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Sex Differences In The Prediction Of Academic Achievement Using The Children's Motivation Analysis Test, Gregory J. Boyle, Brian K. Start

Gregory J. Boyle

The Children's Motivation Analysis Test (CMAT), together with standardised achievement tests in mathematics and reading, was administered to a large sample of Australian elementary school children. Stepwise forward regression analyses were conducted on subsamples of 209 males and 179 females (cases with missing data previously excluded). Several of the CMAT dynamic traits significantly predicted achievement scores. The most useful predictors were conscientiousness (Superego) and family (Home) orientation. These results, based on objective motivation measurement, represent the beginnings of a new approach for research into children's motivation structure.

Are Employment-Interview Skills A Correlate Of Subtypes Of Schizophrenia?, James Charisiou, Henry J. Jackson, Gregory J. Boyle, Philip Burgess, Harry I. Minas, Stephen D. Joshua

Gregory J. Boyle

46 inpatients with a DSM-III diagnosis of schizophrenia were assessed in the week prior to discharge from hospital on measures of positive and negative symptoms and on 12 measures of employment interview skills (i.e., eye contact, facial gestures, body posture, verbal content, voice volume, length of speech, motivation, self-confidence, ability to communicate, manifest adjustment, manifest intelligence, over-all interview skill), and a global measure of employability. A cluster analysis based on the total positive and negative symptom scores produced two groups. The group with the lower mean negative symptom score exhibited better employment-interview skills and higher ratings on employability.

Collaborative Research In Genetics, Maheswarappa B S

Prof B S Maheswarappa

Studies the collaborative research in Genetics based on authorship data collected from Genetics Abstracts 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1985. Slightly less than 80% of papers in genetics were by multiple authors. Two author papers outnumber single-author papers as well as papers with three or more authors and the proportions have changed over the years in favour of multiple authorship. The average number of papers has increased from 2•3 to 3•13 and so also the degree of collaboration from 0•70 to 0•84. The two-author papers were a maximum in 14 research fronts. The highest proportion of multi-author papers (80%) were found …

Seed Pathology Literature, Maheswarappa B. S, Usha G. N

Prof B S Maheswarappa

No abstract provided.

Religion, Utility And Politics: Bentham Versus Paley, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

Theism For The Masses, Non-Dualism For The Monastic Elite: A Fresh Look At Sankara's Trans-Theistic Spirituality, Lance E. Nelson

Lance E. Nelson

No abstract provided.

Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz

Lester R. Kurtz

The Greek tragic flaw refers to a virtue extended to such an extreme that it becomes a vice. Sociology's tragic flaw includes a virtue - the pursuit of objectivity - when carried to an extreme exchanges personal prejudices for abstract ones.

Diverting The Coasean River: Incentive Schemes To Reduce Unemployment Spells, John Donohue

John Donohue

No abstract provided.

Direct Tests Of The Rational Expectations Hypothesis: A Study Of Italian Entrepreneurs’ Inflationary Expectations (1980-1988), Claudio Lupi

Claudio Lupi

The primary concern of this paper is to test the rational expectations hypothesis for Italian entrepreneurs' inflationary expectations between 1980 and 1988 using monthly observed expectations. Particular care is devoted to analyzing the problems arising when multiperiod expectations and a nonwhite noise measurement error in the expectations series are considered. The empirical analysis is carried out using cross correlations on ARIMA residuals and transfer function models. This technique seems to be particularly appealing for rationality testing.

Macrosociology: Social Change, Social Movements, World Systems, Comparative And Historical Sociology. Reviews Of "A World Political Economy" And "Power, Production, And The Unprotected Worker", Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Plan Distrito Metropolitano. Quito Del Futuro Fase 2. Planes Parciales De Áreas Históricas, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

A partir del reconocimiento, por parte de la UNESCO, de Quito como Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad, el Ilustre Municipio emprende una serie de acciones, bajo la modalidad de planes y programas, que transforman la imagen del denominado Centro Histórico. La Dirección de Planificación, por su parte, sistematizó investigaciones históricas, inventarios arquitectónicos, estudios urbanísticos y análisis socio-económicos con el objeto de proponer la realización de un plan de obras en las áreas históricas.

En primer lugar, se delimitó las áreas históricas sin circunscribirse al caso colonial y se actuó en ellas mediante varios planes: los planes zonales integrales, los planes …

Plan Distrito Metropolitano. Quito Actual Fase 1. Diagnóstico Del Centro Histórico, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Quito, enclavada a 2600 metros de altura, rodeada de montañas y nevados y con la presencia de monumentos, muchos de ellos de origen colonial (1500-1800), conserva, en cierta medida, un carácter único de ciudad. Sus habitantes no están fuera de su configuración, al contrario, son ellos quienes contribuyen a sostener, por años, ese carácter de ciudad colonial con rasgos de modernidad.

La intervención municipal en tan importante zona histórica, declarada por la UNESCO como “Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad”, acarrea múltiples y complejos problemas de orden espacial, social y cultural.

Por primera vez, la actual administración municipal, organizó una oficina …

La Investigación Urbana En América Latina. Caminos Recorridos Y Por Recorrer, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Esta primera aproximación a la investigación urbana en América Latina, surge de la agregación de los trabajos parciales por países y del resultado de las discusiones que se llevaron a cabo en el seminario denominado "La investigación urbana en América Latina: caminos recorridos y por recorrer", realizado entre el 7 y 11 de septiembre de 1987 en Quito, por el Centro de Investigaciones CIUDAD, gracias al auspicio de múltiples instituciones. El presente volumen, que es parte de una colección más amplia, busca efectuar un balance de la investigación urbana en Latinoamérica. Se realiza gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Ford …

Pre-1990 Publications, Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford, Retired

No abstract provided.

Pre-1990 Publications, Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford, Retired

No abstract provided.

Magazines Online: Users And Uses Of Full Text, Carol Tenopir, Diane Nahl-Jakobovits, Dara Lee Howard

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Research In Teacher-Librarianship: The Implications For Professional Practice, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

No abstract provided.

Beyond Courtesy: School And Public Library Relationships, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

No abstract provided.

Clip Art: Suggestions For Use And A Guide To Sources, Ken Haycock, L. Austrom

Ken Haycock

No abstract provided.

Unobtrusive Studies And The Quality Of Academic Library Reference Services, Jo Bell Whitlatch

Jo Bell Whitlatch

This article uses empirical data from a recent obtrusive study of reference performance to explore content validity and assumptions regarding unobtrusive studies. Data collected by author support the contention that improvements are highly desirable before conducting more unobtrusive studies of reference service. The two most important changes concern the development of test questions representing all types of queries and supplementing the correct fill rate with other measures of reference performance.

Latviesu Gramatas Un Citi Materiali Kratuves Arpus Latvijas (Latvian Books And Other Materials In Collections Outside Latvia), Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

No abstract provided.

Users And Uses Of Full Text Databases, Carol Tenopir

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Stock Banks And Mutual Banks, Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Because mutual banks do not allow shareholders to discipline bad managers and so have higher costs, they have been disappearing since bank entry deregulation in the 1980's. They were common before regulation in the 1930's, and are more common in the 19th century. I propose that this is because of the absence of deposit insurance. Depositors wanted safety more than low operating costs, and a mutual manager, in a cushy job he could not lose except by bankrupting his firm, would also value safety.

Managing Text: Software Choices For Textual Databases, Carol Tenopir

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Search Strategies For Full Text Databases, Carol Tenopir

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Availability Of Japanese Scientific And Technical Periodicals In Major English Language Databases, Carol Tenopir, Keiko Ikushima

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

La Ausencia De Utopia Como Componente De La Crisis Urbana, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La necesidad de repensar la ciudad desde un futuro deseado. Este trabajo se inscribe en la corriente que plantea la necesidad y la actualidad de repensar la ciudad latinoamericana (Hardoy, 1986), en términos de que emergen y se expresan nuevos sectores urbanos (pobladores, mujeres, obreros, "informales"), se desarrollan nuevas temáticas (salud, ecología, violencia), y nuevos objetos de investigación se consolidan. También repensarla en función de nuestro quehacer investigativo y como agentes sociales inmersos en ella. Queremos plantear una reflexión que pueda aportar en la construcción colectiva de una nueva interpretación de los procesos urbanos y que tienda a buscar su …

Entry For Buyout, Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Entry into a monopolized industry may be profitable if the entrant is bought out even if it would be unprofitable to enter for continuing operation. The stronger is duopoly competition, the greater is the incentive for buyout, so an incumbent's toughness in produce-market competition may be his own undoing. Evidence from the 1890's shows examples of entry for buyout.

Infant Mortality And Social Work: Legacy Of Success, Terri Combs-Orme

Terri Combs-Orme

Although it is not widely known, social workers have had a substantial part in the impressive reduction in infant mortality achieved in the United States during this century. This article reviews that contribution, noting a decline in interest in infant mortality in the profession beginning in the 1950s. Recent trends are noted that seem to suggest a renewal in the profession's interest in this important subject.

Krātuve Kas Nemitīgi Aug! Pieci Gadi Latviešu Studiju Centra Bibliotekā. (A Collection That Is Constantly Growing! Five Years At The Latvian Studies Center Library, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Describes the history of the collection at the Latvian Studies Center Library in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the collection itself, its users, organization, and cooperation with other libraries.