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John Synge And The Quest For Redemption / By Susan Lee Thomas, Susan Lee Thomas

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Dampening The Decline In Reaction Time And Movement Time Using A Carbohydrate Supplement During Exercise, Randall Dexter Barr

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A Background Of Selected Baroque Ornamentaion And Workbook Of Practice Techniques For Woodwinds / By Amanda Gayle Murphy, Amanda Gayle Murphy

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The Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction And Patient Compliance In A Case Management Program, Monroe C. Ginn

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Seven Different Facets Of One Field : Land, Ownership, And Identity In Faulkner's Go Down, Moses, Robert E. Cummings

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How To Say "No" Without Saying "No": A Study Of The Refusal Strategies Of Americans And Germans, Astrid Maria Beckers

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Cultures have been shown to vary drastically in their interactional styles, leading to different preferences for modes of speech act behavior. Culturally colored interactional styles create culturally determined expectations and interpretative strategies, and can lead to breakdowns in intercultural and interethnic communication.

This dissertation investigated the differences between Germans and Americans in the speech act of rejection which can be explained by the general cultural differences. The native speaker subjects in this study were graduate students enrolled at four American Universities and at four Universities in the Federal Republic of Germany. The elicitation method used for this data collection was …

Developing An Assessment For Identifying The Artistically Gifted And Talented In The Ninth Through Twelfth Grades, Patricia Potwin Ellis

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The Touch Of The Artist : Molly Bloom And The Power Of Artistic Imagination, Mary Lee Murphy

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Developing An Assessment For Identifying The Artistically Gifted And Talented In The Ninth Through Twelfth Grades, Patricia Potwin Ellis

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Using The Internet To Empower Language Learners, Brian A. O'Flynn

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Seven Stories, Jill S. Freeman

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Examination Of Heartbreak : A Study Of Process, Gregory Dale Lush

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The Effects Of The University Of Mississippi Writing Project's Summer Institute On Educators In North Mississippi, Cindy Flint Christian

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Nexus / By Melinda Rye, Melinda Rye

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The Indispensable Outsider In Light In August And Ulysses, Dan S. Haley

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Poems By Heart: Entering The World Of Poetry Through The Doorway Of Sound, Kristin Colleen Harty

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What A Swarm Of Cuckolds And Cuckold-Makers Are Here! The Necessary Sexual Containment Of The Female Actor In Restoration Theater / By Jennifer Sean Riley, Jennifer Sean Riley

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Determining The Level Of Patient Care Specialty Service Development And Entrepreneurial Characteristics Present In Independent Community Pharmacy, Joseph Keith Bonnarens

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Georgiana's Grand Tour : Georgiana Gholson Walker's European Diary November 1852-June 1853, Virginia Katherine Howell

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Ghosts Of The South : Representations Of Southern Womanhood In Literature, Sarah H. Kloud

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Prejudice And Facial Emotion : An Initial Investigation, Ann Elizabeth Kingsley Lange

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Reliability And Validity Of The Date Rape Discrimination Task / By Lawrence Gordon Sloan, Jr, Lawrence Gordon Sloan

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Christian Family As Church? Inquiry, Analysis, And Pastoral Implications, Ennio Pasquale Mastroianni

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The purpose of this dissertation is to determine in what sense the Christian family can be called Church: not at all, analogically, and/or univocally. Integral to the dissertation is that the hierarchical magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church has developed significantly the ecclesial nature of the Christian family during the past three decades. During the Second Vatican Council the council fathers developed a seed text in which they use the term "domestic Church" to connote this ecclesial dimension of Christian marriage and the family which derives from it.

The core of this study is two-fold: first, to determine the meaning, …

A Qualitative Study Of Four University Teaching And Learning Centers: Activities, Funding, And Evaluation Of Professional Development For Faculty, Melba L. Taylor

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the activities, funding, accountability, and evaluation of selected teaching and learning centers relative to the professional development of faculty in four-year public institutions of higher education. Using a qualitative research design, in-depth interviews were conducted with directors of four teaching and learning centers. In accordance with the concept of purposeful sampling, the centers chosen for study were located in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The following research questions were investigated: (1) What is the primary mission or purpose of teaching and learning centers relative to faculty development? (2) What types of activities …

A Study Of Faculty Development At Fourteen Community Colleges In The Tennessee Board Of Regents System, James C. Lefler

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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of and need for faculty development in the 14 community colleges in the Tennessee Board of Regents System. The study examined the status of faculty development, importance of scholarship, perceived needs, preferred faculty development topics, and methods of instruction. A review of demographic characteristics was conducted to develop a profile of TBR community college faculty and to assess the relationship between these demographic variables and the need for and selection of faculty development topics. Data collection was conducted using the Faculty Development Questionnaire . A selective random sample was drawn …

The Evolution Of Non-Collegiate Private Studio Voice Instruction In Select Samplings In The United States, Samuel Devaughn Shingles

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A Study On Attitudes Of Rural And Urban Respiratory Care Practitioners Toward The Impact Of Continuing Education, Donald A. Samples

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The purpose of this study was to examine the preferences, impact, and attitude of respiratory care practitioners toward continuing education. A review of demographic characteristics was conducted to develop a professional profile of practitioners in Tennessee. An assessment of continuing education practices provided information concerning types of courses, preferences, and methods used to meet continuing education requirements. Data collection was made possible through the use of a questionnaire. A stratified random sample was drawn from the 1,966 respiratory care practitioners in Tennessee. Based on the practitioner's residence, 150 practitioners were selected from rural and urban communities. A total of 300 …

Writing Center Practices In Tennessee Community Colleges, James E. Crawford

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The objective of this study was to develop a profile of writing centers in twelve community colleges governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. This profile included how they were established, how they are funded and staffed, what services are provided and to whom, how training is provided for staff, and how technology is incorporated. More important than the profile itself, however, was an analysis of successful and unsuccessful practices, especially those related to governance, structure, and training of staff, as revealed through the perceptions and experiences of writing center directors. Because electronic technology has transformed the craft of writing, …

High School Block Scheduling As A Stimulus: A Multiple-Site Case Study, William H. Phelps

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The purpose of this study was to identify the processes that have been used for implementing the alternative scheduling plan of block scheduling in high schools. The study attempted to discover what professional development activities were used for the change, if teachers altered instruction, and what additional staff development was needed. The qualitative method of case study research was selected for the study. The investigator chose five public high schools, representing city and county systems and different professional development budgets and types of instructional support. Central office administrators who were responsible for the implementation of block scheduling, principals, and a …

The Ottoman Navy 1900-1918 : A Study Of The Material Personnel And Professional Development Of The Ottoman Navy From 1900 Through The Italian, Balkan, And First World Wars., Karl Wilhelm Augustus Darr

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As seafaring states evolve into nations and nations into empires, the power that protects such maturation is seapower. Geographic isolation via deserts or seas can obtain time for political and social evolution. However, only a formidable naval presence can ensure external security in order that internal reforms take root. No major modern power has survived without an adequate indigenous navy. This doctrine holds true especially in reviewing the navy of the Ottoman Empire in the early twentieth century.

In this thesis, l show that the absence of tangible fleet units cost the Ottoman Empire not only the peripheries of the …