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Theses from 1969
Evaluation of apholate chemosterilant against the little housefly Fannia canicularis Linne'., Ronald Mitchell Check, Entomology
A study of chilling injury in corn (Zea mays, L.)., Rafael P. Creencia, Plant & Soil Sciences
Professional processing for software : reality or myth?, Catherine Janell Crowley, Education
The toxicity of droppings from Rabon-fed poultry to larvae of the little house fly, Fannia canicularis (L.)., Stephan Dennis, Entomology
Field trips to implement the science curriculum in the elementary schools of Chicopee, Massachusetts., John H. Dumont, Education
Contrast effects using intracranial self-stimulation in a runway situation., Richard Nils Ek, Psychology
The systematics of Philippine Collembola : suborders Arthropleona and Neoarthropleona., Victor de la Paz Gapud, Entomology
Cortical evoked responses and detection efficiency in man., Jay Isgur, Psychology
The effect of blood from various vertebrate hosts on reproduction in Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say and Aedes aegypti (L.) : a comparative study of fecundity and viability., Paul Albert King, Entomology
Analysis of consumer demand for selected species of fresh fish based on data from five retail stores., Robert Edward Lee, Agricultural and Food Economics
Evaluations of participants and persons associated with observed aggression., Alan Jay Lincoln, Psychology
The comparative insecticidal value and residual life of two formulations of Imidan on alfalfa., Dallas Eldon Miller, Entomology
An investigation of some starch-hydrolyzing enzymes in apples., Yuan-Tseng Pan, Plant & Soil Sciences
The solid state polymerization of crystalline tosylates., Ashwinkumar M. Patel, Polymer Science & Engineering
The legibility of upper and lower case letters on overhead projection transparencies with Grade VIII students under classroom conditions., Chester Pierce, Education
Response of 'second-leaf' 'McIntosh' apple trees to soil-incorporated simazine., Donavan Errol Robinson, Plant & Soil Sciences
Transmission of bacterial soft rot by fruit flies., Kamil Mehdi Tamimi, Entomology
A study of aggression in small groups as a function of provocation., Kendall Wayne Toney, Psychology
Theses from 1968
Host-parasite relationships of Brassica oleracea L.v. Capitata and the lesion nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Filipjev & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1941., Juanito Renes Acedo, Plant Pathology
Transfer of training from an established operant to a subsequently acquired Pavlovian response., Alan Bryce Ashton, Psychology
Psychological variables and recovery rate in infectious mononucleosis., Avrene Laura Brandt, Psychology
Organizing the marketing function for new product introductions in large industrial corporations., Lawrence Devereux Burkinshaw, Business Administration
Some effects of the vital dye, Nile Blue Sulfate (A), on the growth and development of Aedes aegypti (L.) larvae., Boris I. Chevone, Entomology
Alcohol, anxiety and performance., Thomas Roland Duhamel, Psychology
A canonical correlational analysis of the strong vocational interest blank and the California Psychological Inventory., Donald Patrick Flammer, Psychology
The effect of chlordiazepoxide on acquisition and extinction responding for rewarding brain stimulation., Ronald. Gandelman, Psychology
A study of the relationship between empathy and repression-sensitization, Jane Ann Higgins, Psychology
Transfer of training through verbal conditioning in therapy, Paul Stephen Lapuc, Psychology
The discriminant validity of Cattell's sixteen personality factor questionnaire and its use in college counseling: a multiple discriminant analysis., Randolph Mitchell Lee, Psychology
The indeterminacy of translation and the regimentation of language in the philosophy of W.V. Quine., Ina Loewenberg, Philosophy
Influence of three playback techniques on counselor performance., Martin James Markey, Psychology
Adequacy of conflict resolution and its relationship to general problem-solving ability, performance under stress, and selected emotional factors., Linda Harthill Mokrejs, Psychology
Accounting for private colleges., Louis R. Morrell, Business Administration
Iron nutrition of corn inbred lines., Sylvanus Ozurumba Odurukwe, Plant & Soil Sciences
Stimulus control value of spreading depression demonstrated without shifting depressed structures., Vaughn Gerald Reed, Psychology
Conceptual performance of schizophrenics as a function of task structure and modality of presentation., Mark William Reuter, Psychology
Common sense and ordinary language., Ronald Isaac Rothbart, Philosophy
College student role orientations and background factors as related to dropouts and over and under achievers., Victor. Savicki, Psychology
The iconoclastic edict of the Emperor Leo Iii, 726 A.D., Robert John Shedlock, History
The laboratory rearing of stoneflies., David Emery Shepardson, Entomology
The early development of Reinhold Niebuhr's philosophy of history., David Vaughn Smith, History
Presolution and postsolution nonreversal shifts with varying levels of stimulus redundancy in a concept identification task., Kathleen Ann Telaak, Psychology
The effects of the interpersonal dimensions of empathy, positive regard and genuineness in a verbal conditioning paradigm , Raphael Louis Vitalo, Psychology
The role of clippings in the maintenance of a Kentucky bluegrass turf., Harry Peter Wood, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1967
Conceptual ability of schizophrenics as a function of complexity and social content of stimuli., Paul Norman Acres, Psychology
Cation absorption by excised Barley roots in relation to root cation exchange capacity., Tadao Ando, Plant & Soil Sciences
Programmed readers and basal readers : two approaches to the teaching of reading in a remedial situation., Ann P. Burkott, Education
An investigation of the effects of light, gibberellic acid and growth retardants on growth and lignification of Pisum sativum, L., Christina K. Cheng, Plant & Soil Sciences
The relationship between intelligence, physical fitness, and social status in a sixth grade class., Horace S. Coco, Education
A test of response independence in processing information from two independent sources., Donna Fay Cruse, Psychology
A tyramine hydroxylase system from bananas (Musa sapientum L.)., William Harold Deacon, Plant & Soil Sciences
Chemosterilization of the face fly, Musca autumnalis De Geer, with apholate., Donald Alan Delinks, Entomology
Bacteria isolated from maples., Roger W. Farrington, Entomology
The comparative toxicity of selected organic phosphate and carbamate insecticides to the honey bee., Robert Edward Grahame, Entomology
The Henderer-Harrison Interpersonal Relations Scale: a picture arrangement measure of interpersonal functioning, James Myron Henderer, Psychology
The effects of starter fertilizers and depth of planting on silage corn emergence, growth and yield., Malcolm E. Hill, Plant & Soil Sciences
Fixated behavior and its alteration by psychotropic agents., Vincent Paul Houser, Psychology
Environmental studies of Fusarium blight in Merion Kentucky bluegrass., Joseph A. Keohane, Plant & Soil Sciences
The external anatomy of Pteronarcys (Allonarcys) proteus Newman and Pteronarcys (Allonarcys) biloba Newman (Plecoptera: Pteronarcidae)., Charles Henry Nelson, Entomology
Laboratory study of the relative effectiveness of certain insecticides used against Blattella germanica, Blatta orientalis and Periplaneta fuliginosa., Fred Robert Slater Nelson, Entomology
Reliability of the Minnesota vocational interest inventory with hospitalized mental patients., Dennis William Olson, Psychology
A study of relations between intracranial self-stimulation and operant behavior maintained by food reward, Jaak Panksepp, Psychology
Associative processes in syllogistic reasoning: a neo-behavioristic analysis., Jean Ann Pezzoli, Psychology
Microbial interactions with Diazinon., Walter Jay Ralston, Plant & Soil Sciences
Dasein and the still point; a consideration of three emphases in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, with peripheral references to relevant aspects of Eastern thought., Elizabeth G. Russell, Philosophy
Use of the weighted application blank in hiring unskilled labor., Richard Dorr Scott, Psychology
Adsorption of atrazine on representative Massachusetts soils., Young Oh Shin, Plant & Soil Sciences
Study of a proposed metabolic relationship between watercore and internal breakdown in delicious apples., John Michael Smagula, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effect of frontal lesions on frustration-fixation behavior in the rat., Dennison Alvord Smith, Psychology
The effects of value ratio shifts on item processing in short term memory., John Bernard Soward, Psychology
Selective effect of diazinon on the soil microflora with reference to the control of soil-borne pathogens., John Michael Trela, Plant & Soil Sciences
Free word association and recall in subjects with obsessive and hysterical personality styles., Stephan David Weiss, Psychology
Factors which influence the levels of soluble carbohydrate reserves of cool season turfgrasses., Leo J. V. Zanoni, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1966
The effects of the manipulation of client depth of self-exploration upon high and low functioning counselors, Mae Joanne Alexik, Psychology
Creating an environmental awareness in 4-H conservation projects : a 4-H ecology project., Charles F. Blanchard, Education
American attitudes towards the revolt against the Obregón government., Edward Daniel Brennan, History
The discriminative stimulus value of chlordiazepoxide, Amanda Brown, Psychology
Comparative analytical methods for the detection of ronnel or related toxic residues in chicken eggs., Richard Anthony Callahan, Entomology
Magnitude of Gsr and basal conductance as a function of instructional set group, stimulus intensity, stimulus repetition, spontaneous recovery, and disinhibition, Anne W. Coffey, Psychology
The effect of superordinate conceptual training on the associations of schizophrenics., George D. Fuller, Psychology
The effect of method of payoff on the detection of targets in a visual search task., Joseph F. Hearns, Psychology
Magnesium nutrition of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. var. inermis)., Herman Edward Hohlt, Plant & Soil Sciences
The differential effects of the manipulation of therapeutic conditions on high and low functioning clients, Barry Todd Holder, Psychology
Self reported N. aggression as related to thresholds for aggressive, heterosexual and succorant cues., Stephen Mark Klein, Psychology
The differential effects of high versus low functioning and of growing versus deteriorating counselors of client change., Daniel W. Kratochvil, Psychology
Conceptual behavior and intelligence in children., Betty Groen Kuester, Psychology
The chaetotaxy of the second and third instar larvae of Aeoes abserratus (F. & Y.) with particular reference to instar differentiation (Diptera: Culicidae)., Duncan West MacKenzie, Entomology
The effect of training in counseling psychology on interpersonal perception., Joyce Ann Magoon, Psychology
Host preferences of mosquitoes., Robert George Means, Entomology
A study of certain factors influencing oviposition by the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal)., Mitchel Charles Miller, Entomology
Ethnocentrism, rigidity and intolerance of ambiguity in a probability matching situation, Anthony Bryan Moore, Psychology
A research in university management development programs., George Roger Northrup, Business Administration
The relationship between vocational orientation and interpersonal functioning., Gerald W. Piaget, Psychology
Phenolic compounds associated with host reaction in tomato in injury caused by root-knot and lesion nematodes., Chia-ling Pi, Entomology
The empty and desolate consciousness., Lawrence Pih, Philosophy
Sex and sex role identification differences on a concept attainment task., Ethan Allan Pollack, Psychology
The effects of ammonium nutrition on the structure and function of tomato leaf chloroplasts., George S. Puritch, Plant & Soil Sciences
Genetic interrelations of six yellow-green mutants and mapping of Neglecta1 and YG6 genes on chromosome XI of tomato /, Andrew Ian de la Roche, Plant & Soil Sciences
A study of correlations relating branch and trunk circumference to yield of apple trees., Richard Beacham Taylor, Plant & Soil Sciences
Comparative larval development of Culex pipiens L. and Aedes aegypti L. : the influence of food, space and light., Victor A. Vazquez, Entomology