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An Analysis Of Golden Apple Finalists' Perceptions Of Their Principals' Instructional Leadership In Staff Development, Sandra L. Rumbler Jan 1996

An Analysis Of Golden Apple Finalists' Perceptions Of Their Principals' Instructional Leadership In Staff Development, Sandra L. Rumbler

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Evidence Of Wisdom-Related Knowledge In Public School Superintedent Problem Solving, Susan M. Stoecker-Terronez Jan 1996

Evidence Of Wisdom-Related Knowledge In Public School Superintedent Problem Solving, Susan M. Stoecker-Terronez

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Latino Ethnic Identity And Stress: A Study Using The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure And The Hispanic Stress Inventory, Carolyn S. Law Jan 1996

Latino Ethnic Identity And Stress: A Study Using The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure And The Hispanic Stress Inventory, Carolyn S. Law

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Private School Choice: Supply-Side Constraints To Educational Opportunity, Vaughn Sylva Jan 1996

Private School Choice: Supply-Side Constraints To Educational Opportunity, Vaughn Sylva

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Of Relapse Into Alcohol And Drug Use And Emphatic Needs In The Dual Diagnosed Client, Jeanne M. Engel Jan 1996

The Relationship Of Relapse Into Alcohol And Drug Use And Emphatic Needs In The Dual Diagnosed Client, Jeanne M. Engel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Imagery Rescripting And Incest: Therapist Dialogue And Contextual Unique Change In Women Clients With Post-Traumatic Stress, Carmen M. Agbuis Jan 1996

Imagery Rescripting And Incest: Therapist Dialogue And Contextual Unique Change In Women Clients With Post-Traumatic Stress, Carmen M. Agbuis

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Self-Efficacy And Athletic Performance: From Theory To Practice, Jeffrey A. Katula Jan 1996

Self-Efficacy And Athletic Performance: From Theory To Practice, Jeffrey A. Katula

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Using Focus Groups To Assess Substance Abuse Prevention Needs For Lower-Income African-American Adolescents, Kyle William Thompson Jan 1996

Using Focus Groups To Assess Substance Abuse Prevention Needs For Lower-Income African-American Adolescents, Kyle William Thompson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Predicational Organization And Its Enhancement Of Memory, Kristin M. S. Lang Jan 1996

Predicational Organization And Its Enhancement Of Memory, Kristin M. S. Lang

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Microglial Reactivity To N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (Nmda) Induced Excitotoxicity In The Immature Rat Brain, Laia Acarin Jan 1996

Microglial Reactivity To N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (Nmda) Induced Excitotoxicity In The Immature Rat Brain, Laia Acarin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Choosing Life In The Midst Of Death: Holocaust Metaphors In Pastoral Counseling, David Robert Kaplan Jan 1996

Choosing Life In The Midst Of Death: Holocaust Metaphors In Pastoral Counseling, David Robert Kaplan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Approach For The Development Of Computer Based Best Practice Delivery Mechanisms For Small And Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises, Philip Andrew Smart Jan 1996

An Approach For The Development Of Computer Based Best Practice Delivery Mechanisms For Small And Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises, Philip Andrew Smart

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

Changes in the competitive environment have strongly influenced manufacturing companies to adopt and develop best practice. Best practice is usually imported into companies using the services of consultancy organisations. The use of consultancy services does not guarantee success however, and inadequate results have been obtained by practitioners who have engaged in client-consultant relationships. The inadequacy of these results may be explained by the installation of pre-defined solutions by consultants as opposed to the adaptation and implementation of solutions to meet the specific requirements of practitioners. Tills may in part be explained by a lack of understanding of 'best practice'. Tills …


An Investigation Into Adaptive Search Techniques For The Automatic Generation Of Software Test Data, Alison Elizabeth Lachut Watkins Jan 1996

An Investigation Into Adaptive Search Techniques For The Automatic Generation Of Software Test Data, Alison Elizabeth Lachut Watkins

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The focus of this thesis is on the use of adaptive search techniques for the automatic generation of software test data. Three adaptive search techniques are used, these are genetic algorithms (GAs), Simulated Amiealing and Tabu search. In addition to these, hybrid search methods have been developed and applied to the problem of test data generation. The adaptive search techniques are compared to random generation to ascertain the effectiveness of adaptive search. The results indicate that GAs and Simulated Annealing outperform random generation in all test programs. Tabu search outperformed random generation in most tests, but it lost its effectiveness …


Paradigms For The Design Of Multimedia Learning Environments In Engineering, Chrisopher Robert Smith Jan 1996

Paradigms For The Design Of Multimedia Learning Environments In Engineering, Chrisopher Robert Smith

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The starting point for this research was the belief that interactive multimedia learning environments represent a significant evolution in computer based learning and therefore their design requires a re-examination of the underlying principles of learning and knowledge representation. Current multimedia learning environments (MLEs) can be seen as descendants of the earlier technologies of computer-aided learning (CAL), intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) and videodisc-based learning systems. As such they can benefit from much of the wisdom which emerged from those technologies. However, multimedia can be distinguished from earlier technologies by its much greater facility in bringing to the learner high levels of …


Marketing Key To Increased Women Applicants To Coms, Stephen M. Payson Jan 1996

Marketing Key To Increased Women Applicants To Coms, Stephen M. Payson

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Spreading Pattern And Mesoscale Structure Of Mediterranean Outflow In The Iberian Basin Estimated From Historical Data, G. I. Shapiro, S. L. Meschanov Jan 1996

Spreading Pattern And Mesoscale Structure Of Mediterranean Outflow In The Iberian Basin Estimated From Historical Data, G. I. Shapiro, S. L. Meschanov

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Rurality, Locality And Industrial Change: A Micro-Scale Investigation Of Manufacturing Growth In The District Of Leominster, Richard Yarwood Jan 1996

Rurality, Locality And Industrial Change: A Micro-Scale Investigation Of Manufacturing Growth In The District Of Leominster, Richard Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Outcome Bias In Judgements Of The Quality Of Experimental Designs, Peter Bradon Jan 1996

Outcome Bias In Judgements Of The Quality Of Experimental Designs, Peter Bradon

School of Psychology Theses

This thesis is concerned with the evaluation of experimental design. It reviews design research in general and notes some methodological limitations. The process of experimental design is considered in the light of this review, particularly in terms of the ability of designers to evaluate potential designs. Experiment 1, a prospective study involving the creative design of psychology experiments, reports inadequate assessment of experimental power and little or no evidence of explicit evaluation processes. Experiment 2 assesses the evaluation of existing experimental designs and demonstrates that judgements of the quality of experimental design are influenced by the presence of outcome information …


Aerodynamic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment-Related Changes In Vocal Intensity In Patients With Parkinson Disease, Christopher Dromey, Lorraine Olson Ramig Jan 1996

Aerodynamic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment-Related Changes In Vocal Intensity In Patients With Parkinson Disease, Christopher Dromey, Lorraine Olson Ramig

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to document changes in aerodynamic and glottographic aspects of vocal function in patients with Parkinson disease who received two forms of high effort treatment. Previous reports (Ramig, Countryman, Thompson, & Horii, 1995) have documented increased sound pressure level (SPL) following treatment that trained phonation and respiration (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment: LSVT), but not for treatment that trained respiration only (R). In order to examine the mechanisms underlying these differences, measures of maximum flow declination rate (MFDR) and estimated subglottal pressure (Psub)were made before and after treatment. A measure of relative vocal fold adduction (EGGW) …


The Parkinson Larynx: Tremor And Videostroboscopic Findings, Christopher Dromey, Kathe S. Perez, Lorraine Olson Ramig, Marshall E. Smith Jan 1996

The Parkinson Larynx: Tremor And Videostroboscopic Findings, Christopher Dromey, Kathe S. Perez, Lorraine Olson Ramig, Marshall E. Smith

Faculty Publications

Summary: Patients with Parkinson's disease have a high incidence of speech, voice, and laryngeal abnormalities. To characterize laryngeal abnormalities, visual-perceptual ratings of endoscopic and stroboscopic examinations of 22 patients diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and 7 patients with Parkinson's-plus syndromes were carried out by four trained viewers. Incidence of tremor, tremor location, phase closure, phase symmetry, amplitude, and mucosal waveform were scored. Tremor was observed in one or more of these conditions--rest, normal pitch and loudness, or loud phonation--for most of the 29 patients. Fifty-five percent of the idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients had tremor, with the primary location being vertical …


The Effect Of Heavy Metal Contamination On Estuarine Benthic Fauna At Varying Levels Of Biological Organisation, Sarah Alicia Michelle Perryman Jan 1996

The Effect Of Heavy Metal Contamination On Estuarine Benthic Fauna At Varying Levels Of Biological Organisation, Sarah Alicia Michelle Perryman

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Biological monitoring techniques, selected to cover increasing levels of biological organisation (cellular, individual, population and community), were compared and contrasted to determine the relative sensitivities of these approaches to heavy metal contammation. The study was centred on the Fal Estuary in Cornwall, an ideal experimental field site-with well documented heavy metal contamination resulting firom the long-term discharge of waste from a local tin mine. Five creeks leadmg from the estuary differ dramatically in the concentrations of heavy metals in the sediments, but little in natural environmental variables (sediment granulometry, salinity etc.). The contaminant induced damage was evaluated at the cellular …


An Investigation Into The Fate Of Benzylpenicillin And Its Degradation Compounds In Milk Following Intramammary Treatments For Bovine Mastitis, David Roger Hulse Jan 1996

An Investigation Into The Fate Of Benzylpenicillin And Its Degradation Compounds In Milk Following Intramammary Treatments For Bovine Mastitis, David Roger Hulse

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

The presence of antibiotics in bovine milk results mainly from the treatment of mastitis by intramammary infusion. The sale of this contaminated milk is illegal and the milk supply is routinely tested for adulteration by antibiotic residues. At present these tests are unspecific microbiological assays which detect only inhibitory substances and consequently the presence of any inactive degradation compounds is not tested for. Various chromatographic approaches exist in the literature which report the resolution of mixtures of antibiotic compounds from milk. However, the presence of antibiotic degradation residues in milk, which may have serious implications for the health of the …


The Antioxidant Role Of Α-Tocopherol In The Nutrition Of African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus Burchell), Remi Thomas Merrett Baker Jan 1996

The Antioxidant Role Of Α-Tocopherol In The Nutrition Of African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus Burchell), Remi Thomas Merrett Baker

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

The role of the lipid-soluble antioxidant α-tocopherol (vitamin E) in the nutrition of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell) has been investigated with respect to effects on growth, certain indices of health and prevention of tissue lipid peroxidation. Although juvenile C. gariepinus were not found to show an immediate dependency on vitamin E for growth, even during rapid growth stages, a minimum requirement of α-tocopherol based on the prevention of hepatic lipid peroxidation was established at 30-40mg α-tocopherol per kg dry diet. This is in line with published values for numerous cultured fish species. Tissue α-tocopherol accretion was found to be …


Evaluation Of Techniques For The Biomonitoring Of Pollutants In Members Of The Ulvaceae, Rebecca Schild Jan 1996

Evaluation Of Techniques For The Biomonitoring Of Pollutants In Members Of The Ulvaceae, Rebecca Schild

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

This study involved the development and evaluation of a number of biomonitoring techniques for use with members of the Ulvaceae, Enteromorpha intestinalis (L.) Link, and Viva lactuca (L.). The techniques included both previously established ones and those which required development. The two main procedures developed for these algae were the neutral red retention technique (making use of a vital stain) and the ion leakage Health Index (based upon electrolyte leakage). Following optimisation both were used to produce quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for a series of n-alcohols using log KOW as the physicochemical parameter. The resultant QSARs were statistically indistinguishable with …


Eco-Physiology Of Mysids (Crustacea; Peracarida) In The River Tamar Estuary., Angela Mary Moffat Jan 1996

Eco-Physiology Of Mysids (Crustacea; Peracarida) In The River Tamar Estuary., Angela Mary Moffat

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

The mysid fauna of the River Tamar Estuary was sampled monthly between January and December 1989. The following species of mysid were found In the estuary. MosopodOPSIS slabborl, Noomysis Intogor, Praunus fioxuosus and SchistomysIs omata. The latter two species, present In low densities throughout tho year, occupied the lower, more salino (>30%o) parts of the estuary, whereas M. slabborl and N. Intogor were abundant In the upper estuary (0.5-30%o). Mosopodopsis slabbori produced between two and three generations per year, and showed a pattern of alternating early and lato-brooding generations. A maximum growth rate for this species was 0.24 mm …


A Note On Internet Resources For The Entrepreneur: A Small Firm Finance Perspective, James C. Brau Jan 1996

A Note On Internet Resources For The Entrepreneur: A Small Firm Finance Perspective, James C. Brau

Faculty Publications

This article concentrates on internet resources that are available to those interested in entrepreneurial and small firm finance. Specifically, I present web pages that focus on general entrepreneurial issues and different avenues for acquiring capital. The three main areas of external financing that I include are venture capital, going public, and loans. Additionally, the advantages of using electronic mail, distribution lists, and personal web page applications are discussed and several examples presented.


1996 Weed Science Research Report, Ndsu Weed Science, Dept. Of Plant Sciences Jan 1996

1996 Weed Science Research Report, Ndsu Weed Science, Dept. Of Plant Sciences

Plant Sciences Weed Science Reports

The Weed Science team at North Dakota State University conduct field research in the State of North Dakota. This specific document reports on field research conducted in 1996. It includes work on several crops and the management of several weeds in North Dakota.


Writing Portfolios Across The Curriculum In A Fifth Grade Classroom, Barbara L. Schultz Jan 1996

Writing Portfolios Across The Curriculum In A Fifth Grade Classroom, Barbara L. Schultz

Graduate Research Papers

Writing portfolios in a fifth grade classroom were used to relate instruction and assessment more closely. A goal of the classroom instructional program was to extend writing experiences across the curriculum. Three students' portfolios were examined to show this instructional emphasis. Descriptions of the children's writing experiences and their portfolio entry responses are presented. This portfolio development experience indicates that the students used writing to learn in a more broad sense. They became more aware of the functions of the composition process. The students progressed from the idea that writing was stories and poems to the idea that writing is …


Three Delivery Systems For Middle School Computer Literacy Curricula, Dale A. Wambold Jan 1996

Three Delivery Systems For Middle School Computer Literacy Curricula, Dale A. Wambold

Graduate Research Papers

This graduate paper, "Three Delivery Systems for Middle School Computer Literacy Curricula," investigates three delivery systems for computer literacy curricula in a middle school setting. The computer literacy curriculum at the middle school level is constantly being updated and changed to accommodate new technology and to implement new and effective teaching methods. There are few guidelines that are available when investigating computer literacy curriculum at the middle school level, but a variety of options do exist for the delivery of whatever curriculum a teacher selects. This review examines several delivery systems for middle school computer literacy curricula and explores the …


An Investigation Of Service Quality Perceptions Held By Selected Customers Of Area Vii Job Training, John Clopton Jan 1996

An Investigation Of Service Quality Perceptions Held By Selected Customers Of Area Vii Job Training, John Clopton

Graduate Research Papers

No abstract provided.