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Capital market in agriculture : a disaggregated structural model
(1985)
The objective of this study was to develop an econometric simulation model of the U.S. financial sector that emphasizes the linkages between the financial sector and the farm sector. Demand and supply equations for eight ...
Market performance under deregulation : an industry study of air transportation
(1985)
This dissertation is concerned with the study of the airline industry's transition to a deregulated environment. In this dissertation, economic literature concerning market performance in alternative regulatory environments ...
Functionalization of polyolefins : entrapment of functionalized ethylene oligomers in polyethylene
(1985)
Functionalization of polyethylene by entrapment of functionalized ethylene oligomers in precipitates of polyethylene is described. The details of this entrapment process, which is an alternative to harsh, unselective ...
A portable multichannel flourescence spectrophotometer for characterization of marine phytoplankton populations
(1985)
The rapid and sensitive monitoring of natural phytoplankton populations is commonly performed by detection of vivo fluorescence. However, the non-scanning fluorescence spectrometers that are commonly used cannot easily ...
A comparative analysis of problem drinking measures, risk taking behavior, personality subtypes and alcohol knowledge among DWI offenders assigned to a DWI education program
(1985)
This study examined the ability of problem drinking instruments to accurately classify DWI offenders as to the level of their drinking problem. In conjunction with this, subjects were evaluated on alcohol knowledge, risk ...
Soil spectral effects on reflectance factor data transformations
(1985)
Bidirectional reflectance factor data were acquired over three cotton canopy - soil background combinations with a truck mounted Barnes Modular Multichannel Radiometer simulating Thematic Mapper wavebands. Strong soil ...
Present and future use of computers in high school programs of vocational agriculture in the United States as perceived by teachers of vocational agriculture
(1985)
The purpose of this study was to determine how teachers of vocational agriculture in high schools in the United States utilized computers and how they perceived computers should be used in the future. Five supporting ...
Effects of training on four-year olds' performance of geometric analogy problems
(1985)
The purpose of this investigation was to examine effects of training on four-year olds' ability to solve geometric analogy problems. Sixty four-year olds were screened using the Children's Analogical Reasoning Task (CART). ...
Nitrogen transfer among tillers within the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium var. frequens
(1985)
Nitrogen is consistently reported to be an essential element which limits plant growth in grazed ecosystems. Subsequently mechanisms facilitating efficiency of nitrogen allocation and utilization may be an essential component ...
A charcterization of sorghum for genes affecting pericarp color and polyphenols
(1985)
Inbred lines, F1 crosses and progeny from F2 populations were utilized to determine if the primary loci which control pericarp color (R, Y, B1, B2 and S) affected tannin presence and concentration differently when they ...