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Sexual Differences In Morphology And Development Of Eutrombicula Cinnabaris (Acari: Trombiculidae), Martin Anders Tuegel

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Managing Information In The 4091st Operations Group, John P. Connolly

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An Auditor's Approach To Detecting Fraud, Twinkle D. Ratasamy

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A Feasibility Study For Implementing A Partial Family Transportation System For The Cando Public School, Albert H. Peterson

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Cooperative Learning, David M. Carl

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A Comparative Analysis Of Selected Post-Secondary Fashion Merchandising Curricula : With Implications/Recommendations For The University Of Minnesota, Crookston Fashion Merchandising Program, Judy Ann Streifel

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Admission Directors' Perceptions Of Items That Need To Be Included On High School Transcripts, Darrell R. Heisler

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An Exploratory Survey On The Effectiveness Of Civilian Operation Of The B-52 Weapons System Trainer (Wst) Computer Consoles, Louis C. Couture

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Competition Vs. Cooperation In Government, Kevin L. Iverson

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An Examination Of The Relationship Between Admission Criteria And Success In An Alternative School Program, Stephen E. Hornstein

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Health Care -- Implications For The Health Professionals, David Gregory

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The Victim Empathy Scale : A Measure Of Emotional Empathy For Victims Of Violent Crime, Martine M. Mizwa

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The Effects Of Adult Familiarity On Speech Revisions Of Young Children, Lori Kreidlkamp-Nelson

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The Role Of Porosity In Fluid Extraction On Wyodak Subbituminous Coal, Scott A. Nemmers

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Patient Knowledge And Compliance With Self Medicating Following Participation In A Hospital Self Administration Medication Program, Marlene H. Batterberry

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The Effects Of Prose Passage Organization On Comprehension Of Aphasic And Nonaphasic Listeners, Therese Abrahamson

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Identification Of A Member Of The Hsp70 Heat Shock Family Of Leishmania Mexicana, Steven P. Siembieda

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Physical Geography Concepts : Prelude To Understanding World Issues, Jill Rudnitski

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A Laboratory Computer-Aided Flame Cutting System, Garry A. Roth

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Adult Family Member Stressors In The Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Jayne A. Cromer

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Departure : A Collection Of Poems, Tom Domek

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Nurse Initiated Telephone Conversations : A Tool To Decrease Anxiety In Significant Others' Of Nursing Home Residents, Barbara Diederick

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Biochemical Characterization Of The Axolemmal Mitogen For Cultured Schwann Cells, Mark A. Decoster

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The molecule(s) involved at the axon plasma membrane (axolemma) which causes Schwann cells to proliferate has been investigated by three biochemical techniques: 1) Alkaline extraction of axolemma resulted in recovery of 95% of the mitogenic activity and 50% of the protein in the membrane-bound portion of the axolemma. 2) The axonal mitogen for Schwann cells may be associated with heparan sulfate proteoglycans at the axonal surface. Treatment of axolemma with heparitinase, which cleaves the glycosidic bonds of sulfated glycosaminoglycans, allowed mitogenic activity to be solubilized. 3) Treatment of axolemma with heparin, a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan analogous to heparan sulfate, resulted …

Characterization Of Steroid-17,20-Desmolase And 20Α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase From Clostridium Scindens, Amy Elizabeth Krafft

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Clostridium scindens is an obligate anaerobe isolated from the normal intestinal flora of man. It is the only bacterium known at present to synthesize both steroid-17,20-desmolase and 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (ZOα-HSDH). This study was undertaken to characterize these neutral steroid transforming reactions in extracts of C. scindens; to purify and characterize the enzymes responsible for side-chain cleavage and 20α- hydroxysteroid oxidoreduction and to clone the genes encoding these enzymes with a view towards studying the mechanism of induction by steroids in a prokaryotic system. Both enzymes were found to be co-inducible in cells cultured in the presence of 17α-hydroxysteroids. In cell …

Evaluation Of The Antagonism Of Nicotine By Mecamylamine And Pempidine In The Brain, Thomas Jeffrey Martin

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Antagonists have been crucial in the characterization of nicotine's pharmacology. Initial evidence for the existence of central nicotinic receptors was based on the fact that nicotine produced a number of behavioral effects that were antagonized by ganglionic blockers that crossed the blood-brain barrier, such as mecamylamine and pempidine. Although the mechanism of action of these compounds has been studied extensively in the periphery, little is known about their mechanisms of action in the brain. These compounds are thought to be noncompetitive antagonists due to the fact that they do not compete for agonist binding to brain homogenate in vitro. However, …

Effects Of A Parent/Teen Workshop, Roberta Magarrell

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the short-term effect of a parent-teen structured family facilitation program (PAT). The study compared pre and post workshop scores on a number of dependent variables in a workshop, a replication of the workshop, and a comparison group.
Analysis of the data revealed no significant differences from pretest to post test in either of the groups. However when the groups were combined there were some statistically significant differences from pretest to post test. The fathers increased in their ability to transfer control while the mothers decreased in kindness. A few post hoc analyses …

Efficiency Of The Thermal Jacket On The Delivered Temperature Of Prewarmed Crystalloid Intravenous Fluid, Danny R. Bowen

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A quasi-experimental research design was used to determine the relationship between the flow rate and the delivered temperature of prewarmed crystalloid intravenous solutions when using the Thermal Jacket™, an insulation device designed for intravenous fluid bags, as compared to a conventional blood warming apparatus. One control and three experimental groups were used.

Fluids in Group 1 (control group), Group 2, and Group 4 were prewarmed in a microwave oven to 41.45 ± 1.05 ° C. Fluids in Group 3 were left near ambient room temperature and measured at 22.05 ± 0.45 ° C. Fluids in the control group were infused …

Immunomodulators In Senescent Mice, Kevin R. Mccormick

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The suppression of the immune response in senescent animals, including humans, is not complete and may be ameliorated by specific interventions. Previous studies have suggested that the replacement of thymus factors lost with age may rejuvenate senescent immune function. Similarly, exogenous growth hormone has been reported to improve senescent immune function in certain mammals. Other studies with the immunomodulator PSK claim to restore tumor-induced immunosuppression even in aged mice. This project investigated the abilities of thymus supernatant, ovine growth hormone, and PSK to rejuvenate different

parameters of the senescent immune response.

In the first series of experiments, erythroid depleted bone …

Age-Related Differences In The Movement Patterns Of Adolescents 11, 14, And 17 Years Of Age Rising To Standing From Supine On A Bed, Jeanne O'Neil Mccoy

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The purposes of this study were to determine: 1) if movement patterns (MP5) described for young adults rising from bed depict adolescents' MP5, 2) if there are age-related differences in MP5 adolescents use to perform this task, 3) most common MP combinations (MCMPCs) of each age group, and 4) if individuals are likely to progress through proposed sequences in the same order.

Sixty 11-, 14-, or 17-year-olds were videotaped during 10 trials of rising. MP5 demonstrated in each of four body regions were classified, and MP frequencies and MCMPCs were determined.

One new "near" arm MP was observed. Age-related MP …

Reactions Of Substituted Pyridinium Salts With Cyanide; Formation And Metal Complexes Of 2,2'Bis (Hydroxymethyl)-4,-4'Bipyridine, Dorothy N. Eseonu

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The unique combination of properties of bipyridinium salts and their use in biological systems, chemical reactions, and as herbicides in agriculture have made them a discovery of major international importance. The controversy about the position of attack of the cyanide ion on the pyridine ring and the discovery of the formation of unsubstituted bipyridinium salts from the reaction of pyridinium salt with cyanide ion opened a new area of research. The current work involved a study of reactions of substituted pyridinium salts with cyanide ion. The substituted pyridinium salts were prepared by the literature methods. The 2- and 3- cyanopyridinium …