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Anglo-Ethiopian Relations: 1840-1868, Barbara In Den Bosch
Anglo-Ethiopian Relations: 1840-1868, Barbara In Den Bosch
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England, France, and Belgium began to search in the mid-nineteenth century for new commercial opportunities along the Red Sea. At the same time, Ethiopia was emerging from half a century of civil war to move toward the establishment of a unified state. Impelled by curiosity, expanding domestic needs, and the growing importance of the Red Sea trade route, Europeans looked sbuthward to establish commercial, cultural, and diplomatic connections with the Christian society that traditionally had dominated the Horn of Africa. At the time that more European missionaries, traders, adventurers, and diplomats reached her boundaries, Ethiopia was being reunited under strong …
A Quantitative Approach To The Study Of Folk Medical Beliefs And Practices: A Nebraska Example, Ca. 1870-1970, Phyllis M. Japp
A Quantitative Approach To The Study Of Folk Medical Beliefs And Practices: A Nebraska Example, Ca. 1870-1970, Phyllis M. Japp
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Scholars of many disciplines find in folk medicine a topic of interest. Formerly the domain of antiquarians, anthropologists, and folklorists, the medical beliefs and practices of ordinary people now intrique sociologists, psychologists, and historians, as well as members of medical professions.
Effect Of Diet On Aerobic Performance, Maureen Hall Fennerty
Effect Of Diet On Aerobic Performance, Maureen Hall Fennerty
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The purpose of this investigation will beto examine the effect of diet on aerobic performance in adult male runners. On their assigned diets the subjects will be tested twice for the maximal distance covered while running 30 minutes on two non-consecutive days.
Effect Of Diet On Aerobic Performance, Maureen Hall Fennerty
Effect Of Diet On Aerobic Performance, Maureen Hall Fennerty
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Aerobic performance is affected by a number of physiological, psychological, sociological and environmental factors (Astrand, 1977). Among the many physiological factors nutrition plays an important part. However, when considering what constitutes a balanced diet, nutritionists express varying opinions as to what percentage of protein, fat and carbohydrate should be included for the general populace and the athlete. Mayer and Bullen (1960) in their review of literature on nutrition and athletic performance concluded a balanced diet is adequate for the athlete.
Cardiac Changes During An Attention-Demanding Task In Mentally Retarded Adults, James M. Granfield
Cardiac Changes During An Attention-Demanding Task In Mentally Retarded Adults, James M. Granfield
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The relationship between physiological response patterns and intellectual deficiencies was investigated by examining heart rate changes during a sustained attention-demanding task with institutionalized mentally retarded adults classified into three different I.Q. levels. The task consisted of simple motor responses made to a visual display within which was "hidden" the stimulus cue of Santa Claus. The findings indicated that changes in the within-trial heart rate response were significantly different between groups. Consistent with previous research on retarded adolescents, the retarded adults in the present study were characterized by a significant increase in heart rate variability upon stimulus onset. However, the high …
The Effects Of Extrinsic Rewards On Intrinsic Motivation: Reinforcement Theory Or Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Jack S. Leon
The Effects Of Extrinsic Rewards On Intrinsic Motivation: Reinforcement Theory Or Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Jack S. Leon
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Intrinsically motivated behaviors are those for which there is no apparent reward except the activity itself. Such rewards are mediated within the individual. Rather than bringing about external rewards, intrinsically motivated behaviors bring about internal states that the individual finds rewarding (Deci, 1975a).
A Developmental Study Of Target Attribution, Dotti Cohen
A Developmental Study Of Target Attribution, Dotti Cohen
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The purpose of this study was to determine the existence of target attribution, and its interaction with other variables. Subjects were obtained from grades one, seven, and college freshmen; thirty of each age group were used. The subjects consisted of an equal number of males and females, who scored as internal or external on a locus of control measure. Each individual was asked to assume the role of actor in each of four videotapes, and to rate the degree of responsibility they felt for the action on each scene. The subjects were also asked to rate the actor and the …
An Attitude Study Of Listening As A Communication Skill And Its Role Of Importance To Selected Secondary Teachers, Student Teachers, Principals And Students In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Verena M. Shoop
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The purpose of this study was to survey attitudes by secondary teachers, secondary student teachers, secondary school principals and secondary students regarding listening as a communication skill and its importance. A questionnaire was used to survey the attitudes of those four populations (totaling 337 individuals) in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Students and principals estimated they spent most of their communication time on listening, yet they had no major training in developing that skill. The majority of the four survey populations had not received training in developing listening skills nor teaching of those paramount …
Effects Of Task Size And Group Size On Observers' Job Enrichment Perceptions, Yau-De Wang
Effects Of Task Size And Group Size On Observers' Job Enrichment Perceptions, Yau-De Wang
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Stemming from different theoretical disciplines, investigators of undermanned behavior settings and job enrichment have focused on examining human performance and motivation by manipulating essential tasks and available personnel. Although these two disciplines have centered their concerns on different types of organizations, research results from undermanning and job enrichment studies have tended to coincide with each other. However, an important question common to both areas concerns the reasons why the manipulation of the number of tasks and the number of personnel in a work setting should change group members' performance and motivation. Greenberg (1979) has recently offered an explanation which may …
Industrial Incentive Testing: The Effects Of Pilot Programs On The Performance Of Non-Pilot Groups, Thomas E. Kranda
Industrial Incentive Testing: The Effects Of Pilot Programs On The Performance Of Non-Pilot Groups, Thomas E. Kranda
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The question of central interest in this study was, "do incentive testing pilot programs adversely affect the performace of non-pilot groups?" The current managerial practice of testing new motivational techniques on small subgroups within an organization provides employees with a recognizable discrepancy between the effort to reward payoffs among co-workers. Independent variables manipulated in this study were: (a) differing levels of preferential treatment, and (b) membership versus non-membership in a bonus testing pilot group. Dependent variables included task quantity, task quality, subject's estimates of productivity had they been in each of four treatment conditions, and treatment group attractiveness rating. Planned …
A Study Of Advantages And Disadvantages Of Mainstreamed Hearing Impaired Students In A Regular Public School Classroom, Otis Perry
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On November 29, 1975, President Ford signed into law a multi-billion dollar aid measure to assist states in educating handicapped children. P.L. 94-142 requires that a state must agree to establish a goal of serving all handicapped children between the ages of three and eighteen by September 1, 1978, and children between three and twenty-one by September 1, 1980, in order to qualify for Federal Assistance. The Federal Assistance provided for this program is substantial as it will provide 40% of the excess cost for Special Education. This excess cost reaches its full potential no later than 1982.
Radical Criminology: A Sympathetic Criticism From The Viewpoints Of Philosophical And Theological Anarchism, J. Anthony Watkins
Radical Criminology: A Sympathetic Criticism From The Viewpoints Of Philosophical And Theological Anarchism, J. Anthony Watkins
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The point of departure for this work is to sympathetically critique American radical criminology from an anarchist philosophical and theological viewpoint. Most criticism of radical criminology has thus far come from politically conventional and orthodox Marxist sources. Anarchism is to the left of Marxism or scientific socialism and has been characteristically left of conservatism and liberalism. By sympathetic critique what is meant is that this author tends to favor and support most of the criticism radical criminology has levelled against conventional criminology. However, radical criminology is apparently unwilling to critically comprehend its own essentially anarcho-religious, rather than authentically Marxist character. …
Preschoolers' Feelings About Children With Physically Handicapping Conditions, Nancy L. Tucker
Preschoolers' Feelings About Children With Physically Handicapping Conditions, Nancy L. Tucker
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The implimentation of PL 94-142 requires appropriate educational programming for all handicapped youngsters in the least restrictive environment. Some school districts may choose to integrate existing programs rather than to develop new ones. For preschoolers, integration could mean exposure at an early age to conditions that they may not fully understand and may in fact be fearful about.
Assessment Of The Degree A Piagetian Program Is Implemented In The Omaha Prekindergarten, Peggy Ann Wiles
Assessment Of The Degree A Piagetian Program Is Implemented In The Omaha Prekindergarten, Peggy Ann Wiles
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Piaget is perhaps the most prominent learning theorist influencing preschool education. This influence is appropriate because Piaget's theory interprets the child's cognitive development from birth to adolescence, thus making it a unique developmental perspective for early education. Piaget's investigations regarding what intelligence is and how it develops have revealed that cognitive development occurs in four major stages.
Self-Instructional Training To Increase Independent Work Skills In Preschoolers, Lorrie E. Aubert
Self-Instructional Training To Increase Independent Work Skills In Preschoolers, Lorrie E. Aubert
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The effects of cognitive self-instructional training on performance of independent work skills in three impulsive, disruptive preschool children was investigated using a multiple-baseline design across subjects. Behavioral observations of the children in the classroom indicated that, after the introduction of self-instructional training, there was an increase in on-task behavior and work completion for the subjects and an increase in accuracy of work for all three children. A second self-instructional training input had little effect on the children's classroom behavior; however, subsequent introduction of a mild incentive procedure directly into the classroom resulted in further improvement in two subjects rates of …
From Eternal To Personal World Order: An Analysis Of Milton, Swift, And Twain, Marian O'Brien Paul
From Eternal To Personal World Order: An Analysis Of Milton, Swift, And Twain, Marian O'Brien Paul
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The particular mental concept through which an author views the universe which surrounds him with which he must interact will, by extension, influence the way his literary characters relate themselves to the world in which he places them. It is of value to analyze the nature of that influence. If the author’s vision of reality is consistent with that of the immediately accepted world viewpoint, he will probably embrace that concept in his writings. Another Author who is aware of changes in the popular mode of viewing the universe may reflect these in what he writes, and the nuances of …
A Study Comparing Religious Education Achievement Scores Between A Group Of Parochial School Pupils And Confraternity Of Christian Doctrine Pupils, Laverne C. Iaffaldano
A Study Comparing Religious Education Achievement Scores Between A Group Of Parochial School Pupils And Confraternity Of Christian Doctrine Pupils, Laverne C. Iaffaldano
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Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, teaching, to transmit the Christian message, has been an important function. In the modern Church, the teaching ministry continues to be a primary concern.
Perceived Inservice Needs Of Regular Classroom Teachers For Incorporating The Handicapped Child In The Regular Classroom, Terry Zoucha
Perceived Inservice Needs Of Regular Classroom Teachers For Incorporating The Handicapped Child In The Regular Classroom, Terry Zoucha
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The evidence supporting mainstreaming from the first day of the first year of school is positive and strong. For children who have been identified as needing special education before the usual school age reports of effective integration date as far back as 1962. The practice was operating system wide in Tacoma, Washington, even earlier (Bertness, 1976, pp. 55-58).
The Children Of Inmate Mothers: Policies And Perceptions, Virginia Hronek Burns
The Children Of Inmate Mothers: Policies And Perceptions, Virginia Hronek Burns
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Recent research has focused attention on the female lawbreaker. Yet the children of the female offender remain nearly a neglected issue. This thesis investigates one aspect of the problem — the services provided by the criminal justice and social service agencies in Douglas County, Nebraska for children of inmate mothers. Children of inmate mothers became a concern of the investigator while working in a local residential facility for female inmates during 1974 to 1976. Several observations were made during this time. First, when sentencing a woman to a correctional facility, criminal court judges rarely exhibited concern over the whereabouts of …
A Profile Of The Primary Grade Teachers In The Catholic Schools In The Metropolitan Area Of The Archdiocese Of Omaha, Luvern A. Gubbels
A Profile Of The Primary Grade Teachers In The Catholic Schools In The Metropolitan Area Of The Archdiocese Of Omaha, Luvern A. Gubbels
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The casual observer can see that the field of education involves students, teachers, buildings, materials, administrators and taxes to name a few ingredients. Even this casual observer must realize that education is a many faceted endeavor and all facets must be synchronized and harmonized to yield the results necessary to meet its goals.
A Behavioral Study Of Maternal-Infant Interaction With Focus On Infant Attachment And Infant Cognition, Bruce Mcnickle
A Behavioral Study Of Maternal-Infant Interaction With Focus On Infant Attachment And Infant Cognition, Bruce Mcnickle
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This study examined the interactions between 15 maternal-infant dyads using an operant learning format with special emphasis on the relationship of infant attachment to maternal behaviors, specifically the securityinsecurity dimension of infant attachment. Observations of maternal-infant interactions were made each month from infant ages 9 months to 12 months. Maternal and infant behaviors were coded and each category was scored for frequency and duration of behavior with an Esterline-Angus Event Recorder. Maternal ratios of responding and latency in responding to infant behaviors were calculated from the Esterline-Angus charts. Infants were administered several cognition tests and an attachment test, while mothers …
The Cultural Geography Of Rural Cemeteries: Saunders County, Nebraska, Gordon M. Riedesel
The Cultural Geography Of Rural Cemeteries: Saunders County, Nebraska, Gordon M. Riedesel
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Rural cemeteries reflect local culture history. Cultural preferences and attitudes are expressed in the fixtures of cemeteries, tombstones, tombstone arrangement, and cemetery landscaping. The pattern of rural cemeteries can reveal the dynamics of population and settlement, and cultural origins and dispersals. The rural cemeteries of Saunders County, Nebraska, were studied in the summer of 1978 in order to 1) map the relative location of the cemeteries; 2) determine the pattern of growth and development of the cemeteries; 3) establish a working taxonomic system of cemetery size and character; 4) interpret the cultural phenomena related to rural cemeteries; 5) determine distinctive …
The Relative Influence Of Social Structure And Family Role Variables On Voluntary Association Participation Of Men And Women, Barbara R. Keating
The Relative Influence Of Social Structure And Family Role Variables On Voluntary Association Participation Of Men And Women, Barbara R. Keating
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Sociology has long claimed to be an objective, value free science (Hinkle and Hinkle, 1954; Bates, 1967i Caplow, 1971). The research process is expected to be unaffected by the personal values, hopes,and prejudices of the researcher. Superficially, such claims can simply refer to professional ethics in gathering, analyzing, and presenting data. Violations at this level, albeit unintentional, are usually sufficiently manifest to be detected in professional review and replication attempts.
A Case Study Of The Effectiveness Of Assertive Communication Training On Hypertension In College-Age Males, Kay Currey
A Case Study Of The Effectiveness Of Assertive Communication Training On Hypertension In College-Age Males, Kay Currey
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In the medical world Hippocrates was perhaps the first to recognize that the body may sometimes heal itself and that the physician's role may not always be one of intervention but often should be that of advisor, assisting in the self-healing process. Today, medical education and practice and behavioral psychology research are coming together in the recognition of and belief in the concept of mind-body relationships. That an individual might be able to self-regulate certain bodily functions formerly thought to be wholly uncontrollable by the conscious mind is beginning to be accepted as research progresses in bio-feedback, meditation, cognitive-behavior modification, …
A Quantitative Description Of Direction In Newspaper Advertising For Cable Television Franchise Elections, Donald G. Wright
A Quantitative Description Of Direction In Newspaper Advertising For Cable Television Franchise Elections, Donald G. Wright
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Council Bluffs, Iowa, is scheduled to have the first customers connected to a cable television system by the fall of 1979. Nearly 75 percent of the ballots cast in a July 25, 1978 cable television franchise election favored issuance of a 25-year, non-exclusive contract forcable television service to American Heritage Cablevision Inc .
Results Of Kindergarten Roundup Screening: Rural Versus Suburban Children, Karen Mumma
Results Of Kindergarten Roundup Screening: Rural Versus Suburban Children, Karen Mumma
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Language is the vehicle for learning and the child who does not possess adequate language skills is handicapped in all areas of school instruction. Additionally, society evaluates child and adult in the academic setting, socially, and on the job by their ability to manipulate the English language. The school's accelerating expectations of entering kindergarteners has put additional pressures on the majority of children. The research in developmental linguistics has shown that a certain level of maturity must be reached before tasks can be learned. The problem for the entering kindergartener whose language development is depressed is compounded.
A Follow-Up Study Of Ninth Grade Students In The Omaha, Nebraska Public Schools Who Were Expelled For The Use, Possession, Or Sale Of Marijuana During The 1977-78 School Year, Janet M. Belle
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The Select Committee on Crime reported that the youth of the nation are suffering from a deadly disease; a dependency upon drugs. The youth are being decimated and slowly destroyed by a drug epidemic. The drug crises in the schools greatly exceeded the worst expectations.
Deathsongs For Cynddylan: An Annotated Translation Of The Heledd Poems From The Red Book Of Hergest., Anne Mcconney
Deathsongs For Cynddylan: An Annotated Translation Of The Heledd Poems From The Red Book Of Hergest., Anne Mcconney
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In the Red Book of Hergest, one of the so-called "Four Ancient-Books of Wales," there are one hundred and seven short stanzas that tell the story of an early prince of Powys named Cynddylan, of his last battle and death, and of the grief of those who survived the burning of his fortress, Pengwern. It is a terse poem, telling in fine-honed imagery of a firelit world, brutal and bright and childlike, detailing the movements of pain and the ragged perimeters of survival in verse as lucid as water.
Timing Of Burning And Mowing Management Of A Bluestem Prairie In Eastern Nebraska., Edward I. Hover
Timing Of Burning And Mowing Management Of A Bluestem Prairie In Eastern Nebraska., Edward I. Hover
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This study evaluates the effects of time of mowing on species composition and inflorescence phenology in a bluestem prairie and contrast mowing and burning treatments. Treatment areas in a native prairie, with a history of summer mowing, were burned and mowed in April and evaluated in June and August of the same year. While reflecting only a single year’s treatment, the study indicated that summer mowing favors cool season grasses, such as porcupinegrass (Stipa spartea), and selects against warm season grasses such as big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii). Canopy coverage, biomass, and flowering stem numbers and height of porcupinegrass was consistently …
British Decision Making On The Frontier: Afghanistan - A Case Study (1863-1881), Kerry Connor Loney
British Decision Making On The Frontier: Afghanistan - A Case Study (1863-1881), Kerry Connor Loney
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In the interests of greater comprehension a statement must be made concerning the transliteration method utilized in this thesis. Persian words which I felt should be retained are defined in parentheses at their initial appearance. For these words and proper names in both Persian and Russian I have chosen the most common English spelling. Preparation of this thesis has taken me many miles and enabled me to share experiences with both Afghan and British friends which helped me to become, hopefully more knowledgeable, and certainly more understanding. Although I have thanked these people along the way, am happy to have …