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An Analysis Of Programs For Gifted Children : 1957-1966, William R. Kreul

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Councils Of Government: Regional Governments Of Texas, Lawrence E. Henneke Jr

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Responsibility Accounting: A Better Way To Serve Management, Gary D. Anderson

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The Use Of Polyethylene Film As A Scenic Medium, Paul K. Mccullough

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This paper deals with the use of fan-inflated polyethylene film as a scenic medium. Undertaken as part of the design of The Little Prince, produced a3 the University Theatre children's theatre production in April 1973» it is devoted to the techniques involved in constructing scenery from polyethylene film. The chemical and physical properties of polyethylene film are described. Construction techniques begin with the floor plan and model. Upon completion of the model, a light weight polyethylene film is fitted to the set model, cut and marked in the same manner as a costume is fitted to an actor. The completed …

Natural And Cultural Controls Of Water Quality Along The Devils Lake Chain, North Dakota, And Biological Characteristics Of The Two Terminal Lakes In The Chain, Carlene Ellen Woods Farmer

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Chemical analysis of water from 17 sites along the Devils Lake chain, starting with Mauvais Coulee and ending with East Stump Lake, and plankton and benthic analyses of East and West Stump Lakes, the two terminal lakes in the chain, were conducted from September 1969 to December 1972. A great degree of variation occurred along the chain with mineral content ranging from a minimum in groundwater to a maximum in East Stump Lake. Variations between lakes in the chain arise from physical characteristics such as isolation, permeability of basins, and reinundation.

Greatest mineralization r.as occurred in those lakes without outlets …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Number Of Distinctive-Feature Errors And Judged Speech Defectiveness, Laura Lynne Krowchenko

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The purpose of this study was to determine if judged speech defectiveness is systematically based on the distance between the target and the substituted phoneme, as measured by the number of distinctive-feature errors occurring in a phoneme substitution. Eighteen passages of continuous speech, arranged in paired comparisons, were presented to fifty subjects. Fifteen passages were prepared so that each contained ten phoneme substitutions of one, two, three, four, or five feature errors. Three passages were articulated correctly. Forty-five pairs of passages were played for the subjects who x?ere required to judge which passage of a pair was the more defective. …

The North Dakota Selective Traffic Enforcement Program In Grand Forks Country, Ray L. Sheagley

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Investment Potential Of Burlington Northern Inc. Common Stock, Donald L. Allen

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The purpose of this paper is to establish objective decision criteria for the advisability of investing funds in Burlington Northern, Inc. common stock for either long-term capital gains, cyclical gains, or speculative profits. The specific problem becomes one of identifying the positive and negative factors which would be used in the market to determine or influence the present and future price and the return on the company's common stock

The data for the study was obtained primarily by library research. Many financial newspapers and periodicals were used as well as information found in other sources. Not just company financial information …

An Analysis Of Superintendent Turnover In Unitary School Divisions In The Province Of Manitoba And Its Relationship To Methods Of Selection And Processes Of Employment, Raymond A. F. Constant

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Problem: This study was concerned with current methods of selection and processes of employment utilized by school boards in hiring a superintendent of schools. The primary purpose was to identify and analyze methods of selection and processes of employment as perceived by school board members and their respective superintendents. In conjunction with the analyses, the relationship between perceived methods of selection and processes was investigated. A secondary purpose was to examine the predictability of superintendent turnover from selected demographic and educational variables.

Procedure: The population of the study was limited to 32 school divisions in the Province of Manitoba, as …

The Human Female Figure As An Affected Image In Modern Art, Gregory G. Chyle

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The title, The Human Female Figure as an Affected Image in Modern Art expresses the principal hypothesis of this study, but definition of terms included in this title is necessary to fully understand my intentions. The image of the human female figure depicted in a work of art is the subject of my concern. How the figure is represented, through various attitudes and appearances, assumed or implied, determines how the viewers interpretation of this image is affected .

Although a clearly defined time period is not critical to this study, Modern Art will be defined as that art falling into …

Ecology And Life History Of The Raccoon (Procyon Lotor Hirtus Nelson And Goldman) In The Northern Part Of Its Range, Wayne Fraser Cowan

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A study of the ecology and life history of the northern raccoon Procyon lotor hirtus Nelson and Goldman, 193C) was conducted in southwestern Manitoba between June, 1967, and August, 1969. Information concerning growth, development, reproduction and population characteristics was gathered from carcasses of 293 raccoons of juvenile, yearling, and adult age. Seasonal activities and home ranges were determined by marking 81 mobile raccoons and 13 nestlings, and by recaptures of 27 of these. Movements of 11 raccoons were monitored electronically, A total 1,109 scats and 298 stomachs and colons were analyzed for food content and to determine seasonal requirements of …

Clustering And Subjective Organization Of Free Recall Learning, Sandra Gail Harrell Fenner

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Two concepts, clustering and subjective organization, have figured prominently in theoretical explanations of free recall learning. With lists composed of categorized words (e.g., animals, vegetables, occupations), subjects tend to order recall by categories, which tendency is called clustering. There is much experimental evidence for a relationship between clustering and amount recalled, as recall and clustering have been shown to increase with repeated presentations of the material. Curiously, there is some evidence that the degree of clustering seems to be uncorrelated with recall scores, that is, subjects who cluster strongly do not recall more words than subjects who cluster less strongly …

Hotel Accounting, Stanley L. Gehring

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An Analysis Of The Relationships Between Arbitration Board Awards And Selected Independent Variables In The Providence Of Manitoba, Aron Sawatsky

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Problem

The problem was that of determining what factors affect arbitration awards in Manitoba in the settlement of salary disputes, and how these awards compared with settlements made by negotiation or conciliation.

Purpose

The study was designed to:

1. A. Analyze the awards made by arbitration beards appointed under the teams of the Manitoba Public Schools Act, to arbitrate teachers' salary disputes,
2. B. Compare the per cent increase in salary gained by teachers through arbitration with the per cent Increase gained through conciliation and negotiation, and to compare these gains with other selected variables.
3. C. Examine the following null hypotheses:

1. 1. …

The Accumulated Earnings Tax, Terry Lundberg

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A Study Of Nonverbal Communication And Leadership Emergence In Task-Oriented And Informal Small Groups, Arline F. Schubert

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This study was designed to investigate the nonverbal cues exhibited by participants in informal and task-oriented groups. The following hypotheses were examined: 1) Leaders exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than do nonleaders in task-oriented and informal small groups; 2) Members of a task-oriented small group will exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than members of the informal small group; 3) An interaction effect will occur with leaders of the task- oriented groups exhibiting significantly more nonverbal cues than leaders of the informal groups.

Subjects for this study were fifty undergraduate students enrolled in Speech Pathology and Audio! jgy 232 at the …

A Study Of Pupil Achievement In Differentiated And Traditionally Staffed Elementary Classrooms, Gordon Leigh York

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Higher Mathematics Applied To Business Decisions, John W. Gillett

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The use of mathematics in the study of business management, economics and accounting is apparently becoming more and more relevant to the students of these chosen fields. Although many faculty members in these fields learned their mathematics in graduate school and therefore have seen the need for higher mathematics, students wonder why they have to take a course in higher mathematics.

In most instances the answer is not forthcoming in the math course itself. Mathematicians are not economists or accountants. The consequence of these simple facts is that the students conclude that mathematics is just an intellectual exercise that they …

A Systems Approach To Accounting And Internal Control, John K. Flaagan

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A Survey Of Office Education Students In North Dakota To Determine Effectiveness Of Lester Hill Office Simulation In Terms Of Job Success, Roger E. Mergenthal

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Sex Differences In Memory Measured By Signal Detection, Ronald L. Matthew

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The theory of signal detection was used to determine sex differences in recognition memory for a social task using favorable, neutral, and unfavorable statements about men and women. Signal detection affords two measures: d' represents a measure of S's sensitivity (memory) and β a measure of his criterion or willingness to respond based on his memory.

Descriptions of people were scaled by ten men and ten women for degree of favorability. From these items, four lists were constructed and given to twenty male and twenty female undergraduates at the University of North Dakota. The independent variables used in the study …

Freedom And Self-Becoming In Karl Jaspers' Existential Philosophy, Clayton B. Ries

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One of the primary concerns of contemporary counseling literature appears to be the self, to what extent it owes its being to freedom on the one hand, and to environmental influences on the other. This paper does not pretend to resolve so complex an issue. It seeks rather to view the problem x

A Comparison Of The Performance Of High School Bookkeeping/Accounting Students Taught In A Structured Classroom And Those Taught By An Individualized Study Method, Alvin L. Kelling

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Accounting For Goodwill In Business Combinations, Gerald J. Fisher

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Research And Development Costs, Alvin L. Royse

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Need Achievement Antecedents And Correlates In Intact Social Groups, Robert J. Loveland

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The present paper was concerned primarily with one area of research in human personality, that is, the need to achieve (n Ach). Specifically, it was an attempt to test the strength of several conclusions concerning the antecedents and correlates of n Ach by reversing the research technique most commonly employed in reaching those conclusions. That common technique is to define high and low achievers psychometrically, end then to study antecedent variables and correlates. This study attempted to reverse this process. Rather than defining groups of high and low achievers, the groups chosen for study were intact social groups, which in …

Cash Management And The Cash Budget, Gerald R. Smith

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Interim Financial Statements, David Rusch

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Put And Call Options, Elmer Bender

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The Valuation Problem In Accounting, David Gudahl

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