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ETDS from 1966
An Investigation of the Need for a High School Graphic Arts Program on the Monterey Peninsula, James Lee Mitchell
The Effect of Methods of Storage on The Gross Energy, Chemical Composition and Feeding Value of Alfalfa, Guru Prasad Mohanty
Experiments to Produce Contrasty Halftone Negatives from Originals with Below and Above Basic Density Ranges, Rafiqul Karim Molla
The Effects of a Constant Work Load Isometric Exercise Program on Arterial Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate, Patrick Joseph Murphy
Molecular Orbitals and Energy Levels for Eight Suggested Structures of IF7, RIchard L. Oakland
Attitudes Toward and Extent of Leasing in the Printing Industry, Raymond Joseph Prince
The Role of the Debate Ballot in the Consistency of Decisions by Inexperienced Debate Judges, Edward Purdy
Development and Application of a Computer Program for the Steady-state Thermal Analysis of Nuclear Superheater, Delvin Gene Rapp
Performance Evaluation of an Anaerobic Stabilization Pond System for Meat Processing Wastes, Dwayne Allen Rollag
An Inquiry into the Legibility and Pleasingness of Five Ink Colors Printed on Yellow Stock, Philip Kent Ruggles
The Correlation of Soil Tests with Yield Response and Uptake of Phosphorus by Barley, Anthony Unusa Salami
Approximations to Structural Parameters by Various Numerical Methods, Ali Salehe-Rad
Behavior of Thin Web Hybrid Beams Subjected to Static Loads, Jamal B. Sarsam
Ground Water Quality Variation at a Refuse Landfill, Richard Jay Sawinski
Aflatoxin Formation on Selected Human Foods by Strains of Aspergillus Flavus, Link, and Penicillium Rubrum, Stroll, Ronald Arlyn Sonstegard
A Comparison of Corn Silage and Forage Sorghum Silage in the Production of Beef, Herbert Lawrence Sorbel
Population Distribution and Mobility of Deer in Eastern South Dakota, Rollin de Mers Sparrowe
The Effectiveness of Teaching the Novice the Soccer Instep Kicking Technique as Compared to Teaching the Traditional Techniques of Kicking the Extra Point in Football, Michael James Sterner
A Comparison of Role Perceptions of a University Director of Physical Education and Athletics and his Reference Groups, Wesley John Storm
Study of Totipotency in the Leaf Cells of the Carrot Plant, Ch'I Sun
Fluorometric Determination of Magnesium in Soil Extracts, Roger A. Swanson
A Study of the Gothic and Promethean Themes in Frankenstein, Lawrence L. Syverud
Factors Influencing Anaerobic Pond Treatment of Meat Packing Waste, Tracy James Tofflemire
A Study of Reading Times and Reader Preference when Line Length and Alphabet Length are Simultaneously and Directly Varied, Joseph W. Truex
A Study of the Significance and Interrelation of Data Gathered by the Bell Adjustment Inventory and a Teacher Rating Scale with Other Academic and Demographic Data for Guidance Purposes, Adeline Klamm Vanhove
Evaluation of the Effects of Low Temperature on the Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Wastes, Anthony Thomas Voell
A Study of the Status of Young Men's Christian Association Physical Directors and Assistant Physical Directors in the North Central area and Surrounding Areas, David Leroy Waggoner
An Application of Tractive Force Theory to the Design of Rock Spillways, Franklin Alan Williams
Fall Velocity as Affected by Fine Material Concentration, Albert Fook-Hung Yuen
ETDS from 1965
Relationship of Several Factors to the Incidence of Breast Blisters in Large Type Male Market Turkeys, Albert Whitten Adams
Parasites of Fishes of Oahe and Big Bend Reservoirs, South Dakota, Gerald A. Alleman
The Effect of Constricted Pipe Flow on Low-pressure Pneumatic Grain Conveyance, Daryl C. Anderson
The Effect of Heterosis on Yield Components in Hybrids of Wheat, Verlin Gene Boeder
The Results of One Year of Counseling and Tutoring on Two Seventh Grade Adjusted Curriculum Illiterates, Janet Broomfield Boone
The Effects of Seasonality of Manufactured Milk Production on Dairy Manufacturing Firms' Efficiency, Law Nicholas Brod
Suitability of Cheese Whey as a Substrate for Vitamin B12 Production by Propionibacterium Shermanii, Lloyd B. Bullerman
Transmission of Two Strains of Two Stylet-Borne Viruses by Single Myzus persicae (sulz.) Aphids, Manolo Bautista Castillo
Laminar Combined Convection from a Nonisothermal Spining Cone: An Integral Approach, Bobba Rama Krishna Choudary
Evaluation of and Tentative Design Criteria for Anaerobic Lagoons as a Method of Swine Manure Disposal in South Dakota, David Richard Curtis
Linkage Between Chromosomal Interchanges and Colchicine Mutated Genes in Sorghum Vulgare, John R. Deakin
The Effect of Physical, Mental-Physical, and Mental Practice on the Learning of a Motor Skill, Clifford Lyle Eidsness
A Modified Voges-Proskauer Method of Determining Diacetyl in Dairy Cultures, Dwain Finkenbiner
Effects of a Trampoline Training Program on Selected Items of Motor Fitness, William Eugene Fritz
Turbulent Mixing and Heat Exchange in a Parallel Stream of Air, Tek Chand Goel
Evidence of Socio-Economic Classlessness in the Major Fiction of Daniel Defoe, Nicholas J. Goergen
A Thematic Approach to John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle, James W. Grinnell
Comparisons of Ear Corn and Shelled Corn in Various Types of Rations for Finishing Cattle, Gary Bruce Haiwick
Elastic Stress Distribution in Rectangularly Notched Members by Finite Differences, Paul Andrew Hoffman
A Study of Parental Knowledge of Guidance in the Baltic Public School System, William E. Horeis
A Survey of Several Bases Representative Nongraded Schools Use in Grouping Their Students, Ann Paul Karakash
A New Partial Differential Equation and a New Instantaneous Current-time Curve for Polarography, Russell B. Kidman
The Design and Construction of a 6-inch Mach-Zehnder Type Interferometer and Its Use for a Study in Free Convection, Clayton W. Knofczynski
A Comparison of Interval Running and All-out Running as Methods of Increasing Circulorespiratory Endurance, Donald Lee Kortan
An Analysis of the Production Output Difference Between an 11-pica and a 15-pica Line Width, Albert George Leicht
Effects of B Vitamin Deficiencies on Energy Metabolism of the Chick, William Clarence Lockhart
Opportunities and Training Needs in Non-farm Agricultural Occupations in a South-western Iowa School District, Robert L. Madden
Ability of Consumers to Ascertain "Quality" in Printing, Lawrence E. Mades
The Total Energy Capacity and the Instantaneous Energy Release in Springs, Suhayl M. Mamoun
A Study of the Present Status of Physical Education Facilities for Women in the Institutions of the South Dakota College Physical Education Association, Harold Robert Mansheim
Mathematical Method for Determining Stable Geometric Configurations in Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecules, Richard A. Marsh
Energy Levels of the SI28 and the Alpha Particle Model, Dennis L. Nordstrom
An Analysis of the Comparative Reading Times for 11-pica and 15-pica Copy, Jack Wesley Nuckols
Student Attitudes Toward the Printing Industry in Two Chicago Area High Schools, Frank Arthur Ouseley
The Decomposition of Ditriphenylmethyl Peroxide in Concentrate Sulfuric Acid, John Rodney Parker
Design and Testing of Experimental Components Used on Photoelastic Analysis, Alan Rae Peterson
Derivation of the Diffusion Equation and a Revision of Matsuda's Theory for Polarography, W. Patrick Rahilly
Creep Tension Tests on Hastelloy Alloy X Bar, Predicting its Behavior and Applying the Data in a Design Problem, Y. V. S. Rao
A Procedure for the Determination and Evaluation of the Relationship Between Accident Frequency Rates, Extent of Experience and Chronological Age of Operative Personnel, William Wayne Rasmussen
The Effect of Positive and Negative Motivation Upon Selected Measures of Circulorespiratory Adjustment and All-out Running Performance, Stanley E. Richter
An Investigation of 10 Selected Weekly and Small Daily Newspapers Pinted by Offset Lithography and Methods and Equipment Used in Their Production, Charles Allen Ridgeway
An Inquiry into the Acceptability of Unjustified Composition and Omission of Column Rules to Newspaper Readers, Karl E. Ruthenbeck
The Effect of Weight Training on Explosive Power and Leg Strength During a Basketball Season, LaVerne L. Schlekeway
A Social System Analysis of the Changing Food Practices of the Teton Dakota Indians, 1800-1900, Norma R. Seerley
A Study of the Image of Vocational Education in South Dakota Schools, Melvin T. Simek
A Study of the Food Practices, Economic Position, and Conception of Health on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Kenneth H. Skogen
The Nature of the Suspension Effect, With Special Reference to Clay Suspensions, Gary E. Spalding
The Effects of a Cold Sitz Bath on Various Measures of Circulorespiratory Recovery from Vigorous Exercise, William Charles Talich
Structural Relationships for National and Regional Production of Beef Calves, John E. Trierweiler
The Effects of Selected Football Drills on Agility, Douglas Lee Tschetter
Effects of Wind on Falling Drops, Charles Russell Umback
The Effect of Change in Moisture Content on the Load Carrying Capacity of Three Member Nailed Wood Joints, William Theodore Welchert
Phosphorous Uptake by Oat Seedlings from Phosphorus Fertilizer Applied to a Subsoil as Affected by Soil Moisture, Dean E. Wesley
Utilization of the Air Permeameter to Determine the Intrinsic Permeability of in Situ Soil, Robert A. Wiles
Genetic Components and Phenotypic Relationships of Blood Constituents and Production and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle, Lowell Lewis Wilson
Effect of Amino Acids on the Nature of the Nitrogenase System in Aerobacker Aerogens, Duane C. Yoch
ETDS from 1964
Soil Particle Size by Time-weight Accumulation of Sedimentation, Yasin E. Ahmad
Characterization of Staphylococcus Species Isolated From Raw Milk with Special Reference to the Enterotoxigenic Coagulase-Positive Types, Adnan M. Ammouri
Evaporation reduction investigation Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota 1962-1963 /by Jon Francis Bartholic., John Francis Bartholic
Anatomy and Bud Formation of Subterranean Parts of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia Esula L.), Charles A. Beasley
Underemployment and Labor Force Reserves on Southeastern South Dakota Farms, Donald J. Biggar
International Trade in Cattle and Beef Products with Emphasis on the Effects of the European Economic Community on the South Dakota Economy, Harold F. Bjarnason
Football Training Film for Offensive Line Blocking, Leland Mark Bondhus
The Effect of Environment on Heritability of Yield in Spring Wheat, Joseph J. Bonnemann
Studies on the Limiting Amino Acids in Laying Hen Diets, Darwin Gene Britzman
Cytohistological Studies on the Origin of Diploid Stem Apices in Colchicine-treated Tetraploid Sorghum Seedlings, Chen Ho Chen
Problems in the Freeze-drying of Foods, Minakshi Desai