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A Correlational Study Of Hardiness, Health, And Burnout Among Teachers In The Sullivan County School System, Deborah F. Morelock May 1994

A Correlational Study Of Hardiness, Health, And Burnout Among Teachers In The Sullivan County School System, Deborah F. Morelock

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among hardiness, health and burnout and to investigate the relationships of the subscales of hardiness to health and to the subscales of burnout among teachers in the Sullivan County School System. The Hardiness Test was used to measure hardiness and the Maslach Burnout Inventory Form Ed to measure burnout. Results of the Health Evaluation and Risk Test was reported on the Educators Demographic Data Survey. The study sample consisted of 501 teachers. A statistically significant relationship was revealed between hardiness and health; among the hardiness subscales, commitment accounted for the …

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Marketing Acceptance And Its Relationship To Selected Institutional Characteristics In Higher Education Institutions, Melanie G. Narkawicz May 1994

Marketing Acceptance And Its Relationship To Selected Institutional Characteristics In Higher Education Institutions, Melanie G. Narkawicz

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This study examined the level of acceptance of marketing by colleges and universities in the United States. It was based upon the "Four Stage Model Reflecting the Acceptance of Marketing in Higher Education Institutions" developed by Simmons and Laczniak (1992). The primary purposes of this study were to validate the model and to identify the operational level of marketing acceptance at colleges and universities. Secondary purposes were to determine if the level of acceptance differed according to source of control/affiliation (public v. private), highest level of degree awarded (associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctors), regional location, urban location, and institutional size. Variables …

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Perceived Barriers To Upper Level Career Ladder Status By Eligible Tennessee Educators, Julia J. Price May 1994

Perceived Barriers To Upper Level Career Ladder Status By Eligible Tennessee Educators, Julia J. Price

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This study examines the phenomenon that although 8,900 educators have obtained Career Ladder Levels II and III, there are 27,620 in Tennessee who are eligible for the upper levels of the Career Ladder, but have not obtained these levels. The purpose of the study was to identify the barriers, as perceived by eligible educators in Tennessee, which discourage them from attempting to gain upper level Career Ladder status. The research design was descriptive and utilized data from a survey instrument constructed by the researcher. A pilot test of the instrument was conducted, reliability coefficients calculated, and survey items retained, modified, …

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Principal Internships: Developing Specific Knowledge And Skills As Identified By The National Policy Board For Educational Administration, William D. Russell May 1994

Principal Internships: Developing Specific Knowledge And Skills As Identified By The National Policy Board For Educational Administration, William D. Russell

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The purpose of this study was to measure the learning of the specific skills and knowledge as identified by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration during internships of students from universities participating in the Alliance for the Preparation of Educational Leadership. Former interns from Brigham Young University, East Tennessee State University, Florida State University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, responded to a survey designed to measure the skills and knowledge as defined by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. Indicators of the domains identified by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration allowed former interns to …

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Differential Role Of The Endothelium In Regulating Microvascular Blood Flow, Tao Tang May 1994

Differential Role Of The Endothelium In Regulating Microvascular Blood Flow, Tao Tang

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The vascular endothelial cell (EC) plays an important role in regulating vascular tone and local blood flow by sensing chemical and mechanical stimuli on the vascular wall and releasing a host of vasoactive substances upon activations of endogenous or exogenous vasoactive substances. The central hypothesis is that local control of blood now and autoregulatory behavior in the microcirculation is distinctive at different levels of the vasculature and is dependent on the cellular activities of the EC and its interaction with the local environment. The in vivo as well as the ex vivo, flow-controlled preparations of the hamster cheek pouch were …

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Directing Effective Change: The Autonomy Of The Tennessee Superintendent, Earnest Walker May 1994

Directing Effective Change: The Autonomy Of The Tennessee Superintendent, Earnest Walker

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The problem was to determine certain factors which are perceived to limit the freedom superintendents have to implement change effectively. The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of autonomy with which superintendents in Tennessee may effectively make decisions regarding educational change. There are 138 public school superintendents, of which 132 (96%) participated in this study. The research was of a descriptive nature and utilized data gathered from a survey instrument constructed by the researcher. A questionnaire developed by Dr. John T. Haro in 1990 for a similar study in California was used as a basis for the …

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Actual And Ideal Shared Decision-Making Perceptions Of Elementary School Teachers In East Tennessee, Rebecca F. Walters May 1994

Actual And Ideal Shared Decision-Making Perceptions Of Elementary School Teachers In East Tennessee, Rebecca F. Walters

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The problem of this study was to determine if differences existed between teachers' perceptions of the actual and ideal level of involvement in decision making in elementary schools. It represents one part of a comprehensive research project conducted simultaneously with two other researchers. The parallel studies examined principals' and parents' involvement in school decision making. The study was conducted during the 1993-94 school year in Tennessee. Significant differences were found between teachers' perception of the actual and ideal levels of involvement in decisions concerning the budgetary process, personnel matters, and curriculum decisions. Teachers also indicated that principals and parents should …

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Principals' Beliefs Regarding The Use Of Corporal Punishment In Tennessee's First District Public Schools, Susan M. Kiernan May 1994

Principals' Beliefs Regarding The Use Of Corporal Punishment In Tennessee's First District Public Schools, Susan M. Kiernan

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There were two major purposes of this study. The first purpose was to obtain information from all principals in Tennessee's First District concerning their beliefs about the use of corporal punishment in public schools in Tennessee. Generalizations could be made in areas of similar geographic and cultural makeup. The second purpose of this study was to generate reflective thought in Tennessee's First District to clarify administrators' beliefs as to the use of corporal punishment as a deterrent. Demographic findings of the study revealed a predominately male population of principals. The majority of the population surveyed was male Caucasian. There was …

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Characterization Of The Vasoactivity Of Tachykinins In Isolated Rat Kidney: Functional Studies And In Vitro Receptor Autoradiography, Yuejin Chen May 1994

Characterization Of The Vasoactivity Of Tachykinins In Isolated Rat Kidney: Functional Studies And In Vitro Receptor Autoradiography, Yuejin Chen

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Although tachykinins have potent vascular actions, their effect on renal resistance blood vessels is currently unknown. The vasoactive properties of tachykinins and related analogs were assessed in isolated perfused rat kidney. At a basal perfusion pressure (PP) of 75 $\pm$ 6 mm Hg (n = 5), bolus injections of substance P (SP) had no significant vasoactive effect. Following a sustained increase in baseline PP (134 $\pm$ 10 mm Hg) produced by phenylephrine (1 $\mu$M), SP evoked a dose-dependent increase in PP. The largest dose of SP increased PP by 60 $\pm$ 5 mm Hg. The vasoconstrictor response to SP was …

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An Evaluation Of A Pilot Interpretive Program For National Forest Recreation Areas In East Texas, Ronda Elain Sutphen May 1994

An Evaluation Of A Pilot Interpretive Program For National Forest Recreation Areas In East Texas, Ronda Elain Sutphen

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A visitor survey was conducted at Ratcliff and Double Lake National Forest Recreation Areas to evaluate visitor characteristics and the effectiveness of interpretive services as a management tool. Two hundred eighty-two campers completed the visitor survey. A one hundred percent sample was attempted at both recreation areas every Sunday morning during July and August of 1991. Data from both recreation areas were analyzed and compared in order to determine any significant differences between visitors in each recreation area and also between visitors who attended or did not attend interpretive programs.

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Faith Decisions: Christian Initiation For Children Of The Glenwood Church Of Christ, Tommy W. King May 1994

Faith Decisions: Christian Initiation For Children Of The Glenwood Church Of Christ, Tommy W. King

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The purpose of this study is to produce a program of instruction and events that will facilitate the initiation of children of the Glenwood Church of Christ into the full fellowship of the church. The project begins by identifying the problem of an imprecise definition of the status of children within Churches of Christ and how this uncertainty affects the process of initiating children of the church. The project continues by avowing the innocence of all children while recognizing a difference existing between children of the church and those outside the sphere of the church. The difference is community. Those …

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Sin, Sex, And Segregation : A Study Of Childhood, Gender, And Creativity In Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit, Andrea Denise Lively Jan 1994

Sin, Sex, And Segregation : A Study Of Childhood, Gender, And Creativity In Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit, Andrea Denise Lively

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Raptor Use Of The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Richard Wayne Hansen Jan 1994

Raptor Use Of The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Richard Wayne Hansen

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Raptors are high trophic-level predators, and thus sensitive to environmental change. I conducted a basic ecological study of raptors using the Idaho National Environmental Laboratory (INEL), in southeastern Idaho, between 1991 and 1993 to assess effects of human activity on the site. Results were compared to previous raptor studies conducted on the INEL from 1974-1976 and in 1982, as well as with studies of rough-legged hawks, long-eared owls, and burrowing owls conducted during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Road-side raptor surveys were conducted from January through May in 1992 and 1993. Principle species recorded were rough-legged hawks, red-tailed hawks, …

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Winter/Spring Population Characteristics Of White-Tailed Deer In An Agricultural/Wetland Complex In Northeastern South Dakota, Brian J. Kernohan Jan 1994

Winter/Spring Population Characteristics Of White-Tailed Deer In An Agricultural/Wetland Complex In Northeastern South Dakota, Brian J. Kernohan

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Habitat preference, cover characteristics of corn, movements, and sexual segregation patterns of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were evaluated at Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (SLNWR) in winter (January - March) and spring (April - June), 1993 and 1994. An average of 20 radio-collared deer were monitored per season, which resulted in 4, 058 relocations. Habitat preference was assessed using 95 and 50% home range contours that were estimated using an adaptive kernel method. Agricultural crops (i.e., corn [Zea mays], row crops other than corn [e.g., soybeans [Glycine max]], small grains [e. g., wheat [Triticum aestivum]], and alfalfa [Medicago sativa]) were …

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Winter Diet And Nutritional Condition Of White-Tailed Deer In The Northern Black Hills, South Dakota, Robert G. Osborn Jan 1994

Winter Diet And Nutritional Condition Of White-Tailed Deer In The Northern Black Hills, South Dakota, Robert G. Osborn

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Habitat deterioration in the northern Black Hills (NBH) of South Dakota may be responsible for declining white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population levels (Griffin et al. 1992). Because of the relationship between habitat and nutrition, a two-year research project was initiated in January 1992 to evaluate the physical and nutritional condition of white-tailed deer inhabiting five NBH winter subranges. Habitat variables were measured at 100 random locations on each study area. Pellet groups were collected throughout each study area at two-week intervals during January, February, and March 1992 and 1993. Five female white-tailed deer were collected from each study area in …

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Eldercare Benefits : A Comparison Of Employee And Employer Attitudes, Michelle R. Hilton Jan 1994

Eldercare Benefits : A Comparison Of Employee And Employer Attitudes, Michelle R. Hilton

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The purpose of the study was to compare employee and employer attitudes regarding the helpfulness of eldercare benefits and the degree to which employers should take responsibility for helping employees with eldercare responsibilities. Subjects included 256 employees and 102 employers from Eastern South Dakota. Results revealed a significant difference between employee and employer attitudes regarding the eldercare benefits considered most beneficial. Employees reported a greater degree of helpfulness in benefits than employers. The results also demonstrated a significant difference between employers and employees on the degree to which employers should take responsibility for employee's eldercare commitments.

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Nickel(Ii) Complexes Of A Hydrotrispyrazolylborato Ligand And Of The Thiosalicylato Ligand, Weibin Chen Jan 1994

Synthesis And Characterization Of Nickel(Ii) Complexes Of A Hydrotrispyrazolylborato Ligand And Of The Thiosalicylato Ligand, Weibin Chen

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Characteristics Of Milk And Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese From Cows Fed Extruded Soybeans And Niacin, Matthew Ryan Lentsch Jan 1994

Characteristics Of Milk And Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese From Cows Fed Extruded Soybeans And Niacin, Matthew Ryan Lentsch

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Today's consumers are demanding food products that are "low-fat", "reduced fat", "high in -unsaturated fatty acids", and "low cholesterol". This trend in food product selection is at the advice of many health professionals. Current health recommendations are to lower the dietary intake of fat, especially saturated fat. In 1992, total dairy sales accounted for over 10% of total food sales (Milk Industry Foundation, 1993). Since dairy products are perceived as being hypercholesterolemic, a market exists for dairy products which are "lower in fat" and/or "lower in saturated fat". It is said that "consumer perception is marketing reality", and because of …

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Experiencing The Reader : Multicultural Readers In The University Of Mississippi's Freshman Writing Program / By Ellen Ann Shelton, Ellen Ann Shelton Jan 1994

Experiencing The Reader : Multicultural Readers In The University Of Mississippi's Freshman Writing Program / By Ellen Ann Shelton, Ellen Ann Shelton

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Views Of African-American Radio Announcers In Memphis, Tennessee Regarding The Community Ascertainment Policies Of The Fcc, Their Respective Radio Stations And Their Responsibility To The Black Community, Cheryl Bradley Jan 1994

Views Of African-American Radio Announcers In Memphis, Tennessee Regarding The Community Ascertainment Policies Of The Fcc, Their Respective Radio Stations And Their Responsibility To The Black Community, Cheryl Bradley

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Bringing It All Back Home : Selected Essays And Fiction Of Wendell Berry, Benjamin Caldwell Mayo Jan 1994

Bringing It All Back Home : Selected Essays And Fiction Of Wendell Berry, Benjamin Caldwell Mayo

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A Boat, A Bridge, A Journey / By Clifford W. Tresner, Clifford W. Tresner Jan 1994

A Boat, A Bridge, A Journey / By Clifford W. Tresner, Clifford W. Tresner

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Religion News Coverage In Two Mississippi Daily Newspapers : A Content Analysis / By Elizabeth Byrd Sneed, Elizabeth Byrd Sneed Jan 1994

Religion News Coverage In Two Mississippi Daily Newspapers : A Content Analysis / By Elizabeth Byrd Sneed, Elizabeth Byrd Sneed

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Gauging And Vibrometry Using Focused High-Frequency Ultrasound In Air, William A. Mackenzie Jan 1994

Gauging And Vibrometry Using Focused High-Frequency Ultrasound In Air, William A. Mackenzie

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Sense Of Place : Toward A Working Definition And Measure Of The Construct, Jill Donnina Jan 1994

Sense Of Place : Toward A Working Definition And Measure Of The Construct, Jill Donnina

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Risk Assessment In Insects : Behavioral Response To Acoustic Stimuli, Hamilton Ellis Farris Jan 1994

Risk Assessment In Insects : Behavioral Response To Acoustic Stimuli, Hamilton Ellis Farris

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Willa Cather's Wordsworthian Search For Inspiration, Catherine Ann Himmelwright Jan 1994

Willa Cather's Wordsworthian Search For Inspiration, Catherine Ann Himmelwright

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Partitioning Of Trace Elements In Bark Combustion And Bark Combustion Kinetics, Xinli Cui Jan 1994

Partitioning Of Trace Elements In Bark Combustion And Bark Combustion Kinetics, Xinli Cui

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An Analysis Of A Video-Based Interview Training Method, James Albert Carter Jan 1994

An Analysis Of A Video-Based Interview Training Method, James Albert Carter

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Effects Of Lorazepam, Scopolamine, And Flumazenil On Mnemic Related Performance In The Rat, Samuel Mark Allen Jan 1994

Effects Of Lorazepam, Scopolamine, And Flumazenil On Mnemic Related Performance In The Rat, Samuel Mark Allen

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