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The Worldwide Evacuation Of Latter-Day Saint Missionaries At The Beginning Of World War Ii, David F. Boone Sr.

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In 1939, when Germany mobilized its military against neighboring Poland, LDS missionaries were notified to evacuate their missions. In August 1940, the full-time missionaries in the South African and Pacific missions were also evacuated because of the spread of hostilities in Europe. Later the missionaries were released from the missions in South America. By 1943 the only missionaries serving outside of North America were in Hawaii.

All of the more than eight hundred missionaries were transported at Church expense to America, where they were either reassigned to missions within the United States or released to return to their homes. All …

Concepts In American Local History: Community In Winder, Idaho, Lorine S. Goodwin

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Recently the need for a more clearly defined structural basis for American local history has become acute. Concepts used in national history often fall short of the needs of local history. As a result, both professionals and amateurs are producing a rash of community histories without the benefit of adequate guidelines.

This thesis draws together a number of concepts useful in the development of American local history as a viable academic field of study. It tests these concepts in presenting the history of community in Winder, a small, rural population set in southeastern Idaho.

Temperature Recordings In Neonates, Linda Marie Hestvik

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Summary

The purposes of this ex post facto research study were to answer the following questions:

1. What is the length of time required for glass thermometers to register the temperature in neonates at the rectal and axillary sites?

2. Do significant differences exist between simultaneous axillary and rectal temperature recordings in neonates?

3. What is the relationship between axillary and rectal temperature recordings at specified time intervals in neonates?

A sample of 30, full-term neonates was obtained from the Newborn Nursery of a large teaching hospital in the Middle Atlantic region. All participants were over 24 hours of age …

An Investigation Of Central Nervous System Conduction Properties In Diabetes Mellitus Using Brainstem Auditory And Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, Randy L. Anderson

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In this study brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs), median nerve conduction velocities (CV) and early somatosensory evoked potentials ( SEPs), were employed as indices of neural conduction properties in a group of young insulin dependent diabetics (five males and five females) and a group of nondiabetic controls (five males and five females). The median nerve CV was determined from 64 summated nerve responses recorded at the elbow. The nerve was stimulated at the wrist using 0.2 msec square wave electrical pulses. The SEP was recorded from scalp electrodes using the same median nerve stimulation technique as for the CV measure. …

The Relationship Between Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern, Achievement, And Life Satisfaction, Larraine A. Felland

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This study examined the relationship between Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern, academic achievement and life satisfaction. The subjects were 87 undergraduates selected for their extreme scores on the Jenkins Activity Survey, Form T. There were 41 Type As and 46 Type Bs. Along with the Jenkins Activity Survey, Form T the participants were administered a life satisfaction survey similar to Soper's (1979) and their official academic gradepoint average was obtained from the Academic Records office. A point-biserial correlation indicated that there was a significant (p

The various relationships and their possible explanations and indications were discussed in depth. Significance of …

The Effects Of Religious Beliefs On Preferences Among Four Types Of Christian Counseling, Suzanne Ruth Gascoyne

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Forty-five participants from Protestant denominations completed surveys designed to investigate the effects of religious beliefs on preferences among four types of Christian counseling. The proponents of the counseling theories were Clyde M. Narramore, Jay E. Adams, Lawrence J. Crabb, and Andre Bustanoby. Participants read a case history of a fictitious client, and four short treatment plans which represented each Christian counselor's approach. Then, they completed questionnaires designed to assess their preferences for the counseling approaches, as well as completing other measures, including a religious fundamentalism scale, the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS), and the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS). It was found …

Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroacylation Of Ethylene With Unsaturated Aldehydes., Krishnakant Popatlal Vora

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Rhodium promoted hydroacylations of alkenes by unsaturated aldehydes were investigated. A catalyst derived from 2,4-pentanedionatobis(ethylene)rhodium(I), 31 accomplished the addition of 4-pentenal to ethylene. In a series of experiments the 4-pentenal carbon skeleton was labelled with alkyl groups and deuterium and the fate of each label was determined.Reactions of 4-hexenal, 32, with ethylene in the presence of compound 31 afforded 6-octen-3-one, 33. Experiments were conducted under a variety of conditions and at several different ratios of 32 to 31 to optimize the yield of compound 33. When duroquinone, a free radical inhibitor, was added to the reaction mixture, 2,4-pentanedionatoduroquinonerhodium(I), 36 was …

An Analysis Of Alternative Educational Delivery Systems In Northwestern Minnesota., Adeline Katie Jaeger

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The study purpose was to learn the perceived general desirability and also the perceived specific feasibility of nineteen alternative educational delivery ideas, many of which required inter-district cooperation. The population included individuals who had formally served the fifty-two school districts of northwestern Minnesota as representatives for areawide educational planning, or as superintendents of schools, or as both superintendents and representatives. The instrument used to gather data was based upon delivery ideas which resulted from long-range educational planning activities. These activities had been mandated by the Minnesota Legislature in 1976.Five research questions considered (1) role of the respondent during planning, (2) …

Population Movement And Growth In Utah County, Utah 1940 To 1980, Brian W. Maxfield

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Utah County, Utah, and more particularly the Utah Valley area, has undergone an enormous change during the last forty years. Rapid growth and urbanization brings with it the problems of urban sprawl. Controlling this sprawl is determined often times by an effective growth policy. Mapping and analyzing growth patterns and trends is a useful method in determining the effectiveness of the "growth towards the cities" policy of Utah County. Research was conducted by using maps, air photos, and field work in locating the growth history of the county.
Growth has been influenced by several factors among which are the physical, …

Stratigraphy And Depositional Environments Of The Wilcox Group (Paleocene) At The Oxbow Mine Site, Northwestern Louisiana, Richard E. Halle

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The stratigraphy, structure, and depositional environments of the Naborton, Do let Hills, and part of the Cow Bayou Formations (Wilcox Group, Paleocene) at the Oxbow Mine site, Red River, De Soto, and Natchitoches Parishes,. Louisiana, were evaluated from a study of four continuous cores and 466 geophysical logs.

Overlying 40 feet {12 m) of silty Porters Creek shale is the Naborton Formation composed of 130-195 feet (40-59 m) of sand, silt, clay, and lignite. There are three lignites in this formation and their average total thickness is 13.5 feet (4. l m), or about 10% of the formation thickness. The …

Stratigraphy And Sedimentology Of The Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) Near Lost Bridge, Dunn County, West-Central North Dakota, Bradley D. Nesemeier

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The Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) near Lost Bridge, Dunn County, west-central North Dakota, is 190 meters thick, and is charac terized by four main lithologies: sand, silt, clay, and lignite. The study interval is ISO meters thick, and lies between the basal sand of the formation and the Bullion Butte lignite bed, neither of which are exposed in the immediate study area. Sand, gray to yellow, makes up about 3S% of the interval studied. It occurs in tabular beds 2-18 meters thick. It is fine to very-fine, angular, and composed largely of quartz, feldspar, rock fragments, with minor amounts of …

Classroom Climates As Measured By The Tuckman Teacher Feedback Form: A Comparison Between Academic And Vocational Teachers In A Manitoba High School., William Welsh

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This research was conducted for the purpose of comparing the classroom climates of Academic and Vocational teachers as measured by the Tuckman Teacher Feedback Form. It was hypothesized that the different employment and academic backgrounds of the Academic teachers and the Vocational teachers might have an effect on the climate within their classrooms. In addition to examining the climates in Academic and vocational classrooms, the researcher attempted to determine if any differences in the climates were related to whether the teachers had more or less than five years of teaching experience. In the review of the literature the teaching-learning process, …

Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Sparsomycin Analogues, Scherer Preston Sanders

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In 1962, Owen, Dietz, and Camiener reported the isolation of a new antitumor antibiotic from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces sparsogenes. The structure of the crystalline antibiotic, named sparsomycin, remained elusive until 1970, when Wiley and MacKellar reported results of spectroscopic and degradation studies which elucidated the structure. In addition to the molecular structure, investigators have examined the mechanism of action, toxicity, and related analogues, striving to establish sparsomycin or a synthetic analogue's usefulness as an effective chemotherapeutic agent.

The initial pharmacological evaluation of sparsomycin revealed it possessed activity against KB human epidermoid carcinoma cells, a variety of gram-negative and …

Alterations In Cerebellar Basket, Stellate And Purkinje Cell Dendritic Development Produced By Zinc Deficiency In The Suckling Rat., Christopher Lee Dvergsten

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Rat pups suckled to severely zinc deficient mothers from birth were killed at 21 days of age. The cerebella were then examined by light and electron microscopy. Dendritic development was analyzed on Golgi-stained sections both qualitatively and quantitatively. Impaired pup growth, alopecia, hunched back posture and decreased femur zinc were seen in zinc deficient pups. Zinc deficiency impaired cerebellar development. The cerebellum was smaller and had fewer granule cells. The molecular layer was thinner and there was a persistence of the external granule cell layer. The normal cytoarchitecture of the cerebellar cortex was maintained in zinc deficient pups; however, basket, …

Study Of The Optical Constants Of Bismuth Tellurium Sulfide., Vinod Kumar Nangia

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Experimental measurements of the optical reflectance of bismuth tellurium sulfide, Bi(,2)(Te(,1-x)S(,x))(,3); x = 0.48 were carried out both at normal and oblique incidence angles over a range of wavelengths. Bismuth tellurium sulfide is a uniaxial crystal that grows as a layered structure in sets of five atomic layers called quintuple layers. These layers are perpendicular to the optic axis of the crystal. Due to week Van der Waals bonds between the adjacent quintuple layers, the crystal cleaves easily along these layers and presents atomically smooth surfaces for reflectance studies. The measured reflectance spectra were analyzed by two different methods to …

Audience Participation In A Production Of Canterbury Tales For Children, Jean Pendray Logan

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The Utilization Of A Categorical System For Early Pragmatic Behaviors, Sharon Gail Halldorson

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Research And Publication In Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology, S Gail Hollifield

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North Dakota High School State Track And Field Meet Records And State Meet Qualification Standards : History And Progress, Michael G. Grandall

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A Job Standard Design Process For Electronic Component Maintenance Production, Charles R. Farlow

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Importance Of Selected Accounting And Related Courses As Preparation For A Management Accounting Career., George Eddy Birrer

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This study was conducted to determine wich accounting and related courses are considered most important as preparation for a management accounting career. An initial set of course titles and descriptions was developed with emphasis placed on identifying courses beyond general education, business, and accounting core requirements. Titles and descriptions were refined based on recommendations of two panels of experts. One panel consisted of university educators, and the other of management accountants possessing the Certificate in Management Accounting (CMA). A final set of 41 courses was then printed on cards and sent to all CMA educators and randomly selected CMA practitioners. …

The Relationship Between Locus Of Control, Military And University Environments, And Psychological Well-Being., Edwin Woodrow Gunberg Jr.

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between locus of control and psychological well-being for different environmental situations. Two different environments were selected, the military environment as an example of a situation where events are frequently beyond individual control, and the university environment as an example of a situation where individuals have more control over the events in their lives. Internal and external subjects from both environments were compared on psychological well-being, a linear composite of self-concept and anxiety. The experimental hypotheses reflected the expectation that individuals with an internal locus of control would have higher …

The Perceptions Of Selected Members Of The Legal Community As To North Dakota Public School Superintendents' Understanding Of Important Issues In Public School Law., William Arthur Tipton

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The purpose of this study was to (1)clarify which school law issues, as perceived by selected members of the legal community of North Dakota, are most important to North Dakota public school superintendents and (2)to determine the perceptions of selected members of the North Dakota legal community with respect to the level of superintendents' understandings of school law issues.In gathering the data, two methodologies were used: (1)a questionnaire constructed by the author and distributed through the mail and (2)a structured telephone interview conducted with sixteen school law experts. The first section of the questionnaire elicited information concerned with selected characteristics; …

Mathematical Modeling Of Bicycle Dynamics With Computer Simulation, Timothy J. Pennings

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Spring And The Shadow Man, Emily Rhoads Johnson

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A Study Of The Effects Of Communication Apprehension On Students In Fundamentals Of Public Speaking, Cheryl Jean Viestenz

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Length Of Time For College Graduates To Obtain Employment And Selected Job Related Variables., Jole Ann Williams

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant relationship between the length of time it takes Trinity University graduates to become employed and the identified job related variables and combinations of variables. The job related sets of variables are: (1)background variables, (2)variables related to academic major and grade point average, (3)variables related to employment seeking behaviors influencing job attainment, (4)variables related to ethnic background and socio-economic status, and (5)variables related to geographic and organization size preference.The group surveyed in this study was the Trinity University graduates who had received bachelor's degrees in December 1978, May …

Mechanisms Of Glucose Utilization In Isolated Perfused Rat Livers., Katherine Ann Sukalski

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Net glucose uptake was studied in isolated perfused livers from fed and fasted rates in the presence of discriminant inhibitors of enzymes responsible for glucose phosphorylation. N-Acetyl-glucosamine, a potent inhibitor of glucokinase and hexokinase, significantly inhibited net glucose uptake in livers from fed but not fasted rats. This result could not be explained if glucokinase and hexokinase were the only enzymes responsible for glucose phosphorylation in the fasted state. Under some conditions glucose uptake was inibited by 3-O-methylglucose and by ornithine. Both of these compounds are inhibitors of glucose phosphorylation via the phosphotransferase activity of glucose-6-phosphatase but have no effect …

The Phenomenon Of Man: The Concept Of Evolution And The Epistemological Philosophy Of Teilhard De Chardin And Its Implications For Theory Of Biology Teacher Education., James Richard Cash

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The research problem is to identify and examine the epistemological premises in Teilhard de Chardin's concept of evolution proposed in The Phenomenon of Man.The purpose is to identify and analyze Teilhard's theory of evolution in the context of the growth and development of the self-determined individual. The Teilhardian concepts utilized as the framework of this study are certainty of knowledge, momentum, perception, and the intellective process.Teilhard holds that the intellective process is mind's force of evolution. The evolving mind is self-determined and exercises its freedom via the scientific method. This predicates a balance of the cognitive, affective, and conative domains. …

An Evaluation Of A Coronary Education Program, Anne Broaddus Sydnor

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This study was conducted to evaluate a Coronary Educational Program at a 350 bed community suburban hospital. The five year old program has never been evaluated. The evaluation was limited to one product of the program, the change in patient knowledge relative to their disease. Subjects also completed a subjective evaluation of the program, including the content areas, teaching methods, and competence of the instructors.

Twelve subjects participated during the 2% month study. They consisted of 10 males and 2 females; 11 Whites and 1 Black. The age range was 53 to 76 years, with a mean of 63.9 years. …