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Additional evidence on informational asymmetry at acquisition announcement

Description: This dissertation examines the partial anticipation hypothesis by employing the bid-ask spread approach in market microstructure theory. Selecting the OTC bidding firms with a careful research design, this dissertation divides sample firms into firms with acquisition programs and firms without acquisition programs.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Kim, Young Kook
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Adenosine and Down-Regulation of Myocardial Oxygen Demand

Description: This investigation studied the physiological means by which myocardium can survive and function properly when oxygen supply is limited and cannot initially match oxygen demand. The effects of isoproterenol (ISO) stimulations during low coronary perfusion pressure or hypoxemia on myocardial oxygen demand, work, and oxygen utilization efficiency were investigated.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Lee, Shang Chiun
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Adlerian Life-Style, Social Interest, and Job Satisfaction Among Catholic Priests

Description: The purpose of this study was to seek an understanding of the problem of low morale among Catholic priests based on the principles of Individual Psychology. The relationship of Adlerian life-style and social interest to job satisfaction among 210 pastors randomly selected from 13 of the 14 Catholic dioceses in Texas was investigated. The Life-style Personality Inventory (LSPI) was used to measure the Adlerian life-style. The Social Interest Scale (SIS) was used to measure the Adlerian concept o… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Ugwokaegbe, Paul U. (Paul Ugochukwu)
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Age Differences in Time Estimation and Their Relationship to Prospective Memory

Description: This paper discusses a study conducted with 34 elderly volunteers and 34 young subjects to determine the differences in time estimation by age and their reflection in prospective memory. Kirk Rowe explains the reproduction, production, and numerical estimation tasks carried out, the scores of the subjects, and the findings of the study.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Rowe, Kirk
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AIDS and Higher Education in Texas: Policies at Accredited Institutions

Description: This study of all of the post secondary institutions accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools which were located in Texas determined the number that had policies regarding persons with AIDS. The study determined how long policies had been in effect and analyzed policies in order to determine commonalities and differences. An additional purpose was to examine relationships between five major variables and 18 topics which were identified as bein… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Gunn, Paul W. (Paul Wayne)
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An algebraic characterization of stability groups

Description: The goal of this paper is to establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a subgroup of the full homeomorphism group of a manifold to be the stability group of a point in the underlying space. Such subgroups are useful in identifying the underlying space in terms of its homeomorphism group even in cases in which this space is not necessarily a manifold. Thus, stability groups are useful in classifying various spaces.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Wright, William G. (William Glenn)
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Algebraic Number Fields

Description: This thesis investigates various theorems on polynomials over the rationals, algebraic numbers, algebraic integers, and quadratic fields. The material selected in this study is more of a number theoretical aspect than that of an algebraic structural aspect. Therefore, the topics of divisibility, unique factorization, prime numbers, and the roots of certain polynomials have been chosen for primary consideration.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Hartsell, Melanie Lynne
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An analysis of absenteeism cases taken to arbitration: factors used by arbitrators in the decision-making process

Description: The purpose of this study was to examine factors used by arbitrators in deciding the outcome of disciplinary labor arbitration cases involving excessive employee absenteeism. The seven key tests of just cause identified by Carroll Daugherty in the 1966 Enterprise Wire Co. arbitration case were used as the basis for examining the cases in the study.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Clay, Joan Marie
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An Analysis of Elements of Jazz Style in Contemporary French Trumpet Literature

Description: French trumpet works comprise a large portion of the contemporary standard repertoire for the instrument, and they frequently present unique stylistic and interpretive challenges to performers. The study establishes the influence of jazz upon Henri Tomasi, André Jolivet, Eugène Bozza and Jacques Ibert in their works for solo trumpet. Idiomatic elements of jazz style are identified and discussed in terms of performance practice considerations for modern-day trumpeters.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Schmid, William A. (William Albert)
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An Analysis of Refuse Derived Fuel as an Environmentally Acceptable Fuel Alternative for the Cement Industry

Description: Resource recovery is an attractive alternative to the waste disposal problem. The chief by-product of this process, refuse derived fuel (RDF) can be co-fired in traditional coal burning facilities. The cement industry is a potential user of RDF. This study, based on a test burn done at Texas Industries Inc. in Midlothian, Texas, demonstrated the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of using RDF fuel in a cement kiln. Technically, the cement showed no deleterious effects when RDF w… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Brooks, Cheryl L. (Cheryl Leigh)
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An Analysis of the Information Content of Bond-Rating Changes: A Case of Differential Information

Description: This dissertation examines the reaction of common stock prices to the announcement of changes in bond ratings by Moody's Bond Service, while having a control for differential information availability. The Institutional Brokers Estimate System (I/B/E/S) number of security analysts and coefficient of variation of earning per share (EPS) estimates are used as a proxy for information availability of the firms. Past studies differs in their conclusions as to whether the market has responded to annou… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Pongspaibool, Nantaphol
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An Analysis of the Utilization of the Work Measurement System Requirements of Military Standard 1567a as Compared to Standard Operating Procedures

Description: Work measurement systems are widely used by American manufacturers in establishing labor standards as inputs for budgeting, estimating, planning, evaluating, and managing production. These systems are used by defense related and non-defense related contractors alike. However in 1987, their use was required in United States Air Force major procurement contracts through Military Standard 1567A.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Ekholm, Harry H. (Harry Hilding)
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The Angel in the House and The Woman in White: The Unfolding and Decoding of a Victorian Stereotype

Description: Abstract: Modern readers frequently perceive female characters in Victorian novels as insipid and inane, blaming the static portrayals on the angel in the house stereotype attributed to Coventry Patmore's poem of the same name. The stereotype does not accurately reflect the actual Victorian woman's life, however. Examining how the stereotype evolved and how the middle-class Mid-Victorian woman really lived provides insight into literary devices authors employed either to reinforce the angel ide… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Spencer, Sandra L.
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Antecedents of Power in the Distribution Channel : A Transaction-cost Perspective

Description: A discussion of reward, coercive, expert, legitimate, and referent power bases was the initial focus of this research. A review of the power sources literature suggested that vertical integration within a channel of distribution was a crucial precursor to develop a structure to facilitate the use of power without creating a significant conflict among channel participants. Elements of transaction cost analysis (TCA) were offered as being suitable for determining the existing level of vertical in… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Erdem, S. Altan (Selim Altan)
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The Art Process in Therapy: A Phenomenological Study

Description: This study utilized a phenomenological research methodology based on Husserl's work to explore the content of subjective internal experiencing during the art process. The study was designed to examine what transpired during the art experience in therapy to provide a better understanding of the therapeutic dimensions of the subject's interaction with the art medium, in this case drawing with pastels. This phenomenological study involved four subjects who participated in eight therapy sessions ea… more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Bliss, Shirley E.
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Aspects of Universality in Function Iteration

Description: This work deals with some aspects of universal topological and metric dynamic behavior of iterated maps of the interval.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Taylor, John (John Allen)
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Assessment of the Current Status of Informatics in Colombia's Universities and Society

Description: This study tries to delineate the paradigms of opinion among Colombian Computer Industrialists with respect to the role of informatics in national development especially (1) their estimation of the performance of the informatics in the modernization process, (2) the perceptions on which this attitude was based, (3) their ability to integrate the informatics instruction into the development process, (4) their ability to establish the need of doctoral programs in informatics into the development … more
Date: August 1991
Creator: Cabrales, Eusebio Jose
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The Association between Bible Literacy and Religiosity

Description: The purposes of this study were to estimate: (a) the extent of biblical literacy among convenience samples of adults from randomly selected religious and non-religious groups, (b) the extent to which American adults are religious, and (c) the association between religiosity and biblical literacy.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Clark, Jerry D. (Jerry Dean)
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Attitudes of Nursing Faculty Toward Patients With AIDS and Patients With a Homosexual Lifestyle

Description: The purposes of this study were (1) to determine whether patients with AIDS are stigmatized by nursing faculty, (2) to determine whether practicing homosexuals are stigmatized by nursing faculty, (3) to determine whether faculty attitudes toward AIDS patients are influenced by the patients' sexual preference, and (4) to determine whether faculty attitudes toward practicing homosexual patients are influenced by the patients' disease. This study is a modified replication of studies by Kelly et al. more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Reynolds, Carol A. (Carol Ann)
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