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Physical Plant Facility Management : Its Structure, Services, And Functions For Higher Education, Brian J. Sand

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A Historigraphical Study Of American Religious Fundamentalism, Richard Robert Lofthus

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Study Of Assertive Discipline At The Dunseith Public School, Gene M. Lafromboise

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United States International Currency Exchange, Ron Mcneill

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Combination Administrative Positions In North Dakota Schools, Robert E. Klein

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Managing Computer Security : Matching Threats And Protective Measures, Roger B. Newton

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Final Project Report On Two Stage Biological Fluidized Bed Process, Ajit Thomas Joseph

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Non Random Distribution Of Penicillin Binding Proteins In Escherichia Coli As Determined By Electrophoresis And Sephacryl S-1000 Chromatography, Monte J. Leidenix

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Powerlessness And Self-Esteem In Post Cerebral Vascular Accident Elderly Intermedidate Care Residents : A Comparative Study, Patricia A. Hostbjor

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The Relationship Between Locus Of Control, Health Locus Of Control, And Loneliness As Reported By A Selected Group Of Independent Elderly Women, Todette Laprairie Holt

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Design Optimization Of The Dynamic Behavior For A Two-Degree-Of-Freedom Planar Manipulator, William R. Teman

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Regulation Of Glucose-6-Phosphate Hydrolysis In Fasted And Diabetic Rats And Tumor-Bearing Mice At Near-Physiological Substrate Concentrations, Kerry L. Nelson

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The Effects Of Two Teaching Strategies On The Recall Of Blissymbols, Lea Ann Oberembt-Peschong

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Personality Characteristics Of Home Health And Hospital General Staff Nurses : A Comparative Study, Sherry C. Nelson

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A Morphological Description Of Angiogenesis In The Corpus Luteum Of The Golden Hamster, Mesocricetus Auratus As Revealed By Microcorrosion Casting, Allan D. Forsman

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Language Recovery In A Child After Coma Resulting From Closed Head Injury, Marianne Cassels

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Disorder And Order : The Dream World In The Early Plays Of Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, William Curtis Brown

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Pronouns Of Address In The Book Of Mormon, Lyle L. Fletcher

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The first section of this thesis is a diachronic examination of second person pronouns in English with special focus on variations in usage such as pronominal shifting between thou (and related forms) and ye (and related forms), as well as an examination of the second person pronoun usage in the English Bible (especially the King James Version) with a similar focus. From the thirteenth century on variations in usage have been common.

The second section is a synchronic examination of second person pronouns as used by Joseph Smith and some of his contemporaries, followed by an analysis of these pronouns …

Cohesion In A Utah Sample Of Latter-Day Saint Couples, Joe Edgar Glenn

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It was hypothesized by Olson and his colleagues (Olson, et al., 1983) that "Mormons" were more likely to be enmeshed than many other cultural/religious groups. The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) scored significantly more often in the enmeshed category of the cohesion dimension of the Circumplex Model, using FACES III data, than the norming sample for the FACES III instrument. The study also examined the level of satisfaction that the Mormon sample expressed for their level of cohesion. Data from 61 L.D.S. married couples living …

The First London Mormons: 1840-1845: "What Am I And My Brethren Here For?", Lynne Watkins Jorgensen

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Historians have determined that the visit to London by the early missionary-apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the greatest disappointment of their proselyting careers. This thesis shows that, though the mission to London was not numerically successful considering the potential conversion, it appealed to the dynamic, energetic, "middling-class" religious seeker who was produced by the strong nonconformist movement indigenous to London. A specific nonconformist group is identified as responding to the preaching of the early apostles. This thesis demonstrates that those few converts kept the Church alive in London during difficult years. It also shows …

A Study Of The Heterogeneous Electron Transfer And Dioxygen Binding Reactions Of Myoglobin, Bertha Bauer Cosby King

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Quasi-reversible electron transfer kinetics are reported for sperm whale myoglobin reacting at tin-doped indium oxide electrodes. This reaction was studied by three different electrochemical or spectroelectrochemical methods; cyclic voltammetry (CV), single potential step chronoabsorptometry (SPS/CA) and derivative cyclic voltabsorptometry (DCVA). Kinetic parameters were determined from experiments which followed the purification of the protein,

the pretreatment of the electrode surface, and the removal of dioxygen from the sample solution. A formal heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant, k0′, of 2.6 (±0.5) x 10-5 cm/s and a transfer coefficient, α, of 0.48 (±0.05) were obtained using SPS/CA. These results are shown to correlate …

Study Of The Pioneers Of Providence, Utah And Their Children, Hazel Mclean Tibbitts

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This thesis poses a number of questions about the pioneers and their decendants: Where did the pioneer settlers of Providence come from? What skills and resources did they bring with them to "tame" the wilderness? Did they come as family units or as single men? What happened as the community grew and the resources were limited? Where did the settlers go or what did they do as the land became scarce? Was limited land the reason for the movement out of the community or were there other considerations? What effects did emigration have on the family ties of the second …

Mechanisms Of Tolerance To The Effects Of Clozapine And Pimozide On A Multiple Fixed Interval 60-Second Fixed Ratio-30 Food Reinforcement Schedule In Rats, Heidi Freese Villanueva

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This study examined the behavioral and biochemical effects of two neuroleptic drugs. Clozapine (10 mg/kg), an atypical neuroleptic, and pimozide (1 mg/kg), a typical neuroleptic, were administered acutely, chronically (10 days), or in a behavioral tolerance paradigm (9 days of post-session administration followed by 10 days of presession administration) in order to assess the mechanisms of tolerance. Behavioral Effects were measured on a multiple FI 60-second FR-30 operant response schedule; HPLC was used to measure the biochemical effects of clozapine in the blood plasma, frontal cortex and striatum.

Presession administration of clozapine and pimozide both produced initial disruptions of response …

Perceived Stressors Of Hospitalized Antepartal Adolescents, Rita Murphy Ciavarelli

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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe adolescents' perception of stress during antepartal hospitalization. The research questions answered in this study were: 1. What are the perceived stressors of hospitalized antepartum adolescents? 2. Are there differences in the perceived stressors among early, middle, and late adolescents?

The study was conducted in a teaching hospital in the southeastern United States. A convenience sample of 14 adolescents participated in this study. The ages of the subjects ranged from 14 to 19 years old, with the majority of the subjects 16-19 years old. The subjects were all unmarried and had …

Phenotypic And Functional Characterization Of Ia+ And La- Sublines Of The Human Monocyte-Like Cell Line, U937, Coles Meredith Squire

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Sublines were derived from the U937 human monocytic cell line by limiting dilution techniques. Several of the sublines derived in this manner were found to constituitively express la, unlike most U937 cell lines previously examined. Thus the la+ and la- sublines were examined and characterized phenotypically and functionally. Morphologically the sublines, both la+ and la-, were found to be similar to the originally described U937 parent cell line. They were positive for production of non- specific esterase and expressed the HLA phenotype A(3,X), B(51,18), DR(2,X). The sublines were examined by immunofluorescence techniques with a large number of antibodies specific for …

New Antimuscarinic Agents For Improved Treatment Of Poisoning By Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Robert Lee Hudkins

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Poisoning by organophosphate cholinesterase inhibitors results in a rapid rise in acetylcholine (ACh) in the synapse and many pronounced pharmacological effects in numerous tissues in the body. The treatment for organophosphorus poisoning involves administration of a cholinesterase—reactivating oxime to restore the activity of the cholinesterase and an antimuscarinic agent to block the response to the excess ACh. Presently atropine is the standard antimuscarinic agent used clinically as an antidote. This research was directed toward finding an antimuscarinic agent better than atropine as an antidote.

Since caramiphen and aprophen have been reported to be effective antidotes we synthesized numerous structural variations …

Development Of Solid Substrate Luminescence And Chromatographic Techniques For Chemical Analysis, William J. Long

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Room Temperature Phosphorimetry (RTP) is a sensitive and selective technique which is well suited to the analysis of compounds of environmental and pharmaceutical interests. Absolute sensitivity is generally in the low to subnanograrn range. Selectivity of this technique is due to the fact that only several hundred compounds phosphoresce at room temperature. In these studies attempts are made to gain a greater understanding of the phenomenon of solid substrate room temperature phosphorimetry and to extend the application range of the technique.

This goal is approached through several directions, all leading to a greater understanding of solid substrate luminescence in general, …

The Perceptions Of Virginia Public School Superintendents With Respect To Key Elements Of The Virginia Public Procurement Act, Gwen Edwards Lilly

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The purpose of this study was to: (a) determine the perceptions of Virginia public school division superintendents regarding key elements of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA); (b) determine the relationship between the perceptions of the superintendents regarding the VPPA and selected demographic variables; (c) determine the superintendents’ perceived strengths and weaknesses of the VPPA; and (d) determine changes that the superintendents feel should be made in the VPPA.

Data utilized in the study were derived from a survey instrument (Superintendents’ Perception Survey on the Virginia Public Procurement Act). Participants included all 134 division superintendents in Virginia. Data were reported …

The Financial Performance Of System Acquired Hospitals, Janet Lynch

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This study investigated the financial performance of not-for-profit hospitals in 10 Southern states acquired by either the for-profit or not-for-profit multihospital systems between the years 1978 through 1982. The impact of system affiliation on acquired hospitals was investigated by looking at average financial performance from the two years before acquisition to 1984/1985. Differences between the performance of hospitals acquired by for-profit and not-for-profit multihospital systems were examined as well. with regard to the latter, major findings revealed both for-profit and not-for-profit multihospital systems increased debt in acquired hospitals and made improvements to plant and equipment. For-profit multihospital systems additionally increased …

Electrochemical And Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Study Of Heme Proteins At Bare Metal Electrodes, David Edward Reed

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Direct heterogeneous electron transfer reactions between horse heart cytochrome g_and silver electrodes were investigated by electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods. The kinetics of these reactions were established as being quasi-reversible, with a formal heterogeneous rate constant (k°'s,h) ranging between 0.18 - 1.5 x 10^-3 cm/s, for both polished and electrochemically roughened silver surfaces. Such reactions were stable and reproducible for over ten hours at room temperature. These results clearly demonstrate that neither electrode surface modification nor the inclusion of mediators is necessary to study electron transfer reactions of heme proteins at metal electrodes.

A crucial factor in obtaining the quasi-reversible …