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ETDS from 1983
An Analysis of Publication Trends in The Journal of Geography 1902-1982, Thomas Wai-kit Woo
The Subject Matter and Content Emphases of Secondary Home Economics Programs in South Dakota, Darlys Olson Zaske
ETDS from 1982
George Herbert : His Method, Salesian or Protestant, Bruce Aardsma
Performance and Evaluation of a Variable-Speed Darrieus Wind Turbine, Kasey W. Abbott
The Determination of Lead by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrocsopy : A Study of the Molecular Interferences, Ahmed Elsayed Abdelfattah
"Thy Lord Dwells" : Man, Society, and Nature in Selected English Country-House Poems, W. Andrew Alexander
The Literary Apprenticeship of Laura Ingalls Wilder, William T. Anderson
Educational, Occupational, and Residential Plans of Youth in South Dakota, Donald E. Arwood
Blood Ethoprop Retention and Interaction, Ebenezer Bonsu Asafu-Adjaye
Mammal Damage and Movements of Deer Mice in South Dakota Shelterbelts, Thomas G. Barnes
Certification Requirements for Secondary School Classroom Theatre Teachers, Dorothy Begalka
Changes and Adaptations in South Dakota School Lunch Programs Following Reduced Federal Funding, Verdell Evonne Beste
The Occurrence and Effects of Entomophaga grylli on Grasshopper Populations in South Dakota, Roger Allen Bohls
Repeatability of Cow Efficiency, Weaning Weight and Milk Production in Angus, Charolais and Reciprocal Cross Cows, Brent A. Buckley
Effect of Ammonia on Post-diapause Western Corn Rootworm Eggs and Larvae, Karen Cameron
The Development and Role of China's Revolutionary Press, 1899-1911, Yu-sheng Chen
Use of Ion-pairing for High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Alkaloids and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, Hsiao-Kuang Chiu
A Socio-demographic Description of South Dakota State University Undergraduate Physical Education Majors, Michael M. Christensen
Growth, Food Habits, and the Relative Effectiveness of Stocking Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in South-Central South Dakota, Kenneth C. Clodfelter
An Evaluation of Technical Analysis as a Marketing Tool for Farmers, Thomas J. DeCock
Culture of Channel Catfish in East-Central South Dakota Dugout Ponds, Martin Nicholas DiLauro
Great Blue Heron Nesting Biology and Habitat Use On the James River in South Dakota, Eileen M. Dowd
Dye Marking of Antibiotics Used in Treatment of Mastitis in Dry and Lactating Cows, Richard A. Ellefson
Cutworm moths (Noctuidae : Noctuinae) of South Dakota, Gerald M. Fauske
Response of Five Corn Inbred Lines to Line Source Irrigation, Terry J. Foley
Evaluation of Pasture Systems and Grain Levels for Growing Beef Cattle with Prediction Equations for Estimating Animal Performance, Steven C. Fransen
South Dakota Burn Injuries : Description and Analysis, Sheila Kay Frederick
The Forgotten Realist, John Garvey
Emily Dickinson's Poetry : Abnormality Defined, Izzat Mohammed Ghazzawi
Farm-scale Production of Fuel Ethanol and Distillers' Wet Grains from Corn and Corn-whey Mixtures, William Ray Gibbons
Uses of Figures of Speech in Selected Speeches of Jerry Falwell, Mary M. Gill
Newspaper Ownership and the Weekly Editorial in Illinois, Mark Lee Goodman
The Effects of Excess Arginine on Lysine Utilization in Rats and Swine, David L. Hagemeier
Identification of Various Incest-associated Indicators within Families, Mary Kay Helling
The Changing Impact of Natural Disasters in Brookings County, South Dakota, Linda K. Hillestad
Canonical Analysis : The Use of Transformed Landsat Data for Crop Type Discrimination, Thomas Mark Holm
Adjusting Potential to Actual Evapotranspiration Rates Applicable over Large Spatial Regions, Leah Jane Horton
The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Grain Protein Content and Yield of Spring Wheat in South Dakota, Syed Dara Tazul Islam
Theories of Image-making in Hogarth, Reynolds and Blake, Anne C. Johnson
The Effects of Dynamic Range of Motion Exercises and Static Stretching on Strength and Range of Motion of the Hip Joint, Carol A. Kanetzke
High Performance Imagery : The Use of Prose Poetry in James Welch's Riding the Earthboy 40 and Winter in the Blood, Sidner J. Larson
Immunotoxic Effects of Pentachlorophenol in Mice, Linda J. Lee
Growth Hormone Variability and its Predictive Value in Beef Females, Thomas W. Lingscheit
The Response of the Face Fly (Musca automnalis) to Seasonal Changes in Manure Quality, Timothy James Lysyk
Genetic Correlations Among Sex-Limited Traits, Michael D. MacNeil
Evaluation of a Power Plant Reservoir As A Holding Area For Paddlefish Brood Stock, Terry L. Margenau
Aquatic Plant Communities and Invertebrates in a Prairie Pothole During Duck Brood Rearing, Jeffrey W. McCrady
Composition, Biomass, and Protein Content of a Lemna trisulca L., Invertebrate Community in a Prairie Wetland, Linda J. Meyers
Geographically Based Selection of Urban Street Trees for Brookings, South Dakota, James James Mikkelson
A Comparison of Heath and Carter's Somatotyping to Body Composition in 30 to 40 year Old Caucasian Males, Cheryl L. Miller
The Hamstring-quadricep Strength Ratio of College-age Females, Roderick G. Moore II
Plants Poisonous to Livestock in Botswana, Pearl Dijeng Motsepe
The Effect of Steel Fibers on the Properties and Behavior of High Strength Reinforced Concrete Beams, Saadi Jaber Musa
Nitrogen Fertility Requirements, Dry Matter Production and Nutrient Uptake of the Sunflower, Robert Andrew Narem
Relationship Between Soil Moisture and Soil Surface Temperature, Steven Darwin Ness
Genesis and Classification of Aquic Calciustoll Soils on the Cary Ground Moraine in Eastern South Dakota, Robert D. Nielsen
Food Habits and Placental Scar Counts of Bobcats in South Dakota, David Eric Nomsen
Ozonation of a Municipal Surface Water Supply to Reduce Odor and Enhance Flocculation, David Edward Nusz
Protein Supplementation as Related to Protein Sources for Growing and Finishing Lambs, Luis Fernando Palmer
Trace Determination of Tellurium in Biological Samples by Flameless Atomic Absorption Following Extraction of the Sym-diphenylthiourea-tellurium Complex, Deborah A. Pravecek
Assessment of the Impact of the European Corn Borer at Three Locations in South Dakota, David R. Raemisch
Survival, Growth, Food Selection, and Alimentary Canal Development of Intensively Reared Walleyes and Yellow Perch, Gregg Alan Raisanen
Demographic Characteristics of Donors to South Dakota State University Athletics, Keith Warren Randklev
The Effect of Photoperiod on Reproduction of Targhee Ewes, Richard D. Rogen
The Nature of Speech Communication Offerings in the Bible Colleges of the Independent Christian Church and Churches of Christ, Gerald E. Sappington
Use of Dry Whey and Lactose Hydrolysis in Yogurt Bases, Nagendra P. Shah
Laboratory Study of Trail-tube Irrigation, Mohamed O. Shanna
Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasitisms of Dairy Cattle in South Dakota, John Bennett Shultz
A Short-run Economic Analysis of Some Factors Influencing the Supply of Beef-cattle at Auctions in South-eastern Botswana, 1976-1980, Kene Patrick Cyril Sinombe
Movements and Habitats of Brood-Rearing Wood Ducks On A Prairie River, Randy L. Smith
Energy Analysis of Small-scale Ethanol Distillation, Scott Stampe
Genetics of Resistance to Hessian Fly Derived from Dawn Winter Wheat in Spring Wheat Crosses, Debra Kay Steiger
Feeding Value of High Starch and High Fat Rations for Dairy Calves, G. Duff Stewart
Ozonation of a Municipal Surface Water Supply to Reduce Organics and Chlorine Demand and Enhance Flocculation, Lawrence James Van Hout
Bionomics of the Northern Corn Rootworm on First Year Corn in Eastern South Dakota, Paul M. Vassalotti
Carbon Metabolism of Azospirillum brasilense, Galina V. Vigil
Rainbow Trout Production and Water Quality in Eastern South Dakota Dugouts, William Lee Vodehnal
The James River Highlands : An Area Study, Thomas P. Welch
Whey-Caseinate Blends and Lactose Hydrolysis in Yogurt Manufacture, Catherine A. Whalen
A Simulation of the Economic and Public Finance Impacts of Industrial Development on the Community of Brookings, South Dakota, Mark S. White
Photoinduction of Floral Development in Hard Red Winter Wheat, Jose Ernesto Robles WiJangco
The Relationship Between Home Economics Teachers' Conceptual Systems Levels and Classroom Discipline Ideologies, Kathleen R. Winberg
Radium-226 Detection by Radon Emanation and Rapid Simultaneous Scintillation Counting Methods, Richard Dean Wittmeier
Distribution, Movement, and Temperature Selection of Adult Walleye and Muskellunge in a Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Jerry A. Younk
ETDS from 1981
Populations of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Soil and Rhizospheres in Eastern South Dakota, Edward B. Anderson
Solar Energy Intensifier-Thermal Energy Storage System Evaluation for Ventilation Air Pre-Heating, Scott R. Astleford
Probable Causes of Cracking in a Series of Reinforced Concrete Box Girder Bridges, Steven Milton Bjordahl
An Investigation of Factors Associated with Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders, Michael Gene Breci
Meiotic Studies of Callus Culture-Derived Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans. L. Nash), Long-Fang Oliver Chen
Home Range, Home Range Expansion, Dispersal, and Mortality of Juvenile Red Foxes in Southeastern South Dakota, Floyd M. Demaray
Media Habits of Students at South Dakota State University, Craig Lee Derscheid
Alfalfa Products as Roughage and Protein Sources for Corn and Corn Stover Beef Diets, R A. Drake
Analysis and Evaluation of an Area Annexation Study for Redfield, South Dakota, Stephen Allen Dunn
Jackson County, South Dakota : An Area Study, Jeffrey A. Faunce
H. L. Loucks and the Dakota Ruralist: Voices of Reform, Thom Guarnieri
Studies on Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Dietary Buffers for Lambs, Jong Kyu Ha
Impact of Various Factors Upon Pavement Condition and Maintenance Expenditures of South Dakota Primary Arterial Roads, Mark Hanson
The Effects of Wage-Incentive Standards of Industrial Productivity in Eastern South Dakota, Ronald C. Hegge