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A Comparison Of The Pattern Of Involvement Of Degenerative Joint Disease Between An Agricultural And Non-Agricultural Skeletal Series, Lorna Kathryn Collins Pierce

Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigates the differences in the pattern of involvement of osteoarthritis between two groups of prehistoric American Indians who lived in a similar ecosystem and climate, separated by time and cultural activities. The purpose of this biocultural investigation was to determine if there was a difference in the patterning of the degenerative lesions in the two skeletal series and if that suite of characteristics would assist in determining possible aetiological factors and culturally determined activities.

Two archaeological skeletal series were utilized, Averbuch (40DV60), of middle Tennessee, to represent an agricultural site outside the mainstream of the late Mississippian period …

Stimulus, Vol. 12, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Maxillary Suture Obliteration: A Method For Estimating Skeletal Age, Robert Walter Mann

Masters Theses

The palatal processes of the adult human maxilla consist of two horizontally directed bones of quadrilateral shape situated posterior of the nasal fossae. In the early stages of morphogenesis, these palatal folds are vertically oriented and separated by the developing tongue. Between the eighth and eleventh weeks the fetal tongue descends allowing alignment and midline fusion of the palatal processes of the maxilla. At birth the palate is composed of four bones joined by broad serrated sutures. With increasing age the suture gaps narrow, fuse, and ultimately obliterate.

The purpose of this study is to develop a method of estimating …

Technical Bulletins: Immigration Reform Update, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The act was intended to further control the influx of illegal aliens into the U. S. through increased border enforcement. The act also prohibits employment of illegal aliens and aliens, such as tourists, who legally enter the country, but are not authorized to be employed here.

Technical Bulletins: Mandatory Medicare Coverage For Newly Hired State And Local Workers, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses a Budget Reconciliation Bill designed to reduce the federal budget deficit by raising eighteen (18) billion dollars in the next three (3) years. The reconciliation legislation included a provision that required all state and local government employees hired after April 1, 1986 to be covered by the Medicare portion of the Social Security Tax. The new bill required both employers and employees to pay a tax of 1.45% on the first $42,000 of income earned by an employee.

Searching By Controlled Vocabulary Or Free Text?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the factors to consider in online searching in libraries. Controlled vocabulary versus free text; Database; Indexing policies that dictate how the vocabulary is applied; Topic to be searched.

Publications On Cd‑Rom: Librarians Can Make A Difference, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Lists CD-ROM products presented at the 1987 annual meetings of the Special Libraries Association and the American Library Association. Categories of CD products for libraries; Innovative products from CD publishers that respond to users' needs.

Costs And Benefits Of Cd‑Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Comments on the increasing number of indexes and abstracts available on CD-ROM for libraries in the U.S. Impact on the purchasing decisions of librarians; Comparison of the costs of different products; Availability of library funds for the CD-ROM subscription.

Technical Bulletins: New State Law Gives Teeth To Local Governments In Enforcing Sewage Pretreatment Programs, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Pretreatment Enforcement Act of 1987 (Public Chapter No. 111) amended Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1 to expand the enforcement powers of owners of publicly owned sewage treatment facilities which are required to adopt and enforce pretreatment programs for sewage.

The Well-Being Of Working Family Women: Demands And Rewards, Social Support And Coping With Interrole Stress, Dianne Sheila Leader

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between the lifestyle of working family women and their well-being. Previous research had indicated that role conflict between home and work roles was common, and that it could have adverse effects on personal outcomes. One objective of the inquiry was to test previously proposed relationships between home and work demands, interrole stress and well-being. Another aim of the study was to explore the effects of including positive resources (coping behavior, social support and personal rewards) together with demands and interrole stress in examining the well-being of working family women. A conceptual framework was developed based …

A Dynamic Model Of Stability And Change In Mississippian Agricultural Systems, William W. Baden

Doctoral Dissertations

An argument in support of applying Stability Theory concepts to southeastern Mississippian agricultural systems is presented. By redefining such a system in terms of a finite set of variables, a characteristic definition can be developed that predicts system response to varying conditions. In particular, an attempt is made to determine periods of instability during the development of Mississippian Culture in the Little Tennessee River Valley of East Tennessee and correlate these periods with the timing of phase transitions. The system is divided into sets of (a) control (climatic and ecological) and (x) behavioral (technological and social) variables. The rules that …

Technical Bulletins: Procedures For Issuance Of Ordinance Summonses In Lieu Of Arrest Warrants, Randy Williams, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In April, 1986, Tennessee Code Annotated, Sections 7-63-201 through 7-63-204 became effective, authorizing municipalities to appoint enforcement officers by resolution or ordinance to issue ordinance summonses in the areas of sanitation, litter control, and animal control. Attached to this bulletin are sample ordinance and resolution formats.

Loevinger's Ego Development Scale In Well Functioning College Students, Joyce Marie Cartor

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the existence of different character styles among intellectually gifted people. Two groups of students at the University of Tennessee, Honors students in Physics and Chemistry and students in the College Scholars program, were studied in order to demonstrate that the difference in personality dynamics among intellectually gifted individuals goes beyond 1Q level. Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test of ego development was used as a measure of overall character style. The Rorschach was administered to glean further information about the personalities of the participants, and to investigate the nature of its …

Technical Bulletins: General Assembly Decides On Tort Immunity For Officials And Employees And Enacts New Tort Limits, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses changes to the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, changes which drastically limited the personal liability for job-related torts.

Technical Bulletins: Guide To Compliance With The Fair Labor Standards Act For Tennessee Municipalities: Update No. 2, Richard M. Ellis

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin is the second update to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The information presented in the bulletin represents changes and updates regarding compliance with the FLSA in Tennessee cities. Much of this information is an addition to or a clarification of the material presented in the Guide to Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act published by MTAS in 1986.

Technical Bulletins: Municipal Services Outside The Corporate Limits: 1987 Legislative Acts, Michael Tallent, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The 1987 Tennessee Legislature passed three distinct pieces of legislation that affected the way a municipality provides services outside its corporate limits or receives services inside its corporate limits from another local government. This Technical Bulletin includes a brief synopsis of each act. Also included is a model set of policies and procedures that could be used as a guide in implementing legislation related to emergency assistance.

Technical Bulletins: Maternity Leave In Tennessee, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

On January 1, 1988, Tennessee joined the list of states that have enacted legislation requiring employers to provide maternity leave to female employees. This Technical Bulletin provides some information about that legislation (House Bill No. 1002 as submitted by Williams, Purcell, Bushing, Gaia, Kernell, and Deberry and Senate Bill No. 878 as submitted by Haynes).

Learning How To Search, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses several alternatives for learning about online searching. Computer-assisted instruction programs; List of textbooks and videotapes for used in online searching.

Taphonomy And Zooarcheology Of The Rockshelters Of The Big South Fork River Area Of The Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee And Kentucky, Robert W. Hoffman

Doctoral Dissertations

Natural enclosures such as rockshelters and caves have long been associated with aboriginal habitation in North America. However, these sites are often exploited by predatory and scavenging animals as well. In the case of the sandstone rockshelters of the Big South Fork River area of the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky, three groups of animals are potentially important as taphonomic agents in vertebrate faunal assemblages. Background research and experimentation with (1) woodrats, (2) raptorial birds, and (3) mammalian predators and scavengers reveal patterns in bone accumulation and modification that may provide a basis for the identification of these particular …

Sex Determination Of Fragmentary Crania By Analysis Of The Cranial Base: Applications For Study Of An Arikara Skeletal Sample, Margaret M. Williams

Masters Theses

A total of 175 adult human crania from an Arikara Indian skeletal sample are used in this evaluation of a discriminant function analysis for determining the sex of fragmentary crania. The method used was developed by Holland (1986b) and employs nine cranial base measurements. Only crania with associated innominates are used for development of the discriminant functions and a total of 26 crania without innominates are used as a test sample.

A test of measurement error indicates an average of 17.5% of variation due to measurement error for all measurements except the Distance between Foramina (DF). Data from the DF …

Premeditated Deceit: The Atomic Energy Commission Against Joseph August Sauter, Clifford T. Honicker

Masters Theses

About 130 miles northwest of Minneapolis, lies the farming community of Farwell, Minnesota (pop. 103). This is the case of Joe Sauter, a sheep farmer who in 1958 filed a claim against the Atomic Energy Commission for loss of livestock, damage to trees, and personal injuries that he believed were the result of radioactive fallout. This case will detail the efforts of the AEC to cut short the claim of radiation injury by suppressing key radiological data which would have substantiated Sauter's claim and proved damaging to the AEC.

Officials within the AEC knowingly and willfully made false statements and …

Software Options For In‑House Bibliographic Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents software options for in-house bibliographic databases. Characteristics of bibliographic databases; Types of software packages for general purpose; Benefits of Data Base Management Systems; Software packages for bibliographic databases; List of software packages for library applications.

Reference Services From Oclc, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents various reference services and products developed by Online Computer Library Catalog (OCLC) for use in library's reference division. Provision to access several online vendors by intelligent gateway in OCLC LINK; Availability of private file space on the LINK Computer; Announcement of the commercial availability of CD-ROM product; Maintenance of an program of Research and Development of products.

Technical Bulletins: 1987-88 State Revenue Estimates, Federal Revenue Sharing & Local Sales Tax Outlook, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides the amount of state shared taxes that Tennessee cities were expected to receive for the fiscal year 1987-88. At the time this bulletin was published, the State General Assembly had not yet adjourned and the state budget had not been passed. Therefore, the per capita amounts presented in the bulletin were estimates only and subject to change.

The Tennessee Mayor-Aldermen Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The title of this publication is somewhat misleading--it does not contain all of the laws available to a city incorporated under TCA 6-101 et seq. We have included only the chapters that are more or less limited to cities incorporated under this law (but" some are applicable to all cities-for example, the annexation law in sections 6-308--6-321). The purpose is to provide a handy reference with the most commonly-consulted laws for those cities incorporated under these sections of the code. This publication includes chapters 1 through 8 of Titleo6, Municipal Corporations, Tennessee Code Annotated, as amended through the 1976 session …

Federal Courts Fold, Spindle And Mutilate Sexual Harassment, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This report looks at two federal court decisions on sexual harassment. Included are samples of sexual harassment policies for municipalities with different forms of government.

What Makes A Good Online Searcher?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Profiles a good online searcher of databases through observation and intuition. Opinions on traits of a good searcher; Comparison of results of a series of searches by several searchers; Measures used to define good searching; Role of experience of searchers in successful searching; Prediction of online search performance by their scholastic aptitude; Standardized tests of cognitive style, creativity and personality.

Technical Bulletins: Improving Financial Responsibility Through Budget Amendment Control, Ken Joines, Tom Brant

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information intended to help city councils and their individual members be more financially responsible. Included is a sample ordinance that establishes a requirement that any additional expenditures resulting from an amendment to a city's budget must be accompanied by a resolution identifying a corresponding increase in income and/or expenditure reduction.

Technical Bulletins: The Anti-Drug Abuse Act Of 1986 Looks To State And Local Involvement And Participation, Garland Musick

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-570, signed October 27, 1986), which authorized the Bureau of Justice to make grants to states for their use and/or the use of local government.

An Investigation Of Problems Which Cause Stress Among Music Teachers In Tennessee, Patricia Ann Brown

Doctoral Dissertations

Teachers in general and music teachers in particular face problems which make teaching stressful. The purpose of this study was to identify sources of stress for music teachers in Tennessee in the following categories: environmental stressors, job-related stressors, classroom management/student behavior stressors, interpersonal stressors, and personal stressors. Also identified were coping strategies used and found effective by teachers.

The study was designed to address the following questions:

1. What are the perceptions of a panel of experts regarding factors which cause stress for music teachers?

2. What factors which cause stress are common to teachers in all three music areas—general, …