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- The effects of audiotape suggestions on study habits, self-concept, and level of anxiety among college freshman
- This study investigates an application of hypnotic audiotapes to a specific group of college freshmen. Hypnotherapy is recognized as a viable adjunct to counseling, and it is known that hypnosis is possible via audiotapes. The study examines the use of hypnotic audiotapes designed to affect study habits and attitudes.
- Differences in student and faculty attitudes toward physical activity
- This study was an investigation of attitudes toward perceived values of physical activity among students and faculty within the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at North Texas State University. The specific purposes of this study were to determine if a significant difference in attitudes toward each of six values of physical activity exist (1) among men at four educational levels, (2) among women at four educational levels, (3) among undergraduate men who chose to major or minor in either health, physical education or recreation. (4) among undergraduate women who chose to major or minor in either health, physical education, or recreation, (5) between part-time and full-time faculty men, (6) between part-time and full-time faculty women, (7) among graduate men who work in either elementary, secondary, college, or recreation programs, and (8) among graduate women who work in either elementary, secondary, college, or recreation programs. Finally, the study was to determine if significant differences in attitudes toward perceived values of physical activity among subjects within each of twenty-six selected groups within the professional preparation program.
- Life of the enlisted soldier on the western frontier
- In contrast to the relatively rapid changes occurring in the modern American army, the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Mexican War offers a definite period for a study of military life when reform came slowly.
- The separation of rehabilitation from production costs in the vocational rehabilitation workshop
- The problem with which this study is concerned is the separation of rehabilitation from production costs in vocational rehabilitation workshops. The problem exists within production operations of workshops where production and rehabilitation efforts are intertwined and the two kinds of costs are incurred simultaneously.
- A history of Lon Morris College
- The problem with which this study is concerned is that of analyzing the implementation of the stated purposes of analyzing the implementation of the stated purposes of Lon Morris College of Jacksonville, Texas from 1847 to 1973. Histories and Journals of the period, records and publications of the school and other institutions, and oral interviews of persons involved in its development provide data for the study. As a historical analysis, the study is divided according to successive periods in the school's development.
- A comparative study and model of the certification requirements for vocational office education teacher-coordinators in the United States
- The problem of this study was the development of a model for the certification requirements for vocational office education teacher coordinators in the United States. The data for this study were obtained from library research, documents provided by the state directors of vocational education and state departments of education, 62 questionnaires returned from randomly selected businesses and office education educators, and 735 questionnaires returned from randomly selected employed vocational office education teacher-coordinators.
- A system of selection and human resource development for small retailers of apparel and accessories
- The problem with which this study is concerned is that of constructing a system of selection and human resource development for small retailers of apparel and accessories. The study has a twofold purpose. The first is to determine the extent to which organized selection and training practices exist in small apparel and accessory retailing establishments, and the general attitude which small retailers of apparel and accessories express toward the value of selection and training functions. The second is to construct a practical system which can be used in small apparel and accessory retailing establishments.
- An Analysis for Performance of Trois Ballades de François Villon, by Claude Debussy
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- Electron density and collision frequency studies using a resonant microwave cavity as a probe
- Electron densities and collision frequencies were obtained on a number of gases in a dc discharge at low pressures (0.70-2mm of Hg). These measurements were performed by microwave probing of a filament of the dc discharge placed coaxially in a resonant cavity operating in a TM010 mode. the equipment and techniques for making the microwave measurements employing the resonant cavity are described.
- A comparison of the desirability and feasibility of accountability measures as perceived by public school administrators and teachers
- This study had three main purposes. The first was to determine the perceptions of public school administrators toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The second was to determine the perceptions of public school teachers toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The third was to compare the perceptions of administrators with those of teachers and to indicate areas where they seemed to be in agreement or disagreement.
- A Study of How the Use of High Depreciation Rates Creates Resistances to the Diffusion of Technological Innovation
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- The Political Potential of the Negro in Houston, Texas
- "The major problem that motivated this study is the fact the Negro in Houston, 1969 does not have any real political power although the potential for such power exists. The major purpose of this study is to seek answers to the following questions. First does the Houston Negro have any real political potential under the present system; if he does, what can he do with it? Second, why are there such wide gaps between the number of Negroes who are eligible to vote and the number that registered to vote and between those who registered and those who actually voted in Houston? The third question is in what election has the Houston Negro demonstrated his greatest political interest and why? And finally, is the politics of Houston based on race or economics?" -- leaf v.
- Effects of Instructional Set and Physical Stimuli on the Mueller-Lyer Illusion
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- A Correlational Analysis of Maternal Warmth and Infant Mental Development
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- The Effects of Self-Recording and Projected Levels of Aspiration Upon Competitive Swimming Performance
- The purposes of the study were to determine the effects of self-recording techniques upon competitive swimming times, to determine the relationship between stated level of aspiration and subsequent performance, and to determine the influence of success or failure upon stated levels of aspiration. Subjects were fifteen female high-school competitive swimmers. Five subjects utilized self-recording techniques and projected levels of aspiration; ten subjects did not. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance and by regression analysis. Alpha was .05. Conclusions of this study were that self-recording techniques do not significantly affect competitive swimming times, that a strong relationship exists between stated level of aspiration and subsequent performance, and that successful and unsuccessful performances generate increases in stated levels of aspiration.
- An Investigation of Essential Factors Related to the Teaching of Sight Singing to Elementary Children
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- Tutoring as a Way of Aiding the Underachiever
- The study called for the identification of a group of underachievers at the eleventh and tenth grade levels.
- A Study of the Differences in Values and Marital Readiness Between Engaged and Dating Couples
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- An Analysis of the Concert Arias for Soprano Voice Composed by W.A. Mozart in 1770
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- The Emergence of Schoenberg's Twelve-Tone System through Opus 11, Opus 19, and Opus 23
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- The Incidental Music of Beethoven
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- Garrison Life of the Mounted Soldier on the Great Plains, Texas, and New Mexico Frontiers, 1833-1861
- Maps -- Chapter I. The regiments and the posts -- Chapter II. Recruitment -- Chapter III. Routine at the Western posts -- Chapter IV. Rations, clothing, promotions, pay, and care of the disabled -- Chapter V. Discipline and related problems -- Chapter VI. Entertainment, moral guidance, and burial of the frontier -- Chapter VII. Conclusion -- Bibliography.
- The Songs for Voice and Piano by Ernest Chausson
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- Effects of Alcohol on Aggression in Female Social Drinkers a Balanced Placebo Study
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- Demand for Money in Korea: an Empirical Study
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- Severity of Handicap and Geographic Distance as Factors in Residential Placement of Handicapped Children
- For this investigation two types of observations used: Texas's private and public institutions that provide residential treatment to children severely handicapped and children served by those facilities. The overall result showed that the distance between the child's home and the treatment facility is great for public institutions than for private.
- Computer Recognition of Pitch for Musical Applications
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- A Methodology-Independent Requirements Traceability Prototype
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- A Cross-Section Analysis of the Distribution of Income Across States for the Years 1960 1970 and 1980
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- The Effect of Dietary Fiber on Lipids Absorption and Utilization
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- Expected Utility and Intraalliance War
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- Aerobic Capacity as Assessed by Arm Crank Ergometry in Females Wheelchair Athletes Versus Able-Bodied Athletes
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- Characterizations of optical nonlinearities in carbon black suspension in liquids
- A complete study was conducted on optical limiting characterization in samples of carbon black microparticles in a mixture of deionized water and ethylene glyccol using nanosecodn and picosecond later pulses at 532 nm and 1064 nm.
- Job satisfaction among academic administrators at selected American colleges and universities
- 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.
- The use of the semantic differential in a study of the effects of aspirational and dissociative reference group influence on consumer behavior
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aspirational and dissociative reference group influence on consumer behavior. There are two ways in which behavior is influenced by reference groups. First, reference groups influence aspiration levels and therefore play a major role in producing satisfaction or frustration. Second, reference groups influence kinds of behavior, i.e., they establish approved patterns of behavior.
- Spanish surname recent migrant families: the relationships of life cycle, family status, socioeconomic status, and housing
- the problem with which this investigation deals is that of internal migration among Mexican-Americans living in the Southwest. Four factors, life cycle, family status, socioeconomic status, and housing and their effects on migration are considered.
- Neurotransmitter receptors in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: circadian and developmental studies
- 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.
- Criteria and procedures used in the selection of high school principals in selected Texas school districts
- The problem of this study was to determine the criteria and procedures used by superintendents of selected public high schools districts in Texas in the selection of high school principals. This study had two main purposes : (1) to ascertain criteria and procedures that the superintendents of selected public school districts of Texas are using in the selection of high school principals, and (2) to make recommendations to improve the selecting of high school principals.
- The serpent: its characteristics, performance problems, and literature : a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works of Stevens, Frescobaldi, Spillman, Wilder, Ritter-George, Russell, and others
- The serpent, an extinct musical instrument, was important to the development of contemporary low brass. Its characteristics, performance problems, and literature give insight into its development as well as reasons for its ultimate demise and replacement with technically more advanced instruments.
- Cultural mistrust, occupational aspirations and achievement motivation of black students
- 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.
- Current admissions and transition practices among Christian college coalition members
- 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 member institutions are adhering to the principles of good practice of the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC).
- Predictors of success in a community college basic skills program
- 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.
- Herr und Heer: the German Social Democrats and officer corps, a reappraisal
- Utilizing the debates of the German Reichstag, the proceedings of the SPD, the memoirs of the leading military and Marxist figures and the principal newspapers of the Second Reich and Weimar Republic, this dissertation attempts to show how the army chiefs and the socialist leaders of Germany altered their policies not only to promote their interests but also to protect the state.
- Child rearing attitudes and perceived behavior patterns of natural parents and stepparents
- The problem of this study is to investigate child rearing attitudes of stepparents and natural parents and differences in perceived parental behavior patterns within reconstituted and intact families.
- A comparison of the effectiveness of microtraining, positive verbal reinforcement via immediate feedback, and traditional parent skill groups in teaching specific parent skills and improving parent attitudes
- This investigation concerned teaching specific parent skills and improving parent attitudes. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three techniques and combinations of techniques in teaching specific parent skills and improving parent attitudes. The techniques considered were microtraining, verbal reinforcement via immediate feedback, and traditional parent training.
- Relationship between background knowledge and reading comprehension of teachers-college students in Thailand
- 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.
- A study of the acceptance of the community education philosophy by selected school board presidents in the State of Texas
- The problem of the study was to determine if differences exist, and if so to what extent, in the perceptions of school board presidents in selected Texas school districts with and without community education programs with respect to six basic components of community education programs commonly identified by experts in the field.
- 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
- 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.
- Trimethylsilylbromoketene and reactions of α-haloacid halides with diisopropylcarbodiimide
- Trimethylsilylbromoketene was synthesized by the tri-ethylamine dehydrohalogenation of trimthylsilylbromacetyl bromide or chloride. This ketene was found not to undergo cycloaddition reactions with activated olefins, such as cyclopentadiene, ethyl vinyl ether and dihydropyan.
- Planning strategies as predictors of DWI recidivism for problem and non-problem drinkers
- 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.