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Pvn-Rdo-046-K-075a, Robert Johnston

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Rdo-444-E-022, Faye Bender

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

The Easter Ball: Interaction Between Secularism And Religion In Romania, Liviu Vanau

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Transit Time Internet Access: Prototype And Progress, Janet Vorvick

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

Transit Time Internet Access Version (TTIA1) is a prototype messaging program which delivers real-time bus schedule information to users of the Internet. Using the World Wide Web and the well developed hypertext markup language (html), TTIA1 allows a bus user to request and receive schedule deviation information about a specific bus at a specific timepoint. TTIA1 is part of a project whose goal is to evaluate the effect on riders behavior and riders level of satisfaction of actual arrival time information.

Omaha's Public Libraries, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

The Omaha Public Library began as a subscription library in 1872. The "library" was located in a rented room on 14th Street between Douglas and Dodge with a collection of 2,600 donated books. The Library Association charged an annual fee of $3.00 for membership. In 1877 the State Legislature approved an act allowing the establishment of "free public libraries and reading rooms." That same year the Omaha City Council established the Omaha Public Library at the urging of the Omaha Library Association. The Library opened with a budget of$1,274.80, a librarian, and nine appointed directors, the precursor of the Library …

An Assessment Of Grass Roots Participation In The Development Of Egypt, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Amani Kandil, Moheb Zaki, Nagah Hassan

Faculty Books

This study aims to examine the extent and effectiveness of grassroots participation in Egyptian private voluntary organizations (PVOs). In addition, it traces the historical development of PVOs in Egypt and the laws that have been governing their activities. The authors deduce from this study that legal restrictions and bureaucratic impediments―not financial constraints―are the main obstacles that limit the activities of PVOs, and come up with specific recommendations to enhance grassroots participation in Egyptian society.

Bridging The Backlash: A Cultural Materialist Reading Of The Bridges Of Madison County, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Separatism And Women's Community" By D. R. Shugar, Wendy E. Chmielewski

Library Staff Works

No abstract provided.

Nsu Master's Program In Life Span Care And Administration Catalog 1996-1997 (Includes Application And Admission Forms), Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Less-Than-Lethal Weapons And Police-Citizen Killings In U.S. Urban Areas, William C. Bailey

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

There appears to be general consensus in law enforcement circles that less-than-lethal weapons are effective in reducing police-citizen killings, but this “common wisdom” has not been subject to systematic empirical analysis. Considering a large sample of U.S. cities for 1990, this article examines the association between the availability to the police of various types of less-than-lethal weapons and general and race-specific justifiable homicide rates. The analysis produces no evidence that police killing rates are affected by the availability of less-than-lethal weapons.

Temporal Characteristics Of Words Surrounding A Moment Of Stuttering In Preschool-Age Children, Gregory Keith Lilly

Dissertations and Theses

Until this time, few studies have examined differences in durational characteristics in words surrounding a moment of stuttering for untreated preschool children. It is important to determine whether or not untreated preschoolers' who stutter alter the duration of their speech when they stutter versus when they are fluent to determine what factors influence stuttering behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to examine the duration of words immediately before and after a stuttered word and the duration of the matched target word in the identical fluent utterance. The following questions were to be addressed: 1) Is there a significant …

A Reexamination Of Balassa's Productivity Bias Hypothesis, Mohsen Bahmani Oskooee, Farhang Niroomand

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ancient Peoples And Landscapes, H. Edwin Jackson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Doctoral Programs, School Of Psychology Fall Schedule 1996, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Parental Quality Ratings Of Early Child Care Experiences And Subsequent School Adjustment, Donna Owens Collier

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to investigate differences in the school performances of children with different early child care experiences. The relationship between parental quality ratings of early child care experiences and subsequent school performance was also examined. The subjects in this study were 99 first grade students from two public elementary schools in Chesapeake, Virginia. The parents of these students were asked to assess broad areas of their children's early care. This assessment resulted in four subscores and one overall score of quality. The school performance scores included two measures of academic achievement obtained from the students' …

The Assessment Of Different Cerebral Locations In The Study Of Arousal And Attention Using A Closed Loop Tracking System, Keith W. Clouatre

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The present experiment assessed the importance of the temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes in a sustained attention task using a closed-loop arousal monitoring system for a tracking task. Thirty-six undergraduates from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia served as subjects. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of the lobe conditions and recordings were taken from sites over either their temporal, parietal or frontal lobes while they performed a compensatory tracking task. The monitoring system recorded the subject's beta, theta, and alpha wave production, an engagement index (derived from an algebraic function of the individual bandwidths) and the root mean square …

School Behavior And Perception Of The Family Environment Of Delinquent Youth, Anne Rachel Greenberg

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated the perceptions that juvenile delinquents have of their family environment as they pertain to their current school behavior and treatment placement. The 75 subjects, ages 12 to 17 years, both male and female had been placed by the local juvenile and domestic relations court into one of three treatment programs. The subjects in the In-home treatment placement group perceived higher levels of Cohesion and Control, as measured by the Family Environment Scale (F.E.S.). The subjects in the Residential placement group perceived lower levels of Conflict. Conflict was found to be negatively correlated to problem school behavior as …

Interaction Of Ethanol And Insulin On Motor Activity And Hypoglycemia In Rats, Kristen E. Koontz

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The present study investigated the effects of ethanol on insulin-induced hypoglycemia in rats. Measurements were made on the interaction of insulin at a dose of 2 units/kilogram in combination with four ethanol doses on motor activity and on blood glucose levels. Nine rats were administered eight treatment conditions (insulin or no insulin; combined with ethanol dosage of either: 0, 300, 600, or 1000 mg/kg). In a counterbalanced sequence of treatments, the rats were injected with insulin and placed into activity detectors for 20 minutes. At this time their blood glucose was measured, they were injected with ethanol, and placed hack …

Department Of Labor_October 1996, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

New Mexico Department of Labor Wage Survey.

Downsizing America In The Twentieth Century: A Sociological And Theoretical Analysis Of The Shrinking Middle Class, Terreea Lynne Adams

Institute for the Humanities Theses

Downsizing is the process by which a firm decreases its number of employees, even during times of a strong economy, with the stated purpose of generating greater efficiency, productivity and of course, profit. The downsizing trend in the United States during the past three decades has resulted in an enormous shift in the structure of our society. Various theorists, sociologists and economists employ differing ways of looking at this downsizing trend and its effects on the largest segment of the population; that is, the middle class.

lndications of a healthy economy are low levels of unemployment and poverty-. Downsizing involves …

Effects Of Exposure To Information About Appearance Stereotyping And Discrimination On Body Image And Mood, Melissa Ann Brown

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The present experiment examined how information about societal appearance discrimination can affect current body image. Sixty-six female college students listened to audiotapes containing information about either appearance discrimination or an unrelated topic, television violence. Afterward, participants completed measures of mood and body-image states. They also completed the Appearance Schemas Inventory (ASI), an assessment of maladaptive investment in appearance (i.e., appearance schematicity). As expected, participants exposed to the appearance information subsequently reported significantly greater body-image dissatisfaction than did those in the Control condition. Conditions did not differentially affect mood state or ASI scores. Participants were divided into upper and lower tertiles …

The Relation Between Maternal Beliefs And Behavior And The Metabolic Control And Social Development Of Children With Diabetes, Peggy Ann Herzog-Simmer

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the relation between maternal control, beliefs, and concerns and the metabolic and social development outcomes of their children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). It was expected that maternal control (i.e., protectiveness, knowledge and beliefs about. diabetes, and self-efficacy) would be positively related to children's outcomes as measured by their metabolic control, social and behavioral development. Thirty mother/child dyads participated. Children met the following criteria: (a) 4 to 16 years of age, (b) continually insulin-dependent for at least four months, and (c) had no significant cognitive or emotional impairment. To examine the effects of maternal control and …

Construct Validation Of The Small Unit Equal Opportunity Climate Survey, Arlene L. Pace

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to continue in the development of an equal opportunity climate survey, suitable for small groups, by establishing the construct validity of this newly developed measure. Four-hundred and twenty-nine members of 7 United States Coast Guard Units were administered the Small Unit Equal Opportunity Climate Survey (SUEOCS), an attitudinal instrument suitable for small groups. Conceptual analyses, item and scale analyses, and a confirmatory factor analysis via LISREL VIlI (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1989), were used to establish the factor structure of the SUEOCS. The results of these analyses indicated that the hypothesized factor structure was …

Procedural Implications Of Affirmative Action: Perceptions And Attitudes Toward The Policy And Its Beneficiaries, Nicole A. Windfelder

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The present study examined the effects of race, sex, role, and policy type on the attitudes toward affirmative action and its beneficiaries. Specifically, this study investigated attitudes toward the fairness of affirmative action policies and the perceptions of competence of the beneficiaries. Participants included 394 African American and Caucasian American men and women undergraduate students from Old Dominion University and Hampton University. Participation involved reading a vignette in which they would imagine themselves in the role of either a beneficiary of an affirmative action program or a coworker of an affirmative action beneficiary. Furthermore, participants in both roles would read …

The Crash Simulation And Analysis Of The Friendly Mobile Barrier, Bryan Edward Marz

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Mass transportation is an ever increasing alternative being researched and evaluated in today's society. With the increase of demand for such transportation, an increase in safety is also needed. This research entails the analysis of a new idea, The Friendly Mobile Barrier, in railroad crossing barrier design. The design is meant to prevent any approaching vehicle from crossing a railroad track and be survivable for those impacting the barrier.

Research conducted involves the crash simulation and analysis of the Friendly Mobile Barrier. The Friendly Mobile Barrier was analyzed structurally using finite element analysis. An advanced lumped-mass mathematical model software, Crash …

Newsletter: October, 1996. Ethnic American Democratic Alert, Democratic National Committee

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Inaugural Issue Win in ‘96 Letter from the Chair’s of the Democratic National Committee to Democrat supporters.

Nbc Peacock North Fall 1996, Peacock North Staff

NBC Peacock North Newsletter

Highlights include: PN People -- New Members -- Fire Empties 30 Rock -- 50 Years of NBC Part 2 -- The City at Midnight

Assessment Of The Importance Of Small Business To Kalamazoo County's Economy And The Adequacy Of Services To Nurture Small Business Formation, George A. Erickcek, W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research

Reports

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Vol. 01, No. 02 - October 1996, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

A Political Economy Of Meaning In Gaza, Chris Parker

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.