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JOHN DONAHUE AND THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY AND SCHOOL OF MINNEAPOLIS, 1961 - 1978 (AMERICAN, MINNESOTA)
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John Donahue manifestly and specifically guided the destiny of The Children's Theatre Company and School. As Artistic Director of the theatre for twenty years, it was his philosophy and energy that gave direction to the struggling young... Personal observations and interviews with long standing participants, supplemented with newspaper articles and archival documents, testify to Donahue's managerial and artistic control of all the theatre's endeavors including the...
Variational and Green's function Monte Carlo study of lightly doped quantum antiferromagnets
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The two-dimensional t-J model on the square lattice is studied as a relevant model to capture the essential physics of the high-temperature copper-oxide superconductors. In order to gain understanding of the basic physics of the model, ...
This dissertation examines the use of urban space in Cuban cultural production after 1990; the year Fidel Castro announced the beginning of the crisis known as "Special Period in Times of Peace". It was a period that brought the most...
Human capital resources (HCR) are thought to be one of the most important resources for organizations. Although HCR have been the focus of considerable research, relatively little attention has been devoted to the nature of HCR or the...
Studies have found that sexual victimization adversely affects an individual’s psychological wellbeing, physical health, and behavior. The current study examines the effects of sexual victimization on adolescent social networks. In...
Located approximately fourteen miles south of Tallahassee, in Wakulla County, Wakulla Springs is a 2, 860 acre preserve with a long history as a resort. The centerpiece of the park is the Wakulla Spring, a first magnitude spring which... Wakulla Springs has known visitors for centuries. Indians camped at the site from the Paleoindian period (15, 000-8, 000 B.C.) through the Spanish conquest (AD. 1539). During Florida's territorial era, the spring became a popular spot for... This dissertation explores the history of Wakulla Springs from the Pleistocene era to the state's purchase of the park in 1986. It also examines the scientific expeditions to Wakulla Springs, Wakulla's role in literature, and the resort...
Sandy soils are a major forest resource in the southeastern U.S and intensive forest management is escalating; yet the effect of forest management on soil organic carbon (SOC) is not well documented. It is unclear to what degree root and...
The relationship between high school athletic administrators' job satisfaction and job related stress
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The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between high school athletic administrators' job satisfaction and job-related stress. In addition, differences in the levels of administrators' job satisfaction... Data were obtained from 371 high school athletic administrators employed in public schools from North Florida and South Georgia. Specifically, the subjects were head coaches who coached sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, ... Three instruments were used in the investigation. They included a Personal Data Sheet, the Job Satisfaction Scale, and the Job-Related Stress Scale. The Pearson-Product Moment Correlation was used to test hypothesis one and a one-way... The following conclusions were made: (a) There is a positive correlation between satisfaction and job-related stress; (b) Gender appears to have an affect on job stress; (c) Gender does not appear to be a factor in the perception of job... The following recommendations were made: (a) Similar studies should be conducted using a national sample of head coaches and athletic administrators to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job stress; (b) Future research...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PRACTICES OF THE COLLEGE SUPERVISOR OF SECONDARY STUDENT-TEACHERS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GENERALIST VERSUS THE SPECIALIST IN FULFILLING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO A STUDENT-TEACHING PROGRAM
A STUDY OF CONCEPTS, FUNCTIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GUIDANCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS REPORTED BY SELECTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE PERSONNEL
Disposition has been defined as a scheme of behavior, or script, that a student employs given a particular set of circumstances. This study investigated the dispositions of student writers in the context of developmental and core...
This thesis, Genuine Spectacle: Sliding Positionality in the Work of Pauline E. Hopkins, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Spike Lee, addresses the position of Hopkins's 1879 musical, Slaves' Escape; or the Underground Railroad, ...
Workplace environments are continuing to evolve as user needs and work modes change. The wellbeing and success of an organization, and those working within it, is strongly related to its built environment (Becker, 2004). Grounded in...
Arithmetic probably causes more unhappiness among elementary school children than any other subject. Teachers, doubtless, experience a feeling of failure in this area of their work more than in any other undertaking. Many children and...
The letters of Anna Calhoun Clemson, 1833-1873. Volume I. Chapters 1-3: 1833-1850. Volume II. Chapters 4-5: 1855-1873
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The letters of Anna Calhoun Clemson, written to family and friends, and dating from 1833, her sixteenth year, to 1873, two years before her death, span the tumultuous years of the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction South. With few... As the daughter of southern statesman John C. Calhoun and wife of Philadelphian Thomas G. Clemson, who served six years as Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, Anna writes vividly of life in Up Country South Carolina, the political scene in... The value of this collection of 272 letters as a primary source for the life of a woman of Southern planter family background is enhanced by additional insights into the boarding house lifestyle of Congressional families in Washington, ...
Statistical Associations Between Large Scale Climate Oscillations and Mesoscale Surface Meteorological Variability in the Apalachicola Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
The "water wars" of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin are fueled largely by historic and current droughts in the southeastern United States. In attempts to describe climatological circumstances that could lead to low...
The study presented a series of experiential art therapy based workshops to foster empathy for individuals with disabilities in preservice art educators. Using a pretest/posttest quasi-experimental research design, participants engaged...
"A topological ring can be defined as a Hausdorff space which is a ring whose operations are continuous in both variables simultaneously. The purpose of this paper is to present a development of a branch of topological rings, normed...
This study originally proposed a multitreatment (ABACAC) study design. This design was altered to an ABAB reversal design when both participants showed an increase in correct responding to science comprehension questions when just visual...
On determinants of Laplacians and multiple gamma functions
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In recent years the problem of evaluating the determinants of Laplacians on Riemannian manifolds has received considerable attention. The theory of multiple gamma functions play an important role in computations of determinants of... We are particularly interested in the functional determinant for the n-sphere S$\sp{n}$ with the standard metric. For all n we give a factorization it into multiple gamma functions and use this factorization to compute nice closed form... In the course of this investigation we give a new proof of the multiplication formulas for the simple and double gamma functions.
An important recent issue of polymer synthesis is a green polymerization that uses water as a solvent due to sustainability and environmental concern. Desirable ligand design is important for a highly active homogeneous aqueous...
This work is an annotated bibliography of original reed quintet repertoire. It can serve as a practical resource to musicians, reed quintets, composers, music educators and musical scholars of all levels. For each original composition, ...
Traditional Instructional Systems Design (ISD) has focused upon measurable learning, but the emerging emphasis on informal methods of learning, combined with powerful mobile computing devices, is turning the spotlight to mobile...
This study examines the state of materials challenges in private college preparatory school libraries located in the Southeast United States. Prior to the study, the topic of challenges to school library materials had only been examined...
Separatism has been a traditional vehicle of protest for the Sicilian people. In 1943, after the collapse of the Fascist regime, a new Separatist Movement emerged to become one of Italy's most serious post-war political problems. The Separatist Movement found its membership from among all social levels and all political groups and was led by members of the island's conservative classes, including large landowners, the Mafia and the middle class. Its aim was the... Between 1943 and 1945, the Separatist Movement managed to build a huge following. While its leaders spoke of revolution, they followed moderate policies. As the Italian government grew stronger and the separatist's maneuvering space... Despite its failure, the Separatist Movement was directly responsible for the autonomy granted Sicily in May 1946 by the Italian state, an act which signified a definite change in the historical relationship between the mainland and the...
The incredible rise of so-called "anti-establishment" parties in Europe has left scholars scrambling to define and classify the movement. Much scholarly attention has been paid to radical right wing parties, and the sources of their...
Recently, the prevalence of WiFi devices and ubiquitous coverage of WiFi network provide us the opportunity to extend WiFi capabilities beyond communication, particularly in sensing the physical environment. Most existing systems that...
The role that high schools play in the preparation of college students has long been under debate. There are differing perspectives presented by those who make up the secondary and post-secondary systems. However, the most critical voice...
The study of settlement geography, demography and social behavior in the prehistoric Carib and TaÃno societies of the Caribbean has recently become a prominent domain of interest to archaeologists working in these islands....
"The American public is being inundated by newspaper and magazine articles conveying the message that schools in the United States must develop and improve their science curricula if the nation is to compete successfully with ideologies...
Heatherton and Baumeister (1991) proposed that individuals engage in binge eating in an attempt to escape aversive self-awareness (escape theory). The current study sought to test the escape theory prediction that individuals who...
Pyrolysis oil has shown potential as an environmentally-friendly petroleum replacement for the production of fuel and chemicals. Also, the use of waste materials in the production of pyrolysis oil alleviates concerns associated with...
Water-related events are the most popular all year around activities in Taiwan. Aquatic facilities deliver value to users and the community when they are well planned and designed, and meet the public's expectations for health and safety...
The following is an exploration of Roland Dyens arrangements of “Nuages, ” “Round Midnight, ” “Over the Rainbow, ” “Take the A Train, ” and “A Night in Tunisia.” Chapter one will focus on Dyens’ own life and connection to other styles of...
Despite the importance of visual analysis of graphed data in behavioral research, only sporadic studies have systematically examined the consistency in conclusions regarding data that are evaluated in this manner. Various studies have...
Targeting the "real" economic costs of teen pregnancy: A skill building approach for early adolescents
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of the real life cost model (RLCM), an educational, cognitive-behavioral, skill building approach with early adolescents. Based on developmental and social learning theories, the model addresses the... A total of 74 male and female, ethnically diverse students were selected from two middle schools and randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group at each school using a pretest-posttest control group design with one follow-up... Improvement in locus of control, problem-solving and knowledge of pregnancy costs at posttest and 8 week follow-up were found for the treatment groups but not the control groups. Experimental group scores on a self-esteem measure showed... These findings provide evidence that this school-based educational, cognitive-behavioral treatment program produced significant changes in the treatment subjects' perceptions of locus of control, self-esteem, problem-solving/decision... The utility of this treatment modality is discussed and implications for social work research and practice are considered.
THE EFFECT OF THE ABSORPTIVITY OF ADJACENT WALLS ON LOUDSPEAKER DIRECTIVITY (Q) (ACOUSTICS, THEATER)
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This study was concerned with predicting loudspeaker directivity in theatre sound systems. The experimental question was "How is a loudspeaker's directivity affected by the absorptivity of the walls adjacent to the loudspeaker?" The initial experimental hypothesis was "The directivity will increase as absorption is added to... The method consisted of measuring the output of a loudspeaker to determine its "Q", or directivity. The Altec A-7 loudspeaker was first placed against a reflective surface and measured for Q. Then sound absorbing material was placed... It was determined that for any of the tested values of Q, and for any level of absorptivity, the directivity of a loudspeaker could be determined mathematically by simply multiplying the "Q" of the loudspeaker in free air by a constant...
Achieving comprehensive curriculum reform: An analysis of the implementation of a mathematics and science education policy
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The 1983 Educational Reform Act in Florida mandated the development of the Comprehensive Plan for Improving Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education in Florida. In the plan, eight overall goals provided a framework for improving... The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic profile of what has been done in schools, districts, and the State of Florida to reach the goals of the Comprehensive Plan and to determine key issues pertaining to implementation. A... Findings of the study illuminate state, district, and local level happenings with respect to each of the eight goals of the Comprehensive Plan. It can be interpreted from the findings that the degree of implementation of this plan varied...
The Effects of Beta-Hydroxy Βeta-Methylbutyrate (HMB) on Skeletal Muscles of Aged Sprague-Dawley Female Rats during 10-Week Intensive Resistance Exercise Training
HMB intake during Resistance Training (RT) is known to be an effective strategy to improve muscle mass & function and decrease FM. PURPOSE: To determine whether HMB administration during 10-wk RT would facilitate RT-induced improvement...
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