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A methodological expose of Thomasville, Georgia, during the 1890s using photographs taken during the period by Algernon Moller as a primary source for establishing historical sequences and journalistic narrative. The glass plates, ...
Pet ownership and family functioning in clinical settings of marriage and family therapy
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The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between family pet owners and family non-pet owners utilizing the variables of cohesion and adaptability along with elements of the human constructed environment. In addition, for...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether two parallel tests could be equated effectively (i.e., minimal equating error) using the multidimensional two-parameter IRT model (M2PL). Equatings were performed on both simulated and... The results indicated that effective equating was possible with the techniques used in this study when true scores, the response surfaces, and the contour plots were compared. When the equating of the ability estimates was examined, ...
The judiciary and criminal sentencing in the Dominican Republic
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An empirical study of twenty judges of the criminal courts of the first instance of the Dominican Republic conducted during 1982-1984 explored judicial selection, social backgrounds, professional preparation, sentencing philosophy, and... Every four years, following national elections, judicial candidates are screened by a bipartisan Senate sub-committee using legally defined educational and experiential requirements and other norms. Recommended candidates are ratified by... The majority of judges were middle-aged, middle class men and women who had graduated from university following the 1965 intervention. This upheaval resulted in an open admissions policy at the only public university, paving the way for... Judges said their sentencing philosophy developed from diverse sources and varied from crime to crime. They claimed their sentences recognized aggravating and mitigating factors. Genuine sentencing alternatives were non-existent, lengthy... Judges were concerned about the independence, integrity, image, competence, and efficiency of the judiciary and affiliated personnel, citizen cooperation, the growth and nature of crime, civil damage claims in criminal cases, their... These judges were quite similar to judges in other Latin American countries in terms of background and preparation. Their professional concerns and restraints coincided with the circumstances of the judges similarly situated worldwide.
JOB STRESS IN MID-LIFE WORKING WOMEN: RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PERSONALITY TYPE, JOB CHARACTERISTICS, AND JOB TENSION
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Purpose. The primary purpose of this study was to utilize a person-environment (P-E) fit framework to explore relationships among mid-life working women's Type A personality, perceived job characteristics and feelings of job tension. A... Method. The subjects were 161 female state workers, aged 35 to 55, employed by a large state agency in Florida. A Women's Work Questionnaire (WWQ), consisting of (a) Sales Type A Personality Index (STAPI short form) to determine Type A... Results. Findings of multiple and hierarchical regression analyses, discussed in relation to previous research and theory were: (1) A significant linear relationship existed between job tension, and a linear combination of Type A...
A study of the relationship between the Thurstone temperament schedule and employer's rating of a selected group of non-academic personnel at the Florida State University.
This qualitative study sought to discover how students evaluate their progress in writing. Previous research has addressed self-evaluation of single compositions and of writing ability, but no study has focused on students' perceptions... My study examined 11th- and 12th-graders' interpretations of their progress--through grades, teacher commentary, peer response, comparison with other student writers, and their own knowledge based on experience in reading and writing.... The students were generally accurate in their self-evaluation, but were not able to articulate a complex understanding of themselves as writers. They were conscious of problems they had solved and ways that their writing had improved, ... Three case studies were contrasted with patterns in the class as a whole to distinguish developmental characteristics. Students' use of terms and consciousness of problems contribute to an understanding of writing improvement that is...
HOW IS AN ATTITUDE TOWARD PRACTICAL USE OF A NEWLY LEARNED SKILL FORMED? AN INTERDOMAIN INTERACTION STUDY
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This study explored supportive relationships among objectives from different domains of learning outcomes, namely, the learning of a concept classification skill, information, and attitudes toward the skill. Two versions of an... The results indicated that the relevant version of the material had a positive effect on the pre-instructional motivation for personal commitment. Such an effect, however, was not found on the acquisition of the skill and on attitude...
A STUDY OF THE RETENTION BY FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS OF SELECTED RULES OF PROPORTION IN PHYSICS WHICH DIFFER IN MATHEMATICAL COMPLEXITY AND ARE LEARNED USING PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT LABORATORY EXPERIENCES
Market forces and regulation in the timing or new hospital innovations: A hazard model analysis of Florida
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This dissertation investigates the effects of market forces and government regulation on the innovation decision of firms. Using Florida data on the adoption of high technology equipment in hospitals I analyzed the effects of market... In addition, the effects of regulatory changes such as Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Certificate of Need (CON) deregulation were investigated using dynamic Weibull regression model. The Model shows the impact of explanatory... The result of estimation shows that leading firms in more competitive markets adopt earlier than others. Teaching status of a hospital, which offers technological advantage, encourages it to innovate earlier than others. The behavioral...
Estimating and modeling gene flow for a spatially distributed species
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We model the genetic behavior of a large population of individuals which is to some extent subdivided into colonies. At some stage of the life cycle there is genetic exchange among the colonies due to migration. We consider the... The Island Model assumes that migrants into a given colony are equally likely to come from any of the other colonies. In the Island Model with all mutations producing new alleles (the infinite-allele model), we use a moment argument to... If migration is more likely to be from nearest-neighbor colonies, then the Stepping-Stone Model is an appropriate extension of the Island Model. For a stepping-stone migration pattern we consider the two-allele case, and study the...
EFFECTS OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: A META-ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS
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The effect of behavioral objectives on student achievement has been an area of considerable research during the last 20 years. Numerous narrative reviews have been conducted on the topic in an attempt to generalize the findings. However, ... The meta-analysis showed a quantifiable, although small, positive effect on student achievement in general. In a typical study, the effect of behavioral objectives raised student achievement scores an average of .12 standard deviations.... The results of the meta-analysis led to the following conclusions. First, the use of objectives is statistically supported. Second, the ability level of students and the type of outcome variable are clearly related to behavioral objectives. Implications of this research are relevant to instructional designers, teachers, and researchers. For researchers the study identifies areas for further investigation and provides an actual effect size that will help to determine an...
AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH EMPHASIS ON THE COURSES OF STUDY COMMITTEE
This study was designed to test the reliability and validity of Cushman's conceptualization of communication rules. Reliability and validity were tested by operationalizing communication rules and having subjects rate the rule for... Communication rules were operationalized by utilizing behaviors from Shimanoff's Communication Rules and situations constructed by the researcher. Behaviors were classified using Bale's Interaction Process Analysis. Situations were... Primary data analysis for reliability were measures of internal consistency. Crombach alpha was used for combinations of items. Standard deviations were used to compare individual items. The apparent reliability of some items could be... Future research should strive to reduce the ambiguity of rules and to develop a more precise scale for determining orientation toward a rule.
"The purpose of this paper is to study methods by which a value can be assigned to an infinite series. The reason for studying about these methods lies in the fact that infinite series often appear as the end result of a calculation or...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELECTED VARIABLES AND CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE ASSESSMENT AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION OF NONSPONSORED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AS REPORTED BY CAEL MEMBER INSTITUTIONS
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This study was concerned with gathering and analyzing data relative to the practices utilized by the Council for the Advancement of Experiential Learning (CAEL) member institutions in the assessment and academic recognition of... Problem. This study focused on determining: (1) how nontraditional assessment practices were integrated into traditional academic structures, and (2) how practitioners evaluated their assessment and credentialing process. Purpose. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency with which specific assessment and academic recognition practices were being implemented by practitioners of nonsponsored experiential learning assessment... Methodology. A modified version of a CAEL instrument was developed, validated, and mailed to the CAEL institutional membership. Each questionnaire contained a letter of support from Dr. Morris Keeton, President of CAEL, and Dr. William... Selected Findings. The findings of the study suggest that practitioners were generally consonant in how they applied and valued assessment and academic recognition practices. They were, however, uncertain concerning appropriate practices...
Masseter EMG activity: Normative data and biofeedback training comparisons
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In Study 1, normative data were collected on masseter muscle activity in 25 MPDS and 25 nonMPDS patients to determine if there were significant differences in overall EMG activity, and if there was a significant difference between left... general muscle tension, the changes in ratings across sessions did not differ as a function of feedback group. There were no significant correlations between EMG activity and muscle tension ratings for the unilateral + bilateral group or...
"As the writer is going to teach English to the Thai students who do not speak a word of English, it is essential for her to be intimately acquainted with the development of reading vocabulary in order to teach Thai students to read...
"The purpose of this study was to examine social service release planning for 40 white female mental patients and the adjustment of these patients at the end of one year following their release from the hospital. This study includes an...
High order finite difference schemes are generally less dispersive, less dissipative and more isotropic than low order schemes. They are, therefore, better suited for the solution of wave propagation problems. High order schemes, however...
Predictors of post-combat violent behavior in Vietnam veterans
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This study examined the predictors of post-combat violent behavior in Vietnam veterans. Phone interview and archival data were used to obtain information on the predictor variables of mental disorder, combat exposure, exposure to abusive...
A micro level analysis of prior and proximate causes of infant mortality in Ghana, with special attention to the role of polygyny
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The overall objective of this dissertation is to develop and empirically assess an integrated and systematic theoretical framework to illuminate the effects of polygyny on infant mortality. Mosley and Chen's analytic model was integrated... The pertinent question examined in this study relates to the role marriage form plays in infant mortality. The key point is that if polygyny is beneficial as expected from the environmental theory, for example, then comparable infants... The study is carried out using a sample of infants born in the five years preceding the 1988 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). Two statistical models are used, a structural equation method and simulations. A causal model is... The findings indicate that maternal education, occupation, rural residence and ethnicity positively influence polygyny, which in turn affects infant survival. Polygyny is found to be an important mediating factor between background... In conclusion there is evidence to suggest that maternal socioeconomic characteristics are associated with not only polygyny but also maternal behavior, environmental contamination and infant survival. Overall, polygyny appears to... In terms of policy implication it is suggested that mothers be given basic techniques regarding disease prevention. Above all, consideration must be given to family structure in planning and implementing programs with respect to...
A historical appraisal of the establishment, development, growth, and impact of school libraries in Puerto Rico, 1900 to 1984
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The purpose of this study was to identify the forces, including the personalities, which influenced the establishment, development and growth of public school libraries in Puerto Rico, the main trends in school library services and their... A historical approach, combining documentary analysis, interviews, survey questionnaires and visits to sample school libraries was used to gather the data needed. Three main trends were found in the school library movement from 1900 to 1984. From 1900 to 1930, the basic elements of a national administrative structure of a school library system were developed. Due to a period of economic crisis, ... The main negative factors affecting the establishment, development, and growth of school libraries from 1900 to 1984 were the lack of knowledge of their role in education at all levels, economic support, supportive school library... Positive factors influencing the development of school libraries in Puerto Rico were: (a) the support of some school principals, teachers, parents, superintendents and Commissioners or Secretaries of Education, (b) the influence of the...
A rhetorical analysis of Davis v Davis: Merging postmodern and feminist voices
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In this dissertation, I examine the rhetorical analysis of a recent reproductive technology court dispute, Davis v Davis. This case was rendered by the Tennessee State Supreme Court by Justice Daughtrey on June 1, 1992. The opinion seeks... In my analysis, I first make an argument for the merger of postmodern, namely Foucauldian, and feminist voices. Later, I suggest that these postmodern feminists can mobilize around the Critical Legal Studies (CLS) to produce explicit... In chapter seven, I apply the analysis of explicit change to a close reading of Davis. In my reconstruction of Davis, I turn to legal storytelling and feminist narrativity as a possible alternative reading. Last, I conclude the major findings of the study and provide several suggestions for possible future research in the area.
Recentralization, exemption, and privatization of state-owned enterprises in Saudi Arabia
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This study dealt with state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Saudi Arabia and the changes encountered by these organizations: recentralization by imposing civil service rules and regulations, exemption from civil service rules, and... Recentralization of SOEs is an action taken by the government to impose greater control over SOEs, whether financial or administrative. In the Saudi case, the reasons for recentralization were to reduce the multiplicity of personnel... Exemption of SOEs is an action taken by the government to release these institutions from financial or administrative restrictions. The Saudi experience shows that exemption occurs because those SOEs are self-supporting and operate... Privatization is the transfer of ownership of an SOE from the government to the private sector. Ten general methods of privatization were identified, one of which is divestment of SOEs. Four methods of divestment as well as various... It was concluded that political, economic, and administrative forces influenced the movement of SOEs from one status to another. The changes in SOEs can also be explained by technical rationality, differences in organizational culture, ... New classifications for SOEs were recommended as well as methods to improve their performance. Exemption was recommended only for those SOEs which generate revenues, are engaged in activities of a business nature, and have national...
THE EFFECTS OF PRESENTATION OF OBJECTIVES FOR A SET OF INTERACTIVE VIDEODISC CHEMISTRY LESSONS
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effects of various presentations of objectives on learning a set of four acid-base chemistry lessons presented on a microcomputer interactive videodisc (MCIV) system. Focusing on the... Time data were collected and analyzed; again, there were no significant differences among treatment groups in the amount of time spent on the instructional materials, nor was there a correlation between time and posttest score....
The story of Dakota Commonplace follows Alice Hundley, her husband, Rob, and son, Bobby, into a world totally new and foreign to them. Alice finds herself isolated in a South Dakota farmhouse miles from the nearest neighbor, removed from... Rob, a social worker, has been hired by a Sioux Tribal Council to create an educational program for Indian young people. His initial enthusiasm and sense of possibility quickly diminish in the teeth of white resistance and what he... Over the period of four months, Alice and Rob move in different directions, complicating the strains that loneliness and too much interdependence have placed on their marriage. Rob, unable to admit to his own sense of failure, considers... Running parallel to the narrative set in 1969 is the journal or working notes kept by Alice Hundley who, in 1992, studies and reflects upon the area, its people and history. The journal's narrative compliments the progress of the 1969...
A COMPARISON OF THE TROPE DENSITY AND READABILITY OF NEWBERY BRONZE MEDAL AWARD BOOKS AND SELECTED TEACHER'S CHOICES, 1983--1985
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The trope density of the Newbery Bronze Medal winners and the selected Advanced Teacher's Choices books (1983-1985) was studied to determine the most common type of trope found in each of the eight prize-winning children's literature... Is there is significant difference between the trope density of the Newbery Bronze Medal Award books and the Advanced Teacher's Choices Books? Is there a significant difference in the readability levels of the two categories of books? Is... The four hypotheses were tested by using the following: (1) The Mann-Whitney U Test for small samples was employed for hypotheses 1 and 2; (2) The Spearman Rank Order Correlation was employed for hypothesis 3; (3) Chi-square and Binomial... No significant differences were found in the mean trope densities of the three Newbery Bronze and the five selected Advanced Teacher's Choices books. No significant differences were found in the readability levels of the three Newbery... Further studies of metaphorical language should be conducted utilizing advanced fictional and nonfictional children literature books, pop literature, and newspapers. The readability levels of prize winning literature books, pop...
Study of redox and complexation interactions of neptunium with humic acid and chemical analogs
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The redox and complexation interactions of neptunium with humic acid and chemical analogs are studied in this research by solvent extraction and spectrophotometry. In the redox study, dicarboxylic acids and substituted phenolic compounds are selected as models for humic acids. Np(VI) is found to be reduced to Np(V) by both series of compounds, but phenolic compounds reduce Np(VI) more rapidly under... Np(VI) is reduced rapidly by humic acid to Np(V), which exists as free Np(V) and Np(V)-humate complex. In the subsequent study of complexation between Np(V) and humic acid, Np(V) is found to form a single type of complex with humic acid...
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