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A Study Of The Interrelationship Of State Regulatory Process And The Protest Movement Against High Voltage Transmission Line Project, Gred Oxley

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The Growing Significance Of State And Federal Funds In The Grand Forks City Budget, Stanley T. Bieleski Jr

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Inflation, Unemployment, And Political Economic Cycles, Larry P. Valk

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A Study Of The Nature Of Pension Obligations, Anthony Berdahl

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The Ballades Of Frederic Chopin, Janell E. Brakel

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The four Ballades of Chopin occupy a unique position within his output and in the repertory of keyboard music. Although Chopin was not the only composer to utilize the form, he is credited as being the first to adapt the ballade to the piano. His efforts resulted in the creation of a unique type of single-movement piano piece characterized by an inherent narrative quality.

Several individuals and events were influential in shaping the musical personality of Chopin. Adalbert Zwyny and Joseph Elsner provided piano and theory instruction in Chopin’s youth. The virtuosity of Hummel, Paganini, and Field affected Chopin as …

A Study Of The Qualities Which Are Viewed By North Dakota Legislators And Mayors As Contributing To Success In Political Service And Election, Jeffery L. Obst

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Material Requirements Planning As Applied To Small Business, William M. Christen

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Crisis Marketing: The Mcdonnell Douglas Dc-10, Scott F. March

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The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft has been plagued by a series of problems throughout its history that has shaken customer confidence and resulted in many cancelled orders. Since the DC-10 represents a large portion of the corporation's revenue, it is essential that the firm continue to sell the aircraft near previously projected rates. This has created a case of crisis marketing for the company.

This study will use the DC-10 case to present a general crisis marketing model. This model will be a step-by-step framework that can be applied to most crisis marketing situations.

By using this model and seeing …

Rail Abandonment In North Dakota: The Public Interest, Jon Mielke

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Initiating And Administering A Program For A Specialized Clientele, Terry J. Stallman

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The Role Of The Accountant In The Measurement Of Social Costs, Joan Elizabeth Pasch

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Accounting For Inflation, Bruce M. Kinney

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The purpose of this study is to condense an abundance of technical accounting literature on the problem of inflation in accounting and how to deal with it in the financial reports of business enterprises, in hopes of presenting an important but difficult subject in a manner that investors and students can use when confronted with inflation adjusted statements.

Chapter I presents an overview of the problem of the problems that have been created by inflation

Chapter II provides a discussion of the specific problems of historical-cost accounting in the inflammatory environment and the distortive effects it has on financial statements. …

Perceptual Focusing And The Sources Of Self-Knowledge, David L. Nash

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The present study, a replication and extension of Schoeneman (1981), investigated college students* reports of the sources of self-knowledge as a function of a perceptual focusing-salience hypothesis. Self-awareness manipulations (exposure to a video camera, a mirror, or a no stimulus control condition) were used in an attempt to change the perceptual salience of the sources, hence changing subjects’ self-reports, to test the hypothesis that subjects were responding because of the perceptual salience or availability of sources. Across all three conditions half the subjects completed personally worded questionnaires and half completed impersonally worded ones in order to see if questionnaire wording …

The Father Role: Development Of An Attitude Assessment Instrument, Robert Daniel Olson

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This study attempted to create a psychometrically sound assessment instrument to measure fathers' attitudes toward their role as a father. Social learning theory and sex-role theory provided a conceptual framework for viewing the father role. Four aspects of fathering were discerned from the literature: Cl) relationship of fatherhood to child rearing; C2) relationship of fatherhood to the marital dyad and the family as a whole; C3) relationship of fatherhood to the man's self- identity; and (4) relationship of fatherhood to wider societal, cultural and familial influences. Items reflecting each aspect were generated for a questionnaire by interviewing fathers and scanning …

Pre-College Characteristics And Early College Experiences As Predictors Of Freshman Year Persistence, Robert B. Nelson

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics which differentiated freshmen who persisted beyond the fail semester of 1980 at the University of North Dakota from those who did not.

The research population consisted of all "undergraduate regular"— "new freshman" enrolled during the fall semesters of 1979 (M » 5560) and 1980 (N » 1551). A random sample of 400 students drawn from \he 1980 research population were sent a mail questionnaire, A total of 336 (84X) usable responses were received.

Variables Included in this study were of two types: (a) pre-college characteristics from students' ACT Assessments and …

Published Financial Forecasts, Mary Owens

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Self-Esteem, Locus Of Control, And Sex-Role Attitudes In Battered Women, Michelle E. Penland

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In recent years, there have been numerous approaches to the study of wife abuse, e.g., sociological, psychoanalytic, and environmental. An approach recently suggested by Walker (1977-78, 1978, 1979a, 1980) incorporates the notion of learned helplessness. Her conceptualization of the psychological characteristics of abused women suggests that such women have a traditional attitude toward the female sex-role, a predominantly external locus of control, and low self-esteem. The present investigation was an attempt to validate Walker's model.

Responses to the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS), the Rotter Internal-External locus of control scale (RIE), and the Texas Social Behavior Inventory (TSBI) were gathered …

Initial Settlement Patterns In The Vicinity Of Devils Lake, North Dakota, Kurt Paul Schweigert

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The concept that the Great Plains environment has altered or repelled basic institutions of the society which settled the region is examined in this thesis by means of evaluation of the initial settlement patterns in an area of east-central North Dakota. The thesis seeks to identify differences in the traditional or chosen exploitive practices of distinct ethnic or national groups within a sample of Euro-American and American Indian settlers, by means of examination of the ecological sub-zones chosen by each group for settlement locations. The non-ecological historical factors of railroad construction, relative time of settlement, and influences of the Indian …

Dollar Unit Sampling: Is It A Statistical Sampling Breakthrough, Bradley D. Fosberg

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Word-Shortening In Southeastern Tepehuan, Elizabeth R. Willett

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This thesis is a technical description of the phonological rules and processes of Tepehuan, with many examples in the practical orthography. By taking the position that vowel length and open syllables are underlying in SET, I predict accent placement on all forms. In addition, phonetic forms of stems are predicted by a set of rules coordinating with accent. This phonological system has the result of reducing the length of words and highlighting their accent centers.

All final single vowels drop; this reduces the length of the word by one syllable, and makes the penultimate syllable into a closed final syllable. …

The French Of The French Cree (Michif) Language, Mary J. Peske

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French Cree is a language with a verb system based primarily on a Plains Cree dialect and with noun phrases stemming almost entirely from a French dialect or dialects. This study focuses on the French portion of the language and its historical origins. To determine these origins, phonological and semantic features that distinguish French Cree French from standard French are presented and compared with modern French of France and of Canada, archaic French dialects of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and a few other North American French dialects. The considerable amount of literature dealing with the historical development of …

Winter And Spring Staging Ecology Of Mallards In South Central Nebraska, Dennis Gerald Jorde

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Large numbers of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) winter in or migrate through middle and northern latitudes of the midcontinent region in North America. Although an intensively studied species, the wintering and staging ecology of mallards north of traditional areas has received limited attention, leaving waterfowl administrators with limited information for developing management guidelines for mallard populations during these periods of the year.

Mallard activity patterns, foraging strategy, and physical condition were studied on the Platte River in south central Nebraska from mid-December to early April, 1978-80. Local movements, time budgets, food habits, physiology, and energetics during winter and early spring provided …

Citizen Input In Nuclear Power Plant Decisions: Why Is It Almost Non-Existent? Or Why Don't Atoms And Democracy Mix? -- An Analysis Of Interest Group Activity In The Nuclear Power Field From Its Inception To Predictions Of Future Activity, William Mckechine

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Simultaneous Feedback Versus Oral-Written Feedback: A Comparison Of Two Supervisory Procedures, Kim Wigness Williams

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The need for quality supervision in th» field of speech- language pathology has ling been recognized. "There is a lack of information regaiding use of simultaneous feedback as a supervisory approach in clinical training in speech-language pathology. The purpose of this study was to compare the generalization by student clinicians of supervisory training provided under two methods of supervisory feedback, simultaneous feedback and oral-written feedback.

Two qualified, experienced clinical supervisors applied simultaneous supervisory feedback to two clinician-supervisor relationships and oral-written feedback to two other supervisor- clinician relationships. The clinicians were evaluated and trailed in the use of antecedent and subsequent …

Marking Grammatical Relations In Southeastern Tepehuan, Thomas L. Willett

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This thesis analyzes, from a Relational Grammar point of view, the usages of several verb suffixes of Southeastern Tepehuan that deal with the relationships among the central arguments of the predicate of a clause. The verb word in Southeastern Tepehuan contains all the information of tense, aspect, and mode, and is modified by adverbial elements of time, manner, and location. Nouns and pronouns can be used to identify one of the arguments; and conjunctions coordinate the resulting clause with, or subordinate it to, other clauses.

Only two affixes are used to denote person and number of the central arguments (terms) …

Factors Affecting Disability Allowances In The Social Security Program, John N. Cameron

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The History And Culture Of The Kaska Indians: A Resource Guide For Classroom Instruction, Ernesto Bordynuk

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Attitudes Of Clog Dancers Regarding The Formation Of A National Association, Dennis H. Cobia

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Clog Dancers in regards to forming one unified National Clog Dancing Association.

The study found the following results: 1) the majority of clog dancers and leaders want one unified National Association, 2) competition and exhibition festivals should be continued, 3) dance terminology should be standardized, and 4) the more number of years a person is involved in clog dancing the more they want a unified National _Organization.

Sino Soviet Territorial Dispute, Ruth E. Sorenson

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Generalized Software Packages And Their Implications For The Auditor, Charles B. Dill

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