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An Evaluation Of The National Sea Grant Program, Christopher B. Llana

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

This paper will discuss the philosophies and management of the Sea Grant program and their effectiveness in meeting the original goals of the program as they were perceived when the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966 were formulated.

The Monadnock Volume 49, June 1975, Clark University Geographical Society

The Monadnock (Clark Geographical Society)

Volume 49 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).

A Descriptive Study Of Women's Attitudes Towards Obtaining Or Not Obtaining Papanicolaou Smears, Linda J. Shults

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to identify the attitudes of a selected group of women which influenced their participation in Papanicolaou testing. These attitudes were inferred from the reasons women gave for obtaining the test. The subjects were randomly selected from the telephone book of a medium-sized town in Southern California. The 135 women who participated in the telephone interview were considered to be the respondents in the study.

A review of the literature revealed that through the annual use of the Papanicolaou smear, approximately 11,000 deaths every year from uterine and cervical cancer could be prevented, Attitudes …

Performance Appraisal In Hospital Dietary Departments, Mary C. Law

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The specific objectives of this research were to (1) identify the principal characteristics and functions of performance appraisal programs utilized in hospital dietary departments, (2) determine the ten major factors in performance appraisal as indicated by the hospital dietary department directors as well as by dietetic interns and the factors indicated in the review of literature, and (3) develop an evaluation form for performance appraisal of hospital dietary department employees utilizing criteria obtained from (1) and (2).

Three hundred general, short term, nonprofit hospitals were included into the study. Questionnaires were mailed to three hospitals which were classified according to …

Delegation Of Task Functions By Dietitians To Dietetic Technicians, James Lumsden

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Dietetics has been identified as one of the professions in which there is a shortage of qualified personnel. The need to delegate selected task functions to extend professional skills and contain costs has been recognized in many professions faced with a manpower shortage.

This research was done to determine the degree to which dietitians will utilize dietetic technicians in the role proposed by the American Dietetic Association. A questionnaire was the instrument utilized to collect data from the 197 randomly selected hospitals in the continental United States. Task functions identified in the proposed job descriptions for the dietetic technician in …

A Software Physics Analysis Of Akiyama's Debugging Data, Yasao Funami, M. H. Halstead

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Toward A Theoretical Basis For Estimating Programming Efforts, M. H. Halstead

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The 87th Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 17-19, 1975, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Locus Of Control Of The Diabetic Patient And Compliance With Medical Regimen, Lois Daniel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The literature indicates that many diabetic patients do not adhere to their prescribed medical regimen and that there is a need to discover factors that stimulate compliant behavior. It has been proposed that the patient's decision to accept or reject treatment has many determinants. This study explored the effect of one such determinant, the locus of control (the source of the stimulus for a person's behavior). It was hypothesized that a person with an internal locus (one who believes his actions influence his future) would be more likely to comply with a medical regimen than one with an external locus …

"The Ore Plan: A Practical Application Of The Systems Approach To Solid Waste Management In Oregon", Richard Duncan

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

"A Philosophy For Complexity", Charles West Churchman

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - February 1975, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

Discriminant Function Analysis, Kuo Hsiung Su

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The technique of discriminant function analysis was originated by R.A. Fisher and first applied by Barnard (1935). Two very useful summaries of the recent work in this technique can be found in Hodges (1950) and in Tosuoka and Tiedeman (1954). The techniques have been used primarily in the fields of anthropology, psychology, biology, medicine, and education, and have only begun to be applied to other fields in recent years.

Classification and discriminant function analyses are two phases in the attempt to predict which of several populations an observation might be a member of, on the basis of multivariate measurements. Both …

Using The Methodology Of Natural Science To Understand Software, M. H. Halstead

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Computational Models Of Learning., Kenneth Jesse Marse

Masters Theses

"An investigation is made into the use of techniques which would normally be described as learning if encountered in a human being. A literature review of several subject areas including game-playing computer programs, automatic control systems, pattern recognition methods, and biological modeling is performed, with the purpose of extracting and examining those processes which exhibit learning. A general model of the type of learning most widely utilized in these areas is constructed and used to compare and contrast specific models which describe the learning techniques employed. Some specific models which do not exhibit learning as described by the general model …

A Guide To What, How, Why And Why Not Of Psi, Vernon Williams, Robert Fuller, David Joseph

Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), or Keller Plan, Materials

The production and distribution of the film, Personalized System of Instruction: An Alternative, © 1973, by the Instructional Media Center of the University of Nebraska Lincoln was met with considerable interest among academics in the USA. A one time the film lending library had 24 copies of the film that were is almost continuous distribution in the early 1970s.

The film lead viewers to ask many questions and the Instructional Media Center got many requests for additional information. In response to that need, Vernon Williams of the Teaching and Learning Center and Professors Robert Fuller and David Joseph of …

Can Psi Help Him?

Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), or Keller Plan, Materials

PSI (Personalized System of Instruction) can help students learn!

If the lecture-taught course has you meeting the students as adversaries, continually answering redundant questions, haggling over half credit for half correct answers, and generally finding your students being inhibited by the lock-step timing of a lecture course, then PSI is an alternative.

It is also the title of a film, PSI: An Alternative, that imaginatively and graphically outlines an intriguing and dynamic system for learning.

PSI (also known as the Keller Plan) is self-paced, mastery oriented, student tutored for junior college and college level instruction with classes of all sizes …

Studies Of Acetylcholinesterase In Synaptosomes, Syed Abbas Rizvi

Masters Theses

Acetylcholinesterase from rat brain was studied in crude homogenates, partially purified enzyme fractions, and in synaptosomes, to observe modification of the enzyme as a consequence of the modification of the membrane containing it.

Sodium dodecyl sulfate decreases the absorbance due to particles in the homogenate. This change in absorbance was proportional to both the concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate and the concentration of the particles. Further, sodium dodecyl sulfate caused sulfhydryl groups to appear in the crude homogenate and in partially purified enzyme fractions. Synaptosomal preparations did not give such results. At concentrations of sodium dodecyl sulfate sufficient to cause …

The Keller Plan In College Introductory Physical Geology : A Comparison With The Conventional Teaching Method, Robert G. Walsh Sr.

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to compare the learning and attitudinal changes that took place in a college introductory physical geology class between a self-paced method of instruction called the Keller Plan and the conventional lecture-laboratory method.

The sample population was 56 students enrolled in Earth Science 120, an introductory physical geology course at Minot State College ·~ during the fall quarter, 1973. An experimental section of 20 students experienced the Keller Plan treatment and two control groups consisting of 18 students each received the conventional method of instruction.

Four specific areas of investigation were tested: (1) knowledge of …

Texas Eastern University Catalog, 1975-1976, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of Bartlett's Chi-Square Approximation For The Determinant Of A Matrix Of Sample Zero-Order Correlation Coefficients, Stephen M. Hattori

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The single equation least-squares regression model has been extensively studied by economists and statisticians alike in order to determine the problems which arise when particular assumptions are violated. Much literature is available in terms of the properties and limitations of the model. However, on the multicollinearity problem, there has been little research, and consequently, limited literature is available when the problem is encountered. Farrar & Glauber (1967) present a collection of techniques to use in order to detect or diagnose the occurrence of multicollinearity within a regression analysis. They attempt to define multicollinearity in terms of departures from a hypothesized …

A Diagnostic-Prescriptive Procedure For Teaching Adolescent Dyscalculics, Constance Ellingson Byrnes

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A procedure of individual diagnosis and educational prescription was developed for classroom teachers in the regular school program. A means of gathering and managing data including the use of task analysis was recommended. The procedure was demonstrated in selected case studies. A five-part model was developed to systematically diagnose the learning problem manage the information gathered in the diagnosis, and present a prescription or teaching strategy to remediate the errors. Step I was the diagnosis of mathematical errors. Samples of mathematical computation were collected. Errors were selected for prescription if the student made systematic errors and if a series of …

Science Foundations: A Science Program For The Non-Science Student. Technical Report No. 4., James Shymansky

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Repeatable Testing-A Tool For Learning Physics, David E. Golden, Robert Fuller, Donald D. Jensen

Robert G. Fuller Publications

Physics courses have traditionally used one-chance-only examinations as a probe to tell the professor how much physics each student has learned, with the result that physics examinations have been a common cause of anxiety among undergraduates.

Repeatable equivalent examinations, on the other hand, offer an alternative testing procedure which underscores material not mastered on the first examination and then allows remedial study of this material for the next examination. Furthermore, the thought that it will be possible to have another try at the examination greatly decreases the anxiety associated with examinations. While repeatable examinations are routinely used in Keller-plan courses, …

Terminal Talk - The Wofford Connection - September 1974, Wofford College Computer Center

Terminal Talk

No abstract provided.

Concerns Of Postnatal Mothers About Sexuality, Sheela A. Gideon

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An exploratory study was designed to find out what questions mothers had about postnatal sexuality. A questionnaire was prepared by the nurse researcher to find out answers to the following questions.

1. What specific questions do mothers have about sexual relations following delivery?
2. Do mothers feel free to initiate discussion about resumption of intercourse following delivery?
3. Do mothers like their husbands to be included in the discussion?
4. When do mothers prefer to receive information regarding sexual relationships following delivery?

The questionnaire was mailed to fifty primipara mothers between three and four weeks after delivery. Mothers with pronounced anemia, heart and lung …

Prenatal Instruction Of Breast Feeding Mothers, Anita Berry

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This experimental study tested the effect of prenatal instruction on the success of a group of mothers who desired to breast feed their infants. It was hypothesized that mothers receiving information on how to nurse their infants, how to prevent complications and how to cope with common problems of breast feeding would have a higher success rate than those not so instructed.

Criteria for success was that the mothers would have an adequate supply of milk to meet the nutritional demands of their infant without supplementation, would have fewer and less severe complications, and would express a higher degree of …

Exploration Of The Incidence Of Identified Emotional Disorders In Selected General Hospitals Of Nebraska, Arlene M. Van Horn

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A descriptive-comparative survey using content analysis of medical records has been done to determine the frequency with which emotional disorders are identified by medical personnel in the population hospitalized in small general hospitals in north-central Nebraska.

A systematic, random sample of medical records was taken from two hospitals arbitrarily included in the study on the basis of bed capacity and distance from mental health facilities.

Each medical record that was reviewed has been placed in a category based on whether an emotional disorder was identified in it by the medical personnel, or whether it contained recorded behaviors that could indicate …

Noise Pollution A Study In Kalamazoo, Michigan, William Thomas Williams

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Annual Report 1973-74 And Membership Directory, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Committee Membership 1973-74 ... 1-3
Report of the Executive Secretary ... 4
Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting ... 20
Report of the Treasurer ... 32
Report of the Annual Meeting Committee ... 34
Report of the Editor of the Proceedings ... 35
Report of the Editor of the Iowa Science Teachers Journal ... 36
Report of the Librarian ... 37
Report of the Finance Committee ... 38
Report of the Elections Committee ... 40
Report of the Membership Committee ... 42
Report of the Publications Committee ... 44
Report of the Recognition and Awards Committee ... 46
Report …