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The Incidence Of University Sexual Harassment Complaints Related To Institutional Factors, Caron Lyn Zlotnick

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High-Temperature Dielectrics For Thin Film Sensors, C. Michael Trottier

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The Behavior Of The Near Ocean Surface Under The Combined Action Of Waves And Currents In Shallow Water, Mohamed Mohamed Youssef

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Acoustic Harmonic Radiation And Scattering From Fluid-Loaded Plates And Shells With Impedance Discontinuities, Ardhendu G. Pathak

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An Experimental And Computational Study Of Nitrogen-Containing Molecules In The Poly(Oligoazine) And The Poly(Oligonaphthylamine) Systems, Brian Keith Schmitz

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Transverse Dynamics In Spin-Polarized And Binary Fermi Liquids, Karen Albert Musaelian

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Dielectric Coated Monolithic Hollow Metallic Waveguide For Carbon Dioxide Laser Transmission, Poonam Bhardwaj

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A Study Of The Potential Of Spray Drying For The Production Of Respirable Particles Of Protein Drugs, Joanne Broadhead

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Applications Of Uv Resonance Raman And Micro-Raman Spectroscopy For The Rapid Characterization Of Bacteria And The Study Of Polymers, Suneet Chadha

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Travel As Metaphor: Traveling Heroines In Novels By Jane Austen, George Eliot, And The Brontes, Marcia Bentley Dinneen

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Critical Action Research And The Changing Role Of Nurse Executives: A Case Study, Inger Margrethe Holter

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Three Dimensional Numerical Modeling Of Estuarine Circulation And Water Quality Induced By Combined Sewage Overflow Discharges, Wenrui Huang

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A Structural Equation Model Of A Set Of Operationalized Cognitive Social Earning Variables And Citizen Participation In Neighborhood Organizations, Donald Ray Whitworth

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Zooplankton Distributions In The Great South Channel And The Genetic Population Structure Of The Copepod Calanus Finmarchicus In The Gulf Of Maine, Lisa Marie Kann

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Molecular Oxygen And Oxygen-18: Co-Tracers Of Oceanic Productivity, John Afton Kiddon

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Dynamic Wetting Of Solids By Surfactant Solutions, Prakash Kota

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A Three-Dimensional Boundary Fitted Circulation Model In Spherical Coordinates, Muslim Muin

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Analysis, Distribution, And Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry Of Iron(Ii) In Seawater, Daniel William O'Sullivan

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Optical Allusions: Technologies Of The Body Visible, Karen Lee Potter

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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy At A Silver Electrode As A Detection System In Flowing Streams, Neil J. Pothier

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Oscillation And Global Attractivity Of Differential And Difference Equations, Chuanxi Qian

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Computer Simulation Of Dynamic Load Transfer And Wave Propagation In Particulate Media, Qiming Tai

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Editing As Parallel To Writing And Reading, Subordinate To Communication, And Connected To Teaching, Karen Marie Petit

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The Properties Of Alkali Metal And Alkali-Coadsorbate Overlayers On Metal Surfaces, Daixing Tang

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O2 And 18o: Co-Tracers Of Oceanic Productivity, John Afton Kiddon

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Metabolic processes naturally and subtly alter the isotopic composition (δ¹⁸O) as well as the concentration of the dissolved O₂ in the sea. Three investigations employing o₂ and δ¹⁸O as co-tracers of metabolic activity are presented. In a laboratory investigation, we measured the respiratory isotope effects ε_resp for ten representative marine organisms. The average ε_resp of the dominant marine respirers (the bacteria, microalgae and zooplankton) was 20 ± 3 ‰. This value supports the hypothesis that the photosynthesis-respiration cycle is responsible for the 23.5 ‰ enrichment in the δ¹⁸O ratio of …

A Structural Equation Model Of A Set Of Operationalized Cognitive Social Learning Variables And Citizen Participation In Neighborhood Organizations, Donald R. Whitworth

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This study investigated the salience of a cognitive social learning model for understanding the process by which an individual decides to participate in a neighborhood association. An operationalized set of cognitive social learning variables served as the dimensions of the hypothesized model to explain citizen participation. The subjects included 229 adult (18 years and older) Jewish Israelis. Of the total pool of subjects, 112 were graduates of Project Renewal neighborhood activist training programs who were interview in their homes. The remaining 117 subjects were nonactivists randomly selected from the same neighborhoods as the activists. Forty nine percent of the subjects …

Analysis, Distribution, And Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry Of Fe(Ii) In Seawater, Daniel William O'Sullivan

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Dissolved Fe(II) was isolated and preconcentrated in situ in the euphotic waters of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, using complexation by Ferrozine previously adsorbed on a C₁₈ hydrocarbon substrate and then determined spectrophotometrically. The distribution of Fe(II) in the surface waters varied temporally and spatially, exhibiting maxima near the surface and often at depths with higher chlorophyll a. Laboratory photochemical experiments with equatorial Pacific seawater demonstrated photochemical reduction of Fe(ill) which may be an important source for Fe(II) in these waters, altering the speciation and bioavailability of iron.

A highly sensitive stopped-flow chemiluminescence method was developed for the analysis …

Stress, Temperament, And Academic Achievement, Patricia M. Lemay

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The relationship among stress, temperament, and academic achievement in middle-school children was explored. It was hypothesized that: (1) various types of stressors differ in their relationship with academic achievement, (2) temperamental variables differ in their relationship with children's perceived stress, and (3) temperament mediates the relationship between stress and academic achievement.

Subjects were 263 sixth graders from three public school systems in southeastern New England. Using a group format, the subjects were administered two self-report measures of stress and one self-rating temperament survey, the predictor variables. The criterion measure was the Metropolitan Achievement Test scores for the 1991-1992 academic year. …

Relationships Between Self-Esteem, Social Support And Adolescent Hopefulness, Cynthia D. Connelly

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The purpose of this study was to: (a) investigate the relationships among the variables of self-esteem, social support and hopefulness in adolescent females, and (b) determine if significant differences exist between the hopefulness of pregnant and non-pregnant adolescent females

The framework for this study was derived from the literature and based on the concepts of self-esteem, social support, and hopefulness. Research suggests that social support and self-esteem are key constructs in predicting hopefulness towards the future and were selected as factors in constructing a theoretical framework for the explanation of adolescent hopefulness. The Symbolic Interactionist perspective provided the theoretical basis …

The Relationship Between Prior Abuse And Personality Functioning In Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients, Kimberly Shaunesey

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Previous research has indicated that a history of abuse is related to later problems in personality functioning in adults. In addition, the literature has suggested that abused adolescents also experience more family dysfunction. In the present investigation, 541 subjects' records were drawn from consecutive admissions to the adolescent inpatient service of a private psychiatric hospital. Psychological records which contained copies of the scored Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Family Assessment Device (FAD) were reviewed. Corresponding medical charts were obtained, from which abuse histories, the Hollingshead Four Factor Index of Social Status, and other demographic information were recorded. A …