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Commander's Call And The Air Force Now Film: Meeting The Needs Of Air Force Internal Communcation?, Joseph G. Wojtecki Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The U.S. Air Force is a diversified organization of nearly half a million people based worldwide. Because of its nature and complex mission, the organization has unique internal communication needs. One program established to satisfy those needs is Commander’s Call, and a mandatory component of each Commander's Call is the latest edition of the Air Force Now film. Because Commander's Call is held monthly at the unit 1evai and attendance Is mandatory for all personnel, and because a fifteen to thirty minute color sound-on film is produced monthly .for it, the program represents a substantial investment of resources and a …

An Analysis Of Selected Practices In Teaching First-Year Gregg Shorthand In United States High Schools, Richard L. Wedell

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Statement of the Problem The problem of this study was to identify and analyze selected teaching practices used in teaching first-year Gregg Shorthand in United States high schools.

Procedures Participants in this study were teachers of first-year Gregg Shorthand randomly selected from each of the 50 states. The population for this study consisted of schools systematically selected from Patterson's American Education resource book. A sample by state was obtained by selecting one school per page using a table of random numbers. A total of 511 questionnaires were mailed; 284 were returned.

Treatment of the Data Teachers' responses were analyzed statistically …

An Analysis Of Selected Speeches Of A. C. Townley, 1915-1921, Alice C. Poehls

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the rhetoric of Arthur C. Towriley who, in 1915, founded the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota. The study included the history of the organization and activities of the Nonpartisan League from 1915 to 1921, a biography of Townley, a discussion of the Aristotelian canon invention, and an analysts of the logical, emotional, and ethical proof utilized by Townlc-y in selected 1917 speeches.

Townley had a great deal of natural oratorical skill and benefited also from seme education, imitation of other speakers, and experience. His agrarian background greatly influenced his public speaking and …

Bench-Scale Study Of Sulfur And Nitrogen Oxides Absoption By Nahcolite And Trona, Frederick R. Stern

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The extent and rates of sulfur and nitrogen oxides 'dry' adsorption by nahcolite and trona were measured. Experiments were conducted by passing simulated flue gas through a fixed bed of test material. Variables considered in the study were particle size, reaction temperature, concentration of sulfur dioxide, and concentration of water vapor in the flue gas.

High reaction rates were noted for the adsorption of sulfur dioxide by nahcolite at reaction temperatures of 400-650° F and for particle diameters of 0.19 mm or less. Based on the adsorption of sulfur dioxide, certain tests resulted in nahcolite utilizations of over 95 pet. …

History Of The Department Of Speech Pathology And Audiology At The University Of North Dakota, Terri R. Morris

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The Department, of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of North Dakota has been in existence since 1 February 1967 The purpose of this study was to accumulate a complete history of the department from the time a program in speech correction was begun as a part of the Department of Speech in the late 1940's through the spring semester 1978.

This thesis begins with a statement of purpose and a brief description of the present status of the department in Chapter I. The first section of Chapter II includes information about the early history of speech pathology in …

The Effects Of Merger And Acquisition And Growth In The Banking Industry 1960-1978, Paul Dempsey

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An Evaluative Study Of The Morris Rod-Weeder Company Ltd. From A Marketing Perspective, Charles Boyll

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The Morris Rod-Weeder Company is a farm tillage implement manufacturer based in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Company presently markets its products throughout mid-North America, and to France, Australia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Because of the wide variety of agricultural products and farming techniques, proper marketing of such equipment is crucial to a firm's success. Based on the view that marketing 1s the all-encompassing coordination of the full spectrum of business activiti es from determining consumer needs and desires, to resource acquisit ion and allocation, through consumer education and product promotion, this study will describe present policies and processes by …

The Conflict Over The Construction Of A Major, James Schlick

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Preferences For Male Or Female Counselors As Related To Student-Counselee Sex, Grade Level, Type Of Presenting Concern And Self-Esteem, Mary Jane Sullivan

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the selected variables of student-counselee -- sex, grade level, and self-esteem -- and the preference for a male or a female counselor by types of presenting concerns.

Procedure: The subjects of this study consisted of 375 students, 189 males and 186 females, enrolled in a junior-senior high school in a rural community in north central Minnesota The subjects were all adolescents in grades seven through twelve, inclusive. The sample size for each grade level ranged from a minimum of sixty to a maximum of sixty-nine.

The instruments used …

Miniature Mimicry, Claudia J. Berg

Theses and Dissertations

Drawn from everyday life, I have moved my images into their own realm. Confining my creatures by scale and composition makes the viewer the dominating element when looking at these prints. By using examples of human activity and emotions, these specimens become examples in miniature of what already exists.

Abstracting The Familiar, Michael T. Lysenko

Theses and Dissertations

The ideas presented in this Artist's Statement give some insights into the background and early development of the painted and drawn works illustrated by the accompanying slides.

Physical Contact In Psychotherapy, Cassandra Lynne Tyson

Theses and Dissertations

Physical contact between therapist and client continues to be an area of both controversy and concern among mental health professionals. Although there has been much theoretical discussion about touching, the literature contains little related empirical research.

Forty undergraduate students participated as subjects in a psychotherapy analogue study. Independent variables were physical con tact and sex of therapist. Dependent variables were subject and thera pist nonverbal immediacy, speech duration, and affective reaction and subject self-disclosure and perception of therapist interpersonal atti tudes. Data on subject experiences with touching and attitudes toward it were also gathered.

The results show no facilitative effects …

Jehan Alain: Selected Organ Works, Mark Weston Unkenholz

Theses and Dissertations

This project is a study of selected organ pieces (from the 24 published) of French composer Jehan Alain (1911-1940). Although a catalogue of works of Alain lists 93 titles, the works for organ represent the composer's major field of concentration during the last six years of his life. Alain, who died during World War II at the age of 29, made a significant contribution to the twentieth-century organ repertory despite his short lifetime.

The procedure of study was, first, to examine existing secondary sources--a biography by Bernard Gavoty, and an article on the performance of Alain's organ music by the …

An Analysis Of Section 306 Of The Internal Revenue Code, Holly K. Monek

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No abstract provided.

Regulation And Discipline Of The Auditing Profession: Who Will Guard The Guardians?, Anthony R. Gette

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of General Price-Level Accounting, Gray M. Sunderman

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of Positive And Negative Verbal And Nonverbal Consequences, Nancy Kienzle

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the positive and negative verbal and nonverbal consequences to client responses delivered by student clinicians in the practicum situation.

The subjects included thirty-two undergraduate and graduate female student clinicians who had completed not less than ten hours of clinical case contact.

Each student clinician was videotaped for a ten-minute segment of the regularly scheduled therapy session. The videotapes were viewed by the experimenter and the nonverbal and verbal behaviors acting as consequent events were recorded onto cassette tapes. Both the nonverbal and verbal behaviors selected for this study were counted. The verbal …

In Mild Defiance Of Rectangular Stability, Robert A. Matz

Theses and Dissertations

This Artist's Statement is concerned with the awareness of one's environment, and the pursuit and evolution of an idea based on this awareness.

Professional Schools Of Accounting: A Look At The Issues, Frank J. Beil

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No abstract provided.

Batik, Robert H. Miller

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This statement explains why I batik and where my inspiration comes from. There are black and white photographs and color slides illustrating batik work completed in the last three (3) years.

A History Of Coal Development In North Dakota, Colleen A. Oihus

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Lignite coal, one of North Dakota's natural resources, is at the present time an issue of great concern for North Dakotans. This thesis explores the historical stages in the development of the lignite industry. During the 1804-1873 era, lignite was only an object of curiosity to the frontier element. As the frontier receded, the outlines of the lignite industry began to take form. From 1873 to 1900, large underground coal mining companies and smaller operations grew in number and size. The railroad freight rates on lignite shipments caused problems for the young industry during the 1890's.

The early twentieth century …

The Role Of Emotional Discharge In The Resolution Of Grief, Anne M. Metzger

Theses and Dissertations

Many authors have expressed the opinion that the resolution of grief requires the open expression of the emotions accompanying grief. While this need for emotional discharge has been mentioned frequently, there has been no empirical evidence of a connection between emotional discharge and successful grief work. This study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that recently bereaved individuals who reported more emotional discharge behaviors would have a more positive resolution of their grief at four months post-bereavement. It was also hypothesized that the specific type of discharge behavior and the number of individuals involved would not be significant. However, it …

Rheological Study Of Solvent Refined Lignite Melts, Ajit Venkatraman

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The rheology of solvent refined lignite (SRL) melts was studied using a Brookfield rotational viscometer with a Thermosel system to enable high temperature measurements. The SRL samples were obtained from the Project Lignite process development unit at the University of North Dakota. The effects of temperature cycling, air exposure during heating and continuous shearing over extended periods of time on the viscosity of SRL melts were investigated to develop a suitable method for measuring the viscosities of these melts.

The viscometric data were analyzed for shear dependence and tested using Newtonian, Bingham plastic, and power law models. The Newtonian model …

The Impact Of Supplementary Active Air-Type Solar Heating Unit On A Conventional Heating System, Roger D. Boe

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The concern of this research was to investigate and determine impact of supplementary active air-type solar heating on a conventional heating system. A second concern involved a review of literature regarding the structural design of an active air-type solar heating unit.

This study attempted to: (a) determine the structural design of active air-type solar heatings by a review of literature, (b) collect data from a home utilizing air-type solar heating and conventional system, (c) analyze the data and determine the impact of air-type solar heating units on conventional heating systems, and (d) determine the combined effect of an air-type solar …

The Phonology Of Texmelucan Zapotec Verb Irregularity, Charles H. Speck

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The phonological rules governing Texmelucan Zapotec verb allomorphy are presented here as part of the phonological component of a generative grammar of the type conceived of by Chomsky and Halle but modified by Stampe, Rhodes and others. This modified theoretical framework has been referred to as natural phonology. Basic to the theory of natural phonology is Stampe's observation that two distinctive types of phonological principles operate in natural languages: natural processes which are innate and rules which are learned. The natural phonemic level is seen to relate to these principles.

In section 1: Lower Level Phonology, those principles which operate …

Design Of A Microprocessor Based Real Time Digital Controller, Venkatachalam Garimella

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With the availability of microcomputers it is now possible to design low cost digital controllers. In the present work the design of a microprocessor based real time digital controller is presented. The microcomputer used was an 8080 based PROMPT 80. The necessary hardware to interface this computer with a 'plant' was designed and tested. The software for the controller was written such that it can be operated In Proportional, Proportional-Integral and Proportional-Integral-Difference modes. With minor changes in the programs the controller can be operated in Integral, Integral-Difference and Proportional-Difference modes. The. necessary modifications are indicated. The controller performance was tested …

A Study Of Elementary Accreditation In North Dakota, Rick E. Mcclure

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No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Financial Statements: Current Value Versus Historical Cost, Jerry A. Topp

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No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Job Satisfaction Of North Dakota Industrial Arts Teachers, Ronald Dahl

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The purpose of this study was to determine if industrial arts teachers in North Dakota were satisfied with their jobs and to identify job related problem areas which might exist for the industrial arts teacher.

The objectives of this study were to: (1) Develop an instrument which would be used to identify possible problem areas of the industrial arts teacher in North Dakota, (2) Identify the factors of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, (3) Correlate the degree of job satisfaction of industrial arts teachers as measured along selected dimension of their job by the JDI, (4) Determine what effect job satisfaction has upon …

Effectiveness Of Professionals Vs. Paraprofessionals In The Group Management Of Test Anxiety, Matthew P. Bars

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This research was concerned with the relative effectiveness of professional and paraprofessional therapists in group management of college students exhibiting test anxiety. It was predicted that both the professional and paraprofessional therapists' groups would exhibit significant pre-post decreases in debilitating test anxiety. It was also predicted that there would be no significant pre-post differences between the professional and paraprofessional therapists' groups. Subjects were 26 participants in five Illinois State University Student Counseling Center Test Anxiety Workshops. Subjects completed a modified State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Achievement Anxiety Test at the beginning and end of the test anxiety workshops.

The hypothesis that …