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The Effects Of Goal Setting On Performance : A Field Study, William Allyson

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Characterization Of Glycolytic Enzyme Interactions With Microtubules And Subtilisin Treated Microtubules, Donna M. Carr

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Mapping And Cloning Of Slyb, A Gene In Escherichia Coli Imparting Resistance To Lysis By The E Gene Of Bacteriophage Øx174, Kevin R. Piper

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Depositional Environments And Diagenesis Of The Lower Duperow Formation (Devonian), Billings Anticline, North Dakota, Randolph B. Burke

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The Duperow Formation is an Upper Devonian (Frasnian) subsurface unit in the Williston Basin in the north-central United States and south-central Canada. Despite its economic importance for hydrocarbons, no detailed accounts have been published on the Duperow Formation that integrate depositional environments, lithology, diagenesis, and pore studies on either a regional or local scale. It was the purpose of this study to construct a model of the depositional environments and diagenesis of the lower Duperow Formation in the Billings Anticline of west-central North Dakota, based on detailed analysis of 17 cores (225 m, 739 ft) and associated wireline logs and …

Foraminiferida Of The Madison Group (Mississippian) Of The Williston Basin, North Dakota, Kurt E. Eylands

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More than 1500 thin-sections from 73 wells in the North Dakota part of the Williston Basin were searched for their foraminiferal content. This thin-section survey of the Bottineau, Tilston, Frobisher-Alida, and Ratcliffe intervals yielded more than 700 identifiable foraminifers assigned to 26 species.

Most of the Madison foraminifers of the Williston Basin can be placed in one of two superfamilies, the Tournayellacia and the Endothyracea. The Bottineau and Tilston intervals yielded more specimens from the superfamily Tournayellacea while the Frobisher-Alida and Ratcliffe intervals yielded more specimens from the superfamily Endothyracea.

The foraminifers occurred in irregular stratigraphic zones The Bottineau and …

Ethical Implications Of Political Discourse Between 1988 Vice Presidential Candidates Lloyd Bentsen And Dan Quayle, Donna Rae Pawlowski

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A Study Of A Labile Antigen Characteristic Of Some Strains Of Branhamella Catarrhalis, Susan Jane Norkus

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Dependency Theory : A Botswana Case Study, Doug Manthey

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Nurses' And Patients' Perceptions Of Chronic Pain And Its Management, Terry L. Mahar

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An Analysis Of Agressive Interactions Between Procambarus Spiculifer And Procambarus Versutus In Laboratory-Based Interspecific Contacts, Lyle A. Brasfield

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The study was undertaken to investigate the role of competitive behavior in the distribution of the crayfish Procambarus spicullfer and Procambarus versutus. Forty pairs of animals, one of each species per pair, were matched by size and gender. For each pair, four fifteen minute agonistic encounters were observed under controlled laboratory conditions, and winners were determined using a scoring system developed by the author. P. versutus won 26 of 40 contests. Chi Square analysis revealed that this outcome deviated from an expected 50/50 ratio at the .942 significance level, suggesting support for the hypothesis that no difference exists in competitive …

An Overview Of Registered Family Day Care In Muscogee County, Georgia, Rhoda Boggs

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This research surveyed the characteristics and components of family day care in a southeastern urban area. The subjects consisted of all family day care providers who resided within the county being studied and who were registered with the state's Department of Human Resources. The questionnaire developed by the researcher consists of 20 questions which address the caregivers' personal traits, educational qualifications, and business organization. The responses were compiled, and descriptive statistics were computed in order to provide the composite characteristics and overall range of available family day care in the county. Results show that there are significant differences in the …

An Evaluation Of Language And Articulation Assessment Instruments, Sara Gammage Betbeze

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Seventy-nine articulation and language assessment instruments were reviewed. The following areas were addressed: title, author, publisher, date of publication, price, ages, administration time, • general type, description, scoring, standardization, validity, reliability, and comments. Information was compiled using Mental Measurements Yearbook, Test Critiques, test manuals, and journal articles. A matrix is included as a reference and table of contents. list of publishers and addresses is also included.

An Analysis Of Authors, Characters And Dependency Of Women Protagonists In The Short Stories Of Selected Literary Anthologies, Susan E. Hussey

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This research study evaluated textbooks in terms of frequency of female authors, frequency of female protagonists, and frequency of dependency in female protagonists in selected modern American short stories. The study was limited to selections in Scott, Foresman and Company textbooks used in eleventh grade classrooms nationwide for the past twenty-five years. The samples came from four editions beginning with 1963 and ending with the current 1985 edition. The study revealed that there was no meaningful change in any of the researched categories. The findings of the study were reported in the form of synopses, tallies, charts and tables.

An Original Formula That Produces Polynomial Functions With Integral Critical Points And Zeros. Will The Classroom Teacher Use It?, Roy C. Gregory

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The author of this paper presents an original formula for creating polynomial functions with integral critical points and Integral zeros. This formula provides quickly constructed polynomial functions needed for teaching graphing techniques at the high school level. These functions have the characteristic that both coordinates of each critical point and each zero are integers, which simplifies graphing. A group of one hundred twenty high school mathematics teachers were sent questionnaires to determine if high school teachers would use the formula. Of the fifty-two respondents; twenty-six responded that they would use the formula; twenty-six responded that they may use the formula …

The Impact Of Recent Research Trends On The Teaching Of Writing In The Middle Grades, Marilu D. Goolsby

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This was a descriptive study which measured the attitudes and practices of teachers in the middle grades concerning the teaching of writing. Subjects were 42 teachers of writing in grades five through eight in four small rural school systems. The data gathering instrument was a questionnaire devised by the researcher which employed a Likert scale format. One open-ended item was included as well as several background questions. Results indicated that the majority of these teachers do not teach writing as a process with extensive editing and revising with the teacher participating in the process. Rather, the teaching of grammar and …

Dífference In Spatial Visualization Skills Between Male And Female Seventh-And-Eighth Grade Students, Jean Mckay Teaster

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One hundred-twenty seventh- and eighth-grade students in a selected county in Georgia served as subjects for the testing of visual memory skills. There were fifty-one males and sixty-nine females involved in the study. Ten pictures from the Rosner Spatial Visualization Test (RSYT) were shown, one at a time, on an overhead projector. The students were to study the pictures for fifteen seconds and then were given an additional fifteen seconds to reproduce each picture on dot paper. After the students finished each drawing, they were asked to tell whether or not they felt that their reproduction was correct by writing …

Structural And Syntactical Differences Between Revised Writing And Impromptu Writing Of Award-Winning Eighth-Grade Students, Susan J. Smith

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This study attempted to discover 1f there were any structural or syntactical differences between a revised, process writing composition and an impromptu composition from the same good writer. Eleven eighth grade students from schools across Georgia submitted both types of writing in the Promising Young Writers Program of 1988. For this study, the compositions were analyzed by computer over a list of criteria including readability level, number of words, sentences, and paragraphs, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage, sentence length and variety, and verb choice. Although data revealed significant differences between the two sets of writings (primarily counts of length), the two …

The Preparation And Characterization Of A Manganese/Pyrrolyl Reagent, And The Structures Of Related Pyrrolyl Complexes, Alison Jane Whoolery

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The Effects Of Prenatal Vasopressin Administration On Memory In Rats, Robyn R. Swenson

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Mental Health Value Differences Between Caucasian And Japanese-American Students, Lance V. Suan

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The Activation Of Inference Words During Discourse As Influenced By Semantic Associations And Their Configuration, Shelly M. Peltier

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Impression Accuracy : Gender Differences And Relationships To Psychopathology, Frederick P. List

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Success Of The Aspen Blotch Miner, Phyllonorycter Salicifoliella, On Three Host-Tree Species, Jeffrey D. Alberts

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Intervention In The Forgein Exchange Markets How Effective Is It?, Betty A. Herre

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Recovery Time After General Anesthesia In Ambulatory Surgical Patients Undergoing Laparoscopy : A Comparison Of Isoflurane And Alfentanil Infusion, Karyn B. Karp

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Hydrogeological And Hydrogeochemical Evaluation Of A Proposed Flue Gas Cleanup Dry Waste Disposal Pit Near Beulah, North Dakota, Nathan T. Hunke

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The Coyote I electrical operating station of the Montana Dakota Utilities Company (MDU) is located near Beulah, North Dakota. Flue gas cleanup {FGC) dry waste is generated by the facility in the conversion of coal to electricity. MDU submitted a permit application to the North Dakota State Department of Health {NDSDH) to dispose of FGC dry waste in a strip-mined area 1.6 kilometres northeast of the plant.

Two disposal pits were proposed by MDU, a Phase I and Phase II pit. The objectives of the investigation were to determine the hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical suitability of the site for FGC waste …

The Future Of The Small Business Administration And Their Lending Program, Gregory D. Shirley

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The SBA is one of many federal agencies that are being scrutinized as to the use of the funds they receive from the Federal Government. The SBA's loan programs have been criticized for not being cost effective. This paper will examine the types of loans the SBA makes, the cost of these loans and the procedures for determining who obtains the loans. There are major flaws in the way the SBA manages its current loan portfolio. These flaws have resulted in an above average rate of default on SBA loans. Chapter III examines these faults. Chapter IV deals with solutions …

Teacher Perceptions Of And Satisfaction With The Power Base Uses Of Elementary And Secondary Principals, John P. Franzoia

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The purpose of this study was (1) to determine how elementary and secondary teachers in a large North Dakota school district perceived the power base use of their principals and (2) to determine how satisfied these teachers were with the power base use.

The researcher administered the Power Perception Profile- Perception of Other and a brief questionnaire to the teachers to study the relationship between satisfaction and background variables. Of 544 teachers in the district, 410 participated resulting in 379 usable responses, a total of 69.7% of all teachers in the district. Interviews were conducted with principals after results were …

Communication Problems In New Product Development: The Uneasy Alliance Of Engineering And Marketing, Randy L. Ritterman

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The Organometallic Complexion And Regiospecific Alkylation Of Coal Model Polymers, Thomas Rudolph Baumberger

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