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Relationships between motivation factors and exercise participation of college students
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The lack of regular physical activity causes major health problems among Americans. Questions of how to increase the percentage of people who are physically active through physical education programs remain unanswered. According to... The participants were 460 undergraduate college students in lower-division courses at a major southeastern university. The dependent variable was the students' amount of regular physical activity participation. The independent variables... The results showed a significant relationship between motivation factors and activity participation at the p $<$.001 level. The self-efficacy and drive variables contributed to the model, with self-efficacy being the strongest... The results of this study imply the need for further research in the measurement and development of self-efficacy in physical activity situations. Research is also needed in the measurement of other qualities in the affective domain and...
The perceptions of contract trainers at public higher education institutions in Georgia concerning state and institutional policies which create or exacerbate barriers to contract training
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This research was designed to determine whether or not certain state and institutional policies and procedures are perceived by contract trainers at public higher education institutions in Georgia to create and/or exacerbate selected... The 66 administrators responsible for contract training at public colleges, universities, and technical institutes in Georgia were surveyed. A document analysis and fourteen interviews also were conducted. It was determined that over 3, 000 contract training courses were offered by the institutions in 1991-1992. Over 40, 000 students participated, generating at least $6, 000, 000 in revenue. Five policies were reported to impede contract training efforts. They were the constitutional prohibition on "rolling over" state funds and revenue, the requirement that programs be self-supporting, the institutional policy that mandates... The top four barriers to contract training were the lack of adequate training facilities, a program development staff of insufficient size and/or training, the lack of state-of-the-art training equipment, and inadequate funding. There were no significant differences between the perceptions of college and university directors and those of technical institute directors concerning any of the potential barriers or policies. The directors at the centralized and decentralized institutions differed significantly on two barriers: (1) internal competition between departments, divisions, and colleges; and (2) competition with faculty who consult independently....
"Of all the problems that confront the forces of education today, none seems more pressing or of greater importance than that of securing and retaining an adequate number of properly trained teachers to carry forward the tremendous...
THE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS IN SOUTHEASTERN MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS
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This study reports the results of a survey administered to 175 graduate teaching assistants in a sample of six southeastern modern language departments. Of the questionnaires mailed out, 93 (53%) respondents participated. The specific... Paired t tests were used to make the comparison between coverage of items and their perceived importance according to the five variables. For each variable, the teaching assistants perceived that the training for each item was more... The five background variables were analyzed using an ANOVA to determine their individual effect on the separate categories of the coverage and the perceived importance of TA training items. There was no significant effect for any of the... The most frequent beneficial item listed by TAs was the teaching of communication skills. The item most frequently listed as least beneficial was theory of language teaching and learning. The comments of TAs about teaching assistant training and preparation ranged from complimentary remarks to very negative statements regarding departmental efforts in their training and preparation. The results of this study indicated that many of the TA training topics proposed by professional organizations were not being implemented, and that the bulk of graduate training in southeastern modern language departments is still...
DYNAMICS OF METALLOENZYME CATALYSIS: INFLUENCE OF METAL IONS ON THE STEADY-STATE AND PRE-STEADY-STATE KINETICS OF HYDROLYSIS OF PEPTIDES BY LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE
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Porcine kidney leucine aminopeptidase ((alpha)-amino-acyl peptide hydrolase, EC 3.4.11.1) has been purified by affinity chromatography over L-leucyglycyl-AH-Sepharose. The purified enzyme contains 1 gram atom per subunit of catalytically...
THE FLORIDA STATE-WIDE GOVERNING BOARD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, 1905-1969: ASTUDY OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEMBERS AND SELECTED TRENDS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOARD
Gender, race, and access to health care: Florida Medicaid and AIDS
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The fundamental questions this study raised are whether variations in access to service delivery systems persist among Medicaid beneficiaries, and whether they contribute to inequitable medical care utilization. Theoretically, from a... The study population is Persons With AIDS (PWAs) under the coverage of Florida Medicaid. Variations in their access to the home and community-based services (HCBS) program by gender and race, and its subsequent impact on medical care... This study found that differentials in access to the HCBS program among the Medicaid recipients by gender, race, and socioeconomic conditions of PWAs' county of residence exist in Florida Medicaid; and gender, and the PAC program... Theoretically this study highlights the complex relationship among gender, and health care in a society where economic means and health care facilities are unequally distributed. Universal coverage of health care services for all...
A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOCUS OF CONTROL, ACHIEVEMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNER DECISION MAKING IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES USING ISIS MATERIALS
THE RANKING OF JOB INCUMBENTS USING CODAP OVERLAP VALUES TO COMPARE TASK INVENTORIES DEVELOPED BY A MODIFIED DELPHI TECHNIQUE AND A MORE TRADITIONAL METHOD
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This study examined the comparability of job-task lists generated using alternative methods. A task list generated through Traditional procedures was compared to a task list generated by using a modification of the Delphi technique. Two sets of procedures were applied concurrently to the generation of task lists for the job of Clerk or Comptroller of the Circuit Court of Florida. Once each method had generated a list of task statements, the statements were reviewed... To assess the comparability of the two task lists, Spearman rank order correlations were calculated for three subsets of response data. Responses to the two total task lists, responses to the set of twelve identical task statements, and... A second analysis was done on the aggregate number of tasks selected by each individual on each task list for each of the three subsets of tasks. Significant t-test values were found for the mean number of tasks selected for the total... These results suggest that the two task lists are interchangeable and that alternative procedures can be proposed for the generations of job-task lists.
THE DETERMINATION OF FACTORS PREDICTIVE OF THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND OVERALL SATISFACTION OF DEAF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING SELECTED COLLEGES FOR THE NORMAL HEARING IN FLORIDA
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The purposes of the study were to: describe the overall picture of deaf students attending public colleges for the normal hearing in Florida, report their academic achievement, determine their level of satisfaction with their college... The conceptual framework was based on findings that deaf individuals have the same learning capabilities as their normal hearing counterparts (Myklebust, 1971), but do require specialized teaching methods in their education, especially... This study explored the influence of the availability of auxiliary aids on deaf students' attendance, academic achievement and satisfaction with the college experience. A questionnaire was developed based on the questionnaire used in the... It was found that the variable "satisfaction" was the best predictor of "academic achievement". "Academic achievement" and "felt attainment of professional goals" were found to be the best predictors of "satisfaction". The variable "size... It was recommended that practitioners help deaf students begin career exploration and goals clarification in their secondary years, continuing the process in college. Practitioners should also help students develop a support group. It... Recommendations for future research were to utilize an interview method with deaf students in colleges for the normal hearing in Florida in order to obtain more in-depth information about their experiences. Researchers were also...
The effect of partial equity issues on the measurement of financial leverage
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An empirical analysis of the effect of five financing instruments on the risk of the firm was conducted. This study utilizes the information provided in each firm's annual report along with stock and bond price information. The theories... A theory relating the risk of the firm to its operating risk and incurrence of debt (leverage) is presented, along with arguments for and against the debt characteristics of the five variables (preferred stock, convertible debt, ... Results indicate that deferred taxes and unfunded pensions are components of leverage, and are positively associated with the risk of the firm. Market values of equity and operating risk were found to be far superior to their accounting...
"The purpose of this paper is to develop the fundamental concepts, especially those of measure, that are necessary to define the Lebesgue Integral. A rigorous definition of definite integral for a continuous function was first formulated...
THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM-SOLVING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN OF SEVERELY DISTURBED PARENTS
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A cognitive behavioral problem-solving training program for children of severely disturbed parents was conducted in order to answer the following questions: (1) Does cognitive behavioral problem-solving training improve the problem... Subjects consisted of forty-one children between the ages of five and twelve whose mothers demonstrated a high degree of mental distress. The children were randomly assigned to a treatment or no-treatment comparison group. The problem... The results of the study indicate that experimental groups significantly improved problem-solving ability as compared to no-treatment comparison groups. The psychological adjustment of the experimental groups also showed significant... The behavioral adjustment of the experimental group aged eight to twelve showed significant improvement in external reliance as measured by teacher ratings. The no-treatment comparison group demonstrated no significant improvement in... The findings of the study indicate that problem-solving gains and gains in psychological adjustment were not correlated at a significant level. Problem-solving gains and behavioral adjustment gains were correlated significantly with a...
SELECTED MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOCIAL CONTEXT: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL TYPE, STUDENT BACKGROUND AND TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
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Based on a secondary data set collected in 1982 by the Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD) of the Ministry of Education, Malaysia, this study explored and identified factors that affect academic achievement of students in... Using multiple regression to test the relationships of the factors with the dependent variable, it was found that all the factors operating jointly accounted for almost 47% (R-Square = .468) of the explained variance of student... Among the Student Characteristics, prior achievement, sex, and student self-motivation were positively and significantly associated with achievement. Father's income, representing family socioeconomic status, was significantly associated... Students' frequency of using library facilities and completing homework assignments had a positive association with achievement. Daily time spent watching television was found to have a negative effect. The results of this analysis should not be regarded as definite, but as plausible possibilities in attempting to understand the complex problems in the educational enterprise. It is hoped that the research and policy implications of the...
An inquiry into the issue of theodicy reveals both theoretical and practical concerns. Theoretically, the issue of theodicy is raised against the background of a question or trilemma which revolves around the apparent contradiction... The proposal for an ethical theodicy limits the theoretical options for theodicy to those options which do not consistently function as legitimations for masochism, quietism and oppression. First, an ethical theodicy must affirm the... From introductory concerns relating to the theoretical and practical dimensions of theodicy the discussion turns to a comprehensive analysis of the theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead. Whitehead's theodicy is logically plausible, and it... Aside from the position on the inevitability of genuine evil, Whitehead's theodicy is both theoretically and ethically sound. In this regard, therefore, Whitehead's theodicy shows immense promise for the future of philosophical theology...
ADAPTATION IN THE ALBINO RAT RETINA TO VARYING CYCLIC LIGHT ILLUMINANCES (RETINA, LUMISTAT, PHOTON-CATCH)
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Albino rats were maintained in varying illuminances of cyclic light (12L:12D) from birth through 15 weeks. Upon sacrifice, several retinal parameters were tested for differences between animals raised in one illuminance and another.... Results proved that albino rats were able to change a combination of the above parameters in order to adapt to the illuminance of their environment. Specifically, there was four times more rhodopsin in the whole retina extract of dark... This study detailed a continuum of adaptation over a wide range of cyclic illuminances and revealed a retinal plasticity previously unknown in vertebrates. The possible evolutionary significance of this plasticity was briefly considered.
The relationship of marital satisfaction and job satisfaction to psychological adjustment in women
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The increase in the percentage of working women has raised issues regarding the relative contribution of work and family to psychological adjustment in women. Specifically, this study examined empirically the extent to which selected... Subjects were 93 married women from a church population. The women were at least 21 years of age, had been married for at least 1 year, and were employed in some capacity. A canonical correlation analysis revealed one significant root between the predictor and criterion domains. Post hoc regression analyses indicated that (1) decision-making control satisfaction and general marital satisfaction were the... The conclusion is that psychological adjustment in church women is related to satisfaction with dyadic decision-making, general job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction. Implications for women's personal adjustment, marital adjustment, ...
Mother-daughter separation process during two stages of the family life cycle as impacted by family of origin, daughter's attitude toward mother and self-esteem
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This study compared separation of adult daughters and their mothers during the New Couple Family Life Cycle Stage and Families with Young Children Life Cycle Stage. Family life cycle stage, family of origin, daughter's attitude toward... The sample for the New Couple Family Life Cycle Stage included 460 mothers and daughters while the Families with Young Children Family Life Cycle Stage sample included 868 subjects. Mothers and daughters in the two stages responded to a... The study found no significant differences in relationships for mothers and daughters on the variables of separation, child's attitude toward mother, and self-esteem between the New Couple Family Life Cycle Stage and...
"This paper is a study of Lloyd Douglas' works to show how he developed a type of inspirational novel based on the messages of successful living he had so adequately proclaimed from the pulpit. It was felt that the best way to present an...
Semantic construction of relationships in curriculum of algebra II and chemistry
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The curriculum integration between algebra II and chemistry was investigated during a unit on gas laws. High school students enrolled in both algebra II and chemistry and their teachers participated in the qualitative study. Data were... The study examined three areas of analyses of linguistic registers including cognitive (personal and within each course), interactive (personal between courses) and negotiation (interactive between students) as questions of how students... Eleven assertions were constructed that identified areas of problem solving approaches, perceptions of course applications, possibilities of and barriers to course integration, linguistic register findings and student perceptions of... The assertions were used to identify applications and implications for the results of this study that may be applied to teaching and learning algebra II and chemistry.
LINKAGE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES USED BY A COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATIONAL AGENCY: CASE STUDIES OF SIX PUBLIC LIBRARIES
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This study, using the case study and cross-case analysis method, identified and analyzed the practices and procedures a community-based educational agency, the public library, used to link with its external environment, its community.... Data were gathered through on-site personal interviews, community and library documents, local newspaper clippings, and personal observation. A major conclusion was that one particular environmental factor, the status of the community... Recommendations for identifying and implementing linkage development during a referendum campaign were detailed. Recommendations for further research were also suggested.
"It is the purpose of this paper to attempt to find out which guidance services would be of the most help to secondary school administrators of Florida. It is hoped that as a result of the findings of this study, the Guidance Training...
Characteristics of adult home economics clothing construction students in Pinellas County, Florida and their perceived background in clothing construction
INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-LYING STATES IN CARBON-14 AND NITROGEN-14 USING MULTI-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIONS
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States in ('14)C and ('14)N have been populated using the lithium induced reactions: ('10)B(('6)Li, d)('14)N, ('11)B(('6)Li, t)('14)N, ('3)He)('14)C, ('11)B(('7)Li, (alpha))('14)C, ('12)C(('6)Li, (alpha))('14)N, ('13)C(('7)Li, (... Comparison of the results for the one, two, three, and four particle transfer reactions to excited states in ('14)N performed here allowed structure information to be obtained for levels in ('14)N. Similarly, the one and three particle... The usefulness of a DWBA description of the multi-nucleon transfer process was demonstrated through the ability of DWBA to fit the angular distributions and provide information on the parities and spins of the final states. Some limits... Experimental criteria were developed based on the population of states by the ('11)B(('6)Li, ('3)He)('14)C and ('11)B(('6)Li, t)('14)N reactions to known analog states in order to assign high-lying isobaric analog (T = 1) states in ('14)N...
RELAXATION PRETRAINING, PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AND THERMAL BIOFEEDBACK IN THE TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
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In a multiple-baseline, single subject design, two methods of biofeedback, indirectly related to blood pressure, pulse wave velocity (PWV) and thermal, were evaluated for effectiveness in achieving across-session and within-session blood... Subjects were assigned to one of four sequences of training in which the order of presentation of PWV or thermal feedback, and presence of absence of relaxation pretraining were varied. The overall effectiveness of the treatment program... The study provided support for the hypothesized effectiveness of thermal feedback across-sessions, although within-sessions blood pressure decreases with thermal feedback were significantly less than with PWV feedback, or during baseline... Measures of four physiological parameters, frontalis EMG, fingertip skin temperature, heart rate, and pulse transit time, were taken throughout the study. An SPSS computer program multiple regression analysis of within-session changes of... Results from this study are discussed as providing support for a hypothesized shaping of a more and more specific cardiovascular response through training of the Relaxation Response of Benson.
THE CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A TASK ANALYSIS FOR THE JOB OF CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT IN FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AS A BASIS OF IDENTIFYING TRAINING
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The purposes of this study were to (1) construct and validate a task analysis for the job of correctional sergeant in correctional institutions in Florida; (2) categorize the tasks into duties and make institutional and other demographic... The data were analyzed using frequency counts, eta and factor analysis. Additionally the internal reliability of the duty areas was checked. Analysis of the data provided the basis for the following conclusions: (1) A total of 199 tasks...
THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE WECHSLER-BELLEVUE AND A.C.E. INTELLIGENCE TESTS WITH PERFORMANCE SCORES IN SPEAKING AND THE BROWN-CARLSEN LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST
Florida's public school capital outlay appropriation: A systems approach to analyzing funding cycles
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This study presented the possibilities of the use of funding cycles in educational appropriations for strategic planning in education. The literature review delineated the scope of various cycles in research, and presented a discussion... Cycle analysis was used in the study to examine the data. Annual appropriated capital outlay funding to the public school system in the State of Florida comprised the data. The computer program, the Statistical Analysis System (SAS), was... The analysis yielded results that indicated that although the relative strength of the periodic effects for the various cycles could not determine the exact turning points in the time series, cycles with established periods may... It was concluded that a planner familiar with cycle analysis could incorporate information derived from this technique with other planning tools, thus, adding new dimensions to the development of strategies for managing educational change.
THE MODIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN MODEL WHICH INCLUDES ADULT LEARNER INVOLVEMENT (FORMATIVE EVALUATION, STATISTICS (INFERENTIAL), GRADUATE STUDENTS)
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The integration of the systems approach to the design of instruction with the adult education principle of learner involvement in planning instruction was investigated in a course for master's level educational research students. The... Achievement and attitudes toward instruction were assessed for the three groups with a criterion-referenced test and questionnaire. Another questionnaire was used to assess the reactions of the participant group to their design... No significant differences were found among the groups or participant subgroups (p (LESSTHEQ) .05) regarding any of the stated hypotheses. Significant positive correlations were found, however, between actual level of participation and...
"There is no more fundamental theorem in calculus than the mean-value theorem. Much of the theory of calculus depends, either directly or indirectly, on this theorem. As a consequence of its importance, the theorem has been investigated...
Cenozoic calcareous nannoplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean: Biochronology and paleoceanography
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The detailed study of an expanded Paleogene section with abundant, moderate to well preserved calcareous nannofossils from South Atlantic DSDP Site 516 has resulted in a precise correlation of most traditional and nontraditional... ODP Leg 113 recovered the highest latitude (up to 65$\sp\circ$S) calcareous sequences in the Southern Hemisphere deep oceans. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy has been established for the middle Eocene to Pleistocene sections.... Late Paleogene calcareous nannoplankton have been analyzed quantitatively for eight DSDP and ODP sites ranging from the equatorial zone to 65$\sp\circ$S latitude in the South Atlantic Ocean. This study reveals that large latitudinal...
DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MUSTY-ODOR COMPOUNDS IN POTATO AND CORN MEAL BREAD TREATED WITH STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS AND STREPTOMYCES ODORIFER (GEOSMIN, 2-METHYLISOBORNEOL, ACTINOMYCETES, GAS, CHROMATOGRAPHY)
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This study was designed to investigate the growth of Streptomyces griseus and Streptomyces odorifer, their production of and the distribution of musty odor compounds in white potato and cornmeal bread. Total plate count and actinomycetes... There was a significant difference (p < 0.01) in total plate count before and after storage of both the treated and untreated potato and bread samples. However, there was no significant difference in total plate count of the samples... Retention times for geosmin and 2-methyl-isoborneol were determined by analyzing the gas chromatography and mass spectrometry data. No increase in peak height of geosmin or 2-methyl-isoborneol resulted when the food sample was added to... Foods treated with S. griseus or S. odorifer received significantly higher scores (p < 0.05) for musty odor than control samples; however, there was no significant difference in scores between S. griseus and S. odorifer. There was no...
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