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Lin, Xiannuan. "China's energy-use changes from 1981-1987 : a structural decomposition analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11990.
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Anderson, Lisa Marie 1963. "A follow-up survey of graduates from a master's degree program in Counseling and Guidance: 1986, 1987, and 1988." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277967.
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This study presents information gathered from a follow-up survey of master's degree graduates in Counseling and Guidance from the years 1986, 1987, and 1988. Results are compared to a previous follow-up survey of graduates from the same program. Participants provided information via a questionnaire regarding demographics, current and past employment, credentialing, counseling clientele, program satisfaction, professional involvement, and preparation for client concerns. Results indicate that graduates are older than those who graduated 12-13 years ago with increasing numbers of women entering the field. Private practice, agencies, and hospitals have emerged as a significant employment setting. Today's graduates appear to be encountering a wider variety of client concerns and also appear to feel more prepared for those concerns than the graduates of 12-13 years ago. Conclusions and implications are drawn for the practitioners and the counselor preparation institution from which they graduated.
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Farley, Lisa A. "Community education in Indiana from 1965-1987 : an oral history." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1325990.
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From 1965 through the 1980's, community education was endorsed and promoted in Indiana by the C.S. Mott Foundation of Flint, Michigan. The Mott Foundation issued nearly $2 million in grant money to the Institute for Community Education Development (ICED) at Ball State University to encourage local communities in Indiana and a four-state region to develop community education programs and processes. This money was granted to Ball State University and the ICED for several purposes: 1) to promote the concept of Community Education, 2) to provide and manage seed money incentive grants made to local public school corporations who adopted the concept, 3) to provide training and academic programs to local program leaders, and 4) to support the development of Community Education in the state through consultant services and other appropriate forms of assistance. After twenty-two years of activity and investment, the Mott Foundation-focused development of community education in Indiana through the Institute for Community Education Development (ICED) was phased out.This research was conducted using an Oral History methodology in which a thorough literature review was completed, ICED yearly reports and other literature provided background and triangulation, and eight interviewees were interviewed and audio-recorded for a total of twenty-one interviews. Recordings were each transcribed and stored by the principle investigator. Participants were interviewed a total of one to three times each, dependent upon the information obtained during each interview.This study provides a written historical report of some of the developments of community education in the State of Indiana that were due, in part, to the ICED consultants. This study also describes the community education development strategies in Indiana by the ICED staff. Additionally, this study reports some of the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies utilized by ICED professionals in Indiana's development of community education as reported by the interviewees. Those interested in educational development may utilize this study to gain insights from some of the lessons found in Indiana's Community Education development experience from 1965 through 1987.<br>Department of Educational Studies
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Finn, Elizabeth. "'Coming to terms' : indigenous Australian women's writing from 1987-2008." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629568.
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Oliveira, Willer de. "Star-like macromers from lignin." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43255.
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Star-like macromers were prepared from hydroxypropyl lignin by reaction with propylene oxide. The average number of arms per macromer was controlled by partial capping with diethylsulfate, and the average arm length by the degree of chain extension with propylene oxide.
Six methods of analysis were applied for characterizing of the star-like macromers: total hydroxyl (by titration), vapor pressure osmometry, hydriotic acid/gas chromatography, ultraviolet spectroscopy, proton-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and thermal analysis.
Number average molecular weights were measured by vapor pressure osmometry. Total hydroxyl content was determined after acetylation by potentiometric titration. Based on HPL molecular weight and hydroxyl content it was estimated that the average HPL molecule generates a star-like structure ("macromer”) with an average of 6 arms.
Hydriodic acid/gas chromatography proved to be the most appropriate method for the quantitative determination of the degree of capping. Based on this technique it was possible to classify star-like macromers with between two and six radiating arms per average molecule. The same method could also be applied for the determination of arm length. Two different propoxylation reaction conditions produced macromers with an average of 2.5 and 3.5 propylene oxide units per arm.
Ultraviolet spectroscopy was the simplest and most rapid method of analysis investigated. The decrease in copolymer absorptivity coefficient was found to be related to an increase in non-UV absorbing mass after capping and/or chain extension.
Results indicated that H-NMR spectroscopy is an adequate method of analysis for star-like macromers. Macromer arm length was calculated from the ratio of signals representing the methyl group of acetyl (i.e. hydroxyl) and propoxyl functionality. Two levels of propoxylation produced star-like macromers with 2.2 - 2.5 and 3.9 - 4.0 propylene oxide units per arm.
Thermal analysis by DMTA of lignin derivative-containing blends with ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer indicated that the glass transition behavior of the star-like macromers follows the Gordon-Taylor relationship for copolymers. Although variable, the results revealed a consistent decrease in T<sub>g</sub> as a consequence of an increase of propylene oxide chain length.<br>Master of Science
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MacDonald, John Allan. "Stock returns' variance behavior surrounding stock splits: evidence from trade-by-trade data 1978-1985." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49855.
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Accepted financial theory holds that stock splits provide no wealth benefits to stock-holders. The corporate management view is that stock splits add value by placing the stock in a more liquid price range. Empirical explanations of excess returns near the split rely principally upon an information effect. Other findings are that (1) an unexplained, sustained jump in returns' variance occurs at the split, and (2) there appears to be a coincidental decrease in liquidity, not an increase.
Daily returns from CRSP and daily and intradaily returns and daily trading volumes and price change information from trade-by-trade data are used to examine the returns variance increase and any connection it may have with any liquidity change. Binomial probability comparisons of returns' variance measures each side of the split ex-date are used to examine the variance change and liquidity change phenomena. T-tests are also used to examine the mean-variance change and the possible change in several liquidity measures. Linear regression is used to detect impact of the general market variance level, firm-specific variables, and microstructure measures, and liquidity measures upon the returns’ variance change. Findings include: (1) the variance increase is significant and exhibits a firm size effect and is affected by the previous history of splits use and. dividend payout, (2) the increase is primarily related to the price level adjustment and changes in the liquidity measures, (3) a slight change in the demand to hold as measured by the percentage of the firm traded takes place for firms with an increase in variance (4) the bid-ask spread decreases, but increases relative to the new price. Stock splits with increased returns’ variance have significantly different liquidity measures from splits where the variance declined.<br>Ph. D.<br>incomplete_metadata
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McElvain, James Patrick. "Domestic violence: An evaluation of policy effects on arrests for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department from 1987 to 1997." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1817.
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Martin, Shelley F. "From process to criteria." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53140.
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This house is not in Ticino. It is somewhere between earth and sky, in the country, or in the city, passing the suburbs altogether at a speed of 45 mph. This house does not have a television set, hence the dweller never sees the architect portrayed in deodorant commercials, soap operas, nor shoe advertisements.<br>Master of Architecture
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Joseph, Christopher James. "Vocational training in the Performing Arts at level III from 1987-2002." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/742.
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This research seeks to open up a field of enquiry which has not yet been addressed and which has lacked even detailed description. The Performing Arts is a combination of discrete 'subjects' sharing the common aim of practical performance as a vocational outcome. In 1987 the BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts appeared as an important new development in this field. Ten years later, in response to a desire for a unified system of qualifications, a'General National Vocational Qualification' (GNVQ) in Performing Arts and Entertainment Industries was introduced as a vocational alternative, equivalent to A-levels. The key question of this research is: 1 "What has been the legacy for vocational training in the Performing Arts of the BTEC qualifications in that field from 1987 to 2002? " Within this question, the research will examine the extent to which the vocational training provided was perceived to be appropriate for students' career ambitions During this period, the Government sought to reform vocational training by introducing the GNVQ in Performing Arts and Entertainment Industries. This research also seeks to understand the impact of GNVQ on the BTEC developments and vice versa. There are accordingly two subquestions: 2 "What has been the nature and the cause of changes which have occurred in the BTEC National Diploma qualifications over this timeframe? " 3 "What were the consequences for vocational training in the Performing Arts of the introduction of a GNVQ generated by national policy initiatives? " The main methods employed in this research were drawn from a positivist/ empiricist paradigm. A form of 'triangulation' was adopted using questionnaire surveys for students and teaching staff complemented by interviews with three specific groups of curriculum developers representing the introductory, implementation and further development stages of the qualifications. In addition, the researcher drew on his personal involvement in the field at the national level giving a unique access to relevant documentation from the bodies concerned. The main findings are shown to be due to differences in the way curriculum policy was formulated and implemented for the two qualifications. The National Diploma survived the introduction of the original GNVQ despite the strong government support for the latter and the desire to rationalise qualifications. The National Diploma followed an 'evolutionary' development generated by practitioners. It addressed the various component disciplines of the Performing Arts in a balanced way and was predicated upon the assumption that students hoped to have a career as performers. By contrast, the GNVQ was handed down within a predetermined framework that gave little autonomy to teachers, it was generic, overly bureaucratic and based on the assumption that students' performance ambitions were unrealistic.
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Lin, Xinli. "Isolation and characterization of new pterins from nonmethanogenic archaebacteria." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77823.
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Several new pterins have been discovered in halophilic and thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. Two of these were identified in the extreme halophiles and were thus called halopterins. One of these halopterins is produced by Halobacterium salinarium, Halobacterium halobium, and Halococcus morrhuae and is called phosphohalopterin-1. It was given this name because it was the first halopterin discovered and it has four monophosphate esters per dimeric pterin. The proposed structure of phosphohalopterin-1 is as follows. [see document for diagram of chemical structure]
The other halopterin, which is produced by Halobacterium marismortui, Halobacterium volcanii, and Halobacterial strain GN-1, is called sulfohalopterin-2 because it has two sulfate esters per dimeric pterin and it was isolated and recognized after the isolation of phosphohalopterin-1. The proposed structure of sulfohalopterin-2 is as follows. [see document for diagram of chemical structure]
As shown above, both pterins are dimers with an ether linkage connecting the polyol side chains. Both of the halopterins are negatively charged because of the phosphate and sulfate esters on the side chains. In addition to the halopterins, a positively charged pterin has been isolated from Sulfolobus solfataricus. This pterin is very special since no positively charged unconjugated pterin had ever been found in nature before. This pterin is named solfapterin after the species name of the bacteria from which it was obtained. The structure of this pterin is still unknown but the preliminary data indicate that it is an unconjugated pterin with a polyol containing an amine on the side chain. Another positively charged pterin which is different from solfapterin was found in Thermoplasma. All of the above pterins are different from any previously described pterins and thus represent new pterins in the archaebacterial kingdom.
The discovery of these new pterins is important both to pterin biochemistry and to archaebacterial taxonomy. These discoveries also open up a new field, that is, the exploration of the function of these new pterins in norunethanogenic archaebacteria.<br>Ph. D.
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Ecevitoglu, Berkan G. "Velocity and Q from reflection seismic data." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77793.
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This study has resulted in the discovery of an exact method for the theoretical formulation of the effects of intrinsic damping where the attenuation coefficient, a(v), is an arbitrary function of the frequency, v. Absorption-dispersion pairs are computed using numerical Hilbert transformation; approximate analytical expressions that require the selection of arbitrary constants and cutoff frequencies are no longer necessary. For constant Q, the dispersive body wave velocity, p(v), is found to be
p(v) = (p(v<sub>N</sub>)/(1+(1/2Q H(-v)/v))
where H denotes numerical Hilbert transformation, p(v) is the phase velocity at the frequency v, and p(v<sub>N</sub>) is the phase velocity at Nyquist. From (1) it is possible to estimate Q in the time domain by measuring the amount of increase, ΔW, of the wavelet breadth after a traveltime,
Q=(2Δ𝛕)/(𝝅ΔW)
The inverse problem, i.e., the determination of Q and velocity is also investigated using singular value decomposition (SVD). The sparse matrices encountered in the acquisition of conventional reflection seismology data result in a system of linear equations of the form AX = B, with A the design matrix, X the solution vector, and B the data vector. The system of normal equations is AᵀAX = AᵀB where the least-squares estimate of X = X = V(1/S)UᵀB and the SVD of A is A = USVᵀ. A technique to improve the sparsity pattern prior to decomposition is described.
From an application of equation (2) using reference reflections from shallower reflectors, crystalline rocks in South Carolina over the depth interval from about 5 km to 10 km yield values of Qin the range Q = 250 - 300.
Non-standard recording geometries ( "Q-spreads") and vibroseis recording procedures are suggested to minimize matrix sparseness and increase the usable frequency bandwidth between zero and Nyquist. The direct detection of body wave dispersion by conventional vibroseis techniques may be useful to distinguish between those crustal volumes that are potentially seismogenic and those that are not. Such differences may be due to variations in fracture density and therefore water content in the crust.<br>Ph. D.
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Hohlfelder, Cynthia Anne. "Modes of expression and representation in modern Greek women's prose from 1938-1987 /." Connect to resource, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1219786950.
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Moss, Deborah D. "A literature research of rape in the United States from 1987 through 1992." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1993. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3663.
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This study covers rape literature and materials from January 1987 to November 1992. The focuses are on the definition of rape, history of rape, incidence of rape, theories of rape, coping mechanisms of rape, and prevention of rape. The central finding of this study indicates that women, for the most part, are not as passive as in yester years. Today women are quick to report a rape incident. Although they are a product of what is called the partriachal society, they are in charge of their own lives.
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Hohlfelder, Cynthia Anne. "Modes of Expression and Representation in Modern Greek Women’s Prose from 1938-1987." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1219786950.
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Atthakornkovit, Chalinee, and n/a. "An analysis of marketing communications development and practices in Thailand from 1987 to 1991." University of Canberra. School of Communication, Media & Tourism, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060605.133549.
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This study presents a descriptive account and an analysis of the development and
practices of marketing communications in Thailand between 1987 to 1991, the
period of the Sixth National Economic and Social Development Plan. By using a
theoretical approach which combines features of both the "edeterminist"e views of
the relation between marketing and economic development (Joy and Ross, 1989),
and the cultural dependency models (Reeves, 1993), the study takes a contextual
and qualitative cultural approach to understanding Thai marketing communications
practices.
The development of Thai marketing communications between 1987 to 1991
was marked by the rapid growth of the influence of transnational advertising
agencies (TNAAs) in Thailand, together with some substantial, but constrained,
development of local advertising agencies and other ancillary marketing
communications services. Advertising expenditure for the whole industry increased
by some 200 per cent in the period, whereas some 38 new agencies were
established as well, of which 34 were locally owned. The relative lack of capital of
local agencies and professionals, however, together with the dominant influence of
TNAAs on local marketing communications practices, meant that the growth of the
marketing communications industry took place within the parameters determined
by the TNAAs.
This theme of the interplay between the local and the global development of
marketing communications in Thailand is examined at different levels. The first
chapter analyzes aspects of the national economy with reference to the effect of the
National Economic and Social Development Plans and features of Thai culture and
society which were the framework of the marketing communications. The second
chapter then considers relevant Western and Thai literature to review earlier and
current theories about the relationship between marketing communications and
national development.
The bulk of the analysis is then made in Chapters Four to Six. Chapter Four
analyzes the Thai communication infrastructure and reviews the growth of
transnational media advertising within the context of mass communications, public
communications and communication for specific purposes. Mixed evidence
emerges here of both an improvement in parts of the mass media, and continuing
deficiencies in the telecommunication infrastructure.
Chapters Five and Six then analyze the development and changes in Thai
marketing communications in the period and the impact of globalization
respectively. This is done through a qualitative content analysis of two monthly
business magazines, Khoo Kaeng and Phoo Jad Karn, and two business
newspapers, Thansetthakit and Prachachart Thurakit. The analysis here shows the
dominance of a "eMadison Avenue"e style of marketing communications among
TNAAs, as well as growing use of sales promotion, public relations, and direct
marketing by local marketers. It is concluded that the industry practices of Thai
marketing communications were mainly shaped by the actions of the TNAAs
operating within the policy framework set by the Thai government.
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James-Chetelat, Lois (Lois June) Carleton University Dissertation Sociology. "Reclaiming the birthing experience: an analysis of midwifery in Canada from 1788 to 1987." Ottawa, 1989.
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Chadduck, James B. "Degradation of tertiary butyl alcohol by a Pseudomonas sp. isolated from groundwater." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101172.
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A <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. capable of degrading tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) as a sole carbon source, was isolated from a groundwater aquifer (50 ft. deep) at a petroleum refinery. The most probable number (MPN) of TBA degrading microorganisms was 4.9 x 10³ organisms/g (dry wt) of subsurface soil. Pristine subsurface soils, which did not have a history of petroleum contamination, had MPNs of < 2 TBA degrading organisms/g (dry wt) indicating a natural enrichment process at the refinery site. The Q<sub>O2</sub> of <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. was 4.2 ml O₂/mg dry wt/h when TBA was the substrate. The optimum pH for growth was 7.0. The organism grew faster in continuous culture when TBA was the sole carbon source with a doubling time 33.6 h. The doubling time in batch culture was 112.3 h. When yeast extract was added to a mineral salts + TBA medium to concentrations greater than 1 mg/ml, TBA degradation was inhibited. When the yeast extract concentration was 0.1 mg/ml, a diauxy effect was seen in the growth rate. This suggested that TBA degradation by <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. was subject to a regulatory mechanism.<br>M.S.
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Ikon, Aniekeme Okon. "UK newspaper coverage of Africa : a content analysis of The Guardian, and The Daily Mail from the years 1987-1989 and 2007-2009." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37931.
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A number of studies have been done on Western media coverage of Africa. Quantitatively, these studies show that Africa does not receive significant coverage from mainstream Western media. The studies also tend to point out that Africa as a region is seen largely by the Western media as an area of incessant calamity, conflict, strife, and catastrophe. This study draws from the findings of previous research and analyses the coverage of African nations in two UK newspapers, namely The Guardian and The Daily Mail during two time periods (1987-1989 and 2007- 2009) to ascertain if the coverage is as negative and insignificant as it is often suggested. For an in-depth examination of the issue, the study looks specifically at reporting that deals with Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The study shows that negative topics such as armed conflicts, political and economic crisis, human rights and social conflicts were prominent in the coverage of the three nations. In addition, the examined newspapers mostly had short articles, with the majority being fewer than 500 words in length. Not many of those made it to the first page, either. The predominant frame used to cover the three countries was the “Africa as unclean, risky, a battleground, helpless or a place to be feared” frame. The results obtained indicate that the pattern of minimal or negative reporting on Africa continued to occur in the two newspapers’ coverage of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa over the two time periods.
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Rae, Jacqueline. "Free for all? : processes of change in health care provision in Hungary from 1987-2002." Thesis, Durham University, 2005. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3017/.
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Recent reforms in Hungarian health care delivery officially began when the Reform Secretariat was established in 1987. Broadly speaking, the reform process aims to restructure the hospital-centred curative system into one based on primary preventative health care with greater importance placed on individual responsibility. The reform process aims to "change" the centralised socialist ideology of health care delivery to a more pluralist model with various players becoming accountable and leading to the "retreat" of the government as the central supplier. In order to understand the "changing" health care delivery system in Hungary the roles of different actors (state, local government, international organisations, health care workers and voluntary civil organisations) and their complex interactions in health care provision and reform need to be taken into consideration. This thesis develops an understanding of health care provision change in the framework of academic discourse of welfare states, governance and civil society. In so doing, this thesis shows that implementing health care reforms formulated at the national level into local care sites is by no means a straightforward translation. Indeed, health care reforms can be undermined and obstructed or shaped and influence by a variety of health care actors beyond the state. For example, this thesis reveals how notions of change are contested at the local level and how prevailing political cultures and informal social practices of for example, parasolvencia can undermine and obstruct reforms. In addition, reforms strategies can also be influenced and shaped by actors beyond the state in the form of alternative processes of change. Alternative processes of change in the context of this research mean the innovative role of voluntary civil health organisations, which are addressing legacy gaps in care, left by the former socialist system. Thus, this research is set in the context of the complex roles and interactions of different health care actors located in a variety of health care sites in Hungary. This exploration considers not only the "changing" formal health care system but also alternative mechanisms of change such as the role of civil health organisations and the power they have to influence the reform process.
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Harrick, Stephen. "From the Avant-Garde to the Popular: A History of Blue Man Group, 1987-2001." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1447855816.
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Kenimer, Ann Lee. "A computer simulation model for predicting pesticide losses from agricultural lands." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45817.
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<p>A field scale model for predicting the surface losses of pesticides (Pesticide Losses In Erosion
and Runoff Simulator, PLIERS) was developed. PLIERS accounts for pesticide losses by
degradation and volatilization, the washoff of pesticides from plant canopy and surface residue, the
adsorption and desorption of pesticides to and from soil particles, and the movement of pesticides
in the dissolved and adsorbed phases. Hydrologic data are generated by the comprehensive
watershed model, FESHM; which contains an extended sediment detachment and transport algorithrn.
PLIERS uses first order rate equations to describe degradation and volatilization, and pesticide
washoff. The adsorption of pesticides to individual particle size classes is estimated using the
Freundlich equation.</p>
<p>Movement of atrazine and 2,4-D in runoff and sediment was measured on twelve field plots
under simulated rainfall. The plots were treated with conventional or no-tillage in combination
with one of three residue levels (0, 750, and 1500 kg/ha). Runoff and sediment losses were found
to increase with decreasing residue cover for both tillage systems. No·till reduced sediment loss and
total runoff volume by 98 and 92 percent, respectively, compared to conventional tillage. Concentrations
of atrazine and 2,4-D ir1 runoff and sediment were greater from the no-till plots than
from the conventional plots but the total losses were less. Both pesticides were carried
predominately in the dissolved phase. Averaged over all plots, the atrazine losses were 2.9 percent
of applied amount for conventional tillage and 0.3 percent for no-tillage. The corresponding values
for 2,4-D were 0.3 percent and 0.02 percent.</p>
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PLIERS was validated using data from the rainfall simulator field plot studies. Agreement between predicted and observed data was very good for dissolved pesticide losses and satisfactory
for adsorbed pesticide losses. In addition, the effects of tillage type and residue level were reflected
in PLIERS predictions. PLIERS shows great potential as a flexible planning tool since it could
be used with any comprehensive hydrologic model and is able to predict the losses of pesticides
under various field conditions.</p><br>Master of Science
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Boufadel, George Fadlo. "Dynamic thermal response of buildings resulting from heating and cooling interruptions." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74757.
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Transient modelling of heat fluxes and temperatures in structures was conducted to examine the effect of various characteristics on the temperature response during unusual operating and extreme weather conditions. The analytical model was validated using published experimental data and numerical results from well-known computer codes.
The effect of including radiation heat transfer between interior surfaces, using the Mean Radiative Temperature method, on the temperature response was investigated and found to be negligible for a typical commercial building and a house during winter and summer power outages.
The effect of thermal mass in the interior and exterior walls on the inside temperature drift after an HVAC system cutoff or a power outage was presented. The inside air temperature response curve is presented for different wall (exterior or interior) constructions of buildings. The effect of insulation position in exterior walls was also shown for several R values. The effect of exterior wall emissivity, sky temperature, outside vertical convective coefficient, furnishings, and ground temperature on the interior temperature response during winter and summer power outages were examined for buildings.
The effect of infiltration on the temperature drift in buildings was investigated during winter and summer power outages. Restarting the HVAC after the power outage was examined during both seasons for typical buildings.
Outside temperature profiles exceeding the 97.5 design temperature criterion were used to study the effect of extreme weather on the interior temperature of buildings with the HVAC system operating.<br>Ph. D.
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Witmer, Roger J. "Tertiary dinoflagellate, acritarch, and chlorophyte assemblages from the Oak Grove Core, Virginia Coastal Plain." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54756.
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Diverse, well preserved organic-walled phytoplankton assemblages were recovered from the Tertiary section of the Oak Grove core drilled on the Virginia Coastal Plain. Strata penetrated include the Aquia, Marlboro Clay, and Nanjemoy Formations (Paleocene to Eocene) of the Pamunkey Group and the Calvert and Choptank Formations (Miocene) of the Chesapeake Group. The assemblages are composed of 176 dinoflagellate species and subspecies (82 genera), of which 20 species and subspecies and one combination are new; five acritarch species (two genera) and five chlorophyte species (three genera) are also reported.
The biostratigraphic distribution of the 186 species provides information concerning the ages of the formations and the nature of their lithologic contacts. The organic-walled phytoplankton assemblages corroborate the Paleocene (Thanetian) age indicated by the calcareous nannofossils, Foraminifera, ostracodes, and pollen and spores for the Aquia strata; certain dinoflagellate and pollen species in the lowermost 11.5 m (37.9 ft), however, suggest this basal interval, devoid of other microfossils, could be Paleocene (Danian) in age. An Eocene (Ypresian) age is assigned to the Nanjemoy strata based on the organic-walled phytoplankton, as well as the pollen and spores, calcareous nannofossils, ostracodes, and mollusks. The intervening Marlboro Clay appears to straddle the Paleocene-Eocene boundary based on its dinoflagellate and pollen species. Dinoflagellate species suggest a general Early to Middle Miocene age for the Calvert and Choptank section in the core; diatom samples in the Calvert indicate a late Early to early Middle Miocene age and in the Choptank a middle Middle Miocene age. Lithologic and biostratigraphic evidence suggests the upper and possibly the lower Marlboro Clay contacts represent minor disconformities, in addition to the major disconformity at the Nanjemoy-Calvert boundary; the Calvert-Choptank contact appears conformable.
The ten provisional dinoflagellate zones proposed for the Aquia, Marlboro Clay, and Nanjemoy strata of the core permit correlation with other previously studied Paleocene and Eocene sections of the Virginia and Maryland Coastal Plain. These Lower Tertiary strata are also generally biostratigraphically correlated with numerous coeval European sections, and a composite offshore eastern Canada section.
The dinoflagellate, acritarch, and chlorophyte assemblages are statistically analyzed for paleoenvironmental implications using species diversity indicators (richness, Shannon-Wiener index, evenness) and analyses patterned after previous palynological studies suggesting correlation of various assemblage parameters and characteristics with particular depositional environments. Results are consistent with sedimentological and foraminiferal-based paleoenvironmental assessments of generally inner shelf marine settings for the Aquia, Nanjemoy, Calvert, and Choptank Formations, and a lagoonal or estuarine setting for the Marlboro Clay. Cluster, principal coordinates, and rank-abundance analyses help to objectively define and characterize six major and 12 smaller clusters of samples related by their species associations through time.<br>Ph. D.
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Brown, Keith Bordinel. "A case study of the changes to engineering education in the UK from 1987 to 1999." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314236.
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Lavinder, Steven Robert. "Evaluation of activated carbon processes for removing trihalomethane precursors from a surface water impoundment." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45820.
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<p>A pilot plant study was conducted in Newport News, Virginia to investigate the effectiveness
of powdered activated carbon [PAC] and granular activated carbon [GAC], with and without
preoxidation, for reducing trihalomethane [THM] precursor concentrations in Harwood's Mill
Reservoir water. Preoxidation with ozone followed by GAC is referred to as the "biological
activated carbonâ [BAC] process. This study showed that the GAC and BAC processes
obtained the same level of organic removal; however, BAC would provide longer bed life and
require less carbon than the GAC process. PAC treatment of alum coagulated water provided
significantly higher TOC and THMFP removals than alum coagulation alone. The use of a
preoxidant (ozone) with PAC slightly improved the organic removal efticiency. While
treatment by PAC increased THMFP removals, it was not as efficient as the GAC and BAC
processes. UV absorbance measured at 254 nm and TOC were found to be good surrogates
for THMFP in the GAC column, but not in the BAC column.</p><br>Master of Science
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Jenkins, Jon Michael. "Variations in the 13 cm opacity below the main cloud layer in the atmosphere of Venus inferred from Pioneer-Venus radio occultation studies 1978-1987." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14843.
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Schmuziger, Nicolas, Rudolf Probst, and Jacek Smurzynski. "Test-Retest Reliability of Pure-Tone Thresholds from 0.5 to 16 kHz using Sennheiser HDA 200 and Etymotic Research ER-2 Earphones." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1987.
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Objective The purposes of the study were: (1) To evaluate the intrasession test-retest reliability of pure-tone thresholds measured in the 0.5–16 kHz frequency range for a group of otologically healthy subjects using Sennheiser HDA 200 circumaural and Etymotic Research ER-2 insert earphones and (2) to compare the data with existing criteria of significant threshold shifts related to ototoxicity and noise-induced hearing loss.
Design Auditory thresholds in the frequency range from 0.5 to 6 kHz and in the extended high-frequency range from 8 to 16 kHz were measured in one ear of 138 otologically healthy subjects (77 women, 61 men; mean age, 24.4 yr; range, 12–51 yr) using HDA 200 and ER-2 earphones. For each subject, measurements of thresholds were obtained twice for both transducers during the same test session. For analysis, the extended high-frequency range from 8 to 16 kHz was subdivided into 8 to 12.5 and 14 to 16 kHz ranges. Data for each frequency and frequency range were analyzed separately.
Results There were no significant differences in repeatability for the two transducer types for all frequency ranges. The intrasession variability increased slightly, but significantly, as frequency increased with the greatest amount of variability in the 14 to 16 kHz range. Analyzing each individual frequency, variability was increased particularly at 16 kHz. At each individual frequency and for both transducer types, intrasession test-retest repeatability from 0.5 to 6 kHz and 8 to 16 kHz was within 10 dB for >99% and >94% of measurements, respectively. The results indicated a false-positive rate of
Conclusion Repeatability was similar for both transducer types. Intrasession test-retest repeatability from 0.5 to 12.5 kHz at each individual frequency including the frequency range susceptible to noise-induced hearing loss was excellent for both transducers. Repeatability was slightly, but significantly poorer in the frequency range from 14 to 16 kHz compared with the frequency ranges from 0.5 to 6 or 8 to 12.5 kHz. Measurements in the extended high-frequency range from 8 to 14 kHz, but not up to 16 kHz, may be recommended for monitoring purposes.
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Hund, Erik A. "U-Pb dating of granites from the Charlotte belt of the southern Appalachians." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45758.
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New U-Pb zircon ages from plutons in the Charlotte belt of the southern Appalachians have provided evidence of Cambro-Ordovician and Siluro-Devonian magmatic activity. Several U-Pb zircon ages of Cambro-Ordovician plutons predate their Rb-Sr whole rock ages by as much as 60 m.y., suggesting a post emplacement disturbance of the Rb-Sr isotopic systems. Comparison of geologic setting, chemistry, and temporal and spatial distribution of Charlotte belt Siluro-Devonian plutons with those of other tectonic environments, specifically plutons from tensional environments, suggests a model for strike-slip accretion.<br>Master of Science
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Barber-Riley, Richard Mark. "Changes in student attitude to physics in the north west province of Cameroon from 1987 to 1992." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307625.
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Grove, Kenneth. "A study and analysis of MCC's peace and justice-making in the West Bank from 1949-1987." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Wimme, Kris J. "Site disturbance and machine performance from tree length skidding with a rubber-tired skidder." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80165.
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The purpose of the study was to define the characteristics of tree-length skidding on the Lower Coastal Plain of Georgia. The objectives were: 1) to document skidder performance based on speed and tire slip, 2) to determine the effects of skidding on soil physical properties, and 3) to develop recommendations to minimize the impact on soil properties while maintaining skidder performance.
A Franklin 170 grapple skidder was operated in second gear under moist (19% moisture content) and wet (31% moisture content) soil conditions using 28L-26, 67x34-25, and 73x44-32 tires. One, three, nine, and 27 passes were tested. The skidder was also operated in third gear with the 73x44-32 tires under the wet soil condition.
With moist soil conditions skidder speed and tire slip were not affected by tire size or the number of skidder passes. Tire size did not influence soil properties. It was recommended that skidding be dispersed to avoid making more than nine passes over any particular soil area because the research indicated that repetitive passes resulted in a cumulative decrease in non-capillary porosity and an increase in bulk density.
During wet conditions, wheel slip increased, skidder speed decreased, and rut formation increased with smaller tires, an increase in the number of skidder passes, and second gear operation. Operating the skidder in third gear with the 73x44-32 tires was beneficial to skidder performance and a reduction in rutting. Recommendations were to disperse skidding to maintain productivity and minimize rutting.<br>Master of Science
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Narain, Nigmendra. "Canada's India policy, 1947-1997, the emerging policy agenda." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22259.pdf.
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Randall, Andrew A. "Operational and exocellular biopolymer characteristics of sludges generated from an air products and a convential activated sludge system." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43890.
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This study compared the sludge characteristics of a lab-scale Air
Products (A/O) and a conventional activated sludge system. The sludges
were analyzed for operational properties and the exocellular biopolymers
of each sludge was characterized.
Operational analysis mainly consisted of measurements of settling
(SVI) and dewatering (specific resistance, CST) parameters at each
sludge age. Biopolymers were measured using pH extraction followed by
gel filtration and subsequent analysis for carbohydrate and protein
concentrations.
The results showed a high degree of similarity between the two
systems both operationally and with respect to biopolymer
characteristics. The A/0 system did produce a lower effluent soluble
COD at sludge ages below 5 days. Also, the A/O system showed some
consistent differences in the distribution of bound and unbound
fractions of protein and carbohydrate ECP but these had no discernible·
effect on sludge operational characteristics.
In addition relationships between unbound ECP and effluent BOD,
bound HMW ECP and SVI, and phosphorus and Mg uptake were observed, with
varying degrees of consistency, in this study.<br>Master of Science
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Taylor, Alfred O. "Black engineering and science student dropouts at the University of the District of Columbia from 1987 to 1991." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39146.
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Bradley, Linda Jacobsen. "The Impact of the 1986 and 1987 Qualified Plan Regulation on Firms' Decision to Switch from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution for Plans Larger than 100 Participants." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277648/.
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The purpose of this research was to examine the United States population of plans with over 100 participants to determine the extent of the reaction away from defined benefit plans resulting from the 1986 and 1987 legislation.
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Hankin, Mary Ann. "An historical study of adult education in the American Red Cross from 1940 to 1947." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82631.
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The purpose of this inquiry is to investigate the depth and breadth of involvement of the American Red Cross as an adult education agent from 1940 to 1947. Adult education was broadly defined as any process to improve adults' skill, knowledge, or sensitivity by formal or informal means in a variety of settings and using various materials to enhance learning. The terms training and education were used synonymously.
Two major research questions focused the study: (1) What is the historical background of the Red Cross and its relationship to adult education? Supporting questions addressed the Red Cross response to government requests and to national crises, and initiation by the Red Cross of adult education programs and activities. (2) How did the American Red Cross act as an adult education agent from 1940 to 1947? Supporting questions focused on the sanction for adult education; administrative structures; the development, delivery, and unique characteristics of Red Cross programs and activities; and volunteer recruitment.
Results indicated that the American Red Cross, early in its history, fostered adult education and promoted programs and activities that filled a gap or addressed a specific need. This effort continued during and after World War II, with services to the Armed Forces and in response to needs of civilians.
Programs and activities were developed or modified to prepare citizens for civilian defense, to help women who were left as heads of households, and to assist millions of volunteers helping in the war effort. Members of the Armed Forces were taught survival skills in combat in and around water, convalescent swimming, and first aid. Staff learned to help members of the Armed Forces maintain morale through recreation and recuperation activities and to provide social services to the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. Over 14 million people received certificates for specific courses taken under the auspices of the Red Cross during the period between fiscal years 1940 and 1947. During fiscal years 1941 to 1945, over 687 million man-hours of service were donated by volunteers.
The professions of medical and psychiatric social work grew from job functions established by the Red Cross in military hospitals, and the Red Cross was responsible for giving the recreation profession a major boost. Other programs such as the nurse's aide, water safety, and the Town and Country Nursing program, the latter the forerunner of public health nursing, were established by the American Red Cross. The Red Cross was reported to be the first organization to teach first aid. Overall, the American Red Cross touched the lives of millions of U.S. citizens and people around the world with its adult education programs, which stemmed from its mission to help others in need.<br>Ed. D.
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Browne, Forrest R. "A classification and analysis of National Contract Management Journal Articles from 1990 to 1999 and Journal of Supply Chain Management Articles from 1987 to 2000." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401239.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 2001.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Lamm, D. V. ; Cuskey, Jeffrey R. "December 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p.160). Also available online.
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Scott, James D. "Availability and distribution of nitrogen and phosphorus from sewage sludge in the plant-soil-water continuum." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43892.
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Research was conducted in 1984 and 1985 to determine N and P availabilities for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and com ( Zea mays L.) grown on four sludge-amended soils. Tests were conducted on the Acredale silt loam (Typic Ochraquall), Bojac loamy sand (Typic Hapludult), Davidson clay loam (Rhodic Paleudult), and Groseclose silt loam (Typic Hapludult) soils. An aerobically·digested sewage sludge from a sewage treatment plant with major industrial irrputs was applied at rates of 0, 42, and 84 dry Mg ha' 1 on the poorly-drained Acredale soil. Rates of 0, 42, 84, 126, 168, and 210 dry Mg ha'1 were applied on the well-drained Bojac, Davidson, and Groseclose soils. The 210 dry Mg haâ 1 sludge rate supplied 3300 and 6600 kg of N and P haâ 1, respectively. A 14-day anaerobic N incubation study indicated that mirreralization varied from approximately nine to four percent of sludge N from the 42 to 210 Mg haâ 1 application rates, respectively. Sludge application increased N uptake (rz = 0.98** to 0.99**) by the 1984 com grown on the three well-drained soils. Nitrogen balance data indicated that quantities of unrecovered N ranged from six to 21 percent where sludge was applied.<br>Master of Science
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Stavitsky, Alan Gordon. "From pedagogic to public : the development of U.S. public radio's audience-centered strategies, WOSU, WHA and WNYC, 1930-1987 /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487683401444426.
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Browne, Michael Joseph. "Underwater acoustic backscatter from a model of Arctic ice open leads and pressure ridges." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1987. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/1987/Jun/87Jun%5FBrowne.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Engineering Acoustics)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1987.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Medwin, Herman. Second Reader: Bourke, Robert H. "June 1987." Description based on title screen as viewed on March 16, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Mode conversion. Author(s) subject terms: Underwater Acoustics, Arctic Ice, Backscatter, Mode Conversion, Diffraction. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157). Also available in print.
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Gagnon, Paul. "Notched strength analysis of tensile specimens taken from a thick, filament-wound graphite/epoxy pressure vessel." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101373.
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An experimental analysis of specimens taken from a thick, filament-wound composite material pressure vessel (cylinder) was performed by testing tensile coupons with various semi-elliptical surface notches. The strength of specimens with small notches was found to be notch insensitive. The strength of specimens with larger notches depended on the size of the notch.
The fracture toughness of the laminate was found by applying a general fracture-toughness parameter approach. Using this value, several approaches were employed to predict failure loads. The accuracy of the approaches depended on the size of the notches. In general, the linear-elastic fracture mechanics method overpredicted the failure strength of specimens with intermediate sized notches, but predicted failure strength accurately for specimens with large notches. A strength of materials approach accurately predicted notched strength only for specimens with small notches. Notched strength was more accurately predicted for all notch sizes using an empirical approach, with the notch area used to predict failure instead of the notch depth, which was used in the linear-elastic fracture mechanics and strength of materials approaches.<br>M.S.
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Banks, McRae C. "Degrees of success?: MPA's and MBA's from elite universities and career success in the federal government." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76504.
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Since Woodrow Wilson’s seminal essay "The Study of Administration,” when he called for educating administrators in administration in hopes of making government more business-like, scholars have been investigating the differences and similarities between government and business. Largely ignored was the education for administration; should it likewise be more focused on business?
Despite the development of specialized public administration degrees, the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and its equivalents, many managers trained in business schools are employed in federal government. This, alone, should make one question whether or not graduate education in public administration is truly any better or more appropriate for public sector management careers than other graduate degrees, notably the MBA.
The present study addresses the issue of degree appropriateness by comparing federal sector managers who are MPA-trained with those who are MBA-trained on ten career success indices. Data to construct the indices were collected via a mailed survey questionnaire sent to the population of federal sector managers holding the MPA or MBA from selected universities. A variety of statistical procedures in SPSS were used to analyze the data.
Analysis of the data indicates that few significant differences exist between MPA's and MBA's in career success, as measured in the short term. Possible explanations for these findings are explored. A cohort analysis and t-Test indicates that MBA's receive higher starting salaries than MPA's but MPA's surpass their MBA peers approximately twelve years after completing the master's degree. A hypothetical fourth (older) cohort of MPA's would be significantly higher paid now than MBA's.
Implications for individuals, institutions, and society, based on the findings, were discussed, along with limitations to the study and future topics of research.<br>Ph. D.
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Spanou, Despina Anastassiou. "The European Parliament and the European Court of Justice : the contribution of case law, during the period from 1987 to 1997, to the development of the European Parliament's constitutional role." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621694.
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Nnadi, Adrianne Madaris. "From social dimensions of adjustment to poverty reduction strategy papers : the evolving and revolving World Bank discourse on poverty 1987-2003." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3845/.
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The World Bank is a major development and lending institution, and as such often sets important aspects of the development agenda. The goal of poverty reduction has in recent years become the World Bank's institutional objective. With poverty reduction as the declared aim, the study looks at the World Bank's main instruments for achieving this goal, i.e. policy-based lending, and how the Bank's approaches to, and discourse on poverty have changed since its creation in 1946 up to the current Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) approach. The hypothesis of this study was that the Bank's understanding of poverty and development has not evolved so much as it has revolved since the 1970s. The study found that the institution had evolved in process, but not in macroeconomic frameworks. Therefore, the neo-liberal paradigms in place do not lead to a fundamental questioning or reshaping of the Bank's approach to Africa. The thesis argues that the purpose of these frameworks may deliberately and/or unconsciously be to reproduce the global capitalist system, but in the context of the poverty reduction objective, it raises unrealistic expectations for donor and recipient. The Bank would be strengthened as an institution by being more conscious of its revolving history and by being more forthright about policy aims. The Bank has not been the only actor who has recast its objectives vis-a-vis poverty reduction. The study also critically investigates how two very different recipient countries have been active in interpreting poverty through their own national policies, and the ways in which these policies and discourses now replicate those manifested at an international level.
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McFadden, Owen M. "An analysis and comparison of court holdings dealing with tort liability for injuries sustained in public school and higher education programs of physical education, athletics and intramural sports from 1977-1987." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54241.
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Physical education programs, athletic programs and intramural sports programs are a vital part of the American educational system. However, since the mid-sixties, there has been an increase in sports injury litigation against the teachers and coaches who direct and supervise these programs.
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, the study was to report the legal liability of elementary, secondary and higher education physical educators, athletic coaches and intramural sports directors from 1977-1987. In addition this study compared the holdings of the court cases from 1977-1987 to the holdings of the court cases found in five unpublished manuscripts.
From 1977 to 1987 there were 92 elementary and secondary lawsuits and 19 college lawsuits involving these professionals, including their supervisors. There were 41 cases involving liability against the boards of education and boards of trustees. The groups were found not liable in 23 of the cases. The primary reason for not being liable was their protection from suit because of the doctrine of governmental immunity. However, in states where the doctrine of governmental immunity did not exist boards of education and boards of trustees were found liable for improper supervision, lack of proper medical assistance and creating a dangerous situation or hazard.
Sixteen cases were reported against school employees. In 10 of the cases the court rulings were held against these employees. The reasons included: improper supervision, failure to follow state athletic association rules and improper instruction. Cases held in favor of the school employees resulted when: employees were acting within the scope of their employment, the employees were providing adequate supervision and instruction and the students purposely disregarded safety rules.
The results of this study, when compared to five previous studies, indicated that even though the number of cases reported were similar the present study showed an increase in the number of decisions favoring the plaintiff at the elementary and secondary level. Also, the present study revealed an increase of 250% in the number of lawsuits reported at the college level and a 23% increase in the number of cases favoring the plaintiff.<br>Ed. D.
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Thornicroft, Graham John. "Camberwell long-stay psychiatric patients discharged from Cane Hill Hospital 1987-1992 : a controlled follow-up study of clinical and social outcomes." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363069.
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Hirpa, Haile. "Comparison of the Three Major Administrative Approaches to the Management of Concurrent Enrollment Programs at Utah State University from 1987 to 1991." DigitalCommons@USU, 1993. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4006.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the Utah State University concurrent enrollment program to the achievement (GPA), recruitment, and retention of program participants after joining Utah State University.
Three administrative approaches to the management of concurrent enrollment programs were identified for the purpose of this study: Level One, Level Two, and Level Three. Level One involved high school teachers who taught and graded the concurrent enrollment program courses. In Level Two, high school teachers taught the courses, but University professors prepared exams and graded the papers. In Level Three, teaching, exam preparation, and paper grading were all executed by university faculty.
To determine the effects of the three different administrative approaches on concurrent enrollment programs, four research questions were formulated: (1) For the three different administrative approaches to the management of the concurrent enrollment program practiced by Utah State University, are there different GPAs for comparable selected major courses for program participants? (2) For the three different administrative approaches, are there differences in the proportion of high school students recruited to Utah State University? (3) For the three different administrative approaches, are there different rates of retention for participating students one year after joining Utah State University? (4) For the three different administrative approaches, are there greater GP As and retention rates when compared with Utah State University's regular freshmen population?
A sample from the target population of concurrent enrollment program participants from 1988 to 1991 was used. The data were collected from existing Utah State University records.
The dependent variables were GPA, recruitment, and retention, while administrative approaches were the three levels of the independent variable. The means for the Level One approach were statistically and educationally significant as compared to the remaining two levels. One year after joining Utah State University, the recruited concurrent enrollment program participants tended to remain with Utah State University. Therefore, it was recommended that the program be supported with the emphasis on encouraging more high school teachers to teach concurrent enrollment courses in the future.
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Forno, Francesca. "Protest in Italy from 1988 to 1997." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401527.
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Williamson, Bryan J. "From Upper Volta to Burkina Faso: A Study of the Politics of Reaction and Reform in a Post-Colonial African Nation-state, 1960-1987." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4612.
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From Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, is the study of the politics of reaction and reform in a post-colonial nation-state of Burkina Faso. Since its independence from France on 5 August 1960 to 15 October 1987, Burkina Faso, the "land of the upright" people, has experience five changes in government. All of the coups that took place in this twenty-seven year period were reactionary and reforming. However, the most memorable reforms arrived after the coup of 4 August 1983 which gave rise to a youthful president in a thirty-three year old Captain Thomas Sankara. As the leaders before him, Sankara reacted against a post-colonial government that he and supporters saw as inadequate. Unlike the previous coups in the Upper Volta, this work argues that the 4 August 1983 coup brought class consciousness to the forefront. It aimed to establish its identity by changing the country's name from the colonial name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. The revolutionaries appeared to be g6enuine in meeting their words with action by working to create self-sufficient citizens, curb environmental depredation, combat corruption in government and provide women more opportunities. Though the Revolution in Burkina Faso (1983-1987) did not end the country's ambitions for a multi-party democracy, it did elevate the status of women, literacy, mortality and pride for the homeland.
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Ferguson, Harry. "Protecting children in time : a historical sociological study of the abused child and child protection in Cleveland from 1880 to the 'Cleveland Affair' of 1987." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272401.
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