INFORMATION T O USERSThis re p ro d u c tio n was m ad e from a copy of a d o cu m en t sent to us f o r microfilming. While th e m o st advanced technology has b e e n used to photograph a n d reproduce this d o c u m e n t, the q u ality o f the reproduction is heavily d e p e n d e n t upon the quality o f th e material su b m itte d .The fo llo w in g explanation o f techniques is pro v id ed to help c la rify markings or notations w h ich may ap p ear o n this reproduction.1 .T h e sign or "ta rg e t" fo r pages a p p a re n tly lacking from th e document p h o to g rap h ed is " M issing Page(s)". If it w as possible to o b ta in the missing p ag e(s) o r section, th e y are spliced into th e film along with a d ja c e n t pages. This m ay have necessitated cu ttin g through an im age and duplicating adjacent pages to a ssu re complete c o n tin u ity .2. W hen an image on th e film is obliterated w ith a round b lack m ark, it is an in d ic a tio n of either blurred copy b ec au se o f movement d u rin g exposure, d u p lic a te copy, or copyrighted materials t h a t should not have b e e n filmed. For b lu rre d pages, a good im age of the page c a n be found in the a d ja c e n t frame. If c o p y rig h te d materials w ere deleted, a ta rg e t n o te will appear lis tin g the pages in th e a d ja c e n t frame.3. W hen a map, drawing o r chart, etc., is p a r t o f the material being photographed, a d e fin ite method o f " sectioning" th e m aterial has been follow ed. It is c u s to m a ry to begin film in g at the upper l e f t hand comer of a la rg e sheet and to c o n tin u e from left to rig h t in equal se c tio n s with small overlaps. I f necessary, se c tio n in g is continued again-beginning b e lo w the first row a n d continuing on u n til com plete.4. F o r illustrations th a t cannot be satisfacto rily reproduced b y xerographic m e a n s, photographic p rin ts can be p u rc h a se d at additional c o s t and inserted in to y o u r xerographic copy. These prints a re available upon r e q u e s t from the D issertatio n s Custom er Services D epartm ent.5. S om e pages in any d o c u m e n t may have indistinct print. In all cases the best availab le copy has been filmed.