Floods and ensuing damage have always been a problem for man.
Initial reaction to the frequent destruction was to avoid siting
permanent domiciles on flood-prone lands. As a result of increasing
population and pressure for development, flood control structures
were built. Instead of reducing flood losses, however, flood control
projects...
Purpose of the Study
The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the
focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors
influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally
diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of
language and linguistics as...
The power spectral density of the acoustic signature of
Dungeness crab was calculated by the use of digital computer.
The signal produced by the Dungeness crab was an analog signal.
Therefore a conversion of the signal from analog to digital was
necessary. This was done by sampling the acoustic signature...
The purpose of the study was to determine whether taking a
course of study about ethnic minorities and racial prejudice in the
United States would produce a statistically significant change in the
attitudes of white, middle-class high school students toward three
ethnic minorities i. e., Blacks, Native Americans, and Chicanos....
The generation of the methyl group of methionine, and is also involved in thymidylic acid and purine biosynthesis. The understanding of the mechanisms and controls involved in one-carbon metabolism is incomplete, and is complicated by the existence of conjugated folate cofactors containing up to seven glutamic acid residues. The information...
An examination of the technical and historical literature
concerning the discovery and development of antibiotics suggests the
possible existence of an era of discovery. This era appears to have
a well-defined beginning (about 1940) and a well-defined close (about
1960). It is the purpose of this dissertation to examine the...