Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University, 1920-Summer 2023,
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1976
Noninformative Conditioned Reinforcers in Observing Response Training, Arnold Wellman
Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis and Respiration in Atriplex confertifolia and Ceratoides lanata, Richard S. White
Some Aspects of the Salinity of Mancos Shale and Mancos Derived Soils, James C. Whitmore
Host and Habitat Preferences, Life History, Pathogenicity and Population Regulation in Species of Protocalliphora Hough (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Terry Lee Whitworth
Defining Efficient Water Resource Management in the Weber Drainage Basin, Utah, Keith D. Wilde
Corn Yields as Influenced by Irrigation Levels During Different Growth Stages, G. Dennis Wilson
Age and Sex as Influences on the Food Preferences of Preschool Children, Tish Wilson
Ecology of the Common Snipe in Northern Utah, Samuel C. Winegardner
Programmed Interpersonal Relations Training for High School Students, Leland J. Winger Jr.
Studies of Evaporational Cooling in an Apple Orchard, Stephen W. Zsiray Jr.
1975
The Effects of Sorbitol (D-Glucitol) on the Induction of Mutations in Drosophila melanogaster, David M. Abbott
Priming and the Post-Prime Pause in Mixed Fixed-Ratio Schedules, Larry Allen Alferink
The Effects of Concurrently Teaching Parents and Their Children with Learning Adjustment Problems the Principles of Parent Effectiveness Training, Sterling Andelin
An Interregional Competition Study of Utah Agriculture Using the Linear Programming Technique, Douglas Lee Andersen
A Comparison of Economic, Demographic and Social Characteristics of Migrants and Nonmigrants of a Given Age Cohort of Graduating Seniors of Star Valley High School, 1946, 1947, Douglas D. Anderson
The Development of Selected Vocalizations of the Black-Capped Chickadee, Vivian Telford Anderson
The Influence of Roots on the Accuracy of Soil-Moisture Measurements Taken with a Neutron Moisture Meter, Terry L. Andreessen
Salt Lake Jewish Community Center, Allan S. Andrew
Leave-Taking Behavior Between Preschool Children and Their Parents, Elizabeth Y. Aoki
Performance on an Anagram Task as a Function of Experimenter Status and Subject Dogmatism, Michele Ballering
Some Aspects of Winter Social Behavior in Dark-Eyed Juncos, Martha Hatch Balph
The Development and Validation of Self-Actualizing Education: A Primer for Affective Education, Carolyn G. Barcus
Partial Characterization of the Genome of Neonatal Calf Diarrhea Virus (Reoviruslike Agent), Bill B. Barnett
Information Sources Used by Homeowners in the Purchase of Major Appliances, Lynette Bartholomew
Dispersion of the Host Specific Phytophagous Insects of Duncecap Larkspur (Delphinium occidentale) in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, Robert L. Bayn Jr.
Response Selectivity as a Function of Developmental Activity Level, Wilford William Beck III
Anxiety Correlates of Sex Role Identity, Mary Kay Biaggio
An Analysis of Junior Livestock Shows in Utah, Mark Jay Bingham
Factors Affecting Consumers' Utilization of Unit Pricing, Maurine Bingham
Geology of Southern Part of the James Peak Quadrangle, Utah, Jan G. Blau
Investigation of Factors Contributing to the Declining Range Sheep Industry in Utah, Jerry W. Boehme
The Status of Metric Conversion in Industrial Education Programs in Utah With Recommendations for Statewide Training Programs, Thomas J. Brames
Water Quality Impact of Burning and Grazing on a Chained Pinyon-Juniper Site in Southeastern Utah, John C. Buckhouse
Contractions of the Seminiferous Tubules of the Rat: Effect of Oxytocin, Progesterone, Prostaglandins, Indomethacin, Cyclic AMP and Theophylline, Louis Ernest Buhrley Jr.
Behavioral Induction in Guinea Pigs as a Function of Reinforcement Magnitude in Multiple Schedules of Negative Reinforcement, Dennis L. Burns
Student Perceptions of the Environment at Utah State University, Clifford R. Cahoon
The Relationship between a Measure of Dogmatism and Retention of Rogerian and Skinnerian Concepts, Richard A. Carpenter
An Evaluation of Truncated Sequential Test, Ryh-Thinn Chang
Mineralization in the Bear River Range, Utah-Idaho, John C. Chappelle
Manufacture of Cottage Cheese Utilizing a pH-controlled, Whey-Based Lactic Culture, Yen-Luon Chen
A Model to Predict the Effect of Salinity on Crop Growth, Stuart W. Childs
The Utah Prairie Dog: Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat Requirements, G. Donald Collier
Effect of Bacillus kaustophilus L-Asparaginase on the Growth of Mammalian Cells of Tumor and Nontumor Origin, Dean Marshall Coulter
The Functional and Aesthetic Uses of Two Cache Valley, Utah, Canals, James S. Culberson
Fine Structural Study of In Vivo and In Vitro Asexual and Early Sexual Stages of Eimeria magna, Harry D. Danforth
The Effects of Drill on Addition-Subtraction Fact Learning: With Implication of Piagetian Reversibility, Ted E. Davidson
Assessing the Impact of the Mobile Assisted Career Exploration Unit 3 Years Later, Gary Lynn De Vries
Perceived Feminine Role Orientation and Positive Self Concept, Jeanne Josselyn Edwards
A New Self Report Behavioral Measure for Evaluating Therapeutic Outcomes, Clyde D. Elliott
Comparisons of Draw-A-Child Test Among Preschool Children, Margaret Prather Ezell
An Improved Serologic Test for Mycoplasmas and the Effect of Mycoplasma arthritidis on the Release of Lysosomal Enzymes from Cell Cultures, Leland George Foster
Community Alcohol Education and Prevention Program, John Fredricks
Geology and Mineralization of the Southeastern Part of the Black Pine Mountains, Cassia County, Idaho, Don E. French
Some Aspects of Geochemistry of the Water and Sediment of Bear Lake, Idaho-Utah, Richard H. Fuller
The Effects of Leadership Style on Group Interaction In Differing Socio-Political Subcultures, Kenneth W. Gilstein
Structural Geology of the Southern Part of Clarkston Mountain, Malad Range, Utah, Wayland E. Gray
Effect of Zinc Nutriture and Contraceptive Steroid Injection on Body Composition of Young Female Rats, Sang Ai Hahn
The Use of Foliar Applied Zinc Compounds in Correcting Zinc Deficiency in Fruit Crops, Lynn F. Hall
Regulation of Rabbit Testicular Capsular Motility: The Interaction of Prostaglandins, Acetylcholine and Sympathomimetic Agents, James L. Hargrove
A History of Mapleton, Utah to 1945, Ralph K. Harmer
Transition into Parenthood and the Effects of Childbirth Education, Margaret B. Haycock
Development and Validation of an Instructional Program To Teach Observational and Recording Skills in Behavior Modification, Gerald D. Hecker and Darlene L. Adams
Effect of Drilling Fluid Components and Mixtures on Plants and Soils, Shahnaz Honarvar (Asad Sangabi)
Evaluation, Assay, Distribution, and Survey of Staphylococcus aureus Thermonuclease in Milk and Cheese Products, Gene Leong Hong
The Influence of a Nutrition Education Program on Preschool Children, Nida Diane Houston
Breeding Ecology of the Ferruginous Hawk in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, Richard P. Howard
Rural Utah Manufacturing Firms: Monetary Impacts on Local and State Economies, Kimball Ray Humphrey
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Parent Training Programs in Changing Parent Behavior, Betty Payne Janiak
Seedling Rust of Safflower -- Its Influence on the Performance of Selected Varieties and Partial Hybrids, Jon James Jensen
Gas Exchange and Water Relations of Two Alpine and Two Arctic Tundra Plant Species, Douglas Allan Johnson
Maternal Attitudes and Perceptions Concerning the Curriculum and Instructional Procedures in a University Preschool Program, Adelle Taggart Karren
Residual Nitrogen as It Affects Soil Fertility Under Irrigated Agriculture in a Tropical Wet-Dry Climate, Don Carlos Kidman
Hunter Access to Private Lands and Attitudes of Utah Landholders Toward Hunting, James R. Kitts
A Comparison of Second Grade Children's Learning Curves on School Tasks with Their Respective Performances on the "Black Box Test of Learning Ability", Robert Stephen Knox
An Evaluation of Land Use Controls in Logan, Utah, William Earl Kuttler
The Contribution of Subsoil Phosphorus to the Nutrition of Alfalfa as Influenced by Soil Temperature, Reuel E. Lamborn
Distribution of Available Phosphorus in the Subsoil of Selected Pedons of the Warm Springs Series, Duane Altman Lammers
The Status and Administration of Precision Drill Teams in Selected Utah Junior High Schools, Carol Wilson Larsen
Effect of Cryotherapy in Preventing Blistering and Tearing of Hands of Utah State University Male Gymnasts, Wayne E. Larson
The Individual and Collective Relationships of Levels of Aspiration. Expectation and Achievement to the Construct of Self Concept, Mark G. Latham
A Fine-Structural Study of Aberrant Meiotic Cytokinesis in an Autosomal Male Sterile Mutant (ms(2)3R) of Drosophila melonogaster, Laura J. Laughran
The Effects of a Self-Directed Behavior Change on Self-Concept, Larry A. Leatham
A Study of Distributive Education Students' Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Secondary Distributive Education Teachers in Utah, Wallace J. Levere
Projections for School Population and Teacher Demand in the State of Utah for the Period 1970-200, Michael V. Macfarlane
Relationships Between Teat Shape, Teat Erosion, California Mastitis Test, and Milk Production in a Large Dairy Herd, John Sephen Malan
An In-Service Education Evaluation of the Communication Skills Workshop Self-Actualizing Education, Gerald Eldon Manwill
Structure of Songs and Organization of Singing in Fox Sparrows Breeding in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, Dennis John Martin
The Radiative and Conductive Heat Exchange of a Cold Desert, Luis R. Martinez
Patrick Edward Connor and the Military District of Utah: Civil War Military Operations in Utah and Nevada, 1862-1865, Max Reynolds McCarthy
Structural Geology of Eastern Part of Richmond and Western Part of Naomi Park Quadrangles, Utah-Idaho, Arthur J. Mendenhall
Monoamine Oxidase as a Target Enzyme in Pineal and Testicular Tissue: Adrenal Cortical Steroids and Arginine Vasotocin, Randall James Merrill
Experimental Avian Botulism Studies on Sewage Oxidation Ponds in Utah, Daniel W. Moulton
Effect of Diet Levels of Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine on Chick Growth Rate, Naiyana Nakhata
A Hydro-Quality Model to Predict the Effects of Biological Transformations on the Chemical Quality of Return Flow, V. A. Narasimhan
Interpersonal Attitudes of Suicidal Individuals, Vicki Lee Nelson