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Teaching Listening Skills To Kindergarten Children, Barbara A. Schwayne

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In this study, the impact of teaching discriminatory listening skills to kindergarten children was investigated. The children were taught for 15 minutes daily for 12 weeks. The lessons consisted of paper and crayon activities, playing listening games, using books and tapes at a listening center, and some following directions activities .

It was hypothesized that the intact experimental group would do better on the posttest than the intact control group , that t he males listening skills would increase more than the females, and that the older and younger students' listening skills would increase more than those of the students …

A Study Of The Effect Of The Francis Howell Writing Process On The Language Arts Achievement Of Fourth Grade Students, Carolyn Rose

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During the 1986-1987 school year, the Francis Howell School District implemented a formal writing process designed to address students/ deficiencies in language arts. An attempt was made to demonstrate the effectiveness of this program by examining the differences in language arts scores on a standardized achievement test between a class of fourth graders which was not exposed to the writing program--the comparison group, and a similar group which received instruction based on the Francis Howell Writing Process-- the experimental group.

The results of this study Indicated that exposure to the Francis Howell Writing Process did not have a significant impact …

Information Theoretic Analysis Of Multi-Stage Communication/Imaging Systems, William O'Such

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A method for the system analysis of a multistage photographic or communication system is developed. By following the input signal through the system and estimating the output signal and the output signal without noise, the information capacity after each stage can be estimated. The relationship between the variance and the integral of the power spectrum is used in accounting for the effects of each of the component characteristics: modulation transfer function, density-log exposure relationship and granularity. This method is implemented in a computer program which allows one to vary the characteristics of the components and determine the resultant changes in …

An Investigation Of The Affects Of Typefaces Upon Reader's Perception Of The Meanings Of Messages Using The Semantic Differential Testing Technique, Veronica M. Hofman

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This thesis is directed to the area of typography and the affects certain typefaces have on a reader's perception of the message of a text. There have been both empirical and non-empirical studies done that show evidence that connotations and feelings have been associated with typefaces. The intent of this study was to determine the feelings associated with a particular group of typefaces by relating each face to a list of adjective pairs and comparing the results with the content of books which incorporated the face on their jackets. This was to determine whether the content of a book and …

An Evaluation Of The Effect Of Registration On Gcr And Conventional Chromatic Separation Methods In Multicolor Halftone Printing, Chihwe Jeffrey Wang

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Misregistration is an unavoidable problem in multicolor halftone printing. It causes the loss of detail, sharpness and color hue shift of a reproduction. However, there is a color separation technique called Gray Component Replacement (GCR) which may reduce or eliminate this misregistration effect. An investigation had been conducted using a series of color halftone proofs which were produced by conventional chromatic and GCR color separation techniques. The subjective image quality scaling method was applied to this study as a criterion to determine whether there is an image quality relationship between these two techniques on misregistered reproductions.

Computer Animation Design And Execution: Integrating Poetry And Technology, Catherine Haven Kirby

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The Application Of Cie Lab To Study Trapping Efficiency, Patchanee Malikhao

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It has been known that apparent trapping percentages caused by changing printing sequence (or printing order) affect the color appearance of the overprint areas. However, no other studies in the past were done in a standard color measurement system- that is the CIE system. This thesis was conducted in order to learn how the selected printing sequences yellow- magenta-cyan-black, black-cyan-magenta-yellow, yellow-magenta-cyan-black, and cyan-magenta-yellow-black- of a monotack process ink yield the color gamuts on the CIE LAB color space. Since the two sequences: yellow-magenta-cyan-black and cyan-magenta-yellow-black, were recommended to be adopted as standard sequences for SWOP inks, this reseach attempted to …

The Moving Image, Jacqueline M. Cotrupe

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Multaid, A Consultant For Multi-Microprocessor Network Selection, Bernabe Javier Arruza

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A knowledge based system has been developed to enable an architectural designer to select an adequate interconnection network to be utilized in a parallel or distributed processing system. It is implemented using the Knowledge Engineering Environment, K.E.E., package from IntelliCorp.

The user will interact with the system through symbolic representation. From the selected symbols, the knowledge base system will identify the most appropiate network for the given application. The system will display the network topology along with all the information and results of all pertinent calculations corresponding to the given network. The program will also display the rule driven search …

The Switch Capacitor Biquad Filter And It's Application On Active Filter Design, Sung-Chiang Chang

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The purpose of this subject is to use the programmable switch capacitor filter to design a traditional analog filter which usually cause a tedious job on finding a group of values for resistors and capacitors. We start from the basic concept of switch capacitor, then we learn to use auxiliary equipment to design a filter. To design the desired filter, first, we have to find the s-domain transfer function, then transfer it to the z-domain. After we found the coefficients of z-domain transfer function, we have to implement this on the auxiliary equipment. Then we will get the desired filter.

Engraving By Cnc Milling Machine, Ram Tatiparti Reddy

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A detailed study of NC, CNC and Engraving is presented. Engraving of letters of different sizes is done using the present technology in a CNC milling machine. This thesis also contains the design of a communication interface between Mark Century One Plus controller and different peripherals. Software for Engraving and Communication between the controller and a PC is developed. The generated NC code from software is simulated on the controller and the product is cut.

Development Of A Low Cost Pc Based Robot Vision System, Raghunandan Jadhav

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There has been a continued. interest in utilizing machine vision systems for robot guidance applications. Commercial vision systems can be programmed to give information about the parts in the robot work area and this information can be used by the robot computer to guide the robot. In most applications, however, the vision information cannot be easily integrated with the robot control language. This thesis considers implementation of part identification routines directly into a robot guidance language. This makes all the complicated machine vision algorithms transparent to the user and allows him to treat higher level vision functions as an extension …

Digital Network Implementation By Xilinx Asic Technology, Maoling Shen

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Using XACT(XILINX Advanced CAD Technology) to implement a digital network, which is used in an 8052AH-BASIC single board computer system as one of its interfaces called MIDVOX.

MIDVOX comprises of three major parts.

1. Voice Detector

2. Waveform Generator and Frequency Divider

3. Signal Processing and Storing Unit(PSU)

Digitized voice signals are inputed to the network as BEG. Their periods are then counted by a 12 bit binary counter. Finally they are stored into memories by means of a series of 12 bit binary numbers. The value of the number depends on the length of a period of that particular …

Closed Loop Machining In Precise Turning, Ching-Song Wei

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Closed loop machining (CLM) is one of the most reliable ways to automate tool setting, part positioning and measurement on CNC machine tool. It not only can assure the quality of the product but also can improve the productivity of the machine. This paper describes the CLM from basic turning concept to application of CLM, including the feature of Mark Century 2000T and the programming methods in precise turning.

The hardware and software requirements for CLM system were presented. The algorithm for CLM programs was developed completely with a series of flow charts. Then, on the base of two projects, …

The Fast Fourier Transform In Assembly Languages Of Microprocessor 68000 And Microcontroller 8052, Hari Kumar Baldawa

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In this report, the 256 point radix-2 FFT algorithm is written in assembly languages of microprocessor 68000( or 68008) and microcontroller 8052( or 8051). The data used can be upto 30 bits, of which the least significant 12 bits are assigned for fractional part.

The FFT code in assembly of 68000 is written for Sinclair's QL-100 personal computer with 68008 CPU. The SuperBASIC programs are used to access and test the performance of FFT code. The average time of execution falls between 0.3 to 0.4 seconds for 256 discrete points.

Again, same FFT algorithm is written in assembly language of …

The Evaluation Of The Ti-Speech System On Pc Computer, Ying Wu

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A PC-TI-SPEECH system has been set up by the author of this thesis on the IBM PC/AT compatible computer. The basic functions of the system are as follows: data acquisition, internal signal synthesization, signal processing and speech recognition. The system is built up by a PC, TI-Speech Hardware kit, MADCAP software package,TI-Speech Tool kit. This thesis covers the setup, evaluation and operations of the complete PC-TI-SPEECH system, development of the system for further applications, and operations of running some evaluation programs generated by doing this thesis.

8085 In-Circuit Emulator For Ibm Personal Computer, Joong Bin Lee

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As microprocessor-based systems become gradually larger, the developers need good tools for debugging the hardware and software. The emulators for the IBM Personal Computer using an RS-232 serial port are available in the market. But it takes quite a long time to download the user file to the memory of the emulator or the target system. This emulator is an add-on card dedicated for IBM Personal Computers. The emulator communicates with the IBM Personal Computer through the I/O channels on the mother board instead of the serial port, so its speed is much faster than that of the serial port. …

Fault Location And Control Optimization Planner (Expert System Approach), Fenil Shah

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FALCON is a rule based expert system designed to control a process being regulated by "intelligent" controllers which would at each time and stage execute a series of diagnostic or decision tests and only then initiate a control action identified by the process engineer. The current implementation includes fault identification, diagnostic and process settings in case of low efficiency and poor quality in the product. This research is a part of large research project in flexible manufacturing.

The system is intended to grow into a complete diagnostic master and take corrective actions with the help of the operational personnel.

FALCON …

Liquid Crystal Display And Thermal Printer For A Single Board Computer, Shenq Jyi Wang

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This thesis deals with the installation of a LTP451 printer mechanism (LTP) and a Dot Matrix Liquid Crystal Display module (LCD) in a SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER (SBC). The communicative method between SBC and LTP is serial, but that between LCD and SBC is parallel.

Multiple-Screen Panning System, Abdo Fathy Youssef

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There is a need to provide graphics capabilities for the objective of "Group Graphics". This is the ability of a group of humans to work collaboratively on the same diagram. It is the intent of this project to provide some of the fundamental software tools to allow a group of individuals to deal with a "mosaic" form of graphics made up of many separate screens that can be panned and conceptually edited by each individual who is working on portions of the overall document.

Simple tools are provided for the creation of graphics screens as well as saveing and retrieving …

Exploring The Public Administration Of Police/Security Interface, John Richard Carroll Rundel

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Was there a relationship between local police control of private security and tension and misunderstanding between them? Did the above tension and misunderstanding interfere with positive police/ security interface? It was hypothesized that there was a relationship between local police control of private security, tension, and misunderstanding between them which interfered with positive police/security interface.

The central idea of this thesis was : tension and misunderstanding between police/security could be lessened or eliminated by the passage of uniform state legislation. One purpose of this paper was to provide food for thought and further research in contrast to providing definitive answers. …

N-Values And Paper Opacity, Robert Eric Aronson

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The n-value is a factor which allows the Murray-Davies equation to be correctly solved for physical dot area or tint density. This equation becomes known as the Yule-Nielsen equation when the n-value is used.

Many variables affect the value of n; paper characteristics, screen ruling, even the equation variables themselves. The level of solid ink density may have a very significant effect on the n-value. This fact, although suspected, has not been investigated until now.

A study into this variance was undertaken in Appendix II with a method for adjusting the value of n to a standard solid ink density …

Opportunities In Television: A Guidebook For Black Women, Katherine Naomi Lucas-Johnson

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A Christian Counseling Handbook For The Lay Counselors, Debra K. Olson-Demmie

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Counseling psychology advocates a position of neutrality where religious issues are concerned. This position appears benign at first glance, but upon closer examination we find that psychology has been strongly influenced by modern humanistic thought. In his book Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship, Paul Vitz (1977) states, "Psychology has become as religion, in particular, a form of secular humanism based on the worship of self" (p. 9). Vitz alleges that humanistic psychology is being practiced as an anti-Christian religion.

Christian mental health and pastoral care providers need to be alert to the infiltration of humanistic thought into psychological …

Suitability Of Expressive Therapy Methods With Preschool-Aged Flood Victims, Susan A. Gerhard

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This project presents an expressive therapy program with preschool-aged victims of a natural disaster . Primary process level communication is discussed as the underlying mechanism in the expressive therapy process . The suitability of expressive therapy methods is examined through informal interviews with parents and teachers, observations by the program facilitator , and the products the children created . The expressive therapy procedure was shown to be suitable f o r this age group . The results which showed expressive therapy methods to be suitable with preschool-aged victims of a flood were that the children reacted to the expressive therapy …

The Need For Audio-Visual Curriculum, Barbara Arnold

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The purpose of this project was to study the effectiveness of audio-visual aids in the cla9sroom. To justify the use of audio-visual aids in the classrooms, an attempt was made to test the hypothesis that for audio-visual aids to be used effectively to teach details and comprehension of story and lesson content, they must be properly introduced with a study guide and followed by related activities and e valuation . Three heterogeneously grouped classes were regrouped for this project. Three units of literature, science and social studies were planned with three lessons for each unit. This allowed the teachers to …

Legacy Of Honor, Jame R. Cox

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A Faster Way: A Recommendation To Machinery And Equipment Appraisers, Gerald L. Huether

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Development Of Thinking Skills Through Historical Fiction With Intermediate And Middle School Students: A Book Manuscript, Rebecca Hicks

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The purpose of this study was to develop a book manuscript incorporating higher-order thinking skill development with the reading of American historical fiction . Current literature showed the necessity for promoting higher-order thinking skills among today's students. It was found that current textbooks did not sufficiently address higher-order thinking questioning. It was also found that many thinking skill materials did not integrate those skills with academic content. The information gathered was then used to formulate a book integrating higher-order thinking skills with read- aloud American historical fiction. The book manuscript was to be utilized by intermediate and middle school teachers.

Management Stress And Its Impact On Marital Dysfunction, Thomas J. Kemper

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The purpose of this investigation is to examine the occupational and life stressors suffered by managers and the relationship between this stress and the marital dysfunction of these managers.

The relationship between employee's work lives and their nonwork lives has undergone a number of investigations over the years . One area that has received particular attention is the area of occupational stress, its causes and effects. Occupational stress is something that is no longer suffered by air traffic controllers and top executives Lower level managers are becoming distressed because of the pressures placed on them by corporations to perform, and …