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A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THREE DEMONSTRATION CONDITIONS IN THE ACQUISITION OF A MOTOR SKILL (TIME, CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION)
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The purpose of this study was to compare both the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing live demonstrations (with a fully adequate and precise display of the movement) and videotaped demonstrations (with and without a fully adequate... After observing one of the three demonstrations, 97 tenth and eleventh grade students completed a written test which assessed their knowledge of information critical to satisfactorily performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Next, the... A one-way analysis of variance test revealed no significant differences in the time required for practice and feedback between demonstration groups. Females did require a significantly longer period of time for practice and feedback than...
Performances include Valse-Fantaisie (Choreographed by George Balanchine), Mantid (Choreographed by Peggy Lyman), People Dances (Choreographed by Nancy Smith Fichter), Three Solos (Performed by Peggy Lyman; Choreographed by Nancy Smith...
Synchronized Swimming at the 1984 Olympics - Figures (solo) (recording of ABC broadcast) Tracie Ruiz (USA) is featured. Esther Williams is providing the commentary.
THE EFFECT OF MODELING STIMULI AND REHEARSAL ON THE LEARNING OF LINE PATTERNS (OVERT, COVERT)
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A major focus of the study was to compare the effectiveness of overt and covert modeling. Overt modeling was defined as visually observing a model while covert modeling involved a process of verbal description followed by mental... Apriori tests were conducted on the data as well as 2 x 2 x 2 repeated measures ANCOVA. Results indicated that visual observation was significantly better than verbal description on the immediate reproduction measures. No significant... In the past, the effects of verbal description in covert modeling has been ignored in favor of "imagining a model." It is now clear that verbal description is an important factor in covert modeling and that imagining a model is a form of...
THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOLS IN WATER BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (RESONANCE, QUANTITATIVE)
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The potential of Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of phenols in water has been investigated. A method of analysis based on the Raman technique would provide many advantages over other methods currently employed. It would be able to... A group of nine compounds--phenol, o-chlorophenol, 2, 4-dichlorophenol, 4, 6-trichlorophenol, 2-chloro-5-methylphenol, 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol, 4-nitrophenol, 3-nitrophenol, and 2-nitrophenol--was studied with the use of the 514.5... A study was conducted to determine the effect of background fluorescence, as well as other interferences, on this method. It was concluded that most interferences found in natural waters could be eliminated with the use of cross... The most important factor controlling sensitivity was the occurrence of resonance enhancement. Raman measurements of the nitrophenols with the 457.9 nm laser line resulted in detection limits of 190 to 30 ppb. Measurements were carried...
The rabbit VH region has been the subject of extensive and continued serological and biochemical analysis during the past three decades. Four VH subgroups (a, x, y, w) have been characterized, each of which displays a distinct set of... In this report, we present the sequence of a rabbit VH gene (pRVH831), which was selected from a rabbit genomic library using the mouse VH gene, pS107V1, as a cross-species hybridization probe. Our analysis reveals that pRVH831 is a... We have determined that pRVH831 is a member of the VH subgroup III. When used as a probe in filter hybridization experiments pRVH831 reveals 10-15 VH subgroup III genes, a number consistent with results obtained in human and murine... When the sequence of pRVH831 was analysed for internal repetitiveness, three similar copies (73-90%) of a 14-15 bp sequence were detected. These sequences are located in FR1, CDR1, and CDR2. Our analysis indicates that this repeat is...
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...
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...
A STUDY OF THE INELASTIC SCATTERING AND EXCITATION OF LITHIUM-6
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The results of two studies of the elastic and inelastic scattering of ('6)Li are reported. The analysis of the data in both studies was designed to determine if a moderately parameter-free description of ('6)Li scattering on several... In the first study, elastic and inelastic scattering data extending to (theta)(, c.m.)(DBLTURN)175(DEGREES) are reported for ('6)Li + ('28)Si at 27 and 34 MeV. Optical model analyses of the elastic data were made using a variety of real... In the second study, differential cross sections for elastic and inelastic ('6)Li scattering from ('12)C at 24 and 30 MeV, and from ('16)O at 25.7 MeV were measured out to (theta)(, c.m.)(DBLTURN)170(DEGREES). Also by scattering ('12)C...
RESONANCE RAMAN STUDIES OF THE INTERMEDIATES OF THE CATALYTIC CYCLES OF HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE: COMPARISON OF COMPOUND III TO OXYMYOGLOBIN (HEME PROTEINS, OXIDASE, STOPPED-FLOW)
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Resonance Raman spectroscopy and cryoenzymology have been combined to study the structures of intermediates in the peroxidase and oxidase pathways of HRP. The intermediates compound I, II, and III, have been stabilized at subzero... Comparing these differences to model compounds, especially the isotopically sensitive Fe-O(, 2) mode at 570 cm('-1) in Mb and 559 cm('-1) in compound III, demonstrates that the functional differences between these two proteins lies in the...
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISM OF THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF 1,1'-BICYCLOHEXENYL (DIENES, ALKENES)
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The mechanism of the photochemical formation of tricyclo{6.4.0.0('2, 7)}7, 8-cis-dodec-1-ene (CB), 1'-methoxybicyclohex-1-ene (1, 2 ET), and a new product, 2'-methoxybicyclohex-1-ene (1, 4ET), from the sensitized irradiation of 1, 1... The mechanism of photoproduct formation from the direct irradiation of BCH has also been investigated. The observed photoproducts are CB, 1, 2 ET, 4 ET and 1, 3'-bicyclohexenyl (UD). Steady state photochemical measurements of product...
A STUDY OF HIGHLY ENERGETIC NEAR-BOTTOM OCEAN FLOW AT THE BASE OF THE SCOTIAN RISE (CURRENT, ABYSSAL)
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Previous investigations disclosed a strong near-bottom equatorward contour-following flow at the base of the Scotian Rise near the 4, 900 m isobath ((TURN)40(DEGREES)N, 62(DEGREES)W) which coexisted with a filament of relatively fresh...
THE U8-21 MEV REGION OF CARBON-12 POPULATED BY BORON-11 (DEUTERON,NEUTRON) CARBON-12 AT E(DEUTERON) = 10 AND 12 MEV
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The modified high resolution beam pulsing system at FSU has been used for neutron time of flight detection over relatively short flight paths (2 m). This enabled a study of ('12)C using the (d, n) proton stripping reaction. In addition to...
THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORMAL SCHOOLING IN THE HOMELAND AND THE ENGLISH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (LANGUAGE LEARNING, OPTIMAL AGE)
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A study of a sample of 93 randomly selected Island-born 12 and 13 year old Puerto Rican students who received 0, 1, 2-3 or 4-5 years of prior native language (L(, 1)) instruction in Puerto Rico was carried out in 1983 within a Chicago... could not be rejected. Neither prior L(, 1) schooling in Puerto Rico nor the educational setting in which the schooling was received showed a significant relationship to student achievement. The study supports the Ramsey and Wright (1974) findings of no academic disadvantage for the arriving 6-7 year old children. The Baral (1979) and Lazos (1981) findings of no academic advantage for the recently arrived immigrant students... Findings from this study suggest that language minority students of low socioeconomic status could benefit from spending more than 3-4 years in a bilingual program even with a differentiated curriculum. . . . (Author's abstract exceeds...
URANIUM-SERIES NUCLIDES IN SEDIMENTS AND PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM THE PERUVIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN (RADIUM, BIOTURBATION, PHOSPHORITE)
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Uranium-series disequilibrium techniques have been applied to sediments and phosphate nodules sampled from the Peru-Chile continental margin in order to decipher growth histories of the nodules and time scales of diagenetic processes... Uranium-series analysis of 11 series of contiguous slices from individual phosphate nodules consistently show unidirectional growth at rates of 0.1 to 10 mm/Kyr with a trend of slow but persistent radium leakage with time. Estimated... Growth curves based upon ('226)Ra and ('230)Th radiometric ages of sequential layers in a buried phosphate crust show that this crust grew upward toward the sediment-water interface at a rate of 12-13 mm/Kyr. Crystallographical analyses... An intercomparison of uranium-series and ('14)C ages of 9 phosphorite samples show that both methods agree reasonably well with each other for samples younger than 30 Kyr. A pelletal phosphorite displayed the greatest discrepancy between... A radiochemical study of sediments associated with these phosphorites produced ('210)Pb-derived sedimentation rates on the order of a few mm/yr in the vicinity of the most intense upwelling (12(DEGREES)S and 15(DEGREES)S) decreasing by a...
THE MARSHALL MISSION TO CHINA, DECEMBER 1945-JANUARY 1947: A STUDY OF US FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS (UNITED STATES)
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Decisions made regarding General George C. Marshall's Mission to China in 1945-47 as President Truman's Special Envoy are examined in this study, as are substantive questions regarding attempts by the Truman Administration to achieve... President Truman's decision-making style reflected a keen awareness of domestic politics and an appreciation of foreign policy. However, after some initial bureaucratic wrangling over the Administration's China policy, Truman delegated... Although Marshall was able to arrange for a ceasefire, a formula for political reconciliation, and military reorganization, these agreements were never implemented. Beyond the goal of repatriating Japanese forces, US policy was a failure...
This is a group of poems dealing primarily with the subjects of memory and the past and how these entities shape and limit an individual's present and future. Many of the poems are concerned with the author's working toward an...
AN ORGANOTRANSITIONMETAL APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHO- AND BENZOQUINONES (NAPHTHOQUINONES)
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Reaction of bis(triphenylphosphine)chlorocobaltaindane-1, 3-dione with 1 equivalent of AgBF(, 4) followed by treatment with various ligands resulted in the formation of cationic phthaloylcobalt complexes. Reaction of these cationic... The information obtained from reaction studies of the phthaloyl-cobalt complexes was applied to several maleoylcobalt complexes in order to develop an organotransitionmetal approach to benzoquinone synthesis. In order to generalize such...
A PERFORMANCE AND DEMOGRAPHIC BASED STANDARD FOR THE OPTIMUM ALLOCATION OF POLICE HUMAN RESOURCES
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Currently in Canada no satisfactory method exists which determines the number of police personnel required to "police" a given jurisdiction. Several procedures are available which deploy existing police human resources within a given... Various steps are followed in the research. These are: (1) The identification, by quantitative means, of an optimum performing police jurisdiction from within a sample jurisdiction, (2) Identify the demographic/ecological characters... For the study it is assumed that the policing function will improve with a rational and objective approach to human resource allocation. Such an approach will allow for the availability of sufficient human resources to deal with any call... The study was confined by the quality of the secondary data and the sampling and non-sampling error which existed within each data set. At the conclusion of this study it was possible to identify a standard of policing. This standard had...
THE EFFECTS OF VOCALIZATION ON THE INTONATION OF COLLEGE WIND PERFORMERS
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of vocalization on the intonation of college wind players under performance conditions. The interactive effects of sex and instrumental grouping (woodwind and brass) were also of... All wind instrumentalists currently performing in the symphonic band and wind ensemble at The Florida State University served as subjects (N = 94). An equal number of subjects began testing in each condition, play and sing/play. In the... Results of the BMDP2V Analysis of Variance with Repeated Measures Program (1982) indicated that there were no significant differences between exercises which were performed instrumentally and exercises which were vocalized prior to...
This is an historical and critical study of the discipline of musicology. The study is divided into two major sections: a retrospective of musicology, and a critique of musicology. The retrospective is an historical-chronological survey... The critical part of the study is in the Kantian mode using a methodology derived from the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl. This part is a critical study of the sources, scope and limits of musicology as delineated in the retrospective... Finally, the study may be read in two ways: as a critique of musicology as described above; or as an example of applied phenomenology.
APPROACHES TO THE BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS OF DEMECOLCINE (ENAMINE, EPIMERIZATION, HOMOMORPHINANDIENONE, IODOSOBENZENE, BISTRIFLUOROACETATE)
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A biomimetic synthesis of colchicine (1) was designed which required the intermediacy of enamine 2. The enamine was to be generated by decarboxylation or decarbonylation of the homomorphinandienone 3, formed by phenolic oxidative... (DIAGRAM, TABLE OR GRAPHIC OMITTED...PLEASE SEE DAI) Consequently Bischler-Napieralski cyclization of N- 3-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl propanoyll-3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)alanine methyl ester was employed to give a 3, 4-dihydrophenethyliso- quinoline, which was reduced with sodium borohydride... Intramolecular phenolic oxidative coupling of cis and trans-1-(3, 5-trimethoxyphenethyl)-2-trifluoroacetyl-3-methoxycarbonyl-6-methoxy-7-hydroxy-tetrahydroisoquinolines was investigated. It was found that oxidative coupling of the trans... In view of the low yield obtained, an alternative pathway to 2 was investigated. O-Methylandrocymbine was synthesized in 34% yield by oxidation of the amine-borane of 1-(3, 5-trimethoxyphenethyl)-2-methyl-6-methoxy-7-hydroxy... Reaction of enamine 2 with both cyanogen azide and diphenylphosphoryl azide resulted in rearrangement to give the amidines 5 as the only identifiable products, in addition to two unidentifiable products. None of the desired colchicine... (DIAGRAM, TABLE OR GRAPHIC OMITTED...PLEASE SEE DAI)
COMPETENCIES NEEDED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL IN FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS PERCEIVED BY SELECTED SCHOOL PERSONNEL
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The purpose of this investigator's study was to ascertain the critical compentencies needed by instructional supervisors as perceived by selected school personnel in Florida. A secondary purpose was to determine the competencies needing... A list of competency statements was identified through the review of the literature: (1) on the role of expectations of supervision, (2) role of the supervisor in Florida, (3) development and identification of leadership competencies, (4... There were 120 instruments (response sheets) distributed to the outside panel members comprised of a variety of supervisory job titles. These were made up from the State Department of Education consultants, university professors, ... The outside panel of respondents was asked to evaluate and rank order the 73 competency statements on a two-column scale. A taxonomy was used to classify the competency statements. This included Critical Functions and Supervisory Domains. Of the seventy-three competencies, the data revealed that sixty-nine were accepted on the evaluation scale and sixty-seven on the rank order scale. Among the sixty-nine competencies accepted, 8 out of 23 or 49 percent were evaluated in...
THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZING CONTENT ON ACHIEVEMENT AND TIME ON TASK IN INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR ADULT LEARNERS (APTITUDE TREATMENT, INTERACTION)
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In the past ten years, interest in developing an empirically-based technology for designing and organizing information has received renewed attention. An outgrowth of this interest has been the development of a comprehensive technique... This study sought to determine whether presenting content in an instructional sequence developed by OCT made any difference in learner achievement or in time on task when compared to presenting the learner with a prose rendition of the... The study employed a factorial research design with randomization to equate experimental groups. Two categories of ability, high and low, and two instructional treatments having identical instructional designs except for content... Forty-seven junior- and senior-level students enrolled at The University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, during the Fall of 1983, served as subjects (Ss) for the study. They were randomly assigned to treatments, yielding... The data analysis revealed the following facts that were significant at the .05 level of probability: (1) Ss receiving the OCT treatment had higher achievement levels than Ss receiving the prose treatment. (2) High-ability Ss had higher...
THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS INFLUENCING CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN KENYA
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This dissertation attempts to examine the relationships between socioeconomic and demographic variables and current use of contraception among Kenyan women aged 15-50. The study utilizes both path analysis and multiple regression to determine the direct and indirect effects of selected predetermined variables on contraceptive behavior of currently married, fecund and non-pregnant women. The results demonstrate that number of living children, ethnicity, woman's occupation and husband's occupation have significant direct effects on contraceptive use, while accessibility is shown to have the strongest direct effect on... The study concludes that policy makers ought to determine the demographic and contraceptive needs of different subpopulations in order to formulate better strategies relevant to these groups.
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