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Information Needs And Sources Of The South Dakota Horticulture Industry, Iris (Friedrichsen) Thoreson Jan 1984

Information Needs And Sources Of The South Dakota Horticulture Industry, Iris (Friedrichsen) Thoreson

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Information is needed by horticulturists in areas such as chemical use and application, plant diseases and insects, cultural practices, and marketing techniques. Horticulturists can use a variety of sources to get the information they need. They can use printed material, radio or television, and personal sources. The individuals or groups wanting to communicate with horticulturists need to be aware of the kinds of information needed by the horticulturists and the sources used by them. A computer search of current literature disclosed limited findings on the information gathering processes used by commercial horticulturists. However, researchers have studied information gathering processes in …


The Image Of Rhodesia Presented In The News Coverage By The New York Times Between 1965 And 1980 : A Content Analysis, Robin William Waters Jan 1984

The Image Of Rhodesia Presented In The News Coverage By The New York Times Between 1965 And 1980 : A Content Analysis, Robin William Waters

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A Descriptive Study Of Intended, Actual, And Perceived Behaviors Of Physical Education Student Teachers And Experienced Teachers, Alice Moore Buchanan Jan 1984

A Descriptive Study Of Intended, Actual, And Perceived Behaviors Of Physical Education Student Teachers And Experienced Teachers, Alice Moore Buchanan

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Prehistoric Settlement Patterns In Clay County, Mississippi / By John Thomas Sparks, John Thomas Sparks Jan 1984

Prehistoric Settlement Patterns In Clay County, Mississippi / By John Thomas Sparks, John Thomas Sparks

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The Effect Of Videotape Feedback On Self-Concept And Cognitive Dissonance In Out-Patient Psychotherapy Groups / By Randall Scott Nero, Randall Scott Nero Jan 1984

The Effect Of Videotape Feedback On Self-Concept And Cognitive Dissonance In Out-Patient Psychotherapy Groups / By Randall Scott Nero, Randall Scott Nero

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A Study Of William Faulkner's Creative Vision, Hiroyuki Koguchi Jan 1984

A Study Of William Faulkner's Creative Vision, Hiroyuki Koguchi

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A Survey Of Tippah County Businesses With Implications For Curriculum Development In Business Education, Faye Roberts Kuykendall Jan 1984

A Survey Of Tippah County Businesses With Implications For Curriculum Development In Business Education, Faye Roberts Kuykendall

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Who Is Tom Lee And Why Does He Make Sculpture?, Thomas W. Lee Jan 1984

Who Is Tom Lee And Why Does He Make Sculpture?, Thomas W. Lee

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A Hybrid Method For Analysis Of Wire Structures Connected To Long Straight Wires, Gaby Badih El-Khoury Jan 1984

A Hybrid Method For Analysis Of Wire Structures Connected To Long Straight Wires, Gaby Badih El-Khoury

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Effects Of Novel Knobbed Fatty Acids On A Circadian Rhythm Of Neurospora Crassa, Jace C. Callaway Jan 1984

Effects Of Novel Knobbed Fatty Acids On A Circadian Rhythm Of Neurospora Crassa, Jace C. Callaway

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An Economic, Mineralogic And Chemical Investigation Of The Offshore Phosphate Deposit, People's Republic Of The Congo, West Africa, Dorothy L. Bargeron Jan 1984

An Economic, Mineralogic And Chemical Investigation Of The Offshore Phosphate Deposit, People's Republic Of The Congo, West Africa, Dorothy L. Bargeron

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Seventy-Five Years In North Central Mississippi : A Life History Of John Lucas Adams, Peter Richard Aschoff Jan 1984

Seventy-Five Years In North Central Mississippi : A Life History Of John Lucas Adams, Peter Richard Aschoff

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Quantitative Analyses Of Tournaisian, Visean, And Namurian (Carboniferous) Brachiopod Biogeography : Comparison Of Paleobiogeography With Paleogeography, Carol Lynn Blanton Jan 1984

Quantitative Analyses Of Tournaisian, Visean, And Namurian (Carboniferous) Brachiopod Biogeography : Comparison Of Paleobiogeography With Paleogeography, Carol Lynn Blanton

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An Investigation Into Computer-Assisted Learning As It Applies To Music Education / By Tambria Sabrena Thomas, Tambria Sabrena Thomas Jan 1984

An Investigation Into Computer-Assisted Learning As It Applies To Music Education / By Tambria Sabrena Thomas, Tambria Sabrena Thomas

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Willa Cather's O Pioneers! And Midwestern Regionalist Painting, Allison Aylene Bulsterbaum Jan 1984

Willa Cather's O Pioneers! And Midwestern Regionalist Painting, Allison Aylene Bulsterbaum

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Through Shoji Doors / By Robert R. Ring, Robert R. Ring Jan 1984

Through Shoji Doors / By Robert R. Ring, Robert R. Ring

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An Experimental Study Of Registered Nurses' Responses To Classified Recruitment Advertisements / By Joseph Edward Townsend, Joseph Edward Townsend Jan 1984

An Experimental Study Of Registered Nurses' Responses To Classified Recruitment Advertisements / By Joseph Edward Townsend, Joseph Edward Townsend

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An Organizational Analysis Of Dropout Rates For The 1980-1981 School Year In Predominantly White, Mixed, And Predominantly Blackpublic School Districts In Mississippi By Kathleen Mccance, Kathleen Mccance Jan 1984

An Organizational Analysis Of Dropout Rates For The 1980-1981 School Year In Predominantly White, Mixed, And Predominantly Blackpublic School Districts In Mississippi By Kathleen Mccance, Kathleen Mccance

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A Design And Implementation Of An Information Storage And Retrieval System Using Pascal, Kathleen Furio Dixon Jan 1984

A Design And Implementation Of An Information Storage And Retrieval System Using Pascal, Kathleen Furio Dixon

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The Devolatilization Of Mississippi Lignite In A Lurgi Gasifier, Donald Lee Farage Jan 1984

The Devolatilization Of Mississippi Lignite In A Lurgi Gasifier, Donald Lee Farage

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The Gentle Protaganist In The Works Of Ellen Douglas / By Renelda Pharr Owen, Renelda Pharr Owen Jan 1984

The Gentle Protaganist In The Works Of Ellen Douglas / By Renelda Pharr Owen, Renelda Pharr Owen

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A Comparative Study Of Health Care Delivery Systems In Selecteddeveloped And Developing Countries, Helen Clower Jan 1984

A Comparative Study Of Health Care Delivery Systems In Selecteddeveloped And Developing Countries, Helen Clower

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An Investigation Of The Literature On Teaching Music To Mainstreamed Educable Mentally Retarded Children In Grades One Through Six / By Linda Joy Weisling Torkington, Linda Joy Weisling Torkington Jan 1984

An Investigation Of The Literature On Teaching Music To Mainstreamed Educable Mentally Retarded Children In Grades One Through Six / By Linda Joy Weisling Torkington, Linda Joy Weisling Torkington

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A Comparison Of Present Position Of Selected College And University Personnel Administrators In The Southeastern United States To The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Roy S. Jones Dec 1983

A Comparison Of Present Position Of Selected College And University Personnel Administrators In The Southeastern United States To The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Roy S. Jones

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The problem was to determine whether a significant relationship existed among the present positions, career goals, and results of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator using selected college and university personnel administrators in the Southern Region of the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA). Literature was reviewed in order to determine the previous research of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as it applies to college and university personnel administrators. The standard Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was chosen as the personality inventory instrument. Colleges and universities surveyed were selected using the Southern Region of the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA) as the group. The Myers-Briggs …


An Assessment Of The Status Of Articulation Between Public Secondary Schools, Vocational Schools, And Community Colleges In Virginia, Linda H. Kilgore Dec 1983

An Assessment Of The Status Of Articulation Between Public Secondary Schools, Vocational Schools, And Community Colleges In Virginia, Linda H. Kilgore

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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of general education and occupational program articulation efforts and practices as they existed between community colleges and the public secondary and vocational schools in Virginia. The problem was to also determine if a positive climate existed which was necessary for the planning of articulated programs between the secondary, vocational, and community college systems. The climate was determined by the perceptions reported by administrators toward articulation activities. The population studied included the academic deans from 10 Virginia community colleges and the principals of representative public secondary and vocational schools from each …


The Effects Of An Experiential Based Instructional Program For Exploring Vocations In Emerging And New Technologies As Reflected By Student Growth In Career Maturity, Hilton A. Seay Dec 1983

The Effects Of An Experiential Based Instructional Program For Exploring Vocations In Emerging And New Technologies As Reflected By Student Growth In Career Maturity, Hilton A. Seay

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The purpose of this study was to determine if participation in an experiential based instructional program for exploring vocations in emerging and new technologies would enable academically able high school juniors and seniors to attain increased maturity of attitudes and competency in career decision-making skills as measured by the Career Maturity Inventory. A total of 64 students participated in the study. Participants came from a pool of 132 junior and senior high school students identified as having a grade point average that placed them in the top thirty percent of their class. A pretest and posttest utilizing the Career Maturity …


The Efficacy Of Speech-Language Intervention With Geriatrics, Steve N. Williams Aug 1983

The Efficacy Of Speech-Language Intervention With Geriatrics, Steve N. Williams

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Elementary School Principals' Perceptions Of The Importance Of Competencies Within Critical Administrative Task Areas, Melanie W. Greene Aug 1983

Elementary School Principals' Perceptions Of The Importance Of Competencies Within Critical Administrative Task Areas, Melanie W. Greene

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Problem. The problem of this study was to determine the importance of competencies within critical administrative task areas as perceived by selected elementary school principals. Methods. Participants for the study were randomly selected from a total population of 429 elementary principals serving schools containing kindergarten through grade six in the state of North Carolina. A questionnaire was mailed to the 250 principals selected to participate in the study. Of the returned instruments 187 were complete and used for statistical analyses, with the data being analyzed using the SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Fourteen null hypotheses were formulated and …


Elementary School Principals' Perceptions Of The Importance Of Competencies Within Critical Administrative Task Areas, Melanie W. Greene Aug 1983

Elementary School Principals' Perceptions Of The Importance Of Competencies Within Critical Administrative Task Areas, Melanie W. Greene

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Problem. The problem of this study was to determine the importance of competencies within critical administrative task areas as perceived by selected elementary school principals. Methods. Participants for the study were randomly selected from a total population of 429 elementary principals serving schools containing kindergarten through grade six in the state of North Carolina. A questionnaire was mailed to the 250 principals selected to participate in the study. Of the returned instruments 187 were complete and used for statistical analyses, with the data being analyzed using the SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Fourteen null hypotheses were formulated and …


A Master Clock For The Speed School Impulse Clock System Using Wwv Time Information, John E. Pfeifer Jr. May 1983

A Master Clock For The Speed School Impulse Clock System Using Wwv Time Information, John E. Pfeifer Jr.

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Since approximately February of 1979, the Speed School impulse clock system has not functioned due to a worn-out master clock that was never replaced because of a lack of fund. For this thesis project, a solid-state master clock that performs the same functions as the old mechanical master clock was built for less than $200. The new clock features accuracy traceable to the National Bureau of Standards, automatic reset after a power-down and subsequent power-up, and a daylight savings time provision. A decoder that recovers time information broadcast by radio station WWV from Fort Collins, Colorado was built and interfaced …