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Entrepreneurs Described Using Measures Of Personality: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Survey Of Interpersonal Values, And Survey Of Personal Values., Edyth J. Tedefalk

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Problem. The study focused on a major problem in entrepreneurial research--how to describe actual entrepreneurs. It was designed to develop descriptive profiles of entrepreneurs and small business persons and to statistically test selected hypotheses about this population.Procedures. A total of 227 randomly selected managers or owner/managers were included in the study, drawn from Chambers of Commerce membership lists in North Dakota and Minnesota cities. Subjects came from firms that had 5 to 50 full-time employees. Four instruments were administered to the subjects: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Survey of Interpersonal Values, the Survey of Personal Values, and a Demographic Survey …

A Comparison Of Microcomputer Uses In North Dakota Businesses And Secondary Business Education Programs., Gary D. Hagen

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This study was designed to identify and compare microcomputer uses (for example: generating form letters, doing amortizations, and creating graphics) employed by North Dakota's businesses and taught in North Dakota's secondary business education programs.Two questionnaires, consisting of 46 microcomputer applications (uses), were developed using studies, professional articles, and input from area professionals. One questionnaire was sent to all 278 North Dakota schools having secondary business education programs, and the other to 1,000 randomly selected North Dakota businesses. Education respondents were asked to identify which applications they taught and the amount of time (emphasis) placed on teaching each. Business respondents were …

A Study Of Trypsin And Chemically Modified Trypsins Using Inhibitors, Kinetics And Spectroscopy., Charles K. Vomacka

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The ionization potentials of carboxyl groups in trypsin were studied with spectroscopic and kinetic methods. A mechanism based inhibitor (p-nitrophenol anthranilate) was used to block the Ser-195 (acylated enzyme) residue in the active site with a fluorescent anthranilate tag. Fluorescence quenching studies with iodide and acrylamide suggested the pKa value of the His-57 residue adjacent to the anthranilate tag was between 7 and 8. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis of the carboxyl groups symmetrical stretch at 1400 cm('-1) showed that all their pKa values were 4.6 or below in the trypsin anthranilate system. FT-IR studies on native trypsin and …

Selected Characteristics: Comparison Of Full-Time Nabte Institution Faculty, Mountain-Plains Region, Nbea, 1982-1983 (National Business Education Association)., Jeanette Arlene Karjala

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Problem. The problem of this study was to compare selected characteristics of full-time business education faculty at affiliated National Association of Business Teacher Education institutions located in the National Business Education Association Mountain-Plains Region.Procedures. An extensive research instrument was administered to 271 faculty members whose names were provided by representatives from 52 of 60 NABTE institutions in the eight NBEA Mountain-Plains Region states: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. Data from 101 men and 106 women who had full-time appointments and taught at least one business education course during the 1982-1983 academic year were …

Ion Exchange Of Sodium From Lignite Using Calcium Chloride, Bruce J. Zobeck

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Fort Buford : Sentinel On The Northern Plains, 1866-1895, Ronald Phil Warner

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Ammonia-Handling Safety Knowledge, Practices, And Information Sources Among North Dakota Farmers, Marjorie Mccullagh

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Increased Awareness Through Marketing Of Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology And The University Of North Dakota Speech, Language And Hearing Clinic, Mark Lawrence Robertson

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Four Women : A Collection Of Stories, Susan L. Neste

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The Adsorption On Steam Activated Carbon Fibers, Gem-Kang Nieh

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Effects Of Pouring Temperature On Tensile Strength Of Standard Cast Aluminum, Steve M. Champa

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Planck And Einstein : Twentieth-Century World-Views, Herbert W. Gernand

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Into The Fourth Dimension, Ward K. Johnson

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Total Normal Emittance Of Limestone, Michael Kestoras

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Comparison Of Waterfowl Use And Invertebrate Abundance On Constructed And Natural Wetlands In North Dakota, Karen Young Kreil

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Shoreline Recession: Past, Present, And Future, Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, Brian S. Sandberg

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Shoreline erosion is a major problem at Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota. Instrumentation along the eastern shore was initiated in 1983 to measure shoreline recession and determine the processes responsible, with the ultimate goal being the development of a relatively simple equation to predict the rate of recession which is better than the model currently used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

For the twenty stations, the present rate of recession ranges from 0.2 to 4.3 m/y. Approximately 78 percent of the yearly recession occurs during the warm months (May-October) due to wave erosion. Erosion over the cold months occurs …

Deflation Basin Stratigraphy: Southwestern North Dakota, Robert E. Seidel

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The goal of this study was the determination of a similar depositional sequence for sediments from a number of shallow basins in southwestern North Dakota and the comparison of this sequence with other work either in the area or in similar geographic environments.

Samples were obtained by augering, coring, and trenching selected basins. They were analyzed by means of: core description; detailed texture analyses on selected cores by sieve, pipette, and SediGraph techniques; and mineralogy by x-ray diffraction. Computer analyses were used to characterize grain-size distributions and to correlate texture and mineralogy by cross-association.

The results of the study verified …

Catalytic Hydrotreatment Of Catalytic Cracker Residual Oil, Mark A. Musich

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Design Optimization Of The Dynamic Behavior For A Three Degree-Of-Freedom Planar Robot, Craig F. Peterson

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Gas Production In Coal Liquefaction, Thomas C. Mckay

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Removal Of Sodium From Nerco Subbituminous Coal By Ion Exchange In A Continuous Countercurrent Unit Using An Aqueous Sulfuric Acid Medium, Dennis B. Thorfinnson

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The removal of sodium and other ions (potassium, magnesium, calcium, and aluminum) from a Montana subbituminous coal by ion exchange, with the hydrogen ion from aqueous sulfuric acid, in a continuous countercurrent unit was investigated as a function of initial sulfuric acid concentration, coal particle size, liquid to solid mass ratio, and coal residence time.

The results from this investigation indicate that the ion exchange process in the continuous countercurrent unit is controlled by film diffusion. Experimental results also indicate that the sodium removal is directly proportional to the initial sulfuric acid concentration and coal residence time, inversely proportional to …

A Comparison Of Lecture-Demonstration And Augmented Computer-Assisted Instruction Methods For College Students' Laboratory Learning Experience, Keith A. Stenehjem

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The purpose of this study was to provide direction to educators regarding computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in the laboratory setting. The specific purposes encouraging the initiation of this study were the following: (1) to enable educators to better understand the application of CAI in the photography laboratory and (2) to provide research data regarding the effectiveness for implementing augmented CAI in the photography laboratory.The subjects of the study were 94 students enrolled in selected courses which incorporated black and white photography laboratory instruction at the University of North Dakota during the fall semester of 1984. During the study, the control group …

Accounting For Software Development Costs, Patrick J. Halloran

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Pacifist From The Prairie: Lynn J. Frazier Of North Dakota, Nels Erickson

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A Generalized Information Structure To Be Used In A Human-Factors Knowledge Base, Bruce J. Wachlin

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The purpose of this thesis is to design a generalized information structure that can be used in a human-factors knowledge base. The information structure will take into account the human factors requirements and the hardware characteristics of the system. In this thesis the design and implementation of several prototype systems of a generalized information structure to be used in a human-factors knowledge base are presented.

A Description Of Secondary School Principals In Minnesota And Their Job Satisfaction, Nicholas J. Miller

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The purpose of this study was to describe the secondary principals of Minnesota and co measure their job satisfaction and the relationship of this satisfaction to selected background variables.

Questionnaires were mailed to 402 principals of schools with grades 7-12, 2, or '0 '2. Usable responses were received from 366 (91 percent; n± , r tincipals. The f irst part of the questionnaire was the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) which measured the respondents’ perceptions of their job satisfaction and yielded an intrinsic, extrinsic, and overall satisfaction score. The second part of the questionnaire collected responses to selected background variables.

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A Structural Study Of Some (H6-Arene)Ml2, First Row, Group Viii, Transition Metal Complexes And Their Derivatives, Stuart Kevin Janikowski

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The structures of five organonickel compounds were determined using x-ray diffraction techniques. This study was conducted to ascertain the relationships between the compound's structures, bonding, and chemical properties. The first structural evidence for discrete complexes containing Ni-SiX3 bonds is (h6-mesitylene)Ni(SiCl3)2 and presented. The compounds (h6-toluene)Ni(SiF3)2, crystallize in space group P21/c with Z = 2. The lattice constants at 23° C are: a = 9.056(2), b = 14.426(1), c = 13. 3 0 3 ( 2) ~, {J = 10 0. 6 9 ( 1 )0 , and a = 11. 3 5 5 ( 3) , b = 11.268(4), c …

Data Base Creation Of Counselor Profile For The Small Business Administration, Jonathan K. Titus

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This study analyzes the Small Business Administration procedures for the assigning of business counselors to a small firm needing assistance. The present system is done manually and is somewhat inefficient. The proposed system would automate to a large extent the present system, thus increasing efficiency and reducing the number of hours required to assign counselors and maintain the system.

The study is divided into two parts. The first part concerns itself with reviewing literature on data bases, in general, and the current data base programs on the market. These programs were compared for applicability to the proposed system. The second …

An Exhibition Of Original Designs Created For The Premiere Performances Of Plays By Maxwell Anderson, Bee Pearce

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This paper describes the search for and finding of designs created for the premieres of the produced plays written by Maxwell Anderson who graduated with honors from the University of North Dakota, class of 1911.

The search involved the identification of the plays premiered, the designers, and finally the location of these designs with the loan of each assured.

These confirmed loans allowed the secured premiere pieces to be displayed from October 13 through November 23, 1983, by the North Dakota Museum of Art at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, during the centennial year, February 1983 to February …

Brood Parasitism And Reproduction Of Canvasbacks And Redheads On The Delta Marsh, Rodney D. Sayler

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I studied brood parasitism and breeding ecology of canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) and redheads (A. americana) nesting on the Delta Marsh near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, from 1977 to 1980. The dissertation focuses on 3 aspects of this investigation: 1) the role of prairie drought in influencing pochard reproductive performance, including a comprehensive review of hypotheses explaining evolution of brood parasitism in waterfowl (Anatidae), 2) behavioral ecology and evolution of host/parasite interactions, and 3) development of improved redhead aging techniques by using cluster analysis.

Redheads shifted egg distributions from eggs in redhead nests to eggs laid parasitically in canvasback nests during …