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Major Components In The Field Of Professional Security Practice., Joseph Martin Cali

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The problem involved in this study was that of identifying major components in the field of professional security practice and determining their perceived importance as instructional content groupings for security practitioner preparatory programs. This study was undertaken by the investigator for the purpose of providing research based information which should be useful in structuring security courses and curricula for security practitioner preparatory programs. The investigator identified and grouped 67 security components by area, based upon a review of professional literature pertaining to security practice. Six Security Collegiate Faculty jurors assisted the investigator in refinement of the formulated security components by …

A Survey Of The Health Knowledge, Health Behaviors, And Awareness Of The Consequences Of Health Related Behaviors Of Selected Elementary School Students In The Public Schools Of West Virginia., G Douglas Elliott

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The purpose of this study was to determine the current status of health education instruction in selected West Virginia public elementary schools. The study was devised to: (1)assess selected elementary school classrooms; (2)survey the teacher of each classroom; (3)ascertain the present existence and status of health knowledge, health behaviors, and awareness of the consequences of health related behaviors of elementary school students. The study was limited to randomly selected fourth and sixth grade students from a total of eighty-five classrooms. A pilot study was undertaken to establish reliability of the student inventory and determine vague or inappropriate items. A comparison …

The Influence Of Sex, Socioeconomic Status And Age On The Development Of Children's Categorical Relationships., Tonda Kay Goosens

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The purpose of this study was to examine the categorization behaviors of a group of children at age four, seven, and ten years. The study was designed to conduct basic research in the area of concept formation, and was exploratory in the sense that it sought to define specific levels and strategies of categorization. The main effects of sex, socioeconomic status, age, and response type were investigated. Research findings were sought to support a modification of current cognitive theory in the areas of concept formation and categorical structuring. Related purposes dealt with the examination of preferred classification strategies within specific …

A Historical Analysis Of The West Virginia College Of Graduate Studies From 1958 To 1976: The Study Of Organizational Birth, Growth And Development., Graydon Gray Williamson

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The purpose of this study was to examine the little-known phenomenon of organizational birth, growth and development through the analysis of a microcosm organization: the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies. The study was not a history, although constructing a history of the organization was necessary in order to provide a base line upon which to plot impact points which were significant to the development of the organization. The study involved an analysis of written material, including legislation directly or indirectly impacting upon the organizational subject of this study. The major method of this study, however, required in-depth interviews with …

The Rebec: An Orthographic And Iconographic Study. (Volumes I And Ii)., Margaret Anne Downie

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Most musical instruments of Western European culture have been studied and defined; however, no systematic study has yet been made for the instrument commonly known as the rebec (or rebeck). General reference sources and musicological studies which mention the rebec often provide discrepant, vague, and erroneous information. The current interest in the performance of Medieval and Renaissance music and the reproduction of instruments upon which this music might have been played has created a need, among performers and instrument makers, for specific, primary source information concerning the rebec. The use of the rebec in Western Europe can be documented through …

A Comparative Evaluation Of Aerobic Exercise And Self-Management Strategies In The Treatment Of Cigarette Smoking, Thomas Joseph Howley

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Recently, health providers have been concerned with effective strategies for the treatment of smoking. Previous treatment efforts in this area have resulted in the suggestion for comprehensive treatment programs including the use of increased exercise activity. In addition, previous research has documented the need for improved methodology in the population assessed, reliability of outcome measures and adherence to treatment programs. The present study examined the effects of four conditions on the reduction of cigarette smoking on a community population. There were: Exercise-Alone, Self-Management training, Combination of Self-Management and Exercise, and a Delay of Treatment control condition. All subjects were pre- …

The Development Of A Computer-Assisted Vocational Guidance System For Use In Rehabilitation Counseling., George Muir Mcguire

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The purpose of this study was to accomplish two specific goals: (1)The selection and field-evaluation of a vocational abilities test and an occupational interest test for use as client assessment instruments to aid in the vocational planning stage of the rehabilitation process, and (2)the construction of a computerized vocational guidance delivery system based upon the interest and abilities tests which were selected in the fulfillment of Goal 1. In accomplishing the first goal, the selection of the tests was done by a careful evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation practices through an extensive literature review and firsthand observation of these practices in …

Fluidized Bed Freeboard Phenomena Study, Long-Huie Chen

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A model for the fluidized bed freeboard region is developed to describe reactions which are important in many fluidized bed chemical reactors including fluidized bed coal combustor. Particles in freeboard region originate from the bursting of bubbles at the bed surface. In this work, the rate of ejection of solid particles at the bed surface is correlated with hydrodynamic parameters of the bed, such as the bubble diameter and the excess gas velocity. Those entrained particles for which the terminal velocity is larger than the actual gas velocity in the freeboard will reach a given height within the freeboard, then …

Frank D. Sills: His Impact On East Stroudsburg State College., Kenneth O. Sisson

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The purpose of the study was to conduct a historical research concerned with Frank D. Sills as related to his administrative years at East Stroudsburg State College, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It records his accomplishments, and accentuates his contributions to the college during the years he served as Director of Health and Physical Education, the Graduate School and as President. The study serves as a historical reference for those surveying administration, especially in regard to Sills' background, his techniques, and his affectuations forged in real life-evolving situations. Procedures for accumulating cause and effect data include: the study of existing East Stroudsburg …

Rayner Taylor And Anglo-American Musical Life, John A. Cuthbert

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Rayner Taylor (c. 1747-1825) was but one of many immigrant musicians who flocked to post-Revolutionary America, yet he was one of the most significant. Not only was he among the most thoroughly trained members of that group, but he was also one of the most diverse and experienced. It is not surprising that throughout his residence in Philadelphia from 1793 to 1825, he served as the guiding spirit behind the important circle of musicians whose accomplishments made that city the musical capital of America in the decades surrounding the turn of the nineteenth century. Despite his influence, however, very little …

The Effect Of Using An Associate Passage With Guided Instruction To Evoke Thematic Conceptual Linkage., Marino C. Alvarez

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This exploratory research experiment investigated the effects of guiding the learner through a textual passage by employing an associate passage, a guided instruction exercise, and a combination of these two procedures in order to evoke thematic conceptual linkages during a unit of study. It was the intent of this study to determine whether any of the thematic conceptual linkage treatments had a differential effect on unaided student conceptual responses when compared to non-thematic conceptual linkage treatments. These differences were measured by comparing the mean number of literal and inferential conceptually related responses generated during an individual interview session which immediately …

Administrative Collective Bargaining In The Pennsylvania State College System., Allen Garrett Welsh

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This study evaluates the impact of collective bargaining on the non-management administrators in the Pennsylvania State College System which comprises thirteen state colleges and Indiana University. Covering the 1971-1979 period, the study is limited to the major bargaining events and issues r.

Algorithms For An Automatic Mine Ventilation System., Kwai Yeung Lee

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A mine-wide algorithm for ventilation control has been developed. This algorithm is suitable for use in an underground coal mine equipped with a distributed microprocessor monitoring and control system. It provides a guideline for installing monitoring devices and remotely controlled air regulators. If some airways need certain amounts of air flows, the algorithm will compute the adjustments on all regulators and fans so that desirable air flow can be directed to those airways. The development, assumptions, limits, and system requirements of the algorithm are presented. A section algorithm for control of gas concentration in an airway has been developed. This …

Towards A Marginal Cost Pricing Solution In The U.S. Electric Utility Industry., Kyung Hun Lee

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With growing dependency on electric energy, anxiety exists regarding the sufficiency of the nation's energy resources in meeting electric energy demand under the constraints of increasing costs of generation and environmental impacts. This electric energy sufficiency can be achieved by either improving efficiency within the industry or finding substitutes for existing energy resources. With such prospects, the choice remaining is to improve the allocative efficiency of the industry through the proper utilization of energy resources. Given evidence of underutilization of existing capacity and overinvestment in capacity, this research attempts to solve the allocative inefficiency problem through marginal cost pricing. This …

Interindustry Linkages And Industrial Clusters: A Comparative Analysis., Anthony Louis Loviscek

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The foundation of interdependence among industries is the system of interindustry linkages. An interindustry linkage is the operational connection of flows of material and information among the industrial units of an economic system. By analyzing linkages, economists are able to work out impacts of changes in industrial activity on an economy. Entries of input-output tables provide measurements of inter-industry linkages. The rows of a table represent forward linkages, or connections further along the production process. The columns represent backward linkages, or connections with input suppliers. In recent years, regional and urban analysts have focused on clusters of industries for explaining …

A Study Of Knowledge And Attitudes Of Selected Nursing Students Toward Human Sexuality., Naomi Jean Roy

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The purposes of the study were to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of selected, second year nursing students toward human sexuality, and to compare the scores of the second year nursing students with the national normative values for nursing students and undergraduate, non-medical females. In addition, the study investigated the effect that a one semester, five-credit hour, human sexuality course had on second year nursing students' knowledge and attitudes of sexuality. The instrument utilized in the study was The Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test (S.K.A.T.). This questionnaire was developed by Harold I. Lief, M.D. and David Reed, Ph.D. to measure …

Developmental Relationships Between Logical Or Operational Schemes, Motor Schemes, And Scheme Coordinating Ability., Jerome Casciani

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Investigated the relationship between the development of logical schemes or operations and the development of total, fine, bilateral and gross motor schemes. The relationship between scheme coordinating ability and motor schemes development and between scheme coordinating ability and logical scheme development was also examined. Logical schemes or operations were measured by Piaget's conservation and chemical tasks and motor schemes were measured by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency. The ability to coordinate both motor and cogntive schemes was represented by Pascual-Leone's neo-Piagetian construct central computing space which was measured by the Compound Stimulus Visual Information Task (CSVI). A supplemental analysis …

A Hydrogeologic Study Of The Greenbrier Limestone Karst Of Central Greenbrier County, West Virginia., Sara Anne Heller

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The study area covers approximately 80 square miles of the outcrop extent of the Middle Mississippian Greenbrier Group in central Greenbrier County, West Virginia. This sequence of sedimentary rocks, primarily limestones, is approximately 800 feet thick, strikes about N25(DEGREES)E, and generally dips less than 10 degrees to the northwest. The study area is predominated by broad, asymmetric, and northeast-trending folds of low plunge, and several roughly en echelon reverse faulty-fold complexes. A major photolineament trend exists at N30(DEGREES)E to N45(DEGREES)E. Areas of high photolineament density roughly correspond to mapped structures. Three major aquifers were identified in the Greenbrier Group by …

An Assessment Of Management Policies And Procedures Of Sports Centers In England., William Raymond Tancred

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This study was conducted to investigate the role of six problematic areas in one hundred sports centers in England and to determine if standards for management policies and procedures did exist among various types of sports centers, namely, education, public, and joint provision. Another major purpose was to compare five sports centers selected by a vote of one hundred sports center managers as being the most effective in England in terms of the six areas of consideration with that of the randomly selected institutions. A descriptive survey questionnaire on management practices was utilized to solicit information from the subject sports …

Achievement With Two College Textbook Reading Methods With Considerations For Locus Of Control Influences., Linda Jane Okey

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This study was designed to investigate achievement with a Modified SQ3R Method and th Cornell Method as textbook reading-study techniques for a college freshman content area course, considering the effect of locus of control. Both overall effectiveness of the two methods and the effect of locus of control on achievement with the methods were considered.

Coal Dissolution Phenomena., Bobby Kwong-Wing Han

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An investigation of the bituminous coal dissolution phenomena has been undertaken in order to develop information which would be useful in the design and scale-up considerations for a commercial liquefaction plant. The experimental data of this study were derived from pilot plants using various coal liquefaction processes. The data were analyzed in order to better understand the phenomena which occurs in the preheater and reactor sections during the liquefaction of coal. Estimates of the hydrodynamic characteristics of the two-phase flow in the coal liquefaction reactor, such as the different flow patterns, liquid hold-up, and axial dispersion effects, were performed utilizing …

The Rev. Al Carmines And The Development Of The Judson Poets' Theater., Robert Boynton Helm

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In May 1979 the Rev. A1 Carmines received the Obie for distinguished accomplishment in the New York Theater. Rev. Carmines has been the principal force behind the Judson Poets' Theater, one of the most influential Off Off Broadway theaters. This study explores the development of Mr. Carmines's theater from 1960 to 1979. It also studies the development of Mr. Carmines as composer, lyricist and playwright. An introductory chapter gives background information about the Judson Baptist Church under whose sponsorship this unique theater began. It explores the historical relationship of the Church and theater and the way Judson resolved some of …

Relationships Among Teacher Communication Style, Trait And State Communication Apprehension, And Teacher Effectiveness., Patricia Kearney Knutson

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The empirical model tested in this study examined the effects of teacher communication style (as perceived by either teachers or students) on students' affect and behavioral commitment in college classes. Additionally, the model posited a mediational function for teachers ’ and students' trait and state communication apprehension for perceptions of teacher style, affect, and behavioral commitment.

Dynamic Responses Of A Multi-Layered Rectangular Plate On Viscoelastic Foundation Due To Moving Loads., Cheng-Jer Lin

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The Investigation presents the formulation of a general equation of motion and its analytic and numerical solution for the determination of the dynamic deflections and stresses of a multilayered rectangular plate on viscoelastic foundation subject to a constant force travelling at a constant velocity. Various combinations of simply-supported, clamped, and free edge conditions of the plate are studied. A multi-layered plate has in general two shifting "neutral" planes, one in which ax«=0 while OyfQ and another, 0y“O while Oj^O. They are not only at different locations, but also change their locations in the plate depending on the loads or curvatures …

A Free-Vortex Model With Numerical Solution For The Unsteady Lifting Characteristics Of Straight Bladed Darrieus Wind Turbines., Paul Gerald Migliore

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A method has been developed to analyze the flow and predict the lifting characteristics of vertical axis wind turbines. Blades are modelled by a number of discrete bound vortices located on the airfoil mean camber line; the wake is modelled by a number of discrete vortices shed from the blade trailing edge. Application of the flow tangency boundary condition and the Kutta condition permit a numerical solution for the strengths of the bound vortices. Blade forces are then determined from potential theory. This vortex model faithfully reflects the important phenomena of flow unsteadiness and wake/blade interaction. Wake details and energy …

Clinical Treatments Of Depression., Deborah Kay Orth

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Depression seems to be a major problem for college students who are coping with academic and social pressures, as well as defining goals for life and career, often without adequate support systems. Therapy is frequently sought by moderately depressed college students. This treatment teaches the individual a style of thinking or a way of approaching their difficulties, but in one study, the 42 percent who did seek therapy rated the effectiveness as only 3.5 on a 5-point scale (Bosse, 1975). Students perhaps also need a means of coping that they can rely on in addition to the insight and behavior …

Vau De Ville, Voix De Ville And Vau De Vire: A Study In Sixteenth-Century Monophonic Popular Music. Volume I: Commentary. Volumes Ii And Iii: Transcriptions., Normand Laval Rioux

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The present study attempts a comprehensive examination of this problem. Its purpose is threefold:

1. To objectively present the etymological evidence, utilizing as many early dictionaries as are available to the writer.
2. To examine the repertoire represented by each term and discuss it in relation to the mainstream of Renaissance music, dance, and literature.
3. To provide a modern edition of over 200 vaux de ville, voix de ville, and vaux de vire.

The Relationship Of University-Level Industrial Arts Content To General Education., John Wesley Sinn

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Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to examine the current relationship of university-level industrial arts content to general education. Statement of Purpose: 1. To determine the current industrial arts content at the university level. 2. To determin the relationship between the current major industrial arts content emphases and general education.

The Effects Of Symbolic Models On The Vegetable Eating Behavior Of Preschool Children In A Day Care Setting., Joseph Lawrence Badgley

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The specific purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of symbolic models, presented orally through a story read by the teacher, on the consumption of five selected vegetables by preschool children aged four to six.

Successful And Unsuccessful School Superintendents., Sharon Davidson Zickefoose

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se of the Study Superintendents of schools in West Virginia and throughout the nation have been the subject of many research studies within the last ten years. Of particular interest to researchers has been the average term in office of school superintendents everywhere in the country. Average employment for a superintendent in an urban district usually has been less than two years. In the majority of rural areas a superintendent has averaged as many as four years.^ The reasons given for these short term expectancies in office have varied, but the most frequently mentioned reason listed in the literature has …