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A Behavioral Analysis Of Ethical Systems, Glen R. Peterson

Masters Theses

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Processing Of Copper Refinery Anode Slimes, Shrirang Anant Kulkarni

Masters Theses

"A study of commercial copper refinery anode slimes has been conducted to evaluate the separation of valuable metals contained in the slimes. The slimes contain substantial quantities of Ag, Sn, Au, Pb, and Cu. The values were present principally as AgCl, SnO₂, Au, PbSO₄, Cu and CuSO₄.

A Roast-Leach-Roast-Leach (RLRL) technique solubilized up to 91 pct of the Ag and 99 pct of the Cu from raw slimes.

The Pb-Sn separation was investigated using the following hydrometallurgical techniques: 1) DETA (diethylene triamine) leaching; 2) NaOH leaching; 3) (NH₄)₂CO₃ leaching; …

Pelletizing Of A Lead Sinter Machine Feed, Hung-Yang Tsai

Masters Theses

"A typical lead sinter machine feed can be pelletized in a drum pelletizer using tap water as a binding liquid. The green pellets produced have return sinter as cores, and an outer layer of new material and fluxes. The moisture content of the pellets produced is about 5%. The pelletizing procedure developed used raw materials from the Amax Lead Smelter, with only a minor amount of feed preparation. The importance of proper moisture control, use of binders, method of adding moisture, speed of pelletizing drum, etc. were investigated. The stability of pellets under extreme storage conditions was also determined"--page ii.

Fielding's Clergymen, Kathleen Marie Puhr

Masters Theses

Henry Fielding presented more clergymen in his fiction than any other major novelist except Trollope, and his non-fictional writings--notably articles in his journal, The Champion--also reflect his interest in the status of the clergy in eighteenth-century England. In his series of articles entitled “An Apology for the Clergy,” Fielding establishes the criteria by which he feels clergymen should be judged and lists the qualities of the “true” and “false” clergymen.

This study reveals that while Fielding in his non-fictional works clearly explains the traits of the true clergyman, his fiction does not contain a clergyman measuring up to his …

The Relationship Between Compensating Students To Attend Summer School And The Students' Attendance And Suspension Rates The Following School Year, Barbara Buckles

Masters Theses

A study was made of the Decatur Public Schools basic skills summer school program to determine if paying students to attend the summer school session had any effect on the student.

Two areas considered in the study were:

1. Was there any improvement in the attendance records the following school year for the fifty-three junior and high school students involved.

2. Was there any decrease in the suspension rate of the twenty-two high school students.

Student attendance and suspension records were compared for the 1977-78 school year and the 1978-79 school year. A t-test was used to determine if there …

The Construction And Validation Of A Death Anxiety Scale, Mark Lane Whipple

Masters Theses

Death anxiety has been previously investigated by many means including questionnaires and physiological and behavioral measures. Prior research indicated that paper and pencil scales of death anxiety correlated with physiological measures of anxiety. The present study was an attempt to construct and validate a large paper and pencil scale to measure death anxiety by using physiological measures of anxiety as external validation criteria. Sixty-six white female students were randomly selected from a pool of 80 volunteers obtained from introductory Psychology classes at Eastern Illinois University.

The physiological measure, changes in Galvanic Skin Response upon the presentation of 10 death-related and …

The Relationship Of Lateral Eye Movements To Field-Dependence-Independence And Verbal And Performance Skills, Linda J. Stennett-Mason

Masters Theses

Lateral eye movements and handedness as indexes of hemisphere asymmetry were compared to field-dependence-independence, as measured by Rod-and-Frame Test errors, and to Wechsler Verbal and Performance IQs. Consistent with previous research, the hypotheses predicted that persons with inconsistent lateral eye movements (ambilaterality) would have greater Rod-and-Frame errors (field-dependence) and lower Wechsler Verbal and Performance IQs.

Subjects were 41 male undergraduates who were grouped according to their lateral eye movements in response to 20 reflective questions consisting of ten verbal (left-hemisphere) and ten spatial (right-hemisphere) questions. The response scoring resulted in 12 subjects with 70% or more lateral eye movements to …

Androgyny And Occupational Choice, Ruth Carol Ellerbusch

Masters Theses

Sex-role orientation was investigated in terms of how it related to occupational choice. Sex-role orientation was defined in the following manner: one was either androgynous, masculine, feminine or indeterminate (Bern, 1974). Androgyny is a term used to describe individuals who are flexible in their sex-role orientation, individuals who are capable of being both instrumental and expressive, assertive and yielding, independent and dependent. Masculinity is associated with an instrumental orientation, a concern for oneself and getting the job done and a fondness for what man can make. Femininity is associated with an expressive communal orientation, an affective concern for the welfare …

Problems Of Political Development In Bangladesh, Haroon-Ar-Rashid Khan

Masters Theses

After World War II the revival of the spirit of nationalism led to the emergence of many new states. Freed from the colonial domination, the new states were keenly interested in developing their societies as fast as possible. Many problems stand in the way of development. These problems are the problems of stability, unity, integration and socioeconomic problems.

This study is concerned about the problems of political development in Bangladesh, which came into existence in 1971, as a result of the problems of of national integration in Pakistan. This study identifies some problems which stand in the way of political …

Evaluation And Improvement Of The Wu-Koh Model For The Prediction Of Multiple-Cell Cooling Tower Plumes, Michael Joseph Wastag

Masters Theses

This paper evaluates and improves the performance of the Wu-Koh mathematical model for the prediction of plume dispersion from multiple natural-draft (NDCT) and mechanical-draft (MDCT) cooling towers. The Wu-Koh multiple-tower model was chosen for study due to its advanced treatment of plume merging.

Our evaluation of the Wu-Koh model was carried out by comparing model predictions of field and laboratory data. Comparisons of model predictions of visible plume outlines were made to single- and multiple-tower visible plume data. The sites of the single-tower data were Lunen (300 MW_e), Chalk Point (630 MW_e) and Paradise (1100 MW …

From Selflessness To Selfishness: Various Types Of Deception In Four Of Twain's Novels, Kay L. Smith

Masters Theses

An interesting feature of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson is the use of disguise and deception. The basis of much of the novels' actions concerns people who, for varied reasons, set out to fool other people. Other individuals or groups of people are self-deceived.

Motivations for the deception vary. Some entail selfless concerns of protecting a loved one. Some illustrate desires to maintain one's own safety and well-being. Still others involve negative, base qualities such as greed, …

Themes Elicited By The Senior Apperception Test In Institutionalized Older Adults, Nancy A. Stock

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the major themes elicited by the 16 stimulus cards of the Senior Apperception Test (SAT) (Bellak, 1975). The SAT was administered to 40 institutionalized male and female volunteers from seven nursing homes in the central Illinois region. They ranged in age from 61 to 97 years of age. There were 20 females (mean age = 78.6 years, S.D. = 8.3 years) and 20 males (mean age = 78.l years, S.D. = 10.4 years). All subjects were initially given a brief organic screening device to rule out those subjects with severe or moderate …

Translocation Of C14-Labeled Assimilates In Squash Petioles, William John Raupp

Masters Theses

A qualitative analysis of sieve tube sap was undertaken to help determine the method of assimilate movement in phloem. Hydroponically-grown squash plants (Cucurbita melopepo torticollis Bailey) were trimmed to a mature, fully-expanded leaf (the source) and one or more immature, unexpanded leaves (the sinks). The blade of the source leaf was exposed to C¹⁴O₂ in air for 10 minutes and allowed to translocate for 20 or 50 minutes in ambient air. Petioles of treated leaves were cut into sections and ground in cold buffer with a chilled mortar and pestle to extract materials from the translocation stream. …

A Survey Of Media In The Spanish Language Classroom, Joanne Chacon

Masters Theses

A status survey of media in selected high school classrooms is the focus of this study. Questionnaires were sent to Spanish teachers in Region IV of the state of Illinois.

The purpose of the study was to gather data concerning the quantity, use, and adequacy of media as well as the selecting, funding, and housing of that media. Excluded from the study were software which accompany textbooks currently in use.

Quantity of media ranged from 0 to over 20. Tapes had the highest quantity with a median of 21, a mean of 17.31, and a mode of 20. Transparencies had …

The Preparation Of A Student Handbook, Kenneth L. Miller

Masters Theses

The purpose of the field study project was to develop a functional student handbook for use at Crestwood School in Paris, Illinois. Crestwood School is a kindergarten through 8th grade elementary school and the initial intention was to produce a handbook for use at all nine grade levels. As the project took form, however, differences between the needs for grades K-5 and 6-8 became extensive to the point that it became obvious that separate handbooks would be required to fulfill the desired purposes. This project became, then, the production of the handbook for the middle school (6-8) grades.

Handbooks currently …

An Advanced Studies Program For The Gifted Students At Arcola High School, Malcolm N. Fox

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field experience was to develop a workable and beneficial program of studies for those students at Arcola High School who are deemed to be gifted. Upon completion of the development of this program of studies, the writer chose to entitle the program developed, The Advanced Studies Program.

In defining the scope of and those who would be involved with, The Advanced Studies Program which he developed, the writer relied upon the definition of giftedness as set forth by the United States Office of Education. This definition appeared in the November, 1978 KAPPAN in an article written …

A Three Year Maintenance Schedule For The Junior-Senior High School Building Of The Beecher City School District, George M. Kohut

Masters Theses

There are two purposes of this field study. The first purpose of the field study is to predict the anticipated revenues available in the building fund of the Beecher City school district. The prediction includes building and life safety monies available through the end of the 1984 fiscal year. The main purpose of the field study is to provide a schedule for maintaining and refurbishing the junior-senior high school building for the school years of 1979, 1980, and 1981.

The field study is divided into four chapters. The first chapter conservatively predicts the assessed valuation that the school district can …

The Development Of A Board Policy Manual For The Edwards County Community Unit School District Number One, Mickey Roger Wright

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study was to develop a comprehensive, codified policy manual for the Edwards County Community Unit School District #1. Until the field study was completed, the district's policy manual was very sketchy and next to impossible to find a particular item since it lacked a proper coding system, page numbers, and index.

The problem was to point out to the Board of Education the advantages of written policies and the need for a comprehensive, codified policy manual in their district. The study goes into a short narrative on the advantages of written policies and the need …

A Multimodal Approach For Counseling Rural Women: Models And Case Studies, Mary Vick Roth

Masters Theses

THE PROBLEM

The purpose of this study was to develop a counseling model which would provide time-efficient and effective counseling services to meet the needs of rural women. Criteria were established for selected of a model and for evaluation of outcomes.

PROCEDURES

Research on previously-tested methods of counseling women as well as that on other counseling models was examined. Models were evaluated on the basis of established criteria. Discussion of use of the model selected was presented with three case studies illustrating its application. Evaluation of outcomes at the conclusion of therapy and on a follow-up basis concludes each case. …

A Metallurgical Evaluation Of The Mi Vida Prospect: A Mixed Copper Sulfide-Carbonate Ore Body, Sells, Pima County, Arizona, Kevin Michael Kenney

Masters Theses

"A copper-prospect in south-central Arizona has been evaluated on a metallurgical basis. Primary chalcocite and secondary covellite, plus the copper oxides malachite and brochantite, constitute the economic mineralization. The deposit outcrops as a steeply dipping (70°SW), intensely brecciated, copper-bearing quartz vein with discontinuous lenticular ore shoots.

Acid leaching techniques alone and in conjunction with froth flotation utilizing four copper oxide specific collectors were used to evaluate the amenability of this ore to processing. Direct acid leaching was examined and found to be ineffective. Removal of the chalcocite by froth flotation with xanthate was easy and gave better results to subsequent …

Molybdenum Stability In Coal Slags At 1400⁰C: Corrosion Properties For Mhd Electrode Applications., Kenton Brian Wright

Masters Theses

"Molten coal slag corrosion studies conducted on molybdenum at 1400°C used static and stirred slag experiments and electrical current experiments to parallel electrode conditions of slagging duct MHD generators. Crucibles containing molybdenum and slag were exposed to combustion-type gases in a tube furnace. Carbon monoxide-carbon dioxide gas mixtures controlled oxygen partial pressures at selected values between 10^-11 and 10^-3 atm. Metallograph and microprobe examination of polished sample sections defined corrosion characteristics.

At 1400°C, molybdenum metal is stable below 10^-9 atm oxygen pressure. Molybdenum dioxide is stable at higher pressure, but volatile molybdenum trioxides prevent formation of stable …

Preparation Of N,N-Dimethylhydrazones And 1,1-Dimethylpyrazolium-5-Oxides, Tso-Ping Li

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to prepare the 1,1-dimethylpyrazolium-5-oxides from a variety of N,N-dimethylhydrazones which can be prepared from the corresponding β-ketoesters.

Substitution of a methyl group at α-position of β-ketoesters makes the formation of N,N-dimethylhydrazones more difficult. The electron-withdrawing group (-NO₂) and the electron-releasing group (-OCH₃) as a parasubstituent of the benzene ring have the electrostatic effect to the nucleophilic attack of dimethylhydrazine to form the N,N-dimethylhydrazones.

It was found that N,N-dimethylhydrazones exist as a mixture of keto and enol tautomers based on the ir and nmr spectra. A semiquantitative analysis of the tautomerism …

The Administrative Procedures Surrounding Computer Scheduling At M.L. King Junior High, Diedrus U'Vonne Brown

Masters Theses

The use of a computer system to schedule students in a junior high school was the subject of this particular field study. This process has only been used for one year at Martin L. King Junior High School, and the administrative procedures surrounding this had not yet been spelled out, especially in specific terms. It was through observations and conferences with the principal, administrative assistant, and TIES (Total Informational Educational Service) personnel, that I felt a need to look more closely into the scheduling process and develop some guidelines for the administrator to follow.

The creation of this study was …

A North Central Association Self-Evaluation Visitation And Implementation Process, Gary E. Glosser

Masters Theses

This field study was written and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Specialist in Education at the Graduate School of Eastern Illinois University. The study was based on a single unique experience. The purpose of this paper was to show a complete overview of a North Central Association Evaluation. This was accomplished by applying the process utilized by the Villa Grove High School in its North Central Evaluation.

Each North Central Association Evaluation is divided into three phases. These phases are the self-evaluation phase, the visitation team phase and the implementation of recommendations of the …

A Slide-Tape Presentation For Parent Orientation Of The Public Schools Of Hillsboro Unit District #3, Wayne C. Ford

Masters Theses

The Slide-Tape Presentation for Parent Orientation of the Public Schools of Hillsboro Unit District #3, Hillsboro, Illinois was created to show: 1) the location and type of building students attend in the district, 2) some of the activities provided for students in the elementary, middle and senior high school, 3) many of the ancillary services provided in the school district, and 4) the results of long-range facility planning done by the school board and citizens who reside in the school district.

Preparation of the multi-media package included the assembling of a slide bank of six hundred seventy-five slides. From this …

Low-Fire Salt-Glazing, Rhonda M. Cearlock

Masters Theses

The purpose for this research was to investigate the feasibility of using rock salt for glazing a clay body at pyromatric cone 04 (1940°F). Four clay bodies were used to see which reacted best with salt at cone 04. Experimentation with additions of borax to the salt were used to see how they effect the covering qualities of each body, as well as how they effect body color.

Engobes used in the tests had different amounts of coloring oxides mixed with clay body number one and water. Colors ranging from light blue, green, and different hues of brown were achieved. …

Woman, A Vehicle Of Visual Expression In Contemporary Times, Tamara C. Bogue

Masters Theses

This paper is a discussion of a woman as a vehicle of visual expression in contemporary times. Certain artists have been selected for the discussion of woman as subject matter and as symbol. An overview is given concerning some trends that have an influence on contemporary society, women in that society, and consequently affect how women have been portrayed. The selected artists were chosen as representatives of "directional types" or "theme types" and some of the implications of their female imagery is discussed. The concept of woman as symbol in her historically recorded debut as fertility figurine ("Willendorf Venus") sets …

A Taxonomic And Ecological Study Of The Cladonia Species Of The Central Portion Of Fox Ridge State Park In Coles County, Illinois, James L. Jannesse

Masters Theses

Extensive collections were made on the central ridge system at Fox Ridge State Park in Coles County, Illinois. A literature review of the works on the genus Cladonia in North America encompassed major taxonomic collections undertaken in the last 20 years. Also, a historical account on the developments in the Cladonia chlorophaea complex are listed. Basic Cladonia morphology is described, including both microscopic and macroscopic illustrations. The study area was subdivided on a grid system, enabling the collection sites to be numbered. The entire area was covered in two foot intervals. From every entity that was found, ¼ of it …

Program Manual For Education Department At The Vandalia Correctional Center, Glen Donaldson

Masters Theses

This project is divided into four basic areas. The first three areas are Chapters 1-3 with area four being the Appendix. Within the abstract the content of each chapter will be discussed followed by the purpose of the content of the appendix.

Chapter 1 discusses the purpose and procedure of the study. The basic purpose of the study was to develop a program manual for a school program within a correctional setting. This program manual would then provide a reference for education staff, security staff, and support resources.

There is a discussion of the administrative aspects of the education program …

A Study Detailing The Progress Of The Neoga Community Unit Number Three Junior-Senior High School Building Project From Its Inception To The Groundbreaking Ceremony And The Beginning Of The Construction Phase Of The Project, Richard B. Green

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.