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The Art Of Healing : A Journey Through Cancer : Implications For Art Therapy, Carmen Zammit Jan 1999

The Art Of Healing : A Journey Through Cancer : Implications For Art Therapy, Carmen Zammit

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis is designed to investigate how art assisted in the healing process of a person suffering from a life threatening illness. The research method used is a clinical case study. This study is a form of evaluative research, a systematic data-based inquiry concerning the participant's engagement with art in her healing process, a process which unfolds as being both life affirming and spiritually enriching. This case study takes a qualitative approach, with its emphasis on the participant's own account of her behaviour. The participant is a fifty-three year old woman, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, who was diagnosed with multiple …

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Student And Teacher Perceptions Of A Season Of Sport Education In A Regional Primary School, J. G. Strikwerda-Brown Jan 1999

Student And Teacher Perceptions Of A Season Of Sport Education In A Regional Primary School, J. G. Strikwerda-Brown

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

An interpretive case study approach was employed to examine student and teacher perceptions of the implementation of a sport education in physical education program (SEPEP) in a Western Australian regional primary school. Choi’s (1992) curriculum dimensions were used as a framework. Three year seven teachers implemented SEPEP using a team teaching approach. The focus teacher, Ms Jenson, a highly regarded classroom teacher, described herself as non-sporty and lacking confidence and expertise in PE teaching. Students in her SEPEP volleyball class were considered less popular and less athletic when compared with those in the other two SEPEP classes. A focus volleyball …

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The Response Of Secondary Students From Non-English Speaking Backgrounds To A Visual Arts Course, Jean O. Aitken Jan 1999

The Response Of Secondary Students From Non-English Speaking Backgrounds To A Visual Arts Course, Jean O. Aitken

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Interest in multiculturalism has been expressed by educators for a number of years. Much of the literature concerning multiculturalism in visual arts education calls for the adoption of a culturally inclusive curricula in order to meet the needs of all students. In his consideration of conceptions of curriculum, Eisner (1988) made reference to a preferred body of knowledge which often excludes students from minority groups within society. Many Australian schools are experiencing increases in enrolments of students from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB). These students may themselves be immigrants or the children of one or both parents born in another country. …

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Colour Perception: A Phenomenological Study Into People's Spontaneous Physical, Psychological, Emotional And Spiritual Reactions, Through Experiential Use, To Colour, Nicolette Smith Jan 1999

Colour Perception: A Phenomenological Study Into People's Spontaneous Physical, Psychological, Emotional And Spiritual Reactions, Through Experiential Use, To Colour, Nicolette Smith

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The predominance of colour as a therapy is becoming more apparent in our culture at present. It is a well-known fact, which has been thoroughly documented, that colour affects our senses in many ways and on many levels. Colour is considered to possess a healing element. A phenomenological study will be conducted to investigate people's spontaneous physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual reactions to colour. This will be explored through the experiential use of colour by the participants. The use of a pre-test questionnaire, post-test questionnaires, observation and de-briefing will be the main research instruments. A pilot study will be used …

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Visual Arts History And Visual Arts Criticism : Applications In Middle Schooling, Lisa Paris Jan 1999

Visual Arts History And Visual Arts Criticism : Applications In Middle Schooling, Lisa Paris

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Visual arts history and criticism occupy central positions in visual arts curriculum statements in Western Australia. This status is sustained by the belief that the study of visual arts history and criticism actively contributes to the education of the student as a "whole person". In reality however, rather than attending to the holistic education of students, the application of visual arts history and criticism in Western Australian schools tends to be pragmatic and instrumental - visual arts teachers often use visual art works as "learning aids" because they don't have time, interest or experience in dealing with visual arts works …

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The Construction Of A Particular Version Of The Modern Indonesian Women In Contemporary Indonesian Women's Magazines, Rachmah Ida Jan 1999

The Construction Of A Particular Version Of The Modern Indonesian Women In Contemporary Indonesian Women's Magazines, Rachmah Ida

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis analyses the representation of women in two women’s magazines in Indonesia. It compares and contrasts the representation of women under the New Order Regime (1966-1998) and the Reformasi (reformation) period (1998-1999) through an analysis of the content of Kartini and Femina, between 1992 and 1998. It seeks to understand how changes in the representation of women are specifically related to the social, economic, and political changes in Indonesia. Moreover, by analysing the cultural production of a particular popular media [women’s magazines], this study examines the explicit characteristics of Indonesian women that have been identified as “modern” in the …

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Factors That Malawian Adolescents From Co-Educational Secondary Schools Of Lilongwe And Mchinji Identity As Affecting Their Ability To Discuss Sexual Issues, Susan K. Geloo Jan 1999

Factors That Malawian Adolescents From Co-Educational Secondary Schools Of Lilongwe And Mchinji Identity As Affecting Their Ability To Discuss Sexual Issues, Susan K. Geloo

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors Malawian adolescents from co-educational secondary schools identified as affecting their ability to discuss sexual issues. A sample of 149 adolescent students from the coeducational secondary schools of Lilongwe and Mchinji districts was surveyed. Their ages ranged from 14-18 years of age. The schools and participants were chosen using cluster-sampling and data were obtained via a questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised of demographic variables, sources of sexual information, participant's sexual life, the sexual issues participants consider important and their ability to communicate sexual issues comfortably with different community members. Data were analysed …

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Conversational Code-Switching Among Japanese-English Bilinguals Who Have Japanese Background, Yoshiko Morishima Jan 1999

Conversational Code-Switching Among Japanese-English Bilinguals Who Have Japanese Background, Yoshiko Morishima

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of this study is to investigate the code-switching of native speakers of Japanese in an English-speaking context. The languages involved in code-switching therefore are English and Japanese. This is an instance of communication in the participants' first language, in a setting where the speakers' second language is dominant. The research focused on a sample of twelve Japanese people. These participants were born in Japan, and their parents' native language is Japanese. Even though the length of time each has spent in residence in an English-speaking country varies, the minimum is two years. Further, all have previously studied English, …

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The Literacy-Related Knowledge Of The Children In Two Western Australian Preprimary Centres And The Literacy-Related Practices In Their Homes, Susan M. Beilharz Jan 1999

The Literacy-Related Knowledge Of The Children In Two Western Australian Preprimary Centres And The Literacy-Related Practices In Their Homes, Susan M. Beilharz

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study investigates both the literacy-related knowledge of two groups of children beginning their preprimary education and the literacy-related practices identified by their parents as taking place in their homes. The two groups of children were attending preprimary centres located in different suburbs of Perth; one was in a low socio-economic status northern suburb and the other was in a high socio-economic status inner metropolitan suburb. The results of a questionnaire about family literacy practices showed that there was a wide range of literacy-related practices and materials available in the majority of the households involved in the study. The results …

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A Windows Program For Airfoil Design Using B-Splines, Matthew Maclean Jan 1999

A Windows Program For Airfoil Design Using B-Splines, Matthew Maclean

Theses

The objective of this thesis has been threefold. First, the formulation of splines has been studied and their development into a computer algorithm has been implemented. Splines represent a powerful concept in computer modeling and geometric representation, for, as parametric curves, they provide a compact way to store the information defining a curve or surface. B-splines have been exclusively used in this thesis, although other types of splines exist. The second goal of this thesis was to learn and utilize C++ as a programming tool in the demonstration of B-spline techniques. C++ was chosen because it is object-oriented, and because …

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The Challenge Of Generation X : Unchurched Xers And The Churches That Reach Them, Patrick Mays Jan 1999

The Challenge Of Generation X : Unchurched Xers And The Churches That Reach Them, Patrick Mays

ATS Dissertations

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Synthesis Of Lead Zirconate Titanate (Pzt) And Characterization Of Pyrolysis Products, Graeme Matthews Jan 1999

Synthesis Of Lead Zirconate Titanate (Pzt) And Characterization Of Pyrolysis Products, Graeme Matthews

Theses

The nonhydrated PZT alkoxide was made as per Zhuang and the hydrated PZT alkoxide as per Zhuang and Leach. The nonlinear pyrolysis of the nonhydrated PZT alkoxide yielded 2-methoxyethanol, l-methoxy-2-propanol, and 1, 2-dimethoxyethane . The nonlinear pyrolysis of the hydrated PZT alkoxide yielded 2-methoxyethanol, 2-propanol and 2-propanone. The TGA study of the nonhydrated and hydrated PZT alkoxide showed that the optimal heating rate was 5°C per minute.

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Progressing Towards A Uniform Commercial Code For Electronic Commerce Or Racing Toward Nonuniformity?, Maureen A. O'Rourke Jan 1999

Progressing Towards A Uniform Commercial Code For Electronic Commerce Or Racing Toward Nonuniformity?, Maureen A. O'Rourke

Faculty Scholarship

The Magaziner Report encourages the development of a consistent commercial law environment against which electronic commerce transactions may take place. The author considers the current legal landscape, noting that while many efforts are underway to codify aspects of electronic commerce, these efforts are piecemeal in nature and may lead to the very lack of uniformity against which the Magaziner Report counsels. The author then briefly considers what lessons may be learned from the drafting history of the original U.C.C. as well as proposed Article 2B (now the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) governing transactions in computer information. She argues that …

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Embeddability Of Pseudoline Arrangements And Point Configurations To Eucliean Plane, Javid Huseynov Jan 1999

Embeddability Of Pseudoline Arrangements And Point Configurations To Eucliean Plane, Javid Huseynov

Theses

The present thesis explores embeddability (realizability) properties of pseudoline arrangements, perhaps, the most important mathematical structures in computational geometry. The underlying theme is the use of combinatorial representation of arrangements vs. usual geometric representation to approach the embeddability problem. The combinatorial representation chosen is that of counterclockwise systems (CCsystems) introduced by D.E. Knuth in 1992. CC systems were defined as sets of ordered triples of points that incorporate and obey counterclockwise relations on points in the plane. If a CC system can arise from actual points in the plane, it is called realizable. Not all CC-systems are realizable in plane, …

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Combinatorial Computing Approach To Selected Extremal Problems In Geometry, Alina Beygelzimer Jan 1999

Combinatorial Computing Approach To Selected Extremal Problems In Geometry, Alina Beygelzimer

Theses

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Tourists' Satisfaction Levels On Destination Facilites Of Phuket And Thier Potential Interest In Casino Gambling, Narathip Naina Jan 1999

Tourists' Satisfaction Levels On Destination Facilites Of Phuket And Thier Potential Interest In Casino Gambling, Narathip Naina

Theses

This study measured international tourists' satisfaction levels on destination facilities of Phuket, Thailand. It also attempted to inquire if there was a potential interest in casino gambling among them as the issue of casino legalization in Thailand has been raised and discussed widely during the past few years. The purpose of the study is to better understand how destination facilities of Phuket performed in the eyes of international tourists and if they are attracted to casino gambling as an added activity they might participate in in the setting of Phuket. . A brief overview of Thailand's tourism industry and current …

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Reliability And Validity Of The "Organizational Team Survey" When Used At The Level Of Line-Workers, Satoko Murata Jan 1999

Reliability And Validity Of The "Organizational Team Survey" When Used At The Level Of Line-Workers, Satoko Murata

Theses

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An Experimental Investigation Into The Effect Of Nucleate Boiling On A Free-Surface, Axi-Symmetric Jet Of Water Impinging Vertically Downward Upon A Heated Copper Suface, Michael Moorhead Jan 1999

An Experimental Investigation Into The Effect Of Nucleate Boiling On A Free-Surface, Axi-Symmetric Jet Of Water Impinging Vertically Downward Upon A Heated Copper Suface, Michael Moorhead

Theses

Local heat transfer measurements were taken for the stagnation region of a free surface, axi-symmetric jet of distilled water impinging upon a heated copper surface. The effect of jet velocity (1 .5m/s < Vn < 3.5m/s) and liquid subcooling (20C < (delta)Tsub^ 75C) were studied on both single-phase and nucleate boiling flow regimes. As expected, the single-phase heat transfer coefficient was directly affected by jet velocity, while subcooling produced only minor changes due to temperature dependent fluid properties. The heat flux required for boiling incipience was directly related to both jet velocity and subcooling, with a significant increase noticed in the event of single-phase temperature overshoot. This temperature excursion was noted at high subcoolings (60C < (delta)Tsub^ 75C), and appeared to increase with jet velocity (Vn = 3.5m/s). The fully developed boiling data was independent of both jet velocity and liquid subcooling, and is correlated by the expression q"=70*ATsat30 with a standard deviation of 1 .31 C. The effect of hysteresis was studied by obtaining data for increasing and decreasing heat fluxes at each condition. With a jet velocity of 3.5 m/s, subcooling of 20C, and heat flux of 2.43 MW/m2, the wall superheat was seen to vary in excess of 8.5C depending on direction of the changing heat flux. A single data point was obtained in the CHF regime at the minimum jet velocity (Vn = 1 .5m/s) and liquid subcooling (delta)TSUb = 20C) at a heat flux of 4.48 MW/m2.

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Cascade: Computer Aided Synchronization Of Code And Documentation, Mark Roth Jan 1999

Cascade: Computer Aided Synchronization Of Code And Documentation, Mark Roth

Theses

Complete, accurate and up-to-date documentation is a critical factor in the development and maintenance of robust software products. Often, however, the documentation and the product diverge over time, leading to inconsistencies that are the source of confusion and faults, which can lead to failure. This thesis addresses the inconsistency problem by describing a standard method for the synchronization of documentation with code. As part of the thesis, existing research in the field of Document Engineering is surveyed and related to the method being developed. One goal of this approach is to create straightforward integration with existing languages, coding styles, and …

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Assessing Career Value Of Hospitality Management Curriculum From Program Alumni, James Reid Jan 1999

Assessing Career Value Of Hospitality Management Curriculum From Program Alumni, James Reid

Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the assessment of hospitality management baccalaureate program alumni from New York Technical College (NYCTC) as being a valuable resource to the Hospitality Management curriculum assessment effort . Through the development of an alumni questionnaire, participants in this study were asked to rate individual courses of their curriculum (both core and elective) by the degree of value each course had been in terms of usefulness to their career development and/or relevance to meeting the demands of their current positions. Although the questionnaire response rate was less than desirable, it is stressed that survey …

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Team Learning In A Undergraduate Setting In Croatia, Marvin Deitz Jan 1999

Team Learning In A Undergraduate Setting In Croatia, Marvin Deitz

Theses

This study focused on team learning at an undergraduate school environment. The researcher focused on a city in Croatia called Dubrovnik. The school is American College and consists of English speaking students that are composed of mostly Croatian descent. These students are Hospitality and Tourism majors and are eventually going to help the tourism economy after they graduate. This research contrasted student's performance in one individual lesson plan in two different classes. One class is presented the material through the traditional lecture and the other class is presented the material through teams and collaborative learning. The two classes were given …

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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Technology And The Future Of Remote Access Networking, Khodr El-Dakrouni Jan 1999

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Technology And The Future Of Remote Access Networking, Khodr El-Dakrouni

Theses

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Telephony-Based Email Application, Perdana Darta Jan 1999

Telephony-Based Email Application, Perdana Darta

Theses

The aim of this project is to provide user to gain access of telephony services such as placing an outgoing calls, answering calls, playing back an announcement to the callers, recording caller's messages, playing back recorded messages and finally establishing a dial up connection to send the recorded message to an e-mail address. To do that, the application will be implementing and combining some of Windows Application Programming Interface (API) functions as follows : 1. Telephony Programming Interface (TAPI) ver. 1.4. 2. Multimedia Control Interface (MCI Visual Basic 6's Multimedia control). 3. Remote Access Service (RAS API) 4. Messaging Application …

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Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments: October 1998 Term, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1999

Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments: October 1998 Term, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

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Airport Design, Long-Wen Chen Jan 1999

Airport Design, Long-Wen Chen

Theses

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Properties Of An Aluminum Based Multilayered Material Versus Package And Processing Performance, Eoin De Roiste Jan 1999

Properties Of An Aluminum Based Multilayered Material Versus Package And Processing Performance, Eoin De Roiste

Theses

Due to a manufacturing issue within the company the lack of knowledge of a key material is highlighted. Research into the material is conducted under seal testing and mechanical properties. The material is multilayered, with aluminium foil as its core plus is top coated and has a sealant layer as its bottom coating. Background literary review commences with a chronological assessment of packaging down through the ages and culminates with details on multilayered materials, concentrating on the type of material being researched. A test plan details the research requirements. Seal testing consists of burst and peel testing of the material …

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Genetic Algorithm And Tabu Search Approaches To Quantization For Dct-Based Image Compression, Michael Champion Jan 1999

Genetic Algorithm And Tabu Search Approaches To Quantization For Dct-Based Image Compression, Michael Champion

Theses

Today there are several formal and experimental methods for image compression, some of which have grown to be incorporated into the Joint Photographers Experts Group (JPEG) standard. Of course, many compression algorithms are still used only for experimentation mainly due to various performance issues. Lack of speed while compressing or expanding an image, poor compression rate, and poor image quality after expansion are a few of the most popular reasons for skepticism about a particular compression algorithm. This paper discusses current methods used for image compression. It also gives a detailed explanation of the discrete cosine transform (DCT), used by …

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Identification Of Force Directions Created By Dynamic Events Experienced In The International Air Freight Distribution Environment, William Enderle Jr Jan 1999

Identification Of Force Directions Created By Dynamic Events Experienced In The International Air Freight Distribution Environment, William Enderle Jr

Theses

By linking actual hazards experienced in the field to pre shipment packaging test protocols, the development of a robust packaging specification is developed. This study evaluated the international air freight distribution environment for shipment between the United States and the Netherlands. Utilizing an Environmental Data Recorder, the data identified that different events, other than the normally expected drops and impacts, were experienced. Based on force direction, magnitude and waveform analysis, the data identified that the product is being tossed as it is transported. The results of this study will provide data to enable the creation of a preshipment packaging test …

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Investigation Of On-Demand Digital Printing For The Needs Of Mine Safety Appliances Co., Cathy Mcdonald Jan 1999

Investigation Of On-Demand Digital Printing For The Needs Of Mine Safety Appliances Co., Cathy Mcdonald

Theses

The printing needs of Mine Safety Appliances Co. (MSA) along with the definition and functions of ondemand digital printing seemed to be complimentary. Not only can digital presses improve turn around times, but they are also said to be economical for short print runs. Therefore, the focus of this study was to evaluate several on-demand digital printers and determine which press was most appropriate for MSA. After investigation, it was determined while no one press satisfied all of the areas, the Indigo Omnius met the most needs. The Omnius could save time and money printing bags, labels, and a variety …

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Telephony-Based Answering Machine Application, Army Fithry Jan 1999

Telephony-Based Answering Machine Application, Army Fithry

Theses

Advances in hardware and software technology make computer and communications integration becomes a reality. The popularity of multimedia board for PC together with modem that can handle voice makes operating system's vendor, like Microsoft, add some kind of abilities to their product to explore them. The Telephony API, one of the most significant API sets to be released by Microsoft, is a single set of function calls that allows programmers to manage and manipulate any type of communications link between the PC and the telephone line(s). With visual programming tools, such as Visual Basic, TAPI become a powerful tool to …

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