Women on the missions in Kansas during 1824-1870 were daring and courageous. Many of them had to travel thousands of miles to arrive at the Kansas mission where they were unsure of how the Indians would receive them and what their new life might...
The purpose of this study was to compare the strength gained in the right knee extensor muscles using the DeLorme Boot with the strength gained in the right knee extensor muscles using the QEM Machine. Sixty- three male college students enrolled at...
Much is known about the problem-solving process. Despite this availability of information, however, many individuals are not effective when faced with a problem. Bandura (1977) suggested that perceived personal competence or self-efficacy affects...
This thesis dealt with one aspect of the proposition that rural mental health care is different than urban mental health care. This aspect is the assumption that the population of children seen at a rural mental health clinic is different from the...
The carabid beetle taxocenes in two treatment types, CRP and rangeland, were investigated to determine what species of carabids inhabit those areas. In the summer of 2005, 34 pitfall-arrays were set-up in a paired design through Trego County,...
Possible differences in the development of language form, content, or use skills have been suggested in research with respect to birth order and sex. However, no studies have been completed which control the chronological age of the subjects in...
The purpose of this study was to compare the results of teaching mathematics by the traditional approach and the modern approach. The study was limited to Eighth Grade Mathematics and Algebra I, and to those students who attended Glendale High...
Metabolic rates of adult cotton rats, Sigmodon bispidus, were determined for the summer season by a recently developed field method based on food consumption and by a laboratory-based oxygen consumption method. The metabolic rate as determined by...
The present investigation was designed to study the relationship between the ability to forget unwanted information and age. Hypotheses were evaluated through the use of the Directed Forgetting Paradigm (Bjork, 1972) in which the position of a cue...
Fort Hays State University has never conducted a consumer-oriented self-study of its graduate program in school psychology, but such a study was completed that assessed the clinical program. This study closely followed the method Joseph Guydish...
Possible changes in the opinions of debaters about the nature or role of their activity or about the value they place on it have been suggested in recent studies. However, no comprehensive description of Kansas debate has been completed for the...
The King, Sora, and Virginia Rails were studied at the Cheyenne Bottoms Waterfowl Management Area in Barton County, Kansas in 1974. An auditory index of these three rail populations was attempted with the use of tape-recorded calls. It is...
The Fort Hays Kansas State College has sponsored six Summer Mathematics Institutes (including the one being held in 1965) under the SI program of the National Science Foundation, all of which have been directed by Mr. Wilmont Toalson.
The six Fort...
Fort Hays Kansas St ate College has sponsored t en Summer Mathematics Institutes, including the one held in 1969. These institutes have had financial support from the National Science Foundation and have all been directed by Professor Wilmont...
The author in this thesis prepared a formula investment plan for investing a low-priced stock and ran the study through two separate time periods to determine the feasibility of such a plan as an effective investment tool. Following the completion...
This study explored the possible relationships between factors on blood chemistry and psychometric profiles. Specifically the SMA 12/60 (Sequential Multiple Autoanalyzer) and the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) were used for the...
American drama was not firmly established, even by 1824. This fact can be seen by checking the subject matter used for plays in the United States up to this period. It is true that some American themes provided material for the stage, but the...
The purpose of this study was to research the comparative contributions of arithmetic review and consumer mathematics as contents of a general mathematics course for schools that could offer only one general mathematics course at the ninth grade...
The purpose of this study was to compare the speech-language performance of individuals who suffered vascular injury to the left cerebral hemi sphere to that of individuals with no history of neurological damage on a newly designed Screening Test...
The purpose of this study was to determine some of the possible differences in three different types of motivational orientations and two different environmental conditions in behavior in a bargaining game. Sixty undergraduates enrolled in General...
A study was made to determine some effects of competition for water on buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.). The primary objective of the investigation was to determine if effects of competition on buffalo grass, as determined in a...
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate break-even analysis structure in order that the best possible decision can be made on current questions involving pricing, product mix selection, expansion , decisions involving make or buy and returns on...
In the earlier twentieth century the tumult of industrial America was vividly expressed through Sandburg’s imagistic technique and his use of American slang. But he was not successful enough in bringing his poetic imagery into focus amid the...
This thesis was done to study the culture of three small church congregations in central and western Kansas. Ed Schein's (1985) cultural model was modified so that the level he called "espoused values" was expanded to include both espoused values...
Due to the low income and rapid growth of the population, the government realized fully that the economic development of the country could not be safely delayed. Accordingly, Thailand inaugurated the First Six-Year National Economic Development...
The intent of this study was to determine whether right of reply could be used to restore an injured reputation without the lengthy and costly process of litigation. Right of reply was defined as an opportunity to respond to a defamatory report or...
There are many variables involved in the attitudes of adolescents. This thesis focuses on adolescents aged 14 to 19. Whether the adolescent had a conservative or liberal attitude was measured by a questionnaire called the Sexual Attitude Scale. ...
The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the feasibility of organizing and adopting shared time programs to secure additional instruction and services for individual students of public and nonpublic schools; (2) to determine the procedures...
This study was designed to test three hypotheses: (1) College freshmen and sophomores will be more like their parents in social attitudes than will juniors and seniors, (2) The more dogmatic the parent, the more similar will be the child and parent...
During the summer of 1958, a search was conducted for specimens of algae which could be used in a growth study. Many specimens were collected from ponds and streams in western Kansas and were cultured under conditions of intense sunlight and high...
The purpose of this study is to present the formation and organizational aspects of a new insurance company in Kansas. It is during these initial years that a new company experiences considerable difficulty. Problems such as personnel selection,...
A Solomon five group design was employed to investigate the effects of the “Every Kid Aware" drug education and prevention program upon the attitudes of 106 sixth grade students. The program was developed to give students the facts about drugs,...
Twenty-four woody species were encountered in 34 remnant grassland stands distributed over Western Kansas. Fifteen species were present in a sufficient number of stands to be analyzed statistically for associations with selected environmental...
That men of genius are temperamentally and emotionally moved by the marvels that surround them is an accepted fact. Scientists have long searched for and found answers to questions on the “how" of what occurs in man's environment. Science has not...
The problem of the study is to determine whether a planned listening program in grade three would improve the scores obtained on the Otis Mental Ability Tests. The basic assumption is that giving the subjects to be tested the opportunity to develop...
The present study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a token program using self-administered tokens, no record keeping duties and self-administered backup reinforcement as home to a similar program where the self-administration of backup...
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Most studies on manipulating recovery variables during interval exercise have focused primarily on aerobic training and performances. It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effects of active versus passive recovery on physical...
Activity of small mammals in relation to time of day, various weather conditions, and moonlight was studied during July, August, September, and October, 1964, in a relict area located 1.5 miles southwest of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. The activity...
This thesis correlates the major issues discussed in the 1880 Senate Report #693 (the Voorhees Committee), an investigation into "The Causes of the Removal of the Negro from the Southern States to the Northern States” with the extraordinary...
The purpose of this thesis was two-fold: (a) to establish a method of evaluating text books for use in the seventh and eighth grade mathematics program based upon subject matter recommended by the three selected sources, and (b) to evaluate twelve...
PURPOSE: The major purposes of this study were to (1) study the reliability of the McDonald Soccer Skill Test, (2) set up norms at Brooks Junior High School for the McDonald Soccer Skill Test, and (3) set up a grading scale that would be used after...
The purpose of this thesis is to point out the main features of present personnel selection practices pursued by private business firms in the United States and Colombia. To illustrate personnel practices in the United States the personnel...
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) represent a tall, mid and short grass type of vegetation respectively, and can typically be found growing in the mixed prairie. It was...
The writer, in an attempt to encourage the free-reading habits of seventh grade students, has felt a definite need for a list of good books of different classes. This list would serve as a ready source for making recommendations to students...
This study was intended to provide information regarding the use of the EMG to aid students who wish to concentrate and study better. The study hypothesized that the electromyography could be used to train subjects to attain specific levels of...
PURPOSE: It was the purpose of this study to perform an item analysis on a women's physical education test concerning speed-a-way. The analysis will determine the difficulty and discrimination of each individual item in the test. From this analysis...
The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the role of peer reinforcement made contingent on one pupil's behavior. One disruptive pupil was selected from a primary level Learning Disability class and another from a parochial first...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate how color analysis and its application effects the self- concept of individuals. The dependent variable was 10 subscales of the TSCS. The 10 subscales employed were: identity; self satisfaction;...
This study explored the possible relationships between eidetic imagery, memory for shapes, IQ, and reading ability. Fifty-nine third graders (34 boys and 25 girls) participated in determining the association values of certain shapes. An independent...
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between college entrance test scores and evaluations made by college freshmen of their college preparatory backgrounds in English composition, in reading, and in study...
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of cognitive functioning between matched eidetic and noneidetic aged subjects. In addition, the relationships between eidetic imagery, color afterimage, and Necker cube were...
The teaching of calculus in the high school has been an issue quite heavily debated for the last few years. Educators, mathematicians, and textbook writers have written much concerning how and when to teach calculus. However, few people have...
Little research has been done on the meaning of sexual intercourse experience, and the way that men and women construe the experience, its value (or lack of), and their expectations of the experience. Herold and Goodwin (1981) imposed a three...
This multiple baseline study examined the effect of tangible reinforcers on two academic tasks and one sensory-motor task with a trainable mentally retarded class of nine subjects ranging from 12 to 16 years of age. A greater increase in the total...
The visual arts lend themselves naturally to contemplation of, and a more complete and total development of self (McNiff, 1981). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of art therapy in increasing self-awareness using...
The purpose of this study was to compare parenting attitudes of adolescent mothers and teenagers who have never had a child. Previous research indicates that teenagers may be at an increased risk for atypical patterns of parenting that could have...
Old World Bluestems (OWBs), Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng and Bothriochloabladhii (Retz.) S.T. Blake, are a group of non-native grasses that have been released and promoted in the central and southern Great Plains. Since the 1920s, millions of...
This analytic, relational survey explored the effects of ethnic group and sex on school related attitudes and the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes toward school. A direct, self-report measure of attitudes toward various...
Research on attitudes about Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) indicates that stigma and stereotyping of AIDS victims, homosexual or not presents a real problem in the delivery of quality, nurturant care. The purpose of this investigation...
A letter written by two sisters in Edwin, Kansas to their sister in Allen County, Pennsylvania. Details include life on the farm, the weather, the sisters' families, and the crops.
Two separate letters from Will McBride - one was to an unidentified brother in which he asked his brother to take care of the details of selling his part of the estate. The other letter was written to the men's parents and Will tells them about the...
A letter with advice from Linn to his brother, Jason, on whether or not to come to Kansas. Linn writes about how one can make as much money in a few years in Kansas, as one would make in a lifetime in Vermont.
A letter from L A Phillips in Wichita to her brother and sister in Ohio. In it, Mrs. Phillips writes about Kansas being a good country with lots of water.
Mr. B. J. Waters writes of financial problems due to the failure of an enterprise that he was involved with. He asks Mr. Nichol for money to help tide him over until he can get back on his feet.
A letter to Mrs. Maria Webb from her sister, Mary, in which Mary writes about company she has had, health issues of people in her family, and picking and canning fruit.
The purpose of this investigation was to identify thoughts, feelings, and circumstances experienced by diabetics before self-glucose monitoring, after glucose monitoring, and after deciding not to monitor glucose. Monitoring glucose is essential...
PDF version of Letter addressed to Colonel George Croghan.
Transcription of letter is as follows:
London, April 14, 1767
Sir,
I received your Favour of Jan. 16, with
the Copy of your Report to Sir William Johnson
and one...
From the mid-nineteenth century until the early decades of the twentieth century, medicine underwent a tremendous transformation. No longer was medicine to be based on archaic theories that were grounded on unquantifiable guesswork. Instead,...
This research will investigate the various rights of law enforcement personnel officers and civilian employees in the workplace, focusing on constitutional rights against compulsory self-incrimination. Miranda Warnings a person’s right to remain...
A special order for Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Bowen to be relieved of his command of the 1st Brigade 1st Division 7th Army Corps so that he could muster out with his troops.
Two subspecies of Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) occur in the United States, and neither has been studied extensively. Of the two, the Eastern subspecies (L.j. jamaicensis) has a larger range, but has been studied to a lesser degree than the...
This study attempted to determine the percentage of deer hunters who have experienced buck fever. Also investigated was the influence of seven variables associated with buck fever. Two hundred male and fifty female deer hunters were surveyed with...
This thesis has reviewed some of the early experiments on subliminal perception, has discussed some of the more current studies, and has considered some of the technological and methodological problems which were encountered in experiments on...
A microorganism resembling a fungus, as revealed by light microscopy, was collected from a preserved cat dissection specimen in the Fort Hays State University anatomy laboratory. The organism subsequently was isolated and grown in pure culture on...
Fatty acid methyl ester analysis (FAME), scanning electron microscopy, and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis were used to partially characterize an apparently unique bacterium isolated from the environment. The first 500 base pairs of the...
In an attempt to determine if fossil insects could be used for paleoclimatic determinations, a portion of the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation in Western Colorado was trenched and all fossils were collected. The study area is...
Coated-graphite ion-selective electrodes which are sensitive and reasonably selective for Na+ ion and K+ ion are developed and characterized. The electrode specific for sodium ion is based on the use of the antibiotic monensin as electroactive...
The general problem of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness or general progress of instruction of school children in English speaking countries of the world as compared with the progress in certain Kansas schools. Teachers and...
Old World Bluestems (OWB), introduced from Europe and Asia in the 1920s, recently have begun to raise concerns in the Great Plains. Despite determination in the late 1950s that OWS were weedy and negatively impacted biological diversity, they were...
The artist’s early work was executed rapidly with heavily defined charcoal lines. At the time, subject matter, usually figurative, was placed in situations which stressed the overall composition and design elements of the painting. The artist...
The purpose of this thesis was to examine conflict management styles used by members of the Kansas Highway
Patrol to handle conflict situations. Various aspects of conflict and conflict management were researched as well as the background of the...
"Triclosan is a multi-purpose biocide that is used in many personal care products,
including antibacterial handsoaps and toothpastes. The wide usage oftriclosan fosters its
dispersal into the enviro11l11ent, which might contribute to the ability of...
Although the amount of theatre being performed in Hays, Kansas in 1978 had been relatively limited in comparison with some other cities, the good attendance at University theatre productions and at performances by touring companies and occasional...
It was the purpose of this study to explore the possibilities of the build-up method of forming clay in relation to the development, of a personal expression in the clay medium, and to develop a previously felt affinity for “organic” forms....
Individuals of the endangered gray bat, Myotis grisescens, were trapped and marked with reflective bands as they emerged form a maternity colony in the storm sewer beneath Pittsburg, Kansas. These bats subsequently were spotlighted to map flyways...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of isometric strength testing of the wrist palmar flexion muscles on the strength of the contralateral muscle group in male high school students. Twenty-two male high school students enrolled at...
Studies in recent decades, including some based on mist-net counts, have suggested that populations of certain Neotropical migrants have been declining. Many of these studies utilize total birds per net hour as an index of actual population...
The purpose of my thesis has been to communicate some of my thoughts, ideas, and emotions through drawing. The technical motivation stemmed from the fact that since Degas, I feel that pastels have been overlooked as a profound means of...
In an attempt to reestablish pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) in Kansas, the Kansas Fish and Game commission recently introduced herds from Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana. Because much of the prairie in Kansas has been plowed...
Japanese brome (Bromus japonicas) is common, cool-season, introduced annual on native rangelands in western Kansas. It is usually abundant in valleys, gully basins, and on flat locations; but rare on microridges and tops of the shallow limy range...
Economic analyses were conducted on six of the most popular kinds of stockwater developments constructed in Saline County, Kansas, from 1978-85. Included were spring box and riser-flush valve spring developments, wet pit and dry pit ponds, and...
This study examined the possible relationship between the level of education of registered nurses and their caring behaviors in home health. The purpose of this research was to help provide the nursing profession with a better understanding of the...
The present study was an attempt to assess the effects of a systematic mental health program in an elementary school. Three variables were considered: the child's emotional adjustment; group interaction; and the teacher's rating of each student's...
