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The Relationship Between Exercise Activities And Self-Esteem In Elderly Populations, Marcia Taylor Jun 1986

The Relationship Between Exercise Activities And Self-Esteem In Elderly Populations, Marcia Taylor

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It has been recognized that there is a connection between exercise and mental well-being and studies conducted on college students and employees by Hayden and Allen, Pauley, Palmer, Wright, and Pfeiffer, and Short, DiCarlo, Steffee, and Pavolou all support a positive relationship between physical exercise and a feeling of positive self-worth. It has also been found by Conroy, Smith, and Felthous and Collingwood that physical fitness can function as a therapeutic intervention for mentally and physically debilitated clients. However, none of these studies segregated the findings according to group or individual exercise activities. The potential influence of the group setting …

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A Study Of Three Fourth Century Christian Writers' Reactions To Pagan Education, Richard Allen Wright Jun 1986

A Study Of Three Fourth Century Christian Writers' Reactions To Pagan Education, Richard Allen Wright

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During the fourth century of the common era, a period which saw the acceptance of Christianity by the Roman empire and with that the continuing problem of how to relate Christ and culture, several of the fathers of the church wrote concerning the education of Christians. What did these men have in mind when they talked about Christian education? How did this relate to pagan education? Was there any compatibility between the two, and if so, what was it?

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Effect Of Level Of Exercise Of Self-Care Agency And Selected Pain Treatment Modalities In Surgical Patients, Candice Pederson May 1986

Effect Of Level Of Exercise Of Self-Care Agency And Selected Pain Treatment Modalities In Surgical Patients, Candice Pederson

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Imagine being in severe pain. Imagine having significant pain for an extended period of time. Imagine being dependent on others for the relief of this pain. And imagine the anxiety associated with the uncertainty of not knowing pain relief will come when it is needed. The preceding are common occurrences among those persons facing illness, injury or surgery. The anxiety surrounding the fear that this pain will not be relieved can augment the pain itself. Post-operative pain can lead to complications such as pneumonia, atelectasis, and immobility. For example, research has indicated that measures which decrease pain may increase lung …

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A Comparison Of Leadership Styles Between College Physical Education Instructors And College Football Coaches, Randy R. Megard May 1986

A Comparison Of Leadership Styles Between College Physical Education Instructors And College Football Coaches, Randy R. Megard

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The study of leadership in physical education and athletics is a relatively new area but some groundwork has already been laid. Knickerbocker considered the primary function of a leader to be organizing the activities of individuals toward the accomplishment of some end through controlling the means for the satisfaction of relevant needs of members of that group. Leadership is personality in action under group conditions. It includes dominant personality traits of an individual and receptive personality qualities of many persons. Many terms and classifications have been used to describe leaders. Bogardus for example described leadership in relation to other people …

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Ozonation Of A Municipal Surface Water Supply To Reduce Trihalomethanes, Odor, Chlorine Demand, And Organics, Pen-Shi Peter Lee May 1986

Ozonation Of A Municipal Surface Water Supply To Reduce Trihalomethanes, Odor, Chlorine Demand, And Organics, Pen-Shi Peter Lee

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The Lake Kampeska Filtration Plant draws its drinking water supply from the Lake Kampeska as a part of the drinking water system for the city of Watertown, South Dakota. In this investigation, an ozonation pilot plant was used to determine the effect of ozonation on trihalomethane formation, odor, chlorine demand, and organics. Spectrophotometric characteristics were analyzed for surrogate parameter studies. Following a preliminary study based on trihalomethane reduction, ozone dosages of 0, 4, 8, and 12 mg/1 were applied to raw water at detention times of 10, 15, and 20 minutes. Analysis of variance showed that: (1) Ozonation of raw …

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Measurement Of Sprinkler Evaporation Loss, Kris Daniel Kohl May 1986

Measurement Of Sprinkler Evaporation Loss, Kris Daniel Kohl

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Evaporation loss from low pressure spray type sprinklers was investigated with the use of the potassium ion as a chemical tracer in the irrigation water. The experimental set-up consisted of a 121 m line source with low pressure sprinklers attached to 4 m risers simulating the outer span of a center pivot irrigation machine. Potassium ion concentrations were monitored in surface applied water and in the atmosphere at a 60-m downwind location. Evaporation losses ranged from 0.5 to 1.4 % for a smooth spray plate sprinkler and from 0.36 to 0.58 % for a coarse serrated plate sprinkler. Measured evaporation …

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Effects Of Gamma Irradiation On Chicken Fats, Myung Chul Kim May 1986

Effects Of Gamma Irradiation On Chicken Fats, Myung Chul Kim

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Food irradiation is a process which may provide an alternative to existing conventional food processes. It will not completely replace or substitute for other processes, but its unique qualities offer an additional processing option. A major difficulty with food irradiation is that it can potentially affect all food, and thus it touches on all food issues - from affecting the physical characteristics of food to labeling and consumer acceptance. Research directed toward the use of radiation for the preservation of foods began in 1945. Most of the studies have been government sponsored, at least partly because the 1985 food additives …

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Special Supplemental Food Program For Women, Infants And Children : Attitudes Of South Dakota Participants, Jane Wilson Howard May 1986

Special Supplemental Food Program For Women, Infants And Children : Attitudes Of South Dakota Participants, Jane Wilson Howard

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The purpose of this study was to document and analyze the attitudes of participants in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in South Dakota. Demographic and attitudinal data were collected in December 1983 from a twelve percent random sample of the participants in the South Dakota WIC Program. Demographic and attitudinal information was obtained from a written attitude assessment instrument designed by the researcher. Seven hundred thirty-two instruments were sent out; 527 were completed and returned. All data was used in compiling response frequencies and statistical analysis. Analysis of variance and the Waller-Duncan t test …

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Effects Of Prostaglandin F2a [Alpha] Dose On Synchronizing Ovine Estrus Using A Single Injection Regimen, Karl F. Hoppe May 1986

Effects Of Prostaglandin F2a [Alpha] Dose On Synchronizing Ovine Estrus Using A Single Injection Regimen, Karl F. Hoppe

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The cyclic nature of the reproductive process for females has elicited the focus of reproductive specialists. Alterations in this cycle may lead to a more productive female and consequently a more productive livestock operation. These alterations could entail changing the time of the year conception can occur and the specific times during the week estrus may be displayed. For example, the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, has an estrous cycle length of approximately 17 d, whereas the European beef cow Bos Taurus has an estrous cycle of approximately 21 d. Variations within species lead to ranges for parameters which may place …

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The Effects Of A Ten Week Aerobic Exercise Program On The Physiological, Cognitive, And Behavioral Functioning Of Institutionalized Retarded Children, Michael Alfred Dupper May 1986

The Effects Of A Ten Week Aerobic Exercise Program On The Physiological, Cognitive, And Behavioral Functioning Of Institutionalized Retarded Children, Michael Alfred Dupper

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The effects of an aerobic exercise program on the physiological, cognitive, and behavioral functioning of ten institutionalized retarded children were studied. The subjects, aged 12-21 years, were trainable mentally retarded students who were randomly divided into experimental (Group I) treatment and control (Group II) groups. Group I participated in a 30 minute aerobic exercise program, three times per week for ten weeks. Group II spent the same amount of time participating in a physical education-motor skills class. All subjects were evaluated at the beginning and end of the ten week period with the Durnin and Rahaman skinfold estimate of body …

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Knowledge Of United States Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Education Held By Selected Tennessee Public School Personnel (Law), William P. Abegglen May 1986

Knowledge Of United States Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Education Held By Selected Tennessee Public School Personnel (Law), William P. Abegglen

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The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge of United States Supreme Court decisions affecting education possessed by public school teachers, principals, superintendents, and board members; to determine if significant differences existed among these groups in their knowledge of Supreme Court decisions affecting education; and to determine if significant differences existed within each group depending on years of experience in education and level of education. Five hundred randomly selected subjects from the public school systems in Tennessee were asked to indicate their knowledge of Supreme Court decisions affecting education by completing the survey instrument, Supreme Court Decisions Impacting …

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Testing Title, Dennis K. Adjeibaah May 1986

Testing Title, Dennis K. Adjeibaah

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Testing the abstract

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The Development Of Community Education In North Carolina As Reflected By Public Awareness And Response To The Program, Grace C. Vaught May 1986

The Development Of Community Education In North Carolina As Reflected By Public Awareness And Response To The Program, Grace C. Vaught

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The problem of this study was to determine the growth and development of the community education program in North Carolina and to determine if this development was reflected by public awareness and response to the program. In reviewing the literature and searching manuals of survey instruments, a questionnaire was not found which would answer the specific questions necessary for the study. A questionnaire was designed and field tested utilizing graduate students and participants in a community education workshop sponsored by National Center for Community Education from Flint, Michigan. The validation was completed by leading authorities in the field of community …

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Nutrient Intake Of Extension Homemakers, Bernadine L. Enevoldsen Apr 1986

Nutrient Intake Of Extension Homemakers, Bernadine L. Enevoldsen

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The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship of certain demographic factors to dietary intake of participants in the Brookings County Extension Homemakers' program. Specific questions to be addressed were: 1. With the availability of knowledge, what are the actual food practices or food habits of women involved in nutrition adult education programs on a regular basis? 2. When their diets are analyzed for selected essential nutrients, will their nutrient intake meet the RDA? 3. What, if any, is the relationship between selected demographic factors and the percent of the RDA for nutrients in their diets? 4. Will …

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Role-Taking And Power In Health Care, Dana Charles De Witt Apr 1986

Role-Taking And Power In Health Care, Dana Charles De Witt

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This study focuses on differential role-taking ability between physicians and nurses. Many sociologists note, subordinates are in positions of lower structural power than superordinates and therefore must employ other means of control. These other strategies of control come from a person’s own interpersonal skills. This source of power is referred to as personal influence and is considered by Franks, Thomas et. al. Wrong, to be more situated in nature than structural power which is viewed as having a more enduring quality. Most persons, regardless of the power of the position they hold.in a given social context, must interact and role-take …

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Role Expectations Of The Clinical Nurse Specialist, Michele Jans Crissman Apr 1986

Role Expectations Of The Clinical Nurse Specialist, Michele Jans Crissman

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The problem under investigation in this study is: To what extent do nurse managers and staff accept the expectations of the clinical nurse specialist in four identified role functions? Because the expectations of the CNS role have considerable influence on how the role is implemented, it would seem appropriate to examine the expectations of this role as accepted 9 by nurse managers and staff nurses. The American Nurses Association's (ANA) Social Policy Statement emphasizes that it is critical for the administrator and other nursing managers to whom the clinical specialist is responsible to understand and respect the individual's qualifications and …

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Moral Drama : The Rhetorical Style Of Geraldine Ferraro, Patricia R. Boik Apr 1986

Moral Drama : The Rhetorical Style Of Geraldine Ferraro, Patricia R. Boik

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Just as the events of the Seneca Falls Convention changed the lives of women in America, Geraldine Ferraro's vice-presidential nomination has provided new opportunities for a new generation. It is the purpose of this study to examine the rhetoric of Ferraro and determine the motivation for the method of style used in her speeches. In rhetorical terms style refers to word choice and usage. The motivating factors and specific style developed by Ferraro were determined by answering the following questions: 1. What historical, economical, and social factors influenced Ferraro's career choices? 2. How are the recurring themes in Ferraro 's …

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Recurrent Themes And Forms Of Support In Selected Speeches By Russell H. Conwell And Robert H. Schuller, Marty J. Birkholt Apr 1986

Recurrent Themes And Forms Of Support In Selected Speeches By Russell H. Conwell And Robert H. Schuller, Marty J. Birkholt

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This study, as an item of scholarly research, may partially fill the existing gap in research concerning the recurrence of themes and forms of support. Whether or not themes and forms of support recur from one speaker to another, this investigation may also provide insight into the practices of homilists. If themes and forms of support do recur from an earlier speaker to a later speaker, the study may be able to assign cause for such recurrence. Any conclusions that can be drawn explaining why themes and forms of support developed by one speaker recur in the rhetoric of another …

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Inhibition Of Psychrotrophic Bacterial Growth In Refrigerated Milk By Addition Of Carbon Dioxide, Robert Francis Roberts Jan 1986

Inhibition Of Psychrotrophic Bacterial Growth In Refrigerated Milk By Addition Of Carbon Dioxide, Robert Francis Roberts

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The advent of on-farm refrigerated storage for raw milk in the late 1940's and its subsequent adoption by North American dairyman 'during the next 20 years essentially eliminated spoilage of milk by lactic acid bacteria. However, refrigeration does not prevent growth of all microorganisms present in raw milk (9, 33, 51, 52, 54, 55). Many microorganisms capable of growth at refrigeration temperatures, termed psychrotrophic bacteria, are present as normal contaminants in raw milk supplies. For purposes of clarity, psychrotrophic microorganisms have been defined as microorganisms capable of growth at 7°C or below regardless of their optimum growth temperature (9). Milk …

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Impacts Of Large-Scale Gravel Excavations, Precipitation, And Runoff On Groundwater Movement And Quality, Mark L. Perry Jan 1986

Impacts Of Large-Scale Gravel Excavations, Precipitation, And Runoff On Groundwater Movement And Quality, Mark L. Perry

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Groundwater makes up approximately one-half of the drinking water supply in the United States. Total groundwater withdrawals in 1980 including irrigation, rural, and industrial water usage con­sisted of almost 90 billion gallons per day am continues to increase. The knowledge of how groundwater moves and how quality changes occur is therefore very important. The Big Sioux River basin of eastern South Dakota contains a large groundwater source, the Big Sioux aquifer. The Big Sioux aquifer is a shallow aquifer consisting of sands and gravels which are good for gravel mining purposes. In the last 20 years, largescale gravel excavations have …

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The Effect Of Nutritional Education Programs On Serum Cholesterol Values, Josephine A. Kahler Jan 1986

The Effect Of Nutritional Education Programs On Serum Cholesterol Values, Josephine A. Kahler

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The three objectives of this study were: 1. To test a simplified nutritional education program and it's effectiveness on lowering serum cholesterol values.
2. To compare the effectiveness of two (partial vs. intense) nutritional education programs on the post serum cholesterol values.
3. To determine which demographic data influences a change in serum cholesterol values in response to a simplified nutritional program.

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The Effect Of Nocturnal Noise Levels In Upper Midwestern Longterm Care Facilities On Sleep Interference In Selected Residents' Well-Being, Jane C. Walgenbach Jan 1986

The Effect Of Nocturnal Noise Levels In Upper Midwestern Longterm Care Facilities On Sleep Interference In Selected Residents' Well-Being, Jane C. Walgenbach

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The objectives of this study were:
1. To determine noise levels in selected upper Midwestern longterm care facilities at night during August and September.
2. To determine to what extent noise levels interfered with residents' nocturnal sleep.
3. To determine to what extent sleep interference affected residents' well-being.
4. To determine to what extent noise levels interfered with residents' well-being.

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Implanting Effects On Performance, Carcass Characteristics And Reproductive Parameters In Intact Beef Males, Shirley J. Gordon Jan 1986

Implanting Effects On Performance, Carcass Characteristics And Reproductive Parameters In Intact Beef Males, Shirley J. Gordon

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The research presented herein was designed to determine the effects of post-weaning implanting on performance, carcass characteristics, hormonal profile and reproductive parameters.

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The Differences In Learning Styles Between Generic And Adult Nursing Students, Dianne L. Clemens Jan 1986

The Differences In Learning Styles Between Generic And Adult Nursing Students, Dianne L. Clemens

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The objectives of this study were:
1. To identify the learning style of generic nursing students enrolled in a midwestern Associate Degree Nursing Program,
2. To identify the learning style of adult nursing students enrolled in a midwestern Associate Degree Nursing Program,
3. To identify differences in learning styles between generic and adult nursing students enrolled in a midwestern Associate Degree Nursing Program,
4. To identify variables associated with learning style in generic and adult nursing students enrolled in a midwestern Associate Degree Nursing Program.

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Hopelessness In The Institutionalized Elderly, Joanne Hansen Jan 1986

Hopelessness In The Institutionalized Elderly, Joanne Hansen

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The losses and stresses of the elderly make them susceptible to powerlessness which ultimately may lead to hopelessness and death. The use of client initiated interventions designed to increase the individual's control of the environment may interrupt the powerlessness, hopelessness and death cycle. The research question for this study addressed the influence of client-initiated interventions on the hopelessness score among the institutionalized elderly.
The specific research questions were:
I. To what extent do the use of client-initiated interventions affect the level of hopelessness in the institutionalized client on a short- and long-term basis?
2. Which of the client-initiated interventions have …

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The Application Of A Falls Risk Index, Marcelline R. Harris Jan 1986

The Application Of A Falls Risk Index, Marcelline R. Harris

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This study examined the prospective use of a falls risk index. The research question was: To what extent do the intrinsic factors identified in the Tinetti et al. falls risk index predict which patients are likely to experience a fall. Hogue's ecological model of falls in late life provided a conceptual framework for the study.
Direct observation was used to collect baseline data from a convenience/purposive sample of 26 male patients in a midwest nursing home care unit with a rehabilitation focus. Patients were then assigned to one of three risk groups: yes-fall, 30% chance of fall, no-fall. Reports of …

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Support Group Effects On Perceived Ease Of Transition Of The Lpn To Ad Student, Illa H. Reeve Jan 1986

Support Group Effects On Perceived Ease Of Transition Of The Lpn To Ad Student, Illa H. Reeve

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The objectives of this study were: 1. To determine the expectations of the members entering a support group developed for the purpose of easing the transition from LPN to AD student.
2. To determine the extent those expectations are met by participation in the support group.
3. To determine the extent of perceived stressors change after participation in the support group as related to:
a. type of identified stressor
b. degree to which an identified stressor is a source of stress.

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Feeding Value Of Acid Hydrolyzed Wood Pulp For Ruminants, Aboubacar S. N'Diaye Jan 1986

Feeding Value Of Acid Hydrolyzed Wood Pulp For Ruminants, Aboubacar S. N'Diaye

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Cellulose is the most abundant and insoluble polysaccharide of the cell wall constituents. It is a polymer of glucose units in which the degree cellulose of polymerization varies within and between sources of. Availability to the rumen microflora ranges from 25 to 90%, making it a potential source of energy for ruminants. Hemicellulose consists of short chains of glucan, polymers of xylose, mannose and galactose plus a mixture of sugars and uronic acid polymers. Lignin is an aromatic compound that is indigestible and is of no nutritive value to mammals. Its main function is to supply strength and rigidity to …

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A Comparative Study Of Speech Fluency : Black Versus White College Male Athletes / By Tommie L. Robinson, Jr, Tommie L. Robinson Jan 1986

A Comparative Study Of Speech Fluency : Black Versus White College Male Athletes / By Tommie L. Robinson, Jr, Tommie L. Robinson

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Community And Environmental Elements Affecting The Range Of Services In Hospitals, Gus Barry Brady Jan 1986

Community And Environmental Elements Affecting The Range Of Services In Hospitals, Gus Barry Brady

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