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    ETDS from 1987

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    Growth and Proteolytic Activity of Selected Psychrotrophic Bacteria in Whole Milk and Whole Milk Retentate, Ravinder Reddy

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    Asset-Liability Management/Interest Rate Risk of Banks in South Dakota, Pius Reis

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    Determining Green Needlegrass (Stipa viridula Trin.) Seed Germination and Viability, Alan Lee Rubida

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    The Determination of Phosphorus in Fertilizers by Molecular Emission Spectroscopy, Miliand P. Sant

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    Process Parameters for Separate-Stage Nitrification Activated Sludge Systems in Cold Environments, Kenneth T. Scheffler

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    Effects of the Lethal Yellow Gene (C57BL/6J;A̲y̲) on Uterine Capacity and Ovarian Hypertrophy Following Unilateral Ovariectomy in Mice, Mary Ann Schoessler

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    Biotic Responses on Typha-monodominant Semipermanent Wetlands To Cattle Grazing, Bryan David Schultz

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    The Metal Promoted Hydration of di-2-pyridyl Ketone and the Crystal and Molecular Structures of bis-2,2',N,N'-Bipyridyl Ketone-Hydrate Chromium(III) Chloride and Ruthenium(III) Chloride, Shaun Owen Sommerer

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    Using Drainmod to Estimate Hydraulic Parameters in Slowly Permeable Soils, Dean D. Steele

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    Suitability of Water from a Gravel Pit Pond in East Brookings as a Public Water Supply, Timothy Dean Stefanich

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    Music School : A Dance with John Updike's Poetry, Nan Steinley

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    Selected Metaphors in Elie Wiesel, Jane Frances Sundal

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    Effect of Preconditioning on Performance and Health of Feeder Steers, Janie Katrin Swann

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    "Voices in the air" : The Story of South Dakota Broadcaster Verl Thomson, Virginia J. Thomas

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    Laboratory Evaluation of the Theory of Catenary Irrigation Trail Tubes, Abbas Toghiani-Pozveh

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    Chronosequence of Terrace Soils in Western South Dakota, Stephen George Wangemann

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    The Effect of Photoperiod and Melatonin on Reproductive Performance of Anestrous Ewes, Anthony Martin Wolf

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    Interaction of Radiation with Convection in Channel Flows, Yii Hui Wong

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    Agroecological Studies of Beckmannia Syzigachne Populations, Richard L. Wynia

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    Women, Men, and Land, Yuri Yokota

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    Impacts of Stocking Herbivorous Fishes for Aquatic Macophyte Removal Upon South Dakota Ponds, John Christopher Young

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    The Development of China's Population, 1949-1984 : A Geographic Appraisal, Wu-Jian Zhu

    ETDS from 1986

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    Enrichment, Isolation and Characterization of Alachlor, Carbofuran, and Dicamba-degrading Bacteria Obtained from Soil, Neal R. Adrian

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    Effect of Steel Fibers on Precast Dapped-end Beam Connections, Jamal M. Ajina

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    Tissue Culture of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, Kevin M. Alberts

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    Stocking Density, Strain Performance, and Feeding Method Evaluation of Cage Reared Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Eastern South Dakota, Dale B. Allen

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    The Relationship Between Leadership Style and Career Winning Percentage of NCAA Division II Football Coaches, Murray A. Anderson

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    Assessment and Improvement of the Modified Ackers and White Sediment Transport Procedure, Mohammed H. Bagherzadeh

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    Characterization of the Selenium Compounds in Rat Bile, James Terrence Baumberger

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    Growth, Survival, and Reproductive Success of Largemouth Bass Stocked with Selected Forage Fishes in South Dakota Ponds, R. Dean Beck

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    Growth and Development of Oat (Avena sativa L.) Cultivars in Response to Water Stress, Abdel-Fattah H. Belal

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    Recurrent Themes and Forms of Support in Selected Speeches by Russell H. Conwell and Robert H. Schuller, Marty J. Birkholt

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    Redemptive Strategies in the Novels of Bernard Malamud, Patrick B. Bjork

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    Moral Drama : The Rhetorical Style of Geraldine Ferraro, Patricia R. Boik

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    Emergency and Disaster Services in Brookings County, South Dakota, Lisa M. Brannan

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    Effects of Prairie Dogs on Mound Soils, Daniel C. Carlson

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    Use of Satellite Thermal Infrared Telemetry in Soil Moisture and Rainfall Mapping, Randall Lee Chilson

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    Response of South Dakota Adapted Sorghum Cultivars to Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus Strains A and B, Chang Won Choi

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    Dietary Alteration of the Energy Metabolism in the Sow During Late Gestation, Reid A. Christopherson

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    The Differences in Learning Styles between Generic and Adult Nursing Students, Dianne L. Clemens

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    A Twentieth-century Sense of "Election" : The Works of John Fowles, by Jerry Cooley. Cooley

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    Ring-necked Pheasant Cover Use in Eastern South Dakota, Karen Peterson Craft

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    Characteristics and Use of Wild Turkey Roost Sites in Southcentral South Dakota, Randall Allen Craft

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    Role Expectations of the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Michele Jans Crissman

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    The Effects of Three Rodenticides on Nontarget Small Mammals and Invertebrates, Michele S. Deisch

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    Role-taking and Power in Health Care, Dana Charles De Witt

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    Nutrient Intake of Extension Homemakers, Bernadine L. Enevoldsen

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    Enzyme Effect and Pesticide Use History in the Degradation of Pesticides, Duane D. Flemmer

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    Technology and Economics of Commercial Scale Ethanol Production From Fodder Beets, William Ray Gibbons

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    The Effects of Erosion and Desurfacing on Soil Properties and Productivity of a Typic Haplustoll, Hero T. M. Gollany

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    Implanting Effects on Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Reproductive Parameters in Intact Beef Males, Shirley J. Gordon

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    The Impact of Flooding in Brookings County, South Dakota 1936-1985, Jan M. Griesenbrock

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    Edward Hofer of The Lennox Independent, Mary Beth Haan

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    Hopelessness in the Institutionalized Elderly, Joanne Hansen

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    Liquid Crystal Display Interface Method, Seth Thomas Hansen

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    A Cross Sectional Study of Farmland Prices in South Dakota 1976-1984, Mohammad Z. Haque

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    The Application of a Falls Risk Index, Marcelline R. Harris

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    The Attitudes of Judges, State's Attorneys, and Bar Attorneys Toward Allowing Television Cameras into South Dakota Courtrooms, Terry L. Harris

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    Effects of Prostaglandin F2a [alpha] Dose on Synchronizing Ovine Estrus Using a Single Injection Regimen, Karl F. Hoppe

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    Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children : Attitudes of South Dakota participants, Jane Wilson Howard

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    An Ecological Study of Mourning Doves in a Cold Desert Ecosystem on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Frank P. Howe

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    Lactational and Systemic Responses to the Supplementation of Protected Methionine in Soybean Meal Diets, Daniel J. Illg

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    The Effect of Nutritional Education Programs on Serum Cholesterol Values, Josephine A. Kahler

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    Pheasant Nesting and Vegetation Development in Dense Nesting Cover Established Under the South Dakota Pheasant Restoration Program, Emmett J. Keyser III

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    Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Chicken Fats, Myung Chul Kim

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    Postmergence Grass Control in Soybean Using Diclofop-methyl, Difenopenten and Sethoxydim, Jim Klauzer

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    Measurement of Sprinkler Evaporation Loss, Kris Daniel Kohl

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    Differential Responses of Oat Varieties to 2, 4-D Amine and MCPA Amine, James William Lammers. Lammers

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    Effects of EPTC and Acifluorfen on Sunflower, Mark E. Law

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    Influence of Geomorphological Origin Upon Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Black Hills Streams, Matthew Lechner

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    Frontier Agriculture, 1880-1910 : an Area Investigation of Human and Environmental Factors Involved in the Process of Agricultural Evolution in Davison County, South Dakota, Chak P. Lee

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    Selenoamino Acids in Wheat and High-selenium Yeast, Jinq lih Lee. Lee

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    Ozonation of a Municipal Surface Water Supply to Reduce Trihalomethanes, Odor, Chlorine Demand, and Organics, Pen-Shi Peter Lee

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    Seal Development and Infiltration as Affected by Rainfall Kinetic Energy, Deah Abed Mahamad

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    The Vector Processor, Ramachandra K. Manja

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    Environmental Influences on Root Morphology and Development of Desi and Kabuli Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), Gasenone Seja Ma Maphanyane

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    Parallel Plate Viscous Dampers, Mohammd Mawid

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    A Comparison of Leadership Styles Between College Physical Education Instructors and College Football Coaches, Randy R. Megard

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    Predicted Response to S1 Selection for Agronomic and Disease Resistance Traits in Two Sunflower Populations, Syed Sadaqat Mehdi

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    Censorship and Control of the University Student Newspaper :17 Case Studies, Elizabeth A. Minden

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    Effect of Sprinkler Type and Tillage Practice on a Soil Infiltration Parameter Under a Moving Sprinkler Irrigation Machine, Asghar Moshref-Javadi

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    Impact of European Corn Borer on Grain and Silage Corn in South Dakota, Brian R. Mueller

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    Feeding Value of Acid Hydrolyzed Wood Pulp for Ruminants, Aboubacar S. N'diaye

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    Quantitation and Identification of Free Sugars from Vascular Plants by Gas-liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry, Darnell A. Nehlich

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    Use of an Intact Soil Core - acetylene Reduction Assay to Estimate In Situ Nitrogen Fixation Rates, Christi Ann Nordstrom

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    A Cross-cultural Study of the Response of Japanese and American Students to Christian Concepts, Misako Ohkuma

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    The Relationship Between Reciprocal Spring by Winter Wheat Crosses and the Contribution of Their Parents to Hybrid Performance, George Warren Partelow

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    Effect of Level of Exercise of Self-care Agency and Selected Pain Treatment Modalities in Surgical Patients, Candice Pederson

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    Impacts of Large-scale Gravel Excavations, Precipitation, and Runoff on Groundwater Movement and Quality, Mark L. Perry

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    Nutritional Factors Modifying Fatty Liver Hemorrhagic Syndrome in Caged Laying Hens, Chandi C. Rakshit

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    Modeling of Soil Water Flow and Root Uptake, V. Rasiah

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    Support Group Effects on Perceived Ease of Transition of the LPN to AD Student, Illa H. Reeve

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    The Black Hills Aspen : Management Implications from Treatment Results, Steven Peter Riley

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    Inhibition of Psychrotrophic Bacterial Growth in Refrigerated Milk by Addition of Carbon Dioxide, Robert Francis Roberts

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    The Effect of Soil Storage Methods and Soil Microbes on Carbofuran and Terbufos Degradation, Muriel Monteleone Runholt

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    The Effect of Music on Treadmill Running, Eddy S. Salata

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    Genetics of Flower Abortion and Pod Type in Soybean, Krishna P. Sharma

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    SDSU Assembler Generator, Stephen John Stalzer. Stalzer

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    Price Relationships Between South Dakota Wheat Markets, Destination and Futures Markets, Tyler J. Stowater

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    Reactions of Trans-trichlorooxobis(triphenylphosphine)Rhenium(V), Sujit Kumar Swar