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A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study Of Two Groups Of Primiparous African-American Adolescent Mothers, Dianne F. Stone

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An Analysis Of Staff Development Practices In Selected Illinois Elementary School Districts, Barbara J. Mackey

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The Educational Efforts Of The American Jewish Congress To Combat Anti-Semitism In The United States, 1946-1980, Gerald Rosenbaum

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The Relationship Of Self Esteem And Personal Problems To The Academic Success Of Adult Juniors And Seniors At And Upper Division, Commuter University, Peggy G. Woodard

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A Qualitative Study In Medical Sociology And Geriatric Medicine: Challenging Perspectives, Practices, Programs, And Services For Successful Aging In The Twenty-First Century, Marian L. Watson

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Soviet Immigrant Jewry In The Chicago Area (1960-1980): Enculturation And Education, Sharon Rae Bender

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An Investigation Of Gifted Students' Perceptions Regarding Preferences Involving Competitive And Non-Competitive Learning Situations, Mary. Christensen

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A Comparative Investigation Of The Differential Effects Of American Sign Language And Total Communication On Story Comprehension And Memory In Deaf Children, James F. Altenbach

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The Relationship Of The Frisian Mennonites To The Public Schools Of Elkhart County, Indiana, 1853-1885, Judith K. Bailey

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Catholic Elementary Schools In Chicago's Black Inner City: Mission And Organizational Effectiveness Volume 1, Sheila Nelson

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Catholic Elementary Schools In Chicago's Black Inner City: Mission And Organizational Effectiveness Volume 2, Sheila Nelson

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Characterization Of Human Cell Lines Transformed By Hsv-2 And Hpv-16 Or Hpv-18, Kavita Rao Dhanwada

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John Locke On The Naturalness Of Rights, Peter C. Myers

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Syntheses Of Azure-B Neuropeptide Conjugates And A Novel Bicyclic Triene, Milind D. Choubal

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Studies Of Mrna Degradation Mediated By The Virion Host Shutoff Function Of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1, Charles R. Krikorian

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The Physiology And Morphology Of Canine Intracardiac Ganglion Cells, Xiaohe Xi

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Development And Regulation Of Estrogen Receptors In The Neonatal Rat Hippocampus, Joan A. O'Keefe

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Isolation And Characterization Of Dna Polymerase Mutants Of Human Cytomegalovirus And Herpes Simplex Virus, Walter A. Tatarowicz

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The Effects Of Ethanol On Cultured Serotonergic Neurons By Denise Kay Lokhorst., Denise Kay Lokhorst

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The Use Of The Leadership Strategies Of Vision, Communication Of Culture, Trust, And Deployment Of Self By School Superintendents In Selected Elementary Districts Of Cook And Dupage Counties Of Illinois, Edward F. Aksamit

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Principals In Saskatchewan Rural Schools: Their Leadership Behaviors And School Effectiveness, Ronald W. Brice Edd

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Recognizing the important role of the principal in Saskatchewan Rural school effectiveness, the study addressed the following four questions: 1. Are there significant differences in the behaviors of principals in schools that have been identified as effective compared to those principals in schools that have been identified as noneffective? 2. Are the leadership behaviors as identified by the Leadership Practices Inventory Self and Other (LPI-self and LPI-other) found in a set of Saskatchewan schools? 3. Are there differences in the principals' perceptions of their leadership behaviors as identified by the LPI-self and those perceptions of other staff members as indicated …

Valuing A Culturally Diverse Work Force: An Examination Of Intended Changes And Successes As Perceived By Upper And Middle Management, Supervisors, And Line Staff In A Health Care Organization, Cynthia L. Camberg Edd

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The growing diversity of the work force is having and will continue to have a significant impact on organizations. The diversity of cultures, lifestyles, and household compositions compels managers and organizational leaders to make a variety of organizational changes. Additionally, the globalization of business, the integration of the world economy, and the rapid changes in corporate life require a reexamination of how organizations are thought of, and how employees are managed (Copeland, 1988; Betters-Reed & Moore, 1988-89; Goldstein, 1988). Since in the past organizations have been based on white male European traditions, a revolutionary response is needed from organizational leaders …

Constructing And Testing Practical Procedures For Describing A Corporate Culture: The Electric Troublemen, Timothy S. Vonder Edd

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During the 1980s much attention was focused on trying to understand and apply the concept of corporate culture. Scholars and practitioners worked on clarifying the definition of culture as it applies to workplace settings. Scholars adapted the anthropological concepts of culture to fit within the framework of a business organization. Both scholars and practitioners attempted to investigate the cultures of many organizations throughout the business world. Scholars conducted lengthy case studies and used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative techniques. Business world practitioners conducted short studies and used mostly quantitative survey techniques. What was found was that the scholarly approach …

The Impact Of The Accountability Movement On Principals In A Large Southern California School District, Dianette T. Mitchell Edd

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Organizations achieve uniqueness in their functions despite similarities in their structure. This uniqueness is true of school districts as well. Though there are specific similarities which have been found in effective schools and districts who have joined the accountability movement, each has its own systematic method of modifying and controlling desired behavior and possible achievement. This research focuses on one unique group of people, the site administrators in a large school district, and seeks to ascertain the effects of the effective schools' accountability movement as seen from the perspective of school principals. The three major objectives of this study were …

An Evaluation Of Student Perceptions Of Academic Advising In A Rn/Bsn Distance Educational Nursing Program, Barbara A. Trent Edd

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Over the past decade, RN/BSN programs have gained popularity across the nation with an emphasis upon structural flexibility and/or adult student learning principles. Research has shown a positive association between advisement and decreased attrition rates for this unique student body. The purpose of this research was to determine from the perception of students enrolled in a RN/BSN educational program, the importance of advisement in relation to three elements: functions, outcomes and advisor style. It was also the purpose to determine if these three elements had either been provided, achieved or employed, respectively, by their advisors. An evaluative design was used …

Factors Influencing A Battered Woman's Perception Of Controllability In Violent Intimate Relationships, Patricia Ann Chin Dnsc, Msn, Rn

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Despite the fact that domestic violence has been the focus of empirical investigation for more than twenty years, little is known about the phenomenon. While the available body of knowledge provides a sketchy picture of the abused woman and her abuser, and helps to dispel many of the myths surrounding spousal abuse, it provides very little insight into the dynamics of wife abuse. This study, based upon a foundation of the Reformulated Learned Helplessness Theory, was designed to explore the nature of the relationships among concepts that have been identified within the context of battering, and that were thought to …

A Survey Of Teaching Strategies Used In California Community College Nursing Programs To Foster Critical Thinking, Nicki Harrington Edd

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This study explicated critical thinking teaching strategies being utilized by California Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) faculty, and their perceived effectiveness, to serve as a model for faculties in nursing and other disciplines. Questions addressed by the study included not only teaching strategies in use and their perceived effectiveness, but also exploration of common threads among nursing educators in their definitions of critical thinking, and common themes of "especially effective" techniques. The study involved a pilot of the survey instrument, utilizing one sample school's nursing faculty, with subsequent distribution to all 69 other ADN program senior nursing course lead faculty. The …

Leadership In A Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study Of A Latina Chief Executive Officer In A California Community College, Lois Margaret Knowlton Edd

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The purpose of this ethnographic research was to discover the influence of President Judith Valles' gender and ethnicity on her leadership behavior at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, and to determine if similar influences existed among the other eight Hispanic women presidents of community colleges in the U.S. A composite profile of the nine presidents was developed. More than 100 interviews were conducted from a broad spectrum of participants, including seven of the nine Hispanic women presidents. The researcher became a participant observer at Golden West College for the fall of 1991. All the presidents were strongly influenced …

Behavior Of Square And L-Shaped Slender Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Combined Biaxial Bending And Axial Compression, Wen Hu Tsao

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A numerical analysis was developed to evaluate the complete load-deflection and moment-curvature relationships for square and L-shaped slender reinforced concrete columns subjected to biaxial bending and axial load. This computer model can be used for any cross section geometry and material properties of normal concrete. The analysis was based on a deformation control and both the ascending and descending branches of curves can be studied. The finite difference method was introduced to calculate the deflections which satisfy the compatibility equations. Six square slender columns and eight L-shaped slender columns were tested to compare their experimental load-deformation results with the analytical …

A Generalized, Parametric Pr-Qmf/Wavelet Transform Design Approach For Multiresolution Signal Decomposition, Hakan Caglar

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This dissertation aims to emphasize the interrelations and the linkages of the theories of discrete-time filter banks and wavelet transforms. It is shown that the Binomial-QMF banks are identical to the interscale coefficients or filters of the compactly supported orthonormal wavelet transform bases proposed by Daubechies.

A generalized, parametric, smooth 2-band PR-QMF design approach based on Bernstein polynomial approximation is developed. It is found that the most regular compact support orthonormal wavelet filters, coiflet filters are only the special cases of the proposed filter bank design technique.

A new objective performance measure called Non-aliasing Energy Ratio(NER) is developed. Its merits …