Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Electronic thesis. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-164). Also available in print ed.

The present work is a general survey of the vegetation of the Utah portion of the Dinosaur National Monument with special emphasis on some of the ecological aspects of the area. The vegetation ranges from xerophytic plant communities of the lower elevations to mesophytic communities of the higher elevations. Hydrophytic plant communities are also present to a limited extent along the Green River and where seeps or springs arise. Soils vary from fine clay to coarse gravel. The dividing lines between formations is often marked by extreme differences in soil type. During the author's first collecting trip into the Monument in April 1955 the possibility of correlations between geological formations and vegetation was suggested by the occurrence of certain plant species on some of the formations. The presence of a well defined geological section in a relatively short distance makes it possible to determine if such correlations exist.

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The general area that was under consideration by this study is located in western Utah and eastern Nevada. The electronic combat test capability (ECTC) proposal potentially affected areas extending from the Great Salt Lake in the north to Milford, Utah in the south and from Eureka, Utah in the east to Ely, Nevada in the west. For most of this area potential impacts derived from the effects of air traffic. Construction and operation impacts would have occurred at various locations from throughout the study area. The largest concentration of both air flight and ground disturbance impacts would have occurred in one of three long valleys located south of the Dugway Proving Ground: Whirwind Valley, Tule Valley, and Snake Valley. These valleys are approximately 60 miles long and have a north to south orientation. The valleys are defined by mountain ranges with peaks from 7,000 to 12,000 feet elevation. Valley floors vary between 4,000 to 5,000 feet in elevation. So each valley involves different ecological zones that span as much as 8,000 vertical feet. This physically and ecologically diverse topography has been utilized by American Indian people for tens of thousands of years. For at least the past few hundred years it has been used by American Indian people belonging to the Goshute, Southern Paiute, and Ute ethnic groups. This report describes and summarizes the concerns of Goshute, Southern Paiute, and Ute Indian people for cultural resources that might have been potentially affected by proposed U.S. Air Force ECTC actions and alternatives in one of three candidate valleys in west - central Utah. Between March 6, 1989 and March 23, 1989, ethnographers from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, along with representatives of Science Applications International Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada, and the United States Air Force, established a consultation relationship with four tribal governments who represent three American Indian ethnic groups involved in the cultural resources assessment study. During this time period, tribal representatives visited each of the three candidate valleys and the specific locations of proposed sites slated for potential ground disturbing activities and development within each candidate valley to comment on cultural resources that exist there.

Introduction: Poor glycemic control has been shown to exert deleterious influences on multiple body systems. Additionally, residing in a rural area is associated with poorer diabetes care The rural adolescent patient described in this case study has a well-documented history of poor T1DM control. Her pediatric endocrinologist is located over 2 hours away from her home. Reported blood glucose levels average above 200 mg/dL, with a recent glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level of 10.3%. Previous blood glucose levels have reached an excess of 900 mg/dL. This study attempts to identify the beliefs of a rural T1DM adolescent patient, her mother, and her pediatric endocrinologist as they pertain to the patient's T1DM management. Methods: An embedded single case design with multiple embedded units of analysis was applied. Data was collected from the patient, mother, and pediatric endocrinologist between May and June of 2016. The design consisted of a mixed method approach that collected data using the Patient, Parent, and Provider Perception Questionnaire (P4Q). A triangulation of the responses from these subjects was used to elicit differences and similarities of disease management perceptions.Results: There is disconnect in diabetes care management noted in most aspects of the patient's treatment program. Interpretation: Disconnect can occur in the management of rural adolescent diabetes. Understanding theoretical propositions of the HPM may provide a pathway to limiting the shortfalls in patient care, which may lead to improvement in rural adolescent diabetes outcomes.

The Laurentian trilobite genus Clelandia Cossmann, 1902, is represented by 12 named species that range from the late Cambrian to Early Ordovician. Species of Clelandia have been described from many localities in the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Greenland and attempts have been made to employ them as tools in biostratigraphic correlation. Nevertheless, important questions persist regarding the taxonomy and phylogeny of the group. No species-level phylogenetic analysis has been attempted for the genus and its family affinity has been unclear. Previous work often has produced limited numbers of small photographs which tend to mask subtle, but critical, morphological details and confuse taxonomic identification. New collections from the Great Basin of the western United States have resulted in material representing five new species of Clelandia, three of which are formally named. Other species of Clelandia are illustrated and the type species is redescribed. C. aspina and C. bispina are reported from a new locality in east-central Nevada. The first articulated specimens from a species of Clelandia are illustrated and demonstrate multiple synapomorphies of the thorax and pygidium that strongly indicate a unique, low-diversity clade of trilobites which persisted from the late Cambrian into the Early Ordovician with similarities to the Kingstoniidae. Phylogenetic analysis shows Clelandia to contain two distinct components. One component is characterized by species with glabellar furrows, widely flared posterior projections, and exsagittal pits of the occipital furrow. A more derived component consists of species with long glabellar spines, relatively narrow posterior fixigenae, bacculae, and a unique glabellar-occipital spine structure.

The numerous influences which are so greatly changing rural life in America are having their effect upon the farm shopwork which farmers perform. New farm machines and tools are being introduced and used, causing the farmer to learn new operations and to acquire new skills in the maintenance, repair and use of this equipment. The farm shop is becoming an essential part of every farm. In order to carry on the farming business more economically, and thereby meet competition which is necessary in present day farming, the farmer must know how to properly use his farm mechanics needs to the best advantage.

Travel time used by the homemaker and spouse in 210 Utah families was analyzed according to the purpose of the travel, day of the week, geographic location, season of the year, age of children, educational level of homemaker and spouse, family income, and number of motor vehicles owned by the family for transportation purposes. A time diary was used to collect the data for a 2 day period. Two-parent/two-child families from Washington, Iron, and Salt Lake Counties in Utah comprised the sample. Homemakers used apprOximately 49.39 minutes per day for travel and spouses used 63.38 minutes. Spouses used the largest amount of travel time, 30.54 minutes per day, for travel related to paid employment. Homemakers used their largest amounts of travel time for travel related to household duties and leisure time activities, 16.5 and 16.2 minutes per day, respectively. Significant results for spouses were obtained when travel time was analyzed according to day of the week, geographic location and season of the year. Homemakers' travel time related to day of the week, geographic location, and age of children was significant. There were no significant results in relation to education of homemaker and spouse, family income, and number of motor vehicles owned by the family

The voluminous limnological literature contains few studies of mountain streams. Though there are a few papers on the benthic algae (see Budde 1928, Raabe 1951) only Pennak (1943) reports year-round quantitative data on the phytoplankton. Brinley (1950) gives some phytoplankton information in a summer study of streams in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The basic problem confronting the dairy industry today is one of utilizing its total fluid milk production. During recent years the industry has witnessed a general decrease in per capita consumption of dairy products while per capita production has remained fairly constant and in amounts approximating the average for the past 16 years (Table 2 ). As a result the dairy industry has produced a surplus of fluid milk and manufactured dairy products. The Federal Government, under its price support program, has been the ultimate recipient of these surpluses and now possesses huge warehouse stocks. The cost to the Federal Government and to the taxpayer has been great, resulting in an intense desire by both the Federal Government and the dairy industry to take steps to alleviate this condition. The following study is undertaken with the hope that the findings from it may provide the dairy industry with information which, in some small way, may contribute a partial solution to this problem.