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Thirteenth-century verse romances are curious and complex works that are still largely misunderstood. Having been created in an epigonal era they closely imitate their twelfth-century models, borrowing themes and even entire passages... La Vengeance Raguidel is such a parodic text. It embodies the questioning and the criticizing of the values and the codification of the generic system to which it belongs. The poet Raols's use of parody is one of carefully selecting...
The relationship of burnout to coaching softball in NCAA division I, II and III colleges and universities
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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the burnout syndrome among NCAA division I, II, and III head softball coaches. The differences between the burnout subscales scores of personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, ... Subjects for the study were head softball coaches who were employed at NCAA member institutions. The subjects completed a demographic questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the instrument utilized to measure scores in the... A trend toward the existence of burnout was indicated by the softball coaches. While low levels of depersonalization were reported, approximately half the coaches revealed medium to high levels of burnout in the subscales of emotional... An analysis of variance with post-hoc analysis for depersonalization, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment with regard to selected independent variables revealed statistical significance. Statistically significant differences... The study has implications for the head softball coach as well as those supervising coaches. Once the factors which affect burnout are identified, strategies for prevention can be developed.
On the effect of alongshore variations in continental shelf topography on shelf sea level and current fluctuations with application to the West Florida Shelf
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A model is formulated to study the influence of large coastline and shelf topography variations on the dynamics of stratified, low-frequency wind-driven frictional shelf waters. At low frequencies, currents nearly follow the isobaths.... Calculations show that changes in topography and coastline affect both velocity and sea level, especially the velocity. For example, for frictionless flow and a mode 1 CTW incident to a narrowing shelf, the alongshore velocity amplitude... Calculations were also done with measured wind forcing and results compared with measured sea level on the West Florida Shelf. Since the sea level observations were made at the coast, a formula was derived to estimate sea level at the...
Managerial incentives and the intraday timing of earnings announcements
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The structure of United States security markets and information systems create incentives for managers to time strategically the release of accounting information when security markets are open or closed. This research tests two theories... The results of the empirical tests do not support either of the two theories. Accounting earnings released when security markets are closed are not associated with smaller measurement errors with regard to accounting and economic... The lack of significant results may be driven by differences between closed announcements made before security markets open and after security markets close. Earnings released before markets open contain more good news than earnings...
An investigation of how organizations manage information technology initiatives
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As organizations attempt to gain advantages through the use of information technology (IT), successful management of initiatives (projects) involving the implementation and deployment of IT becomes critical. The research model suggested... A case study design involved observation of both longitudinal and retrospective projects at a single site to gain a greater understanding of how organizations manage projects involving IT. Six propositions were at least partially... Although three propositions were not supported, the data appeared to challenge the specific relationships explored in the propositions, rather than the validity of the factors themselves, raising other issues that are likely to provide...
The effects of visual and auditory stimuli on the movement behavior of pre-school children
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The effects of visual and auditory stimuli on the movement behavior was explored with pre-school children. 52 children, age 3 to 5 years, were divided into four groups. Each group performed a dance activity, two subjects at a time, under...
An index of choral music performed during Southern Division Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (1970-1990)
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The purpose of this study was to prepare an index of choral works performed on Southern Division programs of the American Choral Director's Association. The study was begun by collecting and collating Division programs. Information... The study was based upon an extraction of fourteen fields of information gleaned from the Southern Division Convention programs: Title, Composer, Arranger, Publisher, Octavo #, Text, Language, Accompaniment, Convention Year, Style, Group... In Chapter Three, a review of the data was presented in tables and descriptive analysis. One analysis included tables of information identified by Convention Year. Frequency of occurrence and percentage of occurrence columns were included. Chapter Four presented results of an investigation to determine trends of programming. Convention programs were studied to ascertain the direction of their content. Chapter Five provided a comparison between Southern Division Convention programming and that found in a study of ACDA National Conventions. There are four indexes: an index by Title; an index by Composer; an index by Arranger and an index displaying those titles of compositions for which neither composer nor arranger was identified.
The binding of ceruloplasmin to its plasma membrane receptor and to polyamines
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Rat ceruloplasmin (rCp) has been labeled with rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RBITC). RBITC-labeled rCp (RBITC-rCp) was tested as a probe for ceruloplasmin receptors on rat erythrocytes using fluorescence microscopy. Film negatives of blood... An electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA) was developed to study the binding of rCp to its erythrocyte receptor. $\sp{125}$I-rCp, native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), and detergent-solubilized plasma membrane were... The reason chloroethylamine-treated agarose binds Cp from plasma preferentially has been elucidated. Polyethylenimine tentacles are formed which require a uniform negative surface charge for proteins to bind.
A comparison of didactic and modeling instruction in grief intervention skills training
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of two short-term grief education curricula, didactic (lecture) and modeling, in teaching students about grief and how to effectively interact with someone who was grieving. A... MANOVAs were used to analyze the dependent measures by instructional format. No major findings for instruction emerged. MANOVAs were also conducted to examine subject gender and confederate gender. Significant results were obtained for... Potential limitations of the study were that the lecture and modeling instructional units may have been too brief, and the subject population may have been knowledgeable in therapeutic techniques and grief information, thereby deriving...
Applying an object-oriented database model to a scientific database problem: Managing experimental data at CEBAF
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Current scientific experiments are often characterized by massive amounts of very complex data and the need for complex data analysis software. Object-oriented database (OODB) systems have the potential of improving the description of... This research to date has identified a number of problems related to the practical application of OODB technology to the conceptual design of the CEBAF experiments database and other SDBs: the lack of a generally accepted OODB design... To address these problems, the dissertation describes an Object-Relationship Diagram (ORD) and an Object-oriented Database Definition Language (ODDL) that provide tools that allow SDB design and development to proceed systematically and... A conceptual model of the CEBAF experiments database is presented in terms of ORDs and the ODDL to demonstrate their functionality and use and provide a foundation for future development of experimental nuclear physics software using an...
An analysis of relational meaning in the practice of three professional art critics with implications for art education
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How is meaning produced by art criticism? To address this question the study developed an analytic model that was utilized with the texts of three professional art critics. The model analyzed the critics' texts for four systems to...
Restructuring in Florida: The history of an educational reform policy
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Restructuring is the latest educational reform initiative in the nation. The "first wave" of educational reform began in 1983 with the publication of A Nation at Risk, which resulted in top-down, state-initiated reforms that raised... This historical study recounts the issues and events surrounding the development, implementation, and effectual end of this bill, beginning with the 1988 Professional Educators Act and concluding with the Accountability Act of 1991. Most... The District School Site Restructuring Incentives Program was an optional bill whereby districts could apply for state grant money to implement a district-level restructuring plan. The plans were reviewed by an advisory committee... The Accountability Act of 1991 was designed to speed up the process of district restructuring, but it adopted a different methodology of implementation which mandated timelines and performance standards. The bill was strongly contested...
Labor market structure and surplus value in manufacturing: A comparative analysis of Central Appalachia and other regions
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Among high poverty regions in the United States, Central Appalachia is unique in two major respects: (1) its population consists of predominantly early, European immigrants to the United States and, (2) its mountains contain vast natural... This dissertation provides an alternative explanation for Central Appalachian poverty which relates it to other economic factors, chiefly economic exploitation. A history of economic exploitation within the region is presented which... This history is complemented with a comparison of rates of manufacturing surplus value for Central Appalachia, the South, the Northeast, and the United States as a whole. This comparative analysis indicates that Central Appalachia has a... Finally, a model of economic exploitation, as measured by the rate of surplus value for manufacturing, is developed for all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Models are also produced for both high and low development areas....
The roles and relationships of the cooperating teacher and the recurring themes of the student teaching internship in physical education: A qualitative study
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The purpose of this study is to describe the student teaching internship in context, with a special focus on the cooperating teacher. Three sentizing concepts were used to help provide a framework and focus for the study: documenting the... Three types of qualitative data collection were used throughout the study: non-participant observations, formal and informal interviews, and document collection (Jacobs, 1987). Data collection and data analysis were concurrent, ... During data analysis, three major categories emerged organizing the roles and relationships of the cooperating teacher during the internship period: the professional role, the supervisory role, and the social role. Across these... The findings of this study suggest that current teacher education programs are inconsistent with the context and culture of the real teaching world. Several recommendations for teacher education programs, student teaching, and college...
Kinetic study of the catalytic pathway for the hydrolysis of peptides by thermolysin
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Thermolysin is a thermostable neutral zinc endopeptidase with a molecular mass of 34.6 kDa. The stopped-flow fluorescence technique has been used to investigate the catalytic pathway for the hydrolysis of dansyl-peptides by thermolysin....
An attributional analysis of learned helplessness in an organization: A field study using a multimethod approach
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The purpose of this study was to conduct a multimethod study of the dynamics of Learned Helplessness (LH) in an organization. Models of LH which exist in the literature were reviewed, and comparisons and contrasts among the models were... Results indicated that LH is a construct deserving of further attention by organizational researchers. Specifically, results showed that there are differences between helpless and empowered respondents, that attributions are consistent...
The influence of speech-confidence and gender on speech production during normal and delayed auditory feedback
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The primary purpose of this study was to explore speech reactions to normal auditory feedback (NAF) and delayed auditory feedback (DAF), with reference to three factors: (1) speech-confidence, (2) gender, and (3) the duration of DAF.... A secondary goal of the study was to examine the scores obtained from the Inventory of Communication Attitudes with reference to the similarities and differences among the four subject groups. A significant difference was found in the... A final objective of the study was to investigate how listeners perceived the speech-confidence level of speakers. In general, it was determined that the ability of listeners to detect the same level of speech-confidence as that reported...
Maintaining marital unity in a mobile society: The effects of trailing spouse job assistance on dual-career couples
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With the contemporary influx of women into the workforce and the resulting prevalence of dual-career families, relocation has become a traumatic family issue. In utilizing primarily the theoretical tenets of family stress theory, the... the findings of the restricted path analyses and in addition, demonstrated that vulnerability was predictive of marital satisfaction. Since these findings suggest that the limited services provided by current trailing spouse job...
The rapid synthesis of x-ray pure yttrium barium(2) copper(3) oxygen(7)
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This paper describes a variation of the oxalate procedure that has significant advantages. The oxalate approach is often used to produce rare earth 123 superconductors and related ceramics. A moderately high concentration of acetone... When oxalic acid or oxalate ions are added to a yttrium-barium-copper aqueous solution, significant amounts of the metal (typically 10-40% of either Cu or Ba depending upon the pH) are left in solution. Such losses result in poor quality...
Fluorescence emission was observed upon excitation of highly purified cis-stilbene (99.98%) in fluid n-hexane and n-tetradecane solutions. The observed cis-stilbene emissions were deconvoluted into contributions representing fluorescence...
Sensitivity of a Bangladesh cyclone to surface parameters
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In April 1991, tropical cyclone 02B (TC02B) devastated the coastal city of Chittagong, Bangladesh and caused 138, 000 deaths. This cyclone was one of the most severe storms in the Bay of Bengal. Although this region can be considered the... In order to study the effects of these parameters, a series of sensitivity experiments were performed using the Florida State University (FSU) limited-area model with 15 layers. The domain of study is between latitude 6$\sp\circ$S to 41$... Sea-surface temperature had significant effects on the development and movement of TC02B. Latent heat flux was the main source of energy from the surface, especially over the ocean. Changes in surface parameters that affected latent heat...
Effects of inspection error on optimal inspection policies and software fault detection models
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Inspection policies are essential for many types of systems for which the status (functioning or failed) can be determined only by actual inspection. Two types of inspection error may occur. A functioning system may be incorrectly...
The investigation of solvent-stationary phase interaction in normal-bonded phase high-performance liquid chromatographic columns
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The research presented in this dissertation is aimed at the characterization of normal bonded phases and the identification of important retention mechanism. First, three solutes and three solvents are chosen to represent the apices of...
The transfer of a policy of self-regulation for teachers from Florida to Jamaica: A feasibility analysis
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Cross-cultural transfers of policies, programs, and technologies are intended to replicate the successful implementation experienced in the originating context. Replication of success, however, is neither guaranteed nor has it been... Specifically, the policy of self-regulation of professional practices for teachers has proven to be very effective as implemented in Florida. A transfer of this policy from Florida to Jamaica is proposed as one means of enhancing the... Results of the study indicate that: (1) the policy of self-regulation would fit with minimal disruption within the existing network of educational policies; (2) there is evidence of deficiencies in the current system that suggests a need...
A test of a biopsychosocial model of arousal in cardiovascular disorder patients and cross-sectional subjects
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Many behavioral medicine models of illness have been proposed but few, if any, have been tested. Meaningful relevant research has been limited due to restricted access to causal inferences based on correlational data which comprise much... Everly and Sobelman's (1987) biopsychosocial model of arousal, which proceeds laterally to include environmental events, cognitive appraisal, affective integration, physiological mediation, coping and illness, was tested via covariance... Results did not support the hypothesized model but suggested that an adjusted model, with two theoretically justifiable modifications, was valid for the pooled sample. An exploratory analysis supported the validity of the adjusted model...
Impact of a Newtonian assimilation and physical initialization on the initialization and prediction in a tropical mesoscale model
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One of the major limitations of tropical hydrostatic mesoscale models initialized through synoptic and subsynoptic scale data and operating on a grid resolution of 20-50km is that they show limited skill in simulating the spatial and... It is shown in this study that this spin-up and overactive convection problem can be overcome by carrying out a dynamic Newtonian assimilation coupled with physical initialization during a preforecast integration phase of the model. In...
Book from the exhibit Dispossessed Installations that contain installation works from the artists Steve Barry, John Fekner, Adrian Piper, Bill Viola, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles and an exert on the artist and their work.
On the generation and dispersion of Yanai waves with a spectral Chebyshev-collocation reduced-gravity ocean model
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A spectral Chebyshev-collocation method is devised for the 1-1/2 layer non-linear reduced-gravity equations. Following a general description of spectral methods with their application to meteorological and oceanographic problems the... The model is used in a study of the dynamics of Yanai (or mixed Rossby-gravity) wave packets. These are of interest because of the observations of equatorial instability waves (which have the characteristics of Yanai waves) and their...
CEO characteristics, strategy, and performance: An empirical study of declining organizations
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The ability to turn around from declining performance is critical for the long-term survival of an organization. The purpose of this dissertation was to empirically examine how the characteristics of the CEO impact the selection of... The findings of this dissertation indicate that CEO succession may not be required in order to turn around declining performance. If an organization decides to select a new CEO, it is more likely that the selection would come from within...
South Africa and the United States at the end of the 19th century: The Boer War in American politics and diplomacy
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American concern for South Africa during the Boer War focused on how the war affected wider American interests, and especially a budding rapprochement with Britain. It was not related to commercial or other interests intrinsic to the... Guided by Secretary of State John Hay, the United States emerged from this diplomatic cauldron unscathed. Mr. Hay was accused of subordinating the interests of his own country to Britain. In reality, he consistently pressed Britain for...
Le theme de l'evasion dans l'oeuvre de Simone Schwarz-Bart et dans celle d'Albertine Sarrazin (French text, Algeria, Guadeloupe)
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Simone Schwarz-Bart (1938-) and Albertine Sarrazin (1937-1967) offer an example of the cultural diversity that French Literature provides to the readers. Two of Albertine Sarrazin's novels, L'Astragale and La Cavale, were published in... As a young teenager, life in a rigid family felt too hard and too stifling for Albertine Sarrazin and she fled away at the age of fifteen. For the young girls and Ti Jean, in Schwarz-Bart's novels, life in the West Indies presented... In order to become a better person and get away from their unhappy situations, the characters had to go deep inside themselves to get to know their innerself. Through this universal process of search for happiness and a better way of...
The impact of the Vietnam War on foreign policy attitudes: A test of the generational thesis
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An empirical study of the generational impact of the Vietnam War on the foreign policy attitudes of the American mass and attentive publics was undertaken in order to determine if and how Vietnam served as a critical socializing... Among the most significant findings of this study was that generational differences among both the mass and attentive publics are modest in nature. Thus generational cleavage is only a weak and partial explanation to the post-Vietnam... This study also offers evidence to support the thesis that the Vietnam generation is more polarized than other age cohorts. Based on a comparison of the attitudes of the general and attentive publics, the Vietnam generation exhibited...
The relationship of an alcoholic family of origin to family functioning and quality of life for Adult Children of Alcoholics
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This study compared Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Non Alcoholics at two family life cycle stages; these included the Families with School Age Children Stage and the Families with Teenagers Stage. Respondents were... The sample for the Families with School Age Children Stage included 90 Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Non Alcoholics while the sample for the Families with Teenagers Stage also included 90 Adult Children of Alcoholics... The study found significant differences between Adult Children of Alcoholics and Adult Children of Non Alcoholics in family of origin health/pathology and family of procreation stress, family functioning, and quality of life. The...
Guidelines for the design and development of consumer performance assessments relevant to social service environments
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The purpose of this study was to correct certain deficiencies in performance assessment as currently practiced in social service programs by providing measurement and evaluation specialists with guidelines for designing and developing... Two activities were conducted to meet these purposes. First, a set of design and construction consumer performance assessment guidelines that embodied the characteristics of the assessment process in social service agencies were... The conceptualization of the guidelines was based on a grounded theory approach to the assessment development process and a review of the characteristics and assumptions of performance assessments conducted in educational and social... A professionally defined basis for judging performance assessment instruments from the consumer's perspective has not been available to evaluators. By providing a concise set of professional guidelines, this study constitutes a first...
Supervisor/subordinate differences in police officer job definitions: Effects on performance appraisal outcomes
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This study focuses on the job definitions held by police patrol personnel. The demographic and experiential variables that influence the development of job definitions in policing are examined. The substantive meanings of these... The research centers on the differences in patrol officer job definitions held by supervisors and selected officer groups. Differences in job definitions can adversely impact the capacity of the organization to communicate expected... The job definitions are derived from the factor analysis of the ratings of the importance of generally used performance appraisal categories. It is determined that officers generally perceive a lower level of supervision than supervisors... Police job definitions are generally idiosyncratic. However, some consensus exists between the officers and supervisors on those dimensions of the job that were identified through the factor analysis procedure. These dimensions accounted...
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