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Symptomatology Of Bulimia: Five Case Studies, Michael J. Sharamitaro

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This study consisted of (a) a review of the research literature on bulimia, (b) five case studies of bulimic individuals, and (c) an analysis and comparison of the symptomatologic themes reported in the literature on bulimia and the salient characteristics of the bulimic individuals examined through the case studies. In the review of the research literature, attention was focused on the sociocultural, biological, and psychological factors that may contribute to the etiology of bulimia . The review also identified several symptoms or themes that are associated with bulimia. These were alienation from feelings, powerlessness, need for approval, control, avoidance of …

Genetic And Environmental Factors In Obesity: Case Studies, Bonnie Kathleen Hargis

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This research project consisted of seven case studies of obese women who sought treatment for their weight problems at a hospital weight loss clinic and fitness center. The purpose of these studies was to consider the extent to which heredity and /or environmental factors contributed to these subjects being overweight. The case studies suggested that six of the subjects' overweight. problems were mainly caused by environmental factors. It was determined that one subject was overweight largely due to genetic predisposition, but that environmental factors also played a role. The two primary environmental factors appeared to be eating large portions of …

Directing Angel Street, John Baptist Wainscott Jr.

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This culminating project by John Baptist Wainscott Jr. documents the directorial process and academic reflection involved in staging Angel Street (originally Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton as part of an MFA in Theatre at Lindenwood Colleges. Despite a personal aversion to melodrama, Wainscott undertook the production due to institutional constraints and transformed the project into a meaningful exploration of artistic growth. The report is structured around key thematic inquiries: why this play was selected, who created it, what defines its genre, how the production was executed, and how its success was evaluated.

The work delves into the history and critical …

The Impact Of Gender Differences On The Ethical Conduct Of Corporate Middle Management, Daniel W. Kemper

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This thesis will focus on the study of business ethics and the impact gender has upon the ethical decisions of corporate middle management .

Research has attributed the lack of ethics in businessmen to a decline in moral standards . Because this condition seems to be the rule rather than the exception, it becomes necessary to focus more clearly on the corporate system and the moral development of the individuals who make up this system.

Over the years moral development has been the subject of controversy as many theorists have developed their own ideas as to why people behave morally. …

The Architectural Theme In Painting, Allene Jones Ricker

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The architectural theme has been used in painting in varying ways as decoration, in landscape, as composition and as abstraction. From the first century until the Renaissance, architecture was used by artists as decoration or as a backdrop, setting the stage and framing the figures. Architecture as subject matter continued to evolve in a manner nearly parallel to the development of the landscape. Architecture in the form of Roman ruins, for example, was used in picturesque landscapes.

Architecture in landscapes developed into townscapes. In both Holland and Italy the townscape was painted extensively. The Venetian view painters were interested in …

The Orff Approach To Music Education: Objectives And Materials For Grades One Through Six, Barbara P. Spieler

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This study investigates the relationship between skill objectives in the Orff-Schulwerk approach to elementary music education and Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. The research begins with a detailed analysis of skill objectives as outlined in Music for Children, the foundational curriculum series for Orff-Schulwerk. These objectives are systematically ordered and examined for their developmental structure. The analysis reveals a clear sequence, beginning with fundamental abilities such as speech and rhythmic movement, progressing toward more advanced competencies including instrumental performance, melodic improvisation, and ensemble coordination.

The second stage of the study maps these Orff-Schulwerk objectives onto Piaget’s stages of …

Uguru: A Natural Language Unix Consultant, John Hanson

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UGURU is a natural language conversation program, implemented in Prolog, which can manage a wide knowledge base of facts about Unix. The range and wording of questions that it understands are based on surveys taken of students, mostly Unix beginners. UGURU is also designed to accept statements in English that can be added as facts to the knowledge base. Each fact is represented as a "binding set:" a verb-oriented semantic net with the characteristics of directed acyclic graphs. The main actions taken by UGURU are divided between two primary modules, a parser and a retriever. To produce a binding set …

A Comparative Study Of Four Major Knowledge Representation Techniques Used In Expert Systems With An Implementation In Prolog, Joann T. Hudgick

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Knowledge representation is a central issue in Artifical Intelligence (AI) research. In order to solve the diverse and complex problems encountered, one needs both a large amount of knowledge and some mechanism for the management and skillful utilization of that knowledge. The basic problem in knowledge representation is the development of an adequate formalism to represent that knowledge. In this thesis I will discuss four of the major techniques for representing knowledge in expert systems: first order logic, production rules, semantic networks, and frames. Using Prolog as the implementation language, I will demonstrate that all of the above mentioned representation …

How A Printer's Marketing Strategy Affects Capital-Equipment Purchasing Decisions, Lisa S. Horwich

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Marketing is a concept that is commonly believed to be the key to achieving organizational goals. This is accomplished through the determination of the needs and wants of potential customers and the deliverance of the product or service that meets this need more effectively and efficiently than any of the company's competitors.

The survey of San Francisco printers demonstrated that while the companies do employ persons in a marketing or pricing capacity, that these individuals do not play a significant role in capital equipment purchasing. Each phase in the procurement process was handled by top management almost exclusively.

The two …

A Domain Specific Expert System Tool For Building Photofinishing Process Diagnostic Systems, King Choi

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The knowledge-based method is a new and useful technique to build computer systems for applications which are heuristic rather than algorithmic in nature. This paper discusses how the approach can be applied to photofinishing process diagnostics. A prototype system for diagnosing Process E-6 for Kodak Ektachrome films is built to understand the knowledge structure and inferencing criteria for photofinishing process. The experience gained from building the prototype Process E-6 diagnostic system has been applied to the design of an expert system tool for building photofinishing process diagnostic systems without the direct involvement of a knowledge engineer.

"Enchanted Spaces: Shelters Of Block Island", Judith Watts

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Biorhythms And Industrial Injuries, James Vincent Detitta

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not a relationship exists between the time of an industrial injury and a specific position on the biorhythm scale known as a critical day.

Ninety-six employees who worked at the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Plant in Parlin, New Jersey served as a test group during 1980. In order to determine if a relationship did exist, the subjects' biorhythmic cycles for 1980 were charted and then their injury performance was monitored during that year to see if the injury date corresponded with a critical day. An additional test was …

Mythography, Christopher Losee

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Although it was written over a year before this section, the thesis proposal which appends this report still serves as a good introduction to my ideas on myth in general , and in particular to my way of thinking when I began this inquiry into the photographic representation of myth. In exploring the visual and artistic dimensions of myth, I found that my thoughts and feelings on the subject changed vastly as the work progressed; however, the end result of this process of exploration has led me back to the beginnings of the work and allowed me, as T,S. Eliot …

A Sentimental Journey, Rose Marie Sherwood

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Structuralism, Charles N. Smith

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Structuralism is an interdisciplinary form of modern painting that suggests the illusion of movement and growth through the conscious manipulation of flat colors and abstract geometric forms. The practice of Structuralism involves more than a grasp of the craft of painting. The artist is required to understand and practice the laws of proportion as founded by the early Egyptians and Greeks. He must have an understanding of modern color theory and he must master and practice the laws of visual perception as stated by the Gestalt psychologist, David Katz.

I have tried to recreate the chronological development of Structuralism by …

A Middle School Curriculum For Those Gifted In Art, Gerald A. Bresnahan

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The development of sound programs in gifted education throughout the country is increasing. However, some subject areas have received more attention than the fine arts. This project involved the creation of a curriculum guide for gifted art students at the middle school level. The content of this curriculum guide was determined by a careful research of the literature in various areas of gifted general education and gifted art education. Successful programs receiving national recognition were also examined. Significant differences between gifted and general art programs are included. The results from a review of the literature indicated necessary components for an …

A Cognitively-Based Communication Curriculum For Persons With Multiple Handicaps Functioning Between 0-24 Months Developmentally, Victoria Budzinski Mcmullen

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This curriculum is designed to provide appropriate communication programming for the multi-handicapped student functioning at a developmental age of 0-24 months. It is conceptually based on the developmental theory of Piaget and the movement-based model of communication of van Dijk. Goals included are the development of causality, object permanence, and imitation as well as receptive and expressive language development.

Information is given on how to assess individual children and how to adapt the curriculum to meet their special needs.

Technology Transfer Between Developed And Developing Countries, Tenny Oghogho Ogbomo

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The problems arising from technology transfer, in general, are not new. The problems of the East-West technology transfer, for example, are based on the risk that such transfers will enhance the military capability, or at least the military potential, of the trading partner. In the case of United States trade with the Soviet Union, it can be said that any accretion in the Soviet military capacity weighs against the United States in an overall world-wide balance of power. The restrictions and/or prohibition of such transfer of technology are problems themselves.

The North-South technology transfer, in other words, the technology transfer …

Effects Of Physical Exertion And Caffeine Ingestion On Mental Performance, Alireza Shafiei

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Stresses in man-machine systems can be broadly classified as (1) physical and (2) mental. Both types of stresses generate some kind of response in the human body. These responses could be physiological (quantitative) or behavioral (qualitative). While the physical stresses mostly create physiological changes, mental stresses may cause physiological and/or behavioral changes. The purpose of this study is to investigate such influences, and try to determine if stimulants such as coffee have any effect on people's ability to perform tasks involving a combination of physical and mental elements.

An attempt has been made to describe an interrelationship between physical exertion …

Human Factors In The Design Of Computer Application Software, Curtis Springstead

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The use of computers in business has expanded tremendously over the past two decades. This expansion has been possible due to increasing economies within the computer industry, and in spite of the lack of consideration shown for the users of such data processing systems. The popularity of computers has compelled users to expand their list of requirements from a computer system so that it includes ease of use.

This thesis attempts to bring together many widely dispersed studies and principles that can affect the ease of use of interactive computer systems. The material has been organized according to five components …

College Relations : A Total Recruiting Strategy, Donald Roderick Hunt

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Problem Statement

The MMH Corporation has a very experienced but older engineering population. It is management's desire to replace the engineering population as its members retire by two methods:

1. The recruitment of experienced engineers with key skills for various critical positions.

2. The development of an aggressive and effective College Relations Program targeted at key universities to attract a steady stream of new talent into the engineering populations.

Research Objectives

A. To determine what areas of a volatile marketplace MMH intends to compete in.

B. To determine what attracts the best new college graduates to a certain company as …

On-Line Analysis Of Highly Coherent Brain Activity During Transcendental Meditation And Automated Biofeedback, Deepak Dinkerrai Rawal

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Occurance of highly coherent brain activity (EEG) specific to the meditation has been reported in the literature. The present thesis is an effort to look into the mechanics of meditation using the recent technique of analysis of high coherence in the EEG. Based on previous work, reporting increased EEG coherence during practice of Transcendental Meditation, a closed loop model and hypothesis is proposed using biofeedback to close the loop. The hypothesis proposes that very high coherence in the EEG is a very significant neurophysiological parameter, reflecting instantaneous quality of meditation in the form of an average high coherence above threshold. …

The Issues Facing Filipinos In The U.S. Health Care Industry, Laleh Amighi

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In this paper the involvement of minorities in the health care industry is examined. In particular, Filipino minorities working in nursing homes throughout the U.S. are studied. The various aspects of the lives of these workers and their relationship with the health care industry are analyzed and discussed in detail. These include the workers' legal status, pay scale, working environment and the pertinent legislative laws and regulations. A good deal of attention has been paid to the management-employee relationship and the duties and responsibilities of each party. Another entity affecting this relationship is the labor union; thus, the role and …

Genre Painting: Personal Significance Of The Environment, Leslie Loving

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Diverse Realities, Julia Dutton Peterson

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Moody Atmosphere Of The Self, Kurt Ruff

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American Studies: Civil War, The Correlation Of Literature And History Studies In High School, Arlene Kellogg

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Courses in history can be nothing but memorizing facts, and courses in literature can be writing without roots . The author proposes a correlated curriculum for high school American literature and history, specifically in the Civil War time frame to change this situation.

The purpose of this curriculum, "American Studies: Civil War," is to make the history of our country live for the student, giving him/her a feeling for the mood of the times and motivating him/her to become politically active as a young citizen.

To validate the proposal, the author has interviewed experts in the fields of literature, history …

Elementary Art Education Curriculum: The Incorporation Of The Computers In The Art Room, Camille Deni

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Determining And Producing An Optimum Photographic Print For Photomechanical Reproduction, Terri L. Romanik

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This research has explored the possibility of determining the optimum black and white photographic print characteristics for paper surface, image color, and contrast to achieve optimum reproduction from that original for a given set of printing press conditions utilizing single impression offset lithography.

A random population of 101 observers evaluated the reproduction of eighteen different photographic prints of the same subject from the identical film negative. The prints varied in contrast grades from grade one to grade three; in image color from warm black to neutral black to cool black; in surface characteristics from glossy to semi-lustre to matte; and …

Recognizing Promises, Advice, Threats And Warnings In Natural Language Discourse, Kevin Donaghy

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