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    ETDS from 1983

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    The Development of Palestinian Territoriality, Jan Charles Betholf

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    Optimum Irrigation Loading Rates of Highly Saline Wastewater on a Montmorillonitic Soil, John H. Bischoff

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    Birds on Modified Wetlands in Eastern South Dakota, E. Nell Brady

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    A Case Study in Establishing an In-House Polling Operation for a South Dakota Political Campaign, Jeff Brockelsby

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    Dispersal and Harvest of Sage Grouse Utilizing the Test Reactor Area of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Howard W. Browers, Jr.

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    A Study of the Self-esteem and Life Satisfaction of Twenty-six Institutionalized Elderly in Rural, North Central United States, Sandra J. Bunkers

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    Host Range, Pathogenicity and Effects of Soil Temperature on a Botswana Isolate of Meloidogyne Incognita, Baone Cynthia Busang

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    Physical Characteristics, Body Composition and Somatotype of Selected NCAA Division II Collegiate Baseball Players, Ronnie Carda

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    Market Structure and Conduct of the South Dakota Beef Industry, Annette Lorraine Clauson

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    Experimental Vertification of Armoring and Pressure Flow Calculations in the HEC-6 Mathematical Model, Bradley Mark Comes

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    Development of a Values Assessment Instrument for Nursing Students, Patricia DeGroot

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    An Exploration of the Relationship between Adolescent Adjustment to Diabetes Mellitus and Parent-Child Relationship Problems, Ann M. Demos

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    Neutron Activation Analysis for Trace Metal Content of Brookings Sludge for Land Application, Daniel George DeWall

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    Numbers and Activity of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Associated with Spring Wheat, Mark W. Dott

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    Perceptual Regions of Minnesota, John L. Faundeen

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    The Use of Whole-Rolled Sunflower Seeds with or without Additional Limestone in Lactating Dairy Cattle Rations, Anne M. Finn

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    Influence of Cultural Practices on the Sunflower Seed Weevil in South Dakota, Joe V. Gednalske

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    Waterfowl Pair and Brood Use of Dug brood Complexes in East-Central South Dakota, Beth A. Giron Pendleton

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    The Effect of Varying Dietary Selenium Levels, Selenium Source and Dietary Composition on Growing Swine, Terry B. Goehring

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    Selected Factors Associated with Age-specific Net Migration for South Dakota, 1970-1980, Sidney G. Goss

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    Ozonation of a Municipal Surface Water Supply to Reduce Trihalomethane Formation and the Use of Surrogate Parameters to Predict Trihalomethane Concentrations, Daniel John Graber

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    Economic Effects of Rural Water Systems on Agricultural Production and Productivity in Selected Counties in South Dakota, Robert Edward Green Jr.

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    The Adjustment of Foreign Students at SDSU, Mansour Haghighatian

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    Rhetorical Theory in Homiletics Training at the St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Seminary, Laurie L. Haleta

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    Feeding Behavior, Food Consumption, Growth, and Survival of Hybrid Grass Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis x Ctenopharyngodon idella) In South Dakota, Marc C. Harberg

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    The Effect of Various Levels of Dietary Sunflower Seeds on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Growing-Finishing Pigs, Alan D. Hartman

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    Replication of Bovine Parainfluenza-3 Virus in Bovine Alveolar Macrophages : Effects on Phagocytosis and Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion, Richard Allen Hesse

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    Effects of Seed Weight on Seedling Establishment, Forage Yield, and Seed Production Characteristics of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Paul O. Johnson

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    An Evaluation of the use of Computers Within the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service, Jerry D. Jorgensen

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    Parasites of Three Species of South Dakota Lagomorphs, Glenn E. Kietzmann

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    Doodles on the Walls of the Cave : An Interpretation of Four Popular Novels, Carole Krysan

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    Soil Detection using Panchromatic and Infrared Films, Bruce O. Kunze

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    A Comparison of Herbicides for Postemergence Grass Control in Soybeans, Brian C. Laube

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    The Chinese Radio and Television Stations in the United States : A Historical Exploration, Lin Liang

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    Health Knowledge Assessment of College Freshmen Educated in South Dakota K-12, Nadeen E. Lunde

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    Climate and Agriculture of Jordan, Ali Ahman Mahmoud

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    The Phosphacylium Ion: Evidence for its Existence as an Intermediate in Reactions of Organophosphates, Thomas D. Matus

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    Characteristics and Success of South Dakota Archery Deer Hunters, Kelly Brian McPhillips

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    The Effects of Learning Assistance on a Selected Group of Nursing Students, Bernice R. Metcalf

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    Potential Biological Control of Nuisance Blue Green Algal Species by Najas Guadalupensis and Hydrodictyon Reticulatum, Mary Kathryn Norris

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    A Study of English Loanwords in Chinese through Chinese Newswriting, Wendy Yeun-wen Pao

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    Attitudes of South Dakota Home Economics Teachers Toward the use of Microcomputers, Mary J. Pickard

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    Soybean Root Growth and Water Uptake, V. Rasiah

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    Environmental Factors Influencing the Degradation of Carbofuran, Douglas E. Raynie

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    Design and Evaluation of a Solar Water Heating Package for a Solar Energy Intensifier-Thermal Energy Storage System, Charles Remund

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    Determination of Body Density of College-Age Women using Circumference Measurements, Melinda J. Robins

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    Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdneri) Cage Culture and Primary Production In Eastern South Dakota Dugout Ponds, Michael John Roell

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    The Sunflower Moth and its Impact on Cultivated Sunflowers in Eastern South Dakota, Tom A. Royer

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    Lactational and Chemical Evaluation of Soybean Meals Heat-treated by Two Methods, Tilahun Sahlu

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    Vitamin A and Carotene Supplementation on Feedlot Lambs, Donald F. Samuel

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    Ozonation of a Municipal Groundwater Supply to Reduce Iron and Manganese, Steven Lance Schjodt

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    Digestibility of Sunflower Hulls Treated with Sodium, Ammonium, and Potassium Hydroxides, Bal Krishna Sharma

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    An Examination of Prostaglandins as Causative Agents in Pine Needle (Pinus ponderosa) Abortion, Daniel P. Shue

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    Tissue Culture of the Forage Grass Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx) Nash), David D. Songstad

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    Recreational Use of Six Prairie Wetlands in Eastern South Dakota, Timothy Allen Thompson

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    Demographic Correlations with Exercise of Self-care Agency in Women, Susan Marie Hubka Todd

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    Suitability of Selected Organisms for Monitoring Leachate at a Refuse Disposal Site, John Nathan True

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    Fluorescence in Oats and its Value as a Varietal Purity Indicator, John Van de Crommert

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    Pilot Plant Production of Cellulase by Trichoderma Reesei QM9414 and the Effect of Dimethyl Sulfoxide on Cellulase Production by T. Reesei MCG77, Paul J. Whalen

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    Study of Senior Citizens in Fargo, North Dakota, and their Perception of Television Commercials and Television's Influence on Medication-taking Habits, Judith Lito Wilkinson

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    The Inventional Components of Emil Loriks' Agrarian Farmers Union Rhetoric, 1934-1938, Elizabeth Everson Williams

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    Rumen Microbial Protein Synthesis in Cows Fed Dried Whey, Paul M. Windschitl

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    An Analysis of Publication Trends in The Journal of Geography 1902-1982, Thomas Wai-kit Woo

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    The Subject Matter and Content Emphases of Secondary Home Economics Programs in South Dakota, Darlys Olson Zaske

    ETDS from 1982

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    George Herbert : His Method, Salesian or Protestant, Bruce Aardsma

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    Performance and Evaluation of a Variable-Speed Darrieus Wind Turbine, Kasey W. Abbott

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    The Determination of Lead by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrocsopy : A Study of the Molecular Interferences, Ahmed Elsayed Abdelfattah

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    "Thy Lord Dwells" : Man, Society, and Nature in Selected English Country-House Poems, W. Andrew Alexander

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    The Literary Apprenticeship of Laura Ingalls Wilder, William T. Anderson

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    Educational, Occupational, and Residential Plans of Youth in South Dakota, Donald E. Arwood

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    Blood Ethoprop Retention and Interaction, Ebenezer Bonsu Asafu-Adjaye

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    Mammal Damage and Movements of Deer Mice in South Dakota Shelterbelts, Thomas G. Barnes

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    Certification Requirements for Secondary School Classroom Theatre Teachers, Dorothy Begalka

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    Changes and Adaptations in South Dakota School Lunch Programs Following Reduced Federal Funding, Verdell Evonne Beste

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    The Occurrence and Effects of Entomophaga grylli on Grasshopper Populations in South Dakota, Roger Allen Bohls

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    Repeatability of Cow Efficiency, Weaning Weight and Milk Production in Angus, Charolais and Reciprocal Cross Cows, Brent A. Buckley

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    Effect of Ammonia on Post-diapause Western Corn Rootworm Eggs and Larvae, Karen Cameron

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    The Development and Role of China's Revolutionary Press, 1899-1911, Yu-sheng Chen

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    Use of Ion-pairing for High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Alkaloids and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, Hsiao-Kuang Chiu

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    A Socio-demographic Description of South Dakota State University Undergraduate Physical Education Majors, Michael M. Christensen

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    Growth, Food Habits, and the Relative Effectiveness of Stocking Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in South-Central South Dakota, Kenneth C. Clodfelter

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    An Evaluation of Technical Analysis as a Marketing Tool for Farmers, Thomas J. DeCock

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    Culture of Channel Catfish in East-Central South Dakota Dugout Ponds, Martin Nicholas DiLauro

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    Great Blue Heron Nesting Biology and Habitat Use On the James River in South Dakota, Eileen M. Dowd

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    Dye Marking of Antibiotics Used in Treatment of Mastitis in Dry and Lactating Cows, Richard A. Ellefson

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    Cutworm moths (Noctuidae : Noctuinae) of South Dakota, Gerald M. Fauske

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    Response of Five Corn Inbred Lines to Line Source Irrigation, Terry J. Foley

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    Evaluation of Pasture Systems and Grain Levels for Growing Beef Cattle with Prediction Equations for Estimating Animal Performance, Steven C. Fransen

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    South Dakota Burn Injuries : Description and Analysis, Sheila Kay Frederick

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    The Forgotten Realist, John Garvey

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    Emily Dickinson's Poetry : Abnormality Defined, Izzat Mohammed Ghazzawi

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    Farm-scale Production of Fuel Ethanol and Distillers' Wet Grains from Corn and Corn-whey Mixtures, William Ray Gibbons

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    Uses of Figures of Speech in Selected Speeches of Jerry Falwell, Mary M. Gill

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    Newspaper Ownership and the Weekly Editorial in Illinois, Mark Lee Goodman

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    The Effects of Excess Arginine on Lysine Utilization in Rats and Swine, David L. Hagemeier

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    Identification of Various Incest-associated Indicators within Families, Mary Kay Helling

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    The Changing Impact of Natural Disasters in Brookings County, South Dakota, Linda K. Hillestad

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    Canonical Analysis : The Use of Transformed Landsat Data for Crop Type Discrimination, Thomas Mark Holm

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    Adjusting Potential to Actual Evapotranspiration Rates Applicable over Large Spatial Regions, Leah Jane Horton

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    The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Grain Protein Content and Yield of Spring Wheat in South Dakota, Syed Dara Tazul Islam