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AUDITING ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESSES OF MANAGERS
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The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for measuring the information gathering processes of managers in various types of organizations. The importance of information to organizational and individual effectiveness has been frequently noted (Roberts and O'Reilly, 1974, p. 321), and past research efforts have led to the development of instruments and procedures for... This study built on the work of researchers who developed the earlier information processing measuring instruments but is significant in that it focuses on information gathering and it has a solid theoretical foundation. It is based on... During the literature review stage of the study, it was learned that a joint University of Louisville/U.S. Army research team conducted the LST/Battalion Studies between 1978 and 1982 to assess "the relevance and utility of Living...
A COMPARISON OF STUDENT AND CURRICULAR PROFILES OF ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN 1960, 1970, AND 1980 (ALASKA)
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Text and accompanying data tables in this study compare Anchorage Community College (ACC) with selected California community colleges as studied. Cohen and Brawer (1981) identified three major shifts which were identified by a California...
THE MARSHALL MISSION TO CHINA, DECEMBER 1945-JANUARY 1947: A STUDY OF US FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS (UNITED STATES)
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Decisions made regarding General George C. Marshall's Mission to China in 1945-47 as President Truman's Special Envoy are examined in this study, as are substantive questions regarding attempts by the Truman Administration to achieve... President Truman's decision-making style reflected a keen awareness of domestic politics and an appreciation of foreign policy. However, after some initial bureaucratic wrangling over the Administration's China policy, Truman delegated... Although Marshall was able to arrange for a ceasefire, a formula for political reconciliation, and military reorganization, these agreements were never implemented. Beyond the goal of repatriating Japanese forces, US policy was a failure...
URANIUM-SERIES NUCLIDES IN SEDIMENTS AND PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM THE PERUVIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN (RADIUM, BIOTURBATION, PHOSPHORITE)
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Uranium-series disequilibrium techniques have been applied to sediments and phosphate nodules sampled from the Peru-Chile continental margin in order to decipher growth histories of the nodules and time scales of diagenetic processes... Uranium-series analysis of 11 series of contiguous slices from individual phosphate nodules consistently show unidirectional growth at rates of 0.1 to 10 mm/Kyr with a trend of slow but persistent radium leakage with time. Estimated... Growth curves based upon ('226)Ra and ('230)Th radiometric ages of sequential layers in a buried phosphate crust show that this crust grew upward toward the sediment-water interface at a rate of 12-13 mm/Kyr. Crystallographical analyses... An intercomparison of uranium-series and ('14)C ages of 9 phosphorite samples show that both methods agree reasonably well with each other for samples younger than 30 Kyr. A pelletal phosphorite displayed the greatest discrepancy between... A radiochemical study of sediments associated with these phosphorites produced ('210)Pb-derived sedimentation rates on the order of a few mm/yr in the vicinity of the most intense upwelling (12(DEGREES)S and 15(DEGREES)S) decreasing by a...
A STUDY OF THE INELASTIC SCATTERING AND EXCITATION OF LITHIUM-6
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The results of two studies of the elastic and inelastic scattering of ('6)Li are reported. The analysis of the data in both studies was designed to determine if a moderately parameter-free description of ('6)Li scattering on several... In the first study, elastic and inelastic scattering data extending to (theta)(, c.m.)(DBLTURN)175(DEGREES) are reported for ('6)Li + ('28)Si at 27 and 34 MeV. Optical model analyses of the elastic data were made using a variety of real... In the second study, differential cross sections for elastic and inelastic ('6)Li scattering from ('12)C at 24 and 30 MeV, and from ('16)O at 25.7 MeV were measured out to (theta)(, c.m.)(DBLTURN)170(DEGREES). Also by scattering ('12)C...
THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOLS IN WATER BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (RESONANCE, QUANTITATIVE)
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The potential of Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of phenols in water has been investigated. A method of analysis based on the Raman technique would provide many advantages over other methods currently employed. It would be able to... A group of nine compounds--phenol, o-chlorophenol, 2, 4-dichlorophenol, 4, 6-trichlorophenol, 2-chloro-5-methylphenol, 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol, 4-nitrophenol, 3-nitrophenol, and 2-nitrophenol--was studied with the use of the 514.5... A study was conducted to determine the effect of background fluorescence, as well as other interferences, on this method. It was concluded that most interferences found in natural waters could be eliminated with the use of cross... The most important factor controlling sensitivity was the occurrence of resonance enhancement. Raman measurements of the nitrophenols with the 457.9 nm laser line resulted in detection limits of 190 to 30 ppb. Measurements were carried...
EFFECTS OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: A META-ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS
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The effect of behavioral objectives on student achievement has been an area of considerable research during the last 20 years. Numerous narrative reviews have been conducted on the topic in an attempt to generalize the findings. However, ... The meta-analysis showed a quantifiable, although small, positive effect on student achievement in general. In a typical study, the effect of behavioral objectives raised student achievement scores an average of .12 standard deviations.... The results of the meta-analysis led to the following conclusions. First, the use of objectives is statistically supported. Second, the ability level of students and the type of outcome variable are clearly related to behavioral objectives. Implications of this research are relevant to instructional designers, teachers, and researchers. For researchers the study identifies areas for further investigation and provides an actual effect size that will help to determine an...
A STUDY OF HIGHLY ENERGETIC NEAR-BOTTOM OCEAN FLOW AT THE BASE OF THE SCOTIAN RISE (CURRENT, ABYSSAL)
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Previous investigations disclosed a strong near-bottom equatorward contour-following flow at the base of the Scotian Rise near the 4, 900 m isobath ((TURN)40(DEGREES)N, 62(DEGREES)W) which coexisted with a filament of relatively fresh...
THE U8-21 MEV REGION OF CARBON-12 POPULATED BY BORON-11 (DEUTERON,NEUTRON) CARBON-12 AT E(DEUTERON) = 10 AND 12 MEV
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The modified high resolution beam pulsing system at FSU has been used for neutron time of flight detection over relatively short flight paths (2 m). This enabled a study of ('12)C using the (d, n) proton stripping reaction. In addition to...
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THREE DEMONSTRATION CONDITIONS IN THE ACQUISITION OF A MOTOR SKILL (TIME, CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION)
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The purpose of this study was to compare both the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing live demonstrations (with a fully adequate and precise display of the movement) and videotaped demonstrations (with and without a fully adequate... After observing one of the three demonstrations, 97 tenth and eleventh grade students completed a written test which assessed their knowledge of information critical to satisfactorily performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Next, the... A one-way analysis of variance test revealed no significant differences in the time required for practice and feedback between demonstration groups. Females did require a significantly longer period of time for practice and feedback than...
Performances include Valse-Fantaisie (Choreographed by George Balanchine), Mantid (Choreographed by Peggy Lyman), People Dances (Choreographed by Nancy Smith Fichter), Three Solos (Performed by Peggy Lyman; Choreographed by Nancy Smith...
Synchronized Swimming at the 1984 Olympics - Figures (solo) (recording of ABC broadcast) Tracie Ruiz (USA) is featured. Esther Williams is providing the commentary.
PROVIDENCE AS A CATEGORY OF SOCIAL ORDERING AND SOCIAL PRESERVATION IN THE THOUGHT OF GIAMBATTISTA VICO (1668-1744)
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Giambattista Vico is slowly emerging from too often convenient dismissal as an unsystematic and obscure philosopher to command more considered and serious attention from scholars whose interests range from sociology to literary criticism... After introductory remarks on Vico's thought, the First Chapter deals with Vico's biographical data. The Second Chapter attempts to explicate Vico's idea on Religion and Providence as they function in the genesis of human self...
THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORMAL SCHOOLING IN THE HOMELAND AND THE ENGLISH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (LANGUAGE LEARNING, OPTIMAL AGE)
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A study of a sample of 93 randomly selected Island-born 12 and 13 year old Puerto Rican students who received 0, 1, 2-3 or 4-5 years of prior native language (L(, 1)) instruction in Puerto Rico was carried out in 1983 within a Chicago... could not be rejected. Neither prior L(, 1) schooling in Puerto Rico nor the educational setting in which the schooling was received showed a significant relationship to student achievement. The study supports the Ramsey and Wright (1974) findings of no academic disadvantage for the arriving 6-7 year old children. The Baral (1979) and Lazos (1981) findings of no academic advantage for the recently arrived immigrant students... Findings from this study suggest that language minority students of low socioeconomic status could benefit from spending more than 3-4 years in a bilingual program even with a differentiated curriculum. . . . (Author's abstract exceeds...
RESONANCE RAMAN STUDIES OF THE INTERMEDIATES OF THE CATALYTIC CYCLES OF HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE: COMPARISON OF COMPOUND III TO OXYMYOGLOBIN (HEME PROTEINS, OXIDASE, STOPPED-FLOW)
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Resonance Raman spectroscopy and cryoenzymology have been combined to study the structures of intermediates in the peroxidase and oxidase pathways of HRP. The intermediates compound I, II, and III, have been stabilized at subzero... Comparing these differences to model compounds, especially the isotopically sensitive Fe-O(, 2) mode at 570 cm('-1) in Mb and 559 cm('-1) in compound III, demonstrates that the functional differences between these two proteins lies in the...
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISM OF THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF 1,1'-BICYCLOHEXENYL (DIENES, ALKENES)
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The mechanism of the photochemical formation of tricyclo{6.4.0.0('2, 7)}7, 8-cis-dodec-1-ene (CB), 1'-methoxybicyclohex-1-ene (1, 2 ET), and a new product, 2'-methoxybicyclohex-1-ene (1, 4ET), from the sensitized irradiation of 1, 1... The mechanism of photoproduct formation from the direct irradiation of BCH has also been investigated. The observed photoproducts are CB, 1, 2 ET, 4 ET and 1, 3'-bicyclohexenyl (UD). Steady state photochemical measurements of product...
The rabbit VH region has been the subject of extensive and continued serological and biochemical analysis during the past three decades. Four VH subgroups (a, x, y, w) have been characterized, each of which displays a distinct set of... In this report, we present the sequence of a rabbit VH gene (pRVH831), which was selected from a rabbit genomic library using the mouse VH gene, pS107V1, as a cross-species hybridization probe. Our analysis reveals that pRVH831 is a... We have determined that pRVH831 is a member of the VH subgroup III. When used as a probe in filter hybridization experiments pRVH831 reveals 10-15 VH subgroup III genes, a number consistent with results obtained in human and murine... When the sequence of pRVH831 was analysed for internal repetitiveness, three similar copies (73-90%) of a 14-15 bp sequence were detected. These sequences are located in FR1, CDR1, and CDR2. Our analysis indicates that this repeat is...
THE EFFECT OF MODELING STIMULI AND REHEARSAL ON THE LEARNING OF LINE PATTERNS (OVERT, COVERT)
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A major focus of the study was to compare the effectiveness of overt and covert modeling. Overt modeling was defined as visually observing a model while covert modeling involved a process of verbal description followed by mental... Apriori tests were conducted on the data as well as 2 x 2 x 2 repeated measures ANCOVA. Results indicated that visual observation was significantly better than verbal description on the immediate reproduction measures. No significant... In the past, the effects of verbal description in covert modeling has been ignored in favor of "imagining a model." It is now clear that verbal description is an important factor in covert modeling and that imagining a model is a form of...
A NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY OF DRAG ON A SPHERE IN OSEEN'S APPROXIMATION
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We have investigated the properties of the drag coefficient C(, D) of a sphere according to Oseen's linearization of the equations of viscous incompressible flow. We have treated C(, D) as a complex function of complex Reynolds number with... The(' )small-Reynolds-number series for C(, D)(R) has also been extended to 66 terms in double precision. The validity and effectiveness of the techniques used by Van Dyke in extending and improving this series, which is known to be valid...
THE TEACHER TRAINING REGIONAL NETWORK OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF AN IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND
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This study focuses on an examination of (1) newly trained teachers in the context of the rural primary school, (2) the in-service teacher process, and (3) the implementation of the Community-Based In-Service Teacher Program (CBITP), an... In order to examine how CBITP worked in practice and what its effects were, qualitative data was gathered concerning the training process itself, teachers working in the rural setting, and the organizational/administrative support system... It was found that cultural and technological influences have dramatically transformed village life thus bringing into question a number of assumptions upon which CBITP is based. Most of the school teachers were found to view the... With regard to the aim of using the college cluster to improve and streamline teacher training for rural education development, it was found that, in the beginning, the cooperative agreement gained a high degree of recognition and... It is suggested, in this study, that rapid changes in the educational system and the modernization of village life have created conditions that render the CBITP approach problematic as an innovation that would enhance quality in the...
OBSERVATION OF DOUBLE PHI MESON PRODUCTION IN 400 GEV/C PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
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The production of pairs of (phi) mesons has been observed in 400 GeV/c proton-nucleon interactions at the Fermilab Multiparticle Spectrometer in the inclusive reaction p N (--->) (phi)(phi) + X, where each (phi) decays to a K+K-pair. A fast (200ns), high-level trigger processor was used on-line to selectively trigger on events containing two pairs of oppositely charged kaons having low invariant masses. The experimental apparatus and trigger processor are described. From a sample of 120, 000 reconstructed events having at least 2 K+ and 2 K- tracks in the momentum range 5.8 (LESSTHEQ) p (LESSTHEQ) 23.0 GeV/c, the K+K-K+K-, (phi)K+K- and (phi)(phi) invariant mass spectra are presented. A total of 1503... After background subtraction and acceptance corrections, the total cross sections per nucleon for (phi)(phi) and (phi)K+K- production at 400 GeV/c are found to be (sigma)(, T)(pN(--->)(phi)(phi)+X) = 0.87 (+OR-) 0.27 (mu)b and (sigma)(, T)...
Photograph, black and white, of Kim Boyd, Laura Worratch, and Kethryn White, from a NSF dance performance 1984. Three female dancers pose while wearing hats.
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