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Branchaud, Marc. "A survey of public-key infrastructures." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0007/MQ37100.pdf.
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Teh, Serene P. "A public survey on electroconvulsive therapy." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/798.
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Health care professionals have debated the use and effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for more than 65 years. Yet, the attitudes towards, and knowledge about, ECT have not been thoroughly researched within the Australian community. There is also little empirical research documenting ECT recipient characteristics, the number of ECT administrations and the number of patients treated. This study aimed to develop an Australian perspective on: (1) the level of Public knowledge about and attitudes towards ECT and (2) the practice of ECT. The objectives were achieved through the development of questionnaires, and the distribution of these questionnaires to the public to survey knowledge about and attitudes towards ECT. The Mental Health Information System (MHIS) together with data of some State psychiatric hospitals, was examined in order to estimate the characteristics of ECT recipients, and the frequency of the practice. Results from 379 questionnaires indicated that more than 60% of respondents have some knowledge about the main aspects of ECT. Furthermore, participants were generally opposed to the use of ECT on individuals with psychosocial issues; children; and those who refuse to have ECT. This study showed that public perceptions of ECT were mainly negative. Furthermore, this thesis revealed that most WA ECT recipients were adult females who were diagnosed with affective disorders. ECT usage appeared to be a constant proportion of the psychiatric population in WA over a five-year period, although the number of ECT recipients rose dramatically each year. The findings of this thesis suggested that clinicians should ensure that individuals recommended for ECT are at least knowledgeable about basic ECT processes and their implications. With this basic awareness, individuals would then be able to give informed consent. Another recommendation was that a more comprehensive State ECT register be created. This would allow more accurate estimations of the number of ECT administrations in future, and facilitate more effective and efficient monitoring of ECT practice. Overall, it was anticipated that the result of this thesis would contribute towards the prescribing practice of clinicians, and direct mental health education programmers, researchers and policy makers.
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Burton, Jonathan. "Public attitudes and responses to survey research." Thesis, University of Essex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299804.
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Kroe, Elaine, and S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics U. "Data File, Public Use: Public Libraries Survey: Fiscal Year 2001 (Revised)." U. S. Department of Education, NCES 2003â 398, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105908.
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The Public Libraries Survey is conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data. The data are collected by a network of state data coordinators appointed by the chief officers of state library agencies in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas. Data are collected on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library materials, total circulation, circulation of children's materials, reference transactions, library visits, children's program attendance, electronic services and information, staff, operating income, operating expenditures, capital outlay, and more.
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Ribeiro, João Luís Carvalho Ferreira. "Survey of public transport routes using Wi-Fi." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23458.
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Mestrado em Engenharia de Computadores e Telemática<br>An important aspect in improving public transport efficiency is collecting information regarding traveler routes, usually represented as an OriginDestination (OD) matrix. Most public transportation systems implement fare collection systems that can provide the accurate origins of traveler routes but not accurate destinations. In this dissertation we look at WiFi, more specifically 802.11 data-link layer, as a candidate to provide OD matrix estimations. We present an algorithm capable of collecting information regarding Wi-Fi capable devices inside the bus complemented with positioning and time. A system is also presented to implement this concept using minimal requirements. An implementation of this system was deployed in a public bus to collect data for several weeks. This resulted on over 15000 traveler routes collected in 9 different days. This data was contextualized and mapped to an OD system in order to demonstrate how it can be used to generate OD matrix estimations.<br>Um aspecto importante na melhoria da eficiência de transportes públicos consiste na recolha de percursos de passageiros, frequentemente representados na forma de matrizes Origem-Destino (OD). Grande parte dos sistemas de transportes públicos implementa sistemas de bilhética que são capazes de fornecer com precisão a origem dos percursos efectuados pelos passageiros, mas não o destino. Nesta dissertação foi selecionada a tecnologia Wi-Fi como um candidata a fornecer leituras de precisão para estimar matrizes OD. Apresentamos um algoritmo capaz de recolher informação sobre dispositivos que suportam Wi-Fi, dentro de um autocarro público, acoplada com informação sobre posicionamento e tempo. É também apresentado um sistema que implementa este conceito ao usar requisitos mínimos. Uma implementação deste sistema foi colocada num autocarro público para efectuar recolha de dados durante várias semanas. Mais de 15000 percursos foram recolhidos em 9 dias diferentes. Estes dados foram contextualizados e mapeados num sistema OD para demonstrar como podem ser usado para estimar matrizes OD.
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Jordan-Trestik, Jill M. "Survey of Oregon's public school hearing conservation programs." PDXScholar, 1985. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3431.
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A survey instrument was designed to yield information regarding hearing conservation activities. This instrument was then distributed to those individuals identified as the coordinators for the various district programs.
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Anderson, Martin William Bruce. "A radio survey of selected fields from the ROSAT All Sky Survey /." View thesis, 2002. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030704.133327/index.html.
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Escobar-Kenyon, Suzanne. "Telecommuting and public relations : a survey of telecommuting practices among public relations professionals." Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2321.
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Innovations in computer technologies have provided the ability to access information from all over the world by the stroke of a finger. These technologies have given birth to the growing practice of telecommuting. There is much research available on telecommuting. However, there is a lack of research on this phenomenon in the public relations sector. This study seeks to fill this void by investigating the telecommuting behaviors of public relations professionals and providing a foundation from which further studies can be built.
Survey questionnaires were completed by 122 Public Relations Society of America members. The questionnaires contained measures regarding perceived relative advantages of telecommuting, demographic variables, and telecommuting behavior.
There were many important findings from the study. Interestingly, telecommuting is in the late majority phase of the diffusion process. It is also gender related. Surprisingly, this study found more men are likely to telecommute than women.
Certain variables were found to be associated with telecommuting. Specifically, selfemployed individuals and those with more years in PR were more likely to telecommute. Most of the PR professionals who reported telecommuting did so in an unstructured manner. The main reason reported for telecommuting was to complete their unfinished work from the office.
The majority of PR professionals did view telecommuting as valuable. However, here were differences in the perceptions of relative advantages with full- or part-time telecommuting. The advantages of full-time telecommuting only appeared to be attractive to those individuals who presently telecommute.
Over two-thirds of the respondents who did not telecommute were found to be interested in telecommuting on a part-time basis. And most PR professionals, whether telecommuter or not, believed telecommuting will become a standard practice in the future.
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Rossi, James. "Comparing the Impacts of Biofuels Using Survey and Non-survey Data." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13850745.
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<p> This paper utilizes survey data to compare several non-survey methods of modeling the economic impacts of biofuels plants. It examines differences in the input coefficients derived from the survey versus the trade coefficients generated through the non-survey methods. It finds that of the three non-survey methods examined, the Swenson (2006) scenario input coefficients most closely represent those found in the survey based on the performance of the non-survey scenario input coefficients in a variety of statistical tests. Further, it examines the economic impacts (multipliers) generated by these scenarios compared to those generated from the survey. Based upon statistical tests of the multipliers, the Swenson scenario’s estimated impacts most closely represent the impacts derived from the survey.</p><p>
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Wolf, David Fletcher. "Survey of Texas Public Universities and University Systems Involvement in State Public Policy Making." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4538/.
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This study investigated the perceptions of influential relationships between Texas public university presidents, university system chancellors, and state legislators. The study's purpose was to examine Texas public universities engagement in lobbying type behaviors and whether public policy is affected through interaction and communication with legislative leaders. Moreover, of importance for this study was to identifying if Texas public universities actively work to influence the Texas legislature and if lobbying behavior exists whether or not that behavior influences public policy formation within the Texas legislative process. Lastly, this study focused on perceptions dealing with the Texas statute prohibiting state governmental agencies, including public universities and university systems, from influencing legislation through use of state funds. The study was conducted in the winter of 2003 and had 29 president / chancellor respondents and 88 legislator respondents. Three survey instruments were developed by the researcher to determine Texas public university president, system chancellor, and state legislator perceptions and attitudes concerning lobbying type activities, influence, and state statute compliance. Data reported consist of percentages, t-Test of significance, and Cohen's d effect size measure. Results from the study show agreement between the groups in areas of activities utilized to influence the legislative process and actual influence of public policy. Disagreement within statute compliance was reported between the groups.
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JABBARI, BEHZAD J. "EXPERIMENTS IN PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123627488.
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Davis, Brett Andrew, and Brett Davis@abs gov au. "Inference for Discrete Time Stochastic Processes using Aggregated Survey Data." The Australian National University. Faculty of Economics and Commerce, 2003. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20040806.104137.
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We consider a longitudinal system in which transitions between the states are governed by a discrete time finite state space stochastic process X. Our aim, using aggregated sample survey data of the form typically collected by official statistical agencies, is to undertake model based inference for the underlying process X. We will develop inferential techniques for continuing sample surveys of two distinct types. First, longitudinal surveys in which the same individuals are sampled in each cycle of the survey. Second, cross-sectional
surveys which sample the same population in successive cycles but with no attempt to track particular individuals from one cycle to the next. Some of the basic results have appeared in Davis et al (2001) and Davis et al (2002).¶ Longitudinal surveys provide data in the form of transition frequencies between the states of X. In Chapter Two we develop a method for modelling and estimating the one-step transition probabilities in the case where X is a non-homogeneous Markov chain and transition frequencies are observed at unit time intervals. However, due to their expense, longitudinal surveys are typically conducted at widely, and sometimes irregularly, spaced time points. That is, the observable frequencies pertain to multi-step transitions. Continuing to assume the Markov property for X, in Chapter Three, we show that these multi-step transition frequencies can be stochastically interpolated to provide accurate estimates of the one-step transition probabilities of the underlying process. These estimates for a unit time increment can be used to calculate estimates of expected future occupation time, conditional on an individuals state at initial point of observation, in the different states of X.¶ For reasons of cost, most statistical collections run by official agencies are cross-sectional sample surveys. The data observed from an on-going survey of this type are marginal frequencies in the states of X at a sequence of time points. In Chapter Four we develop a model based technique for estimating the marginal probabilities of X using data of this form. Note that, in contrast to the longitudinal case, the Markov assumption does not simplify inference based on marginal frequencies. The marginal probability estimates enable estimation of future occupation times (in each of the states of X) for an individual of unspecified initial state. However, in the applications of the technique that we discuss (see Sections 4.4 and 4.5) the estimated occupation times will be conditional on both gender and initial age of individuals.¶ The longitudinal data envisaged in Chapter Two is that obtained from the surveillance of the same sample in each cycle of an on-going survey. In practice, to preserve data quality it is necessary to control respondent burden using sample rotation. This is usually achieved using a mechanism known as rotation group sampling. In Chapter Five we consider the particular form of rotation group sampling used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in their Monthly Labour Force Survey (from which official estimates of labour force participation rates are produced). We show that our approach to estimating the one-step transition probabilities of X from transition frequencies observed at incremental time intervals, developed in Chapter Two, can be modified to deal with data collected under this sample rotation scheme. Furthermore, we show that valid inference is possible even when the Markov property does not hold for the underlying process.
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Rieter, Douglas K. "A Survey of the General Public Assessing Public Attitudes Toward Animal Damage Control Management Policy." DigitalCommons@USU, 1999. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4021.
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A mail survey of randomly selected stratified U.S. households assessed general attitudes toward wildlife and specific concerns about wildlife damage management and the federal Animal Damage Control program. Respondents strongly supported federal government's role in ensuring public safety , engaging in public education, and continuing research into nonlethal control methods. Weaker support was found for lethal control of predators and crop depredators, and financial compensation for losses due to wildlife activities was generally opposed. Lethal methods of control were generally considered to be inhumane and nonlethal methods humane. When asked to rank the importance of factors to be considered when selecting management methods, II human safety ranked highest followed by animal suffering, effectiveness, environmental impacts, severity of problem, and ability to target the specific problem animal. The lowest ranked factor was public opinion. Considered as a whole, results suggest that U.S. citizens want a role in wildlife damage policy formation but respect wildlife professionals ' judgment in specific management situations.
This study also assessed attitudes and beliefs about wildlife damage management (WDM) activities and federal government agencies ' roles in carrying out those activities. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine if variables such as environmental attitude, wildlife experience, and sociodemographic characteristics explained levels of support for WDM activities and the importance of the federal government's role . Respondents generally support WDM operations. Differences in respondents' general environmental attitudes and enjoyment of hunting accounted for most of the variation in their attitudes toward WDM practices. Independent variables that most influenced perceived importance of federal involvement in WDM were sex , age, education, and general environmental attitudes.
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Fong, Chi Fong. "Application of statistical approach to public survey for environmental issues." Thesis, University of Macau, 2003. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1445099.
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Delsnyder, Janice. "Conflict Manager's Program in Regina public schools, a staff survey." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0002/MQ45319.pdf.
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Bebee, James F. "A telephone survey of public attitudes concerning industrial arts education /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487261553058302.
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Pysh, Danya L. "A survey of the current state of Russian public relations." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/438.
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Meier, Barbara Ethel. "A survey of religious education in the American public schools." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Davidzon, Iary <1984>. "Galaxy evolution in the VIMOS public extragalactic redshift survey (VIPERS)." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6730/1/davidzon_iary_tesi.pdf.
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In this work I present the first measurements of the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) from the first public release of the VIPERS catalogue, containing ∼55,000 objects.
First, I present the survey design, its scientific goal, the redshift measurements and validation. Then, I provide details about the estimate of galaxy stellar masses, star formation rates, and other physical quantities. I derive the GSMF of different galaxy types (e.g. active and passive galaxies) and as a function of the environment (defined through the local galaxy density contrast). These estimates represent new observational evidence useful to characterise the mechanism of galaxy evolution.
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Davidzon, Iary <1984>. "Galaxy evolution in the VIMOS public extragalactic redshift survey (VIPERS)." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6730/.
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In this work I present the first measurements of the galaxy stellar mass function (GSMF) from the first public release of the VIPERS catalogue, containing ∼55,000 objects.
First, I present the survey design, its scientific goal, the redshift measurements and validation. Then, I provide details about the estimate of galaxy stellar masses, star formation rates, and other physical quantities. I derive the GSMF of different galaxy types (e.g. active and passive galaxies) and as a function of the environment (defined through the local galaxy density contrast). These estimates represent new observational evidence useful to characterise the mechanism of galaxy evolution.
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Crowe, Francesca Lee, and n/a. "A biomarker survey of the fatty acid status of New Zealanders." University of Otago. Department of Human Nutrition, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070328.162638.
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My thesis research has examined the fatty acid composition of serum triacylglycerol, phospholipid and cholesterol ester in 2793 participants who took part in the 1997 National Nutrition Survey - a national population-based survey of New Zealand adolescents and adults aged or [greater than or equal to]̲15 y. Differences in serum fatty acids by sex, age, ethnicity, body mass index and smoking - independent of dietary fat intake - were determined. Serum fatty acids were used as biomarkers of saturated and polyunsaturated fat intake to predict population serum total cholesterol concentrations. The association between n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in serum phospholipid and mental and physical wellbeing, as assessed by the short form-36, was determined.
Serum fatty acids have been used as biological markers of fat intake and to predict the risk of disease. The fatty acid composition of serum triacylglycerol, phospholipid and cholesterol ester is subject to alteration by dietary fat but overall, is largely controlled by metabolic enzymes. Non-dietary variables - sex, age, body mass index or cigarette smoking - may influence the activity of these enzymes, which will subsequently alter the fatty acid composition but the extent to which these affect serum fatty acid composition in the general population is poorly understood. Our results showed that the proportion of docosahexaenoic acid in serum phospholipid and cholesterol ester was significantly greater in women by 0.15 and 0.02 mol%, respectively in comparison to men whereas, the proportion of eicosapentaenoic acid was significantly greater in men by 0.08 and 0.1 mol%, respectively, after adjusting for age, ethnicity, body mass index and smoking. A number of differences in the proportion of palmitoleic acid in serum triacylglycerol, phospholipid and cholesterol ester were detected; palmitoleic acid increased across the age categories in women (15-24, 25-44, 45-64 65+ y), was higher in women compared to men, New Zealand Europeans compared to New Zealand Maori and Pacific People, those with a body mass index or [greater than or equal to] 30 kg/m� compared to those with a body mass index < 25 kg/m� and in current smokers in comparison to non-smokers. In women, there was an inverse trend in the proportion of linoleic acid in serum phospholipid and cholesterol ester across the age categories. The proportion of linoleic acid in serum triacylglycerol, phospholipid and cholesterol ester was lower in smokers by 2.19, 1.04 and 0.75 mol%, respectively in comparison to non-smokers. None of these differences could be explained by a difference in dietary fat intake. Consequently, sex appears to affect the metabolism of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids independent of dietary fat intake and metabolic differences associated with age, body mass index and smoking may be at play for a number of other serum fatty acids notably, palmitoleic and linoleic acids.
Evidence for a role of dietary fat as a predictor of serum cholesterol concentrations in the general population is conflicting. On one hand, results from cholesterol-lowering dietary intervention trials show unequivocally that decreasing saturated fat intake produces a meaningful reduction in serum cholesterol concentrations. On the other hand, the results of large observational studies show little association between saturated fat intake and cholesterol concentrations. The lack of association in the latter studies may result from errors in dietary assessment and therefore, using serum fatty acids as biomarkers of fat intake may overcome the limitations associated with typical dietary assessment techniques. Participants were divided into quintiles of increasing proportion of serum fatty acids. Each one SD increase in the myristic acid composition of serum cholesterol ester, triacylglycerol and phospholipid was associated with an increase in cholesterol of 0.19, 0.10 and 0.13 mmol/L, respectively after adjusting for confounding variables. The difference in cholesterol concentrations between those categorised into the highest and lowest quintiles of serum cholesterol ester myristate was 0.48 mmol/L. A one SD increase in the linoleic acid composition of serum cholesterol ester, triacylglycerol and phospholipid corresponded to a decrease in cholesterol of 0.07, 0.05 and 0.07 mmol/L, respectively. The difference in cholesterol concentrations between the 1st and 5th quintiles of serum cholesterol linoleate was 0.18 mmol/L. Intake of saturated and polyunsaturated fats, as measured using serum fatty acids, are important determinants of cholesterol concentrations in New Zealanders.
It has been hypothesised that a lower intake of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, largely of marine origin, is implicated in the aetiology of depressive disorder. Results from the majority of observational studies have shown that depressed participants have a lower proportion of eicosapentaenoic or docosahexaenoic acid in phospholipids compared to controls but evidence for an improvement in depressive symptoms after supplementation with n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids is conflicting. There is little known about the role that n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids may have as predictors of mental wellbeing in the general population. Participants were categorised into quintiles of increasing n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in serum phospholipid. There was no significant trend in self-reported mental wellbeing - the mental component score - across the quintiles of eicosapentaenoic, docosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids or the sum of these three fatty acids after adjusting for confounding variables. There was a significant trend in the mental component score across the quintiles of the ratio of eicosapentaenoic/arachidonic acid; the difference between the highest and the lowest quintile was 6.6 points. There were significant positive trends in self-reported physical health - the physical component score - across the quintiles of eicosapentaenoic and docosapentaenoic acids as well as the ratio of eicosapentaenoic/arachidonic acid ratio; the difference between the 1st and 5th quintiles were 8.6, 6.0 and 8.9 points, respectively. Overall, there appears to be little association between the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of serum phospholipid and self-reported mental health in a population of low fish consumers; however, the proportion of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids may be an important predictor of physical wellbeing in New Zealanders.
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Corrigall, Joanne. "Immunisation coverage of the Western Cape Province : household survey 2005." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9318.
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Includes bibliographical references.<br>[Objective] To determine the routine immunisation coverage rates in children aged 12-23 months in the Western Cape and factors affecting immunisation coverage. [Design] Cross-sectional Household Survey using an adaptation of the '30x7' cluster survey technique (multi-stage sampling). [Setting] Households across the Western Cape. [Subjects] 3705 caregivers of children aged 12-23 months who had been living in the Western Cape for at least 6 months. [Outcome Measures] Vaccination Status (1=fully vaccinated, 0=partially vaccinated) as recorded on a Road to Health card or given by history. Factors affecting caregivers' vaccination behaviour established from a questionnaire. [Results] The immunisation coverage was 76.8% for vaccines due by 9 months and 53.2% for vaccines due by 18 months. The reasons given for not being imunised were clinic-related factors (47%), lack of information (27%), lack of information (27%), caregiver being unable to attend the clinic (23%) and lack of motivation (14%). Of clinic factors cited, the two commonest factors were missed opportunities (34%) and being told by clinic staff to come back another time (20%). Factors enhancing coverage included possession of a Road-to-Health card, caregiver knowledge about vaccines and perceived attitude of clinic staff. Certain racial inequities in coverage were also apparent, particularly in the Boland-Overberg Region. [Conclusion] While the coverage indicated that a lot of good work has been done, the coverage was insufficient to prevent outbreaks of measles and other common childhood conditions including polio. The coverage was too low to consider not running periodic mass campaigns for measles and polio. The reasons given by caregivers for their children not being immunized and factors associated with increased coverage are valuable pointers as to where interventions should be focused.
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Abie, Zogoe Herve-Brice. "Farm workers in Stellenbosch : a survey of factors affecting health." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13442.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54).<br>The study was done to establish a profile of farm workers' health; and to investigate the extent to which the health of farm workers may be impaired by identified factors, both environmental and non-environmental.
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McDonough, Edward Sean. "Measuring fidelity of implementation using the survey of enacted curriculum." W&M ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618629.
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The proper implementation of a curricular program is crucial in ensuring that the curricular content and learning intentions are delivered to students consistently and reliably. This being the case, it is essential that newly adopted curricular initiatives are evaluated for fidelity to the program's original standards. Currently, state and federal regulations require teachers to use instructional programs that have been shown to be effective through "scientifically based research" (Stavin, 2003). to satisfy the "scientifically based research" requirement of NCLB, curricular programs undergo rigorous efficacy and effectiveness testing to ensure that the program's standards are indeed valid. to further measure the validity, efficacy and effectiveness testing is often accompanied by fidelity of implementation (FOI) assessments (Century, Freeman, & Rudnick, 2008). FOI assessments serve to ensure that curricular programs are delivered to the standards prescribed by the original program model (Carroll et al., 2007; Century et al., 2008; Gresham, MacMillan, Boebe-Frankenberger, & Bocian, 2000; National Research Council, 2004 Reschly & Gresham, 2006; Schoenfeld, 2002).
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Supa, Dustin W. "Maximizing Media Relations Through a Better Understanding of the Public Relations - Journalist Relationship." Scholarly Repository, 2008. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/144.
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Understanding the relationship between public relations practitioners and journalists is of paramount importance to practicing effective media relations. This study explores that relationship using depth interviews and a survey to gauge perceptions of the relationship for both journalists and public relations practitioners in the state of Florida. It concludes that there has been little change in the relationship between public relations practitioners and journalists over the past 17 years, and offers suggestions as to why that is the case.
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Skeat, Andrew, and n/a. "Feral buffalo in Kakadu National Park : survey methods, population dynamics and control." University of Canberra. Applied Science, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.161608.
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(1) Aerial survey methods for estimating
population size of feral water buffalo in northern
Australia were examined.
(2) Line transect models underestimated population
size. Of six models tested the most accurate
underestimated by nearly half. The models give
biased estimates most probably because not all
animals on the survey line were sighted .
(3) Aerial strip transect surveys were also
negatively biased. The extent of this bias was
estimated in index-removal experiments.
Experiments were carried out on two populations in
areas of differing obstructive canopy cover.
(4) In woodland habitat with a canopy cover of 30-
60%, a correction factor of 3.2 was required to
take account of animals not seen. In forest
habitat with a canopy cover of 60-100%, a
correction factor of 4.9 was required.
(5) Using these results, the population size of
feral buffalo, cattle and horses in Kakadu National
Park was estimated by aerial survey at the end of
each year over 6 years. Annual rates of increase
for three regions of the Park were estimated,
taking into account known removals from the
population. The effects of dry season rainfall and
population density in the preceding year on rate of
increase were examined for each species.
(6) The mean annual exponential rate of increase
for each species was 0.10 yr-1 for buffalo, 0.23
yr-1 for cattle and -0.14 yr-1 for horses.
(7) The annual rates of increase varied greatly
between years within all species and were highly
correlated with dry season rainfall in the year of
survey for buffalo and cattle but not for horses.
(8) No significant effect of preceding density on
rate of increase was found for any species. A
large reduction in buffalo populations did not
correspond with an increase in unharvested
populations of horses, suggesting the two species
do not compete for food or other resources.
(9) A campaign to control populations of feral
water buffalo in Kakadu National Park was assessed.
Between 1979 and 1988, approximately 79,000 animals
were removed, 54% by commercial live-capture, 35%
by shooting from helicopters and 10% by shooting
from the ground.
(10) In the period 1983-1988 when population
estimates from aerial survey are available, mean
buffalo population density was reduced from
5.60 km-2 to 1.17 km-2 over the surveyed area of
the Park.
(11) The costs of removal by shooting from
helicopters, capturing animals alive and shooting
from the ground were compared. The mean costs per
animal in 1988 were $24.13, $74.53, and $86.02
respectively.
(12) The effects of initial density and time spent
shooting on number of animals removed by shooting
from helicopters were examined. One linear and two
curvilinear models were fitted to data from four
different removal exercises. The relationship
between time spent shooting and number removed was
best described by a curvilinear (Ivlev) function.
This model was used to estimate costs of control to
a specified density.
(13) Model regression coefficients differed
between removal exercises, suggesting that the
number removed may be affected by variables other
than time spent shooting and initial density. Data
from the range of conditions encountered during
removal is thus likely to be required for robust
estimation of removal costs.
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Messer, Benjamin Lee. "Improving survey response in mail and internet general public surveys using address-based sampling and mail contact procedures." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/B_Messer_040309.pdf.
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Roberts, Elizabeth Ann. "A survey of censorship practices in public school libraries in Saskatchewan." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq30546.pdf.
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Gates, Jodie W. "Public support for climate justice : a survey of British Columbia residents." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35919.
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This study examines public support for climate justice and climate policies, based on results from an online survey given to 971 respondents in British Columbia, Canada in July 2010. The concept of climate justice is rooted in the recognition that segments of the population may be more or less vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, and that it is often the most vulnerable that are the least responsible for contributing to climate change. Climate justice is a growing area of research and the impetus for a burgeoning social movement worldwide; this study examines public perception of social aspects of climate change issues in British Columbia, providing insight into how individuals in a first world setting conceptualize vulnerability and responsibility to climate change on a provincial, national, and international level. The survey instrument for this study focused on climate change risk perception; fairness and responsibility in terms of climate action and climate impacts; levels of support for specific climate policy options; views on civic engagement and equality; and environmental attitudes. Findings show age to be the only socioeconomic demographic variable with significant effects on support for climate justice and climate policies, with older respondents more likely to show support. Respondents exhibiting greater support for civic engagement, greater support for equality, more proenvironmental attitudes, greater belief in climate action, and a belief in anthropogenic climate change are also more supportive. Recommendations for climate change decision-makers and communicators, as well as areas for future research, are also discussed.
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Philbert, Robert E. "A survey of selected teacher spokespersons regarding Indiana Public Law 217." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/516209.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the level of satisfaction of selected teacher spokespersons toward Indiana Public Law 217, the collective bargaining law for teachers.A survey instrument consisting of forty-six items in five Likert-response categories was mailed to 125 randomly selected teacher spokespersons in Indiana. Space was provided for respondents to write comments or rationale for their answers. Fifty-seven teacher spokespersons responded to the survey.The following rank order was utilized for each of the sections of Indiana Public j 217 ranging from (5) highly dissatisfied, (4) somewhat dissatisfied, (3) neutral, (2) somewhat satisfied to (1) highly satisfied based on the mean scores.Findings1. Selected teacher spokespersons rated four section items between 4.00 and 5.00.2. Of the forty-six section items that were surveyed, seventeen sections were rated between 3.00 and 3.99.3. Negotiators for the teachers ranked seventeen sections of Indiana Public L&7_ between 2.00 and 2.99.4. Eight section items were rated between 1.00 and 1.99 by the teacher spokesperson.Conclusions1. Teacher spokespersons were dissatisfied with the inability to strike and the penalities for unlawful strikes.2. Teacher spokespersons were dissatisfied with the procedures and restrictions governing bargaining and discussions.3. Teacher spokespersons were dissatisfied with the provisions and procedures of fact-finding, arbitration and maintaining a status quo contract.4. Teacher spokespersons were dissatisfied with the sections of the law dealing with the rights of the employer5. Teacher spokespersons were dissatisfied with the stated intent of the law.6. Teacher spokespersons were dissatisfied with the structure and powers of the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board.7. Teacher spokespersons were satisfied with the definitions of certificated employees and exclusive representative.8. Teacher spokespersons were satisfied with the procedures of unfair practices as stated in the law.9. Teacher spokesperson were satisfied with the procedures of dues deductions as stated in the law.
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Hitt, Robert James Jr. "A National Survey of Planetarium Directors Operating Public-School-Owned Planetaria." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40377.
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This is a descriptive quantitative study of public-school-owned and operated planetarium facilities across the United States. A random sample of 210 planetarium directors was selected, and 131 were used in the data analysis to benchmark current practices involving public school planetaria in five domains: (1) the job of planetarium director, (2) the curriculum used in public school planetaria, (3) the organization of the planetarium, (4) the facility, and (5) the directors.
Data were collected over a 10-week period in the spring of 1999 with a mail survey containing 72 questions. Frequency counts, percentages, means, and standard deviations were used to report the descriptive data. Results and conclusions are organized around each of the five domains.
The major conclusion is that planetaria in the nation's public school systems are not in the educational mainstream as much as they were 20 years ago. Although some facilities appear to be well maintained and have added automation and new video equipment, a majority of the facilities are not properly maintained or supported by school administrators.<br>Ed. D.
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Hults, David Stilwill, and mikewood@deakin edu. "A bibliographic survey of folklore in Australia 1790-1990." Deakin University, 1995. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050804.104032.
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The study of folklore within Australia to date has been consistently hampered by the lack of any systematic and comprehensive subject bibliography available to researchers interested in the area. The present work provides a conceptual framework for folklore generally, and Australian folklore, specifically. The framework utilises contemporary scholarship and government policy formulations in the subject area. Based upon that framework, a comprehensive bibliographic listing of all folklore material published within Australia between the years 1790 and 1990 is provided comprising 1661 works. An account of the bibliographic problems pertinent to the subject area is provided together with an explanation of the causes of those problems. An historical summary and interpretation of the bibliography is presented in conjunction with an appraisal of the state of folklore research in Australia at the present time.
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Belle-Isle, Lynne M. C. "Health and the environment: Risk perception survey in Cornwall." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10210.
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One objective of the 'Ecosystem Recovery on the St. Lawrence" project is to assess the community's perception of the impact of contamination of the St Lawrence River on their quality of life. More precisely, the Health Sciences component of the project has been assigned the task of evaluating the public's perception of health risks associated with contamination of the St. Lawrence River. The survey presented in this paper was designed to evaluate the perception of residents of Cornwall regarding various environmental health risks associated with the Cornwall area and the St. Lawrence River; compare their perception of certain environmental health risks to the perception of the general Canadian population found in the Health-Risk Perception in Canada report; identify their main sources of information on environmental health risks and compare them to those of the Canadian population; evaluate the level of confidence in various sources of information regarding environmental health risks and compare it to the Canadian population: obtaining a general idea of their attitudes and opinions concerning a variety of environmental health risk perception issues; gather data on behaviours related to health risks, and collect personal and demographic data. To obtain this information, a random sample telephone survey was conducted on 497 adults living in Cornwall. The results reveal that the respondents are significantly more concerned about health risks to themselves and their family from river water, air pollution, chemical pollution, PCB or dioxin, and tap water, than to the Canadian public in general. A significantly lower percentage of the respondents perceive chemical pollution, PCB or dioxin, pesticides in food and bottled water to be a high health risk to the Canadian public than in the "Health-Risk Perception in Canada" survey concluded across Canada. The most important source of information regarding health issues and risk is the media, but the greatest confidence is to medical doctors. In general, the respondents feel that Cornwall is an unhealthy place to live, are concerned about the health risks from chemicals, but feel they have very little control over the risks to their health. The majority of respondents do not eat sportfish from the St. Lawrence River mainly because of concern about water pollution. The respondents that do eat sportfish mostly consume yellow perch. In addition, about three-quarters of respondents do not swim in the St. Lawrence River for various reasons. The most common reported medical conditions are asthma, arthritis, allergies, heart conditions, diabetes and hypertension. Multivariate analyses reveal that the less educated, older sportfish consumers who have been living in Cornwall for several years are less likely to associate environmental pollution with health problems. This survey identifies the major concerns of the residents of Cornwall and is useful to direct risk communication. Recommendations are made based on the results of this survey.
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Foushee, Deborah. "Prematriculation Immunization Policies: A Survey of Kentucky Colleges and Universities." TopSCHOLAR®, 1996. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/869.
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Immunizations for vaccine preventable diseases are ordinarily completed by young adulthood, and the school system is typically the institution required to determine compliance with state immunization requirements prior to enrollment. In recent years, outbreaks of measles on college campuses across the United States have led to the implementation of immunization requirements. Kentucky fouryear postsecondary institutions are not required by state law to request proof of immunization. The purpose of this study was to assess prematriculation immunization policies of Kentucky four-year colleges and universities. Participants completed a survey which appraised the existence of a university prematriculation policy, the diseases covered by their policy, year of policy implementation, and university departments responsible for initiating the policy. In addition, participants were asked if immunizations are available on campus, which vaccinations are available, if an immunization policy had been considered and how recently, and feedback from students, parents and faculty/staff. The survey assessed the attitudes of the respondent regarding policy benefits/dislikes, need for state legislation, and institutional attitude toward governmental intervention of their policy making. Future research on this topic should address the following: the status of prematriculation immunization policies among Kentucky state postsecondary institutions from an epidemiological/public health perspective; explore in greater detail the reason(s) affecting the institutional decision to implement or abandon a prematriculation immunization requirement; investigate or survey the attitudes of students, parents, and faculty/staff toward vaccination programs; include attempts to interview in person a representative from institutions that did not respond to the mailed survey. Further investigation should be conducted; Kentucky four-year colleges and universities would benefit from additional research on vaccine preventable diseases among college students and information gathered from other states with regard to PMIR policies.
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Kitchener, Betty Ann, and n/a. "Nurses' attitudes towards active voluntary euthanasia : a survey in the Australian Capital Territory." University of Canberra. Nursing, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060814.145314.
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In a country such as Australia which claims adherence to democratic values, it would
appear important that policies and laws on such a controversial and value laden issue
as active voluntary euthanasia (AVE), need to have at least some basis in public
opinion and in that of relevant professional groups. It has been argued that public
opinion may be of limited value due to the public's lack of experience and exposure to
this issue. The opinions of people with more exposure to and reflection on the ethical
issues surrounding euthanasia need to be ascertained. Nurses are one group who
have prolonged involvement with the care of dying or suffering people and their
families. Nurses in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) could be a particularly well
informed group because of the ongoing open debate resulting from four proposed
laws on AVE in this Territory since 1993. The overall purpose of this thesis was to
identify the attitudes of nurses in the ACT towards AVE.
This thesis was supported by a study which provided information on four aspects of
nurses' attitudes towards AVE. Firstly, the attitudes of registered nurses in the ACT
were compared to those of other nurses, medical practitioners and members of the
general public in Australia. Secondly, the associations between characteristics of the
nurses and their attitudes were investigated. Thirdly, the legal conditions which
nurses believe should be in a law allowing active voluntary euthanasia were identified.
Finally, the arguments nurses put forward to support their attitudes towards AVE
were analysed This thesis does not attempt to evaluate the ethical arguments
proposed, merely to reflect the views put forward.
A postal survey was carried out in late 1996 of 2000 randomly selected registered
nurses from the Australian Capital Territory. Responses were received from 1218
nurses (61%).
Attitudes of Nurses:
A majority of nurses who responded, supported AVE as "sometimes right", be it
homicide by request (72%) or physician assisted suicide (71%). A slightly smaller
majority of nurses believed the law should be changed to allow homicide by request
(69%) and physician assisted suicide (67%) under certain conditions. If AVE were
legal, 66% of the nurses indicated they were willing to be involved in the procedure.
Only 30% were willing to assist patients to give themselves the lethal dose, while 14%
were willing to administer the lethal dose to the patient. Comparing these results with
previous surveys, it appears that nurses are less in favour of AVE than the general
public but more in favour than medical practitioners.
Associations between Characteristics of Nurses and Attitudes:
Those nurses who were more likely to agree that the law should allow AVE, were
under the age of 40 years, agnostic, atheist or of the Anglican religion, to have less
contact with terminally ill patients, to work in the area of critical care or mental health,
and to take less interest in the issue of AVE. Palliative care nurses were the only
subgroup without a majority in favour (33%). There is other evidence in the
euthanasia literature indicating that nurses and doctors are less in favour of AVE than
the general public. Taken together with the present findings, it may be concluded that
attitudes towards AVE are more favourable in people who have less contact with the
terminally ill.
Legal Conditions in an AVE Law:
The conditions most strongly supported in any future AVE law were "second
doctor's opinion" (85%), "cooling off period" (81%), "patient must have unbearable
protracted suffering" (80%), "doctor must inform patient about illness and treatment"
(78%) and "patient must be terminally ill" (63%). There was only minority support
for "patient not suffering from treatable depression" (42%), "patient administers or
assists to administer, the fatal dose themselves" (32%) and "patient over a certain
age" (7%). Support for a change in the law to allow AVE was 38% for a young man
with AIDS, 39% for an elderly man with early stage Alzheimer's disease, 44% for a
young woman who had become quadriplegic and 71 % for a middle aged woman with
metastases from breast cancer.
Arguments Supporting AVE Attitudes:
The most common argument in support of AVE was that people should have the right
to control their own lives and thus be able to decide for themselves when and how
they wanted to die. The most common argument against AVE was that of the slippery
slope in which it is feared that the boundaries which society puts on killing will be
extended.
Conclusions:
This inquiry pinpoints the discordance between attitudes towards AVE and the legal
status of AVE. Parliamentary representatives need to consider the current attitudes of
their constituents, and especially those of relevant health care professionals towards
AVE. It is important that a nursing perspective is represented in any law legalising
AVE and that the role of the nurse is clearly described in relevant legal acts. Future
research would also be beneficial to investigate further the association between the
experience of nurses working in a palliative care setting and AVE attitudes. There
needs to be further debate about the legal conditions required in any future AVE bills.
given the lack of support from nurses for some conditions which have been included
in proposed AVE laws. Furthermore, it would be valuable to carry out surveys of the
opinions of other health practitioners in order to inform legislators. These results
form a baseline to examine the changes in attitudes towards AVE over time and
change in the legal status of AVE.
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Gengembre, Timothy R. "Survey of patient's attitudes towards physician assistant competency and friendliness /." Connect to online version, 1988. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/38834.
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Scott, Anne, and a. scott@patrick acu edu au. "Preservice teachers� views of similarities and differences in teaching and learning literacy and numeracy." La Trobe University. School of Education, 2005. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20070815.163201.
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This is a report of an investigation of aspects of preservice teachers� perceptions of teaching and learning English and mathematics and factors influencing them.
The participants of the investigation were primary preservice teachers from two tertiary institutions of Victoria, one located inner city, and the other in a regional centre. Of the 349 participants, 163 were commencing and 186 were graduating from their degrees.
Preservice teachers completed questionnaires indicating their intentions to use particular practices in their literacy and numeracy lessons. Thirty-one of the 349 surveyed voluntarily discussed key issues arising from the survey during semi-structured audiotaped sessions. Five lecturers responsible for the planning of the compulsory English and mathematics education units at both institutions were interviewed about the survey data and provided written documentation for their units as evidence of their coursework.
Data analyses indicated that preservice teachers often considered practices equally appropriate for literacy and numeracy teaching and intended to use them in similar ways. It seemed that preservice teachers enter their degrees with strong opinions about teaching and learning based not only on their recollections of experiences as learners but also from more recent relevant experiences such as their dealings with children as babysitters, tutors, and classroom helpers. They also gained knowledge about teaching contexts from their informal but regular conversations with friends and family who teach.
From the examination of the documentation for coursework and discussions with lecturers, it seemed that the content of the literacy and numeracy education units at the two institutions were similar. Overall, the data indicated that many of the preservice teachers� intentions were consistent with the intent of coursework especially when they described general teaching practices. However, in cases where practices were discipline-specific there were limited changes in preservice teachers� intentions even after completing their courses. The prospective teachers reported that they considered their recent salient experiences of teaching and their observations of teachers� practices in schools more influential than coursework.
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Lagrange, Chantal V. M. "Carbon finance and reforestation : a survey of African cases." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5295.
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Thesis (MPhil (Sustainable Development and Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT:
This thesis addresses the topic of carbon finance in the context of reforestation and
avoided deforestation. The research is based on the Nhambita Reduced Emissions
from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and Agro-forestry carbon offset project
in North West Mozambique. The thesis raises important questions in terms of the
relevance of carbon offset projects to human and biophysical realities in Africa. The
research was conducted through the lens of ethnographic development and explores
how carbon offset projects are received by recipient communities. What issues do
such projects attempt to address? Are the targeted issues the „real‟ issues, as they are
perceived by local populations in developing countries? Who do such projects benefit
and who do they benefit the most?
The thesis comprises two academic papers. The first paper is a synthesis article
presenting a review of key issues with regards to the roll-out of improved cooking
stoves (ICS) in the context of carbon offset projects, combined with a pre-feasibility
study on the introduction of ICS in the Nhambita village. It shows how biomass will
continue to play a dominant role in addressing Southern African energy needs and
how a large scale dissemination of ICS could play a seminal role in alleviating
pressure on threatened ecosystems. The paper, however, recognizes that ICS
programmes are not a panacea and discusses the pitfalls of paradigms underlying
stove-provision programmes to date. Based on a review of the pertinent literature and
on the field work conducted in Mozambique, conclusions are drawn that
environmental and health considerations do not constitute a sufficient „pull‟ factor
from the end user‟s perspective. It appears that best channels to engage with the
targeted users are economic and social rationales. This debate is of particular relevance to climate change policy but it also offers insights in terms of the
acceptance of such programmes by the target communities.
The second paper is related to the first in that it discusses the opportunities and
challenges associated with the developmental ambitions of carbon offset projects. By
virtue of the market systems that regulate them, such carbon offset projects imply an
innovative developmental praxis, whereby project recipients become the owners and
the sellers of a tangible good in the form of carbon credits. This innovative dimension
is, however, thwarted by the fact that such projects stir welfare expectations from
project participants. Such livelihood improvement expectations become the fertile
ground for difficulties reminiscent of the weakness of traditional aid. The intricacies
underpinning this new mechanism that combines land use changes with
environmental conservation and livelihood benefits are debated in the context of
private entrepreneurship and global markets. The analysis is anchored in a socioanthropological
interpretation of climate change science and lays the emphasis on the
risks and constraints of such projects, from the perspective of the target communities.
The paper concludes by discussing the policy implications of these findings.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:
Hierdie tesis behandel die onderwerp van koolstoffinansies binne die konteks van
herbebossing en vermyde ontbossing. Die navorsing is gebaseer op die Nhambita
Veminderde Emissies van Ontbossing en Degradasie (REDD) en die agrobosbou
koolstofkompensasieprojek in Noord-Wes Mosambiek Die tesis opper belangrike
vrae ingevolge die relevansie van koolstofverminderingsprojekte vir die menslike en
biofisiese realiteite van Afrika. Watter kwessies probeer sulke projekte aanspreek? Is
die geteikende kwessies die „ware‟ kwessies, soos hulle gesien word deur plaaslike
bevolkings in ontwikkelende lande? Wie trek voordeel uit sulke projekte en wie trek
die meeste voordeel daaruit?
Die tesis behels twee akademiese verhandelings. Die eerste verhandeling is „n
sinteseartikel wat „n oorsig bied van sleutelkwessies ten opsigte van die uitrol van
verbeterde kookstowe (VKS) binne die konteks van koolstofverminderingsprojekte,
gekombineer met „n vooruitvoerbaarheidstudie oor die bekendstelling van VKS in die
Nhambita-dorpie. Dit dui aan hoe biomassa sal voortgaan om „n dominante rol te
vervul in die aanspreek van energiebehoeftes in Afrika en hoe die onderliggende
paradigmas van vorige stoofvoorsieningsprogramme heroorweeg moet word om tot
die debat by te dra. Hierdie benadering erken die belangrikheid van hierdie hernubare
energiebron, terwyl dit die ekologiese implikasies van die swaar steun op biomassa
besef, veral in Suider Afrika. Gebaseer op 'n oorsig van gepaste literatuur sowel as die
veldwerk gedoen in Mosambiek, word die gevolgtrekking gemaak dat omgewings- en
gesondheidsoorwegings nie genoeg stukrag verleen vanuit die eindgebruiker se
perspektief nie. Die beste kanale om by die teikengebruikers betrokke te raak, is
ekonomiese en sosiale rasionale. Hierdie debat is van besondere betekenis vir die klimaatsveranderingsbeleid maar word ook fyn bestudeer ten opsigte van die
aanvaarding van sodanige programme deur die teikengemeenskappe.
Die tweede verhandeling is verwant aan die eerste in die opsig dat dit die geleenthede
en uitdagings bespreek wat verband hou met die ontwikkelingsbehoeftes van
koolstofverminderingsprojekte. Uit hoofde van die markstelsel wat hulle reguleer,
impliseer sulke koolstofverminderingsprojekte „n innoverende ontwikkelingspraktyk,
waarvolgens projekontvangers die verkopers word van „n tasbare voordeel in die
vorm van koolstofkrediete. Hierdie innoverende dimensie word gedwarsboom deur „n
tradisionele benadering tot ontwikkeling wat ontstaan uit die welvaartverwagtings van
projekdeelnemers. Sodanige bestaansverbeteringverwagtings word die teelaarde van
probleme kenmerkend van die swakheid van tradisionele bystand. Die
ingewikkeldhede van hierdie nuwe meganisme, wat landgebruikveranderings
kombineer met omgewingsbewaring, asook die bestaansvoordele word gedebatteer
binne die konteks van privaat entrepreneurskap en wêreldmarkte. Die ontleding is
geanker in „n sosio-antropologiese interpretasie van klimaatsveranderingwetenskap en
benadruk die risiko‟s en beperkings van sulke projekte, vanuit die perspektief van die
teikengemeenskappe.
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Paudel, Bhim Prasad. "Life insurance and public and private pensions : a survey across some countries." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11238.
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Mestrado em Ciências Actuariais<br>O estudo e comparação do desenvolvimento do setor dos seguros de vida e dos sistemas de pensões em diferentes países é um empreendimento de certa forma ambicioso, dada a complexidade das realidades em causa. Na prática, são quadros sujeitos a múltiplas influências, sobretudo o crescimento económico, o crescimento dos salários e a inflação, fatores que variam de país para país.
Apesar disso, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é precisamente proporcionar uma visão tão global quanto possível de tais realidades. Para esse efeito, e de algum modo na esteira dos
trabalhos de Whitehouse, se analisarão os sistemas públicos de pensões, compilando dados relativos às idades normais de reforma, aos critérios de elegibilidade, aos montantes dos benefícios, ao esforço contributivo e à participação dos Estados no financiamento dos sistemas. Esta informação será complementada com elementos adicionais relativos às iniciativas particulares de poupança, nomeadamente a participação em planos privados de pensões e a aquisição de seguros de vida. Particular destaque será dado a alguns países, considerados paradigmáticos ou especialmente relevantes para o estudo. O importante problema da reforma nos sistemas públicos de pensões será aflorado no final.<br>Life insurance and Pension systems are complex issues and comparing them across countries is therefore difficult. In practice, they are greatly affected by economic growth, wage growth and inflation, and these vary from country to country.
With this project we mainly intend to bring worldwide overview of features of the public Pension systems, with additional information on private pension and savings arrangements.
Information on the age at which pensions can be accessed, the eligibility requirements, the benefit amounts, the contribution rates, the technical methods, and the nature of government?s
financial involvement are other important features to be searched for in this survey. Related information concerning Life insurance products will also be searched.
Particular attention will be given to a few selected countries, chosen according to how paradigmatic they are, or their significance to this study. To finalize, a look into the nowadays very important problem of public Pension systems reform around the world.
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Unite, Emma. "Predicting Petty Corruption in the Public Sector through Household Survey Non-Compliance." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31307.
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Corruption is a phenomenon in which many South Africans are well versed. While it continues to headline the news, the true extent of corruption is difficult to determine. Perception based indices have been proven to be inaccurate and experience-based data is also likely to incorrectly estimate the level of corruption. Forensic economics have come forward to fill this gap. These methods, however, are not always feasible as they rely on special datasets which are often difficult to come by. Using the National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS) Waves 3, 4 and 5, this paper measures the difference in income underreporting between the public and private sectors. This difference is argued to represent the relative level of petty corruption in the public sector. Estimation results show an increasing trend in petty corruption over the period 2012-2017 with the public sector underreporting their income by, on average, 31.71%. Petty corruption is highest in law enforcement and the general government sectors. Evidence shows spatial variation in petty corruption with rural areas having the highest levels of underreporting. Petty corruption is also found to vary across the income distribution as levels of underreporting increase with income.
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Roberts, Heather. "Promoting participation in health in the community using a health survey." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1993. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12598/.
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Health promotion is an emerging discipline that seeks to enhance positive health and prevent ill health. This thesis is designed to inform practice in health promotion. It is based on an action research project that draws together interdisciplinary concepts of the measurement of health and community participation. In so doing it identifies the use of a survey, the Community Health Promotion Survey (CHPS). The thesis argues that when used creatively in this way a survey may simultaneously serve two purposes: first, measure health-related behaviour and, secondly, promote participation in health within a community. Thus, in this study, the survey process and its impact on the lay community were considered to be as important as the measurements of health-related behaviour obtained. Surveys to measure the health-related behaviour of whole populations have been well tested and standard methods were adopted. In this project two of the three local GP Practices gave permission for their FPC patients' lists to be used as a sampling frame which covered 75% of all Staveley's 13,420 adult patients. Lists were stratified by age and sex. A 20% systematic, random sample of 2,003 patients was drawn. The sample was shown to be representative by age and sex of the whole population. A postal survey of these patients, using two reminders, obtained a response of 59% after exclusions for non-delivery of 8%. Males and the elderly are under-represented in response. Teachers in all 3 local secondary schools agreed to administer the survey to their first and fourth year groups. Response from pupils attending school on the day on which the survey took place was 100%. Self-reported measurements of health-related behaviour were obtained, using reliable questions. For example, 23% of adult respondents were ex-smokers and 26% were daily cigarette smokers. 22% of respondents reported that they never drank alcohol and 18% of males had drunk more than 21 units of alcohol in the previous week. Analyses by chisquare and Mantel-Haenszel showed, generally, that the strongest influences on health-related behaviour were age and social class. For example, parental status was less strongly associated with levels of alcohol consumption than age. Re-administration of the adult survey to a matched sample identified changes in health-related behaviour, for example, there was a reduction in the frequency of egg consumption and younger people were more likely to have increased their frequency of drinking skimmed milk than older groups. The role of a survey in facilitating community participation is less well understood. Two crucial elements were therefore introduced and tested in the survey. These may be seen as early stages of community participation and contained key elements of "radical" survey methodology. First, the feasibility of surveying a range of non-representative "hard to reach" community groups was assessed. Of the 52 groups contacted 50 (96%) agreed to participate, with response being achieved from 47 (94%). Response rates from groups collectively was low (16%) but varied greatly between groups, reaching 86% in one instance. Groups producing the highest responses were social in nature, with a membership of 10 - 100. The study showed that many types of community groups will readily assist in the distribution and collection of questionnaires to group members. Secondly, extensive feedback from and about the survey to lay and professional individuals and groups was tested. Results showed that there was considerable lay interest in feedback. 62% of respondents selected, on average, three of the ten items offered. The summary of survey findings (38%) and healthy eating (36%) were of most interest, making up 40% of all feedback. Those often thought to be least interested in health, such as the unemployed, were just as likely to ask for information as others, although women requested 63% of all feedback. Information requested appeared to relate to the individual's circumstances with, for example, males in the "at risk" age group for heart disease asking for that leaflet. The impact of the CHPS on individual respondents and the lay community was measured. The study showed that awareness of the survey was raised amongst 40% of the community. Women (51%) were more likely to have heard about it than men (33%). The survey's ability to stimulate social networks was assessed. Friendships were shown to be the most important channels of information about the CHPS (37%). The family was of equal importance to posters (16%) in disseminating information about the survey. There was some evidence that, in a few groups, awareness of health issues had been raised and some activity had been generated. This appeared to be greater where contacts with a health promotion officer had been established. A surprising, and tentative, finding is that, in itself, the CHPS may have stimulated some change in a small number of individual respondents. Follow-through by professionals that builds on the surveying process and feedback may lead to more intensive levels of community participation. Practical opportunities for follow-through were identified, for example, systematic feedback about their own patients and school pupils to General Practitioners and teachers and feedback of a group's data to a participating community group. Response from health promotion professionals to follow-through opportunities were examined and found to be generally disappointing. The use of the method by policy makers, planners and practitioners was explored. Their dissemination of findings to other professionals and setting targets for changes in the population's health-related behaviour was similar to that observed elsewhere. However, practitioners' response to the implications of research for practice was negligible. It is recommended that health-related behaviour should continue to be seen as one limited but appropriate intermediate indicator for health promotion. The limitations of postal survey data need be recognised, for example, measurements often under-represent the health-related behaviour of some population groups, such as males and the elderly. Resulting bias in data are important considerations when using data in policy and planning, for example, setting targets for health promotion and monitoring population changes in health-related behaviour. Methods for increasing postal response from those known to be poorer responders are suggested, such as personalisation of postal contacts, telephone reminders and complementary data collection methods, including interviewing the elderly in their usual meeting places. It is recommended that, at a national level, reliable, standardised questions should be developed for use in postal surveys to facilitate comparison of data between populations. In terms of community participation in health it is proposed that, based on the CHPS experience, surveys in small areas to further examine their potential to promote participation in health should be carried out. Such studies should focus on examining ways in which surveys may activate social networks and innovative routes for feedback. Emphasis should be given to the use of data by practitioners and to identifying, carrying out and assessing the impact on the lay community of follow-through activities. It is recommended that training for health promotion staff in both research methods and community participation is required to underpin professional practice in community participation in health. The study demonstrated that a survey to measure health and, at the same time, promote participation in health was a feasible, coherent activity that was acceptable to the community. It may therefore be considered as one strategy by health promotion staff seeking economic and innovative methods for practice.
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Amendola, Kimberly B. "Identification and measurement of two factors affecting the long-term outcomes of public relations programs, public image and public trust." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000264.
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Porch, Celina, and n/a. "The impact of desktop personal computer technology on the factors that contribute to job satisfaction and motivation." University of Canberra. Information, Language & Culture, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061106.094834.
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This research study had three aims. The first aim was to identify if any
changes in job characteristics and the motivating potential of jobs occurred
when workers were provided with their own personal desktop computers for
accessing automated integrated information management systems,
wordprocessing and spreadsheeting facilities. The second aim of the study
was to determine if any changes in job satisfaction occurred as a result of
such changes in job characteristics and the motivating potential of jobs. The
third aim of the study was to determine whether changes in job satisfaction
that resulted from changes in job characteristics and changes in the
motivating potential of jobs were moderated by the following factors:
workers' perceptions of the impact of the new technology on their work
practices, workers' prior knowledge of computing, and workers' age, gender
and job category.
A survey questionnaire was used to collect information for this research
study. The complete version of the Job Diagnostic Survey formed the major
portion of this questionnaire. The additional portions of the questionnaire
were designed to collect information relating to workers' perceptions of the
impact of the new technology, their prior computing knowledge and their
age, gender and job category.
A quasi-experimental multiple time-series research design was used to
fulfill the aims of this study. The experimental group comprised 19 workers
who had been using the new technology for no longer than five months. In
order to maximise discrimination between effects that resulted from the
introduction of the new technology and effects that resulted from other
organisational factors, two control groups were used in this research study.
The "established users" group comprised 10 workers who had been using the
new technology in their jobs for at least six months, and the "non-users"
group comprised 22 workers who had not used the new techno�logy in their
jobs and would not do so for the duration of the study. A period of 18
months elapsed between the pretest and the posttest. In total, 51
respondents completed both the pretest and posttest questionnaires. These
respondents' results were analysed using Statview 512+ and JMP
(version 2).
The participants of this research study were all employees of the National
Library of Australia (NLA). Although computer technology has been in use
at the NLA since the 1980s, the new technology that has been the focus of
this research study differs from previous technology because it provides
staff of the NLA with instant access to an information system that is both
fully automated and fully integrated. This has been achieved in two ways.
Firstly, the development of a local area network, the installation of a Dynix
Integrated Library Management System, and the provision of Epsom
personal computers equipped with Word for Windows and Excel for
Windows have collectively made it possible for staff of the NLA now to
access all the NLA's existing and new automated systems from a single
personal computer instead of having to use different equipment for different
automated tasks as has previously been the case. Secondly, rather than
having to share equipment with other staff, each staff member has been
supplied with their own PC.
The study found that the introduction of the new technology did not have
any significant effects on job characteristics and the motivating potential of
jobs. However, there was a significant decrease in job satisfaction after the
introduction of the new technology. It was found that workers had very
positive perceptions of the effects of the technology on their jobs, and very
high levels of prior computing knowledge, and therefore it was concluded
that these factors did not have any moderating effects on the relationship
between the introduction of the new technology and job satisfaction. No
relationships were found between the decrease in job satisfaction and
workers' age, gender and job category. Results of further analysis, however,
reveal that there was a relationship between the decrease in job satisfaction
after the introduction of the new technology and two other factors. These
were a reduction in workers' perceptions of the value of the skills required
to complete their work tasks and a decrease in their social satisfaction.
Further research is suggested in order to determine the general
applicability of these results to other organisations and other occupational
groups.
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Welker-Hood, Laura Kristen. "The Healthy Public Housing Initiative-Environmental Assessment Survey: validation; analysis of leaks, moisture and mold; and public policy implications." Thesis, Boston University, 2005. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/21852.
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Thesis (Sc.D.)--Boston University. PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>The Healthy Public Housing Initiative-Environmental Assessment Survey (HPHI-EAS) is an interviewer-administered instrument that measures indoor environmental residential conditions of multi-unit public housing developments on area, building, and apartment levels. It also collects information on household health status for respiratory and allergy conditions as well as experienced symptom over the preceding 30 days by the survey respondent. The aim ofthis study is to assess the validity and reliability attributes of the HPHI-EAS. Statistical analyses include principal component factor analysis, internal consistency estimations, Wilcoxon Rank Sum test, and correlation analyses related to construct validity. Results showed support for the validity and reliability of 7 separate exposure and health dimensions. Numerous scales were generated so that these more sensitive indices could be substituted into future associational analyses exploring the relationship between deteriorating housing conditions and health.
The Healthy Public Housing Initiative-Environmental Assessment Survey (HPHI-EAS) was administered to 238 residents in two separate multi-unit US public housing developments. Analysis focused on resident reports of exposure to water damage, condensation, and mold as well as symptoms experienced in the preceding 30 days. Patterns of water damage, moisture, and mold in renovated and un-renovated housing were examined by comparing frequencies of occurrence and chi-square statistics. Four separate logistic regression models for each symptom outcome examined the ability of these four indices to predict symptom outcomes. Un-renovated housing had significantly more home dampness than housing having received exterior roof, building envelop, insulation, and plumbing repair.
Sources of leaks contribute differently to deteriorating housing conditions. Outside source leaks are more associated with the development of mold in a residence. Water damage, moisture and mold exposures significantly increase the odds of sick building type symptoms and upper respiratory track problems. Controlling sources of leaks and preventing mold growth in multi-unit buildings would significantly improve the health of both asthmatic and non-asthmatic residents.<br>2031-01-01
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MacMichael, John L. "A survey and security strength classification of PKI certificate revocation management implementations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FMacMichael.pdf.
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Trenkamp, Lesley M. "The Identification of Ethiocal Frameworks Using Public Administration Students." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1258386482.
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Cannon, Margie Brown Clarence D. "A statewide survey of public vocational rehabilitation counselors' perceptions of consumers with autism." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Spring/master's/CANNON_MARGIE_9.pdf.
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Gardias, Karen Sue. "A survey of inclusive and selective music programs in California public secondary schools." Scholarly Commons, 1998. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2607.
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Music teachers were surveyed to investigate a relationship between program type (inclusive and selective) and music student enrollment in California public secondary schools. Inclusive music classes are open to all students. In contrast, selective music classes require students to demonstrate talent or previous experience. Graduation requirements, geographic location, teacher experience, community support, community expectations, and student ethnicity were examined to discover possible variables influencing music student enrollment. The results indicate a positive correlation between music student enrollment and the number of inclusive classes offered. Student enrollment significantly increased in music classes when music was integrated into the general curriculum. Other variables that significantly increased music student enrollment included parent and school board support. Some types of district support (number of music classes offered, music rooms, performance facilities, and accompanist) raised music student enrollment. No relationships were detected between music student enrollment and other variables such as: per pupil expenditure, graduation requirements, geographic location, and community expectations. As school size increased, the percentage of music student enrollment decreased. It was also found that music classes are not representative of the total student population.
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Thörn, Martina. "Green Public Procurement in Swedish Municipalities : An Econometric Analysis based on Survey Data." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-70227.
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Vance, Florestee Newby Marilyn Provart. "Attitude toward and knowledge about art a survey of public elementary school principals /." Normal, Ill. : Illinois State University, 1989. http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/articles/dissertations/8918629.PDF.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1989.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed Oct. 13, 2004. Dissertation Committee: Marilyn P. Newby (chair), Mary Ann Lynn, Max R. Rennels, E. Robert Stefl. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80) and abstract. Also available in print.