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The Effects Of Photoperiod And Melatonin Injections On The Reproductive System Of Male Mice, Mus Musculus, Icr Strain, Margaret Ann Shugart

Master's Theses

The reproductive effects of long (24L:OD), natural (14L:lOD), and short (1L:23D) photoperiods were studied in the male mouse, Mus musculus, ICR strain. One third of the mice in each photoperiodic regimen were sacrificed after 45 days. Half of the remaining mice in each regimen received daily melatonin (5-methoxy-N-acetyl tryptamine) injections for 45 additional days. Body weights, testicular and accessory sex organ weights were measured and microscopic examinations of the testes were made. Plasma testosterone levels were determined using radioimmunoassay. Other organ (pituitary, kidney, adrenal, thymus, thyroid) weights were also obtained.

Effects Of Casual Attributions Of Performance Outcome On Nature Of Self-Statements And Self-Esteem, Samuel Horace Wood

Master's Theses

36 college students participated in a study to determine the role of causal attributions of success and failure on the modification of self-esteem. Although Brockner (1979) has suggested that the key to augmenting self-esteem is the increasing of positive self-evaluation that follows success, several studies suggest that it is not the positive self-evaluation after success but the negative self-evaluations after failure that are crucial in determining one's level of self-esteem. Thus it was hypothesized in the present study that if external attributions were made for failures while internal attributions for success were maintained, self-esteem would increase. Subjects high and low …

Police, The Public, And The Mass Media : A Ghetto/Barrio Study, Barbara Joan Oskoui

Master's Theses

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Regulation Of Sodium Intake In The Mongolian Gerbil, Kevin Douglas Stark

Master's Theses

In the present study, two experiments were conducted to examine how the gerbil (Merinos Unguiculatus) responds to a chronic sodium deficiency. Adult male gerbils with a mean body weight of 79.81 grams, were maintained for a baseline period on a normal Purina Rat Chow and then they were placed on a salt-free diet. In addition they had ad lib access to a salt solution and water in a two bottle test situation. The saline concentration was cut in half and doubled to test for regulation. There was no significant overall increase in saline consumption (expressed as a percentage of total …

An Analysis Of The Stock Market As An Indicator Of Investor Reaction To Selected National And International Events, Benjamin F. Harmon

Master's Theses

The idea for this research originated with the work of Bruce M. Russett and Elizabeth Hanson in Interest and Ideology: The Foreign Policy Beliefs of American Businessmen. Their work in attempting to identify businessmen's reactions (and hence, beliefs) to events during the Indo-China War by movements in stock prices is, as far as I have been able to find, unique. After discussion with Dr. John Out-land, I undertook to determine if there is a consistent pattern in stock market fluctuations as a result of domestic and international affairs. Can the attitudes of American investors toward specific events be identified through …

Masculinity, Femininity, & Androgyny : The Interaction Of College Students With Preschoolers, Jan Alexandra Jones

Master's Theses

The rel ationshi p between sex-typing and the interacti on of col l ege students with 2- to 4-year-ol d male and female children was examined. Seventy-one Introductory Psychol ogy students were admini stered the Bern Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), which was scored in terms of the 7 factors introduced by Walker & Preston (1979). Small groups of 3 and 4 individuals were randomly selected to spend 20 minutes in the Child Development Lab, where they had the opportunity to interact with the children, to play with the toys, to observe, and to inter­ act with each other. The behavior of …

State-Trait Anxiety And Incidental Learning Of Shapes And Colors In Learning Disabled Adolescents, Ladonna Gail Cabell

Master's Theses

The present study attempted to examine the effects of anxiety on incidental learning of colors and shapes. The central task was the learning of six eve syllables with meaningfulness association values between 2.41 and 2.49. The incidental taslc was the learning of the color or shape that the syllable was printed on. The subjects were thirty-four male and female adolescents identified as learning disabled. The subjects were divided into three anxiety groups (high, medium and low) using Spielberger's State­ Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results· indicated that anxiety (state or trait) had no significant effect on incidental learning in adolescent subjects. …

Relationships Between Affective Reactions To Winning And Losing And Causal Attributional Style, Joseph C. Yount

Master's Theses

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Intensive Case Studies Of The Most And Least Successful Subjects In A Holistic Program And A Social Skills Training Program For Schizophrenics, David Lukoff

Master's Theses

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Pregnant Women's Expectations Of Newborns, Margery Salter

Master's Theses

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Charles R. Mcdowell, Jr. : One Man's View Of The National Folklore, Sandra Leigh Spratley

Master's Theses

A journalist's range of interests may be as varied and complex as the range of interests of the audience to whom he is appealing. Whereas Samuel Feinberg in Women's Wear Daily writes mainly for persons interested in business, a perusal through decades of Time shows its writers trying to reach a larger audience and thus writing on scores of different topics. The longevity of an author's work correlates to the success with which he captures his audience's characteristics and oral traditions. We find that such writers as E. B. White, Finley Peter Dunne, and Mark Twain have succeeded in almost …

Stress Coping Abilities Of Individuals High And Low In Social Anxiety, Rita Marie Wittmer

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of socially anxious persons' tendencies to cope with social stress and to examine the differences in the coping abilities of i ndividuals high and low in social anxiety. The differential coping potential of the cognitive coping technique reversal of affect was tested.

Sixty four {32 control, 32 treatment) college students participated in the pretest and posttest of the experiment in which they self-disclosed information in a stressful situation. Self-report, physiological and behavioral measures of anxiety were recorded. Subjects in the treatment group received the coping skills training to deal with …

L'Homme Et Le Poè̀Te Des Regrets, Thu Nguyet Levit

Master's Theses

Joachim du Bellay a été malconnu, il n'est pas méconnu. Des écrivains compétents tels Sainte - Beuve au XIXe siècle, d e nos jours Henri Chamard, Joseph Via­ney, V. L. Saulnier en ont fait avec science et sympathie l'un des principaux auteurs du XVIe siècle.

The Effects Of Hydrocortisone And Parathyroid Hormone On Bone In The Lead-Intoxicated Albino Rat, Paul Steven Simmons

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of Ego-Threat And Task Importance On The Anagram Performance Of Depressed-Anxious, Nondepressed-Anxious, And Nondepressed-Nonanxious College Students, Matthew M. Zarantonello

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Of The Importance Of Selected Dental Assisting Functions As Rated By Educators, Graduates And Employers, Joyce Elizabeth Sigmon

Master's Theses

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Comparison Of The Levels Of Political And Economic Development In Latin America, Carolyn Hostetler Anderson

Master's Theses

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Social And Political Perspectives In The Thought Of Søren Kierkegaard, David Bruce Fletcher

Master's Theses

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Client Characteristics Related To Retention In A Drug Abuse Inpatient Program, Paul Fedirka

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Nursing Care Activities And The Opportunity For Sleep For Patients In A Medical Intensive Care Unit, Sharon M. Burns-Stewart

Master's Theses

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A Non-Computer Method Used To Determine A Structural Analog Associated With Xerostomia Among Diverse Species Of Drugs: Speculation Based On Molecular Models, Patrick J. Angelo Jr.

Master's Theses

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Bennett Movement: The Effect Of Increased Vertical Dimension And Posterior Reference Location, Raymond Berlin

Master's Theses

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Further In Vitro Evidence For A Cyclic Adenosine 3', 5'-Monophosphate Mediated Regulation Of Renin Secretion By Dopamine In The Sodium Deficient Rat: Effect Of Theophylline And Dopamine-Receptor Antagonistic Agents, Suzanne Marie Mottel

Master's Theses

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The Prevalence Of Childhood Depression Among 6-11 Year Old Boys Seen By A Community Mental Health Center, Fred M. Kerman

Master's Theses

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Some Properties Of A New Temporal Illusion, Kathryn A. Markell

Master's Theses

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An Action Research Project: Immigration Education For Documented Cannery Workers, Karen Ann Szczepanski

Master's Theses

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Cause And Procedure In The Dismissal Of Tenured Teachers, Wolf. Wilensky

Master's Theses

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Student Perceptions And Use Of A University Health Service, Susan A. Lueger

Master's Theses

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Idealized Partner Preference In Homosexual Males, Tom Boyden

Master's Theses

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Teaching Peer-Tutoring Behaviors To Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children, Ann Marie Timothy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.