The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a public smoking ban on the hospital admissions due to acute myocardial infarction in Delaware County, Indiana. The study population consists of all the patients admitted to Ball Memorial Hospital during three 22-month periods with a primary or secondary discharge diagnosis code of acute myocardial infarction (ICD-9-CM) immediately prior to the implementation of the ordinance. Chi-square was conducted for the three 22-month periods of hospital admissions. A significant drop occurred in the number of admissions among nonsmoking patients in Delaware County. The changes in the number of smoking-patient admissions before and after the ban were not significant. / Access to thesis and accompanying PDF permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of Physiology and Health Science

The purpose of this study was to measure and compare athletes’ dietary intake to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data that represents individuals without intellectual disabilities (ID), and to determine the effect of living arrangements on dietary intake and diet quality of the athletes. Dietary intakes from the athletes’ three-day food records, previously collected in 2009, were analyzed using the Self Administered 24-hr Recall (ASA24). Results indicated individuals with ID have a poorer quality diet than Americans without ID. Overall, the lowest HEI-2005 score (e.g., poorest diet quality) was observed among the subjects who lived in the family home (41.4 ± 7.6) and the highest HEI-2005 score was observed among the subjects who lived in a group home (45.3 ± 6.4). Results show that the more food choice responsibility given to an individual with ID the lower the quality diet, and the less responsibility given to an individual with ID the higher the quality diet (p≤0.01). Determining the nutrient intake and diet quality of individuals with ID may help identify ways to reduce the rate of obesity in this population, and provide health professionals with information needed to develop appropriate educational efforts. / Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ginn Woods, a 161 acre tract of woodlands located in northern Delaware County, contains one of the largest remaining sections of old growth forest in East Central Indiana. Located approximately 15 miles north of Muncie, it has been regularly used by Ball State students and faculty for education and research for over 60 years. Despite this frequent use, little formal botanical exploration has been published. This study presents a comprehensive inventory of the vascular flora found in the woods and documents the composition and sizeclass distribution of the canopy tree species. The 370 species represent 237 genera and 94 families based on family classification by Gleason and Cronquist (1991). A total of 123 species were recorded for the first time in Delaware County. Of the 370 species listed, 56 or 15.1 % are non-native or naturalized species, thus indicating that the native species are dominant. The overstory canopy species are typical of a beech-maple woods with Acer saccharum and Fagus grandifolia as overallco-dominant species. However the importance of Fagus grandifolia varies in the sections known as North, South and Nixon Woods. With the fragmentation of regional ecosystems into isolated forest systems by urbanization and agricultural development, the maintenance and preservation of original communities becomes more difficult. Ginn Woods is one of the few remaining remanents of old growth forests in East Central Indiana and serves as an important reserve of the native flora of this area. The inventory and overstory tree species analysis provided by this study establishes important baseline data to which future studies can be compared.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306 / Department of Biology

The Silurian rocks in Delaware County, Indiana, include, in ascending order, the Salamonie Dolomite, Limberlost Dolomite, Waldron Formation, and Louisville Limestone, and Mississinewa Shale Member of the Wabash Formation, all of the Niagaran Series (middle Silurian).The oldest exposed Silurian rocks are the Salamonie and the overlying Limberlost Formation (lower Niagaran) are exposed in Irving and Eaton quarries. The Salamonie is 25 feet of apparently reefflank rocks within the Salamonie, with primary dips to 20 degrees, are exposed in Eaton Quarry. The Limberlost, averages six feet and is generally brown, vuggy, dolostone.The Waldron and Louisville formations (middle Niagaran), are exposed in Hoyt, Irving, and Eaton quarries. The Waldron averages six feet and is interbedded grey shale and argillaceous dolostone, and is fossiliferous. It is conformably overlain by about 60 feet of Louisville Formation, predominately argillaceous dolostone with nodular chert and fossils.At Buchanan Quarry, 10 feet of grey dolomitic siltstone and shale of the Mississinewa Member, Wabash Formation, comprise the youngest Silurian strata exposed.Correlation of distinct units within the Louisville between Hoyt, Irving, and Eaton quarries shows considerable lateral continuity and general thinning toward the north.

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American cemeteries have evolved from unsophisticated and crowded burial grounds to curvilinear and elegantly designed rural cemeteries to the functional business of the memorial park. Regardless of the type, all cemeteries are constantly changing due to their natural features and because of the deterioration of stone after prolonged exposure to the elements. Then add neglect or vandalism into the mix and cemeteries appear to be particularly doomed.This creative project examines the cemeteries in Delaware County, Indiana. Working from "Cemeteries in Delaware County, Indiana" by Rosaella Cartwright and Elizabeth Modlin, an inventory was completed for the sixty located cemeteries. The ten that were not inventoried were outside the scope of the project, could not be located, or inaccessible. The landscape features, markers, funerary art motifs, and preservation efforts were recorded and the data was then analyzed. Issues and challenges facing the cemeteries were investigated, including how to go about properly documenting a cemetery and general information on cleaning and repairing markers. Finally preservation guidelines and recommendations were proposed for the cemeteries in Delaware County. / Department of Architecture

The study was conducted to determine the relationships, if any, existing between certain expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics of (1) members of Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Clubs and (2) homemakers not holding a membership in a Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Club. The expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics of participants were concerned with the Cooperative Extension Service home economics program, including implementation and presentation.Data were obtained from written responses from a non-probability sample of 502 Delaware County, Indiana, homemakers, 304 Extension Homemaker Club members and 198 non-club members. The participants were attending a Holiday Hints activity on October 26, 1977, sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service in Delaware County, Indiana.Nine null hypotheses were tested by using the chi-square test at 0.05 level of significance. Other data from the survey were presented in a descriptive manner.The following relationships between club and non-club members were evident based on the findings of the study: mare club members have knowledge of the Cooperative Extension. Service; more club members live in the rural area; non-club members have more years of formal education; club members are older; and club members have more desire to help decide on the Extension activities or lessons for the year.Over half of the club and non-club members were employed outside the home. The workshop and the demonstration were preferred by club and non-club members. Arts and crafts was the home economics subject matter area preferred by both club and non-club members. The activities and lessons preferred by club and non-club members were similar.There was a statistical relationship between the following variables: the age of the Extension Homemaker Club member and the time of day of attendance at Extension-sponsored home economics activities; the age of the homemaker not holding membership in an Extension Homemaker Club and the time of day of attendance at Extension-sponsored home economics activities; Extension Homemaker Club membership and frequency of attendance at Extension-sponsored home economics activities; and area of residence of the homemaker and Extension Homemaker Club membership.The following conclusions were drawn:1. The number of the potential clients served by the Extension home economics agents will be greater if additional programs are developed for women not belonging to Extension Homemaker Clubs.2. New methods should be utilized for extending Extension home economics information to the women.3. Concepts from other home economics subject matter areas should be incorporated into the arts and crafts activities and lessons sponsored by Extension.4. Programs which are provided for people involved in Extension home economics activities or lessons should involve a wide range of non-traditional activities and lessons in addition to the traditional activities.5. Non-club women should be involved in the program planning process.6. An evaluation form should be developed to be completed by women attending Extension-sponsored activities or lessons. Each activity and lesson should also be evaluated by the Extension home economists(s).

Killbuck-Mud Creek Subwatershed (KBMC) stream channels have been extensively modified to facilitate the drainage for agricultural purposes. To identify the feasibility of stream restoration, the natural conditions of the subwatershed were estimated from the current basin morphometry, hydrology, and channel sediment load. The historic conditions for KBMC were assembled from literature and remote sensing to tabulate the conditions controlling the drainages through time. Using the Rosgen Classification of Natural Rivers the morphology of the natural streams was predicted.The dredged channels of KBMC follow glacial outwash channels. The glacial channels were silted in and hardwood forests added woody debris to create slow moving swampy conditions in the drainages. These conditions did not allow for agriculture prior to stream modifications. Only the installation of channel conditions not previously found in KBMC can be used as a stream restoration option, other management practices are suggested for the subwatershed. / Department of Geology

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 561-577).

Indiana has 7-8 years of landfill capacity remaining until its landfills are full. Delaware County has been without a municipal sanitary landfill since 1985. The purpose of this study was to evaluate Delaware County public opinion on solid waste management issues in order to ultimately include the public in the management process. Two hundred eighty-one Delaware County residents were surveyed by telephone to assess their knowledge and opinions on solid waste management issues. Two sets of conditions were hypothesized to influence attitudes: urban versus rural living environment, and educational level. There was no significant difference (P<0.05) between urban and rural attitudes towards waste management options. There was a difference between responses as a function of educational level; the more educated respondents were more aware of solid waste disposal issues. It was concluded that the public is aware of both national and local waste management issues, and are in favor of legislative control measures. / Department of Natural Resources