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Transfer In Handedness In The Rat Induced By Acetylcholine And Forced Practice, Charles A. Baker

Psychology ETDs

This study was designed to discover the effects of local applications of acetylcholine to the cerebral cortex of the rat in conjunction with forced reaching on handedness.

An Evaluation Of Economic Factors In Cochiti Pueblo Culture Change, Charles H. Lange

Anthropology ETDs

The fact that constant and continual changes occur in the culture of any society, regardless of time and space considerations, has long been recognized as a fundamental truth by anthropologists. Accepting this dynamic character of culture, the anthropologist asks precisely what has occurred that has caused the culture of any particular society to be as it is at the moment, or as it was found at any specific time in the past. Having learned the cultural situation at a given time and having determined the sequence of events culminating in this situation, the anthropologist has further interests. Why did these …

A Survey Of The Administration And Organization Of The Game And Fish Department Of The State Of New Mexico, Robert H. Simmons

Political Science ETDs

This survey is a study of the forces and pressures which have made the Game and Fish Department what it is today.

The purpose of the study was to find out why the operation of the Department was unique as compared to other departments of the State. Elliott S. Barker has been at his job for nineteen years and 4 months. More than 50% of the personnel has been with him for ten or more years, or since they were first hired. It is a nationally respected Department in its field, and is operated in a smooth and efficient manner. …

Psychometric Problems Related To Cerebral Palsy, Dorothy Sievers

Psychology ETDs

Statistics have shown that there are about seven children who are born with or acquire cerebral palsy per year for every 100,000 population (7). This means that there are nearly 400,000 cerebral palsied persons under the age of 40 in the United States today (15). Cerebral palsy may be described as a disfunctioning of the nerves and muscles caused by damage to certain certain centers of the brain.

A Survey Of Pre-Primary Convention Endorsement Of Party Candidates, Oliver E. Payne

Political Science ETDs

The study is divided into twelve chapters. Chapter one is the introduction. In Chapter two a brief background of American nominating machinery used prior to the advent of the direct primary is discussed. Chapter three is concerned with the direct primary, especially with the most valid criticisms of it. Chapter four deals with the primary plan that was advocated by former Governor Charles Evans Hughes of New York. Chapter five is concerned with the unofficial, tacit agreements that political organizations arrive at in regard to a party slate. This chapter points out that even under the direct primary the party …

An Analysis Of Aspects Of The Workmen's Compensation Act Of New Mexico, Robert W. Thomas Jr.

Economics ETDs

This thesis is a survey ot certain aspects of the Workmen's Compensation Act of New Mexico. The problem of determining what actually has taken place under certain statutory provisions of the New Mexico Act is the major problem to which this thesis is addressed. In an effort to evaluate the New Mexico Act a contrast with ideal legislation will be made and a contrast with the Arizona Workmen's Compensation Act will be undertaken.

A Comparison Of Appraisals Of Residential Properties For Lending Purposes With County And City Assessments Of Identical Properties In Knoxville, Tennessee, 1950, Lawrence O. Ransom

Masters Theses

(From Justification of the Study)

This study is different from the typical "assessment" study. It is what may be termed a "multiple" comparison of assessments because two assessment ratios are compared with each other, and the assessment ratios are also compared with appraisal ratios made for purposes other than taxation. The study may reveal the inherent variations in any evaluation job. Specifically, do appraisers for lending purposes also under- or over-value property (as assessors are accused of doing) in relation to sales price because of geographic area or because of high or low market value?

It is hoped and believed …

The Communication Of Supervisory Functions And Its Relationship To Employee Attitude, Betty Jane Neitzel

Wayne State University Theses

The history of industrial and personnel psychology contains a large amount of literature of the investigations made of personal traits and characteristics, individual differences, and of the psychological tests which measure these factors. More recently personnel and industrial psychologists have become interested in other phases of research. The employee in industry has increasingly become the focal point in investigations and discussions and at present personnel interrelationships and the dynamics of the working situations are attracting the attention of a number of psychologists. This shift in interest has brought with it new emphasis in the literature.

The study to be presented …

The Development Of The Federal Grant-In-Aid System And Its Effect On The Distribution Of The National Wealth, Charles A. Harvey

Master's Theses

In our modern world the problems or government are never simple. The tasks of coordinating, directing and promoting the political, social and economic affairs or a people usually present problems of the utmost complexity. Particularly is this true under the system or government embodied in our Federal constitution. Due to the system of power distribution peculiar to federalism many problems arise which are not ordinarily encountered by the so-called centralized or unitary norms of political organization.

It is not the purpose of this paper to examine in detail the characteristics of federalism. Sutfioe it to say that under such a …

Recent Developments In The Economics Of The Potash Industry, With Particular Reference To Carlsbad, New Mexico, Louis Hayner Kurrelmeyer

Economics ETDs

The economic importance of the potash industry may best be considered in terms of its importance to three politico-economic areas: the United States, the State of New Mexico, and the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

A Survey Of The Background Of The New Mexico State Legislators Elected In 1948, Warren A. Smart

Political Science ETDs

To qualify for election to the State Senate as required by the New Mexico Constitution, a candidate must (1) be a citizen of the United States; (2) be a resident of New Mexico for at least three years preceding his election; (3) be a qualified elector of his district; and (4) be not less than twenty-five years of age. Immediately following are short biographical sketches of twenty-three of New Mexico’s State Senators.

Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo The Prophet Of Transition In New Mexico: An Analysis Of His Political Life, Alfred G. Cordova

Political Science ETDs

The objective of this thesis is to present an analysis of the political life of Octaviano A. Larrazolo and in doing so show the various forces that were instrumental in the shaping of his political life. The author has sought to show Larrazolo's political development and his contributions to the political life of his time. Only those incidents of his life that had a bearing in his political career have been presented as this is not intended as a biographical sketch.

Rhythmic Methods Of Teaching Motor Skills, Jeannette Pruyn Reed

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study reported herein to evaluate three different methods of teaching motor skills in children: (1) the Laissez-Faire or minimum instruction method; (2) the addition of a rhythmic nursery song to minimum instruction; and (3) directive speech added in the form of song to concentrate attention and synchronize the action with words describing that action.

Investment In Railroads And Highways With Special Reference To Institutional Inventions, Harlan A. Harrison

Economics ETDs

This study aim at a consideration of some of these problems, with an eye to clarifying and describing the issues involved and to suggest possible solutions or, at least, fields of exploration where solutions might be countered.

Constitutional Revision In New Mexico, Allen Dale Krumm

Political Science ETDs

It is the purpose of this thesis to examine the relative merits of the New Mexico Constitution and inquire into the need for a general constitutional revision. The constitution has been frequently changed by the amending process, but as yet there has never been a general revision of the document. To do so would require the convening of a constitutional convention for the purpose of drafting a new document.

A Study Of The Origin And Development Of Northwest Coast Dugouts, Donald Robert Mccaul

Anthropology ETDs

It will be the purpose of this paper to examine the factors that have affected the development of a single Northwest Coast culture complex, the dugout canoe. The dugout was chosen because it is an item of material culture, because of its important position in Northwest Coast culture, and because of the light it may case on Asiatic-Northwest Coast culture relationships.

Personality Differences Of Acculturating Navaho Adolescent Girls As Revealed By The Rorschach Test, Marianne A. Fink

Psychology ETDs

The purposes of this study were; (1) to investigate and describe the group personality structure, by means of the Rorschach Test, of two groups of Navaho adolescent girls, differing primarily in amount of white school education; (2) to indicate differences between the two groups, and between each of the two groups and the data collected by others on adolescent girls in white society; (3) to offer interpretations for these differences.

Anthropological Method And Theory In A Study Of Costume, Harvey Cleaver Moore

Anthropology ETDs

The purpose of this dissertation is threefold, With the achieving of the third and major goal dependent upon the achieving of the first and second minor goals.

First is the problem of deciding what methods will be useful in the original study to be undertaken later. Second is the application of these methods to the subject of the original study, namely, the changes in the form of garment parts of the costumes in the eighteenth century French court circles and upperclasses. Third id the problem of examining the sequences of costume forms so determined to see what these sequences imply …

The Marshall Plan: A Critique Of The European Recovery Program, Louis D. Stefan

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 48 page thesis examines the Marshall Plan for European recovery following World War II.

An Anthropological Investigation Of The Correo Snake Pit, Sigfred Sandberg

Anthropology ETDs

During the summer of 1949 the University of New Mexico Field Sessions in Anthropology undertook the excavation of a site located on the Albert Harrington Ranch some thirty miles due west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eight under-graduates participated in the work under the supervision of the author, a graduate student in Archaeology. The site was a blown out spring situated near Correo, three and one half miles southwest of the Santa Fe Railway coal and water station in Suwanee. The name "Correo Snake Pit" was assigned to the excavation.

Since this find is probably one of the more important in …

A Comparison Of The Meaning Of Some Current Terms In Anthropology, Harry L. Naylor

Anthropology ETDs

Any science or comparable discipline must, logically and rationally, rest upon a basis of acceptance of the validity of its postulates. Further, in order for the science to advance, there must be a virtual, if not complete acceptance of terminology and the meanings ascribed to the various terms by a significant number of the active workers in the field.

Some German Interpretations Of Neolithic Origins During The Period Of Nazi Influence, Eugene Thomas Frosio

Anthropology ETDs

My intention in this study is to break down the Neolithic Period into component parts, and state what the various German authorities propose in the case of each. Not only the works appearing during the prescribed decade will be consulted, but also those of the pre-1933 years. In each case these opinions compared to those of standard British and American and, at times, Scandinavian authorities. Deviations between these need not necessarily indicate that a falsification has taken place. Nevertheless, a unanimity of agreement in part of perhaps four different countries other than Germany would perhaps be important sign of it. …

History Of The Reorganization Of Utah's State Administrative Government By The Twenty-Fourth Legislature, Desmond L. Anderson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In the evening of January 13, 1941, Herbert B. Maw, who was then beginning his first term as Governor of the state of Utah, addressed his first legislative message to a joint session of the 1941 Utah Legislature from the rostrum of the chamber of the House of Representatives. An overwhelming amount of the Governor's message was devoted to a multifaceted topic, the reorganization of Utah's state administration.

After extensively deploring state structural and political organization as it existed at that time, Governor Maw declared:

The plan which I shall now propose is a product of the recommendations of the …

An Examination Of Union-Management Relations In The Garland Plant Of The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, Theral V. Bishop

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The problems presented in Union-Management Relations affect the whole economy. When collective bargaining breaks down and economic warfare, in the form of strikes or lockouts, results between industry and labor, the effects reach far beyond the two parties immediately concerned. Strikes in industries, such as the Coal or Steel Industries, impose depressive imprint upon every segment of the economy. even in purely regional industry the effects of labor dispute spawned shutdowns cannot be isolated to the parties directly involved. Therefore, any efforts that seek to find and remove causes of Union-Management conflict are worth while and should be encouraged. This …

The Study Of The Stereotype Of The American Indian, George A. Agogino

Sociology ETDs

The object of this investigation is to test two widely accepted hypotheses concerning the stereotype concept of sociology and social psychology by analysis of the American Indian as depicted in comic books, magazines, and motion pictures. From a total of sixty stories about Indians taken from a sampling of these sources a relatively complete stereotype has been abstracted.

The Development Of The Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale For Evaluating And Recording Personality Changes In Mentally Ill Patients, John R. Cochran

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The problem discussed in this thesis is the conception, development, and application of the Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale, together with methods employed in establishing reliability and validity.

Farm Organization And Management In Egypt And Utah, Aly A. Morad

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Agriculture in Egypt is important to the economic structure of the country today as it was during the ancient days of Joseph and the Pharoahs, which dates back more than 3,500 years. As for Utah, agriculture is still important to the economic structure of the state as it was a hundred years ago in the days of Brigham Young and the Pioneers. These two statements should not hide the fact that the importance of agriculture to the economic structure of the two areas is diminishing. Since these ancient days, new techniques and methods have been introduced and used in agriculture. …

Conditions At The Utah State Industrial School In 1947 With Emphasis On Changes In Program In 1945, 1947 And 1949, Bert Anderson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study deals with the program, personnel, and physical plant of the Utah State Industrial School. Studies made of the school are few. Among them, the Survey made by John Schapps, Field Consultant of the National Probation Association, between January and July, 1946, is probably the most comprehensive and professional in nature. Since Mr. Schapps's study began only three months after Mr. Parley Kilburn was appointed superintendent, this investigator covered conditions mainly as they were under the old administration. This study aims at comparison of conditions, facilities and programs as they existed in 1947 and 1949 with those found by …

The Demand For And Consumption Of Fluid Milk In Logan, Utah, 1949, Edwin B. Jones

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Dairying is one of the most important agricultural enterprises in Utah. Income from the sale of dairy products by farmers within the state comprises about fifteen percent of the total farm income. Milk and its products are an essential part of the diet of practically all consumers. Its widespread use makes it a commodity that should receive special consideration and study. The continued growth of the industry depends upon how well it can meet the demands of the consumer in supplying quality dairy products at reasonable prices. The problems that need particular attention to bring about continued growth are efficient …

Attitude Of Utah Farm People Toward The Extension Service In Utah, Stephen L. Brower

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Cooperative Extension Service in agriculture and home economics was established on a national basis in 1914 by the passage of the Smith-Lever Act. The act stated, in broad non-restrictive terms, that the major purpose of cooperative extension work was "to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects related to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same." Thus the primary function of the Cooperative Extension Service in agriculture and home economics is education.