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Shakespeare's Sonnets 29 And 30 : An Aspectual Analysis, Kathryn R. Urbonya

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Stereo-Scanning Electron Microscopy Of The Canine Subarachnoid Space After Injection Of Defibrinated Chicken Red Blood Cells., Bruce Persky

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Molluscan Paleontology Of The Pliocene Peace Valley "Beds" And Ridge Route "Formation" (Ridge Basin Group), Ridge Basin, Southern California, Daniel R. Young

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The Ridge Basin, 90 km northwest of Los Angeles, California, lies within the San Gabriel, San Andreas, Liebre, and Clearwater fault zones. The basin is an elongated, wedge-shaped, intermontane, Miocene-Pliocene basin filled with about 12 000 m of marine, lacustrine, fluvial, and alluvial sediment. More than half of the thickness of the Ridge Route "formation" and about one fifth of the Peace Valley "beds" was examined for molluscs along the northeastern side of the basin and more than 600 m of section were measured.

The nonmarine molluscs of the Ridge Route "formation" and Peace Valley "beds" consist of ten species: …

Periglacial Landforms And Processes In The Southern Kenai Mountains, Alaska, Palmer K. Bailey

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The distribution and characteristics of periglacial landforms in the southern Kenai Mountains, Alaska, were investigated during the summer of 1979. The principal area of study was a 1300-metre high mountain mass which stood as a nunatak during the last general glaciation. Periglacial features in the area include gelifluction lobes, nivation hollows, cryoplanation terraces, tors, a string bog, and various for111S of patterned ground such as sorted circles, sorted polygons, earth hummocks, sorted steps, sorted stripes, and small ice-wedge polygons.

Ground temperature measurements indicate that permafrost recently existed in the area but is no longer present. The sorted polygons, cryoplsnation terraces, …

The Response Of The Atrial Myocardium To Ventricular Amputation Injury In The Adult Newt, Notophthalmus Viridescens, Timothy J. Mcdonnell

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Model Fitting Procedures For Categorical Data, Luann K. Johnson

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Stereochemistry Of Some Bis-Arene Vanadium Complexes, Thomas D. Parish

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The Analytical Prediction And Experimental Verification Of The Thermal Performance Of A Multiple Source Heat Pump System, S G. Penoncello

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Coming Together : A Consideration Of The Form And Use Of Child Language, Anne Eileen Thorkelsson

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Perceptions Of Development And Adaptive Strategies : An Ecological Model For Social Impact Assessment, Delore Delmar Zimmerman

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Flooding Of The Red River Of The North : An Analysis Of Climatic And Land-Use Parameters, John L. Hammen

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An Investigation Of The Criterion Validity Of Three Preschool Language Screening Tests, Karen Ann Balutis

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Uncle Vanya By Anton Chekhov : A Translation, Duane Fish

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Physicians' Opinions Of The Preparation And Expertise Of Speech Pathologists, Douglas R. Bowes

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Cytogenetics Of Selected Institutionalized Down Syndrome Patients, Stephen P. Harrison

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A Reliability Study Of One-Minute Start-Stop Conversation Sampling On A Single Subject, Catherine W. Woidtke

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Tonnies Today, Marty Ulland

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Ecological Factors Affecting The Location And Spatial Patterns Of The Western Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis) In North Dakota, Michael N. Demers

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Optimal Foraging And Adaptive Strategies Of Post-Breeding Male Blue-Winged Teal And Northern Shovelers, Paul J. Dubowy

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An Analysis Of Why Mbo (Management By Objectives) In The Military Failed, William P. Jacobsen

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Biographical, Self Concept And Educational Factors Among Youth Referred To A Chemical Dependency Treatment Program., Linda Ann Svobodny

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Problem. Recently the trend of chemical use by increasingly more and younger adolescents has become recognized as a potentially serious societal problem. National studies have found significant proportions of adolescents who use a variety of chemicals frequently and heavily (Alibrandi 1978; Johnston, Bachman & O'Malley 1979). Although drug use and abuse have clearly been documented in the literature as a serious problem for the adolescent population, there is little conclusive evidence of why some adolescents abuse drugs and others do not.Procedure. The present study investigated a group of adolescents who were placed at a residential chemical dependency program for adolescents …

Kierkegaard's Dialectical Self-Creation: Implications For Counselors., Lorraine Angela Dopson

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The counselor brings to the counseling relationship certain assumptions regarding human nature, its limits, possibilities and processes. Usually these assumptions are not articulated and sometimes they are not known. Counseling, as an endeavor which touches human lives, requires examination of its premises. The purpose of this study is to construct a philosophical basis for the counseling relationship based upon the works of Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), a rich source of such information.The study, which is literary in form, undertakes an indepth examination of those psychological aspects of Kierkegaard's major works which are especially relevant to understanding and facilitating the work of …

Natural And Hormonally Induced Changes Of The Reproductive Organs And Pineal Gland Activity During Hibernation In The Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Richardsonii., Jon Charles Pigage

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Hibernation in Richardson's ground squirrels, Spermophilus richardsonii richardsonii, was studied for three winters. Animals were maintained at 5(DEGREES) (+OR-) 2(DEGREES)C and continuous light (LL) during the first winter and at 5(DEGREES) (+OR-) 2(DEGREES)C and continuous darkness (DD) during the second and third winters. The typical ground squirrel hibernation pattern was observed throughout the study although the duration of the total and individual hibernation bouts was shorter than that reported in the field.Histological analyses of the gonads during hibernation indicated a greater amount of gonadotropic activity in male ground squirrels than in female ground squirrels. Mature spermatozoa were observed in male …

Perceived Leadership Styles And Assertive Characteristics Of Graduates From Four Types Of Nursing Programs In Eastern North Dakota And Western Minnesota., Lazette Bevers Chang-Yit

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The purpose of the study was to test for differences in perceived leadership styles and assertive characteristics among graduates from a diploma, and associate degree, a four-year baccalaureate, and an upper-division baccalaureate nursing program. Two research questions were asked: (1) Are there significant differences in perceived leadership styles among graduates of the four programs? and (2) Are there significant differences in perceived assertive characteristics among graduates of the four programs? The sample was comprised of thirty-five diploma, forty-two associate degree, twenty-four baccalaureate, an eighteen upper-division baccalaureate nursing students who were all within a few days of graduation. Three instruments were …

Preparation And Characterization Of Novel Supported Zero-Valent Nickel Catalysts., Daniel Hunt Ralston

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The codeposition of nickel with arenes by the metal atom cocondensation (MAC) technique at -196(DEGREES)C results in a mixture of Ni-arene complex and Ni clusters in the solid matrix. This matrix, when allowed to melt and flow to the bottom of the metal-atom reactor, forms a nickel slurry or deposits onto a support (such as Al(,2)O(,3)), if present. Both nickel powders, isolated from Ni-arene slurries, and the Ni-arene/Al(,2)O(,3) from Ni-arene deposition are active catalysts.The activity and selectivity for MAC prepared Ni-PhCH(,3), Ni-1,3,5-Ph(CH(,3))(,3), Ni-PhCF(,3), and Ni-m-Ph(CF(,3))(,2) in both supported and unsupported form, were examined for toluene hydrogenation and hydrodealkylation activity and …

Clustering Of Metal Atoms In Alkane Media., Stephen Custer Davis

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A literature review of metal crystallite growth, physical properties of small metal particles, and C-O, C-H and C-C bond cleavage processes on metal surfaces (single crystal, thin films and dispersed metals) and various properties of dispersed metal catalysts were compiled. Investigations were

The Effects Of Intended Audience And Feedback On The Writings Of Middle Grade Pupils., Walter Coyte Prentice

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The present study investigated the development of written communication skills of students in the middle elementary grades. Two aspects of communicative competence served as the focus: (1) the ability to modify writing to fit the needs of the intended audience, and (2) the ability to profit from reader feedback. In addition, the effect of the writing stimulus on students' performance was examined.Thirty-six students, 12 in each of grades 3, 5, and 7, served as subjects. The students were shown one of two stimulus drawings, either a simple line drawing of a tree, hill, house, and sun (the Scene Stimulus), or …

The Adjustment Process Associated With The Parenting Of A Severely Handicapped Child., Martee Boyce Robinson Bushfield

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Purpose. This study was designed as an investigation of the adjustment processes that parents go through when a child with a handicapping condition is born into a family. Specifically, there was interest in looking at possible parallels in the adjustment pattern of these parents and that of grieving individuals. Fifteen families (23 parents) were interviewed on tape during two separate sessions in an effort to observe the adjustment process. Information from the tapes was transcribed and charted on a two cycle chart to indicate the frequency of various responses (i.e. the responses of guilt, anger, bartering, denial and acceptance). Questionnaires …

A Comparison Of Children In The All-Day, Alternate Day Kindergarten With Children In The Half-Day, Everyday Kindergarten In Self Concept, Academic, And Social Development At The Kindergarten And Fourth Grade Levels., Cheryl Lynn Smith

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The principal purpose of this study was to : (1) compare the all day, alternate day kindergarten with the half-day, everyday kindergarten in relation to the self concept, academic, and social development of the children; and (2) obtain a comparative evaluation of children in relation to self concept, academic, and social development at the fourth grade level.

In relation to the principal purpose, five research questions were framed. The first three questions represented the major focus with the last two serving in a subsidiary role. The first question sought to determine if the kindergarten children from the all-day, alternate day …

An Empirical Test Of Crites' Model Of Career Maturity., Ronald Keith Jewett

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The primary purpose of this study was to examine empirically Crites' Model of Career Maturity. The rational structure of Crites' model was compared with a statistical structure derived from a hierarchical clustering of items from the Career Maturity Inventory. Other purposes of this study included the examination of differences in the cluster structures between ninth and twelfth grade students, the determination of relationships among vocational choice attitudes and vocational choice competencies, and the establishment of normative data for the Career Maturity Inventory with a ninth and a twelfth grade, Grand Forks, North Dakota, population.The research population consisted of 106 ninth …