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Application Of Library Least-Squares Analysis To Human Whole-Body Counter Spectra Derived From Low Level Gamma Emissions, Hang-See Ong

Theses and Dissertations

The method of library least-square analysis (LLSA) has been applied to gamma ray spectra obtained from the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center whole body counter. The validity of the method was tested under various conditions. Mathematical formulation of the method is presented along with a detailed description of the computer program algorithm used. Special features, schemes and pitfalls of the computer program (or the method as a whole) are discussed in detail

Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 70, July 19, 1989

Central Florida Future

SG reaches out with toll-free number; SG cooks up a bill to buy UCF students a grill; Knights beat out 'Canes for radio station airtime.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 69, July 12, 1989

Central Florida Future

SG prez pro tern resigns: Cox wins confidence vote, quits due to lack of time for job (photo Jamie Cox); Martinez cuts parking, roads for fieldhouse; UCF, GE collaborate on construction of plastic house.

Center Scan: July 1989, St. Cloud Hospital

Center Scan

Stress

Nurse fights back from stress induced absence

Stress inevitable, says Counseling Center manager

Public relations secretary terrified by monster phone!

Hospice staff acknowledge, deal with, stresses of job

Stressed out? EAP helps employees find counseling

Research pinpoints stress factors

Who Says Public Investment In Agricultural Research Doesn't Pay?, Stanley K. Seaver

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Ua66/6/2 Bionews From The Hill, Wku Biology

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about WKU Biology highlighting the activities of faculty, students and alumni.

The Demographic Evolution Of Ebeye, L. J. Gorenflo, Michael J. Levin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 67, June 28, 1989

Central Florida Future

The parking fee waiver program few knew about; SG says Knight Zone will improve spirit; New president plans to make his presence known.

News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 11 -June 22, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 66, June 21, 1989

Central Florida Future

UCF uses voice of freedom: Students attempt to take up where Chinese left off (photo); Fear of retribution spurs caution; Prez preps for Knighthood (with photo of Steven Altman, president of Texas A&I University, will become UCF's third president on July 5).

Management Practices Of Successful Family Farms, Burton Pflueger, Rebecca Lafferty

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

"Success" has constantly been a difficult word to define both for family-farm managers as well for those individuals who work closely with them . Past research in successful farm management have tried to measure success through a wide variety of factors: profitability, achieving personal goals, farm survival, farm growth, and financial measures of success such as accumulated wealth or annual profitability. More recently, a successful farm operator could also be classified as successful if he was able to achieve the objectives or goals set forth for his operation. Therein lies the conflict. If a farm operators goals for successful management …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 64, June 7, 1989

Central Florida Future

UCF rally reveals anger, sadness; Senate calls for walkout to honor the slain; Sigma Chis stick together; Tuition to rise by 8 percent (bar graph of rising costs at UCF).

Volume 18, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Good Feminist Primer Lesson #2, RAF Rift: Relatively Speaking, The Results Are In: Post Amerikan Opinion Poll #2, Chapter 5 of "To Live and Die for Unicor", El Camino Cruel, Christian College Tries to Sabotage Black Voters in OKC, Central Park Rape: Moral Indignation Isn't Enough, Courthouse Under Siege by Rabid Feminists, Extradition Practices Abusive, Primary Intent: Reflections on the Chair, The Politics of Video Mania, Hope I Die Before I Get Old, Oh Abbie We Hardly Knew Ye, Roe vs. Wade, Uppers 'n' Downers, Gays of Our Lives, Lambda Hires New Staff Attorney, Guatemalan Guerrillas Punish Finca Owners …

Urban Emergency Food Center Clients: Characteristics, Coping Strategies And Needs, Marcia K. Petchers, Julian Chow, Karen Kordisch

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The clients of emergency hunger centers in an urban area were studied to assess the problem of hunger from the clients' vantage point. The findings indicate that hunger remains a problem even among those who have availed themselves of emergency food services. A great deal of time and effort is spent in activities to cope with hunger. The adequacy of the present system for meeting the needs of the hungry and implications for policy are discussed.

The Effectiveness Of Relaxation-Visualization Training On The Natural Killer (Nk) Cells Of Breast Cancer Patients, Morry Edwards

Dissertations

A large number of studies have found that stress qualitatively and quantitatively reduces a variety of immune components. Several recent studies have examined relaxation skills and their ability to increase immune measures. The primary hypothesis of this project was that relaxation-visualization training (RVT) would enhance Natural Killer (NK) Cell Activity. Two other major hypotheses were generated: (a) RVT would produce beneficial psychological effects and, (b) increased psychopathology would be inversely correlated with NK levels. Six volunteer breast cancer patients who were at least 3 months post treatment were taught a passive form of relaxation that included visualizing an increase in …

What's Right With Welfare? The Other Face Of Afdc, Ronald B. Dear

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Eleven million people, mostly mothers and children, depend on Aid to Families with Dependent Children, America's largest child welfare program. Much is wrong with AFDC welfare, and serious efforts are being made, again, to reform it. So far, no major attempts at reform have been successful. If reform is to succeed, we must understand what needs to be corrected and what does not.

What's right with welfare? This study, not an apology or excuse for AFDC, answers that rarely asked question. Part I surveys background. Part II cites myths and criticisms of AFDC and portrays poverty as it afflicts children …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 63, May 31, 1989

Central Florida Future

Citrus Bowl assigns students' seats; New SG budget debated; License check ends in arrest; UCF hosts Schlesinger Former defense secretary speaks on the Soviet Union, China (photo of James Schlesinger).

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 013, Number 35, May 8, 1989, Grand Valley State University

1988-1989, Volume 13

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

High School Home Economics Students’ Perceptions Of Subject Matter Needs In Home Economics Curriculum, Dixie J. Torres

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this research was to identify subject matter areas and specific concepts in home economics which senior high school home economics students consider important. Comparisons were first made between students' perceptions and the perceptions of parents, both economically disadvantaged and non-economically disadvantaged. In addition, comparisons were made between students' perceptions of subject matter and specific concepts needed and what home economics teachers perceive is emphasized in their teaching. Questionnaires were mailed to home economics teachers in 22 schools from the six class sizes of schools in economically depressed Nebraska counties. The questionnaire was completed by 174 home economics …

Perceived Affective And Behavioral Characteristics Of Mother-Daughter Relationships And Subsequent Mentoring Relationships, Anne Marie Mcshane

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Mentoring has been recognized as an important relationship in a variety of circumstances. This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the perceived benefits or disadvantages of a mentor relationship and identifying characteristics of the relationship. Another objective was to explore to what extent the nature of the mother/daughter relationship functions as a factor that makes the choice of a mentoring pattern more likely.

The study sample consisted of 47 females, 12 graduate students and 35 assistant or associate professors on the faculty at Utah State University. The subjects completed several mother/daughter inventories, a mentoring inventory, and a personality …

Factors Affecting The Long-Term Market And Profit Potential Of The Utah Apple Industry, Jodie R. Harris

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Utah apple industry is a small competitor in a major market. Efforts were made to analyze the long-term market and profitability potential of the industry. This study consisted of two parts, whole farm simulations and a consumer preference survey.

A whole-farm simulation model (FLIPSIM) was used to evaluate and test variations in price, debt load and sizes of Utah apple production units. These variations examined the effects of various possible market and financial conditions that producers could face given the current situation of the apple industry. FLIPSIM was used to demonstrate the stochastic nature of prices and yields of …

Obesity Management: A Meta-Analysis Of Key Factors, David E. Christian

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Obesity is a prevalent and refractory disorder. This study consisted of a meta-analysis of research focusing on diet and exercise treatments and their impact on obesity related measures. Only studies that report data for periods of 6 months or more after treatment onset were included. Forty-four studies were analyzed. These were drawn from 16 previous reviews of the literature as well as several computer data bases.

Following are some of the tentative conclusions drawn: (a) diets consisting of improved nutritional quality yield superior results to restricted calorie diets; (b) flexible, self-directed exercise yields better results than more regimented exercise; (c) …

Reducing Stress Of Inservice Teachers, Jeffrey R. Curley

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A prototype treatment developed to significantly reduce symptoms of stress among inservice teachers was tested in this experiment. Thirty participants selected for high stress levels were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. They were assessed on environmental, personality, and emotional variables, using self-report and expert-judge measures, both pre- and posttreatment. The experimental treatment was holistic, incorporating all processes previously found to be related to reducing teacher stress. At posttreatment, the treatment group averaged 1.02 standard deviations lower on the stress measures than the control group. Significant differences in the posttest means, favoring the experimental group, were found for 23 …

Adolescent Norms For The Eating Disorder Inventory As Related To Personal Variables In Female Adolescents At One Private Urban, One Rural, And One Semi-Rural High School, Betty J. Larson

Theses and Dissertations

The societal preference for a slender body image has caused an increasing number of adolescents to diet or use unusual methods of weight control. Some adolescents progress along the continuum of restrained eating toward the development of pathological eating disorders. In order to identify risk factors in the development of eating disorders, eating attitudes and behaviors of 454 normal adolescents were studied by using the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and a personal background questionnaire. The higher the subscale scores on the EDI the more similar the individual's perceptions to those of victims with a pathological eating disorder.

With the exception …

Self-Esteem And Perceived Barriers To And Benefits Of Exercise Among Physically Active And Non-Physically Active College Students, Barbara Brown Bonheur

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine differences in self-esteem, perceived benefits of and perceived barriers to exercise between exercisers and non-exercisers and to determine if relationships existed between self-esteem, perceived benefits of exercise and perceived barriers to exercise, that could explain participation in regular aerobic exercise. A sample of 105 university students completed four questionnaires. The level of social desirability present in participant responses was also measured. Five hypotheses were tested. Utilizing t-tests, a significant difference was found between exercisers and non-exercisers on self-esteem, perceived benefits of exercise, and perceived barriers to exercise. The three variables (self-esteem, …

Ecology Of Gray Partridge In North Dakota, John Patrick Carroll

Theses and Dissertations

I studied gray partridge (Perdix perdix) ecology in north-central North Dakota during 1985-87. The primary goals of this study were to identify habitats important to gray partridge survival and nesting, and to provide baseline data on partridge ecology in North Dakota. I captured and radio-tagged 100 gray partridge, mainly during winter. Individuals were tracked by a vehicle-mounted telemetry system until August of each year. Home ranges, movements, habitat use, and survival were calculated by using the telemetry locations. Winter home ranges averaged 117 ha, and were larger than previously reported in North America. Important habitats used by radio-tagged partridge during …

Spartan Daily, April 5, 1989, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 92, Issue 42

Projected Consequences Of Climate Change And Human Impact On Asia, Anna Zepplin

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

A look into human influence on climate change in Asia and how it will effect certain aspects of their economy.

Center Scan: April 1989, St. Cloud Hospital

Center Scan

Celebrity event benefits NICU

Research project heats up in post anesthesia care unit

Innovative A & C program sets Recovery Plus goals

Parents get gift baskets, courtesy of nutrition services

Coffee Shop duo serve joy, warmth at holiday time

Agreement, rooms, ease guests' stay

Volunteer programs win awards

History of respiratory care shows increase in duties

SCH seal of approval dependent on June JCAHO visit

Study puts TSCH 's economic impact close to $100 million

Cardiac update

Quicksand Craft Center: Documentation & Analysis Of A Handweaving Program In Vest, Kentucky, Deborah Champion

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Data on the handweaving program at the Quicksand Craft Center in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky were compiled and analyzed. Four areas--history of the craft program, business organization and financial structure, weave patterns of goods woven and sold by the craft center, and weavers employed in the program --were examined to assess the success of the program in the local community. Factors in the four areas examined contributed to the success of the program. The benevolence, perseverance, and co-operation of the founders, directors and community members involved with the craft center have been largely responsible for the continued success …