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SOLVENT-MEDIATED PROTON TRANSFER. THE INTIMATE ROLE OF THE SOLVENT IN EXCITED-STATE TAUTOMERIZATION REACTIONS
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Excited-state proton transfer reactions are investigated for three different molecular species, 3-hydroxyflavone, 7-azaindole, and lumichrome. Both steady-state and picosecond spectroscopic techniques are used to establish the dominant... Proton transfer in 3-hydroxyflavone is formally an intramolecular process. The tautomerization process in this molecule, however, is found to depend sensitively on interactions with the surrounding solvent molecules. Distinct ground... The isolated 7-azaindole molecule possesses no direct pathway for tautomerization. If proton transfer is to occur it must do so through a molecular bridge of some sort. This class of excited-state reactions is refered to as... Lumichrome provides a particularly interesting case of pseudo-intramolecular proton transfer. Tautomerization takes place in the solvents pyridine, glacial acetic acid, and in the various derivatives of these. The roles of solvent...
THE USE OF VERBAL SELF-REPORTS IN MARKETING RESEARCH: A TEST OF THEIR VALIDITY
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In marketing research a great deal of reliance is placed upon the acquisition of data through verbal self-reports. Recent research has cast some doubt as to the validity of data provided by verbal self-reports. Counter evidence...
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF CURRICULAR VARIATIONS OF HEALTH ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT COURSES ON SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENTS AND EXERCISE HABITS (TEACHING METHODS)
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three types of curricular variations of Health Analysis and Improvement courses on selected physical fitness components and exercise habits. Subjects for the study were 176 male... Pretests and posttests for resting heart rate, submaximal oxygen uptake, 1.5 mile run, body fat, and total body weight were given at the beginning and the end of the semester. Ten hypotheses regarding fitness scores for men and women... The Health Analysis and Improvement Activity and Exercise Habit Survey was also administered at the end of the semester, and provided answers to nine research questions. As a result of taking the class, students indicated that they: (a)...
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...
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...
Human fibroblasts possess five distinguishable systems for amino acid transport. Initial rates for three of these normalized against cell protein decline with in vitro age. The decline most noticably affects the L system, whose rate for... In spite of L system transport reduction, pool levels of L system amino acids do not decline markedly with age. The present study found the total pool for five L system amino acids (val, ileu, leu, tyr, phe) as 29 nmol mg('-1) in IMR-90... Growth of fibroblasts is relatively insensitive to pool alterations irrespective of age. Fivefold dilution of the amino acid complement of culture medium (DME) reduced L system amino acid pools about 40% in both young and old cells...
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EGYPTIANIZING THEATRE IN EGYPT, 1963-1970: A DESCRIPTIVE AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CLASH BETWEEN A QUEST FOR AUTHENTICITY AND A TENDENCY TO ASSIMILATE WESTERN METATHEATRE
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This research examines the movement of the 1960's to develop a genuine Egyptian theatre which would be recognized on the international level; this movement is herein termed the "movement to Egyptian theatre." The title itself points up... This thesis argues that the movement could not bring a divorce from Western influences, that the movement instead represented a new phase in the apprenticeship of Egyptian theatre wherein the playwrights departed from realism and turned... The core of this argument is that it was not possible for Egyptian playwrights to satisfy the long quest for a national theatre rooted in Egypt's indigenous theatrical practices because these practices were rudimentary and formless, and... This study includes, in addition to the historical background and survey of the different stages of the movement, a study of selected literature of the movement: three theoretical documents and eleven plays. Also, a detailed analysis of... Although I conclude that in its purpose to develop a truly Egyptian drama the movement failed, it is credited with (1) promoting the assimilation rather than the imitation of the Western theatrical model, (2) initiating the use of...
JUDITH, MARIA THERESA, AND METASTASIO: A CULTURAL STUDY BASED ON TWO ORATORIOS (REUTTER, GEORG; GASSMANN, FLORIAN; AUSTRIA)
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The figure of Judith has been used throughout the Christian era as an inspiration for writers, artists, and musicians. She is the heroine of epics, plays, and Jesuit dramas. Nowhere had this story greater impact than in the world of... One reason for the popularity of Judith as an oratorio heroine lay in Maria Theresa, who was connected to the apochryphal heroine. She did not sponsor this connection, but an extensive allegory can be developed between the two, showing... The other reason for Judith's popularity in oratorio was Betulia liberata, a libretto by Pietro Metastasio. Metastasio wrote six other oratorios in Vienna, but Betulia liberata remains his most interesting and most dramatic, ... The first setting of Betulia liberata was done by Georg Reutter, a Viennese composer, who designed it as part of Lenten religious services. He was not an original composer but did an acceptable job. He set the work for string orchestra... By 1772 the musical scene in Vienna had changed, and Florian Gassmann's setting of Betulia liberata reflects this. As the inaugural concert for the Tonkunstler-Sozietat, it needed to appeal to a bourgeois audience made up primarily of...
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF A HIGH SCHOOL CAREER DECISION INTERVENTION BASED ON THE OSIPOW DECISION MODEL (DEVELOPMENT, COUNSELING, EDUCATION, WORKSHOPS)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a series of career decision-making enhancement workshops (CDEW) on subsequent career decision-making attitudes and behaviors of high school students (Juniors) in a mid-size high... Seven research questions structured the investigation and were subsequently reformulated in terms of seven hypotheses. The hypotheses were developed based on factors delineated by the Career Decision Scale (Osipow et al., 1976). Six... The seventh hypothesis was tested by the administration of a follow-up questionnaire six months after the workshops. The questionnaire assessed researcher selected career exploratory behaviors that were initiated through workshop... The CDEW workshops proved to have a significant effect (P < .05) on the following Osipow (1980) factors: Personal Conflict, and Firmness of Career Choice. Also, CDEW proved to have a significant effect (P < .05) on four of six career... Post hoc analysis of data was used to determine whether initial levels of career decisiveness had any effect on the six Osipow (1980) factors. The experimental and control groups were divided, using a median split procedure, into high...
A PROFILE OF COLLEGE STUDENT LEADERS RELATING PERSONALITY TYPES, LEARNING STYLES, AND LEADERSHIP APPROACHES
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether an identifiable profile relating personality type, learning style, and leadership approach exists for college student leaders. Subjects were 100 student leaders at The Florida State... Respondents were predominantly white (86%); female (59.0%); 20 years of age (25%); full-time (96%) and in the junior class (33%). Findings indicated that as a total group, student leaders' personality types tended to be extroverted, both... The results of this study suggest that an identifiable profile can be developed for college student leaders. Through the assessment of personality type, and leadership approach of leaders, valuable information can be...
NARRATIVE IN THE MODERN SHORT POEM (CONTEMPORARY, THEORY)
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This study takes a structural approach to narrative in short poems (under 300 lines) by British and American poets of the 20th-century, using examples by a wide range of poets to investigate a number of narrative tactics and to consider... The introduction outlines some causes for the critical neglect of narrative in short poems and calls for a reappraisal of the terms lyric and narrative as they apply to such works. Chapter 2 considers the influence of point of view and...
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY: IMPACTS ON FAMILY LIFE (WELL-BEING, MILITARY, ECONOMICS, STUDIES)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the financial management practices of families in the United States Army and the relationship of those practices on key variables affecting family life. Variables analyzed included financial well... Data were obtained through two methods. The first method utilized personal interviews regarding family demographics, household income, expenditures, money management practices, financial planning background, and perception of financial...
THE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATIONS OF CONTINUING EDUCATORS
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The purpose of this study was to identify the philosophical orientations of continuing educators in higher education and to determine the extent of similarities and/or differences between them and the relationships that may exist between... For purposes of data analysis, frequencies and percentages were used to compare the responses of the sample population. Chi-square was used to test for significant associations. The .05 alpha level was used as the criterion for the...
HERBERT BLUMER'S THEORY OF METHOD: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE
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This study provides a comprehensive and critical account of Herbert Blumer's methodology. Beginning with a reflexive look at its own program for reading, the study proposes to regard Blumer in light of the systematic character of his... The characterization of Blumer's methodology begins with its general framework: Blumer regards methodology as a self-reflective exercise in which the principles underlying scientific inquiry are developed and criticized. This view... As regards the substantive results of his methodological thinking, Blumer's work presents a decidedly variegated visage. This is admittedly less so in ontological concerns--where Blumer adherred rather consistently to universalist... But there is another facet of Blumer's work which, inconsistent with the reductive empiricism, is more suggestive for current methodological thinking. That facet concerns the semantic unity of theory and method. In such areas as public...
LANGUAGE NEEDS IDENTIFICATION OF CAMBODIAN REFUGEES IN A U.S. URBAN AREA (PROGRAM EVALUATON, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, UNITED STATES)
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A qualitative study of language needs of Cambodian refugees in a U.S. urban area was carried out in Jacksonville, Florida. Refugees were studied in three groups: Employment-bound, home-bound, and working. In addition, men and women were... The major findings of the study center on the pronounced tendency of refugees to depend on third-parties when confronted with situations requiring interaction with Americans, even where little language use is needed. This, combined with...
NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY OF NIOBIUM-96 AND NIOBIUM-94 (SHELL MODEL, DWBA, PROTON-PICKUP)
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The nuclear spectroscopy of ('96)Nb and ('94)Nb was studied using the proton pickup (t, (alpha)) reaction on isotopically enriched targets of ('97)Mo and ('95)Mo. The experiments were performed at the tandem Van de Graff facilities of...
MULTI-MEDIA DISTANCE EDUCATION: A STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF ADULT PARTICIPANTS IN THE RADIO CORRESPONDENCE PROJECT IN THAILAND
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This study examined the effect of selected sociodemographic, psychological and instructional factors on the educational achievement of the participants in the Radio Correspondence Project, a multi-media distance education in northern... The results of multiple regression analysis showed that, in the Thai language course, previous test score and quality of radio reception had a significant effect on educational achievement. No significant effect on educational... The findings in the Life Experience course showed that, among all selected socio-demographic, psychological and instructional factors, number of years out of school, amount of time for studying each lesson, number of radio programs... Concerning the effect of each specified block of variables, the findings showed that the instructional block had a significant effect in explaining the variability of educational achievement in both Thai language and Life Experience...
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF CHAPTER I AND NONCHAPTER I KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS
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Despite the controversy about the term "disadvantaged", the term is used in this dissertation in order to coincide with Federal usage in conjunction with Chapter I guidelines. The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine... The subjects were 53 disadvantaged and 65 nondisadvantaged students. The disadvantaged students were enrolled in a regular kindergarten class supplemented by a Chapter I reading program. The nondisadvantaged students were enrolled in a... Twenty-three hypotheses were tested using the .05 alpha level as the criterion for the rejection of all hypotheses. The t test and the chi square test were used in the data analysis. The major findings were: (1) after seven months of instruction, there was no significant difference between the mean reading scores of the two groups, (2) there was no significant difference between the mean reading scores of the morning...
NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION FOR THE WEST AFRICAN MONSOON EXPERIMENT (FGGE, EASTERLY WAVES, KINETIC ENERGY BUDGET, SPECTRAL MODEL)
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The West African Monsoon Experiment (WAMEX) took place between 1 May to 31 August, 1979, over an area from 10(DEGREES)S to 25(DEGREES)N and 25(DEGREES)W to 25(DEGREES)E. Data collected during WAMEX were analyzed by a WMO WAMEX scientific... The four WAMEX cases have been subjected to detailed observational and numerical prediction studies. The prediction experiments are a series of real data numerical weather prediction carried out using two single level models and the FSU... Results of the comparative observational study indicate positive correlation between both data sets with no significant difference. However, wave structures are shown to be better described by the merged FGGE plus WAMEX data sets than by...
THE ATTITUDES OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, AND TEACHERS RELATIVE TO MAINSTREAMING THE HANDICAPPED
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Recent national legislation (P.L. 94-142) and State of Florida Legislation (CSHB 1327) have mandated a civic responsibility for mainstreaming handicapped children in public schools. The details for implementing the law have been... In order to accomplish this study, the investigator administered an attitude inventory to a random sampling of education administrators, guidance counselors, and teachers who are presently employed in public schools in a nine-county area... The data gathered from this inventory were analyzed in terms of general acceptance of mainstreaming, adjustments in the classroom, emotional demands and sensitivity to the handicapped, confidence in ability to cope with mainstreaming, ... The characteristics of respondents were analyzed in terms of sex, years of experience, academic preparation, professional contact with a mainstreaming program, personal contact with a handicapped person, issue importance, and educational...
ENERGY EFFECTS ON GROUP VIB TRIFLUOROPHOSPHINE CARBONYLS (HOT ATOM, INTRAMOLECULAR ISOMERIZATION, SEPARATION, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY)
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The chemistry of trifluorophosphine containing complexes is interesting because of the similar bonding properties of PF(, 3) and CO. Both are capable of pi back-bonding with transition metals. A series of PF(, 3) substituted compounds, M...
POWER IN MARRIAGE: STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARITAL HISTORIES
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An alternative to the decision-making approach to the study of marital power was developed in order to observe empirically the link between structural and processual dimensions of power in marriage. Power was conceptualized as the... Based on a social exchange perspective, the survey instrument allowed computation of the relative dependence of husband and wife for provision of six types of resources: expressions of love and affection, respect for abilities and... Quantitative results support the theoretical argument that dependence is a meaningful indicator of the structure of power in marriage. The qualitative analysis reveals the processes by which those structures have been established and...
THE DIFFERENTIAL VALIDITY OF TEACHER RATINGS OF HYPERACTIVITY AND AGGRESSION: A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE CLASSROOM MEASURES (IOWA-CONNERS, STONY BROOK SCALE, COCADO, PEI)
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The present study investigated the differential validity of teacher rating Hyperactivity and Aggression factors in overlapping random (N = 71) and at-risk (N = 45) samples of elementary school boys. Measures included direct observations...
THE MECHANISM OF PRODUCT FORMATION IN ANTHRACENE/TRANS,TRANS-2,4-HEXADIENE SYSTEM
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The photochemical reaction of anthracene (A) with trans, trans-2, 4-hexadiene (D) produces anthracene dimer (A(, 2)), a major 4(pi)+4(pi) cross-adduct (Ad), and three minor cross-adducts: Ad' (4(pi)+4(pi)), Ad'' (4(pi)+2(pi)), and Ad''' ... required a minimum number of derived parameters. These parameters describe the fate of singlet and triplet (A/D) exciplexes in cross-adduct formation ('1)(AD)*(--->) (beta) Ad + (beta)' Ad' + (1-(beta)-(beta)') (A+D); ('3)(AD)*(--->) ...
COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS FOR REMEDIATING SUBTRACTION DIFFICULTIES AT THE FIFTH GRADE LEVEL
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The purposes of the study were: (1) to develop a remedial instruction program based on an error type model; and (2) to compare its effectiveness with that of a general re-teaching model in remediating students who had not mastered a... Subjects were 44 fifth grade students enrolled in a local public elementary school. Subtraction of 4-digit numbers with one regrouping was the skill chosen for use in the study. From pretest results, students were assigned to one of... After one week of instruction, a posttest was administered. After a three-week maintenance period, a second posttest was administered. After four weeks of no further intervention, a third posttest was administered. Using the Wilcoxon... A proposed model for remedial instruction which combined elements from both models used in the present study was offered by the researcher for further investigation.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT FUNCTION OF A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL (PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTION, DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION, YOUNG CHRONIC PATIENT, FLORIDA)
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A two phase study was carried out to evaluate the impact of the deinstitutionalization movement on the admission and discharge practices of a large state psychiatric hospital in Florida. Phase I involved a follow-up study of 370 patients... Phase II of the study examined the characteristics of 227 patients admitted to the hospital during 1983-84, ten years after deinstitutionalization policies were implemented at the state level. The average patient in this admissions...
THE EFFECT OF THE BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER ON THE PHYSICS OF INTENSE MESOSCALE EDDIES
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The Benthic Boundary Layer is a region close the ocean bottom with features distinct from the oceanic interior. Near the bottom the ocean is turbulent and the resultant mixing leads to a neutrally stratified bottom layer. Turbulent... The object of the present research is to analyze how the benthic region affects the dynamics of the forcing flow. More specifically, a numerical model based on the level 2 1/2 closure scheme of Mellor and Yamada is developed to examine... It is found that the decay of the flow occurs through conversion of kinetic to potential energy and through dissipation by bottom friction. The relative importance of both processes is expressed by the Rossby number (epsilon) = U/fR and... Examination of the structure of the Benthic Boundary Layer indicates that a clear distinction should be made between the mixed layer, or the region neutrally stratified, and the Bottom Boundary Layer, or the region where most of the...
SELECTED ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS, AND PREFERENCES OF HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE THREE QUANTITATIVELY-DEFINED SCIENCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
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The purpose of this study was to investigate high school chemistry student attitudes toward science and their perceptions of and preferences for learning chemistry in three different science learning environments. The subjects of this study were 48 students enrolled in two sections of general chemistry at the Developmental Research School of Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Data were collected from January through April, 1985. A modified version of the Science Curriculum System (SCAS) was used to code classroom behavior. After experiencing each environment, interview protocols derived from SCAS were used to... Repeated measures design analyses were used to investigate student perceptions of and preferences for learning chemistry and their attitudes toward science. The chi-square analyses were used to investigate the accuracy of student... The results indicated the following: (1) Student perceptions of chemistry and learning chemistry showed significant difference among the three different science learning environments. (2) A significant difference existed between student... Perhaps more research studies in science learning environments yield valuable results from examining effects of these environments on student perceptions, attitudes, preferences, and achievement.
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