THE CLASSICALS' ANALYSIS OF CAPITALISM
This dissertation analyzes the logical structure of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy and Taxation as two of the most important texts of Classical...
View ArticleTHE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW...
The first chapter of this dissertation reviews the major Classical and Christian rhetoricians from Plato to Ramus with particular emphasis on their discussion of the pressures placed upon author,...
View ArticleFormaci\'on y trayectoria de la voz po\'etica de Francisco Matos Paoli de...
This study is an interpretation of the poetic work of the Puerto Rican poet Francisco Matos Paoli from 1937 to 1962 focusing on the creation and metamorphorsis of the poetic voice. This approach views...
View ArticleSolubilization and characterization of spore coat proteins of {\it...
Coat proteins from mature spores of two enterotoxin-positive (Ent$\sp+$) and two enterotoxin-negative (Ent$\sp-$) strains of Clostridium perfringens were solubilized using 50 mM dithiothreitol and 1%...
View ArticleImplementation and initial validation of a computer-based system for the...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the viability of a computer-based assessment system, called the System for the Assessment of Reading Competencies, to aid in the description and...
View ArticleValue, man, and markets in modern economic discourse
This dissertation examines the role of humanism in classical, neoclassical, and Marxian theories of value. Previous studies by Althusser, Foucault, Cutler et al., Amariglio, and Callari have...
View ArticleAN INTERACTIONAL MODEL OF PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
A model of psychosis and schizophrenia, based primarily on symbolic interaction theory, is developed. Dialogic consciousness is defined as internalized communicative process, and certain constructs...
View ArticleRE-EVALUATION COUNSELING AS A TOOL TO OVERCOME THE INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION OF...
This dissertation explores the impact of a counseling model on the lives of a group of Third World women residing in the United States. The model is Re-Evaluation Counseling (RC), an...
View ArticleThe training of managers as coaches: Inspiring excellence in self -management
The purpose of this study was to develop, deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of a management development program aimed at improving capability to coach others in a way that inspired excellent...
View ArticleA tactile sensing strategy for model-based object recognition
An outstanding problem in model-based recognition of objects by robot systems is how the system should proceed when the acquired data are insufficient to identify the model instance and model pose...
View ArticleON THE ROLE OF UNCERTAINTY AND ILLIQUIDITY IN FINANCIAL MARKETS: POSTWAR...
This thesis develops a microeconomic and financial-markets analysis of innovations in liability instruments by U.S. banking firms in the 1960-1985 period. At the microeconomic level, innovations are...
View ArticleTakeovers and the debt assessments of firms and the stock market
The dissertation proposes a "speculative leveraging" theory of hostile corporate takeovers in the merger wave of the 1980s. It hypothesizes that takeovers became widespread because intense financial...
View ArticleGUIDED IMAGERY AND ITS ROLE IN CREATIVITY AND EXPRESSION IN THE ART WORK OF...
The normal course of development in art usually reaches a plateau in adolescence beyond which further expansion of creative expression rarely takes place. The essential causes of this plateau are...
View ArticleCULTURES OF SOLIDARITY: CONSCIOUSNESS AND ACTION AMONG CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN...
Previous sociological studies of class consciousness have employed survey methodology to evaluate the attitudes expressed by a sample of respondents. This approach fails to consider the dynamic,...
View ArticleWHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION: A META-ANALYSIS OF...
The purpose of this study was to gather existing quantitative data on inservice teacher education in order to analyze and synthesize the findings. Data were gathered on ninety-one research studies...
View ArticleA HISTORY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION AND LIBERALISM: THE TRADITIONAL HUMANIST IN...
In this century much has been written about the "search for a common learning" and whether or not the liberal tradition should be buried or can be revived. This dissertation shows that there are in...
View ArticleUse of guided imagery in Christian psychotherapy in treating minor depression...
This study examines the affect of guided imagery (GI) in Christian psychotherapy in reducing depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The sample for this study consisted of...
View ArticleA case study of a mentoring program in an urban middle school
Across the country many mentoring programs are developing, which are designed to match interested adults with students who need help with getting through school, making career decisions and coming...
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