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A Collaboration Between Two Doctors: A Study Of Neil Simon's The Good Doctor, Larry D. Quiggins

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This thesis, titled A Collaboration Between Two Doctors: A Study of Neil Simon's The Good Doctor, explores the creative partnership between Neil Simon and Anton Chekhov through Simon's adaptation of Chekhov's short stories into a theatrical work. Written by Larry D. Quiggins in 2001 as part of an MFA in Theatre: Directing, the study examines the nuances of Simon's play, which combines humor and drama to bring Chekhov's stories to life for contemporary audiences.

The thesis begins by analyzing the nine Chekhov stories Simon adapted, including The Sneeze, The Governess, and Surgery, comparing Simon's modifications to the originals. It highlights …

A Study Of The Development And Performing Of Chinese Classical Drama, Chia-Chih Hu

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An Activity Book To Teach Primary Skills To Individuals And Families Through Fun Interventions, Toni D. Cole

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This thesis will focus on a new intervention approach that teaches individuals and families the skills needed to cope with life in appropriate ways.

Throughout history there have been many therapeutic theories and approaches that have clinically addressed the issues facing today's individuals and families. Play therapy and the family preservation model are the two theoretical approaches this thesis explores as key components in the design of a new intervention approach that meets the needs of individuals and families in their own environment.

This thesis proposes play therapy techniques that can be utilized by paraprofessionals, taking the teaching approach to …

Pro-Aging Vs. Anti-Aging: A Comparative Study Of Attitudes Toward Older Adults, Vanessa Lee Benavidez

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A comparative study was conducted on the attitudes toward older adults between Counselors and Non Counselors. The participants included 50 Licensed Professional Counselors from the state of Missouri, who are registered members of the American Counseling Association (ACA), and 33 Graduate students from Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri, who are enrolled in graduate programs unrelated to professional counseling. The participants completed a demographic questionnaire and the Facts on Aging Quiz' (FAQl). The demographic questionnaire contained personal data, and the FAQ 1 measured attitudes and knowledge in five areas: correct answer, negative bias, positive bias, neutral, and don't know. The …

To Research, Analyse And Install An Optimised Maintenance Management System For A Medium Sized Manufacturing Company: A Textile Company Case Study, Christopher O'Donoghue

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Modern manufacturing is continually striving to ensure that products are made to higher levels of quality with faster lead times and at the lowest possible costs. Manufacturing production has never been more reliant on machines and automated processes than it is today. This thesis investigates the management philosophies that are in existence, which cater specifically for maintenance and maintenance related issues. Management philosophies such as Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Profit Centred Maintenance (PCM), asset management (AM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) and World Class Maintenance (WCM) have increased company profits by drastically reducing maintenance …

An Examination Of The Impact The Single European Currency Will Have On Tourism In The Cork And Kerry Region By Ronan Doyle., Ronan Doyle

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This study has been conducted at a time when Ireland’s tourism industry is booming. Following eight successive years of growth there exists an air of invincibility surrounding the sector. However, on P‘ January 2002 the European Single Currency will come into circulation in the form of Euro notes and coins, and with it comes the seeds of change. It could very well profoundly transform Irish tourism and will undoubtedly involve changes in business behaviour and practice. The study examines tourism in Ireland at national and regional level. It explores the foundations behind the European Single Currency and its implications for …

The Fiduciaries Guide To Assessing The Intrinsic Worth Of A Private Enterprise, Sonia D. Olevnik

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This thesis is an expository study that extracts the experience and insights I have developed over the last 20 years as a Financial Consultant, in advising thousands of clients as to the fair market value of their enterprise or business interests. The intent of" The Fiduciaries Guide To Assessing The Intrinsic Worth Of A Private Enterprise" is to provide a structural framework for implementing a strategic plan for valuing a private enterprise. It will explain the major factors involved in the decision making process for estimating the fair market value of any type of company or partnership, and their securities. …

Model Based Effective Cell Volume Calculation In Ultrasound Tissue Characterization, Di Lai

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In reflective ultrasonic imaging, some statistical parameters can be extracted from the backscattered RF signal. Applying Rayleigh statistics or non-Rayleigh statistics to these parameters, the underlying tissue parameters such as effective scatterer number density that characterize the tissues can be further estimated. However, if the statistical processing is applied to the time domain signal, narrow band excitation pulse needs to be used when we consider the frequency dependency of the backscattered signal. The scattering resolution volume is also difficult to estimate. Chen, et al proposed a different method to determine the frequency-dependent effective scatterer number density, which is the actual …

Modeling Of Plume Dispersion And Interaction With The Surround Of Synthetic Imaging Applications, Jonathan Bishop

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Discharge of effluent gas is an inescapable byproduct of many physical processes. The type or characteristics of the discharge potentially indicate the nature of the process. Observation of factory stack gases, for example, may indicate the level of pollutants being emitted into the atmosphere or the nature of the process being carried out in the factory. In this work, we have developed an improved model of plume dispersion suitable for synthetic image generation (SIG) applications. The technique partially utilizes a new EPA model that discretizes the plume into a series of small puffs (rather than the implicit mono lithic form …

A Midsummer Night's Dream For Middle School, Diana Nash

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William Shakespeare wrote plays for the masses -- the aristocrats as well as the common people. While his dramas, tragedies, and comedies were controversial, sometimes bawdy, and always physical, in the twentieth century, secondary school educators have come to think of Shakespeare's plays as literature for academic study. Middle schools rarely cover any Shakespearean plays in the classroom. Students traditionally start to study Shakespearean scripts in high school. In high school, freshman usually read Romeo and Juliet; sophomores read Julius Caesar, Macbeth, or Hamlet. Most secondary curriculums do not include a Shakespearean comedy.

While it is true that occasionally a …

That's Life, Shelley L. Geiger

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Coping Styles Of African American Women Who Have Or Have Not Experienced Physical Abuse, Pamela L. Huntspon

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The purpose of the study was to explore the coping styles of African American women and determine if different coping styles exist between those women who have experienced abuse versus those who have not. In this study, 60 African American women living in St. Louis, Missouri were obtained using a convenience volunteer sample from several sites which included a unisex hair salon, a center for women experiencing physical and sexual abuse and two community agencies serving the needs of low income families. They were administered the Coping Responses Inventory (Actual Form) and a demographic questionnaire.

Results of independent sample t-test …

Impromptu Creation Of Metal Sculpture, Yu-Ting Shih

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Internet Conferencing Tools For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Users, Lee Kowalsky

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This research study investigates Internet chat visual tools in communications used by Deaf and hard of hearing users and how the users interact with the chat tools expressing their visual language to convey the best message they can in general. A number of Internet chat tools consisting of visual emoticons have been established and implemented for online communications. These tools are generalized for public use. In this study, the research includes the current IM model, along with my recent studies, which use Deaf/hard of hearing for this project. An analysis of the results and prototype of this study on Internet …

Contaminated Equipment Packing And Transportation, Vladimir Zado

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The nuclear power plants are significant source of the equipment contamination by radioactive particles. Versatile equipment is used during plant operation and/or maintenance and is contaminated while performing required operations. Usually, the decontamination of used equipment is performed but in many cases the residual level of contamination is still higher than allowed for unconditional release. The usual routine is to apply the same equipment for the maintenance works of other nuclear power plants. Such approach gains the problem of packaging of the contaminated equipment into applicable containers and transportation of these containers to other nuclear facility where equipment is unpacked …

Ina Brand Motor Oil Packaging System Optimization, Ivan Kresic

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This paper explores the possibility of INA brand motor oil packaging system optimization. Research has been conducted in order to recognize the typical failure pattern of one-liter motor oil container, according to ASTM D2659-84. The findings of this study identify an opportunity for improvement in primary package design, as well as an overall reduction in expenditure for motor oils packaging as a function of improved distribution process. Based on significant cost savings achieved by packaging system optimization, this project study recommends implementation of the project at INA Maziva Rijeka.

In Search Of A Better Bottom Line; Ethnicity In The Workplace, Stephen Callari

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A Research Study To Determine The Student's Views On The Paul Smith's College Experience, Lea-Ann Seymour

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Over the past years, Paul Smith's College has been struggling to reinvent themselves and secure their place in higher education. Discovering the critical incidents which make up the students experience is crucial to the institutions survival. Paul Smith's College must continually listen to the students in order to increase student satisfaction. The critical incidents discovered were, the classes and labs, college food service, student activities, roommates and friends, faculty, staff, location, the resident assistant experience, orientation, and the residence halls. These areas must be continually monitored and restructured to assure student satisfaction. In order for Paul Smith's to move in …

Analysis Of The Edge Effect Of Error Propagation In Digital Halftones, Sunadi Gunawan

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The purpose of this research is to study quantitatively edge enhancement effects of different digital halftone algorithms, especially on Error diffusion and Linear Pixel Shuffling algorithms. It has been known that by changing the amount of error and the spread of error when processing original images, different edge enhancement effects are observed. In many cases sometimes an unsymmetrical edge enhancement phenomenon occurs at the junction of different gray levels. A new metric for describing edge enhancement effects is introduced. This metric is shown to be consistent and reliable. In order to describe the unsymmetrical edge enhancement phenomenon in some cases, …

Ephemera, Terri Whitlock

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Optimization Of Distrubution Packaging For The New Warehouse Of Pharmaceutical Products In Pliva, Viktorija Tica

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Optimization of the Distribution Packaging is one of the several most advisable studies to work on when a new warehouse project is initiated. The study reviews the current Distribution packaging status and proceeds with evaluation of the improved transport boxes with a better Area and Cube Pallet efficiency. Data collection and recognition of the used 100 different types of folding cartons and bundles is followed by evaluation of their packaging into new proposed transport boxes, according to the specified packaging demands. Therefore, the basic evaluation tool of this study was the computer program that matches unit pack dimensions and their …

Uniform Random Number Generation Using Pseudorandom Binary Sequences, Susan Rea

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Random numbers have conventionally been used in a range of applications such as numerical analysis, lotteries and computer simulation and as cryptographic keys. The algorithms used for the production of random numbers are termed pseudorandom, as the numbers produced are not truly random as they emanate from a deterministic periodic source that is they are predictable if a subset of the sequence is known. However, for most applications these pseudorandom number sources are entirely suitable.

For cryptographic key sources, however, the random number sequences must be statistically good and difficult to predict. Linear feedback shift registers are presented in this …

Β-Lactamase: Evolution Of Extended Spectrum Enzymes, Priscilla Shine

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β-Lactam antibiotics are commonly used antimicrobial agents in clinical medicine. Because of their frequent use it is perhaps not surprising that resistance to these agents has increased over the past few decades, thus compromising the therapeutic advantages offered by these agents. The most common cause of resistance to β-lactam-based antibiotics has been the evolution of a group of enzymes known as β-lactamases, which act by inactivating the drug through structural modification. Plasmid-encoded TEM β-lactamases are examples of these hydrolytic enzymes and are associated with the amoxicillin resistance reported in over 50% of all E. coli isolates.

More recently β-lactamase enzymes …

An Assessment Of Prothrombotic Tendency In Humans Using Functional And Genomic Determinants In The South Eastern Irish Population, Carmel Cullen

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Venous thrombosis occurs in about 1 per 1,000 individuals per year. It is a serious disorder and accounts for a significant number of hospital admissions and deaths annually. Thrombophilia describes the familial or acquired disorders of the haemostatic mechanism that predispose to thrombosis. Inherited thrombophilia can be defined as a genetically determined tendency to venous thromboembolism Mutations in genes that code for proteins involved directly (or indirectly) In blood coagulation have been associated with prothrombotic status. Laboratory investigations for thrombophilia include screening for deficiencies of antithrombin, protein C or protein S and testing for activated protein C resistance. Together these …

The Investigation Of Rna Viruses Using The Atomic Force Microscope, Michelle Moloney

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The subject of viral entry into, and subsequent progeny virus egress, from cultured cells, has been extensively studied using numerous scientific techniques in fields ranging from cell culture to biochemistry to microscopy. The atomic force microscope (AFM) is a novel, developing instrument with unprecedented capabilities and this study was undertaken to observe enveloped Semliki Forest virus (SFV) and non-enveloped Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) entry into and egress from cultured cells using the AFM. Virus particle structure of both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses was also directly examined.

Cytopathic effect studies revealed that TMEV's are unable to produce progeny viruses in …

Exploring The Potential Usefulness Of Binary Space Partitions In Architectural Representations, Michael Hoon

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There have been recent advances developed within the computer gaming industry that have made real-time first-person perspective spatial experiences feasible on the personal computer. Principally through the use of binary space partition tree structures, developers of threedimensional gaming environments are able to convey to computer users a convincing sense of movement through space. The technology behind these advances may be termed as a particularization of Virtual Reality. This paper will outline research intended to determine the possible usefulness of binary space partitions in the fields of architectural education and practice. The feasibility of this technology was studied by directly observing …

Methods For Removing Gases From Hot-Filled Liquid Food Products Prior To Packaging, Stephen Hellenschmidt

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This paper investigates the impact that free, disbursed and dissolved air in liquid food products has on the per formance of packaging lines. Specific focus is put on high-speed hot- fill beverage lines that rapidly increased in number of installations in the 1980' s and 1990' s. This' paper investigates the sources of gases in liquid food products, the negative operational impacts of excess gas in liquid food products, and the commonly available types of systems used to reduce gas levels prior to packaging. A specific new technology, atmospheric hot degassing, is described. This new technology is evaluated in a …

Evaluation Of The Structural Design Of New Liquid Containers, Jadranka Mandic

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GECOS (Global Eco System) bottle with an additional using quality, represents new idea, which is patented innovation. Basic bottle assignment of GECOS bottle is for storage and transportation of the liquids from food domain, such as water, juices or milk. Additional using quality of GECOS bottles comes from unique construction, as well as their closures. When GECOS bottle is empty it can serve as universal building elements, which are connected by closures as connecting elements into new three-dimensional structures. In such a way, the bottles are easier to be kept, collected or used in a game as didactic and creative …

Evaluation Of Bond Graph Based Object Oriented Approach To Determination Of Natural Frequencies Of Packaging System Elements, Vladimir Jaram

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Packaged items passing through distribution system encounter vibrations. It needs to be examined what happens to an object, packaged or unpackaged, in the distribution environment when it is subject to outside vibrations, so that we may predict its behavior resulting from distribution vibrations. To prevent product loss from both static and dynamic forces encountered in distribution, corporations are turning in increasing numbers to services of package engineering. This work evaluates the application of Bond Graphs Based Object-Oriented Approach to Determination of Natural Frequencies of Packaging System Elements. Using the Bond Graph, a model of the Package-product system under testing was …

Synchronous Communication Tools: Enabler For The Deaf And/Or Hard-Of-Hearing Colleagues, Yael Agriss

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Deaf and/or hard-of-hearing and hearing people communicate frequently. Most people find it enjoyable in some situations and scary in others. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. Communication affects our life. This is a study to investigate the use of synchronous communication tools, in particular focusing on two target groups, the deaf and/or hard-of-hearing and their hearing colleagues. The aim will be to determine people's views on whether synchronous communication tools are now or will be beneficial for them to use as communication. The point of the survey and interview was to ascertain who, if anyone, was actually using …