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A Measurement Of The Electroweak Asymmetry Parameter For The Tau Lepton Using The 1993 And 1994-95 Sld Data Sample, Brett Day Bolen

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Swimming Performance Of Bigmouth, Ictiobus Cyprinellus (Valenciennes), And Smallmouth Buffalo, Ictiobus Bubalus (Rafinesque), Steven Reid Adams

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The Perfect Good Time, Theron J. Hopkins

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The Search For The Sacred : A Study Of Cormac Mccarthy's Child Of God And Outer Dark, Sean Stanley Krause

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A Study Of The Republican Party In Wilkes County, North Carolina, Judith Bouchelle Jones

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Copper Nucleation, Electrodeposition, And Alloy Formation In The Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Methyl-3-Ethylimidazolium Chloride Room-Temperature Molten Salt, Brian J. Tierney

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Dynamics And Control Of Feed/Effluent Heat Exchangers / By Prabhuram Thiagarajan, Prabhuram Thiagarajan

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Fannye Mae's Beauty Salon : The Old-Time Beauty Shop And A Community Of Women In Jackson, Mississippi / By Lynn Adams Wilkins, Lynn Adams Wilkins

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Development And Evaluation Of An Assay For Inhibitors Of Complement Activation / By Xiaoyan Zhu, Xiaoyan Zhu

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A Tripartite Perspective On Reading And Interpretation : A Reading Practice On William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell, Robert Milton Sea

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Effect Of Cracks On Rain Infiltration In A Mississippi Delta Clay Soil, Robert Ray Wells

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Currently, researchers are trying to understand the processes involved with infiltration in fractured rock and shrink/swell soils. Historically, the problem has been approached from ideal conditions to describe the processes occurring in the matrix mass. This research attempts to show the impact of crack surfaces on the ponding time and infiltration rate with a Sharkey silty clay, near level phase soil.

The experiments were conducted under laboratory conditions using a rainfall simulator providing a rainfall intensity of 30 mm/hr. TDR water probes were used to monitor the movement of the wetting front, a scale monitored the infiltration rate, and changes …

Design Modification And Optimization Of The Interior Ballistics For An Existing Naval Gun System., Gregory Allen Dennison

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This thesis determines the physical, chemical and thermodynamic properties of an advanced solid propellant that can be used in the proposed upgrade of the Navy's 5-inch, Mark 45 gun system to achieve a muzzle energy of 14.928x16^6 ft-lbf (20.24 mega Joules(MJ)) firing a proposed 110 pound Precision Guided Munition (PGM). This energy level corresponds to an 95% increase over the current system that uses Navy Cool, or NACO, solid propellant and a 70 pound projectile. The propellant properties were parameterized using the interior ballistics simulation code known as Interior Ballistics of High Velocity Guns - 2 (IBHVG2), version 505D. The …

Chaos Theory In Educational Systems: Principals' Perceptions Of Sensitive Dependence On Initial Conditions, Suzan B. Baker

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This study investigated the characteristic of chaos theory called sensitive dependence on initial conditions or butterfly effect in schools and school systems. The purpose of the study was to develop insight into school systems by determining if categories or factors of behaviors or decisions have been observed in school systems which are sensitive to initial conditions and are therefore likely to produce exponential effects. A modified critical incident technique was used to collect data from experienced principals in three moderate sized regions in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. Participants reported incidents that were sensitive to initial conditions during interviews. The …

Job Competencies, Career Paths, And Educational Backgrounds Of "Fortune" 500 Training Directors, Rachael A. Shultz

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This study examined the job competencies, career paths, and educational backgrounds of training directors and also compared the responses of male and female training directors in an attempt to identify possible sources of justification for reported male/female salary differences. Data for the study were gathered through the use of two questionnaires. The first was based on a part of the American Society for Training and Development's (ASTD) 1987-1989 Competency and Standards Study. Additionally, a demographic questionnaire dealing with biographical, educational, and professional characteristics was self-developed. Both were mailed to training directors in all Fortune 500 companies. Major findings include: (1) …

Teacher Attitudes Toward The Professional Evaluation Process, Sandra L. Sanders

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This study identified teacher attitudes toward the professional evaluation process as preparation for moving from the current traditional process toward a more authentic process. The descriptive study utilized survey methodology. The Teacher Evaluation Survey, developed by the researcher, was administered along with a demographic data sheet to a stratified random sample of 475 public school teachers in the Sullivan County Tennessee school system. A 60% return rate was obtained. Analysis of the data, collected to answer the five research questions and ten hypotheses, revealed the following: Teachers feel that the current evaluation process closely resembles a competency-based process and that …

Prediction Of Student Completion Of An Associate Degree Radiologic Technology Program, Donna R. Shehane

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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the admission/selection process of the Radiologic Technology Program at East Tennessee State University to ascertain predictive validity of the admission process and to identify specific indicators leading to program completion. The population for this investigation consisted of 510 students who had applied to East Tennessee State University and the Radiologic Technology Program from 1991 through 1993. Data were collected from institutional and program academic records. Correlation research was chosen to establish validity. One-way Analysis of Variance and t-test were applied to investigate different admission parameters and discriminate analysis was completed due …

Linking Teacher Evaluation, Professional Growth, And Motivation: A Multiple-Site Case Study, Nancy C. Wagner

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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of the activities, processes, and structures used to link a teacher evaluation program to professional growth and motivation. A total of 52 teachers in the Johnson City School System, who were scheduled for evaluation during the 1994-95 school year, were selected by both random and purposeful sampling techniques to participate. Data were collected through both quantitative and qualitative methods. Principals of the nine schools involved also participated in the naturalistic inquiry component of the study. Data were analyzed both deductively and inductively. The analysis revealed attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions …

Interactive Television In The Classroom: A Comparison Of Student Math Achievement Among Three Instructional Settings, Sherri L. Hodge-Hardin

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A dramatic expansion of distance learning through the use of interactive television (ITV) is allowing colleges and universities to offer students potentially unlimited access to educational and training opportunities. While the expanding information age beckons us to consider mechanisms for using communication technologies for the benefit of meeting the needs of learners in a variety of locations, the question may be raised--Is ITV an effective medium of instruction? This study examined the effectiveness of using an interactive television system to broadcast developmental algebra classes at East Tennessee State University. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were …

"Merkabah Stratum" Of The Short Recension Of 2 Enoch, Andrei Orlov

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The understanding of the Jewish literary environment of Early Christianity is important for Biblical research. One of the major textual sources of that environment is the so-called Enochic literature -a number of documents which were composed from the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. in Jewish and Christian communities. These texts are mainly dedicated to apocalyptic descriptions of the heavenly journeys of Enoch ben Jared, a well known Biblical character. The language and ideas of the Enochic literature had a great influence on the New Testament and on early Christology.

Global Coherence And The Teaching Of Composition., Frank A. Davis 1953-

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Within the discipline of rhetoric and composition, the notion of coherence possesses the status of sine qua non, yet this notion has been treated unevenly or been taken for granted, much as the process of composing itself was taken for granted for the better part of this century. This practice has occurred for the following reasons: coherence is the "unmarked" condition of speech, and by transfer, also the "unmarked" condition of writing; the surface language of a composition has traditionally been the focus for solving any problems of coherence; and, collateral disciplines have not been sufficiently drawn upon in understanding …

Preprocessing Of Microcirculatory Images., Mohamed S. Mansour

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This thesis project consists of the development of a computerized image processing system to preprocess microvascular images of the mouse Latisimus Dorsi Muscle (LDM). This research has been conducted in association with the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Louisville. The input to the system is a set of 35 or more overlapping microscopic fields or sub_images containing segments of the LDM microcirculation, the output is an adjacent single montage encompassing the entire LDM microvasculature. The developed system presents practical solutions to the problems of image registration, overlap resolution, and image segmentation, in addition, the results …

Performance Evaluation Of Forward Error Correction For Narrowband Personal Communications Systems, Wenxia Zhang

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Teaching The Piccolo Trumpet : From The Perspectives Of Selected University Trumpet Teachers, Danny Keith Ellis

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The Case Of The Reluctant Story : The Allain Sex Scandal, William Franklin West

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Fertility Effects Of Genes Causing Reproductive Isolation Inferred From Three-Way Hybrids In Phacelia, Helen Zhujun Hou

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Prior studies of reproductive isolation among three varieties of Phacelia dubia have found that gene loci encoding isozymes of glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) were associated with hybrid sterility. In the first part of this study, I generated three-way hybrids to determine if the genetic or chromosomal region linked to GOT encoding loci has major effects on hybrid sterility and if any observed effects were similar in different genetic backgrounds. In three-way crosses, F1 hybrids of two varieties were crossed to a third variety. Fertilities of three-way hybrids were estimated and their GOT genotypes were ascertained by starch gel electrophoresis. A …

Jane Eyre And The Postcolonial Bildungsroman., Patricia R. Payette

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Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is often considered a classic Bildungsroman and an early example of feminist fiction because its plot concerns the progress of a lonely and outspoken orphaned girl whose self-determination and independence eventually lead her to wealth and a successful marriage. However, as the novels by three twentieth-century Caribbean authors illustrate, the paradigm of female development presented in Jane Eyre is not applicable to females from the West Indies who are faced with racial and cultural barriers that are part of growing up in a colonized society. Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy (1990), and …

The Theology Of Atonement Sacrifice In Leviticus 1, 4:1-6:7, And 16, Glenn Pemberton

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The theology of Old Testament atonement sacrifice is foundational for both Judaism and Christianity. However, despite a consensus on its importance, the theology of atonement sacrifice remains elusive. Scholars differ significantly on the purpose, meaning, and object of atonement, as well as the modus operandi of atonement sacrifice. This study focuses on specific exegetical issues that arise from the primary sources for atonement sacrifice (Leviticus 1:1-17, 4:1-6:7, and 16:1-34) in an attempt to understand the theology of atonement sacrifice.

Mule Racing In The Mississippi Delta, 1938-1950, Karen Marie Glynn

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The cultural values of white planters and the African-American community converged during the public performance of mule racing in the Mississippi Delta. Afraid of being humiliated in public by unskilled black riders representing their plantations on unpredictable mules, planters spent time and money to find fast mules and talented hostlers. The planters' overt behavior acknowledging skilled African-American hostlers transcended the Sambo-style stereotype of mule racing promoted by the white community. Thus, they temporarily allied their values with those of the African-American community, which interpreted the races as a celebration of the skills of black farm hands. This research paper pieces …

A Way Out Of No Way : African-American Culture And Empowerment At The Ichauway Plantation Baseball Diamond And Store, Charles Mccutchon Yarborough

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Persistent Oral Dyskinesias Induced By Long-Term Haloperidol Treatment Is Dissociated From Changes In Neostriatal B(Max) And Mrna Content For Dopamine D(2) Receptors, Nuoyu Huang

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Due to the presumed associations of dopamine (DA) receptor supersensitivity phenomena in both long-term neuroleptic-treated tardive dyskinetic rats and neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine (n6-OHDA)-lesioned rats, we studied the influence of haloperidol on n6-OHDA-lesioned rats. At 3 days after birth rats received 6-OHDA-HBr (200 $\mu$g, bilateral intracerebroventricularly; desipramine pretreatment, 20 mg/kg, 1h) or vehicle. Two months later haloperidol (1.5/kg/day $\times$ 2 days/week for 4 weeks, then 1.5 mg/kg/day, every day for 10 months) was added to the drinking water. Spontaneous oral activity of intact and n6-OHDA-lesioned rats receiving haloperidol was reached and maintained at significantly higher levels after 15 weeks of haloperidol treatment. …