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Gothicism In Washington Irving's Tales Of A Traveller, Murray Buford Montague Jan 1988

Gothicism In Washington Irving's Tales Of A Traveller, Murray Buford Montague

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Political Development In Saudi Arabia : A Comparative Study Of Executive And Legislative Functions In Nation-Building And Institution-Building, Abdulrahman A. Al-Shalhoub Jan 1988

Political Development In Saudi Arabia : A Comparative Study Of Executive And Legislative Functions In Nation-Building And Institution-Building, Abdulrahman A. Al-Shalhoub

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A Gathering Of Remarkable Women In The Dramas Of Athol Fugard, Arleen B. Dowd Jan 1988

A Gathering Of Remarkable Women In The Dramas Of Athol Fugard, Arleen B. Dowd

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The Effects Of Smoking On Discriminative Force Emission In Humans, Michael J. Klitzke Jan 1988

The Effects Of Smoking On Discriminative Force Emission In Humans, Michael J. Klitzke

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The Thunder Of The Wings : The Sonnets Of Robinson Jeffers, Susan Therese Moskop Jan 1988

The Thunder Of The Wings : The Sonnets Of Robinson Jeffers, Susan Therese Moskop

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Pimozide's Effects On Rats' Performance In A Force-Proportionalreinforcement Paradigm : A Rate-Free Method Of Assessing Reinforcement Efficacy, Michael Austin Kirkpatrick Jan 1988

Pimozide's Effects On Rats' Performance In A Force-Proportionalreinforcement Paradigm : A Rate-Free Method Of Assessing Reinforcement Efficacy, Michael Austin Kirkpatrick

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The Ten Most Successful Magazines Launched Between 1980 And 1985: A Comparative Study, Usha Ramachandran Jan 1988

The Ten Most Successful Magazines Launched Between 1980 And 1985: A Comparative Study, Usha Ramachandran

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The Impact Of Multicultural Education On The Self-Concept, Racial Attitude, And Student Achievement Of Black And White Fifth Andsixth Graders / By Ollye Brown Shirley, Ollye Brown Shirley Jan 1988

The Impact Of Multicultural Education On The Self-Concept, Racial Attitude, And Student Achievement Of Black And White Fifth Andsixth Graders / By Ollye Brown Shirley, Ollye Brown Shirley

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Sam Shepard's Critical Reputation 1964-1987 : A Reference Guide, Mark D. Garrett Jan 1988

Sam Shepard's Critical Reputation 1964-1987 : A Reference Guide, Mark D. Garrett

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Effects Of Ascorbic Acid In Combination With Either Haloperidolor D-Amphetamine On The Operant Behavior Of Rats, Ruey-Ming Liao Jan 1988

Effects Of Ascorbic Acid In Combination With Either Haloperidolor D-Amphetamine On The Operant Behavior Of Rats, Ruey-Ming Liao

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The Self-Inventing Self In The Afro-American Female Bildungsroman : A Study Of Selected Works By Zora Neale Hurston And Toni Morrison, Dana Polus Jan 1988

The Self-Inventing Self In The Afro-American Female Bildungsroman : A Study Of Selected Works By Zora Neale Hurston And Toni Morrison, Dana Polus

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Effects Of Information Provision On Aids-Related Fears, Brenda Ann Husfeldt Jan 1988

Effects Of Information Provision On Aids-Related Fears, Brenda Ann Husfeldt

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The Voice From The Torrent : Notes Toward The Meaning Of Poetry, Juliet Eagan Jan 1988

The Voice From The Torrent : Notes Toward The Meaning Of Poetry, Juliet Eagan

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The Effects Of Administrative Uses Of Computer Assisted Telecommunications On School Attendance, Carroll M. Helm Dec 1987

The Effects Of Administrative Uses Of Computer Assisted Telecommunications On School Attendance, Carroll M. Helm

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The purpose of the study is to determine if students who were called with a computer assisted dialing device would have a better attendance record than students who were not called. One hundred and fifty students from three East Tennessee schools were chosen at the beginning of the 1986-1987 school year to serve as the control group. At the end of the 1986-1987 school year another 150 students were selected from the same three schools who had been called with the computer dialing device. Students were compared based on their attendance record for the entire eight month period. Using the …


The Effects Of Administrative Uses Of Computer Assisted Telecommunications On School Attendance, Carroll M. Helm Dec 1987

The Effects Of Administrative Uses Of Computer Assisted Telecommunications On School Attendance, Carroll M. Helm

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The purpose of the study is to determine if students who were called with a computer assisted dialing device would have a better attendance record than students who were not called. One hundred and fifty students from three East Tennessee schools were chosen at the beginning of the 1986-1987 school year to serve as the control group. At the end of the 1986-1987 school year another 150 students were selected from the same three schools who had been called with the computer dialing device. Students were compared based on their attendance record for the entire eight month period. Using the …


Effective And Less Effective Schools: Differences In Morale And Leader Behaviors As Revealed By Selected Observations, Jerry A. Lynn Dec 1987

Effective And Less Effective Schools: Differences In Morale And Leader Behaviors As Revealed By Selected Observations, Jerry A. Lynn

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The purpose of this study was: (a) to determine if a significant difference exists between leadership behavior of principals in effective schools when compared to leadership behavior of principals in less effective schools as perceived by teachers, (b) to determine if a significant difference exists in teacher morale in effective schools when compared to less effective schools, and (c) to determine if a significant difference exists in the comparison of the correlations between leadership behaviors of principals and factors contributing to teacher morale in effective schools when compared to less effective schools. A total of 158 teachers returned completed questionnaires. …


A Study Of The Relative Contribution Of Selected Sociocultural And Personality Variables To The Explanation Of Prejudice And Discrimination In South Dakota, Dan Peterson Jan 1987

A Study Of The Relative Contribution Of Selected Sociocultural And Personality Variables To The Explanation Of Prejudice And Discrimination In South Dakota, Dan Peterson

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Very little research has been conducted in South Dakota on the subject of prejudice and discrimination. This research not only attempts to address this lack of research, but it also attempts to assess the functions that prejudicial attitudes may serve as well as to provide further insight into the explanatory power of divergent theoretical perspectives (psychological and sociological). In order to fill this gap in regional research, a questionnaire was administered to a sample of college freshman attending one of the state colleges in South Dakota. Results of the survey indicated that those sampled were neither unprejudiced nor highly prejudiced, …


Validation Of The Defining Characteristics Of Disturbance In Self-Esteem In Patients With Anorexia Nervosa, June C. Peterson Larson Jan 1987

Validation Of The Defining Characteristics Of Disturbance In Self-Esteem In Patients With Anorexia Nervosa, June C. Peterson Larson

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A low self-esteem is a critical, pervasive problem in the lives of clients with eating disorders. The purpose of this study was to validate the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis, Disturbance in Self-Esteem, in a specific population group. The purposive, nonprobability sample consisted of 26 females between the ages of 13 and 24 who had a medical diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa. This study addressed the following question: Does the cluster of defining characteristics for Disturbance in Self-Esteem, as defined by NANDA, occur in clients diagnosed as having Anorexia Nervosa; clients in whom a disturbed self-esteem is manifest.
The Tennessee …


The Cat That Scratched : A Study Of The Arkansaw Thomas Cat, Michael J. Pettengell Jan 1987

The Cat That Scratched : A Study Of The Arkansaw Thomas Cat, Michael J. Pettengell

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An Evening With Paris : An Acting Recital, Laura Jeanne Paris Jan 1987

An Evening With Paris : An Acting Recital, Laura Jeanne Paris

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A Comparative Study Of Traditional Nursing Schedules Vs. Extended Nursing Schedules On Patient Satisfaction, Cheryl J. Erler Jan 1987

A Comparative Study Of Traditional Nursing Schedules Vs. Extended Nursing Schedules On Patient Satisfaction, Cheryl J. Erler

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This study compared patient satisfaction with nursing care given by nurses working traditional eight-hour shifts versus the satisfaction of patients being cared for by nurses working twelve-hour shifts.
The conceptual framework was derived from Systems Theory incorporating the interrelated subsystems within the organization that contribute to patient satisfaction as identified by Johnson, Kast, and Rosenzweig (1973).
The Patient Satisfaction Instrument designed by Risser(1975) and adapted by Hinshaw and Atwood (1979) for in-patient use was utilized for data collection. One medical-surgical unit in a Veterans Administration Hospital constituted the experimental group where patients were surveyed before and after the staffing change. …


Selected Metaphors In Elie Wiesel, Jane Frances Sundal Jan 1987

Selected Metaphors In Elie Wiesel, Jane Frances Sundal

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Who is Elie Wiesel? Elie Wiesel, a Jewish writer, is the 1986 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was born on September 30, 1928 in Sighet, Rumania, a small village in the Carpathian Mountains. When he was a young boy, he was a sensitive student who especially enjoyed studying the Talmud and other Jewish religious texts. In 1944 when he was fifteen, his father, a shopkeeper; his mother, an educated woman; his two older sisters, a baby sister and he were deported by cattle car to Auschwitz. The men and women were separated; he never saw his mother and …


Bodybuilders' Knowledge And Perceptions Of The Use Of Anabolic Steroids, James P. Combs Jan 1987

Bodybuilders' Knowledge And Perceptions Of The Use Of Anabolic Steroids, James P. Combs

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This study addressed the following questions:
1. What knowledge do bodybuilders have regarding the positive and negative effects of anabolic steroids?
2. What is the perception of bodybuilders regarding the positive and negative effects of anabolic steroids?


Platonic Elements In Three Modern Masters : Braque, Matisse, Mondrian, Cliff Getty Mcmahon Jan 1987

Platonic Elements In Three Modern Masters : Braque, Matisse, Mondrian, Cliff Getty Mcmahon

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A Comparative Analysis Of The Lethality Of Technical Grade Fenvalerate And The Fenvalerate Formulation Pydrin / By Emily Gay Williamson, Emily Gay Williamson Jan 1987

A Comparative Analysis Of The Lethality Of Technical Grade Fenvalerate And The Fenvalerate Formulation Pydrin / By Emily Gay Williamson, Emily Gay Williamson

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Southern, Female And Christian : A Comparative Study Of Christian Orthodoxy In The Short Fictionof Flannery O'Connor And Doris Betts / By Melony J. Wilson, Melony J. Wilson Jan 1987

Southern, Female And Christian : A Comparative Study Of Christian Orthodoxy In The Short Fictionof Flannery O'Connor And Doris Betts / By Melony J. Wilson, Melony J. Wilson

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An Annotated Bibliography Of Criticism On Henry James's The American, Tammy S. Clark Jan 1987

An Annotated Bibliography Of Criticism On Henry James's The American, Tammy S. Clark

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Use Of The Critical Incident Technique In Identifying Factors Related To Pharmacy Staff Turnover At The University Of Alabama Hospital, Nancy Claire Cooper Jan 1987

Use Of The Critical Incident Technique In Identifying Factors Related To Pharmacy Staff Turnover At The University Of Alabama Hospital, Nancy Claire Cooper

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Daisy Miller From Story To Film : A Study In Adaptation, Jerome Hines Billingsley Jan 1987

Daisy Miller From Story To Film : A Study In Adaptation, Jerome Hines Billingsley

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The Oxford Influence : A Series Of Alumni Art Exhibitions 1987-1988, Frances Pinson Drummond Jan 1987

The Oxford Influence : A Series Of Alumni Art Exhibitions 1987-1988, Frances Pinson Drummond

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