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1991
A Descriptive Study of the Use of an Education-Sponsored Suicide Riskline, R. Kelly Haws
Survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacteria bifidum in Ice Cream for Use as a Probiotic Food, Sharareh Hekmat
Family Naming Practices and Intergenerational Kinship Affiliations, Nancy Immel
Effects of Selected Insects on Seed Production of Hycrest Crested Wheatgrass, Ali Yusuf Issa
Factors Affecting Seeds in a Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem and Implications for the Dispersion of an Annual Plant Species, Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), Michael Ira Kelrick
Reproductive Strategies of Northern Goshawks and Cooper's Hawks in North-Central New Mexico, Patricia L. Kennedy
The Effects of Calcium on the Response of Snapbean to Sodium-Induced Stress, Masud Ahmad Khan
Meat Effects on Nonheme Iron Absorption, Yunji Kim
Time Allocations of Children in Single-Parent Urban Utah Families to Selected Household Tasks, Susan Wilde Kingsford
Hazard Perception and Preparation by Cross-Country Skiers in Utah, Kevin J. Kobe
Changes in the Vulvular and Vestibular Tissue of the Bovine During the Estrous Cycle as Determined by the use of Near Infrared Interactance, Robert Alan Kunzler
Utah School Counselors: Present Status, Linda J. Kuwana
Linear Operators Strongly Preserving Polynomial Equations Over Antinegative Semirings, Sang-Gu Lee
Two Potential Biocontrol Strategies: Puccinia thlaspeos Schub. for Isatis tinctoria L. (Dyer's Woad), and Sugar Beet Associated Bacteria for Phoma betae, Branislav R. Lovic
Instructional Logistics and Chunque-Based Learning Systems, Ian A. McArthur
Rapid Determination of Milk Components and Detection of Adulteration Using Fourier Transform Infrared Technology, Ivan Von Mendenhall
An Ecological Test of the Tragedy of the Commons on Communal Rangeland in the Moroccan Western High Atlas, Lloyd Mendes
Using Direct Instruction To Teach Compliance To Seriously Noncompliant Students, Hans M. Michielsen
A Simulation of the Economic Effects of Alternative Soil Types and Nitrogen Sources on Nitrate Leaching on Irrigated Agriculture in Utah, Gilbert D. Miller
Predictors of Change for Parents Who Perceive Improvement in Their Family Functioning Following a Parent-Training Program, Linda Gayle Moore
Knowledge of Infant/Toddler Development Among Low-Income Families, Ann B. Parkinson
Ethical Beliefs and Practices: Do Psychologists Differ from Other Health-Care Professionals, Gary Percival
The Effects of Policy Development and Organizational Structure on the Performance of Range Livestock Development Projects in Africa, Gregory Karl Perrier
Isolation and Characterization of a Linear Plasmid From the Entomopathogenic Fungus Ascosphaera apis, Haiying Qin
Mathematical Programming Applications in Agroforestry Planning, Laurence H. Reeves
Factors Affecting Moisture Distribution in 290-Kilogram Stirred-Curd Cheddar Cheese Blocks, Robert S. Reinbold
Hydrogen Uptake Genes and Nitrogen Fixation Efficiency of Rhizobium Species in Symbiosis With Alfalfa, Chickpea and Pigeonpea, G. Mustafa Sajid
A Computer Assisted Program for the Selection of Band Music Relative to the Difficulty Rating of Individual Instruments, Kirt Saville
The Effects of Parental Involvement with Preschoolers at Risk for Developmental and Behavioral Problems, Robin Skoien-Bradley
The Swett Homestead: An Oral History 1909-1970, Eric G. Swedin
Comparing the Perceptions of Family and Parenting Between Juvenile Sexual Offenders and Juveniles With No History of Sexual Offending, Iva W. Trottier
Determining the Validity of Methods Used in Meat Iron Analysis, Padmashri Ummadi
Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration by Means of the Penman-Monteith Equation, Paul J. Vanderkimpen
Agency Policies and Personnel Attitudes Toward Adolescent Fathers, Sandra Gunderson Warner
The Play of Visually Impaired Preschoolers With Their Mothers, Claudia Weber
A Comparison of Estimation Procedures for the Beta Distribution, Huey Yan
Immunophenotyping of Lymphoid Cells in Autism, L. Jeanne Yonk
Effects of Heat Treatment of Ultrafiltered Milk on its Rennet Coagulation Time and on Whey Protein Denaturation, Bashir H. Yousif
An Automated Reflectance Color Meter Instrument for Microbiological and Enzymic Assays, Tsz-Ching Yuan
Biological Detoxification of Mercury Contaminated Soil, Shiying Zhang
1990
Applying Resource Based Competition Models to Variable Environments, Linda C. Abbott
A Descriptive Study of Range Livestock Operations in the Somali Central Rangelands, Abdinasir M. Abdulle
Interrelationships among Magnesium Deficiency, Ketogenic Diet, and Fasting on Seizure Susceptibility, Hamdia Mohammed Shahwan AI-Hamdani
Recreation Specialization and Preferences of Utah Anglers, Bruce P. Andersen
Cognitive and Attributional Correlates of Depression: An Analysis of the Redundancy Between Beck's Cognitive Triad and Seligman's Attributional Styles, Kent W. Anderson
Endocrine Interrelationships During Early Postpartum In St. Croix Sheep, Richard Michael Anderson
A Reliability Study on the Self-Report Behavioral Measure for Evaluating Therapeutic Outcome, Sharon B. Anderson
Profiles and Trends in Catholic Interfaith Marriages in Utah, Deborah Brown Ascione
The Effects of Conditioned Reinforcers on Extinction When Delivered on Schedules of Extinction, Linda L. Barnard
Morphological Responses of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to Changes in Phytochrome Photoequilibria, Blue Light and Photoperiod, Charles Barnes
Encouraging Navajo Parents' Involvement in Their Children's Education, Wanda Benale
Production and Inefficiency, Arunava Bhattacharyya
Time Use and Attitudes Among Siblings: A Comparison in Families of Children With and Without Down Syndrome, Glenna C. Boyce
Coping Strategies of Dairy-Farm Husbands and Wives in Five Northern Utah Counties, Joel Phillip Brandley
Visitor Characteristics and Attitudes Toward Policies in the Irish Wilderness of Southern Missouri, Debra Lynn Bumpus
Day-Specific Time Use by Underachieving Adolescents, Dorothy Jean Cassingham
Mothers' Preferences Regarding Sex Education in the Home, Cynthia R. Christopherson
The Relationship Between Revision Behaviors and Syntax in the Spoken Narratives of Language-Impaired and Normally Developing School-Aged Children, Marilyn Cleckler
Energetic Requirements for Bacterial Protein Export, John Andrew Corbett
The Relationship Between Raw Scores on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children and School Attendance for Sioux Children Ages 8-12, Mike Cummings
The Effects of Methionyl Bovine Somatotropin Administration on Luteinizing Hormone in Dairy Cattle, Joseph Charles Dalton
Reproductive Ecology of Wyoming Big Sagebrush (Artemisia Tridentata SSP. Wyomingensis) : Effects of Herbivory and Competition, Richard T. Decker
Assessing Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Boys: Pre- Versus Postpubescent, Delinquent Versus Nondelinquent, David P. DeFrancesco
Self-Consciousness and Body Image Issues Among College Females, Mary E. Doty
Laramide Deformation in Precambrian Granitic Rocks, Northeastern Wind River Range, Wyoming, Mark A. DuBois
Family Relations Factors that Facilitate or Inhibit Middle Adolescent Identity Development, Patricia Hyjer Dyk
A National Survey of Enterprise Budget Development and Use by the Extension Service, Douglas W. Eck
Use of the Transactional Analysis Ego State Concept to Measure Client Change in Psychotherapy, Judith Emerson
The Effects of Disease, Prey Fluctuation, and Clear-Cutting on American Marten in Newfoundland, Canada, Richard J. Fredrickson
Seasonal Movement Patterns of Coyotes in the Bear River Mountains of Idaho and Utah, Glen F. Gantz
An Experimental Analysis of Higher-Order Stimulus Control in Humans, Michael B. Gatch
An Experimental Analysis of Second-Order Conditioned Taste Aversion: Drug Pairing Facilitated Through Excitation of Geotactic Behavior, John H. Gatling
The Development of Print Awareness in Four-Year-Old Children, Barbara Ann Bybee Glover
The Effects of an Attribution-Based Parenting Program on Perceptions of Parenting Behavior, H. Wallace Goddard
Tourism Dependency and its Correlation to Selected Socioeconomic Indicators in Utah, Diane S. Gooch
The Effects of an Adolescent Social Skills Training Program on Adolescent Sex Offenders, Roger B. Graves
Effects of Ketoconazole on Uterine Weight and on Unbound Serum Estradiol Relative to Vaginal Cornification in Rats, Leonard L. Hall
Immunosuppression by Aflatoxin B1 in C57BL/6 Mice and its Relationship with Neuroendocrine Mechanisms, Yasuhiko Hatori
Substrate Concentration, Calcium Concentration and κ-Casein Hydrolysis in Milk Coagulation, Fenjin He
Chromosome Abnormalities as a Possible Cause of Reduced Fertility in Dairy Heifers, Stanley L. Henderson
Enhancing Female Adolescent Identity Development Through Ideological Perspective-Taking Training: A Replication and Extension Study, Deborah Lynn Huston
Forest Canopies: Form and Functional Relationships, Steven B. Jack
The Biosystematics of Thinopyrum (Triticeae: Gramineae), James K. Jarvie
Yellowstone's Northern Elk Herd: Critical Evaluation of the "Natural Regulation" Paradigm., Charles Edward Kay
Characterization of the Polymerase Products of the dsRNA of Cryphonectria parasitica, Pam Kazmierczak
Comparative Foraging Ecology of Sheep and Goats in Caatinga Woodland in Northeastern Brazil, Scott L. Kronberg
A Comparison of Three Estrous Detection Management Schemes for Dairy Heifers, Ann Lagerstedt
Toward a Cultural Interpretation of the Chinese Restaurant in the Mountain West, Li Li
Relative Seed Preferences of the Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus): Field and Laboratory Observations, Krista Anne Maguire
The Effects of Mild Hearing Loss on Academic Performance Among Elementary School Age Children, Donna White Massine
The Relationship Between Leaf Area Index and Photosynthetic Temperature Response in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Canopies, David B. Meek
Immunological Effects of Ketoconazole, Itraconazole and Fluconazole on Lymphocyte Cell Proliferation and Natural Killer Cell Activity in Immune-Normal, Cyclosporine-Compromised and Cyclophosphamide-Compromised Mouse Models, Jeffrey Tullis Mitchell
Evaluation of Utah's Prereferral Intervention Mandate, J. Ron Nelson
Purification and Immunological Reactivity of Commercial Microbial Milk Clotting Enzyme Preparations, Chima I. Osuala
The Examination of Variables That Influence Response Rates to Mailed Questionnaires, Anuradha Parthasarathy
Autecological Characteristics of Chrysopogon aucheri and Cymbopogon jwarancusa, Dominant Rangeland Grasses in Baluchistan, Mohammad Saleem
Carbon Dioxide Toxicity in Wheat, Robert Spanarkel
The Effect of Seasonal Cattle Grazing On California Bighorn Sheep Habitat Use, Melanie J. Steinkamp