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The Civil Service Of Saudi Arabia: Problems And Prospects, Ahmed Mohmed Tawati
The Civil Service Of Saudi Arabia: Problems And Prospects, Ahmed Mohmed Tawati
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
It is a critical study of the civil service of Saudi Arabia. Its-first objective is to provide a thorough and critical analysis of the evolution of the personnel administration in the country since the emergence of modern Saudi Arabia in 1902 to the present time. Thus the personnel system will be traced to its original Western model. The study will demonstrate that the basic pattern of the present Saudi Arabian civil service system is an imitative rather than an indigenous one. It has its origin in Western culture. The second objective of the study is to provide a critical analysis …
A Study Of The Influence Of Spandrel Beams On The Behavior Of Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Mukund Martand Moharir
A Study Of The Influence Of Spandrel Beams On The Behavior Of Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Mukund Martand Moharir
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In this report a new method to design reinforced concrete floor slabs which terminate at edge beams is presented. The design procedure uses the Modified Yield Line Theory of Kemp and Wilhelm to account for the influence of torsional stiffness of edge beams on the load carrying capacity of slab and also to provide the economic reinforcement. Serviceability requirement of the structure is satisfied by using the "exact" elastic solution and the experimental and theoretical work of this investigation. The necessary theoretical derivations of the "exact" elastic solution of square panels, design formulas to proportion the spandrels of both rectangular …
Identification And Structural Analysis Of Instructional Programs For The Underground Coal Miner In West Virginia., Duane Allan Letcher
Identification And Structural Analysis Of Instructional Programs For The Underground Coal Miner In West Virginia., Duane Allan Letcher
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of the study was to identify, classify, and analyze the instructional system provided for underground coal miners in West Virginia. The research was concerned with the development of a knowledge base to provide "policy relevant" information on instructional programs which were directed toward the underground coal miner in West Virginia.
The Relative Contribution Of Selected Nonverbal Behaviors To The Communication Of Empathy In A Counseling Interview., George Ronald Mcmullan
The Relative Contribution Of Selected Nonverbal Behaviors To The Communication Of Empathy In A Counseling Interview., George Ronald Mcmullan
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study investigated the relative contribution of nonverbal behavior to the judged level of empathy communicated in a role-played counseling interview. Thirty master's level counselor candidates rated thirty-two combinations of eye contact, body orientation, trunk lean, hand gesture, and positive head nod, with standardized interaction distance and medium level verbal empathy message on a modification of the Truax-Carkhuff Empathy Scale. The study employed a 2x2x2x2x2 repeated measures analysis of variance design. Results showed that two of the main effects and fifteen interactions significantly accounted for the variability of the subejcts' ratings. The results support the conclusion that empathy is communicated …
Programmed Instruction Versus Lecturing In A Guided Design Educational System Format., Thomas Richard Long
Programmed Instruction Versus Lecturing In A Guided Design Educational System Format., Thomas Richard Long
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
For the p ast four years a new educational systems approach c alled Guided Design has been used a t West V irg in ia U niversity to teach engineering freshmen the process of decision-m aking (or design) as w ell as the concepts of conservation of energy, flu id flow , and s t a t i c s . This study was conducted to compare th e use o f programmed In s tru c tio n to the le c tu re -te x t method fo r learn in g su b ject m atter …
The Development Of Design Criteria For Soil Slopes On West Virginia Highways., George Alan Hall
The Development Of Design Criteria For Soil Slopes On West Virginia Highways., George Alan Hall
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The western two-thirds of West Virginia is a significant portion of one of the major landslide areas in the United States. Landslides in soil slopes produce millions of dollars of damage to West Virginia highways annually. The research described in this dissertation was devoted to the development of criteria for recognizing potential slide areas and for analyzing soil slope designs. The results were produced through engineering practice using the equipment and methods employed by the Vlfest Virginia Department of Highways. The research was divided into four studies: slide topography; geology of slide areas as revealed in available literature; stability analyses; …
A Simulator For The Ibm 3705 Communications Controller, J. William Strider
A Simulator For The Ibm 3705 Communications Controller, J. William Strider
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This paper describes a computer program which was developed to simulate the IBM 3705 Communications Controller, using the IBM System/360 and System/370 computers. The architecture of the 3705 is discussed in some detail, and the structure of the simulator is described. Future enhancements to the present program are suggested, along with possible applications.
Optimization Of Coal Gasification Processes For Synthetic Natural Gas Production., Charles Tsun-Hsiung Li
Optimization Of Coal Gasification Processes For Synthetic Natural Gas Production., Charles Tsun-Hsiung Li
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The second section of the questionnaire assessed West Virginia Home Economists about a number of items affecting the future of home economics„ A majority supported the notion that home economics should emphasize energy management and about half of them believed this involvement would have great social impact. WVHEA respondents were not united on the idea of integrating knowledge from several disciplines as compared to strengthening specialization. They were divided on the idea of using process problem analysis and solutions in lieu of the specialized, subject matter approach to content. The WVHEA respondents agreed solidly that food and clothing labs should …
An Evaluation Of The Self Directed Search And The Effect Of Group Or Independent Use In Facilitating Career Development Of Secondary School Students., Charles I. Rhodes
An Evaluation Of The Self Directed Search And The Effect Of Group Or Independent Use In Facilitating Career Development Of Secondary School Students., Charles I. Rhodes
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Primary purposes of this study were: (l) to investigate the construct validity of the Self Directed Search (SDS) based on Holland' theory of vocational choice; and (2) to investigate the effects of administrative mode (group or independent use of the SDS), sex, and grade level on maturity of vocational choice attitudes, interestingness of the SDS results, errors committed on the SDS, and exposure to new occupations hy the SDS.
Injection Of A Solid-Gas Jet Into A Uniform Transverse Stream., Ronald Norman Salzman
Injection Of A Solid-Gas Jet Into A Uniform Transverse Stream., Ronald Norman Salzman
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The objective of this study was to experimentally determine the behavior of a solid-gas jet issuing into a transverse gas stream. The z’esults of this study should also pertain to other types of two phase jets injected into a cross flow; in particulars atomized liquidgas jets into a gas stream and solid-liquid jets into a liquid stream. Applications for such processes might include the dynamics of liquid fuels injected into turbine combustion chambers and effluents injected into rivers. The application which led to the choice of this dissertation topic was the study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) involving the …
Technology: A Process Approach., Harold Herman Halfin
Technology: A Process Approach., Harold Herman Halfin
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Processes are those functional skills--som e authors c a ll them in te lle c tu a l sk ills--w h ich are the random or ordered methods, s tra te g ie s , or operations used by a technologist to accumulate knowledge about an a r tif a c t or to solve a technological problem. I t has been proposed in in d u s tria l a rts education th a t i t is ju s t as important fo r the student to learn the processes of a technologist as i t is fo …
Absorption Of Sulfur-Dioxide By Alkaline Solutions In Venturi Scrubber Systems., Shigeo Uchida
Absorption Of Sulfur-Dioxide By Alkaline Solutions In Venturi Scrubber Systems., Shigeo Uchida
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
To successfully design processes for the removal of pollutants from flue gases requires the understanding of the physical and chemical phenomena taking place in the Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 5 scrubbing equipment. Although there are many types of scrubbers and process schemes, the present investigation is confined to a venturi-type scrubber combined with a holding tank for recycling the scrubber liquor. This combination is similar to Method (a) described above.
Optimization Of An Electromagnetic 'Through-The-Earth' Communication System., Gene Edward Layman
Optimization Of An Electromagnetic 'Through-The-Earth' Communication System., Gene Edward Layman
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This document reports a research effort directed at compiling the field theory, noise theory, and communication theory necessary to perform systems analysis and optimization of an electromagnetic communication system for use within a mine. The field equations and power transfer between loops placed in an infinite, homogeneous, lossy medium is examined and relationships between parameters are determined that provide optimum transfer of signal power. This analysis is extended to cover the case of an infinite, homogeneous, lossy half-space used to model the actual mining situation. Approximate solutions are found to greatly simplify systems analysis. Noise, bandwidth, false alarm rate, missed …
An Examination Of Nonverbal And Verbal Instructional Guidelines In Students Developing Abstract Understanding Of Technical Concepts., Everett Nelson Israel
An Examination Of Nonverbal And Verbal Instructional Guidelines In Students Developing Abstract Understanding Of Technical Concepts., Everett Nelson Israel
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
At the present time, coherent optical sources exist as discrete components rather than as fully integratable systems. Thus the most pressing problem in the area of integrated optics is the coupling problem: How to excite and, subsequently, recover optical signals which are processed in an integrated circuit. This input and output coupling must be done efficiently.
The Kootenay Plains (Alberta) Land Question And Canadian Indian Policy, 1799-1947., John William Larner
The Kootenay Plains (Alberta) Land Question And Canadian Indian Policy, 1799-1947., John William Larner
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This paper contends that the Stoney (Assiniboine) people of southwestern Alberta, Canada, have a legitimate aboriginal claim to areas in the North Saskatchewan River headwaters known as Bighorn and Kootenay Plains, located between the first range of the Rocky Mountains and the Alberta-British Columbia boundary. The Stoneys appear to have followed two routes during their eighteenth-century westward migration from southeastern Manitoba. One group moved southwestwardly to central Montana, turning northward into the Alberta Rockies; while the other seems to have travelled along the prairie-parkland fringe, entering the mountains west of Edmonton, with one band taking possession of the upper North …
Pattern Recognition Analysis Of Coal Miners' Vectorcardiograms., Robert Charles Gillespie
Pattern Recognition Analysis Of Coal Miners' Vectorcardiograms., Robert Charles Gillespie
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This document reports a research effort to define criteria which can be used for early indications of right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) in association with coal miners' pneumoconiosis. Selected measurements of the vectorcardiograms (VCG's) of 18 miners with pneumoconiosis are compared with corresponding measurements of a normal group of 32 non-miners. The components of the vectors associated with the MRSV, SMRSV, MLSV, and the MAZ are the selected measurements. MAZ is a vector occurring before the MLSV and which has a maximum anterior component. Each of these vectors has been reported as an indicator of RVH. The major methods of analysis …
The Strength And Stiffness Of Steel Deck Subjected To In-Plane Loading., Duane Scott Ellifritt
The Strength And Stiffness Of Steel Deck Subjected To In-Plane Loading., Duane Scott Ellifritt
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Steel deck is widely used in the floors and roofs of steel framed structures to support gravity loads. In addition, it can effectively resist in-plane shear loading when properly connected to a structural steel framework and can help to brace a building against lateral forces. This feature of steel deck floors and roofs has long been recognized but, with few exceptions, designers have not been able to take advantage of it because design formulas have not been available. This investigation was undertaken for the purpose of evaluating the performance of wide, narrow, and intermediate rib decks when used as shear-resistant …
Mechanical Properties Of The Head, Richard Lynn Stalnaker
Mechanical Properties Of The Head, Richard Lynn Stalnaker
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this research is to provide basic information hitherto unavailable concerning the mechanical responses of the whole head and brain considered as a system. The long range goals of this program are to develop suitable instrumentation and experimental techniques that can be utilized in the development of a material candidate for substitution of brain in an artificial head, and methods of comparing the overall responses of the artificial head with those of a human head.
Influence Of Ultrasonic Energy Upon The Rate Of Flow Of Liquids Through Porous Media, Wong-I Chen
Influence Of Ultrasonic Energy Upon The Rate Of Flow Of Liquids Through Porous Media, Wong-I Chen
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The prim ary purpose o f th is in v e s tig a tio n wa3 to study the e ffe c ts o f u ltra s o n ic energy upon th e flow r a te o f crude o i l through porous sandstone. The e f f e c t o f w ater flow through a porous s ta in le s s s te e l f i l t e r was a lso in v e s tig a te d . When a c o u s tic …
The Mechanical Response Of Graphite, Alvin M. Strauss
The Mechanical Response Of Graphite, Alvin M. Strauss
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
A theory of rate Independent material response is developed In conjunction with a functional Integral approximation. The linear term of this approximation Is used to represent the mechanical behavior of reactor grade polycrystalline graphite. The constitutive relation ls then applied to the case of one dimensional cyclic straining. A general three dimensional rate independent constitutive theory for the mechanical behavior of graphite is also developed. This theory Is then analyzed with respect to the available cyclic loading data obtained from uniaxial experiments.
Sensitivity Analysis In Optimum Process Design, Tai Ming Chang
Sensitivity Analysis In Optimum Process Design, Tai Ming Chang
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The effects of parameter variation and uncertainty on optimal process design have been studied. Equations necessary for determining the sensitivity of optimal system performance to parameter variation are derived. Design criteria have been developed for optimal design of systems that are either sensitive to parameter variation or involving parameter uncertainty. The sensitivity equations for systems described by algebraic, differential, and difference equations are derived based on the Lagrange multiplier method, Pontryagin's maximum principle, and the discrete version of the maximum principle, respectively. Such sensitivity equations are linear and can be solved for sensitivity coefficients. Two methods are proposed for optimal …
The Peace Corps: An Analysis Of The Development, Problems, Preliminary Evaluation, And Future., Charles Clyde Jones
The Peace Corps: An Analysis Of The Development, Problems, Preliminary Evaluation, And Future., Charles Clyde Jones
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
It is the purpose of this study (l) to offer a comprehensive view of the Peace Corps as it has developed over the past five years and as it exists today, (2) to present and analyze the major problems of the Corps, and (3) to make a preliminary evaluation of its operation.
Mine Acid Drainage And Associated Flow Fluctuations, Henry Constantin Carroll
Mine Acid Drainage And Associated Flow Fluctuations, Henry Constantin Carroll
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The Left Fork of Little Sandy Creek Basin, between Fellowsville and Tunnelton, West Virginia, was surveyed for the location of mine acide drainage sources. Thereafter, they were studied for the purposes of planning abatement and determining the relationship between the chemical constituents in and the discharge of mine acid drainage.
Evaluating Farm Mechanization Problems In Tanganyika, Timothy Apiyo
Evaluating Farm Mechanization Problems In Tanganyika, Timothy Apiyo
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
As a young nation, Tanganyika's long-run aspiration in.agriculture is to help the majority of African peasant farmers emerge from the partly subsistence economy and partly monetary economy into a cash economy. In such an economy an individual farmer can produce to feed and clothe others besides his family.
Berkeley County In World War Ii, Patricia W. Alger
Berkeley County In World War Ii, Patricia W. Alger
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In order to secure men for the armed forces efficiently and. equitably without disrupting the economic and social life of the nation, the Selective Service System was created by the federal government. The Selective Service Act which went into effect February 16, 1940, provided that the governor of every state should appoint a local selective service board for each thirty thousand. population, as well as an appeal board for ea.ch seventy thousand population, Medical examiners, medical and registrants advisory boards and local board appeal agents should also be appointed through the governor's office.
The Early History Of Grafton, Joseph Franklin Snider
The Early History Of Grafton, Joseph Franklin Snider
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
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