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Distant Thoughts: Dreams and Reflections

Description: Distant Thoughts: Dreams and Reflections, A Suite for Symphonic Winds, is a seventeen-minute work composed for the high school level wind ensemble. The instrumentation is based on the typical high school band resources. Instrumentation includes piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, three clarinets, bass clarinet, two alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, two bassoons, four trumpets, four horns, two trombones, bass trombone, two euphoniums, two tubas, timpani, and four pe… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Alexander, Joe L.
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Job satisfaction among academic administrators at selected American colleges and universities

Description: The problem of this study was job satisfaction among academic administrators in selected American institutions of higher education. Its main purpose was to document the level of job satisfaction among selected U.S. college and university academic administrators.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Glick, Nancy Parsons
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Neurotransmitter receptors in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: circadian and developmental studies

Description: The present audiographic study examined ligands for three receptors, chosen on the basis of high abundance of these receptors in the SCN relative to other brain regions([125I)VIP and [125I) angiotensin II) or the ability of pharmacological manipulations to affect the phase and period of circadian rhythms.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Robinson, Miqun L. (Miqun Li)
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Measuring the Learning Outcomes of a Continuing Education Seminar About the Aging Process on the Knowledge Level of Registered Nurses

Description: This study aims to increase the level of knowledge about the gerontological knowledge of a sample of registered nurses by creating a portable and concise continuing education seminar that is based upon the fundamental components of the normal aging process. The impact on the learning outcomes of an accredited continuing education seminar that was developed for this study was analyzed. The continuing education seminar focused on some of the major areas of social gerontology pertinent to nursing.… more
Date: August 1992
Creator: Burris, Roberta M.
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Concurrent Pattern Recognition and Optical Character Recognition

Description: The problem of interest as indicated is to develop a general purpose technique that is a combination of the structural approach, and an extension of the Finite Inductive Sequence (FI) technique. FI technology is pre-algebra, and deals with patterns for which an alphabet can be formulated.
Date: August 1991
Creator: An, Kyung Hee
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Cultural mistrust, occupational aspirations and achievement motivation of black students

Description: The purpose of this study were three-fold: First, this study examined occupation prestige ratings of African American adolescents using a modified version of the Hatt-North (1947) Occupation Prestige Scale. A second purpose investigated the effects of cultural mistrust on occupation prestige preferences, as well as aspirations and expectations. Finally, this study examined the effects of cultural mistrust and achievement motivation on the occupational aspirations of Black youth.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Cuffee, Deborah Robinson
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Quality Assurance Practices by Indian Manufacturing Organizations: A Conceptual Framework and an Empirical Investigation

Description: The purpose of this study is three-fold. First, based on the synthesis of literature on quality concepts, critical factors that must be practiced to achieve effective quality management in an organization were identified. A framework to be used by organizations to evaluate their quality assurance practices were developed. Second, a field survey was conducted to identify the degree to which quality assurance is being practiced in Indian Manufacturing organizations and to locate the organization… more
Date: December 1990
Creator: Motwani, Jaideep G.(Jaideep Gridhari)
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Current admissions and transition practices among Christian college coalition members

Description: The problem of this study concerns the admissions and transition programs of undergraduate institutions which are members of the Christian College Coalition. The purposes of this study are to determine whether Christian College Coalition member institutions have encountered the same national concerns in the area of the transition from high school to college as identified by Ernest Boyer in College: The Undergraduate Experience in America, and to determine whether admissions programs in the memb… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Jeffrey, Tony G. (Tony George)
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Predictors of success in a community college basic skills program

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if certain student demographics and measures of previous high school academic achievement could differentiate between students who are successful in remedial and college level English and algebra courses and students who are unsuccessful in those courses.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Burke, Sherry Ann
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Convergence of Conditional Expectation Operators and the Compact Range Property

Description: The interplay between generalizations of Riezs' famous representation theorem and Radon-Nikodým type theorems has a long history. This paper will explore certain aspects of the theory of bounded linear operators on continuous function spaces, Radon-Nikodým type properties, and their connections.
Date: August 1992
Creator: Dawson, C. Bryan (Charles Bryan)
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Biodegradation of Certain Petroleum Product Contaminants in Soil and Water By Selected Bacteria

Description: Soil contamination by gasoline underground storage tanks is a critical environmental problem. The results herein show that in situ bioremediation using indigenous soil microorganisms is the method of choice. Five sites were selected for bioremediation based on the levels of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene and the amount of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil. Bacteria capable of degrading these contaminants were selected from the contaminated sites and grown in 1,200 I mass cultu… more
Date: December 1995
Creator: Nevárez-Moorillón, Guadalupe Virginia
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Relationship between background knowledge and reading comprehension of teachers-college students in Thailand

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of background knowledge on Thai teachers-college students' reading comprehension in relation to topic familiarity, reading ability in English as a Foreign Language, and the amount of time required for reading familiar and unfamiliar passages.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Angthong, Nattakarn
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Six sonates pour une flute et basse ou hautbois et basse by Ernst Eichner: a performing edition with critical commentary, a lecture recital, together with three other recitals

Description: From the sources published by R. Wornum and Mme. Bérault a performing edition of the Six Sonates pour une Flute et Basse où hautbois et Basse was produced. The music was adopted to twentieth-century notation and supplied with suggestions for articulations and the performance of ornamental figures.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Hobbs, James A. (James Alton)
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Phytoestrogens in Two Dioecious Species: Isolation, Characterization and Role in Plant Reproduction

Description: A highly specific steroid regulated transcription system system in Saccharomyces cerevisae was used to screen for phytoestrogens indioecious plants. Yeast cells were co-transformed with a human estrogen receptor expression plasmid and a reporter plasmid containing the E. coli β-galactosidase gene.
Date: May 1996
Creator: Maier, Camelia G. A. (Camelia Gabriela-Anca)
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Interpreting the Rhythmic Structures of Paul Creston as Applied in the Six Preludes for Piano, Op. 38 and the Sonata for Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19

Description: The general purpose of this paper is the discussion of the interpretation and performance of rhythm within the context of Paul Creston's five rhythmic structures. Specific objectives are to bring to light Creston's unique rhythmic terminology, theories, and structures; and to interpret rhythm at the piano with an emphasis on accent, pedaling, articulation, balance of textures, and pace.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Leone, Carol (Carol S.)
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Brain Topography of Leadership: Neurophysiological Correlates of the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire

Description: Laboratory research was performed to understand leadership by attempting to link EEG baseline frequency patterns with data from the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire (LOQ) assessment survey. Research began with 293 right-handed males, 18 to 26 years-old, who completed the LOQ. Based on their scores, 61 subjects, grouped by the Ohio State Leadership Quadrants, were tested using brain-mapping technology.
Date: December 1995
Creator: Dukes, David Jefferson
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Systematics of the Stonefly Tribe Suwalliini Surdick and Behavioral Studies of Selected Species in the Stonefly Families Chloroperlidae and Perlidae

Description: The purpose of this study is to revise the genus Suwallia and to evaluate the potential taxonomic importance of adeagal and other genitalic characters, adult pigment patterns and egg characters. The revision concentrates on western North American species while providing coverage of all species, except Suwallia asiatica Zhiltzova and Lavanidova where only presumed females have been available for study. Communication and mate locating behaviors in adult stoneflies are critical for life cycle comp… more
Date: August 1997
Creator: Alexander, Kevin D. (Kevin Dewayne)
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Planning strategies as predictors of DWI recidivism for problem and non-problem drinkers

Description: This study investigates the relationships between planning strategies on how to avoid future DWI arrest and actual DWI recidivism for a group of problem and non-problem drinkers. A sample of 75 individuals who were arrested for DWI and completed a DWI training program in 1987 was gathered.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Christiansen, Thomas J. (Thomas James)
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Mercenaries in Service to America: The "More Flags" Foreign Policy of the United States

Description: On 23 April 1964, five months after assuming the office of President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson launched the "More Flags" program as United States policy. While the publicly stated purpose of.the "More Flags" program was to obtain as much non-military free world aid for the Republic of Vietnam as possible, the program's principle goal centered around Lyndon Johnson's desire to obtain an international consensus for America's policies toward Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The "More Flag… more
Date: August 1992
Creator: Blackburn, Robert M. (Robert Michael)
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Existence and Multiplicity of Solutions for Semilinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

Description: This thesis studies the existence, multiplicity, bifurcation and the stability of the solutions to semilinear elliptic boundary value problems. These problems are motivated both by the mathematical structure and the numerous applications in fluid mechanics chemical reactions, nuclear reactors, Riemannian geometry and elasticity theory. This study considers the problem for different classes of nonlinearities and obtain the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions.
Date: August 1992
Creator: Gadam, Sudhasree
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Negative Psychological States: Predictors for Immunological Health

Description: Relationships of negative psychological conditions with general status of cell-mediated and humoral immune systems were investigated. A unique approach was utilized in that indexes representing multiple aspects of each branch of the immune system were employed to better indicate general immunological status. Differences in emotion-immune interactions between males and females were demonstrated. Results indicated a positive relationship between Trait Anger and Cell-Mediated Immunological Index. … more
Date: August 1992
Creator: Franks, Susan F. (Susan Faye)
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Influence of Computer Use on Attitudes Toward Computers, Motivation to Study, Empathy, and Creativity Among Japanese First- and Second-Grade Children

Description: This study investigated the changes in attitudes of Japanese first and second grade children who were exposed to microcomputers in school. Eight hundred and three first-and second-grade children were selected from six Japanese public schools. Approximately half of the subjects were selected from urban, suburban, and rural schools using computers, while the remaining subjects were from schools not using computers. The Young Children's Computer Inventory was the instrument used for this study. It… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Miyashita, Keiko
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Factors important to retirement satisfaction: a path analytic investigation

Description: A theoretical model exploring the antecedents of retirement satisfaction , highlighting the role of occupational level, as well as such factors as demographic characteristics, and attitudes and feelings about work and retirement, was developed and tested using path analytic techniques.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Verdi, John W. (John William)
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Sales Forecasting Accuracy Over Time: An Empirical Investigation

Description: This study investigated forecasting accuracy over time. Several quantitative and qualitative forecasting models were tested and a number of combinational methods was investigated. Six time series methods, one causal model, and one subjective technique were compared in this study. Six combinational forecasts were generated and compared to individual forecasts. A combining technique was developed. Thirty data sets, obtained from a market leader in the cosmetics industry, were used to forecast sal… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Zbib, Imad J.(Imad Jamil)
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