Joseph Riepel: Theorist as composer
This thesis examines the Concerto for Flute in G major (c. 1770) by Joseph Riepel (1709-1782) in light of his "Anfangsgrunde zur musicalischen Setzkunst," published between 1752 and 1768. In this...
View ArticleAn analysis of the incidence of reported violent non-sexual physical behavior...
Violent physical behavior incidents were collected from a sample of 81 out-patient mental health charts from 1972-1992, the purpose of which was to determine if an association existed between violent...
View ArticleAdolescent influence on household purchases
This study assesses adolescents' influence on household purchase decisions. The data analyzed were from a survey of 281 fourteen and sixteen year old male and female students from three area school...
View ArticleTHE PROBLEM OF IRRATIONALITY AND MEANING IN THE WORK OF MAX WEBER.
The point of this study is to elucidate and expand upon the concept of "irrationality" in the work of Max Weber and, to a lesser extent, in that of Vilfredo Pareto, whose viewpoints are antithetical,...
View ArticleModelling information usage and decision processes in new product...
The objective of this study is to understand the problem solving process used in new product introductions, and other unstructured business problems. I hope this understanding will contribute to...
View ArticleTaming savage nature: The body metaphor and material culture in the sixteenth...
This is a study of how sixteenth-century Spaniards used fundamental aspects of material culture, and the ideas and attitudes surrounding them, to subjugate the Aztec empire of Mexico. Edicts,...
View ArticleThe phase separation behavior of poly(vinyl methyl ether)/polystyrene semi-IPN
The effect of crosslinking on the phase stability and phase separation behavior of poly(vinyl methyl ether)/polystyrene semi-IPN was studied by light scattering. The cloud point temperature was...
View ArticleFrom the voices of the oppressed: Cultural and educational experiences of...
This study critically explores the socio-cultural, political, and pedagogical issues that characterize the experience of indigenous people in the official and informal education system in the Andean...
View ArticleThe identification of objects in scenes: The role of scene backgrounds on...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of scene backgrounds on object identification. Previous research with brief presentation of scenes indicated that scene context facilitated...
View ArticleThe effect of display format and data reliability on classification of...
Research in human factors engineering has recently begun to focus on the role of computers and powerful graphics display technology as a means for enhancing the information processing abilities of the...
View ArticleGrowth of III-V semiconductor quantum wells by organometallic chemical vapor...
III-V semiconductor quantum wells (QW) were grown by atmospheric pressure organometallic chemical vapor deposition, and characterized using low-temperature photoluminescence (PL), and...
View ArticleCellulase system of a free-living mesophilic Clostridium species and...
The cellulase system of Clostridium strain C7, a free-living, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from freshwater sediment, was studied. The enzymatic activity responsible for crystalline cellulose...
View ArticleLa conscience antillaise dans les romans de Jacques-Stephen Alexis
Although critics often use the term "Caribbean consciousness" and critics of Jacques-Stephen Alexis often speak of his antillanite, there does not seem to exist a systematic study of this...
View ArticleInvestigations of the ash yellows disease: Fluctuations of mycoplasma-like...
Fifty white ash (Fraxinus americana) in West Springfield, MA, naturally infected with ash yellows (AY) Mycoplasma-like organism (MLO) were observed monthly, from September 1986 to August 1989. The...
View ArticleRole of the fat globule membrane in the autoxidation of milk fat
The fat globules in milk are surrounded by a membrane, approximately 7.6 nm in thickness, which contains proteins, lipids and other minor components. Although the total amount of the fat globule...
View ArticleAlgorithms for distributed systems under imperfect status information
A recent trend in computer system design has been to distribute the tasks among the multiple processors and a wide variety of computer systems can be proposed. The potential benefits of this trend...
View ArticleNonspherical disturbances and the implications for research on capital market...
This study investigates the implications of the potential bias inherent in some studies on anomalies. This potential bias is largely due to specification of the residual error structure. As an...
View ArticlePredicting the educational achievement of preschool and kindergarten children...
The purpose of the study was to collect predictive validity data on the cognitive subtests and composite of Early Screening Profiles, a screening instrument that will be published in 1990. Data...
View ArticleA case study of the Ipswich Province as it models a process leading to a new...
The 1969 General Chapter of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur mandated that each Province (government unit) design a plan of governance peculiar to the Province. Although there were several attempts...
View ArticleAttitudes and practices of Vermont vocational educators regarding the...
The purpose of this research was to ascertain and describe the status of work ethic instruction in Vermont vocational schools and Vermont vocational educator attitudes regarding teaching work ethics....
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