of less than 2,5. The experimental group consisted of 22 males and 17 females, …

Social Structure Of Small Mammal Populations At The National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, R. Lynn Speth

Theses and Dissertations

This investigation examined the social structure of four species of small mammals (Perognathus parvus (Peale), Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird), Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner), and Dipodomys ordi (Woodhouse) at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) in Idaho. An understanding of the social structure provides ecological clues concerning the integration of interactions, reproduction, distributions, densities, and diel activities for not only one animal and species, but for a complex of animals interacting with each other.

A History Of Wrul: The Walter S. Lemmon Years, Andre J.E. Mostert Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Founded by Walter S. Lemmon on June 26, 1931, international radio station WRUL originally had the call letters W1XAL. On December 2, 1934, the stat ion began broadcasting World Radio University programs produced by the World Wide Broadcasting Foundation, a non-profit, educational foundation funded by Mr. Lemmon and the Rockefeller Foundation.

On September 7, 1939, the calI letters were changed to WRUL. Two days later the transmitters and antennas were moved f rom Boston to Scituate, Massachusetts. Control of the station was taken by the United States government on November 4, 1942. During World War II, WRUL was operated by …

Response And Associative Learning In Warmup, Allen Mayo Raffetto

Theses and Dissertations

Improvement in learning successive lists has been found in both serial and paired-associate verbal learning tasks. Both intrasession and intersession effects have been observed, although it is well established that intrasession effects are greater in magnitude. Intrasession improvement in learning successive verbal tasks has been called warmup. Earlier investigators (e.g., Heron, 1929; Irion, 1949; Thune, 1950) favored an explanation of warmup similar to that used in motor skills learning. They viewed warmup as postural and attentive changes taking place within a learning session. These changes were seen as nonassociative and temporary. Warmup was regarded as separate from intersession improvement, usually …

Rheological Study Of Concentrated Silica Suspensions, Prakash N. Mishra

Theses and Dissertations

Concentrated suspensions of silica in water were investigated using a rotational viscometer and a Zeta-Meter. The viscometric data was analyzed for shear dependence, solid concentration dependence and pH dependence. The data for electrophoretic mobility was analyzed for pH dependence.

The experimental data was applied to the Bingham plastic model and the power law model and the power law model was found to describe the experimental data more closely than the Bingham plastic model. The parameters for these two models were correlated to solids concentration, pH and electrophoretic mobility.

Effect of particle size on apparent viscosity was also studied but no …

Distribution, Food And Life History Of Tiger Salamanders In Devils Lake, North Dakota, Gary L. Buchli

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Food, growth, distribution, migration, metamorphosis, neoteny, and breeding habits of Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli Dunn were studied in Devils Lake, North Dakota. Salamanders I vere captured in gill and frame nets, and growth and metamorphosis were followed on specimens caged in the lake, lood habits were ascertained from stomach analyses and migrating adults were caught in gill nets and trench-barrier t raps.

Salamander adults breed readily in Devils Lake and display a sex ratio of 13 females to 10 males. The population appears to consist of larvae, neotenous gilled forms, aid adults. Adults leave the lake in fall and return in …