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The Relationship Of Personality Type To Leader Style And Perceived Effectiveness Among Dental Hygiene School Administrators, Susan J. Willette

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The purpose of this study was to identify personality types among dental hygiene school administrators and faculty and to determine if correlations existed between leader style, ideologies of leader style, perceived effectiveness, and personality type. Selected demographic variables were also examined. The dimensions of personality investigated were derived from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: extroversion, introversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging, and perceiving. The leadership behavior dimensions were the two dimensions of the real and ideal Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaires: consideration and initiating structure. Effectiveness was measured by a 39 item Likert-type instrument based on Tucker's (1981) categorical listing of chairperson …

The Effect Of Repetitive Midazolam Treatment On Acoustical Startle In Rats, Robert Francis Mirabella

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Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs that have several actions including hypnotic features, anti-convulsant features, and anxiolytic features. Midazolam (MZ), a short acting benzodiazepine, is of special interest because of its probable high abuse potential and its efficacy as a preanesthetic.

Tolerance to drug effect has been found for both the hypnotic and anti-convulsant activity of benzodiazepines. Tolerance to the anxiolytic activity of benzodiazepines, however, is less clear. Evidence suggests that the time course for the development of tolerance associated with the anxiolytic action of MZ is slower than the time course associated with tolerance to the sedative and anticonvulsant …

The Use Of Orientalism In The Drama Of Elizabeth Inchbald, Valerie Denise Adams

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Throughout the eighteenth century, interest in the East continued to flourish and incentives to travel there increased. As colonial expansion grew, the middle class began touring abroad with their entire families. Returning home full of excitement from their adventures in exotic places, they felt compelled to publish travel books and to share what they had seen. The materials and interpretations of the East that appeared in the travel books captured the imagination of numerous writers in England and created a large body of literature in which the Orient was the background.

One of these writers was Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald. This …

The Use Of Orientalism In The Drama Of Elizabeth Inchbald, Valerie Denise Adams

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The Effects Of Violent Lyric Content In Popular Music On Aggression : A Test Of The Response-Induction Hypothesis / By Buren Steve Smith, Jr, Buren Steve Smith

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The Role Of Attractiveness In Reasons Given For Engaging In Initial Intercourse, Sheila Mclean

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Persistence In Peril : Candide's Optimism : A Scenographic Design Project For Candide, Kenneth Andrew Parks

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The Nature Of Gods And Religion In Aeschylean Drama, Masoud Nourizadeh

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The Song In Search Of Itself : The Healing Process In August Wilson's Published Plays, Jennifer Kay Mcmullen

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The Effects Of Mental Rehearsal On The Learning And Performanceof The Roundhouse Volleyball Serve, Kalani Mahi

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The Effect Of Repetitive Midazolam Treatment On Acoustical Startle In Rats, Robert Francis Mirabella

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Assessment And Alteration Of A Disturbance In Body Image, Victoria Lynne Cook

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The Bulimia Test-Revised : A Psychometric Investigation, Tracie Nadine Brelsford

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The Effects Of A Ten-Week Aerobic Exercise Program On Health Andphysical Fitness Levels Of Individuals With Down Syndrome / By Edith Ella Starnes, Edith Ella Starnes

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Isolation Versus Community : A Study Of The Thematic Development Of The Waves / By Jimmie H. Sanford, Jimmie H. Sanford

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Prevention Of Adolescent Drug And Alcohol Abuse : A Study Of The Mediating Effects Of Anxiety / By Rosemary Taylor, Rosemary Taylor

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A Study Of The Relationship Between George Eliot And Her Heroines, Jee Young Lee

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Cotton Mather And Conduct Literature For Women, Vanita Beth Bunce

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Effects Of Exercise On Blood Glucose Levels In Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Cindy Hedden

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The Effect Of Persuasive Information And Pre-Existing Conditionon College Women's Premenstrual Complaint, Lisa Johnson-Greene

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A Comparative Literature Survey Of Philosophies And Opinions Concerning The Instructional Effectiveness Of Popular Music In Thesecondary Choral Curriculum, Stephen Richard Eaves

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Determining How Mississippi Farmers Use Radio To Obtain Agriculture News And Information, Johnny W. Morgan

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Only Crazy People Talk To Themselves : The Multiple Self In The First Person Novels Of Charlotte Bronte, Edwin John Mcallister

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A Study Of Learning Activities Of Selected Caregivers Of Alzheimer's Patients In East Tennessee, Jeannette G. Mclaughlin

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The problem of this study was to identify and describe the individual learning activities of caregivers of people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and to develop an analytical description of the patterns of learning of these adults. An instrument was not available for use; therefore, a focused interview guide was developed. The interview guide was developed through consultation with several spouses or adult children caring for Alzheimer's patients, professionals in the health care field, and a review of the literature. The major analysis procedure for the study was the constant comparative method, an inductive method that has been used …

An Administrative Model For Professional Development Centers In The Reform Of Teacher Education, Norma J. Morrison

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The problem of this study was to identify a validated model of professional development centers (PDCs) for teacher education that could be applied collaboratively by administrators in higher education and the local school systems. A thorough investigation failed to reveal a model. Therefore, a professional development center model was synthesized from the literature, attributes of existing centers, and ideas of East Tennessee educators who were in positions to implement such a model. The examination of centers incorporated both quantitative and qualitative research methodology. The quantitative investigation was a combination of inductive and deductive analysis of responses to a survey form …

A Comparison Of Two Hypnotic Methods For Achieving And Maintaining Abstinence From Smoking, Ronald Lee Lutz

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Although many different approaches, including hypnosis, are used to help cigarette smokers quit, a review of the literature indicates that no one treatment outperforms any other in preventing relapse and promoting long-term abstinence.

One technique which has been used in a limited way to prevent relapse is the programmed relapse episode. Some research suggests that the use of a programmed relapse with cigarette smokers trying to quit may actually increase the likelihood of relapse. This study hypothesized that one way to obtain the possible instructional benefits of a programmed relapse without precipitating actual relapse may be to employ a hypnotically …

Assessment Of Male Body Image: Correlates And Components, Patricia Alexander

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A Comparison Of Career Ladder Iii And Career Ladder I Elementary Principals' Leader Behavior And Organizational Climate, Eugene H. Johnson

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The perceptions of elementary teachers with regard to the leadership behavior exhibited by their principals and to the organizational climate of their schools were examined in this study. The purpose of the study was to determine whether Tennessee elementary principals who achieved Career Ladder III standing exhibited more effective leadership behaviors and maintained a more suitable organizational climates than Career Ladder I principals. This study followed the ex-post facto research approach and utilized data obtained through use of the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire Form 12 (LBDQ-12) and the Revised Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ-RE). Responses were obtained from 590 teachers …

A History Of Today's Christian Woman: 1978-1988, Janet Traylor Addison

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Assessment Of The Body Schema, Teresa Jo Lollis

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