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Loneliness: A Study Of Adult Clinic Patients With Metastatic Cancer, Katherine Norfleet Berry

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Loneliness is a topic of growing concern in the literature. Despite inherent difficulties in measuring such a personal experience, the present study was undertaken in order to gain knowledge concerning emotional needs of the dying cancer patient.

The conceptual frameworks for loneliness of Francis and Brown were combined and added to Bowen’s theory of “family reaction to death” to formulate the framework for this research. The relationship of secondary loneliness among adult clinic patients with metastatic cancer, and openness of their relationship system with a significant other was explored using the structured interview method. The loneliness scale and relationship system …

A Sourcebook For The Production Of Musical Dramas And Programs In The Elementary School, Carole Elizabeth Bradley

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The search for educational goals in music productions leads the teacher to a variety of sources for guidance: publications, workshops, and other teachers. None of these sources alone are adequate to the task. The need, then, is to bring together all of this information into one sourcebook. It is this sourcebook that the present study has endeavored to provide.

The purpose of this study has been to develop a sourcebook of practical information for the production of elementary musical dramas and programs and to provide general principles of production as a guide for music teachers. Criteria for creative environments which …

An Analysis Of The Fit Of The Negative Binomial Distribution To Frequencies Of Episodes Of Illness, Philip Melville Brennan Jr.

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In recent years, much interest has been shown in "modeling," or fitting, primary care data to known statistical distributions. Specifically, much work has been done in studying the distributions of episodes of illness and consultations in family practices. This thesis will examine the utility of the negative binomial distribution's fit to family practice data.

The World And Joseph Smith, Lane D. Ward

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It is felt by some historians that Joseph Smith was a product of his environment; that his teachings were the amplifications of religious doctrines surrounding his life experience in early America.
Some writings which have been published show similarities between Joseph's "Mormonism" and contemporary religions.
It should be rememebered, however, that if Joseph Smith's call, as restorer, were all that he professed it to be (and he was not alone in that profession), there would, indeed, exist paralleling truths surrounding his "restored" gospel. For, as Joseph tells us, the gospel was preached from the beginning. If that is true, we …

The Ses And Current Seminary Student Statements: A Descriptive Study, Cory William Bangerter

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The purpose of this study was to show that the present Student Evaluation of Seminary (SES) provides the seminary teacher with an inadequate estimate of his credibility in the classroom, as perceived by his students. To accomplish this goal, a list of student responses to questions about their seminary teachers was developed and analyzed. The results indicated that not all factors of teacher credibility as perceived by the seminary students were being measured by the SES.

Thirty-one students gave a total of 339 responses to the questions asked by the researcher. A comparison of the student statements to statements in …

Reactions To The Recommendations Of The Project Which Studied The Financing Of Elementary And Secondary Education In North Dakota (Fesend) And Selected Demographic Characteristics Of Respondents., Bruce Leroy Montplaisir

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The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences in reactions to recommendations of the project which studied the Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education in North Dakota (FESEND) existed, based on demographic characteristics of the respondents. More specific objectives included determining whether agreement existed among the respondents based on geographical area, size of the high school district in which respondents lived, occupation, age, and whether respondents had children attending public school. The study also reviewed literature relating to the history of interest in educational finance, of the concept of equalization in education, and of educational finance issues …

Kierkegaard's Dialectical Self-Creation: Implications For Counselors., Lorraine Angela Dopson

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The counselor brings to the counseling relationship certain assumptions regarding human nature, its limits, possibilities and processes. Usually these assumptions are not articulated and sometimes they are not known. Counseling, as an endeavor which touches human lives, requires examination of its premises. The purpose of this study is to construct a philosophical basis for the counseling relationship based upon the works of Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), a rich source of such information.The study, which is literary in form, undertakes an indepth examination of those psychological aspects of Kierkegaard's major works which are especially relevant to understanding and facilitating the work of …

The Letter To Father Janssens: The Synthesis Of Experience In Teilhard De Chardin And Its Implications For Educational Theory., Arthur John Spring Jr.

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The research problem is to examine experience as an epistemological concept in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin using the letter to Father Janssens, dated October 12, 1951, as focus for the study.The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze Teilhard's theory of experience as that theory describes the growth and development of man's mind and defines the process by which man comes to know his own nature and that of the world. The study derives from the theory of experience six specific educational principles.Teilhard's theory of experience is identified as a movement of mind in which progress …

Thematic Relationships Between Hagiographical References And "The Canterbury Tales"., Clyburn Duder

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The presentation of research in this dissertation is in two forms: a listing in appendix form and a critical commentary which comprises the text. The list is a glossary of all the Saints referred to in the Tales along with notes regarding their symbolic representation in Medieval artwork. The commentary includes: an introduction setting forth exegetical principles; separate chapters on the Reeve, Wyf, and Pardoner; a chapter which deals with saints in "The Friar's Tale," "The Summoner's Tale," and "The Canon's Yeoman's Tale"; and a conclusion.In essence, the aim of the research is to demonstrate a relationship between the life …

Mechanistic Study Of Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroacylation Of Unsaturated Aldehydes, Richard Eugene Campbell Jr.

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Colville Indian Language Dictionary, James Benjamin Somday

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The purpose of this study was to attempt to begin the process of preservation of the languages spoken on and near the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State. It was further hoped to stimulate others, native speakers especially, to record, either on tape or in writing, those aspects of the language still in their memories. This work is intended to be used to assist the younger tribal members in learning the languages spoken by their elders.The 'dictionary' is listed in alphabetized form for the Teaching & Learning-Colville section only. That is, the Colville words are not alphabetized in Colville (nor …

A Communication Study Of The Relationship Between Interpersonal Communication Self-Perceptions And Empathic Listening Skills, Brenda Anderson Kaspari

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Education : Maintenance And Legitimation Of Social Inequality, Dale M. Lindekugel

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Top Hat And Sickle : The British Upper-Class Romance With Communism During The 1930'S As Seen Through The Writings Of John Strachey, Kathleen Diane Moum

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The Rhetorical Vision Of Dr. Jack Van Impe : A Spokesman For Modern Fundamentalism, Cecil V. Kramer

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Truth In Autobiography : A Study Of Mary Mccarthy's Memories Of A Catholic Girlhood, Niomi Rohn Phillips

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An Investigation Into The Criterion Validity Of The C:R:F And The Dial, Marlene Margaret Lewis

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The Analytical Prediction And Experimental Verification Of The Thermal Performance Of A Multiple Source Heat Pump System, S G. Penoncello

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A Reliability Study Of One-Minute Start-Stop Conversation Sampling On A Single Subject, Catherine W. Woidtke

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Shakespeare's Sonnets 29 And 30 : An Aspectual Analysis, Kathryn R. Urbonya

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A Practical Design Procedure For Dual Evaporator Heat Pumps, Joseph Amade Wood

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Coming Together : A Consideration Of The Form And Use Of Child Language, Anne Eileen Thorkelsson

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Uncle Vanya By Anton Chekhov : A Translation, Duane Fish

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An Investigation Of The Criterion Validity Of Three Preschool Language Screening Tests, Karen Ann Balutis

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A Course Of Study For Design/Drafting In The Senior High School, Thomas Sweet

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Procedures For Success In Obtaining Title Iv-C (Pl 95-561) "Improvement Of Educational Practices" Grants Among School Districts In North Dakota, Elizabeth Ann Molland

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Sixguns, Windmills, And Barbed Wire : Instruments Of Change? The Webb Thesis In Great Plains States Histories, Stephen G. Sylvester

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Immigration, 1840-1930: The Myth Of The Melting Pot, Alton C. Wolfer

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The Independent Public Accountant's Legal Liability To Third Parties When Attesting To Financial Statements, Gregory S. Furness

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A Study Of Natural Language Phonetic Symbolism, David B. Tarr

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The present investigation concerns itself with the phenomenon of natural language phonetic symbolism. Proponents of phonetic symbolism, or the hypothesis of phonetic universals, as it is sometimes called, claim that human speech sounds have inherent meaning apart from their learned association with referents in the world. Since phonetic symbolism had been used to explain both success in guessing the meanings of foreign words and also a consistent tendency to attribute particular meanings to selected nonlinguistic verbalizations, it was hypothesized that phonetic symbols were part of an underlying stratum of semantic invariance. Further, it was assumed that such phonetic/semantic symbols should …