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Theses/Dissertations from 1994
A Burkean Analysis of Allegorical Representation in Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz, April A. Heeren
The Effects of Norgestomet or Norgestomet and GNRH on Attainment of Puberty in Beef Heifers, Christine L. Henderson
Protein Concentrates From Corn Distillers' Grain, Yuqing He
Eldercare Benefits : A Comparison of Employee and Employer Attitudes, Michelle R. Hilton
Coping Humor and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly Women Living in the Community, Jeanette L. Hoffman
Lifetime Lamb and Wool Production of Targhee or Finn-Dorset-Targhee Ewes Managed as a Farm or Range Flock, Nasir Y. Iman
"The Dignity of Man is Inviolable": A Rhetorical Analysis of the German Government's Responses to Nationalist Agitation 1992-1993, Alan Christopher Jalowitz
Damping of Vibration in Sandwich Cylinder, Yanfei Jiang
An Evaluation of Social Control Theory as a Means of Explaining Participation in Project DARE, Joann H. Jorgensen
Contrastive Analysis of Communicative Styles Between Koreans and Americans, Young-Ah Kang
Effects of Intergenerational Programs on Youths' Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of the Elderly, Coleen C. Keffeler
Effects of Grazing on Nongame Breeding brids, Insects, and Vegetation in Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands in North Dakota, Carmen L. Kennedy
Winter/Spring Population Characteristics of White-Tailed Deer in an Agricultural/Wetland Complex in Northeastern South Dakota, Brian J. Kernohan
Harmonic Vibrations of Damped Cylindrical Panels, Amjad Ali Khan
Association of Nutritional Intake with Psychosocial Well-being, and Mood and Behavior Among Nursing Home Residents, Maxine E. Kilstrom
Determining Relationships Among Perceived Health Status and Health Promoting Lifestyles of Frontier Elderly, September Kirby
Through the Eyes of Children: The Danzig Trilogy of Gunter Grass, Marsha Katherine Klein
A Preliminary Examination of Perceived Food Buying Practices and Food Buying Knowledge of WIC Recipients, Marjorie C. Kolb
The Perimenopausal Phenomenon in Catholic Nuns, Debra A. Kolecka
RF Development for a Wireless Data Link, Darrel Roger Koupal
Effects of Herbicide, Application Rate and Growth Stage on Spring Wheat Yield and Kernel Quality, Charles L. Langner
Family Day Care: Training and Educational Assessment, Loretta Kay Leloux
Characteristics of Milk and Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese from Cows Fed Extruded Soybeans and Niacin, Matthew Ryan Lentsch
The Ghost of Guy de Maupassant in the Early Work of Willa Cather, Diane M. Leslie
Water Intake and Physical Functioning of Residents in One Rural Intermediate Care Facility, Cynthia Sue Lewin
Pyrimidine Biosynthesis in Burkholderia Cepacia, Ke Li
Atrazine Adsorption-Desorption Characteristics and Movement in Soil as Influenced by Ammonia Fertilizer, Zhuojing Liu
Field Evaluation of an Aquifer Recharge Model, Yiming Li
The Relationship of Beef Sire Birth Weight and Weaning Weight Expected Progeny Differences to Actual Performance of Crossbred Offspring, M. Breck Long
Parent and Nurse Perceptions of Family Needs in Transitioning Home With an Infant or Toddler Having a Chronic Health Condition, Shirley M. Lund
The Dark Knight From Dawn to Knightfall: The Dynamic American Myth of Batman, Spencer Joray Madsen
Evaluation of Diets Containing Supplemental Fat With Different Sources of Carbohydrates for Lactating Dairy Cows, Harouna Abdoulaye Maiga
Changes in Waterfowl, Wetlands, Demographics, and Land Use on the Waubay Study Area, Day County, South Dakota: 1950-53 vs. 1992-93, Scott J. McLeod
Free Vibration of Thin Discontinuously Damped Viscoelastic Cylinder, Aazer Adi Medhora
King James I's Influence on the Role of the Weird Sisters in Macbeth, Ronda K. Mehrer
Tutorial for Process Capability of Toner Sizing Process, Kathleen Mensch
Application of Cream Homogenization in the Manufacture of Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese, Lloyd E. Metzger
Pioneer Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" Native American, Melissa Marie Miller
The Effects of Omega-3 Enriched Pork Products on the Blood Lipid Parameters of Healthy, Young Adults, Michelle Lynn Miller
The Effects of Forest Management on Birds in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Todd R. Mills
Self-esteem and Body Image Changes in Adolescents After Scarring Surgery, Kristi L.M. Mitchell
Self-Esteem and Body Image Changes in Adolescents After Scarring Surgery, Kristi Lynn Mitchell Miller
Zooplankton, Macroinvertebrate, Herpetile, and Ichthyofaunal Biodiversity of Riverine Habitat on the Upper Missouri River, Janet E. Mizzi
A Comparison of Two Wetlands Inventories on the Hayti Quadrangle, South Dakota Using a Geographic Information System, Tara M. Montgomery
Health Beliefs & Health Practices of Selected Native American Women, Evalina M. Murphy
Role Expectations of the In-patient Nurse Practitioner, Karen K. Murphy
Image Analysis Study of Oleoresin Canals in Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, Jennifer K. Muser
Density, Movements, and Habitat Use of White-Tailed Deer at Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota, David E. Naugle
Ecological Regionalization Utilizing an Integrated Data Set for Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota, Jesse J. Nelson
Prediction of Air Flow Through Porous Media by Finite Element Method, Balakrishna Mohan Nemani
Growth, Distribution, and Movement of Northern Pike in a South Dakota Natural Lake, With Sampling Considerations, Robert M. Neumann
Vertebrated Richness of Waterfowl Production Areas in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota, Sherry L. Niesar
Determination of Tocols in Corn by HPLC With Fluorescence Detection, Jing Ning
Winter Diet and Nutritional Condition of White-Tailed Deer in the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota, Robert G. Osborn
A Community's Assessment of the "Year of Reconciliation" Indian and Non-Indian Views, Donna M. Osment-Epp
Swath Dimension and Stubble Height Effects on Field Curing of Alfalfa Hay, Ananthaiah Peddagolla
Co-Disposal of Sioux Falls Water and Wastewater Sludges, Eric Paul Peters
Relationship between Self-esteem and Alcohol Use in Low Income Pregnant Women, Ann M. Pick
Effect of Fiber Reinforced Plastic on Plywood and Plywood Sandwich Panels Using Finite Element Analysis, Iyyanki V. Pradyumna
Utilization of High Milk-Protein Powder in Bulk Starter Production and Manufacture of Gouda Cheese, Javier B. Pulgar-Vidal
Processing and Testing of Corn Based Foamed Plastics, Sampath Raghavachari
The Effects of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Glacial Till Soils, Sridhar Dulipeta Rama
Feasibility of Subsurface Irrigation/Drainage Systems in Eastern South Dakota, Mark D. Rath
Numerical Solute Transport Model for Analysis and Prediction of Artificial Recharge to a Glacial Aquifer, Girish V. Reddy
Effect of Corn Grain Processing and Reconstitution on the Utilization of High Grain Diets for Cattle, Mark A. Robbins
Fiction as Subversion: The Angel in the House Versus the Victorian Gentleman in George Eliot's Middlemarch, Sara Running Danger
Production of Ethanol From Municipal Solid Waste, William G. Saunders
Predictability of the Burns' Wean Assessment Program Tool: A Replication Study, Constance K. Schmidt
Risk-Income Tradeoffs in Alternative Cattle Marketing Strategies, Jack Andrew Schulte
Performance Evaluation of a Ground Source Heat Pump System in South Dakota: Winter of 1993-1994, Stephen C. Schultz
Violating the "Novel of Manners": Unmothered Females in the Novels of Edith Wharton, Debra J. Seivert
An Evaluation of South Dakota Pheasant Preserve Habitat and Hunter Clientele, Kenneth G. Shay
Dynamic Response of Layered Medium, Ming-Her Shen
Evaluation of Atmospheric Aerosol Properties by Inversion Techniques (From Spectra to Properties), Weixing Shen
Anther Culture of Selected South Dakota Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Breeding Stock, Hong-Kyun Shin
Evidence of a Two Step Apoptosis Mechanism in Mature Bovine Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Treated With Dexamethasone, Karen Lyn Simon-Stoos
Commercial Manufacturing of Omega-3 Enriched Pork Products and the Effects of Flaxseed on d,1 [Alpha]-Tocopherol Acetate in Swine Diets on Lipid and Pigment Stability and Various Pork Quality Characteristics, Susan M. Specht-Overholt
An Evaluation of Irrigated and Dryland Corn in Brookings County Using a Crop Simulation Model, Eric Scott Stebbins
Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Selected High School Students in South Dakota, Barry Steever
Modeling and Simulation of a Chemical Injection System, Brian L. Steward
Relationships in Neonatal Glucose Values Among Four Measurement Methods, Gayle Stroschein
Family Resources and the School-aged Child with Special Needs, Marlene R. Sturdevant
Family Resources and the School-Aged Child With Special Needs, Marlene R. Sturdevant
Evaluation of Thermal Stability of Soils for Ground Source Heat Pump Application, Suichu Sun
Role of Conserved and Variable Domains of Escherichia coli K88 Adhesins in Porcine Colibacillosis, Shaema Mohammedi Talib
"Silent, Lone, as Grows a Flower": The Ideal Heroine in Byron's Don Juan, Darla R. Talsma
Economic Feasibility of Enzymatic Conversion of Cellulosic Municipal Solid Waste (CMSW) Into Ethanol Fuel, Samantha S. Tan
The Relationship between Social Support and Impact of Family Support Group, Gloria S. Thompson
Energy Consumption Characteristics of Light Manufacturing Facilities in the Northern Plains, Michael P. Twedt
Re-Establishing Bald Eagle and Osprey Breeding Populations in South Dakota Through Hacking: A Feasibility Study, Robert E. Usgaard
Investigation of Fluid Elastic Excitation in Heat Exchanger Tube Bundles, Bhaskar R. Varanasi
Elucidation of Preferential Flow Paths in Soils, Stephen George Wangemann
Performance Tests of a Benesh Wind Turbine Rotor and a Savonius Rotor, Yan Weng
The Simultaneous Determination of Thirteen Herbicides in Plants by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Yongkang Wen
Pediatric Nurses' and Parental Assessments of the Level of Pain in Preverbal Children, Diana Lynn Wilson-Kirby
Experiential Analysis of Heuristic Search Algorithms, Steve Wolterstorff
Singing Over the Bones: Sharon Olds and the Female Consciousness, Melanie Wood