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ETDS from 1990
Effects of Nonnutritive Sucking on Bowel Elimination Among Nursing Home Residents, Marcella Lester Hughes
The Use of Video in Marketing Colleges: A Study of Video Marketing at Southwest State University, Meg Hunter-Naylor
Environmental Factors That Contribute to at-Risk Behavior in Junior High Students in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Lorie Johnson
Impact of Presurgical Learning on Anxiety and Knowledge, Valerie A. Jones
Application of Image Data Compression Using Vector Quantization, Walid Philip Karam
Growth and Production of Shiitake Mushrooms on Lignocellulosic Waste Materials, Dennis A. Kaubisch
Significance of the Class Resource Management, Kathleen Allburn Kayl
Who is Managing South Dakota's News? A Study of the Status of Women as Managing Editors in South Dakota, Jaciel Keltgen-Pierson
Women's Perception of Treatment Choices and Counseling for Early Breast Cancer, Phyllis Kertzman
A Case Study Analysis of Farm Program Impacts on an Eastern South Dakota Producer's Decision to Buy Multiple Peril Crop Insurance, Hee Seong Kim
A Continuum Model for the Potential Shielding in a Plasma About Ellipsoidal Electrodes Compared With More Conventional Ones, Seungjin Kim
Lactational Response of Dairy Cows to Diets Containing Added Fat and Added Protein, Yong Kook Kim
Relationship of Forest Characteristics and Landscape Patterns To Wild Turkey Populations in Eastern and Central South Dakota, Patricia M. Knupp
Effects of Common Carp and Black Bullheads on Sago Pondweed, Bret F. Kolterman
Deferred-Rotation Grazing on Prairie Pothole Rangeland, Lawrence Joseph Krcil
Mixed Convection in Continuously or Intermittently Heated/Cooled Vertical Tubes, Yeoung Dae Kwon
The Low Temperature Homolytic Dissociation of Acyl (Aroyl) Phosphates, Wenkui Lan
Waterfowl Breeding Pair and Brood Usage of Oxbows and Riverine Habitats on the James River, Scott V. Larson
Effects of Iron on Manganese Removal by Coal/Greensand Filtration in Conjunction With Aeration and Ozonation, Seng-Fong Lee
Status of Child Care in South Dakota: Current and Future Needs, Donna Lehmkuhl
Electronic Gatekeeping, an Evaluation of Electronic Dissemination of News Releases From a Land-Grant University: Multiple Content Analyses and Case Studies, Jerome R. Leslie
Leaf Culture and Colchicine Induction of Tetraploidy in Cultured Bulbscales of Hybrid Lilies, Gui-Hua Liu
Evaluation of Ion-Exchange Columns Used for HPLC Analysis of Selected Acid Herbicides, Tsentao Liu
Isolation and Partial Purification Nitrate Reductase From Campylobacter Fetus SSP. Fetus and Campylobacter Sputorum SSP. Bubulus, Derek Lo Man-Ki
Effective Industry Writing: The Power of Cohesive Language, Jeanne Jones Manzer
The Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on a Selected South Dakota Farm, Michael Stuart McDaniel
The Relationship of Knowledge, Health Beliefs and Health Behaviors in Osteoporosis Prevention of College-Age Women, Joanne Mehlhaff
Evaluation of Smallmouth Bass Introductions in South Dakota Lakes, Craig L. Milewski
The Water Quality and Soil Genesis Around Native Prairie Potholes in Deuel County, South Dakota, James B. Millar
Effect of Methionine Addition to a Urea-grain Supplement on Intake and Digestibility of Mature Dormant Grasses and Performance of Cows Grazing Winter Range, Patrick A. Momont
Evaluation of the Nutritive Value of the Whole Plant Faba Bean Silage as Component of Growing Steer Diets, Hamidou Nantoume
The Regeneration of Manganese Greensand With Permanganate Produced Using Ozone, Sim Aun Ong
Composition and Consumer Acceptance of Frozen Yogurts Utilizing Whey Protein Concentrates, Licole Jennifer Opdahl
Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Three-Dimensional Vertical Duct, Moo-Ryong Park
The Effect of Back Massage on Anxiety Level Among Elderly Residents in a Long-term Care Facility, Janice M. Patterson
Patient Falls in the Acute Care Setting: An Institutional Analysis, Clare R. Pittman
Water Allocation Institutions in South Dakota: An Economic Analysis of Law and Policy, John R. Powers
Sediment as a Source of Phosphorus in a Hypereutrophic Prairie Lake, Mary B. Price
Communication and the Power of Native American Women, Dianna Torson Randall
Understory Production and Plant Nitrogen on Limestone Soils in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mary Ellen Rasmussen
Waterfowl Use and Production of Artificial Nesting Structures and Hay Bales in South Dakota, James D. Ray
Evaluation of Two Different types of Preoperative Instruction on Learning and Anxiety, Janet L. Reich
Natural Convection in Vented Channels, Jae-Hyun Rhee
Harmony Hills: A Geographic Landuse Study, Scott C. Richardson
Genetics of Resistance to Leaf Rust of Wheat and the Effect of Chloride on Host-pathogen Interactions, Syed Shabbir Azher Rizvi
Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction and Ammonia Assimilation in Azospirillum Brasilense Sp7 and Recombinant Escherichia Coli Strains, Peter F. Roessler
Effects of Burning on Plant Community Structure and Seed Production of Big Bluestem and Indiangrass in Eastern South Dakota, Douglas L. Sargent
Atomic Absorption in the Study of the Thermal Properties of Compounds, Abul Bashar Sattar
Spatial Control of Crop Inputs via Laptop and Typical Field Travel, Joseph Alan Schumacher
Anther Culture of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) F1 Hybrids, Hong-Kyun Shin
Evaluation of Diploid and Triploid Rainbow Trout in South Dakota Ponds, David C. Simon
Influence of Medium Calcium on Blackleg Severity in Potato Tissue Culture Plantlets, Catherine Skroch
A Life Experience: Making a Health Care Treatment Decision, Deborah A. Soholt
Calling for Harmony: Looking at Humanity and Nature in the Poetry of William Stafford, Dan R. Syljuberget
Genetic Variation of Plant Water Relation Traits in Oat (Avena sativa L.), Nigatu Tadesse
Analysis of Risk in Low-Input/Sustainable Farming Systems, Liong Min Tiong
Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: A Comparison of Diabetes Educator Instruction Versus Self-instruction, Diane B. Trapp
The Role Farm Broadcasters Play in the Profitability of Radio Stations in South Dakota, Emery J. Tschetter
Effects of Tenure, Leverage, and Farm Commodity Program Participation on Farm Firm Survival and Growth in South Dakota, Grant Allen Washnok
The Effects of Nutrition and Management on Plasma [alpha]-Tocopherol Concentrations in the Weaned Pig, Eric M. Weaver
The Geography of Sport: A Decade of Recruiting in North Central Conference Football, 1977 to 1986, Lyndon H. Wieseman
Second Law Analysis in Assessing Heat Dissipating Systems, Ross Wilcoxon
Prediction of Tractor Drawbar Pull on Agricultural Soils, Volker Wittig
The Interrelationship of Imagination, Word and Deed in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy and Momaday's House Made of Dawn, Craig Steven Womack
Characterization of Soil Humic Acids Extracted by Tributyl Phosphate, Zhongliang Xie
Nutritional and Biochemical Analyses of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strain AP-3 Germination, Guorong Xu
Relationship Between the Level of Anxiety in Oncology Clients Before and After Humor Therapy, Sandy Young
ETDS from 1989
Melanosome Differentiation in Hair Bulb Pigment Cells of Yellow Albino (AŁ/a C²j/C²j) Compound Mutant Mice, Vivian A. Andrawis
A Systems Analysis of Senior Center Structures, Environments, and Impacts, Donald E. Arwood
Evaluation of Single, Backcross and Three Way Crosses to Introduce Non-adapted Germplasm into Adapted Spring Wheat, Jorge Enrique Autrique
Field Evaluation of a Catenary Trail Tube Irrigation System, Mohammad Hossein Bagherzadeh
Comparison of the Parallel Squat and Hip Sled for Development of Quadriceps Femoris Strength, Richard E. Bartling
The Effect of Fibers on the Physical Properties, Serviceability, and Ultimate Load Capacity of Cellular Concrete Beams, Hamid Behdad
Evaluation of a Power Plant Reservoir as a Fingerling Walleye Rearing Facility, Louis N. Berg
Evaluation of the Big Stone Power Plant Cooling Reservoir as a Source of Largemouth Bass and Bluegill Broodstock, Edward A. Bettross
Design and Evaluation of an Event-actuated Soil Water Sampling System, David L. Bjorneberg
Effects of Health Promotion on Exercise of Self-care Agency in Independent Older Adults, Rebecca J. Blue
Northern and Western Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) : Flight Activity and Oviposition Behavior in Corn and Nonhost Plant Habitats, Mark A. Boetel
Crystal and Molecular Structures of Divalent Metal Complexes with cis, cis-1,3,5-Cyclohexanetriol and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Diamagnetic Metal Complexes in Solution, Christine Seagren Boever
Stand Establishment and Production of Alfalfa Cultivars in Legume Residues, Robin Renae Bortnem
The Relationship of Selected Preprogram and Intraprogram Standardized Examination Scores and Age to National Council Licensure Examination-RN Scores in a Rural Associate Degree Nursing Program, Marge Scudder Brchan
Mapping Components of Partial Resistance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Vickie Brewster
Allelopathic Effect of Crop Residue Extract on Oat (Avena sativa L.), Mark Joseph Brinkman
Readily Fermentable Nonstructural Carbohydrates in Lactating Dairy Cattle Rations, David Paul Casper
An Economic Analysis of Public and Private Rangeland Lease Arrangements and Land Values in South Dakota, John David Cole
Batch Regeneration Manganese Greensand Filters for Removal of Ra 226/228 from the Garretson South Dakota Drinking Water Supply, Bryan DeSmet
Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Human Adipose Tissue in Relation to Disease State, Lisa J. DeSmet
Social Indicators and Infant Mortality: A Regional Study of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana, 1980, Dana C. De Witt
Education Needs of New Mothers: A Comparison of Prenatal and Postnatal Women's Perceptions, Carla J. Dieter
Tensionmeters for Measuring Moisture of a Peat Moss Casing Layer, Rahmad Djakaria
Satellite Cells of Growing Turkeys : Influence of Donor Age, Sex, Serum and Muscle on Proliferation and Differentiation in Vitro, Matthew Eli Doumit
Effects of Ivermectin on Lungworm Infection and Lamb Survival of Bighorn Sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota, Thomas G. Easterly
Relationships Between Parameters of Combine Design and Soil Compaction, Patrick Gene Ellwein
Production and Flow Cytometric Identification of Triploid Walleyes, Rebecca R. Ewing
Cheddar Cheese Manufactured from Condensed Milk, Steve J. Foster
The Effects of Biological Traits on Efficiency of Beef Production to Weaning, Brad A. Freking
Colchicine-Induced Variation in Saintpaulia Propagated in Vitro, Delores A. French
The Effect of Intrabronchial or Subcutaneous Immunization on the Respiratory Tract of Calves, Alethea M. Fry