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An Analysis Of The Role Of Select Elementary School Principals In Staff Development Programs, Sandra L. Schabb

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Isolation And Immunochemical Characterization Of Streptococcal Cell Membrane Antigens Immunologically Related To Basement Membrane, Mark E. Zelman

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The Effects Of Implementing "Its In The Cards" Into Third Grade Math Classes, Marsha Anne. Hestad

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The Effect Of Sexual Harassment On Female Naval Officers: A Phenomenological Study, Kathleen Anne Krohne Edd

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Sexual harassment has grown to epidemic proportions since being documented as a workplace problem. Court cases are rising along with costs to organizations from litigation, turnover, absenteeism and stress-related medical claims. Courts are continually refining the legal definition of sexual harassment, resulting in a steady expansion of employers' liability. Perceptions of men and women regarding what constitutes sexual harassment differ markedly as do their responses to sexually oriented behaviors at work. Development of a formula for effectively preventing sexual harassment is, therefore, a complex and perplexing exercise. Two of three women serving in the military report that they have been …

The Effects Of Accountability Procedures On The Productivity Of Academic Performance Contractors In An Academic Support Program, Brian Delano Yancey

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The purpose of the research was to evaluate the effects of accountability procedures on the productivity of performance managers in an academic support program. The contractors were responsible for supporting the academic performance of high-risk students enrolled in a one-credit-hour self-management course. The contractors awarded students points that counted toward their self-management course grade when the students produced assignments of value in their content courses. Prior research had shown that students sometimes performed poorly in the self-management course and that the contractors were often unsuccessful in helping these students improve their grades. Consequently, the experimenter speculated that the amount of …

The Museum Director's Chair: An Ethnography, Mark Richard Jenness

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This study reports the findings of a longitudinal case study of the director of one community museum over an eight-month period utilizing ethnographic research methods. A significant gap exists in research-based museum literature about the administrative functions of museums. To help address this lack of information, this study was conducted to determine the role of the chief administrator of a community museum by describing the daily activities and behaviors of the director while interacting with the people, places, and things of the museum. Unique in American society, museums represent our "collective memory" by preserving, conserving, researching, and interpreting living and …

A Replication Of The National Association Of Secondary School Principals Study Of High School Principals And Their Schools In Michigan, Helen M. Potoczak

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The purpose of this study was to replicate in part and with revisions in the state of Michigan the 1987 National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) study of high school principals and their schools (Pellicer, Anderson, Keefe, Kelley, & McCleary, 1988). The research questions were (a) to determine if the personal and professional characteristics of high school principals in Michigan were similar to those throughout the United States; (b) to determine if the data of the national study compared to Michigan in regard to selected demographics and job related tasks of principals; and (c) to determine when the data …

Standardized Testing Practices: A Comparison Of Michigan Public School Districts From 1976 To 1986, Richard J. Syrek

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In 1976 and again in 1986, surveys were completed by participating school districts in the state of Michigan pertaining to the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) (developed by the Michigan Department of Education and published annually) testing. The findings of these two surveys are compared in this study.

A comparison of testing practices over a 10-year period can reflect educational changes in Michigan. The purposes of this study were to compare changes, if any, which occurred between 1976 and 1986 in the areas of the uses of MEAP data; personnel involved in testing programs; personnel involved in the development, review, …

Intracellular Degradation Of Ribosomes In A Mesophilic And A Thermophilic Species Of Bacillus, Joe William Davis

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The rates of intracellular degradation of ribosomal proteins were compared in a mesophilic and a thermophilic species of Bacillus. Cells were grown under various incubation conditions in the presence of a 14^C-protein hydrolysate m order to label the ribosomes. Rates of ribosome degradation were evaluated in terms of changes in the specific activity of in vivo ribosomes as a function of incubation time. The results indicated that, under most conditions, ribosomes were degraded (in vivo) at similar rates in both the mesophile and the thermophile. In some studies, ribosome degradation rates were slightly faster for the thermophile than for the …

Within-Subject And Between-Subjects Evaluation Of The Effects Of Hallucinogenic Drugs In Pigeons Responding Under Two Variations Of A Fixed-Consecutive-Number Schedule, Rodney D. Clark

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The purpose of the present study was twofold: To determine the effects of LSD (0.03 - 1.0 mg/kg), mescaline (0.3 - 5.6 mg/kg), and DMT (0.3 - 3.0 mg/kg) on the performance of pigeons under two variants on an FCN schedule and to determine whether these effects differed substantially as a result of experimental design (i.e., within subject or between-subjects). Under this schedule, food was delivered whenever subjects responded between eight and 12 times on one response key (work key), then responded once on a second key (reinforcement key). Under one version, (FCN-S^D), an external discriminative stimulus was correlated with …

The Effects Of Anabolic Steroids On Measured Personality Traits Of Male Weight Trainers, Kraig Libstag

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This research was undertaken to explore the effects of anabolic steroid use on the measured personality traits of male weight trainers. The use of these drugs by competitive and non-competitive athletes worldwide has grown to enormous proportions. Anecdotal case reports that discuss various psychological manifestations associated with the use of anabolic steroids by athletes have been presented in professional journals and in the popular press in recent years. However, there have been few studies that systematically examine the psychological consequences of steroid utilization.

The underlying assumption of this study was that anabolic steroids would affect the measured personality characteristics of …

Substituent Effects On The Stereochemistry Of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions To 7-Substituted Norbornadienes, Ramakrishnan Subramanian

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Managerial Unemployment, Dennis J. Stevens

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¹⁷O And ³³S Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies Of Some Selected Sulfonates: Concentration And Solvent Dependence, Telitha M. Murray

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A Study Of The Effects Of Implementing Instructional Verbal Analysis On Self-Assessment By Student Teachers, Jeanette. Mines

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Molecular Characterization Of Qin: A Novel Gene Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Involved In Quinolone Sensitivity, Debra A. Tonetti

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Using Interactive Video For The Acquisition Of Sign Language Skills, Mary Anne Skummer

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An Investigation Into The Domain Of Experience And Attitudes Concerning Epilepsy, Claudia B. Lampman

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The Measurement And Prediction Of Individual Differences In Unbounded Persuasibility, John Petraitis

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Service Values-Profit Goals: The Divided Selves Of Car Sales Women, Helen M. Lawson

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The Effect Of Science Inservice Programs On The Self-Efficacy Belief Of Elementary School Teachers, P.A. Moore Edd

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The Problem: Science education at the elementary level has not been successful. As a nation we are producing fewer and fewer scientists and science teachers, as evidenced by the narrowing of the pipeline of students entering science classes in high school and beyond. Since a student's interest in science begins at the elementary level, any improvement in science education in these grades will help ameliorate the trend toward science illiteracy. Such an improvement rests on three critical areas: the teacher, the curriculum, and the methodology. Since preservice programs do not include rigorous science requirements, it is necessary to supplement teacher …

An Evaluation Of Cells Recruited To Ectopically Implanted Bone Matrix, Janel Dvonch Kelly

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The Role Of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator In Tumor Cell Metastasis, Heron Yu Cook

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The Effects Of Bifunctional Alkylating Anti-Tumor Agents On Oncogene Structure And Function In The Human Tumor Cell Line Colo3320 Hsr, Bernard Walter Futscher

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Child Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Teachers In Iowa Schools: Implications For School Principals, Virgil W. Murray

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A Cost Analysis Of Special Education Delivery Models: Resource, Instructional, Special Day School, Freda Stevenson

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An Analysis Of Motivational Strategies Employed By Veteran Principals In Selected Elementary Schools In Suburban Cook County, Patricia M. Brown

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Cathepsin B: Nrna Characterization, Gene Structure And Expression In Rodent Normal Tissues And Malignant Tumors With Different Metastatic Potentials, Fang Qian

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Ultrastructural And Invasive Characteristics Of Murine B16a Melanoma Cells: An In Vitro And In Vivo Study, Terence William Mcgarvey

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The Relationship Between Family Functioning And Adolescent Substance Use, Vicky R. Bowden Dnsc

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This study utilized an explanatory correlational design to examine the relationship which exists between the predictor variables of adolescent's perception of family adaptation, cohesion, and communication, parental use of substances, adolescent age and gender and the criterion variables of adolescent behavioral intention and self-reported use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. The theoretical perspectives of the study, derived from developmental theory and the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems viewed the adolescent stage as a period in which the entire family is challenged to balance levels of adaptation and cohesion in order to facilitate individuation and autonomy of adolescent …