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Spontaneous Abortion: Risk Factors Among Wic Participants In Cherokee, North Carolina, Deann Lee Stivers

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and contributing factors of spontaneous abortion among participants in the Cherokee WIC Program. The data were collected from two sources: WIC Certification Records and personal interviews. The sample (N=500) consisted of both Indian (N=433) and Caucasian (N=67) women who participated in the Cherokee WIC Program from July 1976 to March 1982.

The spontaneous abortion rate for the total population studied is 24.89%, while the national rate of spontaneous abortion reported in the literature ranges from 10% to 20%. The Caucasian participants (N=67) in this study experience a higher rate (40.0%) …

Technical Bulletins: Changes To Local Sales And Use Tax Legislation-Tax Rate Increase, Jim Leuty, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses a major change in the application of the Local Sales and Use Tax Law.

Technical Bulletins: Cities Authorized To Increase Sales Tax Base, Jim Leuty, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses Chapter 729, Public Acts of 1984, which permitted cities located in counties with a county-wide local sales tax to increase the base of the sales tax on the sale or use of any single article of personal property within the city's corporate limits. A sample ordinance for raising the limit on the sale or use of a single article of personal property is attached to this publication.

Technical Bulletins: Computer Gatekeeper Committees, Pam Jones

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin looks at the way three cities (Chattanooga, Johnson City, and Maryvllle) were responding to the increasing use of computers in municipal government.

Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities, Mike Tallent, Robert W. Freson

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This document was designed to assist in the preparation of the typical municipal budget and to provide a basic guideline for the municipal official in budget development. The manual is basic and straight-forward, providing the necessary information to aid novices in the budget process as well as giving meaningful assistance to experienced budget managers.

Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities (1984), Michael Tallent, Robert W. Freson

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This document was designed to assist in the preparation of the typical municipal budget and to provide a basic guideline for the municipal official in budget development.

In‑House Training And Staff Development, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the importance of staff development and in-house training programs for online database searching in libraries. Advantages and need of in-house programs for libraries; Different levels of in-house programs for libraries; Contents of online searching programs; Limitations of basic online search programs.

Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing/Handicapped Regulations, Jerry Robinson

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about a notice published by the Office of Revenue Sharing (ORS), regarding regulations pertaining to discrimination on the basis of handicapped status.

Handbook For The Office Of The City Recorder/Finance Officer In Tennessee, E. W. Meisenhelder Iii

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This technical assistance manual, Overview: The Tennessee City Recorder, is intended to be a detailed guide to the functions of the City Recorder and/or Finance Director in Tennessee. In view of the diverse chores performed by City Recorders/Finance Directors, it would be impossible and unprofitable to catalog all the various functions, however this manual covers the most important and most common responsibilities. It is hoped that newly elected or appointed City Recorders will find this publication invaluable as they get started in their new jobs, and that experienced City Recorders will find useful information contained throughout the pages of this …

To Err Is Human: Seven Common Searching Mistakes, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the seven common errors committed by beginner searchers during online searching of bibliographic systems. Problem of logical errors among searchers; Confusion regarding requirement of space; Inexperience among searchers about strategy used in two different databases; Suggestions proposed to overcome the common searching mistakes.

American Indian And Euro-American Impact Upon Holocene Vegetation In The Lower Little Tennessee River Valley, East Tennessee, Patricia A. Cridlebaugh

Doctoral Dissertations

Paleoethnobotanical remains recovered from Early Archaic through Historic Overhill Cherokee period archaeological sites in the lower Little Tennessee River Valley in Tennessee document prehistoric people's plant-exploitation patterns. This material provides the basis for establishing a model of prehistoric landscape change. Plant species represented by wood charcoal were assigned to bottomland, upland, and disturbed-upland habitats. Indian exploitation of upland favored species remained consistent through time. A progressively deforested landscape is indicated by diminished exploitation of bottomland-favored plant species in contrast to simultaneous increases in Indian utilization of disturbance-favored early successional taxa such as pine (Pinus spp.), cedar (Juniperus virginiana …

Pentecostal Healing: A Facet Of The Personalistic Health System Of Pakal-Na, A Village In Southern Mexico, Murl Owen Dirksen

Doctoral Dissertations

This research investigates the degree to which Pentecostals in Pakal-Na, Chiapas, Mexico, employ personalistic rather than naturalistic disease theory (Foster, 1976) in selecting curing methods, and it compares Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal employment of health resources. In naturalistic disease theory, illness results from impersonal, natural forces (i.e., cold, heat, wind and dampness) which cause an imbalance in natural body states. In personalistic disease theory, illness is caused by supernatural forces. Because of differences in believed sources of illness, these two theories of disease predispose individuals to select different therapies and curers.

For this study, personalistic/naturalistic categories were viewed as a continuum, …

Identification And Evaluation Of Software For Microcomputer‑Based In‑House Databases., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article reviews and evaluates literature dealing with choosing software for creation of microcomputer-based in-house databases in the information center. Sections on purchasing versus programming, directories of software, evaluation of software, and sources for software descriptions or reviews are included. Appendices list microcomputer software directories and software packages.

Newspapers Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on online database services providing access to daily newspapers that can be used by libraries. Access to newspapers provided by indexing services National Newspaper Index and Newspaper Index; Access to full text information for libraries; Working of Vu/Text Information Service's full text system.

Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities, Center For Government Training, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this handbook is to provide another view into the budget preparation process. With the staff and other resources available in City Hall, you will be able to develop a “plan for spending money” which enables you to show to the public how you intend to spend their tax dollars, as well as show the controls you will establish by the spending limits you set. The budgetary controls become the yardstick by which the progress of spending money can be measured. Also, the budget serves as a yardstick for measuring the progress of the town’s money collection during …

Metric Variation On The Arikara Pelvis, Cheryl Lee Puskarich

Doctoral Dissertations

Metric variation in the innominates, sacra and articulated pelves of the South Dakota Plains Indian group, the Arikara, are analyzed in an attempt to delineate biological relationships. The specimens examined represent 10 archaeological sites ranging in date from A.D. 1600 to 1832. The following sample sizes for innominate, sacrum and articulated pelvis data sets are employed: 292, 305, and 151, respectively. The data are analyzed utilizing univariate as well as multivariate statistical procedures.

The results indicate that consistent within-group patterning exists. Common elements of pelvic structure can therefore be identified. Group analysis results indicate that temporal patterning can be identified …

Technical Bulletins: Estimate Of 1984-85 State Shared Funds For Cities, Ken Joines

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

A summary of what cities could expect to receive from the state shared taxes for the 1984-85 fiscal year.

Technical Bulletins: State-Shared Income Tax: Efforts To Insure Your City Receives Its Appropriate Share, Michael Tallent

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses how a city can take steps to receive its appropriate share of the state-shared income tax. Included is a list of all local governments in Tennessee and their apportionment codes, as of February 20, 1984.

Technical Bulletins: Enforcement Of Handicapped Parking Spaces, Harold R. Yungmeyer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to provide basic information needed to enforce any handicapped parking space in accordance with the state statutes.

The Database Industry Today: Some Vendors’ Perspectives, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses developments in the database industry in the U.S. as of February 1, 1984. Vendors accounting for major revenue and usage in the online searching business; Survey conducted by Downloading Subcommittee of the Information Industry Association; Print version of Management Contents database by Gale Research Inc.; Database service started by Knowledge Industry Publications Inc. and the American Society for Information Science.

Technical Bulletins: Beer Application Fees, Michael Tallent

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses an amendment to the Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-5-108, regarding a $100 application fee for beer permits/licenses.

Guidelines For Aiding Tennessee Municipalities In Securing Insurance Bids, Wm. Gary Head, Mike Tallent

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The publication that follows, Guidelines for Aiding Tennessee Municipalities in Securing Insurance Bids, and a similar document prepared for county officials by UT's County Technical Assistance Service, are intended to provide: (I) an easy-to-understand narrative discussion about bidding, coverages and types of insurance; and (2) a set of sample specifications.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1984-85, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1984-85.

The Information Professional In 25 Years, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Predictions about changes in the next 25 years in information productions, management, access, and use.