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The NIT: Proposed Federal Schemes Versus Existing State Tax-Credit Plans
(Creighton University, 1976-04-19)
The Negative Income Tax (NIT) is a relatively new and virgin approach to the eradication of poverty in the United States. This approach has been viewed by some authorities as just one more program to be added to the roster ...
Financial Planning in Religious Communities of Women
(Creighton University, 1976-05)
The main goals of a religious community are the honor and glory of God and the sanctification of its members. These goals are to be achieved through various external works of charity, such as caring for the sick, educating ...
A Development of a Personnel Thermoluminescent Dosimetry System
(Creighton University, 1976-07)
The research project of this thesis was undertaken to develop and put into operation a radiation dosimetry system based on the phenomenon of thermoluminescence (TL) of specially prepared substances when exposed to nuclear ...
Thermal Coefficients and their Relation to the Onsacer Coefficients
(Creighton University, 1976)
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics is a phenomenological theory of matter, which describes the behavior of a system due to differences within the system or between the system and its surroundings. These differences give rise ...
Evaluating General Histories of China: A Comparative Analysis of Textbook Treatments of the Taiping Rebellion
(Creighton University, 1976)
John King Fairbank has called the field of Chinese history "still profoundly underdeveloped." Specialists are in short supply while misinformation abounds. The American public have alternately loved and feared the Chinese, ...
Oxidative Enzyme Activity in Heat- and Cold-Acclimated Mongolian Gerbils
(Creighton University, 1976)
Mammals regulate their internal environment within narrow temperature limits, even in the face of environmental temperature extremes. When a small mammal, such as a rodent, is exposed to cold winter temperatures or simulation ...
Enzyme Mediated Gentamicin Resistance Among Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates
(Creighton University, 1976)
Gentamicin is a broad-spectrum, bactericidal antibiotic of the aminoglycoside family. It has been shown through extensive evaluation to be effective in the treatment of serious gram- negative bacillary infections (1-5). ...
Nebraska Methodist Higher Education Prior to 1890
(Creighton University, 1976)
As the title indicates, this study deals with nineteenth century higher education—specifically Methodist endeavors in Nebraska during its frontier period. As was true with most of the institutions offering so-called higher ...
The Development of Communist China's Attitudes Toward Nuclear Weapons : 1945-1957
(Creighton University, 1976)
The purpose of this study is to examine the development of Communist China's attitude toward nuclear weapons during the period beginning from its response to the explosion of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima to its grand debate ...
Thermal coefficients and their relation to the Onsager coefficients
(Creighton University, 1976)
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics is a phenomenological theory of matter, which describes the behavior of a system due to differences within the system or between the system and its surroundings. These differences give rise ...