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An investigation into the moderating effects of environment and retail store type on the relationships between perceived environmental uncertainty and strategy and strategy and performance
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The study investigates the moderating effects of environment on the relationships between: (1) perceived environmental uncertainty and strategy, and (2) strategy and performance, as well as the moderating effect of retail store type on... The environment is conceptualized as consisting of five components which are measured along two dimensions: (1) simple-complex and (2) static-dynamic. The findings indicate that the simple-complex and static-dynamic dimensions of the environment do moderate the relationship between perceived environmental uncertainty and strategy. The implication is that managers should implement... The test of the moderating effect of the environment on the relationship between strategy and performance is a test of contingency theory. While the simple-complex dimension of the environment is found to moderate the relationship... Due to data collection problems the relationship concerning retail store type is unable to be tested.
"The purpose of this paper is to report some learning experiences planned by a teacher and her third grade pupils that led to a better understanding of community resources and community life. To give a clear, yet brief, picture of how...
JOSE ANGEL VALENTE'S SEARCH FOR POETIC EXPRESSION (SPAIN)
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The major poets of the second post-Spanish Civil War literary period have received critical attention for their original, insightful poetry. Among these writers, Jose (')Angel Valente has distinguished himself as the author of fifteen... The introduction provides an overview of Valente's poetic pro- duction, including the stages of his evolution as a writer, and places him within his poetic generation. The following three chapters study the poetry that is concerned with... In this dissertation, the poetry is examined thematically and stylistically, with emphasis on elements such as metaphor, symbol, imagery, and structure. Detailed analyses of poems include numer- ous selections not studied by the critics... This dissertation focuses on Valente's search for original poetic expression that offers heightened understanding of man's reality. The study provides an investigation of the poet's own discoveries regarding the process of poetic...
ON DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF PREDICTORS IN A REGRESSION EQUATION USED FOR PREDICTION
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It is generally recognized that all the available variables should not necessarily be used as predictors in a linear regression equation. The problems which may arise from using too many predictors become especially acute in a regression... The goal of this research is to develop and test a criterion that will indicate a priori the "optimum" number of predictors to use in a prediction equation. The mean square error statistic is used to evaluate the performance of a... These approximations and estimators are tested in Monte Carlo simulations to determine their skill in indicating the number of predictors which will yield the best prediction equation. The sample size, number of available predictors, ... As a practical test, the various estimators of the independent sample mean square error are applied to the data used in deriving the Model Output Statistics (MOS) maximum and minimum temperature forecast equations used by the National...
INSIDE THE WHALE: A CRITICAL STUDY OF NEW JOURNALISM AND THE NONFICTION FORM (MCPHEE, WOLFE, MAILER, THOMPSON)
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The interrelated developments of New Journalism and the nonfiction novel were examined in order to determine whether these phenomena have real literary significance or are anything more than transient fads of American popular culture....
The transportation program in Madison County and the problems which stem from it are unique for the state of Florida. Madison County is one of the few counties in the state which handle school transportation on a complete contractual...
A qualitative investigation into psychosocial factors underlying burnout in youth sport
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The rate of participants leaving organized sport has increased. Does sport participation provide youth with positive experiences or negative ones? Burnout in sport occurs frequently and most coaches and players experience difficulty in... Once the causes of burnout are found, interventions to decrease its effects should be more successful. Additional research should determine how and when to intervene. Sport offers a unique context for the study of social processes and... The subjects for this study were ten gymnasts ranging in age from 10 to 16. Subjects were initially and informally interviewed by a panel of experts who used their own line of questioning. In addition, the investigator conducted an... Also included as subjects were the mothers and coaches (or ex-coaches) of the gymnasts. Subjects were observed for eight weeks, 1 to 2 hours per week. The data was analyzed from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Triangulation prevented the investigator from accepting too readily the validity of initial impressions and provided a means of more directly assessing the reliability and... Socially learned blocks can cause early termination, therefore a positive experience can make that difference in the quality of the aport experience. Broader perspectives in psychology and sociology will increase the understanding as to... Burnout was determined to be a multidimensional response requiring consideration from both psychological and sociological perspectives. In the case of the subjects used in this study regular participation in sport comprises a process... Future research into causes and treatment can resolve the incidence of attrition. Preventive measures should be addressed rather than attending to the aftermath of burnout with various treatment modalities. Many areas need to be examined...
The sources of variation in the reproductive characters of house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) breeding at two elevations in Colorado
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Geographic variation in life-history and reproductive traits is frequently assumed to reflect localized, genetically based adaptation to the environment. In this study, I examine variation in the reproductive characters of house wrens... Wrens breeding at low (1100 m) and high (3000 m) elevations differ in a number of reproductive characters. Wrens breeding at the high-elevation site initiated egg laying later in the season, produced larger clutches containing bigger... Patterns of within-population variation in traits differed between elevations. At the low site, fitness-related traits, such as clutch size and reproductive output, were strongly influenced by date of initiation. Reproductive success was... In experiments in which eggs were transplanted between sites, incubation times shifted toward those of the foster population. Although nest environment influenced incubation period, transplanted eggs rarely hatched in synchrony with eggs...
"Reading may contribute to personal and social development and may greatly enrich personality. It may also produce undesirable results. For this reason, a well-conceived and intelligently directed reading program should aim to reduce...
AMERICAN BURLESQUE AS REFLECTED THROUGH THE CAREER OF KITTY MADISON, 1916-1931
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This thesis studies the nostalgic years of Burlesque through the career of Kitty Madison. Burlesque theatres, which were once numerous and plentiful during the early part of the twentieth century, began to decline and close during the... Burlesque mirrored the hedonism of the 1920's with comic skits featuring scantily clad ladies who, with a wink or suggestive gesture, implied that their sexual favors could be obtained. As the decade progressed, the sexual suggestions... It was important that a study of Burlesque be completed because Burlesque mirrors and illumines a period of American history and the social and cultural values of a segment of the public in that time. This study cannot pretend to meet... The reminiscences and scrap books of Kitty Madison suggest insights about an important transition of recent American social history. The 1920's represents to social historians Loren Baritz, William Leuchtenberg, Henry May, Henry Steele... In addition to what can be learned about American social history from the papers of Kitty Madison, important things can be learned about practices in the American theatre during the first third of the twentieth century. I have edited the... The 1920's, the decade in which Kitty Madison was most active in show business, in vaudeville as well as Burlesque, represents that time in American social history during which a transition occurred in moral values. This transition is...
Countersurveillance: Exploring local level deepcover narcotics enforcement
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A growing practice in contemporary local level law enforcement is the use of police officers as undercover narcotics agents. Often officers from several separate agencies are banded together, creating a multijurisdictional task force... is an integral part of agents' job satisfaction, ultimately contributing to their ability to perform the long-term covert assignment.
Economic impact on the Florida economy of energy price spikes
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the short-term economic effects of oil price spikes upon Florida. A substantial disturbance in oil supplies is likely to generate a large price upsurge and a downturn in the level of economic...
EMPATHY AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: A LOOK AT MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN (JUVENILE DELINQUENCY)
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The primary purpose of this research was to determine if the criminal is aware that his actions hurt others. Criminological research has largely overlooked this basic question. This study addressed this deficiency by manipulating empathy... The sample consisted of 4, 075 adolescent high school students in a major urban area. The sample was randomly selected and stratified by race, sex, school, and grade. The concept of cognitive empathy was used, which focuses on the... Findings indicate that criminals are significantly lower in empathy than non-criminals and that empathy is negatively related to criminal behavior. Also, it was determined that among criminal offenders, those who do have empathic... Results are discussed in terms of theoretical and practical implications and several reommendations are made for future research.
DRAW A COUPLE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECTIVE DRAWING AS A CLINICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MARITAL INTERACTION AND CONFLICT
In "A Vision of the Last Judgment, William Blake states: The Nature of my Work is Visionary or Imaginative; it is an Endeavor to Restore what the Ancients call'd the Golden Age." Later in "A Vision" the poet names the tools which...
THE EFFECTS OF THREE DIFFERENT SEQUENCES OF INSTRUCTION ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ATTITUDES IN A TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE (BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS, SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL)
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In their taxonomy of educational outcomes and objectives, Gagne and Briggs (1979) suggest consideration of five domains of learning outcomes when designing instruction: information, intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, attitudes, ... The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of varying sequences of instruction for a specified unit of a methods course in elementary school physical education on pre-service teachers' performance on a posttest of information...
AN EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION OF HEART RATE MEASUREMENT TO ADVERTISING COPY-TESTING
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This study sought to test the appropriateness of applying Lacey's intake-rejection hypothesis of heart rate response to advertising copy-testing. Lacey has suggested that heart rate should decrease when subjects intake and/or process... One hundred nineteen undergraduate business students were randomly assigned to one of three groups (two treatment and one control). In a laboratory setting, each was asked to view, individually, a series of commercials on a 19-inch color... Each subject's heart rate was monitored during the viewing session by means of a finger cuff and recorded in cardiac time. Analysis of variance was performed on second-by-second difference scores using stimulus onset (superimposed... Results of the first superimposed message were encouraging. Subjects who recalled the message (significantly) displayed the expected response. They were different from both te control group and the groups not recalling the message.... A number of suggestions are offered for the results. In cluded in these are: nature of the stimulus material; the possible existence of an intake-rejection cycle; the medium; and attention factors.
"The objectives of this study are: (1) to present a historical background of the beginning and development of the air evacuation units as they exist in the Air Force today; (2) to analyze the functions of four staff offices within the...
Central to defining the wind band are the decisions that college and university band directors make when fulfilling utilitarian obligations while arguing for the aesthetic properties of the ensembles. In light of the increased popularity... This study creates a profile of the basketball pep band at NCAA Division I colleges and universities using a survey sent to 196 schools. A 79.08% response rate represents 51.48% of the Division I member schools. Directors usually organized pep bands into groups with 31-60 members, although schools using 1-30 were almost as prevalent. Auditions that realized a predetermined instrumentation allowed the director to maintain greater musical... Students playing in these groups usually perform at men and women's games. Pep bands at other schools play either for men's games only or for additional athletic events. Compensation for this time commitment came in the form of... Nine out of ten schools have an experienced musician serving as the pep band director. These statistics indicate that usually a musician is in position to make musical decisions. A question of musical accountability arises when athletic...
Social factors and marijuana addiction: A causal structural model
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Marijuana and other drug abuse among adolescents may present one of greatest potential social and health problems of contemporary society. This dissertation has emphasized that drug use is located in a sociocultural context against the...
An investigation of miscomprehension of print advertisement using the signal detection theory
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The landmark studies on miscomprehension by Jacoby and Hoyer used inadequate operationalizations of the outcomes of the comprehension process. That is, comprehension was operationalized as the percentage of correct response, ... A signal detection method was introduced to separate a subject's true performance from response biases. Under this method, three outcomes of the comprehension process are defined. First, comprehension is operationalized as the area under... Using an experimental design, the signal detection method and Jacoby and Hoyer's method were compared. As expected, Jacoby and Hoyer's indices were dependent on response bias such as yea-saying and the signal detection method produced... A new way was proposed to measure comprehension, pure miscomprehension, and insufficient comprehension using the rating scale task, which is one of three data collection methods in the signal detection approach.
BIAS AND STABILITY OF CANONICAL CORRELATIONAL RESULTS: A MONTE CARLO INVESTIGATION
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The primary purpose of this research was to investigate, using Monte Carlo procedures, the stability and bias of canonical results as a function of sample size, average within-set correlations, average between-set correlations, and... Under the conditions examined, the standard errors associated with the canonical correlations and the redundancy index were small and the standard errors of canonical weights and variate-variable correlations were large. The effect of... It was recommended that the sample size for conducting a canonical correlational analysis should be determined in view of the primary purpose of investigation. If stability of the canonical correlations or the redundancy index is desired...
A novel about the friendship between two women, Sheila Simmons, the main character, a middle school science teacher, and Debbie Parks, her roommate, a dancer. The novel examines their relationship and how it affects the maturity and self... Sheila, has private conflicts that she is forced to face as her former lover and her closest friend betray her. She has been afraid of living alone, and now must choose between self-effacement or facing her fear.... The novel is narrated from Sheila's point of view, in third person limited and develops chronologically, through a year. The setting is a university town, though most of the descriptions center on the country, the natural surroundings.... In the final chapter Sheila finds that Debbie is trapped in her relationship with Sheila's former lover, and it is Sheila who has changed, who has learned, and who is free to meet her future.
BOTH METHYLATION AND SINGLE STRAND NICKS CAN DIRECT STRAND CHOICE IN MISMATCH REPAIR (SV40, MUTATION)
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The deamination of 5-methyl cytosine produces a mismatched base pair which of itself can not be distinguished from a mismatch arising from a different original base pair. We investigated whether the methylation remaining of the opposite... SV40 mismatched at the single Hpa II site (CCGG) was used to transfect CV-1 cells. The sequence at the Hpa II site in the resulting progeny was probed by restriction analysis. Methylation at the Hpa II site on the WT parental strand of... Having a much stronger influence on strand choice than any methylation pattern was the position of nicks in the mismatch. When the heteroduplex was nicked at the unique Bam HI and Eco RI sites, 2187 bp and 1436 bp away from the mismatch...
The search for identity in the plays of August Wilson: An exploration of the themes of separation, migration, and reunion
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This dissertation is an analysis of four plays of August Wilson--Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and The Piano Lesson--that are part of his dramatic documentary of the experience of black Americans in the... Each play is set in a different decade of the twentieth century, and depicts the struggles of blacks to deal with prejudice and discrimination in a white society. This analysis attempts to show how Wilson uses the themes of separation, ... Intertwined with these themes are three other important clues to the identities of blacks--their music, the conflict between the Christian tradition and their African roots, and the question of whether or not they should have stayed...
THE IMPACT OF A RESEARCH-BASED INSERVICE INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING COMPONENT ON COMPENSATORY EDUCATION TEACHER BEHAVIOR AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
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The purposes of this study were: (1) to assess the degree to which Leon County, Florida, Middle School Compensatory Education mathematics and communications teachers, used during classroom instruction the Key Elements included in a... The five Key Elements included in the instructional training component were: Task Analysis, Tell/Show/Do, Questioning, Feedback and Monitoring. These Key Elements were drawn from research on effective teaching. The experimental group... Classroom observations were conducted to collect data to determine the degree to which the teachers used the Key Elements. Pre- and posttest data collected from an achievement test were used for analyses of the data on the achievement of... Analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, t tests, adjusted cell/marginal means, Duncan's Multiple Range Test, and descriptive techniques were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the teachers who participated in the training program, utilized the Key Elements to a degree higher than similar teaching who had no such training. A significant difference was found between the means obtained...
Spin correlations in electron-impact excitation of the 2p-state of atomic hydrogen
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Calculations have been carried out in the distorted-wave Born approximation for electron-impact excitation of the individual 2p fine-structure states of the hydrogen atom. Results are given for 54.4, 100, and 200 eV. The purpose was not... The spin polarization of the scattered electrons resulting from scattering unpolarized electrons on unpolarized ground state hydrogen atoms (the 'fine-structure effect') is found to result here from interference of the direct and...
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