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A Measurement Of Critical Thinking Dispositions And Skills Of Baccalaureate Nursing Students., Marjorie Mahoney Bower Jan 1995

A Measurement Of Critical Thinking Dispositions And Skills Of Baccalaureate Nursing Students., Marjorie Mahoney Bower

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences among freshman, sophomore, junior and senior baccalaureate nursing students in levels of critical thinking dispositions and critical thinking skills as they progress through a nursing curriculum. The effect of the educational experience was evaluated by examining the differences by grade level for the critical thinking dispositions and skills adjusted by significant demographic variables. This study examined the relationships between demographic variables and critical thinking dispositions and skills. Differences in the critical thinking dispositions and skills between selected groups that vary by gender and age were analyzed. The California …

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A Historically Oriented Physical Science Curriculum Model For High Schools In Taiwan, Roc., Li-Yu Fu Jan 1995

A Historically Oriented Physical Science Curriculum Model For High Schools In Taiwan, Roc., Li-Yu Fu

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The study is to develop a historically oriented physical science curriculum model for the high schools in Taiwan. Taiwan is changing into a pluralistic society, in which the learners must be confronted with certain conflicts of the beliefs, values, and ideology raised by science and technology. Historical approach in science teaching has been identified as effective in helping the learners understand the nature of science in the social and cultural context. Also, science teachers in Taiwan have recognized that a historically oriented science curriculum model is in the needs of their teaching but the history of science hardly can be …

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Leadership Of Behavior Disorders Programs In West Virginia., Carol J. Graham Jan 1995

Leadership Of Behavior Disorders Programs In West Virginia., Carol J. Graham

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This study was designed to examine the relationship of principal leadership and teacher behavior on the movement of students to a lesser restrictive environment. The specific lesser restrictive environment studied in this paper was the regular education program. The relationship between principal leadership through teacher behavior and the movement of the behavior disorders student from the behavior disorders classroom to the regular education classroom were examined in this study. The two hypotheses that guided this study were as follows: (1) the movement of behavior disorders (B.D.) students does not significantly regress on factors of the principal leadership; (2) there is …

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Psychometric Properties Of The Multiple Eating Antecedents Scale (Meal): A Behavioral Assessment Instrument For Measuring Diet Nonadherence In Diabetes Mellitus., Janice Rhea Triplett Jan 1995

Psychometric Properties Of The Multiple Eating Antecedents Scale (Meal): A Behavioral Assessment Instrument For Measuring Diet Nonadherence In Diabetes Mellitus., Janice Rhea Triplett

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The Multiple Eating Antecedent Scale (MEAL) is a behavioral instrument used to measure diet nonadherence in people with diabetes mellitus. The current study was conducted to gather additional reliability and validity indicators of the MEAL. A prospective design was used to measure diet, blood glucose, stress and adherence in 38 adults with blood Type I and Type II diabetes mellitus for four consecutive days. Comparisons were made between self-monitoring data and MEAL scores. In addition MEAL category scores were compared to established diabetes-specific questionnaires as a measure of MEAL validity. Results indicated that the MEAL has good one week test-retest …

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Alcohol Treatment Issues: Professional Differences., Stella Y. Hshieh Jan 1995

Alcohol Treatment Issues: Professional Differences., Stella Y. Hshieh

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The current practice of alcohol treatment in many agencies implies the distinction between addiction treatment and mental health treatment. This study attempted to investigate how the psychologists and addiction counselors might possess different philosophies and treatment approaches. It also attempted to examine how the differences might affect linkages across service system boundaries. Subjects were professionals who were actively involved in the treatment of problem drinking. Samples were selected from psychologists affiliated with the American Psychological Association (APA) and alcoholism counselors affiliated with the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC). A survey questionnaire was sent to each subject, …

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First Year Experiences Of Female College Students: A Qualitative Investigation., James M. Sottile Jan 1995

First Year Experiences Of Female College Students: A Qualitative Investigation., James M. Sottile

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The purpose of this research was to describe and better understand the transition experiences of first-year women (18 years old) attending a land grant university in a Mid-Atlantic state. Transition was defined as the period of time from the participant's first-semester arrival on campus to the end of that first-semester. The main research question was: What do women experience during their first year (transition period) of college? From this main research question stemmed three sub-questions: (1) What is the nature of the social transition? (2) What is the nature of the educational transition as related to student development? and (3) …

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The Efficacy Of Adolescent Rape Prevention Education, Ruth E. Kershner Jan 1995

The Efficacy Of Adolescent Rape Prevention Education, Ruth E. Kershner

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During the past several years, an increased number of rapes have been reported in the adolescent population (Ageton, 1983; Erickson & Rapkin, 1991; Gidycz & Koss, 1989; Hall & Flannery, 1984; Hayman, 1971; Katz & Mazur, 1979; Krasner, Meyer, & Carroll, 1976; MaCahill, Meyer, & Fischman, 1979; Mann, 1981; McDermott, 1979; Medea & Thompson, 1974; U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1985; Walmsley & White, 1979; Warshaw, 1988). The problem has become so widespread that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has included reduction of rape and attempted rape of women aged 12 and older as a goal in its …

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An Examination Of Mandatory Student Activity Fees At Selected Colleges Within Three State Systems., Timothy Gerard Mccrudden Jan 1995

An Examination Of Mandatory Student Activity Fees At Selected Colleges Within Three State Systems., Timothy Gerard Mccrudden

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The purpose of this study was to examine the status of mandatory student activity fees within the state systems of higher education in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. The case study research method was the technique used in this study. The research consisted of (1) determining the policies and expectations that the state system's central administration had for its institutions with regard to student activity fees and (2) studying the details involved in the financing, allocating, and spending of student activity funds at three selected institutions within each state system. Data were gathered through interviews and printed materials from both …

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"Accepting The Findings Of Medical Science": Gender, Class And The Political Economy Of Health Care In Central Appalachia, 1880-1935., Sandra Lee Barney Jan 1995

"Accepting The Findings Of Medical Science": Gender, Class And The Political Economy Of Health Care In Central Appalachia, 1880-1935., Sandra Lee Barney

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This dissertation is a study of the modernization of health care and the professionalization of medicine in the Central Appalachian regions of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia from the period of industrialization through the Great Depression. Unlike traditional histories of the medical profession, this dissertation highlights the role of non-medical agents, particularly women volunteers, in promoting the reification of modern standards of health care. Educated physicians flocked into the Appalachian heartland during the industrial boom of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To improve public welfare, and to elevate their own professional status, physicians established private medical associations and …

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Performance Of Frp Components And Connections For Bridge Deck Systems., Sotiris N. Sotiropoulos Jan 1995

Performance Of Frp Components And Connections For Bridge Deck Systems., Sotiris N. Sotiropoulos

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Advances in manufacturing and design of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) have led to the production of profiles that can be used as temporary or permanent replacements for bridge decks as modules. The main objective of this research is to study the performance of mass-produced, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) shapes and their joints under static loads at a coupon, component, and system level and propose methodologies to analyze and design modular FRP bridge decks. An extensive experimental and analytical program was carried out to obtain and compare coupon and component properties (strength, stiffness, failure modes) of pultruded structural shapes and their …

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Anger Expression And Its Relation To Coronary Heart Disease., Sonia Suchday Jan 1995

Anger Expression And Its Relation To Coronary Heart Disease., Sonia Suchday

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The purpose of this study was to determine if subjects' preferred modes of anger expression were related to their behavioral, cognitive, affective, and physiological responses to interpersonal conflict. Subjects identified as being anger-in or anger-out based on responses to the Spielberger Anger Expression Scales were asked to participate in two conflict oriented role plays, one in which they were instructed to express their anger and and the other in which they were asked to suppress their anger. Results showed that for all subjects anger expression was associated with increased frequency of negative verbal behaviors, greater experience of affect as determined …

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A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experience Of Nursing Students Enrolled In An Associate Degree Nursing Program., M Regina Jennette Jan 1995

A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experience Of Nursing Students Enrolled In An Associate Degree Nursing Program., M Regina Jennette

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The purpose of this study was to identify the lived experience of nursing students who made the decision to pursue a nursing career. This study was significant because nursing education is advocating change in the educational process and the student body in nursing today is so diverse. One hundred and sixty (160) first and second year students enrolled in an Associate Degree Nursing Program responded in writing to the research question, "How has the decision to pursue a nursing degree affected you and your life?" The Phenomenological methodology of qualitative research was used to identify and present information collected in …

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Social Welfare Policy In The American States: The Case Of Afdc., Sung Chul Kim Jan 1995

Social Welfare Policy In The American States: The Case Of Afdc., Sung Chul Kim

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This dissertation is divided into two main parts. The first part presents an intergovernmental model of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, focusing on program benefits and eligibility criteria. The second part explores the impact of state political institutions--the governor, the state legislature, and the state bureaucracy--on AFDC policy outcomes. There has been a great deal of research on the structure and operations of intergovernmental programs in the United States (Beam et. al. 1983; Dilger 1989). There have been relatively few research efforts, however, that attempt to differentiate the relative impact that federal, state, and local government officials …

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Attitudes And Cognitive Distortions Of Male Adolescent Sexual Offenders., Laureen Marie Aljazireh Jan 1994

Attitudes And Cognitive Distortions Of Male Adolescent Sexual Offenders., Laureen Marie Aljazireh

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There has been increasing awareness in the past decade of the serious nature and extent of sexual offenses committed by male adolescents. The importance of investigation in the area has been augmented by recognition that a large proportion of all sexual offenses are committed by persons under the age of 18. Extensive research is necessary to determine the variables that are related to this deviant behavior in an attempt to develop prevention and treatment techniques. Literature on adult sexual offenders and nonclinical samples suggest that attitudes held by males are factors that contribute to sexual aggression. The purpose of this …

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The Effect Of Hypertension On Cognitive Performance In Older Adults: Self-Evaluation As A Mediator., Ruth Tunick Jan 1994

The Effect Of Hypertension On Cognitive Performance In Older Adults: Self-Evaluation As A Mediator., Ruth Tunick

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The primary purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of hypertension on both self-assessed and laboratory measures of memory and on non-cognitive factors such as anxiety, depression, self-efficacy, and locus of control. Eight male and twelve female normotensive adults aged 62 to 77 years (M = 71.8) and 8 male and 12 female hypertensive adults aged 62 to 78 years (M = 72.5) completed questionnaires measuring state and trait anxiety, depression, self-efficacy, locus of control, and health in addition to performing speed of processing, spatial and verbal working memory and short term memory tasks and measures of …

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Antecedents Of Behavioral Loyalty To A Selected Recreational Sport/Fitness Program., Se-Hyuk Park Jan 1994

Antecedents Of Behavioral Loyalty To A Selected Recreational Sport/Fitness Program., Se-Hyuk Park

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This study investigated the antecedents of behavioral loyalty and the relationships among the study variables. The data used in the analyses were collected from participants of a recreational sport/fitness center. Data were collected through a combination of on site and mail survey. The results of the multivariate analyses were based on 208 completed usable questionnaires. The present study corroborated the idea that involvement and attitudinal loyalty constructs should be viewed multidimensionally. Factor analyses produced three factor structure for attitudinal loyalty construct (normative, affective, and investment loyalty), and four factors for involvement construct (self-expression, importance-pleasure, risk-consequence, and risk probability). These dimensions …

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A Comparative Analysis Of The Accommodations Made For The Non-Traditional Student In Basic Programs Of Nursing., Carmel Fortine Esposito Jan 1993

A Comparative Analysis Of The Accommodations Made For The Non-Traditional Student In Basic Programs Of Nursing., Carmel Fortine Esposito

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The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which accommodations have been made for the non-traditional student in basic programs of nursing. The target population was all of the Diploma, Associate Degree and Baccalaureate nursing programs accredited by the National League For Nursing in the United States. Programs for this study were selected by random sampling techniques. Fifty nursing programs from each category were determined as an adequate sample size in advance. The instrument for data collection was presented in the form of a survey. Data were obtained and submitted to descriptive analysis. All data were obtained …

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The Effects Of A Collaborative Intervention Program On The Academic Achievement Of Selected At-Risk Students., Benny Lee Guido Jan 1993

The Effects Of A Collaborative Intervention Program On The Academic Achievement Of Selected At-Risk Students., Benny Lee Guido

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The purpose of this five-month study was to examine and determine the effects of a collaborative intervention program on the academic achievement of selected at risk students. Forty-four (44) at risk students in grades one through eight were selected to participate in this study. Criteria for selection included the following: one or more years behind age or grade-level groups in math and/or reading skill levels; one or more years behind age or grade-level groups in number of credits earned; potential to be school dropout; high rate of absenteeism; adjudicated delinquency; student parenthood; low CTBS/WV-STEP scores; poor grade point average; retention …

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The Relationship Between Self-Perceived Psychological Types Of Male And Female Community College Deans Of Instruction And Their Self-Perceived Leadership Styles., Joan Carol Henry-Lucas Jan 1993

The Relationship Between Self-Perceived Psychological Types Of Male And Female Community College Deans Of Instruction And Their Self-Perceived Leadership Styles., Joan Carol Henry-Lucas

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This study was designed to examine the relationship between the self-perceived psychological types of male and female community college deans of instruction and their self-perceived leadership styles. The population consisted of 881 male (N = 667) and female (N = 204) community college deans of instruction identified by mailing labels from the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges who were serving in public institutions in the United States listed in the AACJC Membership Directory 1992. A proportional, stratified, random sample was conducted of 267 subjects--205 male deans and 62 female deans. A cover letter, demographic survey, the Leadership Behavior …

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Mine Ventilation Network Optimization Using Nonlinear Programming Techniques., Changhong Huang Jan 1993

Mine Ventilation Network Optimization Using Nonlinear Programming Techniques., Changhong Huang

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Mine ventilation, though costly, has to be maintained for any underground coal mine for the sake of miners' safety and health. Higher productivity and more stringent environmental standards require greater quantities of air at the underground working faces. These conditions have brought a great increase in the costs of mining. To survive in the current state of market competition for the mining industry, more concerns have to be addressed on developing a ventilation system which is functionally effective and reliable, and yet economically efficient. Mine ventilation network optimization is one of the approaches to reach that objective. This dissertation is …

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An Investigation Of Within-Evaluation Markers For Detecting Malingered Memory Impairment., Grant Loren Iverson Jan 1993

An Investigation Of Within-Evaluation Markers For Detecting Malingered Memory Impairment., Grant Loren Iverson

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Neuropsychologists frequently are called upon to evaluate patients in a medicolegal context. An important part of these evaluations is determining whether the patient is being honest and forthright in his presentation of symptoms and in his test performance, or whether the patient is deliberately exaggerating his deficits via malingering. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the efficacy of using the Recognition Memory Test (RMT), Digit Span Test (WAIS-R), and Knox Cube Test as markers for malingered memory deficits. These tests were all designed to measure some aspect of attention and memory, not to assess non-optimal test performance. However, …

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Gender Differences In Work And Family Commitments And Their Effect On Work-Family Role Conflict Among Administrators In Higher Education., Maudie Elizabeth Karickhoff Jan 1993

Gender Differences In Work And Family Commitments And Their Effect On Work-Family Role Conflict Among Administrators In Higher Education., Maudie Elizabeth Karickhoff

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This study intended to determine (1) if, among administrators in higher education, commitment to the work role, commitment to the family role, and work-family role conflict varied by gender and other demographic variables, and (2) what combination of variables best explained level of work-family role conflict in this population. A random sample, stratified by type of institution, was selected from the 4,679 department chairs in 196 public colleges and universities in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) member states. Questionnaires measured work commitment (Organizational Commitment, Career Commitment, Job Involvement), Family Commitment, work-family role conflict, and demographic variables. One-way analysis of …

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Determinants Of Coping Behaviors In Marital Conflict Situations Across Adulthood., Liang-Jei Lee Jan 1993

Determinants Of Coping Behaviors In Marital Conflict Situations Across Adulthood., Liang-Jei Lee

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This study examined some plausible factors that were expected to contribute to marital coping behaviors when married couples face marital conflict situations. Self-report measures of personality trait, marital coping behavior, appraisal of marital conflict, marital relationship, and social support were administered to a sample of 197 married community residents ranging in age from 23 to 82 years old. Avoidance, conflict, positive approach, self-blame, self-interest, and seeking social support were the specific marital coping styles examined in this study. A planned confirmatory examination of internal consistency of self-report marital coping measure (the Marital Coping Inventory) revealed that this measure was adequately …

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A Comparison Of Cognitive Group Therapy To Life Review Group Therapy With Older Adults., Jules Cary Weiss Jan 1993

A Comparison Of Cognitive Group Therapy To Life Review Group Therapy With Older Adults., Jules Cary Weiss

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The study compared cognitive group therapy to life review group therapy with older adults who reside in a personal care facility. The study sought to find if there were differences in treatment gains between the two therapies based on subjects' level of depression (as noted on the Beck Depression Inventory) and life satisfaction (as cited on the Salamon-Conte Life Satisfaction in the Elderly Scale). Subjects were pre-tested, post-tested and administered a follow-up test 6 weeks after the post-test. An analysis of covariance was conducted, using the pre-test as the baseline measure (covariate). At post-test, subjects assigned to a treatment group …

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To Determine The Importance Of Activities In Physical Education Curriculum Guides As Perceived By Professional Physical Educators In Selected School Districts In Western Pennsylvania., Richard C. Sullivan Jan 1993

To Determine The Importance Of Activities In Physical Education Curriculum Guides As Perceived By Professional Physical Educators In Selected School Districts In Western Pennsylvania., Richard C. Sullivan

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The primary purpose of this study was to identify the activities required for students in high school in physical education classes, and utilize current staff members to rate these activities according to their perceptions. The survey group was located in western Pennsylvania and the districts involved included urban, suburban, and rural populations. Each respondent was requested to complete a survey which included demographic information isolating gender, years of teaching experience, and earned educational degrees. Eighteen school districts received the questionnaire and each school responded by completing the survey. The total number of faculties located at each school could not be …

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Factors Associated With Worker Assessment Of The Costs And Benefits Of Labor-Management Cooperation., Sarah Stevenson Etherton Jan 1993

Factors Associated With Worker Assessment Of The Costs And Benefits Of Labor-Management Cooperation., Sarah Stevenson Etherton

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Evolution of the industrial relations system of the United States in the last quarter of the 20th century has brought increasing emphasis on ensuring the nation's economic vitality in a changing global marketplace. The possibility of achieving more efficient productive processes by altering relationships between supervisors and workers has resulted exploration of various arrangements designed to tap the experience and productive knowledge of workers. In a unionized environment, methods of worker participation may be viewed as external to the collective bargaining process. Even when the union is officially supportive, the process of developing worker interest can be difficult. This study …

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A Follow Up Study Of High School Students With Mild Mental Retardation: Has The Transition Been Made?, Ronald Otho Wells Jan 1993

A Follow Up Study Of High School Students With Mild Mental Retardation: Has The Transition Been Made?, Ronald Otho Wells

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The purpose of this study was to determine if the transition from school programs to sustained employment was made by former mildly mentally handicapped students. The study was designed to determine what variables contributed to successful transition. These independent variables were four types of school programs, availability of work coordinators or job coaches, gender, and opportunity. Briefly, the four types of programs were (A) special classes with supervised work experience, (B) special classes and work experience not related or supervised by school personnel, (C) special classes with no work experience, and (D) special classes in grades 9 and 10. A …

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A Multimodal Analysis Of Pain-Related Anxiety: Relations Between Anxiety Reports, Physiological Responses, And Avoidance During Painful And Non-Painful Movement., Lance Maxwell Mccracken Jan 1993

A Multimodal Analysis Of Pain-Related Anxiety: Relations Between Anxiety Reports, Physiological Responses, And Avoidance During Painful And Non-Painful Movement., Lance Maxwell Mccracken

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Persons with chronic pain often display extreme disability, distress, and other pain behaviors. It is clear that behavioral factors significantly contribute to the consequences of pain for many of these persons. The purpose of this study was to investigate relations of fearful cognitions about pain with other anxiety responses to pain including subjective reports of anxiety, physiological responses, and amount of activity during painful and nonpainful physical tasks. To show that these responses covary is to suggest that the same principles that apply to anxiety behaviors may apply equally well to the behavior of persons with chronic pain and that …

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Damage Criteria And Control Measures For Residential Houses Subjected To Longwall Subsidence., Deepak Dutta Jan 1993

Damage Criteria And Control Measures For Residential Houses Subjected To Longwall Subsidence., Deepak Dutta

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With the increase in production coming from longwall mining, attendant subsidence on the surface is becoming planned but widespread. As a consequence, in the rural USA, residential houses, farmers' barns, grain silos, county roads, small bridges, streams, grazing ground, underground water, pipe lines, and electric transmission towers are subjected to ground subsidence. Out of these structures and renewable resources, disturbances to residential houses caused by longwall mining are becoming a vexing problem for mine operators and house owners. In the backdrop of the above scenario, this dissertation explores two aspects of the issue, i.e. evaluation of damage to residential houses …

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Inter-Regional Tax Incidence With Public Services: A General Equilibrium Analysis., Sudha Subrahmanyam Jan 1993

Inter-Regional Tax Incidence With Public Services: A General Equilibrium Analysis., Sudha Subrahmanyam

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My research investigates the consequences for equity between and within the regions of an economy when one region alters its taxing policy, and the tax change results in a corresponding change in public expenditure. In contrast to extant theory, I incorporate the effects of an accompanying change in public expenditure on tax incidence in my analysis. I demonstrate that actual tax incidence may be quite different from current predictions because the pattern of change in public expenditure has a significant effect on the ultimate incidence of a tax change. I develop a methodological framework to identify the impact of tax …

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