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Technical Bulletins: Smoking In The Workplace, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin explores the need to regulate employee smoking on the job; why employees feel their rights are being infringed upon; legal issues associated with workplace smoking; policies and practices in effect across the country; and steps to develop a successful policy.

A Phenomenological Investigation Of Creativity In Person Centered Expressive Therapy, Mukti Khanna

Doctoral Dissertations

The field of creative or expressive arts therapies seeks to harness the power for'creative expression to the process of psychotherapy. Although expressive arts therapies are increasingly being used with a variety of populations, including the elderly, the disabled, intergenerational, and cross-cultural groups, a comprehensive theory of expressive arts therapies has yet to emerge. In addition, there is a paucity of research of what works in such therapies. A comprehensive theory of expressive arts therapies, however, can only emerge from the expressive arts themselves, reflecting the uniqueness of the creative process that is at their foundation. Qualitative research focusing on the …

Discerning Empirical Relationships Between The Natural Environment And Prehistoric Site Location: An Example From The Watts Bar Reservoir, East Tennessee, Kenneth Paul Cannon

Masters Theses

The Watts Bar Reservoir study area is an artificially defined region of 13,815 hectares, demarcated by the resevoir boundary of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Following completion of the Watts Bar Dam in 1942, the reservoir impounded 95 river miles of the main Tennessee River, in addition to portions of the Clinch, Emory and Piney rivers, as well as several smaller tributaries. Since the mid-nineteenth century archaelolgical investigations have been conducted in the region. However, the sporadic nature of these research endeavors has created a somewhat fragmented picture of the regions prehistory.

Following Smith's (1978b) model of the linear bandinog of …

"What Injures Royalty" Surnames, Inbreeding, And Genetic Structure In Sevier County, Tennessee: 1856-1905, Joseph C. Lewelling

Masters Theses

Inbreeding in Southern Appalachia has been a topic of discourse for both local color writers and academicians since the late 19th century, but only a few researchers have aspired to measure inbreeding or describe the genetic structure of Appalachian populations. This study attempts to assess the genetic structure in one small section of Appalachia--Sevier County, Tennessee.

Because surnames, like alleles, are inherited from a parent, their distribution on a population can give clues about the genetic structure of that population--including the degree of inbreeding. Census and marriage records from 1856-1905 were examined using several methods of surname analysis, and estimates …

A Reanalysis Of The Osteological And Cultural Remains From Ausmus Burial Cave, Claiborne County, Tennessee (3ce20), Carole Elizabeth Tucker

Masters Theses

Few excavations or analyses of remains from burial caves have been published. Those that are reported are frequently cited without considering context of the original excavations and analyses. This consideration is important, because previously collected data would be interpreted differently using modern approaches.

This study is a reanalysis of Ausmus Burial Cave (3CE20), Claiborne County, Tennessee. The site was excavated in the 1930's, and the authors' methodology, conclusion, and conjectures reflect this time. Their hypothesis was that the skeletons represented intruders in the area, they were killed in battle, and their bodies were dropped unceremoniously in the pit cave.

This …

What’S Happening With Cd-Rom, Part 2: Networks And More, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Networking on a large scale has been the single most significant development in the use of CD-ROM in libraries. Networking CD-ROMs are discussed. (Part 2 of a series)

Stimulus, Vol. 14, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

City Of Knoxville Department Of Public Services Organization And Operations Study, Elwyn Bembry, Thomas A. Brant, Joe Muscatello, Mike Tallent

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Education For Database Intermediaries: How Library Schools Have Changed (And How They Haven’T)., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

In 1988, surveys were sent to all 60 of the American Library Association-accredited schools of library and information science in the US and Canada that offer master degrees. The overall response rate was 88%. In more than 80% of the schools, 3/4 or more of the students receive hands-on experience with online searching, and about the same percentage were exposed to CD-ROM databases. In 23 schools, 1/4 or more of the students were exposed to in-house simulation systems. Of the participating schools, 82% had at least one course 100% dedicated to online searching and 25% had more than one. Several …

Technical Bulletins: The Police Bill Of Rights: Not For Everyone, Dennis Huffer, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In 1989, the state legislature passed an Act affecting the manner in which certain police officers are disciplined. The Act, Chapter 398 of the 1989 General Assembly, known as the Police Bill of Rights, requires that, effective January 1, 1990, questioning of any police officers on matters that are likely to lead to the discipline of officers for punitive reasons, take place at a reasonable time and place designated by the investigating official. Of extreme significance is the fact that the act applies only to municipalities that already provide a property interest in employment and have no other established grievance …

Effects Of Socioeconomic Characteristics On External Costs To Households Of Siting A Landfill In The Carter Community Of East Knox County, Tennessee, Peggy Douglas, Ronald K. Roberts, William Park

Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Utility Manual: Ideas And Alternatives For Addressing Water And Sewer Fund Issues (1989), W. Ken Joines

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A major premise of an enterprise fund is that user rates should be sufficient to support the operation of that particular service. Enterprise revenues, costs and services should be balanced so that the fund remains in sound financial condition. This statement is paramount in understanding how a utility should be operated.

Database Searching On A Budget, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

There are many low-cost alternatives for libraries that do not have the resources for database searching. One alternative is for the library to use the so-called after hours services that offer lower hourly rates.

Technical Bulletins: New Driver License Requirements For Commercial Vehicles Are Now In Place, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin informs cities of a number of new requirements that were enacted (following passage in Congress of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986) to change the requirements in obtaining a commercial driver license in the state of Tennessee.

Educating Fuure Professional Searchers: The Role Of Formal Education, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Two recent surveys examined how database searching is now incorporated into the curriculum of professional schools. The results of the surveys are discussed.

An Examination Of Subsistence, Settlement, And Chronology During The Early Woodland Kellogg Phase In The Piedmont Physiographic Province Of The Southeastern United States, William Rowe Bowen

Doctoral Dissertations

The Early Woodland Kellogg Phase of north-central Georgia is known primarily from survey and excavation data collected during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Knowledge and synthesis of the Kellogg Phase was restricted to site specific and cultural historical analysis. Data analysis and interpretation were based on method and theory in vogue at that time. More recent investigations indicate that Kellogg was a much more dynamic and diverse cultural manifestation than originally interpreted.

The purpose of this study is to define subsistence and settlement patterning and refine chronological placement of the Kellogg Phase by reevaluating earlier data in light of contemporary …

A Multivariate Craniometric Analysis Of Secular Change And Variation Among Recent North American Populations, Peer Henning Moore-Jansen

Doctoral Dissertations

This study presents an investigation of secular trends in craniometric variation among Afro-American and Euro-American North American populations from 1750 to the present. An additional analysis of collection specific cranial variation between two prominent anatomical collections is also undertaken. Both investigations address the question of crania variation in reference to the proper application of craniometric analysis to medico-legal identiciation of racial affiliation in forensic anthropology.

The craniometric data include individual historic specimens and cemetery populations from Canada, Philadelphia and New Orleans. Anatomical specimens are collected from the Hamann-Todd and R. J. Terry collections, and recent forensic cases are obtained from …

The User-System Interface, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

More options in user-system interfaces are being introduced as a result of the growing popularity of end-user searching. A number of user-systems that are more user-friendly are detailed.

Porotic Hyperostosis And Artificial Cranial Deformation In Dallas Society, Stephen Patrick Langdon

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to evaluate, test, and amplify Lewis and Kneberg's (1946) observation that the severity of porotic hyperostosis at Hiwassee Island is related to the degree of cranial deformation. Statistical tests indicate a moderate, although non-significant, correlation between the two conditions. It is believed that this correlation may be explained by the differential treatment of infants, rather than a direct causality.

A sample of 364 crania from four Dallas Phase sites are examined. Age, sex, and status distributions of porotic hyperostosis, cribra orbitalia, and cranial deformation are examined in a biocultural framework that emphasizes the interaction …

Applications Of Personal Computer Presentations For Corporate Video Users, Paul Raymond Alatorre

Masters Theses

This thesis is a study of desktop video as an application to the traditional postproduction process utilized by corporate video producers. Desktop video involves the personal computer in the editing process; this definition includes the personal computer as an editing and special effects tool.

The purpose of this study is to measure the feelings and attitudes of professionals in the field of video postproduction about desktop video and its application to traditional methods of editing. The introduction of new technology inevitably leads to a period which the new technology is opposed by those who understand and are comfortable with the …

A Geoarchaeological Investigation Of The Rush Creek Site, Cannon County, Tennessee, Michael W. Morris

Masters Theses

Geoarchaeological investigations were used to assess the depositional and post-depositional processes that effected the Rush Creek Site (40CN79) in Cannon County, Tennessee. Of particular interest was a buried landform, found in the floodplain of the East Fork Stones River, that was sealed by sterile alluvium. This formation contained both prehistoric and historic artifacts within the same context. The stratigraphy of the site was determined by deep testing to describe the site and the landforms associated with the site. Samples collected from the exposed profiles of the deep test pits were subjected to particle size, pH, carbon, and phosphorus analyses. Statistical …

The Analysis Of Saw Marks In Bone, Mark G. Guilbeau

Masters Theses

It has only been in the last two decades that the special circumstances of saw marks in bone have been addressed. The importance of these marks in forensic examinations has received little attention in the English literature, but this trend is changing.

The examination of saw marks in bone is an area of research which may prove useful in a variety of scientific investigations. This thesis examines the variation present in the saw marks made by a group of hand saws and provides a methodology for the examination and analysis of these tool marks.

The results of this investigation prove …

An Experimental Examination Of Trampling Effects On The Lateral Movement Of Surface Artifacts, Richard Wayne Stoops Jr.

Masters Theses

An often cited but little understood archaeological disturbance process is the effect of a site's occupants walking across the surface. Human foot traffic will move and alter archaeological materials, artifacts, in characteristic ways. How surface items will respond to trampling is dependent on a variety of factors. These factors will determine the extent and dimensions available for movement. By controlling for some of the relevant variables, the effects of other variables can be examined.

In this thesis, experiments are described that identify each of the variables that influence or may possibly influence how surface artifacts respond to foot traffic. The …

Technical Bulletins: New Law Changes The Definition Of Police Officer And Sets For Auxiliary/Reserve Officers In Tennessee, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses changes in Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) and the Rules of Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission regarding the status and definition of part-time, temporary, reserve, and auxiliary officers within police departments.

Why Don’T Librarians Use Full-Text Databases?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The majority of database use in libraries is on bibliographic or referral databases instead of full-text databases. The advantages of full-text databases and reasons that more libraries should use them are discussed.

A Common Command Language, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The implementation of a common search language for online systems is discussed. The EasyNet gateway's implementation of the international standard Common Command Language is discussed as a solution.

Fire Station Location Study Model, Stuart Bayne

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Legal Issues For Municipal Officials, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

A Trace Element Analysis Of The Gordon Town Site (40dv6): An Investigation Of Intra-Individual Variation And Dietary Inference, Susan Mary Thurston Myster

Masters Theses

The results of trace element analyses of archaeological human bone have been used to investigate questions pertaining to the dietary practices and subsistence behavior of various prehistoric populations. As a technique still in the experimental stage, however, a number of methodological difficulties have been identified. This thesis examined two aspects of trace element analyses of human bone. First examined was a methodological problem that has received increased attention since the initiation of this study: the documentation, measurement and control of intraindividual variability of trace element concentrations. Secondly, the validity of dietary inference from trace element concentrations were addressed using the …

Secular Trends In Stature In An Historic Sioux Population, Joseph M. Prince

Masters Theses

This study attempts to explore the possibility of the occurrence of secular trends in height in an historic population of Sioux American Indians, and presents the results from an analysis on anthropometric data from two primary sources. One data set was collected in the late 19th century under the direction of Franz Boas. A later early 20th century set was collected by Dr. James R. Walker. A cross sectional design is used to examine an unusually long span of Sioux history; ca. 1820-1880 for the adult (individuals over 20 yrs.) analysis, and ca. 1892-1907 for the children (aged 6 to …