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College Football Players' Beliefs About Participation And Winning/Losing, Duane D. Naatz

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The Depiction Of Lakota Culture In Waterlily, Kelly J. Morgan

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A Prospective Study Of Cancer Patients Developing Nausea And/Or Vomiting In Response To Chemotherapy., Marc W. Haut

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Two of the most common and distressing side effects of chemotherapy for cancer are nausea and vomiting. Nausea and/or vomiting that follows treatment is thought to be pharmacological in nature, while nausea and/or vomiting experienced in anticipation of treatment is hypothesized to be a conditioned response.Few studies have examined nonpharmacological, psychological factors in the development and experience of postchemotherapy nausea and/or vomiting. While much research has been conducted on psychological factors associated with the development and experience of anticipatory nausea and/or vomiting, the vast majority of these studies have been retrospective in nature. The purpose of the present study was …

Endocrinological Analysis Of Sandpiper Social Systems., Cheri Lynn Gratto

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I examined the endocrinological regulation of social behavior in two sympatric species of sandpipers exhibiting very different social systems. Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) are monogamous and territorial, while Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) are facultatively polyandrous and non-territorial. Both parents incubate equally in the Semipalmated Sandpiper, while only male phalaropes care for eggs and young. By comparing circulating hormone levels (prolactin, testosterone, progesterone, and estradiol) between species and sexes throughout the breeding season, differences in hormonal profiles were related to behavior.Blood samples were collected in the summers of 1985 to 1987 from individuals of both species breeding in a 3 km$\sp2$ …

Spectroscopic Studies And Thermodynamics Of Charge -Transfer Complex Formation Between Metal Acetylacetonates As Donors, And Iodine, Phenol Or Pi-Systems As Acceptors., Kabuika Ngoy Butamina

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The donor properties of Metal acetylacetonates (M(acac)$\sb{\rm n}$) towards a variety of electron acceptors have been investigated. Thermodynamic parameters for the 1:1 Charge-Transfer (CT) complexes between M(acac)$\sb{\rm n}$ and I$\sb2$ have been determined from the blue-shifted I$\sb2$ peaks $(\sim$360 nm) in the UV-Vis. spectra. Positive $\rm\Delta S\sp{o}$ observed for the Zr(IV) and Sc(III) cases suggests that the Zr and Sc acac donors are more solvated in their free state than in the complexed form.The equilibrium constants K$\sb{\rm AD}$ for the M(acac)$\sb{\rm n}$/I$\sb2$ complexes are very different from the values previously reported by other workers. The I-I stretching modes are observed …

How Full-Time North Dakota Elementary Principals Perceive Their Performance On Selected Proficiencies, Gayle Jean Lee

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Working Smart : The Minnesota Community College Faculty Association's 1979 Strike, Richard W. Whaley

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Measuring Cognitive Appraisal : The Development Of The Dakota Cognitive Appraisal Inventory, Cheri L. Hexum

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The Creation And Validation Of A Visual/Gestural System Symbolizing Selected Phonological Patterns, Sonia A. Flake

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The Relationship Of Transportation Effort To Level Of Anxiety In Radiotherapy Patients, Margaret E. Yerkes

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A Comparison Of College Students In Social Service And Non-Social Service Courses On Codependency, Family Cohesion And Family Adaptability, Tammy Schultz

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Beyond The Community : The Political Economy Of Rural Hospital Closures, Joyce Altobelli

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An Acoustical Analysis Of The Speech Of Children With Phonological Disorders, Lisa M. Bilous

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A Community Study Of Coalville, Utah, 1859-1914, Norma Eileen Pyper Thompson

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This thesis is about a small Mormon community, Coalville, Utah, during the time period 1859 to 1914. Coalville is located in the northeastern section of the state of Utah in Summit County on Interstate 80.
Although Coalville remained small in population, it is worthwhile to study its origins, the people who built its institutions, its social life and economy and how it developed from a mere camping spot on the road between Salt Lake to Wyoming into a stable community. Coalville's development was significant to the growth and culture of Utah.
The founders experienced the usual pioneer struggles to conquer …

A Mormon Melting Pot: Ethnicity Acculturation In Cedar City, Utah, 1880-1915, Vida Leigh

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This thesis studies the ethnicity of the five ethnic groups found in Cedar City, Utah, during the 1880-to-1915 period. Those five groups were originally sent by Brigham Young to found the Iron Mission, as a two-fold project: (1) developing the iron mining industry, and (2) building a united community of Latter-day Saints.

The demographics, kinship, ties, marriage patterns, occupations, wealth, and elites in church government and society have been examined in detail through US censuses, Iron county assessment records, marriage records, Cedar City municipal records, LDS church records, diaries, histories, and personal histories. By comparing all the ethnic groups within …

Advanced Placement Chemistry Curriculum, Michael H. Edmondson

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Literature related to the Advanced Placement program ln Chemistry was reviewed. Discussions were held with the Science Consultant for Muscogee County, Ms. Ann Murrah, and with Dr. Carolyn Cartledge, Chair of the Specialist Project Committee. Discussions regarding the appropriateness of certain content were held wlth Mr. Mahesh Sharma and Dr. John Pyle, both of the Chemistry department of Columbus College. Textbooks were reviewed and an outline of content was developed which was then used to determine concepts to be taught and student objectives. A listing of necessary laboratories and laboratory equipment was developed based on the recommendations of the College …

An Analysis Of The Economic And Social Values Attributed To A Variety Of Occupations As Portrayed In Adolescent Literature, Ethelyn W. Riley

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This study analyzed twenty-two novels of adolescent literature which portray occupations. The purpose of this study was to determine which category of jobs was treated most often and most favorably. The jobs were placed in one of the following categories: professional work, industrial work, housework, hustling work, and counter-cultural work. Each job was then given a prestige rating of 0 to 100. Fourteen of the twenty-two novels focused on professional work, four on industrial work, three on hustling work, one on counter-cultural work, and none on housework.

Sciençe Denartment Evaluation With Focus On Quality Basic Education And National Science Teachers Association Criteria, David Wayne Donalson

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This study is a descriptive investigation of science instructional programs in three senior high schools, reviewed from four different standpoints. Criteria set forth by the Quality Basic Education Act of Georgia (QBE) and recommendations given by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) were used for the establishment of i Likert-style questionnaire which was distributed among a group of twenty-eight science teachers. Three of the seven high schools located in a southeastern city of approximately 200,000 population were selected at random to participate in this study. These schools ranged in enrollment from 1100 to 1250 students.

Lack of computer training was …

The Relationship Between Student Attitudes Toward Reading And Student Test Scores, Frazier Sollars

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One hundred and thirty-four seventh grade students served as subjects to determine if a correlation existed between reading achievement and attitude toward reading. Of these students, fifty were randomly selected for data presentation. The Intermediate Reading Attitude Index and Georgia Criterion Reference Test were used to obtain data.

The Georgia Criterion Reference Tests were designed to provide teachers with diagnostic information on each student's test performance. The GCRT is comprised of math and reading tests. Only the reading portion of the GCRT was used by this researcher. Values were assigned to the questions on the Intermediate Reading Attitude Index for …

Attitudes Toward Science Among Participants Of A Summer Science Enrichment Program, Jan. White

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Eighteen high school and junior high school participants of a summer science enrichment program at a selected college in Georgia were the subjects of this study which described and measured changes in attitudes towards science as a result of the program. A fifty-item questionnaire, developed on a modified Likert scale of one to four and administered on a pretest-posttest basis, served as the measuring instrument. Differences between pretest and posttest responses indicated changes in attitudes towards science.

Changes occurred in 37.1% of all individual responses. Analysis of responses within the various categories of items revealed the greatest positive change in …

Expression Of Bacteriophage Øx174 E Gene Under Control Of The Lambda Pl Promoter And The Cii Ribosome Binding Site, Gregory James Mize

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The Level And Determinants Of Burnout Of Mormon Mothers In A Utah Suburban Town, Christina Mordock

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The purpose of this study was to examine burnout in Mormon mothers in a suburban Utah town. Specifically the amount and some determinants of burnout among these Mormon women was studied. A random sample of 266 Mormon mothers completed a questionnaire and a modified version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) which consisted of three subscales, (Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment), and two categories in each subscale (Frequency and Intensity). The subjects scored in the moderately burned out category in each subscale. Significant relationships were found between the amount of burnout and the following: the age of the mother, …

Administrators', Educators', And Parents' Perceptions Of Preschool Screening Procedures Used To Identify Preschool Special Needs Children In Eastern North Dakota, Donna M. Dunlap-Bitz

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Hospital Quality Assurance And Outcomes Of Hospitalization, Patricia A. Rowell

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This study was undertaken to address the need of professionals responsible for assuring the quality of hospital care for a framework for understanding and evaluating quality assurance mechanisms and their impact on hospital quality of care. Primary data were collected from 70 Virginia short term acute care general hospitals on the design and resources of their quality assurance programs in 1986. Adverse outcome data for 1986 were collected from the Medical Society of Virginia Review Organization. Hospital structural data were obtained from the American Hospital Association computer data base and the Federal Register. The intermediate outcome variables are: rate of …

The Analysis Of 3-Channel "Vector" Visual Evoked Potentials And Possible Neuroanatomical Correlates, Lance Mitchell Siegel

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he use of evoked potentials to evaluate the functional integrity of neuronal pathways has become a useful and accepted practice in clinical medicine. The use of visual evoked potentials for assisting in the diagnosis of such diseases as optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis is also well recognized. However, the visual evoked potential, unlike the auditory evoked potentials, lacks a well defined electrophysiological to neuroanatomical correlation; especially that of a significant non-cortical component. Currently, visual evoked potentials rely principally on the measurement of a cortical (occipital) positive peak of activity at 100ms (P100), recorded with a single channel electrode system, to …

Depositional Environments And Sandstone Diagenesis In The Tyler Formation (Pennsylvanian), Western North Dakota, Larry R. Quandt

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Thirty-three oil well cores were examined and approximately 3,100 oil well logs were used to determine the depositional environments of the Tyler Formation (Pennsylvanian) in northwestern North Dakota. Ninety sandstone thin-sections were described and twenty-nine sandstone samples were analyzed by scanning electron microscope/X-ray microanalysis techniques to characterize sandstone diagenesis.

The Tyler Formation in northwestern North Dakota is correlative with the lower unit of the Tyler Formation in southwestern North Dakota. The upper unit of the Tyler Formation in southwestern North Dakota is not present in northwestern North Dakota, contrary to previous workers suggestions. The Tyler Formation in northwestern North Dakota …

A Study Of The North Dakota Legislature During World War Ii, Shawn Deaver

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The Nurse As Client Advocate : Self Perceptions Of Registered Nurses In Rural And Urban Settings, Mavis Lande

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Parent Participation In The Rolette Elementary School, Terry L. Quam

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Design Of Cooling Towers For Synfuel Wastewater Reuse, See C. Chan

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