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The Theory Of "Comprehension" In The Philosophy Of Michael Polanyi, Richard W. Zipfel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Lower Paleozoic Chitinozoans And Scolecodents From North Dakota, Douglass H. Morgan

Theses and Dissertations

Chips from cores of the Red River and Stony Mountain Formations of Ordovician age and the Dawson Bay Formation of Devonian age in North Dakota were taken at three-foot intervals, dissolved in acid, and the residue examined for insoluble, pseudochitinous microfossils. Chitinozoa, an extinct order of rhizopod protozoans, were found in abundance along with lesser numbers of scolecodonts, the mouth parts of polychaete worms. Because the study was restricted to the core available at the North Dakota Geological Survey, which rarely included complete sections of the formations, a complete picture of the distribution of these forms must await the more …

Mitral Insufficiency Due To Ruptured Chordae Tendineae, Muttutamby Vannitamby

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The clinical features in six patients with mitral insufficiency due to chordae tendineae have been.

The patients in whom the etiology was not known did not become symptomatic till they were past 40, although a murmur had been present for several years. Pulmonary edema or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea were the initial symptoms in a number of these patients, preceding the more usual shortness of breath with exertion. The auscultatory and phonocardiographic features are specific. On fluoroscopy readily recognizable paradoxical pulsation of the left atrium was present in some of them. At cardiac catheterization a tall left atrial “v” wave with …

Performance Characteristics Of The Left Ventricle During And Following Induced Extrasystoles, Ergun Fikret Sabar

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

During the last two decades, since the heart has become a direct target for various surgical procedures for the correction of several abnormalities, interest in understanding its basic regulatory mechanisms and performance has increased considerably. Many experiments have been devised to study cardiac performance, under different circumstances, as an isolated preparation or as an integrated part of a functioning system. The results derived from these investigations not only proved to be important conceptual tools in making many observed phenomena more readily comprehensible, but also provided us with valuable basic principles to treat cardiac patients before and after open heart operations. …

Form And Structure Of Some Of Edwin Arlington Robinson's Tilbury Town Poems, Christina Peckler

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of this study to explore several of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems in order to show the poet’s force of language and prosody and to reveal as much as possible his total poetic artistry. The poems are representative of his familiar, shorter Tilbury Town portraits and are taken from his early, middle, and late periods. An honest appraisal will be made to determine the true worth of the poetry, and an attempt will be made to show that Edwin Arlington Robinson deserves a respected position in modern American letters.

Electrocardiogram And Vectorcardiogram In Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Of Valvular Heart Disease, Remzi Nuhoglu

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Several systems of criteria have been offered for the electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (1,6,7,8,11,13,14,16). None is completely satisfactory since one system errs in including too many normals and at the other end of the spectrum the other system excludes too many cases of anatomically proven left ventricular hypertrophy. However, a number of patients with proven left ventricular hypertrophy have normal electrocardiograms, or show nonspecific electrocardiographic abnormalities.

It has been suggested that spatial vectrocardiogram, recorded utilizing a corrected lead system, may be more sensitive in detecting left ventricular hypertrophy than routine scalar electrocardiogram (1,3,12,15,21,28,29,30).

The purpose of this study …

Thailand : An Analysis Of International Trade 1950-1961, And Its Contributions To Economic Growth, Sunai Tephaval

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Acquisition And Application Of Health Knowledge Of Secondary Students At O.L. Price School, Taylor, Texas, Nay Drean Mays

All Theses

The changes in our attitude conveyed with progression in social, cultural, and physical advancement in our society has influenced profoundly the education of our youth by making available better understanding and concern about their personal health. A sound body to the ancient Greeks meant that state of physical perfection of the athlete and warrior to be won through a rigorous program of physical training An Athenian boy who had not learned to swim, wrestle, use the bow and slang was not considered to be completely educated though he could read, write, figure, play the lyre, and use his mother tongue …

History Of The St. George Temple, Kirk M. Curtis

Theses and Dissertations

This volume contains available data pertaining to the history of the Latter-day Saint Temple located in St. George, Utah.

All readily available sources were used including public, private, church, and university libraries.

A Study Of The Attitude Of The Latter-Day Saint Church, In The Territory Of Utah, Toward Slavery As It Pertained To The Indian As Well As To The Negro From 1847 To 1865, Roldo V. Dutson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to recognize the position of slavery as it pertained especially to the Negro in the Territory of Utah from 1847 to 1865, and the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints toward Indian slavery found in those tribes living within the boundary of the Utah Territory. Negro slavery was accepted and tolerated by the Latter-day Saints even though there were but few Negroes in the Territory. These were brought in by a few southern Saints.

A Study To Determine The Interests And Concerns Of Senior Students In Relationship To The Thirty-Five Directional Objectives Of The Lds Seminary System, James Frank Killian

Theses and Dissertations

It was felt that if the interests and concerns of seminary students could be determined in relationship to the curriculum guides of the LDS Seminary System, curricula could be constructed better to meet the needs of the seminary students

The purpose of the study was to determine what the interests and concerns of LDS Seminary students were in relationship to the objectives used in developing the curriculum of the LDS Seminary System.

Opinions as to the interests and concerns of LDS senior seminary students were solicited as the source of data in carrying out this study. An instrument was constructed …

Part I: The Effect Of 6-Mercaptopurine, And 6-Mercaptopurine Platinate On Cellular Constituents, Growth, And Homograft Response In One-Day Old Chicks. Part Ii: The Effect Of 6-Mercaptopurine On Blood Pressure, And Total Leukocyte Count In The Albino Rat, Jake Edward Davis

All Theses

During recent years tissue transplantation has been widely used in immunological studies and was instrumental in revealing the biological basis of individuality (20). This individuality as evidenced by tissue graft rejection has been observed in all species studied including man. Two exceptions have been noted, namely, uniovular twins, which will accept tissue from each other permanently (7), and individuals from highly inbred populations which due to genetic similarity, showed higher incidence of permanent graft survival than those from random-bred populations (6, 8, 19).

Several types of tissue transplants have been reported including complete organs such as thyroid, liver, spleen, kidney, …

The Effect Of A Lubricant On Tool-Workpiece Interface., Kenneth Eugene Spencer

Masters Theses

"The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of cutting fluids and the method of application to an orthogonal cutting process.

The cutting operation was performed on a lathe. The fluids use d were compressed air and a solution of emulsifiable oil and water.

The flooding of the area was produced by directing a copious supply of fluid over the cutting a rea. The directed stream was obtained by pumping the fluid through a small hole drilled into the tool holder, immediately above and behind the tool face, which directed the fluid at the tool-chip interface.

The results …

Using Diatonic Tendencies As A Harmonic Technique, John E. Crook

All Theses

This Thesis is designed to show that the natural tendencies of the diatonic scale dictate a simple technique of harmony, technique herein presented has as its foundation already accepted principles and factors. In spite of the simplicity of this technique, it will be shown to be more efficient than some techniques of harmony commonly used.

In this work the concern will be with the music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, commonly called the "harmonic period. The materials used are the major and minor scales of this period, and the chords derived there from.

The presentation of the technique will …

The Transition Metal Complexes Of Anthranilic Acid And Its Derivatives, Jesse Smith Decker

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Part of this investigation was undertaken to determine the effects of functional group substitution on the ring - as well as on the -NH₂ radical - on the formation of metal complexes with the first transition series in the periodic classification of the elements.

The outline of the investigation in this report is as follows: (1) To mind methods for the preparation of the complexes.; (2) To examine the relative ease of formation, and the relative solubility of such chelates in common laboratory reagents.; (3) To determine the relative stabilities by relative molar conductance measurements.; (4) To discover relative …

Literary Study And Its Tradition: A Handbook Guide For Graduate Students In English., James Sebree Loveall

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Every serious student of English, no matter how many years separate him from the M.A. or Ph. D. degrees, must develop to a high degree the essential quality of independence which allows him to pursue investigation in his subject more or less on his own. He cannot continue to bother librarians for every specific source of information which he way need in pursuit of his assigned or self-imposed tasks either in class or out. He should know his way around the area of bibliography--the earlier in his academic career, the better. Surely his first ventures in this direction should not …

Controlled-Potential Polarography In Liquid Ammonia: Inorganic Half-Wavepotentials, Ronald Alan Head

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The literature of polarography is so vast that any new publication in the field is likely to have an impact comparable to that of a raindrop falling on an ocean. If, however, through some alchemy of the imagination, the raindrop transformed to quicksilver and accompanied by discharge of "lightning"; and the "ocean" be a solution under carefully controlled conditions, then the effect may be measurable--even reproducible--and thus subject to rational interpretation. Since Jaroslav Heyrovsky's pioneer work in the early nineteen twenties, many such drops have fallen, bringing the science and art of polarography to its present highly developed state. Though …

Studies In The Behavior Of Certain Cyclic Olefins Toward Divalent Platinum And Palladium, Ernest Sam Juljian

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The initial program of study for consideration was the extension of cyclooctatetraene complexation to other metals of the transition group. Compounds of (COT) with iron, cobalt, chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten which have been reported in the literature involve carbonyl ligands simultaneously as (COT)M(CO)_x with x = 2,3----; only Ag(I) as AgN03 adducts are known. Rhodium (I) is said to form an unstable dimer while ruthenium (I) forms a polymer. (COT)Pt(II) chloride, bromide and iodide have been reported but only the iodide has been studied; only (COT)PdCl₂ has been reported recently. It was further conceived that substituted (COT) would …

A Developmental Study Of Temporal Judgment, Faye Florena Hagemeyer

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Temporal disorganization is a symptom of disorder manifested by both the aged psychotic and the harmless sanile. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of temporal judgment, specifically the adult human’s ability to judge the passage of time accurately, to chronological age. The study was suggested by a prominent geriatrician who conjecture as to whether the disability to estimate and to order time effectively was a dysfunction peculiar to senility and its gradual deterioration even in normal human beings in the ability to judge time accurately.

Using a time estimation test requiring judgement of various intervals of …

A Historical Study Of The Berlin Airlift, William Earl Dofflemyer

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Many cities have experienced extended and sometimes catastrophic sieges in their history. Troy was besieged for ten years. Carthage fell to the Romans after three years of resistance. The siege of Paris by Prussia in 1970 and 1877 lasted fire-and-a-half months. The story of the blockade of Berlin, however, and the airlift created to combat this blockade, is perhaps the most curious of all such stories. The eleven-month siege was a determined attempt by Soviet Russia to starve the Berliners into surrender. The defense and the eventual victory over this attempt was provided by the miracle of the Berlin Airlift..

The Use Of Photographs As A Performance Measure Of Personality Rigidity, Edgar Allen Smith

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The literature on rigidity reveals a concentration in two fairly distinct areas: that of problem solving for cognitive rigidity) and motor rigidity. The early investigators felt that assessing these peripheral response mechanism would give a measure of the deeper, central personality mechanism that affects all of behavior. However, such an assumption was highly questionable and based more on analogical reasoning than on empirical evidence. It was Cattel who first pointed out that assuming motor rigidity "extends also through all dissappontement to feel or think perseveratively is a speculation undertaken at one's own risk" (1946, p. 233). Luchins (1951), concerned with …

Experimental Units For The Beginning Teacher Of Spanish In The Intermediate Grades Of Stanislaus County Schools, Betty Ann Fowler

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The increasing emphasis on foreign language learning in the elementary school is the reason for the study to develop experimental units for the beginning teacher of Spanish in the intermediate grades of Stanislaus County schools.

The Protein Of Phleum Pratense, Clifford A. Dean

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As the chemist increases his knowledge and understanding of the complex and delicate nature of the proteins, many of the methods which are used in the handling and treatment of protein systems need to be reviewed and reexamined in the light of the new information which is now available.

This study has endeavored to take the biologically active protein system from the pollen or timothy grass (Phleum pratense) and examine its stability under currently used methods of extraction, purification, and storage.

New chemical agents were studied in connection with the above mentioned protein tor their possible use in the place …

Studies On The Mechanism Of Action Of The Bioflavonoid Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone In Causing Vascular And Intestinal Smooth Muscle To Relax, Alan Brooks Combs

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This thesis constitutes a report on a series of studies undertaken on possible mechanisms of action of the bioflavonoid, hesperidin methyl chalcone (HMC), in causing smooth muscle to relax. The term bioflavonoid refers to several compounds that can be extracted from the mesocarp of citrus fruits. They have been the subject of investigation and controversy since 1936. Much of this is covered in a eview by Vogin (1). As mentioned in the review, Szenti-Gyorgyi observed first that crude citrus extracts were more efficient in relieving experimental scurvy than pure extract containing only Vitamin C. The subject of scurvy has been …

Reliability Of Measurements Of Level Of Intellectual Functioning Of Geriatric Patients, Janet Aline Baker

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to measure geriatric patients’ levels of intellectual functioning in order to determine the reliability of several specific test instruments. From the battery of measurements used in the study, it was an additional objective to recommend which of these test instruments, or combination thereof, would be most applicable for geriatric patients, based on the empirical findings of this study.

Level of intellectual functioning may certainly be influenced by many factors. Therefore, it was part of this study to measure and control for the effects of the following variable: sex, age, education, and medication.

Un Informe Sobre El Sistema Educativo De Jalisco : Presentado Al Profesorado ..., Constance G. Cullen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Este informe es el resultado de datos conseguidos mediante investigaciones realizadas en México.

Las visitas y los períodos de residencia en México en otros años despertaron mi primer interés en el sistema educativo de ese país. Durante el verano de 1964 me dediqué a examinar a fondo el sistema educativo de México y específicamente el de la capital de Jalisco.

Para dar los primeros pasos hacia una comprensión del actual sistema educativo mexicano me fue necesario hacer investigaciones sobre sus antecedentes históricos, los cuales son esenciales a una comprensión clara de la situación actual. Así es que presentó primero un …

Bluebeard's Castle Of Bela Bartok : An Analysis, Dean Harley Finney

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The story of Bluebear has been the center of many theatrical and musical works. From its mystery-shrouded origin, the legend and its principal characters have experienced numerous transformations. Charles Perrault’s tale, the first known published version of the story, served as a basis for all succeeding treatments of the theme, which have handled the various characters differently -- at times stressing Bluebeard, and at other times, the heroine. The theme of the Bluebeard legend has appeared in literature in delightful fairytales and in several dramas, both tragic and comic. Musically, the legend has been employed in numerous operas and as …

Dogmatism And Perceptual Rigidity, Sylvia Joan Joy

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Early efforts to relate personality rigidity and perceptual rigidity have left volumes of data which are somewhat ambiguous and largely inconclusive. These studies have, in general, rested upon two assumptions: (1) that any measure of perceptual rigidity may be related to a measure of personality rigidity, and (2) that the relationship between the two variables is linear. Subsequent data have placed both assumptions in doubt. Several studies indicate that only certain forms of perceptual rigidity may be directly related to personality rigidity (Baer, 1961; Bogen, 1962; Chown, 1959). Other studies have, directly or indirectly, introduced the possibility of a non-linear …

Non-Delinquency Among American-Chinese Youth : A Pilot Study, Conrad Foo Mar

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to examine the obstacles in research in the uniquely difficult area of sampling of the American-Chinese population and (2) to find out what descriptive approaches do not produce resistance, hopefully to suggest future research in this area and (3) to obtain historical and descriptive data which might offer, from a sample of both delinquent and non-delinquent American-Chinese youth, some clues to the rehabilitation of youthful offenders. Specifically, this was basically an attempt to obtain an available sample of both delinquent and non-delinquent American-Chinese youth for the purpose of identifying some of the …

La Convivencia Intercultural : Un Estudio, David Manuel Martinez

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

He tenido la oportunidad de servir como Director de la residencia principal - Casa Werner - el dormitorio de los jóvenes. De esta posición de consejero y administrador observé y aprendí mucho de la cultura latina y la mía. Participando en las actividades de los estudiantes, comparando los diversos grupos, platicando, observando, escuchando casi siempre metido en los asuntos estudiantiles, pude notar muchas cosas. También entrevisté a los dos grupos haciéndoles preguntas como: (1) “¿Cree usted que haya una relación entre la habilidad de hablar y entender inglés y la facilidad de adaptarse a esta cultura?”; (2) "¿Cómo le afectó …