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Public entrepreneurship in Florida local government administration
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The problem. Public entrepreneurship is increasingly regarded as the means to manage governmental organizations, even through, the approach has not been fully investigated and researched. The term entrepreneurship is often overused and... Research methods and strategies. Rather than concentrate on an ideal definition, the identification of traits, or a single influential person, this dissertation explores public entrepreneurship as an evolutionary process that follows... Findings and conclusions. Each case provides a profile of the entrepreneurial process in local government and exposes variations in the decision-making processes by which entrepreneurial activities are formed and operationalized. Public...
Marginal labor and county-level punishment patterns in Florida during the 1980s
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This study looked at the impact of marginal and surplus labor on criminal punishment. The primary objectives of this study were: (1) to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the relationship between surplus labor and criminal... The findings indicate that unemployment does predict prison and probation admissions. No support for the trade-off thesis was found. The most significant predictor of punishment rates was the percent of young, black males in the...
The purpose of this dissertation is to, first outline a theory of Zeta regularized products which will work for sequences of complex numbers, and second to use this theory to compute Zeta regularized products and modular constants for... The gamma function $\Gamma(z)$ is represented as the ratio of two Zeta regularized products. This relation is then extended to define multiple gamma functions as the ratio of two corresponding Zeta regularized products. A full account of... Some other special functions are also discussed. Namely Jacobi's theta function $\theta\sb1$, the Weierstrass sigma function $\sigma(z), $ and $P(z\vert\tau)$ defined by The determinant of the Laplacian on an n-dimensional flat Torus is computed for $n \geq$ 2, by computing
An empirical examination of firm-specific characteristics associated with differential information environments
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Bhushan (1989), O'Brien and Bhushan (1990) and Brennan and Hughes (1991) have identified specific firm characteristics that they find to be associated with either the level of analyst following or year-to-year changes in security analyst... Drawing upon findings reported in the "earnings response coefficient" literature, I argue that analysts have an incentive to identify and follow those firms whose time-series properties reveal historically persistent earnings innovations... The results indicate that analysts can and do identify those firms with more persistent and less predictable earnings and concentrate research effort on these companies vis-a-vis other sample firms. The hypotheses of King et al. (1990)...
A study of fund-raising at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) affiliated public black colleges and universities
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The value of public black colleges has been well-documented. These institutions have played an important role toward ensuring minority participation in higher education. Yet, unstable government support has threatened their survival. The... The conceptual framework, the resource dependency model, evolved from organizational theory. In resource dependency, organizations must competitively acquire and maintain resources from the environment to survive (Pfeffer & Salancik, ... The results showed that the mean enrollment for state colleges (SCU) was 3, 798, land-grant institutions (LGI) 3, 500, and two-year colleges (TYI) 931. The first fund-raising programs in SCU and LGI were established over thirty years ago...
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...
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...
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.
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...
The migration and generation of oceanic eddies along western boundaries
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Since oceanic eddies migrate westward, they eventually reach the western boundaries of the oceans. Therefore, it is of interest to find out in which direction a surface eddy moves after eddies collide with walls. First, we show... Our second aim is to study the detailed temporal evolution of an eddy colliding with a wall on an f-plane using a barotropic, as well as a one-and-a-half-layer contour dynamics model. At t = 0, the circular eddy is conceptually cut off... Possible applications of these models to various oceanic situations are discussed.
Resonance Raman characterization of N(alpha)-acetyl-microperoxidase-8 and its high valent intermediates
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A variety of methods have been used to explore the suitability of Ac-MP-8 as a water soluble, non-aggregating ferric heme model for the peroxidases. In particular, resonance Raman spectroscopy has been used to investigate the structure... The addition of two equivalents of hydroperoxide to Ac-MP-8 at pH 7.0 gives a green intermediate whose optical spectrum resembles that of HRP compound I and other $\rm\sp2A\sb{2u}$ porphyrin $\pi$-cation radicals. The resonance Raman...
The effects of on-hold telephone music on number of premature disconnections to a state-wide protective services abuse hot line
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This study investigated the effects of music styles on number of lost calls (premature disconnections) to a busy State Abuse Hot Line. The music that callers listened to when put on hold while waiting for an available counselor, was controlled for a period of ten weeks. The five musical styles used were: classical, popular, music arranged for relaxation, country and... The Newman-Keuls Multiple Comparison Procedure revealed significance between most lost calls during relaxation and jazz music and between relaxation and country music. The results indicated that the average of lost calls was greatest...
The motivational effects of norm-referenced, knowledge-of-results, and criterion-referenced feedback
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three different forms of feedback on student goal orientation, belief in whether ability could be improved on a task, and continuing motivation to learn. Eighty four high school...
The effects of exile in a Colonial society on the protagonists of four of Graham Greene's novels: The Heart of the Matter, The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana, and A Burnt-Out Case
This study investigates what literature, drama, the visual arts, and music may reveal about the place of dance in society through the early sixteenth century. Its emphasis is on attitudes, emotions, and beliefs connected with dance, ... Dance music and manuals through the fifteenth century are examined to determine the state of scholarly consensus regarding performance practice prior to the sixteenth century. The study of musical instrumentation is shown to be a... Preaching manuals of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and other moralizing materials are surveyed for references to dance; they reveal a generally negative attitude toward dance, and specifically warn against the wiles of dancing... Literature and the visual arts from the period between 1250 and 1525 have been surveyed for references to dance. Those references illustrate the role of dance in social institutions, as entertainment, emotional expression, and... The results of the analysis and comparison among the arts reveal a rich variety of conflicting attitudes toward dance. Dance was an indispensable social skill and, at the same time, an activity dangerous for the soul.
Far infrared properties of uranium nickel tin, thorium nickel tin, and granular yttrium barium(2) copper(3) oxygen(x) in the correlated states
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Far infrared transmission properties of metallic and insulating granular free standing $\rm YBa\sb2Cu\sb3O\sb{x}$ thin films were measured. Since no substrate was present, we were able to cover a 10-650 cm$\sp{-1}$ frequency range, wider... The transmission spectra of the metallic films were measured both in the normal and the superconducting states. These films behaved as a mixture of conducting and insulating small grains in the vicinity of the percolation threshold. The... We also measured the reflectance spectra of modified Heusler alloys, UNiSn and ThNiSn, at temperatures 10-300 K in the frequency range 10-700 cm$\sp{-1}, $ and at room temperature in the range 10-44800 cm$\sp{-1}.$ These are the first...
The proportional relationships constructed by two fifth-grade girls
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Solving proportion problems in schools is a difficult task for most children. Often techniques for solving fractions are utilized in teaching ratio and proportion. These techniques may prove useful for obtaining a solution, they do not... Researchers have studied proportional reasoning and have described the developmental stage at which individuals are able to solve proportional reasoning tasks, as well as the individual solution strategies. While this body of research... Individual interviews, problem solving episodes, and personal journals were the primary tools used in collecting data for this study. The problem solving episodes became the key component in observing and interacting with the... The researcher found that individuals must have many elaborated constructions to solve proportion tasks. Without these elaborated constructions the individual is unable to effectively coordinate the information needed to solve proportion...
An investigation of the use of verbal and numerical probability expressions in bank lending decisions
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The focus of this research is on management's communication of uncertainty (attested to by auditors) and the potential for miscommunication due to the communication mode used in accounting disclosures. The following two research... The above two research questions are investigated using a between-subject 3 x 2 factorial design. The first independent variable is the level of uncertainty. It has three levels which correspond to the three levels defined in SFAS No. 5-... The statistical analysis of variance was performed to test both research questions. The level of uncertainty and the mode of communication main effects were significant for the amount of risk revision as the dependent variable (the...
Academic information needs and information-seeking behavior of blind or low-vision and sighted college students
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Twenty-eight blind or low-vision and fourteen matched-sample sighted students attending public post-secondary institutions in the Atlanta metropolitan area were interviewed in this descriptive research to determine their academic... The students' information-seeking behaviors were analyzed based on which of ten potential sources of information they used to satisfy their academic information need. For all students, the most frequently used information source was the... The blind or low-vision students discussed their dependency on and the qualifications they sought in readers. Additionally, they identified areas in which librarians could improve service or assistance for blind or low-vision students. The study concludes with some of the researcher's observations related to working with blind or low-vision college students.
The effects of types of instructional control and levels of self-regulatory skills on achievement and retention from a developmental perspective
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of types of instructional control and the levels of self-regulatory skills at two grade levels on achievement and completion time of instruction. A secondary purpose of this... A total of ninety-six seventh and ninth grade students participated in the study. Students were randomly assigned to treatment groups. In the learner control group, students were given control over content selection, sequence, amount of... Students with high self-regulatory skills performed better on both tests than those with low self-regulatory skills. However, general results for achievement do not yield a strong effect favoring either program control or learner control...
An investigation of guarded assignments as a coordination language for large grain parallel programming
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In this dissertation we propose guarded assignments (GA) as a model for coordination languages for parallel processing. GA is a combination of guarded commands, proposed by Dijkstra, and Unity, proposed by Chandy and Misra. Gerth and... The semantics of GA are specified using an operational model similar to Unity. GA can be used as a coordination language for parallel processing by using computational language subroutines to implement assignments. The addition of guards... As an example of the use of GA we specify efficient parallel execution strategies for Unity and large grain GA programs. We do this by specifying translations from Unity or GA to a GA program which correctly implements the properties of... Determinism is defined for parallel programs and conditions ensuring determinism are given and proved to be sufficient. Programs which are deterministic do not depend upon fairness for any initial state or input which can lead to a final... We show that large grain dataflow can be represented in GA, making it possible to define new types of nonstandard nodes without resorting to ad hoc semantics. Extensions to the dataflow model based on GA are proposed.
Princess of Oranges is a collection of ten stories set in 1970s Orlando, Florida. The stories render a world where adult dysfunction forces children to choose from a menu of the perilous and the precarious. The juvenilizing adults seem... The collection is thematically centered around the consciousness of Fay Kinney. At her youngest, Fay is nine, at her oldest, sixteen. Four stories trace her sexual and emotional initiations into the adult world via adolescent female... Four stories examine how women's relationships come of age as mothers and daughters and friends revise the ways see themselves and the way they tell their stories. In conflict with their husbands, friends, and each other, the girlfriends...
Occupational portrayal in television: A comparative study of children and family programs
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The advent of television has greatly expanded the range of role models available to children and adults alike. Children and their families can learn about occupations, occupational roles, and character behaviors within the comfort of... This study used content analysis to determine how occupations were portrayed in programs broadcast on commercial network television and public television. This study builds on the research of Melvin DeFleur (1964) and the social learning... The sample consisted of 90 children and family programs randomly selected from PBS daytime programs, commercial network prime-time programs, and commercial network Saturday morning programs. All children and family programs were recorded... Two coders observed and coded each primary and secondary character for the role model's sex, age, occupational classification, explicitness of occupational portrayal, and reinforcement of role model's work-related performance. A total of... Based on the analysis of results, it was concluded that children watching television will observe more characters in white collar occupations than any other occupation. Out of 970 primary and secondary characters coded only 355... Prime-time family programming and daytime children's programming portrayed more characters in occupations working while Saturday morning children's programming portrayed very few characters working. On daytime children's and prime-time... It was concluded that children and family programs do not accurately represent the real world of work in their portrayal of occupations.
A carnival of fears: Affirmation in the postmodern American grotesque
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This study examines grotesque forms in postmodern American literature and the various modes which reflect postmodern concerns. To do so, it describes the origins of the term "grotesque" and discusses the range and breadth of its...
Psychometric and behavioral indices of personal adjustment, antisociality, and drug involvement as predictors of recidivism in juvenile delinquents
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The ability to predict recidivism was investigated with 130 male juvenile delinquents committed to a state training school. These youth had been arrested for felony offenses, and typically had long criminal careers. The current study was... Two groups of analyses were conducted. First, two-way MANOVAs were conducted on each a priori categorization of variables to detect differences between recidivists and nonrecidivists. Second, a factor analysis was conducted to... The results of the study indicate that it is possible to accurately predict recidivism in a population of chronic, severe, juvenile offenders using classes of behavior rather than individual variables. A past history of antisocial...
A pilot study of Southern Baptists' attitudes towards the active use of art in the church: A prelude to future research
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An examination of contemporary literature related to Protestant attitudes towards the use of art in the church resulted in the development of two constructs pertinent to Southern Baptist churches. The first construct reflects a grounded... The key findings of this study were that the active use of art overcame the traditional objections to the permanent use of art, and that Baptists were overwhelmingly in favor of the use of art, whether permanent or active, as long as it...
Single particle structure of high spin states in promethium-144 and promethium-145
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The level structures of $\sbsp{61}{144}$Pm$\sb{83}$ and $\sbsp{61}{145}$Pm$\sb{84}$ were investigated using heavy-ion reactions and the techniques of $\gamma$-ray and electron spectroscopy as well as transfer reactions. Decay schemes... A total of 53 new transitions and 31 new levels were placed in $\sp{144}$Pm. The level scheme extends to spin $J=20\hbar$ and an excitation energy of 5.8 MeV. Transitions feeding the 841 keV ($J\sp\pi=9\sp+$) isomeric state were observed... Nineteen new levels connected by 32 new transitions extended the decay scheme of $\sp{145}$Pm up to a tentative spin of (${33\over 2})\hbar$ and an excitation energy of 4.7 MeV. The ${11\over 2}\sp-$ isomeric state at 795 keV was... The spectroscopy of $\sp{144}$Pm and $\sp{145}$Pm is discussed in terms of couplings of single-particle states to a $\sp{146}$Gd core using empirical shell-model calculations. Good agreement with the experimental results is obtained.
A case study analysis of parents', teachers', and students' perceptions of the meaning of grades: Identification of discrepancies, their consequences, and obstacles to their resolution
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The purpose of this study was to contrast how teachers assign grades with how parents, teachers, and students interpret grades. The investigation, therefore, identified discrepancies between how high school teachers assign grades and how... A case study approach was used in this investigation. It was anticipated, that to successfully use a case study methodology, a linkage must exist between all elements being investigated. Therefore, six high school students were selected... The findings indicated that a discrepancy exists between how teachers assign grades and how parents interpret grades. A discrepancy does not exist between how teachers assign grades and how students interpret grades. The discrepancies... This case study investigation had three limitations. First, subjective views of the researcher can influence the way information is gathered, recorded, analyzed, and interpreted. Second, these findings can only be generalized to the...
A comparative study of teacher preparation, competency, and performance appraisal
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A comparative study of Florida State University's alternately and traditionally prepared teachers was conducted using participants' grade point averages, their teaching performance as demonstrated on the Florida Performance Measurement... Results of the study showed that there were few statistically significant differences between the alternately and traditionally prepared teachers except in measures of education coursework grade point average, their perception of teacher... The review of the alternately and traditionally prepared teacher's first-year portfolios revealed substantial similarities between groups in the preparation of portfolios which effectively demonstrate teacher competency. Both the...
Throughout, H is a finite dimensional Hopf algebra with antipode S over an algebraically closed field k satisfying (dimH)1 $\ne$ 0. G(H) denotes the group of grouplikes. A Hopf algebra is said to be involutory if the square of its... Suppose that B is a sub Hopf algebra of H. We investigate the question under which assumptions B involutory implies H involutory. We succeed in showing that if H is cosemisimple and $rank\sb{B}H \leq$ 4, then H is semisimple and... If char(k) $\not=$ 2, we establish a relationship between $S\sp2$ and grouplikes $g\in G$(H) acting on simple subcoalgebras. It is shown that if A is a simple subcoalgebra A of dimension $n\sp2$ and $g\in$ G(H) is a grouplike of order n... The main part of our thesis concentrates on cosemisimple Hopf algebras all of whose simple subcoalgebras have dimension at most 9. It is shown that if A is a simple subcoalgebra A of dimension 9 and char(k) $\not=$ 2, 3, then $S\sp2\vert...
Gender, myth, and history in recent British playwrights
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Using historical characters and themes has been a most popular approach in drama among English playwrights of the twentieth century. While fairly extensive scholarship has been done on history plays from the Elizabethan world to about... A select few English playwrights using a variety of techniques link political and social concerns with such topics as gender stereotyping, family relationships, sexual oppression, the divisions of labor, ethnocentrism, and class... This dissertation examines and compares selected works of the recent British playwrights Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, and Pam Gems whose social and political dramas explore questions of sexuality, power, and values through...
The Illustrated Visio Baronti: A Carolingian Manuscript from Reims by Janie Ruth Curry / Unfinished Romanesque Sculpture by William Travis / An Exemplary Life: Spinello Aretino’s Cycle of St. Benedict in Context by Read Montgomery Diket ...
Reducing disruptive behavior and the likelihood of corporal punishment with diagnostic-based procedures
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The topic of corporal punishment brings with it a long and controversial history. Although assumptions regarding corporal punishment are rampant in the scientific and popular literature, there appear to be no empirical studies... The purpose of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of utilizing a behavioral diagnostic procedure to reduce disruptive and maladaptive behaviors in elementary school settings, thereby reducing the likelihood of corporal... The results of the study clearly show that a diagnostic approach is an effective way to diagnose and treat recurrent school behavior problems. Subjects demonstrated substantial reductions in disruptive and maladaptive behaviors while...
The status of comprehensive secondary schools in Imo State, Nigeria: A descriptive study
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The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of students, teachers, principals and employers of graduates, toward the status of technical and vocational education (TVE) programs in Imo State, Nigeria comprehensive secondary... The questionnaire and interview items examined the following major areas: (1) student, teacher, principal and employer demographic information, (2) the objectives of TVE as perceived by the samples, (3) teacher qualifications and... Data were analyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS). The analyses and descriptions were expressed as percentages, decimals and frequencies, and interpreted. Data were collected from 20 comprehensive secondary schools in Imo State, selected via stratified random sampling. From the sample schools, 591 final year students registered in TVE subjects completed the student questionnaire. Fifty... The study determined that the schools lacked teachers, facilities and equipment. There were no program enhancement services such as guidance and counseling, job placement, cooperative work experience and library. Students had limited... The findings of this study brought to focus the current status of Imo State comprehensive secondary schools. Recommendations were made to help the government address the concerns identified.
The effects of strategic issues and environmental turbulence on ethical decision-making
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Managers are constantly making ethical decisions whether consciously or tacitly. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if certain organizational and personal strategic decisions would cause decision makers to act more or...
The Purloined Daughter is a contemporary, first-person novel about artist Annie Lee Wheeler. It plays off Wilkie Collins's "novel of testimony, The Moonstone. In this instance, the testimony is by the same narrator at various times in... The novel is in four sections. In the first, Deana's Last Stand, Annie's mother, Deana, who has had several miscarriages and a hysterectomy, becomes obsessed with Annie's health and opposes Annie's art talent. Annie copies scenes of... In Section II, The Purloined Daughter, Annie, age 20, runs away from college in Arkansas. In Chicago, she rapidly assimilates into city life, and applies to art school. She meets two important friends: Kaye, who brought her to Chicago... In Section III, Variable Feet, Annie collects advice, about what to do next in work, love and family relationships. Annie finally visits her family for the first time in seven years. At the wake of Frances's father, Annie decides to... Section IV resumes two years later. Back in Chicago, Annie makes a tenuous professional life as a freelance artist and stumbles into a romance typical of the suspenseful gothics she likes to read.
A study of the satisfaction of participants in university-administered Elderhostel programs as related to selected personal variables
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Elderhostel, a new phenomenon in adult and continuing education, is a non-profit residential program for adults over the age of 60 years. The program offers a variety of short courses on a subjects ranging from the natural sciences to... The survey questions were designed to provide data on the reasons for participation, the levels of satisfaction, and the expectations of the older adult participants. The results indicated that, for Elderhostel participants, intellectual... These results indicate that satisfaction of continuing higher education through Elderhostels can be maximized if Elderhostel hosts provide topics of intellectual interest. In addition, the course structure should also allow for plenty of...
We have isolated multiple cDNA clones that encode two alleles of the MHC-A isoform of chicken cellular myosin II heavy chain. One of the allelic sequences is identical to a published MHC-A sequence (Shohet et al., PNAS 86: 7726-7730, ...
This dissertation deals with a series of events occurring in central Georgia in the late 1890s, which culminated in the lynching of Sam Hose. Hose, a black man accused of rape and murder, was burned at the stake at Newnan, about thirty...
La relacion entre la fisionomia y el caracter de los personajes en "Don Quijote de la Mancha"
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This dissertation attempts to determine the physiognomical characteristics of the main characters in Cervantes' Don Quixote, in particular of the hero, Sancho Panza, Aldonza/Dulcinea, Don Quixote's horse Rocinante, and Sancho's donkey....
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...
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