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1974
Identification of Landscape Site Development Criteria and Compilation for Fossil Fuel Electric Power Plants Applied to a Critique of Huntington Canyon Power Plant, Huntington, Utah, Thomas Franklin Manns II
The Development of Career Exploration Work Simulation Units for Career Education in Grades Seven Through Nine, Gerald Eldon Manwill
The Use of Token Reinforcement to Facilitate a Therapeutic Style of Verbal Interaction in Groups of Psychiatric Patients, Henry G. Martin
A Comparison of the Effects of a Growth Group and a Behavior Change Group on the Inner-Directedness of College Students, Larry R. McCullough
Consumer Surplus and Economic Rent Estimates of Recreation Value: An Empirical and Theoretical Comparison, Eric R. Meale
An Investigation of Oral Stereognosis and Articulation in Sighted and Blind Children, Mariette Johnson Milbrandt
Manufacture of Monterey Cheese From Preacidified Milk, Faisal O. Mohamed
Finite Difference Solution for Drainage of Heterogeneous Sloping Lands, Fahd Salih Natur
Attitudes of High School and College Females Toward Family Life and Children, Pauline Nelson
A Comparative Study of Conventional Exercise and Weight Training of College Women at Utah State University, Virginia Gayle Oleksiak
Marriage Role Expectations and Religiosity, Gilbert Craig Orme
Anatomical Effects of Dicamba on Pea Root Tissues, Brent George Ovard
Procedure for Measuring Residual Endothia Parasitica Protease in Curd and Whey From Freshly Coagulated Milk, Raman B. Patel
Effect of Added Calcium Ions on Relative Milk-Clotting Activities of Commercial Milk Clotting Enzymes, Nuchanart Pavenayotin
Physiological Responses in Initial Psychological Interviews, Robert R. Perkinson
A Comparative Study of GPA Predictability Using the JAPQ and the SVIB, Kathleen A. Peterson
An Analysis of Participation and Leadership in a College Seminar, Hugh J. Phillips
A Theoretical Proton-Proton Pair Production Cross-Section Calculation, Jay W. Phippen
Effects of an Instructional Program on Concept Attainment of Middle-Class Pre-Kindergarten Children, Joan Spencer Ross
The Production and Prevention of Stomach Ulcers in Rodents, Eric H. Rudrud
Rates of Food Digestion by Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in the Blacksmith Fork River, Utah, John M. Salevurakis
Social Organization of the Cassin's Finch in Northern Utah, Fred Burton Samson
Antelope Island Study: Guidelines for Recreational Land Use Planning for Antelope Island, Utah, Using Computer Techniques, Robert D. Scott Jr.
A Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Stopping Out, Robert Dean Smith
The Development of an Index of Food Quality, Ann Woolley Sorenson
Phosphate Exploration and Property Evaluation in Southeastern Idaho, Illustrated by the Dry Valley Area, James Simon Spalding
Production and Quality Evaluation of Compressed Freeze-Dehydrated Sour Cherries and Their Pies, Chareonsri Srisangnam
Effects of Fertilizers on Cultured Salt Marsh Plants, Ruppia and Chara, Scott Marshall Stenquist
An Investigation Into the Design Qualities, Ecological Requirements, and Potential Use of Some Native Trees and Shrubs of the Mountains of Northeastern Utah, Richard K. Sutton
Head Start and School Readiness, Robert Bruce Turner
The Phenology and Control of Dyers Woad (Isatis tinctoria) in Northern Utah, William A. Varga
Developed Guidelines for a Career Next Step High School Placement Center Compared to Existing High School Placement Practices in Selected Urban High Schools in Utah, Jimmie B. Wallace
Endemic Whitefishes of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: A Problem in Systematics, Robert G. White
Role of Cytoplasmic Microtubules in the Control of Normal Spermiogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster, Richard F. Wilkinson Jr.
The Cost of a Home Economics Food Program in the State of Utah, Joyce Leavitt Winterton
1973
The Fixed-Interval Presentation of a Small Fixed Ratio, Larry Allen Alferink
A Revision of the Genus Iteaphila Zetterstedt of North America (Diptera: Empididae), Douglas R. Anderson
Phosphate Requirements for a Whey-Based Lactic Bacteriophage Resistant Medium Under pH Control, Napasri Ausavanodom
The Supply of Public School Teachers in the United States: A Study in Human Capital Theory, Andrew W. Bacdayan
Modification of Ontogenic Expression Due to Relocation of the ry+ Gene in Drosophila melanogaster, Allen A. Badgett Jr.
The Local Interest as a Consideration in the Planning of Highway Construction in the Canyonlands Region of Southeastern Utah, Robert L. Barry
Selection at the Molecular Level: Competition Between Members of the Lambdoid Family of Bacteriophages, Kandy D. Baumgardner
Some Economic Aspects of Beef Crossbreeding in Utah, William L. Beaty
Mitochondrial Activity of Hardened and Nonhardened Rye (Secale cereale) Plants Exposed to Freezing Temperatures, Bryce D. Bennett
Fish Production and Movements in the Lower Logan River, Utah, Eric P. Bergersen
Absorption, Translocation and Metabolism of 1,3-Dichloropropene in Selected Plants, David L. Berry
Mineral and Chemical Content of the Deep-Water Sediment Sequences of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, James C. Biesinger
Petrology and Geochemistry of the Morrison Formation, Dinosaur Quarry Quadrangle, Utah, Sue Ann Bilbey
Spatial Impact of Factor Payments: A Case Study of Turkey Production and Processing in Utah, Chesley T. Blackham
Concept Development Among Kindergarten Children, Craig Boswell
An Autecological Study of Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima torr.) in Southwestern Utah, James E. Bowns
A Graduate-Oriented Evaluation of the Music Education Curricula of Four State College-University Systems in Utah, Harold W. Boyce
A Comparison of Consumer's Surplus and Monopoly Revenue Estimates of Recreational Value for Two Utah Waterfowl Marshes, C. Holden Brink
The Use of a Musical Tutoring Experience in a Compensatory Education Program, Margaret Burdge
Structural Geology of the Northern Part of Clarkston Mountain, Malad Range, Utah-Idaho, Steven Mark Burton
Family Conditions and Practices Related to Waste Paper Output, Dena Lee Child Call
Overwinter Mortality of Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan River, Daniel Richard Cerven
Increasing Resistance to the Negative Effects of Set, Paul B. Chance
The Effects of Mobile Assisted Career Exploration on the Career Development of Rural Ninth Grade Students, Robert Eldred Charlton
The Effect of Salt Concentration, Aqueous Activity and Temperature on the Growth of Three Bacteria, Girish C. Chokshi
The Validity of Awarding Credit by Examination in English Composition, Mark Guymon Christensen
Number Concept Development in Young Children, Karen Lee Clark
Reproduction, Survival and Density of Snowshoe Hares in Northeastern Utah, William R. Clark
Potato Variety Trial as a Step of a Potato Breeding Program, Gonzalo Claure-Vallejo
Fine Structural Study of the Early Endogenous Stages of Eimeria magna, Harry D. Danforth
Air Pressures Over Reservoir, Canal, and Water Catchment Surfaces Exposed to Wind, Allen Ray Dedrick
Timber Harvesting and Regional Income Distribution, Archie Allen Dyer
The Unwed Father as Perceived by Himself, Daryl E. Ellis
Mesoscale Atmospheric Circulation and Diffusion Characteristics, Ronan I. Ellis
A Comparison of Three Teaching Procedures Used in The Development of Improving Intonation in Clarinet Performance, K. Earl Ericksen
A Measure of the Amount of Phosphate Adsorption and the Rate of Release of Indigenous Phosphate from a Desert Soil, Robert Lindsey Evans
Environmental Criteria to Aid Developers in Site Evaluation for Small Scale Residential Developments in Cache County, Utah, Roger P. Fickes
Prediction and Assessment of Liked and Non-Liked Teachers as Rated by Various Student Groups, Nancy LaDee Fleming
Mormon Myth or Monopoly: A Contemporary Study to Determine the Perceived Influence of the Mormon Church on Utah Politics, Douglas S. Foxley
Development of Irrigation in Wasatch County, Craig Woods Fuller
A History of Brigham Young College, Logan, Utah, Arnold K. Garr
An Evaluation of Land Use Planning Workshops Held in Utah During 1973, Andrew C. Germanow
The Formation and Properties of Machining Burrs, LaRoux K. Gillespie
Assassin and Hero: The Making of Men a New Analysis of the Attempted Assassination of Theodore Roosevelt, Beverly Brown Grabow
Autecological Life History Studies of Two Geraniums, Geranium richardsonii and Geranium nervosum, Becky Lee Green
An Evaluation of Stress Induced Mortality of Stocked Catchable-Sized Rainbow Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan River, Robert Earl Gresswell
Carbaryl Penetration and Metabolism in the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile pacifica (Panzer), Guirguis N. Guirguis
Contractions of Rabbit Testes in Vitro: Permissive Role of Prostaglandins for the Actions of Calcium and Some Smooth-Muscle Stimulating Agents, James Lee Hargrove
Noise Pollution as a Potential Safety and Health Hazard Within Selected Utah Industrial Education Laboratory Facilities, Carol E. Hicks
Habitat Selection by Large Wild Ungulates and Some Aspects of the Energy Flow in a Sub-Tropical African Savanna Woodland Ecosystem, Stanley M. Hirst
A Description of Anglers and Angling Use in Two Areas of the Uinta Mountains, John F. Hoagland
Effects of Manipulating FR Size and Reinforcement Magnitude in Multiple FR Schedules, Dean P. Inman
A Reduced Temperature-Dependent Black Spotted Eye Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster and its Association with Three Different Genes, Stanley R. Irvine Jr.
Factors Affecting Feeding Habits of Sheep Grazing Foothill Ranges of Northern Utah, Farid D. Iskander
Petrology and Regional Relationships of the Ordovician Kinnikinic Formation and Equivalents, Central and Southern Idaho, William Calvin James
A Comparison of Conventional and Video Teaching Methods Among Beginning Swimmers at Utah State University, Herald J. Jardine
A Review of Commercial Renewal Districts With Possible Applications to Logan, Utah, Maw-Shyong Jean
Field Measurements of Photosynthesis and Leaf Growth Rates of Three Alpine Plant Species, Douglas A. Johnson
Heart Rate as an Indicator of Metabolism in Free-Living Uinta Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus armatus), Steve F. Johnson
A Hydrologic Model of the Provo River Basin, Utah, Craig T. Jones
Factors Associated with Marital Adjustment of Young Mormon Married College Students, Ronald Shill Jones
The Effects of Direction of Grouping, Type of Stimuli, and Class Level on Cognitive Equivalence Transformations, Christopher A. Joseph