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    ETDS from 1970

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    Studies on in Vitro Boar Semen Storage, Wayne L. Singleton

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    Characteristics of Low-Income Families in the Head Start Program in Three Eastern South Dakota Counties, Christopher Lee Smith

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    Reliability Study of a Modified Los Angeles Rattler Test, Joe H. Smith

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    A Study of Protein Content and its Relationships to Other Phenotypic Characters in Iterspecific Oat Crosses, Leroy A. Spilde

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    The Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Endophyte of Shepherdia Argentea, Ronald J. Stangeland

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    Immunofluorescent Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B in Food and Culture Media, Raymond Lloyd Stark

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    Effect of Atrazine and its Carriers on the Grain Sorghum Plant, Clair E. Stymiest

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    Teaching Selected Clothing Concepts Through Independent Study in Beginning Clothing Construction, Jeanette C. Sweet

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    The effects of selected training intensities and durations on Improvement and Maintenance of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Joel Austin Swisher

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    Effects of Orally Administered Allopurinol (Hyroxyprazolo 3,4-d pyrimidine) on Uric Acid, Selected Blood Lipid and Hemogram Parameters in Rabbits, Gary A. Thibodeau

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    Management and Nutrition of Early Weaned Foals, Brian P. Thiel

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    Sensitivity Analysis of the SDSU River Basin Model, Kunjipalu Thoppil

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    An Investigation of the Pollutional Characteristics of Runoff from Two Feedlots, Paul E. Thormodsgard

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    Optimum Design of Transversely Loaded Concrete Beam, Sheng Lung Tsai

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    Demonstration of Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Azotobacter Vinelandii, Jack A. Turner

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    A Comparative Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Male and Female Felony Offenders in Washington State Adult Correctional Institutions, 1964-1969, Vincent A. Van Der Hyde Jr.

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    The Policies and Procedures of Financing Interscholastic Athletics in Selected Public High Schools in South Dakota, William V. Wheeler

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    Interseeding as a Grassland improvement Practice in Central South Dakota, Roger P. Wickstrom

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    Changes in the Physical Status of High School Wrestlers : Brought about by Deconditioning, Lloyd D. Wilson

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    An Economic Analysis of Selected Irrigation Systems Applicable to the Eastern Missouri Slope Area of South Dakota, Myron W. Wolff

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    Sinusoidal Oscillators Using Integrated-Circuit Gates, Andy Y. Young

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    Survival of Fecal Coliforms and Fecal Streptococci in River Water, Joseph Walter Zerfas

    ETDS from 1969

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    Evaluation of the Ovulated Follicle Technique as a means of Determining Pheasant Production, C. Denis Allen

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    Certain Blood Parameters Effected by Acute Ammonia Toxicity in Pregnant Rabbits, James P. Apland

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    A Statistical Method of Screening Electrocardiograms, Roger G. Bailey

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    Preparation of a Future Homemakers of America Chapter Handbook for Local Chapters in South Dakota, Karen Hofer Balsbaugh

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    An Economic Analysis of Some Aspects of Medical Service Availability in Northwest South Dakota, Leland G. Bierman

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    Computer Simulation of a New Redundancy Reduction Technique, Uldis Birznieks

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    Effects of Rest, Abdominal Ice Packs and Ice Water Foot Baths in Improving the Recovery Process, James McKinley Booher

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    The Ionic Requirement for Isolation of Stable Polyribosomes from Cereal Plants and its Relation to Sulfhydryl Protection, Merlin Dennis Breen

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    The Effects of a Weight-Training Program Upon Selected Pole Vaulting Skills, Gary A. Busch

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    A Normative Study of the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test for Girls in Grades 7-10 in the State of South Dakota, Judy G. Busch

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    DNA Base Composition of Actinomyces and Related Anaerobic Diphtheroids, Patricia A. Campbell

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    Clothing Buying Practices of Junior Girls in South Dakota High Schools and Colleges in Relation to Size of Institution, Linda Petrich Clifford

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    Summer Movements of Bigmouth Buffalo in Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, Thomas J. Clifford

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    Wedge Flows of Power-law Fluids, Joseph H. Cothern

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    The Integration of Family Life Education in an Innovative Elementary School in Watertown, South Dakota, Sharon Lohr Devaney

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    The Current Attitudes of South Dakota State University Full-time Undergraduate Students Toward Basic Course Requirements, Jay E. Dirksen

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    The Effect of Replication on Queueing Simulations, Musvathy K. Dyanesh

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    The Chemistry of Rhenium (V) Chloride, George Warren Eastland

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    An Economic Analysis of Irrigation Potential on Terrace Soils of Brookings County, Norman M. Fischer

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    The Odonata of East-central South Dakota, Michael K. Fresvik

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    Water Quality Changes Under Ice Cover in Northern Prairie Lakes, Steven P. Gloss

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    Computer Evaluation of Error-correcting Codes for PCM Telemetry, William W. Goddard

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    Piecewise-linear Models for MOSFET Large-signal Operation, Marlin H. Golnitz

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    Structural Behavior of High-strength Bolted Connections with Varied Hole Diameters, William Thomas Haisch

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    Ecological and Trophic Distribution of Pesticides in Lack Poinsett, South Dakota, Michael Robert Hannon

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    The Effects of Three Selected Weight Training Programs on Muscular Strength, Endurance Girth, and Cardiovascular Endurance, Leslie Curtis Hansen

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    The Married High School Athlete in South Dakota:his Status and Information for Formulating a Fair Policy, Donald J. Hanson

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    Cost Analysis of Precast Prestressed Composite Pavement on U.S. Highway 14-bypass, Wayne R. Haug

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    Themes of Isolation and Relationship in Selected Novels of Frederick Manfred, Joan Hilmoe

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    Factors Influencing Urinary Calculi in Lambs, Donald W. Hoar

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    Investigation of a New Analog-to-digital Conversion Technique, Steven Kenneth Howell

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    The Changing Nature of Family Values in Pearl Buck's House of Earth, Sue Min Huang

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    Heat Transfer by Numerical Solution for a Class of Radiating Fins, Jia-Bo Hwang

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    Mare's Milk Composition as Related to "Foal Heat" Scours, Robert H. Johnston

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    Indoor Versus Outdoor Calf Rearing at Three Weaning Ages, Larry J. Jorgenson

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    Gama Ray Spectroscopy Employing a Geranium Crystal Detector, John Francis Keane

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    Isolation of Keratinophilic Fungi from Soil and Wild Animals in South Dakota, William Urban Knudtson

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    Investigation of the Dielectric Properties of Grain at Microwave Frequencies, Arthur A. Kruse

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    The Hall Method of Estimating Healthy Classification as Compared to the Current Method Employed by the South Dakota High School Activities Association, Frank Joseph Kurtenbach

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    Pharmacodynamics of Dieldrin-C14 in Pheasants, Donald Wayne Lamb

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    Blood and Tissue Ammonium-nitrogen Levels and Tissue Water in Pregnant Urea-treated Rabbits, Myron Leon Lang

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    Roughage Levels and Roughage Substitutes in High Concentrate Diets for Finishing Beef Cattle and Lambs, William M. Larson

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    Breeding for Resistance to Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus, Charles Lee Lay

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    Reactions of Oxotrichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)rhenium(V), Melvin Leitheiser

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    Studies on the Gallium-iodine and Scandium-iodine Systems, Hsu-Yuan Li

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    The Effects of Two Varying Distributions of Practice Sessions on the Improvement of Long Jump Performance of Women, Lucille Florence Lindskov

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    Phosphate Derivatives of 5-fluorouracil as Anticancer Compounds, Ho-Chih Lin

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    South Dakota Farm Boys Planning Farm and Nonfarm Occupations: A Comparative Analysis, Alan L. Loya

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    Vaporization of Scandium Chloride, William Vincent Lucas

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    Leg Strength and Vertical Jump of Basketball Players as Affected by Two Select Exercise Programs Conducted Throughout the Competitive Season, Larry L. Luitjens

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    Protestant Church Members' Attitudes Toward Community in Seven South Dakota Counties, Don Martin

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    A Study of South Dakota Future Farmers of America who Obtained the American Farmer Degree During the Years 1951 through 1967, Lester Wayne Mason

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    The Production and Behavior of Callus Tissue from Sorghum Vulgare, Vance J. Masteller

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    The Status of Journalism in North Dakota High Schools, Neil Rae McFadgen

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    A Study of the Relationship Between Ceratocystis Ulmi and Elm Callus In Vitro, Charles R. McMullen

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    A Study of the Origins and Development of KELO-LAND Television, William Craig McNamara

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    Some Thoughts on Quantum Mechanics and Some Approximate Methods for the Calculation of Electronic State Functions, James W. Mentele

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    Structural Behavior of High Strength Bolted Connections with Slotted Holes, Dennis Brian Micko

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    Organic Degradation of the Ground Water in the Proximity of a Refuse Disposal Site, Wayne Evan Mohler

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    Polynomial Approximation of a Magnetization Curve, Viswanath Narayan

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    Ground Water Treatment at a Refuse Landfill with an Intercepting Trench, David Charles Nelson

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    A Study of Land-grant University Alumni Magazines and of Reader Responses to the Montana Collegian of Montana State University, Jeffrey B. Nelson

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    Evaluation of the Yield and Organoleptic Quality of Split and Whole Country Style Cured Hams, Nickolas William Norder

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    Trimethylselenonium Chloride Metabolism and Toxicity in the Rat, Boyd D. Obermeyer

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    Instant Feedback via Video-tape and its Effect on the Learning of a Selected Side Horse Routine, Lloyd Charles Olson

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    Selected Social and Personal Factors Associated with the Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Rural South Dakota Youth, Jean D. Pederson

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    A Study of Some Physical and Chemical Properties of Hard Red Spring and Hard Red Winter Wheat in South Dakota, Richard A. Pence

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    A Mathematical Model of a River Basin, Leroy John Petrick

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    The Effects of Cryotherapy on the Velocity of a Pitched Baseball, John D. Pierson

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    An Analysis of the Variable Factors Affecting Terminees of the Boxelder Job Corps, Nemo, South Dakota, John Joseph Politi

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    The Velocity of a Pitched Baseball as Affected by Two Varying Training Programs, Anthony Joseph Porter

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    A Normative Study of the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test for Boys in Grades 7-10 in the State of South Dakota, Glenn L. Rasmussen

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    A Time-lapse Photography Study of Free Stall Housing for Dairy Calves, James L. Reeves

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    A Comparison of Cheese Yields Produced from Normal and Abnormal Milk, Raymond L. Rennich

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    Melengenstrol Acetate and Diethylstilbestrol for Feedlot Heifers, Donald C. Ridgway

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    Penny-shaped Crack in an Elastic-plastic Solid, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi

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    Some Field and Laboratory Observations on Morchella, Reed Sanderson

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    An Evaluation of the Roadside Technique for Censusing Breeding Waterfowl, Darrel W. Sauder