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A STUDY OF THE UTILIZATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN SOLVING STATE PROBLEMS IN FLORIDA (USE)
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The purpose of this ex post facto study was to determine the extent of use by governmental entities of research funded by Florida's Service Through the Application of Research (STAR) Program and to identify factors which contributed to... The dependent variable in this study was utilization of STAR research. Statistical analyses used to determine significance at the 0.05 level indicated a positive relationship between utilization and the following independent variables: ... Eighty-seven percent of the governmental respondents reported using STAR funded research as a result of projects conducted during this three year period. Three issues consistently emerged in responses to questions asked regarding the use...
AN EVALUATION OF GUIDELINES FOR THE REVIEW AND SELECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BY CLASSROOM TEACHERS
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether guidelines for teachers on how to review and select instructional materials have any effect on their actual selection of materials, their teaching processes, and their students' test... Of the 115 original workshop participants, 24 were assigned to the three groups and proceeded to teach the lesson. These teachers provided feedback on the instructional process they used to teach the lesson, and they collected student attitude, pretest, and posttest data. One hundred and sixty one students were included in the analysis. (chi)('2) analyses were conducted on teacher background, teacher and student attitudes, and instructional-process data to determine whether groups of teachers differed in their background, attitudes, or the instructional processes. No... Student performance on a 10-item test administered following the lesson was analyzed by means of an analysis of covariance in which group assignment of their teachers was the independent variable; pretest scores were the covariate.... A formative product evaluation of the guidelines resulted in no suggestions for substantive content changes, but suggestions were to restructure the guidelines into a training section and into an application section.
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF VIETNAM COMBAT PARTICIPATION ON ADULT PSYCHO-SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AMONG ARMY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE PERSONNEL (POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)
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A comparative study of 210 Vietnam Era veterans who are currently serving in the U.S. military Reserves. Two major groups--Vietnam combat veterans and Vietnam Era veterans with no combat experience--were compared on measures of... A simple additive model which describes a direct and positive relationship between degree of combat exposure and current incidence of problems with adult psychosocial functioning was shown to be inadequate. Preservice psycho-social... There were no statistically significant and nontrivial differences between combat veterans and non-combat veterans on each of the measures of adult psycho-social functioning. Although a large proportion of combat veterans reported a high...
Basic skills achievement patterns from kindergarten through tenth grade
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A descriptive and exploratory longitudinal study was conducted to investigate whether a gap existed between grade level standards and the academic achievement of students with low school readiness and to determine if the gap widened as... Mean differences and variability in communication and mathematics achievement among readiness groups on the norm-referenced CTBS test series and the criterion-referenced SSAT-I test series over time were examined. Because maturation and... Analyses revealed that the students in the low readiness groups did fall further from the set academic standard for the CTBS test series, however, the reverse was true for the criterion-referenced SSAT-I test series. Although for the...
THE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO HYPOXIA PLUS COLD ON METABOLISM AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE
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Seven normal, healthy, male volunteer subjects were exposed to four different environmental conditions at random on four separate occasions: breathing room air with an ambient temperature of 25(DEGREES)C (NN); breathing room air with an... Hypoxia led to significant increases in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, ventilation, respiratory quotient, blood lactate, and perceived exertion during exercise, while causing significant depression of core temperature and oxygen...
SOLVENT-MEDIATED PROTON TRANSFER. THE INTIMATE ROLE OF THE SOLVENT IN EXCITED-STATE TAUTOMERIZATION REACTIONS
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Excited-state proton transfer reactions are investigated for three different molecular species, 3-hydroxyflavone, 7-azaindole, and lumichrome. Both steady-state and picosecond spectroscopic techniques are used to establish the dominant... Proton transfer in 3-hydroxyflavone is formally an intramolecular process. The tautomerization process in this molecule, however, is found to depend sensitively on interactions with the surrounding solvent molecules. Distinct ground... The isolated 7-azaindole molecule possesses no direct pathway for tautomerization. If proton transfer is to occur it must do so through a molecular bridge of some sort. This class of excited-state reactions is refered to as... Lumichrome provides a particularly interesting case of pseudo-intramolecular proton transfer. Tautomerization takes place in the solvents pyridine, glacial acetic acid, and in the various derivatives of these. The roles of solvent...
Marginal labor and county-level punishment patterns in Florida during the 1980s
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This study looked at the impact of marginal and surplus labor on criminal punishment. The primary objectives of this study were: (1) to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the relationship between surplus labor and criminal... The findings indicate that unemployment does predict prison and probation admissions. No support for the trade-off thesis was found. The most significant predictor of punishment rates was the percent of young, black males in the...
The acute effects of resistance exercise on parameters of lipoprotein metabolism
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Ten male subjects (25.4 $\pm$ 3.1 yrs) were studied before and after 90 minutes of resistance exercise to determine the acute and delayed effects of both high volume (HV) and low volume (LV) regimens on alterations in lipid and...
A materialist view of Santeria and the expenses associated with the initiation
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The religion of Santeria has been in the news lately. Many Americans have come to know about this secretive religion because of the huge controversy in Hialeah, Florida regarding the right of practitioners to sacrifice animals to their... Santeria is a syncretic Afro-Cuban religion that evolved from the mixture of certain African religious rites with European spiritualist and Roman Catholic beliefs. This mixture started in the 16$\sp{\rm th}$ century with the importation... Today, Santeria is a growing religion with millions of practitioners spread across Latin America and the United States. This religion transcends the different social and economic boundaries that societies create. Santeria brings many...
An examination of two approaches to ceramic instruction in elementary education
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A review of art education literature indicated that: (1) strategies in general art education have shifted from a child-centered, creative self-expression approach in the 1950s and 1960s to a more content-based approach in the 1980s; (2)... On a pretest posttest basis, fifth graders in an experimental group (n = 16) and in a control group (n = 15) were tested on three independent variables: self-concept, attitude toward art and knowledge of art. Groups were equated on... A t-Test for independent and dependent samples and an ANOVA revealed no significant differences between groups, within groups or by sex on selected variables. Conclusions indicate that content-based historical and critical information: ...
COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS IN THE SUBFAMILY HELICONIINAE (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) IN PUERTO RICO: CONTROLLED FIELD EXPERIMENTS
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Using an experimental approach, I have elucidated the role of competition among Heliconiinae larvae in Puerto Rico. I used field cages to control predators and parasitoids while otherwise simulating natural conditions. By vegetatively... One year of observation at two climatically distinct forests, Guanica (dry) and Cambalache (wet), shows variations in the relative density and distribution of heliconians and Passiflora. Guanica's distinct precipitation-induced... Comparing experimental results to field observations, I found no interspecific competition and insignificant intraspecific competition at Cambalache. At Guanica, where larvae depend on new growth, which occurs in distinct pulses, intra-...
This paper centers around an experience a class of twenty-one fifth grade children and their teacher had with puppetry. The art teacher worked cooperatively with the classroom teacher and children throughout the experiment. The purpose...
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 comparison of techniques for scheduling non-homogeneous employees in a service environment subject to non-cyclical demand. (Volumes I and II)
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This dissertation has addressed the issue of labor scheduling, focussing primarily on environments in which employees are limited in number and/or not continuously available for work. New modeling procedures have been developed for these... Three shift scheduling procedures were developed: (1) an iterative construction improvement procedure (HO), (2) a combination single-break-position linear programming and heuristic procedure (LP), and (3) a combination break-less linear... LP was found to be the best shift scheduling procedure, while one of the HO-based procedures was best for tour scheduling. The NT and NT-based shift and tour scheduling procedures were the poorest performers, a finding with important... Extensive investigations into the determinants of technique performance were conducted. These investigations included examining the effects on technique performance of (1) problem restrictiveness and (2) the ratio of understaffing to... An extensive list of interesting and potentially fruitful research avenues has been provided for the benefit of researchers considering the field of labor scheduling.
A PROGRAM OF SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IN PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN IRAN
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The purpose of the study was to develop a program of services for handicapped students in public postsecondary educational institutions in Iran. In order to develop the program of services a panel of experts in the field of handicapped students and/or in educational planning in developing countries was selected to react to an opinion survey questionnaire. The survey questions... Following the analysis of the data by tabulation of frequencies and percentages for each item, the program of services was refined and recommended. The major findings of the study were: (1) The panel of experts agreed with the overall philosophical base of the program of services. There was some variance of agreement concerning the program of services. (2) Services and programs for... It may be concluded that Iran, and other developing countries with similar cultural and religious background, should find the recommended program of services for handicapped people reflective of the philosophy of Islamic beliefs and...
PRESENTING SYMPTOMS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AT A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF BLACK AMERICAN, CUBAN AND WHITE AMERICAN CHILDREN
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This was a comparative study of the presenting symptoms, as reported by parents or parent surrogates, of Black American, Cuban, and White American children and adolescents at a psychiatric clinic. The sample consisted of 496 children, 18... The reported symptoms were viewed as being intimately related to the sociocultural setting of the child. The study attempted to describe and determine some of the factors that influenced the child's behavior. Data were gathered from clinic records of interviews conducted by professional social workers with parents or parent surrogates. Data were collected on the first 3 presenting symptoms for each child and on the social characteristics of... Major symptoms for Black American children in decreasing order were: underachievement, physical attacks, disobedience, stealing, and fighting. For Cuban children the modal symptom was underachievement, with fewer symptoms of disobedience...
The teaching of culture in foreign language education: A Chinese perspective
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The present study was an investigation to examine the current situation in the field of teaching foreign cultures in China's language education. The study concentrated on answering the question of whether there were any differences... The data collected from the performance of 171 subjects on the culture quiz and from their responses to the survey revealed that some significant differences existed between the two groups of subjects. The first group of subjects (those... The study also showed that the first group of subjects were less satisfied with the instruction of culture in their schools and were less content with their mastery of knowledge and information of foreign cultures, than the second group... No evidence was found to establish a significant difference between the two groups of subjects with respect to their ways of obtaining sociocultural knowledge. Media, other than classroom instruction, was their main source of acquiring... The study also reported the subjects' expectations of improvement in the teaching of culture; most of them cared more about importation of video and audio materials though only a small number of them expected much change in classroom...
Disposition of forty mentally retarded patients presented by the Pre-parole Service to the Social Service Planning Staff from March through October 1959, Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland
"The purpose of this study was to survey the cases of forty mentally retarded patients who have been presented by the Pre-parole Service to the Social Service Planning Staff of the Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland,...
THE INFLUENCE OF IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK AND REINFORCEMENT ON BOTH BRANCHING DECISIONS AND ACTUAL BRANCHING BEHAVIORS OF COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS USING FLEXIBLE, INDIVIDUALIZED, MODULAR SCIENCE MATERIALS
PARENT-ADOLESCENT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLES AS FUNCTIONS OF AGE, GENDER, FAMILY COHESION AND FAMILY ADAPTABILITY
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This study examined the influence of variables such as age, gender and family adaptability and cohesion as they influence styles of conflict management utilized between parents and adolescents. A convenience sample of thirty families... Research questions were explored by the use of Chi-square and discriminant analysis. Findings included the following: (1) adolescents tend to compete rather than accommodate in "balanced" families in terms of cohesion and adaptability; ...
Felix Mendelssohn's works for solo piano and orchestra: Sources and composition
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Felix Mendelssohn's works for solo piano and orchestra are the A-Minor Concerto (1822), the Capriccio brillant, op. 22 (1831-32), the Piano Concerto in G Minor, op. 25 (1831), the Rondo brillant, op. 29 (1833-34), the Piano Concerto in D...
THE INFLUENCE OF RELATIONSHIP FACTORS ON CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS ABOUT SEXUAL EXPERIENCES
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This questionnaire survey investigated the causal attributions made about outcomes of sexual experiences. Subjects were queried about the extent to which self, partner, the situation and a new dimension--the sexual relationship--were... The sample consisted of 233 male and female, graduate and undergraduate students at Florida State University enrolled in Home and Family Life, Business, Sociology, and Psychology courses. It was hypothesized that attributional differences would be a function of the satisfaction experienced in a given sexual interaction as well as the gender and sexual history of the individual subject. The extent to which persons viewed... Analysis of variance and hierarchical regression were performed to analyze the data. The results indicated that subjects ascribed significantly more importance to their sexual relationship, their partners, and themselves when making... General relationship satisfaction accounted for a consistent but small amount of the variance in predicting causal ascriptions to the sexual relationship for satisfying sexual outcomes, especially for women. Relationship variables did... The results suggest that men and women are quite similar in their attributional patterns about sexual outcomes and that those differences which do appear may be a function of ego-enhancing, ego-protective or role norm consensus biases....
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY: IMPACTS ON FAMILY LIFE (WELL-BEING, MILITARY, ECONOMICS, STUDIES)
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The purpose of this study was to examine the financial management practices of families in the United States Army and the relationship of those practices on key variables affecting family life. Variables analyzed included financial well... Data were obtained through two methods. The first method utilized personal interviews regarding family demographics, household income, expenditures, money management practices, financial planning background, and perception of financial...
A collection of poems, for which the organizing principle was the movement from birth to death, from innocence to experience. Thus the poems in section one were initiatory, and proceeded through themes of initiation into sex and...
EFFECTS OF THERAPIST FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION IN SUPERVISION AND SUPERVISORY FOCUS ON THERAPIST AND CLIENT ANXIETY AND ON A MEASURE OF THERAPY EFFECTIVENESS
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This study explored the effects of therapist fear of negative evaluation in supervision (FNE-S) and supervisory focus on therapist and client anxiety states and client satisfaction. Thirty clinical psychology graduate student therapists... The results showed that compared to low FNE-S therapists, high FNE-S therapists were more anxious before supervision, were more receptive to therapist-focused supervision, and had clients who were more anxious before therapy and less... Overall, results suggest that identifying high FNE-S therapists and low RSI therapists may be useful in research and training settings. They also clearly point out that supervisor-therapist interactions are highly complex and dependent...
Sampling effects of writing topics and discourse modes on generalizability of individual student and school writing performance on a standardized fourth-grade writing assessment
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This study investigated generalizability of writing performance of individual students and schools within the context of a large-scale direct writing assessment. The study focused on the sampling effects of the two major components of... Results at both individual and school level indicate that topics requiring the same discourse skills had little effect on writing performance. The study found significant discourse mode effects, which strained the generalization of... The study also investigated the effects of school size on generalizability of school writing scores. The study found that writing scores of large schools have a higher level of generalizability than those of smaller schools, indicating a... The study confirmed the need for a large number of tasks to obtain a reliable estimate of writing competency in both individual- and school-level assessments. The study, however, demonstrated that an assessment can provide a more...
Enhancing retention: A skills training program for drug-dependent therapeutic community clients
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A retention study in a therapeutic community (TC) was conducted to examine treatment as a factor in client drop out. A quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group design involving 22 new admissions was used to evaluate the efficacy...
The effects of an individual's learning style preference on psychomotor achievement for college students
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Using college students as test subjects, this study sought to determine the results/effects of matching teaching styles with individual learning style preference. Test subjects for the study included 49 undergraduates enrolled in two co-educational, beginning tennis classes at Waycross College, a two-year unit of the University System of Georgia. Teaching styles used for the study were Teacher... practice drills--the Auditory Preference Group made extensive use of audio cassettes recordings. The Visual Preference Group made used of loop films, videotapes, (no sound) charts, diagrams, and written descriptions of tennis skills and... The Tactile Preference Group used their access to peer helpers/partners for hands on assistance. Each student in each PEPS group worked at his/her own pace to progress from the simple to the complex tennis skill. At the end of the ten ... The investigator concluded that instructional strategies developed, designed and implemented in accordance to student learning preference can serve as a means of improving psychomotor performance. All methods were effective in the...
Given a set A a (internal) law of composition on A is a function on AxA into A. A set endowed with one or more such laws of composition which in turn may be subject to certain axioms (e. g. associativity, commutativity) is termed an...
We present a preliminary test for nonlinear structure in large data sets. This procedure consists of transforming the data to remove the correlations, then discretizing the data and finally, studying the cell counts in the resulting...
Communication, cognition, emotion and conversation between distressed spouses in a clinical setting: A constructivist explanation
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Maturana's (1988) theory of constituted reality is used to explain the relationships among language, cognitive domain and emotion. His theory is applied to explain distressed couples' conversations about their own marital problems. The...
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