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An Evaluation Of Privatization, Taxes, And User Fees As Alternative Strategies For Municipal Trash Collection, James Neubecker

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This study consists of evaluating the perceived quality of the various methods of collecting residential trash and paying for that collection in four Michigan cities. The cities selected are East Lansing, Lincoln Park, Saginaw, and Wyoming. Theyshare similar demographic characteristics, including median income and population size, as well as number and location of trash pick-ups. The study compares paying for trash collection services with tax dollars, user fees, and direct private charges to the vendor. It also evaluates the residents’ perceptions of quality when municipal workers are compared with private company workers providing trash collection services.

Questionnaires were sent to …

Adolescent Students At Risk: The Roles Of Stress, Distress, And Coping, Jennifer Massicotte

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Male and female adolescents who reported recent suspension/ threats of suspension or academic failure were compared to male and female adolescents who did not report these two variables of dropping out on three measures--the discrete negative uncontrollable events experienced (LEQ-A, Garmezy, Masten, & Tellegen [1985]), the level of distress (GHQ-30, Goldberg [1972]), and the types of coping skills used (A-COPE, Patterson & McCubbin [1983]). Native and non-Native at risk for suspension and academic failure rates were also compared using archival data from a community mental health survey of 714 adolescents (36 Native) attending high school in Northern Ontario.

Native adolescents …

The Discriminative Stimulus Properties Of Morphine And U-50,488h In A Three-Key Assay: A Mu And Kappa Opioid Discrimination In The Pigeon, Malath Makhay

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Opiate drugs have been classified in two-choice assays according to their ability to produce generalization in animals to the prototypicix opiate, morphine, versus vehicle, or to the k opioid, U -50,488H versus vehicle injections (Picker & Dykstra, 1987). A three-choice discrimination procedure, in which subjects discriminate among morphine, U -50,488H , and vehicle injections, might afford a greater degree of precision in characterizing the subjective effects of opioids. The feasibility of such a procedure was demonstrated in the present study, in which five pigeons were trained to discriminate among injections of 5 .6 m g/kg morphinel 5 .6 m g/kg …

The Experiences Of Mid-Career Elementary Teachers, Susan H.L. Johnston Edd

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The demographics of the teaching population in British Columbia indicate a significant number of teachers in mid career. Their cares, concerns, and interests dramatically influence educational activity in the province. The experiences of these educators lie within a context of major restructuring of the entire provincial school system and substantive educational change mandated by the government of British Columbia. Using a phenomenological approach, this study explores the experiences of seven, mid-career, elementary school teachers in one British Columbia school district; investigates how these teachers experience system-wide, mandated, educational change; and suggests implications of these understandings for leadership practice. During three, …

Anaerobic Digestion And Acid Hydrolysis Of Nitrocellulose, Fong-Jung Tai

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In this investigation, studies were conducted to evaluate the biodegradation of nitrocellulose in anaerobic batch reactors with and without the supplemental carbon inducers, such as cellulose, cellobiose, and lactose. Results from the anaerobic study show that degradation of nitrocellulose alone is difficult and that nitrocellulose degradative enzymes could be induced by the three inducers tested. As high as 48.91% conversion could be obtained at Cellulose/Nitrocellulose ratio of 1 to I. Studies also indicated that type 20 and 50 celluloses would be more effective and optimum pH was about 6.4 in biodegradation of nitrocellulose. Three testing systems, namely, single-stage, two-stage, and …

Androgen Receptors In The Hippocampus: Localization, Autoregulation, And Modulation Of Gene Expression In The Adult Male Rat, Janice E. Kerr

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The Impact Of Age And Time Of Day On Delirium In Elderly Postoperative Hip Surgery Patients, Marianne L. Jagmin

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Weathering The Storm Persevering Through A Difficult Time, Lynn Allchin-Petardi

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A Case Study Of The Change Process In An Urban Public School As Teachers React To Mandated Change, Susan Kurland

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Work Stress In The Forensic Psychiatric Facility: The Relationship Between Coping Responses And Personal Need For Structure, Nilsa Rivera

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The Relationship Between Child Sexual Abuse And Hypoactive Sexualdesire Disorder In Adult Women: An Investigation Of Contributory Factors And Treatment Outcomes, David B. Sarwer

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A Return Of Christianity: The Christian Education Of Korean- American Children In The Chicago Area By Parents, 1965-1995, Mark Yoon

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A Study Of The Concomitant Problems Facing Most Of The "At-Risk" African American Students In The Benton Harbor Elementary School System: A Case For An Alternative Model, Simon M. Honore

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Problem

It would appear that the problem of school truancy, retention, and subsequent academic failure is a major educational crisis which puts most of the African American students at risk in the Benton Harbor area schools.

Purpose

The purpose of this study has been to determine the concomitant educational problems facing the "at-risk" African American students in the Benton Harbor Elementary School System and to suggest positive changes through an alternative model.

Results

The results of the survey indicated that approximately 90-95% of Benton Harbor educators agreed to changes. Administrators and teachers strongly agreed that the recommendations, based on the …

The Relative Effectiveness Of Face-To-Face And Telephone Contact By Community Mental Health Workers During Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment Of Children And Adolescents, Bruce Patrick Hackworth

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Problem. With the advent of managed care has come the increasing necessity to provide effective and efficient services to children and families experiencing severe emotional disturbances. The use of cost-effective and therapeutically effective services is at the crux of an effective service delivery system. Few studies have considered the usefulness and comparative effectiveness of face-to-face versus telephone interventions in therapeutic situations. This study considered the clinical value of face-to-face community mental health worker involvement during and after psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations of children and adolescents ages 11-17. The study also considered the comparative value of this follow-up when using master's-trained, mental …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Psychological Androgyny And College Adjustment Among Korean American College Students, Daniel Donghyun Kim

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Problem. The process of adjusting to college has been difficult for many Korean-Americans because of the tension that exists between traditional sex roles versus androgynous sex roles. While it has opened doors to new and exciting opportunities in personal growth, complex challenges of academic, emotional, and social adjustments must be made. The traditional views of the subculture have posed unique problems for young Korean Americans who have enrolled in higher education. This descriptive study examined the relationship between androgynous flexibility and the college adjustment of Korean American students. Androgynous flexibility was investigated in terms of college adjustment.

Method. The sample …

The Cognitive Appraisals And Coping Strategies Of Male Adolescent Inpatients, Kathleen Burroughs

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An Analysis Of Reading, Writing, And Language Development In An Integrated Intermediate School Program, Rosa Antonietta Rizzato

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The Role Of Social Support In The Transition Of Adolescent Males To Residential Care, Stephen J. Dohner

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Involving Latino Parents In The Middle-Level School: A Study Of First-Generation And Second-Generation Mexican And Mexican-American Parents, Elva Hernández Mora Edd

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The middle school level years demand critical attention in educational reform. Culturally diverse students in the United States show levels of academic achievement which are lower then those of other students. Children from oppressed minority groups often show high rates of dropping out as well as poor academic achievement. They are often profiled as students who are unmotivated and who have parents that are unresponsive to their growth and development in terms of educational attainment. However, this conception of poor academic achievement and lack of parental involvement is unfounded since research indicates that culturally diverse parents value education and have …

Voices Of Midlife Tomboys: A Narrative Study, Jan Secrist Edd

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Women's lives have been increasingly researched in the last thirty years, offering greater understanding of their roles and relationships within our patriarchal culture. It is now readily understood that adolescence tends to mute the positive sense of self and authentic voice of young girls in our current culture, and midlife tends to relax these restrictions, allowing self and voice to emerge once again. Many women in their middle years rediscover the spirited, independent, and competent identity left behind when they accepted cultural restrictions to conform to a world that was not of their own making. In spite of the increased …

A Qualitative Investigation Of The Relationship Between Social Loss And Nurses' Response To Terminally Ill Hospital-Based Clients, Sandra Marie Webb

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San Antonio V. Rodriguez & The Next Twenty Years Of State Court Cases, Mary J. Long

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Adolecents' Daily Experience Of Parenting Styles And Alcohol Use, John Philbin

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Characterization Of Central Serotonergic Alterations In Male Rats Following Prenatal Exposure To Fluoxetine, Theresa M. Cabrera

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Effect Of Neurotrophic Factors On Cholinergic Neurons In The Septo-Hippocampal Pathway Of Normal And Af64a Treated Rats, Christopher Andrew Willson

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The Effect Of Estrogen In A Murine Model Of Peritoneal Adhesion Formation, Michelle Rene Frazier-Jessen

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Comparative Pharmacologic Studies On Synthetic And Recombinant Inhibitors Of Thrombin, Demetra D. Callas

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Pharmacologic Studies On Synthetic Analogues Of Heparin With Selective Affinity To Endogenous Serine Protease Inhibitors, Walter P. Jeske

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Relationships Between The Expression Of Genes Involved In The Regulation Of Apoptosis And Cell Death Induced By Nitrogen Mustard In Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Lines, Greggory Bernard Herbert

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Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting: Factors Impacting The Therapeutic Relationship, Cheryl L. Brosig

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