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A STUDY OF THE REACTIONS FLUORINE-19(PROTON,ALPHA)OXYGEN-16, SODIUM-23(PROTON,ALPHA)NEON-20 AND ALUMINUM-27(PROTON,ALPHA)MAGNESIUM-24 WITH 3 TO 12 MEV PROTONS
A study of the effectiveness of public library service to young adults
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This study examined the effectiveness of the young adult library specialist and the generalist librarian in reference to user satisfaction scores given by young adult clientele and based on their evaluation of their local public library.... Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusion was reached: a specialist young adult librarian makes a significantly positive difference in user satisfaction scores for the following factors: a feeling of welcome to the... The major recommendation of this study is that young adult public library users be provided with a young adult specialist and a room in the public library dedicated to their special needs. These needs include improved collection strength... Other recommendations and suggestions for further study are also included.
"The purpose of this study by a teacher of the fourth grade was to peruse some of the literature in the fields of child growth, child development, and mental health in order to learn some characteristics of nine-year-olds--physical,...
Child involvement activities of parents and classroom behavior and achievement of their children
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Parents of kindergarten and third grade children were surveyed using the Parent Involvement Questionnaire (PIQ) to determine the kinds of child involvement activities in which parents are engaged and the amounts of time parents are...
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA, PHI ETA SIGMA, MORTAR BOARD AND OMICRON DELTA KAPPA: THE EFFECT OF TITLE IX AS MEASURED BY THE SEX OF MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND FACULTY ADVISERS IN 1981-82 (SCHOLASTIC AND LEADERSHIP HONOR SOCIETIES)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Title IX on four national scholastic and leadership honor societies. The effect of Title IX on the proportion of male and female members of these organizations was compared on... A survey was mailed to the chapter advisers and presidents of 676 honor societies. Responses from 585 chapters (86.5%) were analyzed. The survey data revealed that Title IX has had a significant effect on the membership practices of honor societies. Women students hold a higher percentage of the membership and positions of leadership than men students in all four honor... Unlike the findings of previous research on sex differences in leadership assumption, this study found that female students have not yielded positions of leadership to male students in these coeducational honor societies. Except in... A significantly higher proportion of male members and officers were found in historically male honor societies, while a significantly higher proportion of female members and officers were found in historically female honor societies. The proportions of male and female members were unaffected by the enrollment size of the institution or the presence of a parallel honor society on the campus. Institutional control had no effect on the proportion of male and female... Women faculty members have not been as successful in achieving adviser roles in historically male honor societies as male faculty members in achieving adviser positions in historically female honor societies.
Studies of arginine kinase in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, with regard to potential intracellular compartmentation
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The research outlined in this dissertation represents a study towards the examination of the presence of mitochondrial arginine kinase (AK) activity in horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) hearts and its possible physiological... Kinetic and thermodynamic experiments in the presence and absence of oxidative phosphorylation (OP) showed no difference in the kinetic parameters or movement of the mass action ratio, respectively. These results thus do not suggest...
A comparison of attitudes between relatives and eighteen foster parents of mental patients at the Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1960.
PARTICIPATION IN NON-WORK ACTIVITIES BY DUAL-WORKING COUPLES EMPLOYED ON ALTERNATIVE WORKWEEK SCHEDULES
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The purpose of the study was: (1) to determine the difference in frequency of participation in various non-work activities by working, married men and women, and (2) to compare the difference in frequency of participation in various non... Fifty-one corporations utilizing alternative workweek schedules were contacted by telephone. Twenty corporations agreed to distribute the non-work activity questionnaires to employees. Seventy questionnaires (35 couples) per workweek... The first four hypotheses were tested using a two by three by five repeated measures analysis of variance. Independent variables were: sex, workweek schedule, and non-work activity categories. The remaining three hypotheses were tested... The first analysis indicated the main effects of sex and non-work activities were significant as was their interaction. Women indicated participating more frequently in more activities than men. Workweek schedule did not influence male... Recommendations for future research include controlling for age, education, and geographic location, while comparing two workweek schedules within one corporation. Recommendations for instrument revision include developing each activity...
CANONICAL SYSTEMS OF TORI AND KLEIN BOTTLES IN NON-ORIENTABLE 3-MANIFOLDS OF GENUS TWO
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Let M be a closed non-orientable 3-manifold with a Heegaard splitting of genus two. We show that, if M has a non-separating essential Klein bottle, then there is a non-separating essential Klein bottle (or torus) K such that the...
AUDITING ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESSES OF MANAGERS
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The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for measuring the information gathering processes of managers in various types of organizations. The importance of information to organizational and individual effectiveness has been frequently noted (Roberts and O'Reilly, 1974, p. 321), and past research efforts have led to the development of instruments and procedures for... This study built on the work of researchers who developed the earlier information processing measuring instruments but is significant in that it focuses on information gathering and it has a solid theoretical foundation. It is based on... During the literature review stage of the study, it was learned that a joint University of Louisville/U.S. Army research team conducted the LST/Battalion Studies between 1978 and 1982 to assess "the relevance and utility of Living...
THE EFFECTS OF NON-SEX-TYPED FILMS AND PARENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ON CHILDREN'S OCCUPATIONAL STEREOTYPING (ROLE MODEL)
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The present study investigated the effects of non-sex-typed films on children's occupational stereotyping. In addition, the relationship between parental characteristics and children's occupational beliefs was explored. As background for...
Treatment of test anxiety in the college population: Interference or deficits?
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Test Anxiety affects many college students. It is viewed theoretically as a construct consisting of several components which impair academic performance and general health of students. One theory views the anxiety as being composed of... Students enrolled in introductory psychology classes at Florida State University were screened for test anxiety. Those meeting inclusion criteria were asked to volunteer for the study, resulting in 110 subjects who were randomly assigned... It was hypothesized that test anxiety is the result of both interference and skills deficits and treatment should target both. Thus, the combined treatment group was expected to demonstrate significant anxiety reduction increased...
Treatment information channels and treatment information-seeking behavior of HIV positive persons in Dade County, Florida: A qualitative study
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This study examined the treatment information seeking behavior and use of treatment information channels/sources by individuals with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Dade County, Florida. The Centers of Disease Control... The data was gathered using a semi-structured interview supported by written questionnaires seeking information on self-reported symptoms, the use of 45 types of information sources within the last two months, and demographic data. The...
AN ARISTOTELIAN ANALYSIS OF THREE PLAYS BY MOLIERE: "L'AVARE", "LE MISANTHROPE," AND "LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE" (FRANCE)
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An Aristotelian theory of comedy is developed by extrapolating from Aristotle's formal definition of tragedy as found in his Poetics the various components which would serve to form such a theory. Some of these components which make up... The theory is then used as a canon by which three plays of Moliere are examined. These plays being L'Avare, Le Misanthrope and Le Malade Imaginaire. The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the feasibility and value of the theory as an approach to literary criticism. It is shown that the theory does serve as an effective and functional hermeneu- tical tool. This is especially... The significance of the theory to literary criticism is in that the theory is formal enough to require structural and aesthetic creativity yet flexible enough to allow a work to be described as Aristotelian and therefore remain serious...
"The opening chapter of the paper presents a literary biography of Tolkien, giving the facts of his life and a chronology of his writings. Following this biography is a consideration of Tolkien's five major works of fiction; in the...
"The purpose of this investigation was to explore, in a general way, the relationship between selected work-study skills and certain aspects of creative expression, through drawing and painting, of children in a fourth grade class"-...
Data assimilation and parameter estimation in oceanographic models
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A variational data assimilation method for a reduced gravity model is developed. The method is applied to the equatorial Pacific Ocean. In the variational formalism a cost function measuring the "distance" between the model solution and... Several experiments are performed using the model solutions as observations. It is shown that the assimilation algorithm is able to determine the spatial structure of the phase speed, even if observations are available at only three... Real sea level observations from three stations are assimilated for two different periods. The year 1979 was chosen to represent a year without an El Nino, while 1982/83 was chosen to represent an El Nino year. For 1979 the assimilation...
AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE FLORIDA ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION: A CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
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By a 1978 legislation, the State of Florida legislated to commit itself to the alternative education concept. Having recognized that the regular school program was not satisfying the academic needs of certain students, thereby leading to... This study proposed to provide an empirical assessment of the outcome of Florida's experiment with alternative education. To avoid bias in findings associated with the use of aggregate data alone, two levels of measurement were performed. At the macro-level, statewide education data were examined. At the micro-level, case study and participant observation... The analysis of the statewide data showed general program ineffectiveness. The alternative school study showed appreciable improvements in student affective and behavioral growth, in attitude toward school and in scholarship, and high... Methodologically, the study showed that aggregate data obliterate differences between programs, fail to identify successful programs, and the reasons for success or failure. Substantively, it showed that school districts may have...
A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION FEEDBACK AND THREATS OF PUNISHMENT ON INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
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Traditionally, organization theorists and researchers have held to the idea that the intrinsic and extrinsic forces that affect human motivation are independent and additive. The maximum motivation to perform a task would occur, then, ...
THE EFFECTS OF ASSIGNED VERSUS OPEN TOPICS ON THE WRITING SCORES OF UNIVERSITY-LEVEL NONNATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS (ESL (ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE), TESTING, COMPOSITION)
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This study examined the effects of topic choice on ESL essay writing by answering the following research question: What are the differences between the mean scores of 98 adult university-level nonnative English speakers on each of five... The subjects were selected by availability from the Center for Intensive English Studies at Florida State University and from the university at large and were randomly assigned into one of two treatment groups. Group 1 was administered... Pearson product-moment correlations were run first between all variables, with no relationship shown between the topics and subscores of the writing test. In order to test the null hypothesis (H(, O): (mu)(, T) = (mu)(, NT) for the total...
The relationship between personal authority, job involvement, intimacy, and marital adjustment of law enforcement officers
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From a systems perspective, this study explored how law enforcement officers balance the work and marriage/family relationship. Specifically, the study examined personal authority in the family system and investigated how it relates to... Instruments used to collect this information were a demographic data sheet, the Personal Authority Scale of the Personal Authority in Family Systems Questionnaire, Job Involvement Measure, the Emotional Intimacy Scale of the Personal... This ex post facto study used path analysis to calculate causal relationships. Hypothesis 1 stated that a causal relationship existed between personal authority, job involvement, and level of intimacy. The data did not support this... Hypothesis 2 predicted that a negative relationship existed between personal authority and job involvement. This relationship was not supported. Hypothesis 3 stated there was a causal relationship between personal authority, and marital adjustment. There was not support for this hypothesis. Additional analysis included a significant single order correlation between emotional intimacy and marital adjustment, and found that emotional intimacy and marital adjustment discriminated among groups of married and divorced officers. Results were examined with respect to method, sample, future research, and implications for marriage therapy.
Couple communication: A developmental perspective from dating to late marital phase
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The purpose of this study was to determine how relational communication changes over the life-span of couples comprising the cohorts of exclusive dating (6 or more months of exclusive dating), engaged, early married (married less than 5... A convenience sample of 130 couples, across the five cohorts, were administered a slightly modified version of The Marital Communication Inventory (MCI). The results revealed a significant difference in relational communication between... While couples differed along the life-span, correlational data indicated that the longer the couple had been together, the more agreement existed on how they communicated as a couple. Suggestions are made for the practitioner/researcher...
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF SELECTED OLDER PERSONS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
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The purpose of this study was to determine the educational needs and interests of selected older persons in Hillsborough County, Florida. Specifically, the study identified those needs that could be met by Hillsborough Community College.... When examining the group as a whole, Cultural Enrichment, Hobbies, Health and Medical Problems, and Recreation, were the most frequently indicated choices of learning experiences. The three subgroups were also analyzed in order to... The choices of desired learning experiences of recent participants in some type of educational class were then compared with those who had not participated. Two of the most frequently chosen desired learning experiences--Cultural...
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