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Assessing Personality Traits Of Athletic Trainers At Accredited Universities Associated With The Ohio Valley Conference, Dana Patrick Jergens Jan 2006

Assessing Personality Traits Of Athletic Trainers At Accredited Universities Associated With The Ohio Valley Conference, Dana Patrick Jergens

Masters Theses

The discipline of athletic training is one which deals with the prevention and care of athletic injuries. Athletic training is a competitive field that is oriented towards athletes and sports medicine caregivers. Certain types of personalities mold athletic trainers and the types of lifestyles necessary to do this line of work. To better determine what types of prospective athletic trainers enter this field, it is interesting to find out if they fit certain personality characteristics. The purpose of this study was to examine the personality traits of athletic trainers from accredited universities affiliated with the Ohio Valley Conference. A total …

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Women Mayors: An Examination Of Leadership Style, Sherikia Lavette Humes Jan 2006

Women Mayors: An Examination Of Leadership Style, Sherikia Lavette Humes

Masters Theses

Studies of women in politics traditionally focus on the state and federal levels. Scholarly literature suggests that women mayors have been largely ignored, even though there has been a significant increase in the number of women mayors. This thesis examines women mayors and their leadership styles through the models of transactional and transformational leadership. For this study, as a point of comparison, male mayors also were examined. This study was conducted through three research methods: elite interviewing and observational and document analysis. The findings of this study suggest that women mayors are more likely than men mayors to be transformational …

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The Effects Of Repeated Reading And Goal Setting On Student Reading Fluency, Joann T. Ford Jan 2006

The Effects Of Repeated Reading And Goal Setting On Student Reading Fluency, Joann T. Ford

Masters Theses

This study investigated the effect of repeated reading and goal setting on students' oral reading fluency (ORF). Third grade students (n=24) were randomly assigned to one of three groups: repeated reading and goal setting, repeated reading, and no-treatment control group. Treatment groups met for six weeks, four times per week for 20 minutes. A paired repeated reading procedure was used and weekly progress monitoring occurred using third grade DIBELS ORF progress monitoring probes. Repeated reading and goal setting group set weekly goals, graphed fluency data, and received feedback. All groups made gains in reading fluency. Although no significant effects were …

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Mental Telepathy And Social Fields: A Within Session Decline Effect, Timothy K. Bunfill Jan 2006

Mental Telepathy And Social Fields: A Within Session Decline Effect, Timothy K. Bunfill

Masters Theses

The current study involves the exploration of several variables relating to the facilitation of mental telepathy from a social field perspective. Groups of participants ranging from 8 to 35 attempted to telepathically send information regarding one of four target locations to a receiver who was selected at random from the group. During each of ten sessions, an average of nine receivers completed 16 trials apiece over a period of two hours. It was hypothesized that since all participants had a previous experience with a telepathy task, they would score above chance initially and that as sessions progressed fatigue or boredom …

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Reading Instruction Software Vs. Peer Tutoring For Improving Oral Reading Fluency, Morgan Carlyle Jan 2006

Reading Instruction Software Vs. Peer Tutoring For Improving Oral Reading Fluency, Morgan Carlyle

Masters Theses

Research suggests that computer-based instruction program is as effective as peer tutoring in increasing students' oral reading fluency rates. However, few experimental studies have compared these two reading interventions. The present study compared the effect of a computer-based reading instruction program, Reader Rabbit I Can Read with Phonics, with peer tutoring. Second grade students were randomly assigned to computer tutoring, peer tutoring, or control groups; and they read the same reading material for twenty minutes, two times a week for six weeks. Participants in the computer group used a segment of the reading software instruction program, Reader Rabbit I can …

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Barriers And Facilitators To Health Seeking Behavior Of Individuals With Social Phobia, Kendra M. Holder Kennedy Jan 2006

Barriers And Facilitators To Health Seeking Behavior Of Individuals With Social Phobia, Kendra M. Holder Kennedy

Masters Theses

This study explored both the facilitators and barriers to treatment of individuals who have difficulties with anxiety in social situations. These barriers and facilitators to treatment were examined with respect to the participants' level of anxiety and their stage of change. Eleven participants, ten females and one male, completed the study. A screening procedure established that each participant was likely experiencing social phobia. These participants were then interviewed using a semi-structured interview. One of the main goals of the study was to develop an interview and coding procedures that provided reliable data. This goal was accomplished; the procedures used in …

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Effects Of Response Card Use On Student Participation And Academic Achievement In An Elementary Classroom, Christina J. Diel Jan 2006

Effects Of Response Card Use On Student Participation And Academic Achievement In An Elementary Classroom, Christina J. Diel

Masters Theses

This study compared the effectiveness of hand raising with the use of response cards in a sixth-grade general education classroom during whole-group social studies instruction. Dependent variables included the frequency of active student responding during instruction and student performance on both weekly quizzes and maintenance tests. Participants included 14 sixth-grade general education students (6 boys and 8 girls), ranging in ages from 11 to 12. An ABAB design was utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of the experimental condition. Participants were exposed to the hand raising condition during weeks 1 and 3 and the response card condition during weeks 2 and …

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Predicting State Standardized Achievement Test Scores Using Curriculum Based Measurement In Third Grade, Lindsey Mitts Jan 2006

Predicting State Standardized Achievement Test Scores Using Curriculum Based Measurement In Third Grade, Lindsey Mitts

Masters Theses

With No Child Left Behind placing strong penalties on schools not making adequate yearly progress, many schools are searching for ways to predict student performance on state standardized achievement tests. The current study provides evidence as to the predictive nature of oral reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension data taken from a basal reading series, as well as student reading levels from an informal reading inventory, on Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) performance. Multiple regression analyses showed these measures to account for slightly more than one-half of the overall predicted variance in ISAT Reading performance. Furthermore, t-tests showed that a significant …

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An Investigation Of The Dynamic Indicators Of Basic Early Literacy Skills (Dibels) And The Illinois Snapshot Of Early Literacy (Isel), Cara Williams Jan 2006

An Investigation Of The Dynamic Indicators Of Basic Early Literacy Skills (Dibels) And The Illinois Snapshot Of Early Literacy (Isel), Cara Williams

Masters Theses

This longitudinal study was conducted to compare and investigate the predictive power of DIBELS and ISEL measures. Data were collected to determine if ISEL and DIBELS measures similarly identify students as being at-risk. The predictive value of DIBELS and ISEL scores were evaluated in relation to third grade Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) scores and Illinois Standards of Achievement Test (ISAT) scores. Participants included 63 students from one grade level at a Chicago suburban school. Test scores from kindergarten through third grade were obtained for these students. Results indicate that the risk identification of students was significantly different between ISEL …

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Age-Related Decrease Of The Chorda Tympani Nerve Terminal Field In The Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract Is Prevented By Dietary Sodium Restriction During Development, Suzanne I. Sollars, B. R. Walker, A. K. Thaw, D. L. Hill Jan 2006

Age-Related Decrease Of The Chorda Tympani Nerve Terminal Field In The Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract Is Prevented By Dietary Sodium Restriction During Development, Suzanne I. Sollars, B. R. Walker, A. K. Thaw, D. L. Hill

Psychology Faculty Publications

Institution of a low-NaCl diet beginning at embryonic day 3 and continued throughout pre- and postnatal development has widespread effects on the neuroanatomical organization of the first gustatory relay in the nucleus of the solitary tract. To determine when these effects are expressed postnatally, the terminal field of the chorda tympani nerve was compared between sodium-restricted and sodium-replete rats at postnatal days 15–17, postnatal days 25–27, postnatal days 35–37, and adults. Total terminal fields were significantly larger in postnatal days 35–37 and adult sodium-restricted rats compared with aged-matched controls. The group-related differences appear related more to a remodeling of the …

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Crossing The Rubicon: The Netherlands' Steady March Towards Involuntary Euthanasia, Mason L. Allen Jan 2006

Crossing The Rubicon: The Netherlands' Steady March Towards Involuntary Euthanasia, Mason L. Allen

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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All The Frontiers Of The Rush For Blue Gold: Water Privatization And The Human Right To Water, Violeta Petrova Jan 2006

All The Frontiers Of The Rush For Blue Gold: Water Privatization And The Human Right To Water, Violeta Petrova

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

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Montesquieu On Commerce, Conquest, War And Peace, Robert Howse Jan 2006

Montesquieu On Commerce, Conquest, War And Peace, Robert Howse

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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Cases And Controversies: Pregnancy As Proof Of Guilt Under Pakistan's Hudood Laws, Moeen H. Cheema Jan 2006

Cases And Controversies: Pregnancy As Proof Of Guilt Under Pakistan's Hudood Laws, Moeen H. Cheema

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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Punitive Damages, Liquidated Damages, And Clauses Penales In Contract Actions: A Comparative Analysis Of The American Common Law And The French Civil Code, Charles Calleros Jan 2006

Punitive Damages, Liquidated Damages, And Clauses Penales In Contract Actions: A Comparative Analysis Of The American Common Law And The French Civil Code, Charles Calleros

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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Internalizing European Court Of Human Rights Interpretations: Russia's Courts Of General Jurisdiction And New Directions In Civil Defamation Law, Peter Krug Jan 2006

Internalizing European Court Of Human Rights Interpretations: Russia's Courts Of General Jurisdiction And New Directions In Civil Defamation Law, Peter Krug

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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Exploring Group Behavior, Donelson R. Forsyth Jan 2006

Exploring Group Behavior, Donelson R. Forsyth

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

When I migrated from the world of constructions and took a position as a college professor and social psychologist, I found myself on the right side of the "good work if you can get it" divide. Granted, professoring is still work. There are politics of the office, bosses who make demands, and duties that must be fulfilled. Nor is it a glamorous occupation, as Hollywood's depictions of Indiana Jones-like professorial types would suggest. But depending on one's goals and perspectives, it is a personally fulfilling pursuit. It is an elite profession that requires special training and skill, and for much …

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A Cognitive Theory Of Trust, Erin O'Connor Jan 2006

A Cognitive Theory Of Trust, Erin O'Connor

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Interpersonal trust is currently receiving widespread attention in the academy. Many legal scholars incorrectly assume that interpersonal trust is an unmitigated good (or bad) and that legal policy should therefore be crafted to maximize (or minimize) trust. A more nuanced understanding of trust indicates instead that it should be promoted or discouraged, depending on the context. Such an understanding needs to reflect the fact that trust and distrust can, and often do, coexist. In most relationships, the parties trust one another with regard to some matters and yet distrust one another with regard to other matters. More specifically, developing a …

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Differentiating Gatekeepers, Arthur B. Laby Jan 2006

Differentiating Gatekeepers, Arthur B. Laby

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

No abstract provided.

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Regulating The Mutual Fund Industry, Donna M. Nagy Jan 2006

Regulating The Mutual Fund Industry, Donna M. Nagy

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

No abstract provided.

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The Mutual Fund Board: A Failed Experiment In Regulatory Outsourcing, Alan R. Palmiter Jan 2006

The Mutual Fund Board: A Failed Experiment In Regulatory Outsourcing, Alan R. Palmiter

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

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The Amphibian Tree Of Life, Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Célio F.B. Haddad, Rafael O. De Sá Jan 2006

The Amphibian Tree Of Life, Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Célio F.B. Haddad, Rafael O. De Sá

Biology Faculty Publications

The evidentiary basis of the currently accepted classification of living amphibians is discussed and shown not to warrant the degree of authority conferred on it by use and tradition. A new taxonomy of living amphibians is proposed to correct the deficiencies of the old one. This new taxonomy is based on the largest phylogenetic analysis of living Amphibia so far accomplished. We combined the comparative anatomical character evidence of Haas (2003) with DNA sequences from the mitochondrial transcription unit H1 (12S and 16S ribosomal RNA and tRNAValine genes, ø 2,400 bp of mitochondrial sequences) and the nuclear genes histone H3, …

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The Use Of The Corporate Monitor In Sec Enforcement Actions, Jennifer O'Hare Jan 2006

The Use Of The Corporate Monitor In Sec Enforcement Actions, Jennifer O'Hare

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

No abstract provided.

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The Transformation Of Corporate Criminal Law, Leonard Orland Jan 2006

The Transformation Of Corporate Criminal Law, Leonard Orland

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

No abstract provided.

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Introduction To The Symposium, Margaret A. Berger Jan 2006

Introduction To The Symposium, Margaret A. Berger

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

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When Good Information Truly Matters: Public Sector Decision Makers Acquiring And Using Research To Inform Their Decisions, Mark Gibson Jan 2006

When Good Information Truly Matters: Public Sector Decision Makers Acquiring And Using Research To Inform Their Decisions, Mark Gibson

Journal of Law and Policy

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When There Are No Randomized Controlled Trials: A Case History Of A Controversial Procedure For Metastatic Legal Doctrines, Jeffrey C. Lerner, Diane C. Robertson Jan 2006

When There Are No Randomized Controlled Trials: A Case History Of A Controversial Procedure For Metastatic Legal Doctrines, Jeffrey C. Lerner, Diane C. Robertson

Journal of Law and Policy

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Evaluating Systematic Reviews And Meta-Analyses, Lisa A. Bero Jan 2006

Evaluating Systematic Reviews And Meta-Analyses, Lisa A. Bero

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

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The Scapegoat: Emtala And Emergency Department Overcrowding, Laura D. Hermer Jan 2006

The Scapegoat: Emtala And Emergency Department Overcrowding, Laura D. Hermer

Journal of Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

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Killing Time: The Process Of Waiving Appeal In The Michael Ross Death Penalty Cases, Stephen Blank Jan 2006

Killing Time: The Process Of Waiving Appeal In The Michael Ross Death Penalty Cases, Stephen Blank

Journal of Law and Policy

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