Cholesterol oxidation in the milk fat globule membrane
Cholesterol is a major component of plasma membranes, a precursor for bile acids and steroid hormones, and a structural component of serum lipoproteins. Although cholesterol is essential for normal...
View ArticleThe relationship between a staff development program for mature inservice...
This study focused on a historic, descriptive analysis of the process by which properly designed and implemented staff development programs can lead teachers to seek empowerment in school settings,...
View ArticleEstablishing education improvement priorities at the single school level
America is again in a period of intense education reform designed to improve teaching and learning. Since 1983, when America was declared "at risk" highly publicized and widely disseminated reports...
View ArticleProblems in black economic attainment: Racial discrimination or class...
This study examined the relative effects of socioeconomic class position and racial discrimination on young male black workers' occupational prestige and earnings attainment in the 1970's and 1980's....
View ArticleA dynamic production control methodology for flexible assembly of mixed...
Flexibility in operational decision making can be used to great advantage in many manufacturing and assembly environments. Mixed technology printed circuit board assembly is offered as one such...
View ArticleSibyls of the self: Lowell, Berryman, Wright, Plath, Bishop, Merrill, and...
In the past twenty years, autobiography has generated various, sometimes controversial, discussions about its limitations and possibilities as a genre. Questions, such as truth and fiction, life and...
View ArticleMonte Carlo simulations of flexible polymeric chains in solution
Dilute and semidilute concentrations of polymeric solutions are often used to elucidate fundamental characteristics of the molecules and specific interactions with a solvent. However, the theories...
View ArticleRole perception and status of African-American administrators in a selected...
This study examines factors that relate to the role perception and status of African-American administrators working in seven New England State Universities. Most specifically, the study asked: (1)...
View ArticleDesigning, implementing, and evaluating a staff development program on...
This study documented the process of designing, implementing, and evaluating a low-cost, school-based, researcher-conducted staff development program for four voluntary Black seventh and eighth grade...
View ArticleDie Rezeption von Christa Wolf in Ost und West: "Moskauer Novelle" bis...
The dissertation provides a comparative analysis of the critical reception of Christa Wolf's early works in the FRG and the GDR. The first chapter documents the emergence of Wolf as advocate of a...
View ArticleAn attitudinal study of school administrators towards due process and its...
In the last several years a high number of school litigations have been lost by school administrators. Especially those cases related to the "Due Process of Law" which has to be followed by school...
View ArticleThe deserving poor
In this dissertation, three primary concerns about the limits of poverty and generosity are addressed. First, from a methodological point of analysis, we examine the variations in the application of...
View Article1. Spectroscopic investigation of crystal morphology in semicrystalline...
The highly ordered long range structure associated with the crystalline core of semi-crystalline linear aliphatic polyesters, is evaluated using Raman spectroscopy. Polarization modulation reflection...
View ArticleWho is most vulnerable? Gender differences among the homeless
This dissertation examines the gender differences among the homeless. Although women with dependent children comprise the fastest growing subgroup among the homeless population, most of the homeless...
View ArticleCharacterization of the Pseudomonas cepacia transposablelac-gene-activating...
We exploited Pseudomonas cepacia's inability to utilize lactose to isolate strains in which transposable gene-activating elements from this bacterium activated the expression of the lac genes of Tn951...
View ArticleRole perception of individuals monitoring deinstitutionalization consent decrees
The residential treatment of persons with mental retardation has gone through a tremendous transformation in recent years. The increasing concern about the adequacy of institutional care has been...
View ArticleAnalytical approach to VLSI logic synthesis
First, an analytical method for the minimization of multiple-valued input Boolean functions is investigated. The method is based on the reduction of the logic minimization problem to graph coloring....
View ArticleTensor permittivity measurements of anisotropic dielectric films at...
A modified quasi-optical open-cavity resonator technique has been developed for the complete characterization of an anisotropic film in terms of a permittivity tensor at millimeter wavelengths. A...
View ArticleMergers in public higher education in Massachusetts
Mergers are not uncommon in higher education, yet the phenomenon has rarely been the subject of research. Although some private sector combinations have been the focus of inquiry, there is a notable...
View ArticleThe estimation of ventilation and oxygen consumption from chestwall movement
Estimation of energy expenditure (EE) is an important concern for several research areas including nutrition, ergonomics, exercise science, and epidemiology. Current methods for field assessment of EE...
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