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The Effects Of Prenatal And Postnatal Zinc Deficiency On Development Of Long-Term Memory In The Rat, Myra D. Heinrich

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The following studies were designed to determine whether zinc deficiency, either prenatal or postnatal, could influence the time course of development of long-term memory in rats. Three nutritional conditions were imposed on litters of rat pups. One group (zinc deficient-ZD) was subjected to a zinc-deficient diet and deionized water. Members of a second group (pair fed-PF) were allowed to eat as much of the zinc-deficient diet as a certain member of the ZD group consumed on the previous day, along with zinc-supplemented water. This PF group was starved, since zinc deficiency typically causes anorexia. The third group (ad libitum-AL) was …

1980 University Of North Dakota Mba Program Survey And Evaluation, Robert Sannerud

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A Study Of The Figure, William G. Lubitz

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The problem I chose to work with was to render the figure in copperfoiled and leaded stained glass wall mounted or window hung panels. The solution I desired was primarily not academic. The plan was to unite separate facets of my previous work.

Using photographs and drawings from life as preliminary studies and problem solving devices, I then re-worked them into additional objects, i.e. free standing glass sculpture and intaglio prints. Consequently there are examples of the same subject in different media. It is from comparisons of these that I draw the bulk of my information for personal judgement, criticism …

Age Differences In Attributions Of Causality: Implications For Intellectual Assessment, Thomas R. Prohaska

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The present investigation was designed to test the hypothesis that failure experienced by the individual in a testing situation is moderated by causal attributions and these attributions influence subsequent test measures. The effect of manipulating cause (lack of effort or Lack of ability) to response-independent failure and its relationship to scores on the Reasoning, Hidden Patterns, and Paper Folding Test, in younger an older person's was investigated. The same measures were assessed in a group that experienced the same response-independent-failure but with no explanation offered as to the cause for the failure, a group that was not given any information …

Personality Correlates Of Musical Talent, Walter W. Tunstall

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Existing commentary and research on the nature of musical talent was reviewed and found lacking in conception, primarily because previous researchers had failed to identify the unique creative element a musician contributes to a musical performance. The personality structures of 60 subjects, 32 males and 28 females, were analyzed via the 16PF. A Pearson Product Moment Correlation, an ANOVA, and a second order factor analysis were used to assess the relationship between personality and musical talent for 1) persons with little or no musical ability, 2) highly talented university music majors, and 3) professional performing musicians. Significant relationships were found …

Autonomic Responses Of Normals And Depressives To Stress Inducing Stimuli, Dennis Donat

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A group of depressed (N=10) and a group of normal (N=10) were presented a series of stressor stimuli to assess several parameters of their physiological responses to these stimuli. The results indicated that the groups did not differ in their relative tendency to show maximal response specificity (consistently responding to stress with a maximum response in the same channel) or pattern stereotypy (the tendency to respond consistently in all physiological channels relative to each other). A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), of the levels of the physiological channels under conditions of rest, anticipation, and stress revealed a significant group effect. …

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 …

Comparison Of Burned Patients' Perception Of Pain With Nurses' Perception Of Patients' Pain, Merri Diane Walkenstein

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Pain is a universal experience. Caring for people in pain is a central aspect of nursing practice. Many studies have been done to determine the physical and psychosocial mechanisms of the pain sensation, in addition to methods of relief. Very little has been done, however, dealing specifically with the pain experienced by the burned patient.

People hospitalized with thermal injuries complain most often of the intensity and long duration of their pain experience. Due to the large number of persons sustaining thermal injuries every year, it is apparent that nurses must familiarize themselves with methods of evaluation and intervention to …

Clean Technique Intermittent Catheterization As An Alternative To The Indwelling Urethral Catheter, Christine Heuston Lessels

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Research has documented numerous risks and complications in the use of indwelling urethral catheters.¹ In spite of this, indwelling catheters are still widely used for the management of incontinence.²

During the past four decades, studies have shown that incontinence can be managed or resolved in many patients by using intermittent catheterization. Early investigators used elaborate sterile technique and included only patients with neurogenic bladder as a result of spinal cord injury.³ Later studies showed favorable results in patients with incontinence of non-traumatic etiology--even in patients previously dependent on an indwelling urethral catheter.⁴ The early literature on …

The Effect Of Three Different Types Of Feedback On The Amount Of Force Generated During Isometric Contraction Of The Triceps Brachii Muscle, Cindy I. Buchanan

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This study was undertaken in order to investigate the effect of different feedback variables on isometric strength performance. The variables studied were auditory EMG biofeedback, knowledge of results, and verbal cues.

Nineteen normal adult women volunteered as subjects for the study. Each subject performed nine isometric contractions of the triceps brachii muscle against the resistance of a cable tensiometer. One of three different types of feedback was given during each contraction in order to motivate subjects to generate as much force as possible. Feedback variables were applied in random order; each variable was used three times. Peak force readings were …

The Relationship Between Self-Esteem And Duration Of Low Back Pain, Betty Sue Holliday Ashby

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between self-esteem and duration of low back pain. Low back pain is one of the most common types of chronic pain. Sternbach et al. (1973) have estimated that the chief complaint of at least seventy percent of the patients presenting at the Pain Clinic associated with the School of Medicine of the University of California, San Diego is back pain. They feel that the major reason for this phenomena is the failure of physicians to recognize it as a psychosomatic illness. Erena (1978) concurs with this conclusion. He notes that …

The Relationship Between Maternal Self-Concept And Demonstration Of Adaptive Behavior, Barbara Woodland Fleming

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The study examined whether adaptive maternal behaviors correlated with a positive self-concept measurement. The adaptive behaviors observed were those which the literature suggested indicate a positive response to the changes of the puerperium. The study aimed at assisting the nurse in assessing the self-concept level of clients. The researcher also hoped to contribute to the continued development of nursing theories and the application of the theories to the arena of clinical practice.

The Effects Of Prepared Childbirth On Length Of Labor In Low-Risk Primiparae, Beth S. Mollick

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The hypothesis that prepared low-risk primiparae would experience shorter labors than unprepared low-risk primiparae was not upheld in the findings of the present study. The findings of the present study did appear to validate the findings of several other similar studies which reported no differences in length of labor between prepared and unprepared women. Suggestions for further study of some questions raised by the present study have been made.

Communication And Sex-Roles : The Relationship Between The Bem Sex-Role Inventory And Friendship Relations Survey, Marjorie L. Hartman

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The Effects Of An Off-Season Weight Training And Conditioning Program On The Shoulder Flexibility And Strength Of University Of North Dakota Football Players, Robert D. Bollinger

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A Study Of Student Self-Disclosure/Feedback In Different Residence Hall Enviornments [I.E. Environments], Ann E. Merserve

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

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A Study Of Moriah's Preverbal Communication Acts, Carolyn Denise Roth

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The Effect Of Assertiveness Training On The Self-Concepts Of Seventh And Eighth Grade Parochial School Students., Jo Ann Gundry

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The major purpose of this study was to develop an assertiveness training program for children and measure its effect on their self-concepts. Another purpose of the study was to examine the correlation between assertiveness and self-concept.The subjects in this study consisted of seventh and eighth grade students who were enrolled in parochial schools during the 1979-1980 school year. The experimental group attended Sacred Heart Grade School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The group consisted of 48 seventh graders, 24 females and 24 males; 46 eighth graders, 26 females and 20 males. The control group attended St. Frances de Sales and …

An Empirical Test Of Crites' Model Of Career Maturity., Ronald Keith Jewett

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The primary purpose of this study was to examine empirically Crites' Model of Career Maturity. The rational structure of Crites' model was compared with a statistical structure derived from a hierarchical clustering of items from the Career Maturity Inventory. Other purposes of this study included the examination of differences in the cluster structures between ninth and twelfth grade students, the determination of relationships among vocational choice attitudes and vocational choice competencies, and the establishment of normative data for the Career Maturity Inventory with a ninth and a twelfth grade, Grand Forks, North Dakota, population.The research population consisted of 106 ninth …

A Comparison Of Film And Written Presentations In The Pretraining For Group Experiences., Ellen Joy Muller

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The purpose of this study was to examine four different forms of pregroup training to determine their comparative effectiveness. Four randomly-assigned training groups and a control group were used. The four training methods were film and written material combined, film only, written material only and inappropriate written material. The criterion measures were selected to survey personality factors, behavioral preferences, and general knowledge. Personality factors were assessed with the Personality Orientation Inventory (POI). The Reaction to Group Situation Test (RGST) was used to survey behavioral tendencies and the Pre-Group Experience Checklist (PGEC) was used to evaluate the level of appropriate group …

The Effects Of Physical Attractiveness And Empathy On Adjustment And Perceived Adjustment With College Students., Dorothy E. Berg

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The Problem

A theoretical framework of the physical attractiveness literature to date was presented in the present study. Within this framework, the effects of physical attractiveness on subjects' perception of adjustment were tested in an experimental design using 94 college students. The effects of subject empathy on subjects' perceptions were also tested as it had been suggested by a previous study (Crouse & Mehrabian 1977) that empathy mitigated the effects of physical attractiveness.

Four confederate actors whose physical attractiveness was varied cosmetically were used as ostensible "Peace Corps" applicants in individual 3-minute simulated interviews. A control group was established who …

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 …

Biographical, Self Concept And Educational Factors Among Youth Referred To A Chemical Dependency Treatment Program., Linda Ann Svobodny

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Problem. Recently the trend of chemical use by increasingly more and younger adolescents has become recognized as a potentially serious societal problem. National studies have found significant proportions of adolescents who use a variety of chemicals frequently and heavily (Alibrandi 1978; Johnston, Bachman & O'Malley 1979). Although drug use and abuse have clearly been documented in the literature as a serious problem for the adolescent population, there is little conclusive evidence of why some adolescents abuse drugs and others do not.Procedure. The present study investigated a group of adolescents who were placed at a residential chemical dependency program for adolescents …

Perceived Leadership Styles And Assertive Characteristics Of Graduates From Four Types Of Nursing Programs In Eastern North Dakota And Western Minnesota., Lazette Bevers Chang-Yit

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The purpose of the study was to test for differences in perceived leadership styles and assertive characteristics among graduates from a diploma, and associate degree, a four-year baccalaureate, and an upper-division baccalaureate nursing program. Two research questions were asked: (1) Are there significant differences in perceived leadership styles among graduates of the four programs? and (2) Are there significant differences in perceived assertive characteristics among graduates of the four programs? The sample was comprised of thirty-five diploma, forty-two associate degree, twenty-four baccalaureate, an eighteen upper-division baccalaureate nursing students who were all within a few days of graduation. Three instruments were …

A Study To Develop A Proposed Program For Gifted And Talented Students Or Appleton Public Schools, Appleton, Minnesota, Janet A. Hanauer

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An Analysis Of Why Mbo (Management By Objectives) In The Military Failed, William P. Jacobsen

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The Response Of The Atrial Myocardium To Ventricular Amputation Injury In The Adult Newt, Notophthalmus Viridescens, Timothy J. Mcdonnell

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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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No abstract provided.