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Technical Bulletins: Good Service Request Systems Keep Customers Happy, Beth Birmingham

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Essential elements to ensure a successful system handling daily service requests and complaints.

Exploring Archaic Settlement In The Midsouth: The Surface Archaeology Of Cannon And Cheek Bends Of The Duck River, Tennessee, Charles L. Hall

Doctoral Dissertations

During the late 1970s and early 1980s the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville conducted an inventory and assessment of archaeological resources potentially affected by the proposed Columbia Reservoir on the Duck River in Middle Tennessee. Two environmental subdivisions of the Nashville Basin were present in the reservoir area: the patchy Inner Basin and the more homogeneous Outer Basin. As the majority of the archaeological material found was referable to the Middle and Late Archaic Periods, the research design focused on an investigation of Archaic adaptation in this environmentally variable landscape.

Two river bends selected as …

Attitudinal And Perceptual Differences Between Experienced And Novice National Park Users, Rebecca Lynne Van Cleave

Doctoral Dissertations

One of the primary goals of the National Park Service is to protect the natural environments of its parks. At the same time the Park Service must provide quality experiences for its visitors. At times these two goals may seem mutually exclusive. For the Park Service to maintain a balance between protection and use management must possess a thorough understanding of the visitors to the parks. The present research sought to extend this understanding.

The goals of this research were: to explore differences in attitudes towards and perceptions of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) by different user groups; to …

Online Searching With Internet, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Librarians use Internet for its E-mail function and for remote access to online catalogs, electronic publications, databases and commercial online systems. The file transfer protocol allows transfer of information from another site.

Eminent Domain In Tennessee: An Attorney's Guide, James L. Murphy

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A comprehensive guide to eminent domain in Tennessee.

Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication explains what a municipal charter is, what it does, and how it may be changed.

"The Road Not Taken": A Phenomenological Investigation Of The Experience Of Regret, Daniel Matthew Gordon

Doctoral Dissertations

The Purpose of this study was to investigate the human experience of regret in order to discover and describe the essential nature of the experience. A phenomenological approach was taken, employing a dialogical interview method. Twelve participants volunteered for an unstructured, open-ended interview in which they were asked to describe their personal experiences of regret.

Analysis of the interview transcripts by thematizing significant statements revealed three essential themes of the experience of regret. The experience of regret is comprised of opportunities/consequences, blaming oneself, and looking back/looking forward.

Opportunities consist of an awareness of a choice, feelings of uncertainty, and a …

Gender Ideology And Drinking Norms: Content Analysis Of Alcohol Advertisements In Selected Magazines, 1973 To 1988, Sherry Jo Walker

Doctoral Dissertations

This content analysis compared gender-alcohol associations presented in alcohol advertisements in Ms. and Sports Illustrated from 1973 to 1988. Analysis focused on (1) changes in gender representations during a period of transitional female roles, (2) relative frequencies of cognitive and emotion-inducing themes appearing in sex specific alcohol advertising, and (3) drinking norms presented by alcohol advertisers during a period characterized by criticism of alcohol marketing.

Portrayals of women did not accurately reflect the actual employment status of women. Images of feminism were superficial portrayals of women imitating men (e.g., whiskey consumption) or presented feminists as decorative objects. From 1973 to …

A Morphometric Study Of Sex Differences In Fetal Ilia, Susan Marie Cera Holcomb

Masters Theses

Considerable debate has concentrated on whether human fetal skeletal remains exhibit sexual dimorphism. Most attention has focused on the greater sciatic notch of the ilium, since it is a gross morphological characteristic with known sex differences in the adult and is easily seen in fetal skeletal remains. Previous traditional morphometric analyses of the fetal sciatic notch have, however, led to ambiguous results. The purpose of this study is to determine whether differences between the sexes can be discerned when modern morphometric techniques are applied.

Photographs of the ventral side of 133 fetal ilia of known age and sex from the …

Anthropometric Variation Of The Cherokee, Choctaw, Kiowa, And Pawnee Amerindians, Richard P. Bigee

Masters Theses

This thesis provides an overview of Anthropometric variation among six groups of American Indians: The Eastern Band of Cherokees, the Eastern Band of Choctaws, the Western Band of Cherokees, the Western Band of Choctaws, Kiowas, and Pawnees. Anthropometric variation among these groups is analyzed using a combination of historical and statistical information.

The history of the study groups was analyzed to determine the general level of health during the period leading up the point when they were measured under the direction of Dr. Franz Boas. It is revealed that all the study groups experienced considerable stress, which effected anthropometric measurements …

Georgian Worldview: Its Definition, History, And Influence On The Material World Of Thomas Jefferson, Madison Scott Shumate

Masters Theses

The research of this thesis has been that of two directions. The first of these attempted to both define and expand that ideological concept known as the Georgian Worldview. By referencing the opinions of current authority and by examining the very origins of this concept's many attributes this thesis would suggest that the term "Georgian" encompasses far more than symmetry in architecture alone. With this said, however, it must yet be acknowledged that architecture, and particularly the balanced and refined Palladian examples of the eighteenth century, often represented the most clearly recognizable material manifestation of this particular pervasive mind set. …

Technical Bulletins: Mutual Aid And Emergency Assistance: An Update, Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management Pool

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin was prepared by the Tennessee Municipal League (TML) Risk Management Pool loss control staff, and it discusses the importance of mutual aid agreements. With these pacts, cities and various other governments (other cities, counties, etc.) agree beforehand about helping each other when aid is needed. Most importantly, these agreements authorize such aid and thus protect the entities from unlimited liability.

Responsibilities Of Online Educators, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Employers complain that recently trained online searchers are not sufficiently selective in using printing or downloading options. Students need more supervised instruction in economical searching strategies.

Eight Tips For Cost-Effective Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Eight tips for librarians for cost-effective online searching, some specific to one system and some more general, are presented. One suggestion is to use multiple search features.

Technical Bulletins: Public Meeting, Open Record Laws, Mark Pullen

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the Tennessee Public Meeting Law - better known as the Sunshine Law. The law (Tennessee Code Annotated 8-44-101--106) provides that "all meetings of any governing body are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times, except as provided in the Tennessee Constitution."

Ethics For Online Educators, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses ethical concerns with database instruction, including compliance with system contract provisions, product/service selection, instructor competence with different systems, and instructor obligations to instill a sense of ethical practices in students.

Technical Bulletins: Veterans Re-Employment Rights, Leslie Shechter

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the Federal Veterans Reemployment Rights Law (VRR), under which a person leaving a civilian job, voluntarily or involuntarily, to enter active duty in the Armed Forces, has a right to return to that job after discharge, if that person meets a given set of criteria.

Cd-Rom Best Sellers Lists, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Lists of best-selling CD-ROMs are not useful in buying CD-ROMs for library use. A better approach is to buy products that receive the best reviews or that are in the most demand in libraries.

General Fixed Asset Accounting, Dick Phebus

MTAS History

A MUNICIPALITY'S FIXED ASSETS are tangible assets bought or obtained through past transactions or events. They include buildings, equipment, improvements other than buildings, and land. In the private sector, these assets are generally referred to as property, plant, and equipment.

Stimulus Vol. 16, No. 2, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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

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.

Crying Women: An Investigation Of The Lived Experience Of Women With And Without Cancer, Jean W. Hunt

Doctoral Dissertations

This study attempts a more holistic perspective on cancer and the emotions than previous research which has tended to focus on either biological, psychological or social aspects individually. Crying was chosen as an aspect of human existence which simultaneously implicates biological, psychological and social aspects of being human. Over a 30-day period, frequency and intensity of crying behavior was tracked in a group of 27 women with cancer and 22 women without. Women in this study ranged from 20 to 69 years of age. Among women with cancer, fifteen were participants in therapist facilitated psychosocial support groups and eleven were …

A Qualitative Study Of First-Person Accounts Of Living With A Stutter, Peter James Columbus

Doctoral Dissertations

Eight males and four females who stutter were interviewed regarding their everyday life experiences with stuttering. The interviews were analyzed using a qualitative, intuitive/inductive method. Results revealed four major experimental themes: The Burden of Stuttering, Living with Difference, Living with Constraints, and Negotiating Life. The Burden of Stuttering theme refers to the participant's experience of the effort involved in discoordinated speech, contending with interactional order between self and other, effectively communicating spoken messages, and their uncertainty about the occurrence of stuttering and listener reactions to it. Living with Difference refers to experiences of dissimilarity between self and fluent speaking others; …

Managing Your Utility's Money: The Participant's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Managing Your Utility's Money: The Trainer's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Determining Wastewater User Service Charge Rates, Haig Farmer, William J. Finane Jr., Sharon H. Fitzgerald

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Good financial management is a critical part of all wastewater operations. It allows you to establish the user service charge rates necessary to keep your utility financially healthy and running smoothly. This publication was designed to help small to medium-sized wastewater utility operations decide how much they should be charging their residential, commercial, and industrial customers for wastewater services. It includes a Lotus 1-2-3 computer model program and manual procedures to help you calculate specific values for your system's user service charges. [The computer program referenced throughout this document is not available.]

Text Retrieval Software For Microcomputers And Beyond: An Overview And A Review Of Four Packages., Gerald W. Lundeen, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Software for textual files have seen active development in the last few years as the need for such packages grows. An in-depth review is made of 4 such packages: 1. Concordance, from Dataflight Software, 2. Concept Finder, from MUMPS Medical Information Management Systems Inc., 3. Personal Librarian, from Personal Library Software, and 4. Topic, from Verity Inc. Concordance is an easy-to-use package with a well-designed user interface. It offers the standard search features needed for text retrieval and includes integrated editing features and a report writer. Concept Finder's strength is in its multifile capabilities and control over data. Complex relationships …

A Functional Analysis Of The Lithic Material From Burrone Scierra I (Calabria, Italy), Maureen A. Hays

Masters Theses

The purpose of this research is to investigate several aspects of function within Mousterian assemblages by performing an analysis of artifacts from Burrone Scierra I, a site on the Ionian coast of Calabria, Italy. This research focuses on the relationship between function and the edge angle, tool size, raw material, technology and typology. Another intent of this study is to examine what spatial integrity remained at the site. The study assemblage is a surface collection from a plow zone context. Because the collection under investigation is from plow zone context the methods employed are those developed for low power microwear …

Modelling Suture Ossification: A View From The Cranial Capsule, Hugh Bryson Matternes

Masters Theses

A review of the development, anatomy, and physiology of the human cranial vault suggests that post-adolescent ossification of the suture margins is dictated by interactions between tissues of the cranial capsule and forces deriving from ectocranial, endocranial and diploid sources. A model viewing suture physiology as sensitive to changes in the cranial capsule's environment is tested to identify whether several processes stimulate connective tissue transformation in the suture area. Correlation and factor analysis of the suture-to-suture interactions produced results indicating that when age is controlled, endocranial and ectocranial surfaces independently respond to pressures placed on the anterior and posterior portions …

Technical Bulletins: Maternity Leave In Tennessee, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In 1988, Tennessee joined a growing list of states with legislation requiring employers to provide maternity leave to female employees. Under the Tennessee act, a female employee who has been employed for at least 12 consecutive months as a full-time employee by the same employer may be on leave from work up to four months for the purpose of pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing the infant. The law doesn't require employers to provide paid leave to pregnant employees but allows a general right to reinstatement to their former position or a similar position in the organization.