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Selection Criteria, Practices And Procedures Of Elementary And Secondary School Principals, Edward E. Eckhardt

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In Vivo And In Vitro Interactions Between Bacteroides Fragilis And Escherichia Coli: Their Role In Intra-Abdominal Abscess Formation, James Carl Hagen

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Organizational Climate, Job Satisfaction And Professionalism In An Emerging Professional Group: Rehabilitation Counselors, Helen Lavan

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The Relationship Of Levels Of Moral Development With Personality Variables Of Autonomy, Socialization, And Empathy At Two Critical Age Periods, Peter Charles Zavadowsky

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An Analysis Of Budgeting Processes And Strategies In Selected Illinois Baccalaureate Nursing Schools, Linda Cruz Agustin-Simunek

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Analysis Of Observed Critical Task Performance Of Title I - Esea Principals, State Of Illinois, Salvatore A. Vallina

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A Study Of The Attitudes Of The Non-Science Major Toward Science And Its Importance In Curriculum Design, Larry J. Fairbanks

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The purposes of this study were to: (1) Identify and explore the non-science majors' attitudes toward science; (2) Use the results of the investigation to design a course to be used by instructors of Earth and Space Science.

Two major instruments were developed to collect data for the study. The first was an Attitude Inventory and the second was a Course Content Inventory. A major goal of the Attitude Inventory was to collect data with which to develop an Attitude Index which could be used to predict those non-science majors who have some "negative" attitudes toward science. The course design …

The Effects On Self Of A Twenty-Three Day Experiential Wilderness Program For Adults: Implications For Counseling, Robert S. Doud

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A Model For Initiating Change In Large Social Systems, Richard E. Ault

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The purpose of this study was to develop a model for introducing change in large social systems. The model was based on (1) a review of existing models, and (2) the analysis of a participant-observer study of an attempt at intraducing large system change. Organization Development was the focal change modality examined. It was intended that the model thus developed would be of utility to the practicing change agent in whatever field--education, social work, community development, government, unions, business, or industry.

From the review of existing models and related literature, it was concluded that a useful model for practitioners would …

The Effects Of Emg Assisted Relaxation Training With Hyperkinetic Children: An Alternative To Medication, William J. Hampstead

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A History Of The Guam Public Library System 1947-1975, Mary Sue Caldwell

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This historical study ascertained that, between the years of 1902 and 1941, there were libraries on Guam which served the local civilian population. Early library development on Guam (prior to 1947) did not seem to have followed the same pattern of development as libraries in the United States. This may have been due, in part, to the individuals responsible for the two library movements on Guam. The Guam Public Library System and its predecessors were established by individuals from the continental United States, where libraries had already undergone a developmental process. Thus, the library on Guam seems to have been …

Reliability And Surface Degradation Aspects Of Synthetic Insulator Materials For Hv Application, Satyapal S. Bhatia

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This study is a theoretical and experimental investigation on the state of the art of synthetic insulators for outdoor high voltage transmission systems.

The surface of a polymeric material is known to be degraded by, among other things, environmental stresses such as UV, air pollutants, etc. The reliability of an insulator material is governed by the surface and other characteristics that do not drift much as a function of stresses and time.

The surface characteristics of various synthetic materials, when these materials were exposed to UV radiation in the laboratory were studied. The changes in the surface properties of these …

Task Group Structuring, A Technique: Comparison Of The Performances Of Groups Led By Trained Versus Nontrained Facilitators, Paul A. Lang

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Role And Task Orientation Of Michigan Principals, Mary Starkey Bowman

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A Study Of Selected Administrative Functions In Recreation Performed By Community Education Directors And Recreation Directors In The State Of Michigan, Patrick T. Long

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Partitions Of The Vertex Set Or Edge Set Of A Graph, H. Joseph Straight

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Administrators' Perceptions Of The “Current” And “Future” Goals For The Student Services Division At Western Michigan University, Robert B. Donaldson Ii

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the administrators' perceptions of "current" (is) and ''future" (should be) goals for the Student Services Division at Western Michigan University. The five groups of administrators surveyed included: Group I which consisted of the President, Vice Presidents, and Associate and Assistant Vice Presidents; Group n which consisted of the Academic Deans and Associate and Assistant Academic Deans: Group m which consisted of the Chairpersons and Heads of Departments; Group IV which consisted of all the Unit Directors in the Student Services Division; and Group V which consisted of a select group of Unit …

Status Of Department Chairpersons As Perceived By Academic College Deans, Department Chairpersons, And Faculty At Western Michigan University, Frances S. Aguon

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A Survey Of Children's Analogical Abilities For Ages 2-15, Denyse Claire Dubrucq

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ProbIems - The problems are three: What are children’s analogical abilities? How do they vary with age and sex? And, how do they relate one to another? These interrelated problems cannot be separately studied. Procedures - An instrument of seven activities was developed and presented in individual tape recorded interviews of twenty to thirty minute duration to 140 children. Ten children of each age from two through fifteen years were interviewed. To randomize the sample, only those children having birthdays during the month of the interview were interviewed. This procedure gave agespecificity for data analysis. The tapes were transcribed onto …

Cardiac Change To An Auditory Signal And Exploratory Behavior In Normal And Developmentally Delayed Infants, Sharon Bradley Johnson

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Proximity Effects. Kinetics, Mechanisms And Reactivity Correlations For The Acidic And Alkaline Hydrolysis Of Ortho-Substituted-N-Methylbenzohydroxamic Acids, Irl E. Ward

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Effects Of The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, Employing A Computer Generated Prose Interpretation, On Vocational Behavior Of Community College Freshmen, Tony Swerbinsky

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Science Curriculum Change As It Occurred In A Small Rural Community: A Case Study, William J. Pollard

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Flow Of Polymer Melt Blends Through Porous Media, James Atwood Parker

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The flow of molten polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate) and three blends of these polymers has been studied in a rheogoniometer and in packed beds of unconsolidated spherical glass beads. One primary purpose of the study was to determine the behavior of polymer melt blends in porous media flow. The second major purpose of the work was to develop and test a new and powerful model for packed bed flow based upon the Huang generalized rheological constitutive equations.

Rheological characterization of the pure polymers and blends was obtained using a Roberts-Weissenberg rheogoniometer. Shear and normal stresses were measured at shear rates from …

Dynamic Analysis Of Structures With Solid-Fluid Interaction, Rennee Ramona Pedrido

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Interaction between solid and fluid has been recognized to be an important factor in the areas of aeroelasticity, hydroelasticity, and the study of flow-induced vibration in nuclear reactor components. This study develops a finite element model for interaction between an elastic solid and a fluid medium. Plane triangular finite elements have been used separately for fluid, solid, and solid-fluid continua and the equivalent mass, damping, and stiffness matrices and interaction load arrays for all elements are derived and assembled into global matrices. The global matrix differential equation of motion developed is solved in time to obtain the pressure and velocity …

The Development Of A Community Education Pre-Retirement Program Model, Sidney Lynn Miller

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A Comparison Of Responses Of Male And Female High School Graduates To Indicators Of Quality Of Life And Career Satisfaction, Deanne Lee Buckendorff Byerly

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The Effect Of Two Proxemic Variables Upon Counselor And Client Evaluations Of A Counseling Relationship, Daniel R. Klainer

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A Survey Of Inservice Training Practices In Police Departments Of A Selected Size Range, Arthur G. Stoner

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An Exploration Of The Sociocultural Involvement Of Faculty, Staff, And Their Families Of A State University In An Urban Community, Lawrence E. Scott

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