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Duty To Warn: The Mental Health Practitioner's Legal Responsibility, Madeleine Sharko

Master's Theses

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Expected And Actual Job Satisfaction Of Senior Pharmacy Students, Mary Eileen Dean

Master's Theses

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Celibacy And Generativity, Thomas F. Nestor

Master's Theses

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Wages Compared For Civil Engineers Employed In The Public And Private Sectors, Jon William Hamilton

Master's Theses

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High-Technology Crime And Public Policy : A Case Study, Daniel E. Macallair

Master's Theses

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Lake Canyon : A Community's Quest For Satisfactory Sewage Disposal, Michael C. Schott

Master's Theses

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Nutrition And Cancer Education : Evaluation Of A Program For Hispanic And Vietnamese Populations Provided By Two Community-Based Health Agencies, Linda Mladenka Dunn

Master's Theses

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Effects Of Public Health Nursing Intervention On The Self-Esteem Of Pregnant And Parenting Teenage Mothers, Joyce Brown

Master's Theses

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Nature As A Biblical Hermeneutic Device: The Role And Use Of Light In The Experience And Writings Of Ellen G. White, William Clyde Sands

Master's Theses

Problem In Seventh-day Adventism Ellen G. White is a key figure. Debate exists over whether she did serious biblical exegesis, engaged in proof-text eisegesis, or did only thematic homiletics. Method Selections of White's writings were approached using Dr. Douglas Waterhouse's biblical hermeneutic in which ritual, nature, and cosmos are three levels of meaning revealed in sound biblical exegesis. From the various aspects of nature, light was selected. Life Sketches and Earlv Writings were the source of autobiographical data. The parable of the Ten Virgins as interpreted in Christ's Object Lessons was the case study. Results White does homiletics which are …

Pastoral Counseling And The Kingdom Of God, Cheryl A. Furtak

Master's Theses

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Infant Visual Processing: Comparing Predictor Variables, Stephanie Rychlak Stilson

Master's Theses

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Urbanization In The People's Republic Of China: Continuity And Change, Jing Zhang

Master's Theses

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Psychological Reactions To Viewing A Simulated Nuclear War Scene, Rocco Domanico

Master's Theses

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Cognitive Distortion As A Function Of Social Anxiety In College Students, Kelly A. Johnson

Master's Theses

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Jesuit High School Policy In Bombay, India With Particular Reference To The New Educational Policy Of The Government Of India, Edmund Carrasco

Master's Theses

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Perceptions Of Sexual Harassment In The Workplace, Susan Sheffey

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Variables Affecting Public Relations Power And Roles In Hospitals, Holly Fletcher

Master's Theses

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A Comparative Study Of The Distribution Of Spiritual Gifts: Among Seminary Students And Other Graduate And Undergraduate Students At Andrews University, Darius A. Lecointe

Master's Theses

Problem Recently, considerable interest in spiritual gifts has developed and many scholars have attempted to measure them. This study was to determine whether spiritual gifts distribution is related to a specific demographic profile, and discriminates between certain groups. Method The New Spiritual Gift Inventorv provided scores for five spiritual gifts clusters, and three statistical procedures were employed to analyze the data gathered from 3 35 students. Results These results were obtained: 1. The clusters do not discriminate between students solely on the basis of academic classification. 2. Seminarians are stronger on the Teacher cluster than other students. 3. Males are …

An Assessment Of Heterosexuals' Perceived Risk For Hiv Infection, Suzanne Heininger

Master's Theses

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The Role Of The Tobacco Trade In Turkish-American Relations, 1923-29., Robert Carey Goodman

Master's Theses

This study of the tobacco trade between Turkey and the United States provides new perspectives on two major themes in Turkish-American relations between 1923 and 1929: the effect of Turkish nationalism on American interests in Ataturk's Turkey, and the effort to restore Turkish- American diplomatic ties broken during World War I. The marked rise in American cigarette consumption after World War I made the tobacco trade a crucial link between Turkey and America because it required the importation of aromatic tobacco. During the Turkish Republic' s first decades, the value of American tobacco imports from Turkey exceeded the value of …

A Rapid System For Analyzing Histone H4 Mutations In The Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Edward Rex Lakey Harkrader

Master's Theses

Genetically engineered, specific histone H4 mutations have been analyzed in yeast which lack normal H4 protein using the time consuming technique of tetrad dissection. The purpose of the present research project has been to develop a rapid new system for analyzing histone H4 mutations in yeast. The new system has made it possible to isolate quickly cells which are surviving on mutant H4 only. The system will make it possible to analyze more quickly large numbers of H4 mutations. It is termed a plasmid shuttle system because of the use of plasmid vectors for shuttling histone H4 alleles in and …

Political Instability In The Arab Middle East, Delores M. Moses

Master's Theses

The objective of this thesis is to prove that the Middle Eastern States, excluding Israel, experience political instability because the people lack state nationalism. State nationalism is defined as pride on the part of the people in their state to the extent that they transfer their primary loyalty from their village, ethnic, or religious group to the national government. The people will share a sense of oneness and a common identity with the government if they possess state nationalism.

The methodology used in this paper was to apply the indigenous theory of Christopher Clapham to historical events and the political, …

Relationship Between A Gifted Child's Label And Perceived Family Environment, Anne Hall

Master's Theses

This study investigated the relationship between the number of years in which a child has been labeled as gifted and family members' perceptions of their family's social environment. Second, possible differences between gifted childrens' and siblings' perceptions of their family's environment were investigated. A significant negative relationship was found between the number of years of labeling time and mothers' perceived level of cohesion, organization and control in the family environment. A significant positive relationship was found between the number of years in which the gifted child had been labeled and the gifted child's growing orientation to achievement and with unlabeled …

The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test As A Group Screening Instrument For Social Maturity, Andrea Davis

Master's Theses

This study investigated the use of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (BVMGT) as a measure of social maturity. A group BVMGT was administered to 80 second grade children and scored using the Koppitz Developmental Scoring System. The Social Domain of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS) served as the measure of social maturity. It was hypothesized that there is a significant positive relationship between VABS performance and BVMGT performance, also that there is a significant positive relationship between BVMGT performance and gender. The hypotheses were not supported. The VABS, variability within the subjects, age, halo effect, and scoring system …

Some Chemical And Physical Factors Influencing Growth Of Panus Stipticus Bulliard Ex Fries And Armillariella Mellea (Vahl Ex Fries) Karsten, James Robert Kirkland

Master's Theses

Two species of wood rotting fungi were used to investigate the possibility that growth-enhancing or inhibitory substances in woods from various trees are responsible for the distribution of these fungi in nature. Panus stipticus (Bulliard ex Fries) and Armillariella mellea (Vahl ex Fries) Karsten were cultured in the laboratory on blocks of wood from Taxodium distichum (L.) Richard, Juniperus virginiana L., Pinus taeda L. and Quercus rubra L. Panus stipticus grew well on the surface of the wood blocks; histological studies showed less penetration into the xylem of the softwoods than into that of Q. rubra. Armillariella mellea grew well …

Thrift Competition And Its Impact On Financial Institution Mergers And Acquisitions In The Richmond, Virginia Rma, Kenneth W. Vance

Master's Theses

Commercial banking has been subject to antitrust review for only a few decades. In 1948, the Transamerica Corporation was charged by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with a violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act when it acquired controlling interest in several independent banks in California ⁽¹⁾. At the time of the acquisitions, the banks in question were in direct competition with one or more oof the banks already controlled by Transamerica Corporation. Moreover, Transamerica Corporation held a major interest in Bank of America. This unique case ignited a fear of probable banking concentration …

The Relationship Of General Tolerance With Education, Ultimate Religious Motivation, Theological Position, And Denominational Affiliation, Cheryl L. Epperson

Master's Theses

The current study assessed whether educational level and ultimate religious motivation were positively correlated with general tolerance, while fundamentalism and tolerance were negatively correlated. One hundred eighty-five subjects at least 21 years of age were recruited from seven different Christian orientations. Educational level and ultimate religious motivation, as measured by an Intrinsic Motivation Scale, were positively correlated with tolerance measured by the Jackson Personality Inventory Tolerance Scale. A significant negative correlation was displayed between tolerance and fundamentalism as measured by an Orthodoxy Scale. In addition, a multiple regression analysis showed that fundamentalism was negatively correlated with tolerance, while ultimate religious …

A Descriptive Study Of The Kinetic Family Drawings Of Children From Catholic, Lutheran, And Seventh-Day Adventist Religious Backgrounds, Anne-Maria J. Monttinen

Master's Theses

Problem. The purpose of this study was to describe the symbols and actions children from religious backgrounds include in their Kinetic Family Drawings. Method The sample consisted of 172 children 9 to 12 years of age from 9 randomly selected Catholic, Lutheran, and Seventh-day Adventist elementary schools in Berrien County, Michigan. Each child made a Kinetic Family Drawing and answered a brief questionnaire. Findings 1. Approximately 12% of children from religious backgrounds included religious symbols or actions in their KFDs. 2. Boys and girls from religious backgrounds drew the same kinds of symbols but different actions in their KFDs. 3. …

Meta-Analysis Of Cognitive Strategies And Athletic Performance, Jody Meg Gold

Master's Theses

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Stressors Of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery As Perceived By Patients And Nurses, Jennifer Troutman

Master's Theses

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