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Factors That Motivate Ymca Volunteers, Theresa Lubke Dec 1997

Factors That Motivate Ymca Volunteers, Theresa Lubke

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is a not-for-profit organization that depends heavily on volunteers. As one of many such organizations, the YMCA must continually strive to find the best methods of recruiting and retaining volunteers. Although the field of psychology has done considerable research on what motivates people to engage in helping behavior and Volunteerism, there has been little applied research in this area. There appeared to be a lack of applicable research that would assist YMCA staff in their recruitment and development of volunteers. This present research focused on helping to fill that gap. The purpose of this …

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Ta Da! - The Text Adventure Design Assistant A Visual Tool For The Development Of Adventure Games, Sean Molley Dec 1997

Ta Da! - The Text Adventure Design Assistant A Visual Tool For The Development Of Adventure Games, Sean Molley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this paper, I survey past and present tools available to text adventure game authors, and then describe a new product: the Text Adventure Design Assistant (TA DA!), a visual programming system for creating text adventure games. My system consists of two parts: an abstract framework which defines an archetypical game, and a user interface which allows for the construction of games in a visual manner by manipulating the elements of the abstract game to produce a concrete design. The two most popular contemporary programming languages for creating text adventure games, TADS and Inform, are compared and contrasted, and my …

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A Statewide Survey Linking Assessment To Interventions: Assessing Teacher Awareness And Training Needs Related To Students With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Leann Pearson Dec 1997

A Statewide Survey Linking Assessment To Interventions: Assessing Teacher Awareness And Training Needs Related To Students With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Leann Pearson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present study, using a survey questionnaire developed by Luckett (1996), was completed by 211 kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in 33 school districts across Kentucky. The sample consisted of regular education, special education, and Title One teachers with one to thirty-one years of experience. Educational backgrounds of the predominantly female sample ranged from bachelor's to doctoral degrees. The survey included four distinct sections. Participants were questioned about (a) knowledge level with respect to the diagnostic criteria and diagnostic labels for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (b) intervention preferences for addressing ADHD student's behaviors in the classroom, (c) interventions which they would …

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Characteristics And Resource Utilization Of Patients Of A Proprietary Home Health Agency In Rural South Central Kentucky, Linda Sewell Dec 1997

Characteristics And Resource Utilization Of Patients Of A Proprietary Home Health Agency In Rural South Central Kentucky, Linda Sewell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The home health industry's introduction to managed care raises the prospect of reduced access to health care and poor outcomes for a vulnerable segment of our population—the rural elderly. Before effective intervention strategies can be accurately evaluated, a clearer picture of the sociodemographic features and home care service consumption is needed for this understudied group. The study was intended to provide a basis for future research into the evaluation of alternative methods of delivering effective care in terms of outcome and decreased cost for this population. A retrospective descriptive analysis was made of the patient record for the first six …

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Personality Types Of Registered Nurses Employed In A Rural Community Hospital, Tina Snodgrass Dec 1997

Personality Types Of Registered Nurses Employed In A Rural Community Hospital, Tina Snodgrass

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify the personality types of registered nurses in a rural community. An extensive literature review revealed that no studies, utilizing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to identify personality types, had been conducted with rural nurses. Jung's Psychological Type Theory was the theoretical framework for the study. The MBTI operationalizes Jung's theory and was utilized to determine the most frequently occurring personality types of the nurses. A descriptive study was conducted at a 68 bed acute care hospital. The sample consisted of 40 experienced registered nurses working in staff positions within the hospital. Sensing, …

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Studies On Resolution Of Enantiomeric Dialkylaryl Sulfonium Ions With Nmr Shift Reagents, Ea-Ji-Ru Son Dec 1997

Studies On Resolution Of Enantiomeric Dialkylaryl Sulfonium Ions With Nmr Shift Reagents, Ea-Ji-Ru Son

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Praseodymium(III) NMR shift reagent, which is an upfield shift reagent, is focused on for assessment of enantiomeric excess and resolution of methyl sulfonium ions. A series of alkylmethylphenylsulfonium ions were analyzed, where alkyl is ethyl (I), butyl(H), octyl (III), and benzyl(IY). The praseodymium agent gives base-lined resolution of the ortho hydrogens resonance for I and IH. All spectra are strongly temperature-dependent. I is shifted more than ED, consistent with a steric effect. Assignments for I were made by gradually increasing the concentration of the shift reagent and by analyzing R-enriched I. Racemization of R-enriched isomer of I by pyramidal inversion …

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Biome-Bgc Simulations Of Stand Hydrologic Process For Boreas, John S. Kimball, Michael A. White, Steven W. Running Dec 1997

Biome-Bgc Simulations Of Stand Hydrologic Process For Boreas, John S. Kimball, Michael A. White, Steven W. Running

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

BIOME-BGC is a general ecosystem model designed to simulate hydrologic and biogeochemical processes across multiple scales. The objectives of this investigation were to compare BIOME-BGC estimates of hydrologic processes with observed data for different boreal forest stands and investigate factors that control simulated water fluxes. Model results explained 62 and 98% of the respective variances in observed daily evapotranspiration and soil water; simulations of the onset of spring thaw and the dates of snowpack disappearance and accumulation also generally tracked observations. Differences between observed and simulated evapotranspiration were attributed to model assumptions of constant, growing season, overstory leaf areas that …

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A Pregnant Pause: Are Women Who Undergo Fertility Treatment To Achieve Pregnancy Within The Scope Of Title Vii's Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Cintra D. Bentley Dec 1997

A Pregnant Pause: Are Women Who Undergo Fertility Treatment To Achieve Pregnancy Within The Scope Of Title Vii's Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Cintra D. Bentley

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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21st Conference On Senior Engineering Design Projects, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences Dec 1997

21st Conference On Senior Engineering Design Projects, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Senior Engineering Design Conference

The 21st Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects was held on December 9, 1997 at the College of Engineering and applied Sciences on the Parkview Campus of Western Michigan University. The college sponsors the conference to showcase the work of its graduating seniors, who are required to complete a capstone project that puts into practice what they have learned. Many of the projects are sponsored by business and industry.

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Commercial And Banking Law, Robert A. Weber Jr. Dec 1997

Commercial And Banking Law, Robert A. Weber Jr.

Mercer Law Review

Last year's article limited its coverage to cases interpreting provisions of Georgia's Commercial Code. Although the courts have provided ample material to again dedicate the entire survey to that topic, to do so would ignore other substantive bodies of law that have had a significant impact on a commercial law practice. Therefore, in addition to a review of the standard Commercial Code topics (sales, negotiable instruments and bank collections, and secured transactions), this year's survey has endeavored to summarize case law and legislative enactments within the past year in the following categories: banking and finance, consumer protection, contracts of employment, …

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Treating Sexual Harassment With Respect, Anita Bernstein Dec 1997

Treating Sexual Harassment With Respect, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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The Ncaa Celebration Rule: A First Amendment Analysis, Jeffrey C. True Dec 1997

The Ncaa Celebration Rule: A First Amendment Analysis, Jeffrey C. True

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Illegal Moves Off-The-Field University Liability For Illegal Acts Of Student-Athletes, Gil B. Fried Dec 1997

Illegal Moves Off-The-Field University Liability For Illegal Acts Of Student-Athletes, Gil B. Fried

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Torts - Tortious Interference With Contract-Plaintiffs Must Prove "Improper Conduct" By The Defendant To Prevail In An Action For Tortious Interference With Contract; Merely Proving Truthful Information Which Is Aimed At Foiling A Contract Is Inadequate: Glass V. Kennedy, No. A-4121-93t2 (N.J. App. Div. 1996)., Robert S. Roche Dec 1997

Torts - Tortious Interference With Contract-Plaintiffs Must Prove "Improper Conduct" By The Defendant To Prevail In An Action For Tortious Interference With Contract; Merely Proving Truthful Information Which Is Aimed At Foiling A Contract Is Inadequate: Glass V. Kennedy, No. A-4121-93t2 (N.J. App. Div. 1996)., Robert S. Roche

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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The Effect Of The Federally Imposed Mediation Requirement Of The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act On The Tribal-State Compacting Process, Mark E. Stabile Dec 1997

The Effect Of The Federally Imposed Mediation Requirement Of The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act On The Tribal-State Compacting Process, Mark E. Stabile

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Mickey Mantle: An American Legend, John J. Dabney Dec 1997

Mickey Mantle: An American Legend, John J. Dabney

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Parody Contained On Trading Cards Does Not Violate An Athlete's Right Of Publicity. Cardtoons, L.C. V. Major League Baseball Players Association, 95 F.3d 959 (10th Cir. 1996)., John Shahdanian Dec 1997

Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Parody Contained On Trading Cards Does Not Violate An Athlete's Right Of Publicity. Cardtoons, L.C. V. Major League Baseball Players Association, 95 F.3d 959 (10th Cir. 1996)., John Shahdanian

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Civil Rights - Courts Should Use An Individualized Analysis When Determining Whether To Grant A Waiver Of An Athletic Conference Age Eligibility Rule: Dennin V. Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Inc., 913 F. Supp. 663 (2d Cir. 1996)., Patricia A. Solfaro Dec 1997

Civil Rights - Courts Should Use An Individualized Analysis When Determining Whether To Grant A Waiver Of An Athletic Conference Age Eligibility Rule: Dennin V. Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Inc., 913 F. Supp. 663 (2d Cir. 1996)., Patricia A. Solfaro

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Drug Dispensing In Athletic Departments Of Colleges And Universities: A New Proposal, Barry R. Ewy Dec 1997

Drug Dispensing In Athletic Departments Of Colleges And Universities: A New Proposal, Barry R. Ewy

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Fighting? It's All In A Day's Work On The Ice: Determining The Appropriate Standard Of A Hockey Player's Liability To Another Player, Barbara Svoranos Dec 1997

Fighting? It's All In A Day's Work On The Ice: Determining The Appropriate Standard Of A Hockey Player's Liability To Another Player, Barbara Svoranos

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Teacher Perceptions Of Parent Involvement In Literacy Education, Wayne M. Linek, Timothy V. Rasinski, Donna M. Harkins Dec 1997

Teacher Perceptions Of Parent Involvement In Literacy Education, Wayne M. Linek, Timothy V. Rasinski, Donna M. Harkins

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Parent involvement appears to hold great potential for the improvement of literacy education. Without the coordination and support ofthe classroom teacher, however, the effects of such involvement may not be maximized. A question central to the development of parent involvement programs is, "Do teachers recognize and support parent involvement as a significant component of children's education?" The purpose of this informal study was to describe perceptions of parent involvement in literacy education. Over sixty teachers from a cross section of schools in a Midwestern metropolitan area were interviewed in depth about their attitudes toward parent involvement in reading. A structured …

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Nebline, December 1997 Dec 1997

Nebline, December 1997

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

No abstract provided.

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Ard News December 1997 Dec 1997

Ard News December 1997

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

SEASON'S GREETINGS
CSREES Accountability Report Status
External Grant Support
Federal Research and Development Funding for FY 1998
FY 1998 Appropriation for CSREES Research
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Grants and Contracts Received October and November, 1997
New or Revised Projects
Free Publication on Highlights of NAPIAP
Superfund Cleanup Progress at the ARDC
World Rankings of Scientific Papers

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Native American Ways Of Learning: Profile Of A Navajo Teacher, 1997 December, Chris Benson Dec 1997

Native American Ways Of Learning: Profile Of A Navajo Teacher, 1997 December, Chris Benson

Publications

Published in THINK, San Antonio, TX, December 1997.

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Literacy Lessons From The Childhoods Of Authors, Marcia Baghban Dec 1997

Literacy Lessons From The Childhoods Of Authors, Marcia Baghban

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The retrospectives of authors' childhoods can provide courageous portraits for children. Their examples demonstrate how reading and writing helped these professionals not only survive illness, loneliness, and rejection, but also forge meaningful lives. Children need to hear their stories, and so do adults. This piece reviews the role that literacy played in the childhoods of Eudora Welty, Madeleine L'Engle, and Jack London, and contrasts aspects of their childhoods with aspects of contemporary childhoods. The contrast sounds a clarion call to today's adults to assume greater responsibility for how children spend their time.

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Why Kolmogorov Complexity In Physical Equations, Vladik Kreinovich, Luc Longpre Dec 1997

Why Kolmogorov Complexity In Physical Equations, Vladik Kreinovich, Luc Longpre

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Several researchers, including M. Gell-Mann, argue that the notion of Kolmogorov complexity, developed in the algorithmic information theory, is useful in physics (i.e., in the description of the physical world). Their arguments are rather convincing, but there seems to be a gap between traditional physical equations and Kolmogorov complexity: namely, it is not clear how the standard equations of physics can lead to algorithmic notions underlying Kolmogorov complexity. In this paper, this "gap" is bridged: we explain how Kolmogorov complexity naturally appear in physical equation.

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The Probe, Issue 183 - December 1997 Dec 1997

The Probe, Issue 183 - December 1997

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:
Animal Rights Revisited
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Reports From the 4th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society
Techniques for Managing Predation on Domestic Livestock and Big Game Animals
Attitudes of Private and Public Land Managers in Wyoming Toward Beaver
Grizzly Bear-Cattle Interactions on Two Cattle Allotments in Northwest Wyoming
The Effects of Wolf Colonization on Coyote Behaviors
Video Review: “Rob Erickson’s Live Trapping Urban Beaver, Vols. 1-2”
Reed-Joseph Donates to NADCA
Riot Police Quell Big Mac Attack
Oregon Cougars on the Rise
Confronting Anti-Trap Initiatives
Current Status and Future Prospects for Mesurol as a Bird Repellent
Prescribed Predation Management: …

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Leadership In School-Agency Collaboration: Parent Empowerment For Educational Involvement, Kathleen A. Backberg Dec 1997

Leadership In School-Agency Collaboration: Parent Empowerment For Educational Involvement, Kathleen A. Backberg

Theses and Graduate Projects

No abstract provided.

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News From Hope College, Volume 29.3: December, 1997, Hope College Dec 1997

News From Hope College, Volume 29.3: December, 1997, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

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Domestic Relations, Barry B. Mcgough Dec 1997

Domestic Relations, Barry B. Mcgough

Mercer Law Review

The survey year produced a wide array of appellate opinions with no discernible area of focus. Of particular interest were decisions holding that the relocation of a custodial parent is not alone grounds to change custody and that notice of trial by publication alone contravenes the due process rights of a pro se litigant in a divorce action in which custody of minor children is at issue. A resident can sue for divorce and an award of Georgia property even though the nonresident spouse has never been in the state. However, a resident cannot enforce a foreign divorce decree when …

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