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Job Satisfaction of Faculty at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Description: This study was planned to increase understanding of job satisfaction among faculty in middle size universities. The problem was job satisfaction and its association with selected demographic characteristics of faculty at Kenyatta University, second largest university in Nairobi. There was a response rate of 52.6 percent. All of the 300 faculty members with the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, lecturer and teaching fellow participated in this research. Two instruments… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Ngayai, Bernard K.
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An Exploratory Examination of the Profitability Impact of Quality Dimensions for Consumer Goods and Industrial Capital Goods

Description: The issue of dimensions of quality has received very little attention in the marketing literature. This dissertation studies the impact selected individual dimensions of quality has on firm performance. The study examined the relation between product, service and image based dimensions of quality and firm performance. The performance measure utilized in this study was a firm's return on investment (ROI). Sample for the study included Strategic Business Units (SBUs) involved in the manufacture o… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Menon, Ajay
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Sequencing as a factor associated with students' ability to learn programming

Description: The problem of this study concerns the performance of students in computer programming following exposure to a computer-aided instruction (CAI) drill in sequencing and practice exercises. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not student success rates improve in computer programming after completing CAI sequencing drills and practice exercises.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Honarvar, Hassanali
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Borel sets with convex sections and extreme point selectors

Description: In this dissertation separation and selection theorems are presented. It begins by presenting a detailed proof of the Inductive Definability Theorem of D. Cenzer and R.D. Mauldin, including their boundedness principle for monotone coanalytic operators.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Schlee, Glen A. (Glen Alan)
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Test of the Generalizability Of "KBIT" (an Artificial Intelligence-Derived Assessment Instrument) Across Medical Problems

Description: This study was motivated by concerns within the medical education community regarding the psychometric soundness of current assessment methodologies. More specifically, there is reason to seriously question the reliablity and/or validity of these methodologies in assessing the intellectual skills upon which medical competence is based.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Papa, Frank J.
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Rural Women and Development: A Study of Factors Affecting Participation of Rural Women in Nonformal Education Programs in Thailand

Description: This study identified and analyzed factors which affect the participation of rural women in nonformal education programs. These factors were linked to the national program for rural women. Document analysis and unstructured interviews of policy personnel were used to describe national policies for educational programs for women, the status of women's participation in those programs, and issues that influence women's education. Participant observation and unstructured interviews were employed to… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Lohitwisas, Snong
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Ferruccio Busoni's Musical Thinking: A Study of His Sonatina Seconda and Toccata

Description: The objective of the dissertation is to examine certain correlations between Busoni the philosopher and Busoni the composer. His aesthetic and theoretical points of view, which are of vital importance for an appreciation of his compositions, are reviewed. The manifestation of his musical thinking in his own compositional practice is substantiated through an analysis of two of his late works for the piano: the Sonatina seconda and the Toccata. In addition to the lecture recital, based on the dis… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Lim, Chong-Pil
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A Comparison of Special Education Service Delivery in the Public School Districts in the State of Texas: Meeting the Requirement for Least Restrictive Environment

Description: This study examined the rates of regular class placement for Texas public school students with learning disabilities, mental retardation, and emotional disturbance and possible reasons for a high rate of placement. A questionnaire regarding methods used to assist students with handicaps in regular education classes was mailed to the directors of all special education programs in the state. The directors were also asked to submit a copy of the district's June 1, 1989 Superintendent's Annual Repo… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Stewart, Dewanda K.(Dewanda Kay)
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An analysis of absenteeism cases taken to arbitration: factors used by arbitrators in the decision-making process

Description: The purpose of this study was to examine factors used by arbitrators in deciding the outcome of disciplinary labor arbitration cases involving excessive employee absenteeism. The seven key tests of just cause identified by Carroll Daugherty in the 1966 Enterprise Wire Co. arbitration case were used as the basis for examining the cases in the study.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Clay, Joan Marie
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Particle size distribution and qualitative/quantitative analysis of trace metals in the combustion gas and fly ash of coal/refuse derived fuel

Description: This work includes two different areas of research. Both areas are related to the combustion of the binder-enhanced densified refuse derived fuel (bdRDF) with high sulfur coal and examining trace elements. The first area of this work involved studying the trace metals in the combustion gas of bdRDF/coal blend and the effect of the binder, CA(OH)2, on reducing the trace elements emissions. The second area of work involved studying the trace elements in the fly ash and the effect of the dRDF and … more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Attili, Bassam Saleem
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The principle of "sankofa" in elementary music instruction in southern Ghana: selected school personnel's views of and their role in its implementation

Description: The study ascertained elementary school teachers' and supervisors' views about their role in the implementation of Sankofa (Go back and retrieve) in school music. Sankofa mandates the integration of distinctive Ghanian traditional values and practices with Western educational concepts in the school curriculum. In music, it calls for the fusion of multi-ethnic musics of Ghana with Western musical concepts in public school music instruction. Some concerns expressed by Ghanian music educators rega… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Attah, Joe K. (Joe Kofi)
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A Comparison of Three Correlational Procedures for Factor-Analyzing Dichotomously-Scored Item Response Data

Description: In this study, an improved correlational procedure for factor-analyzing dichotomously-scored item response data is described and tested. The procedure involves (a) replacing the dichotomous input values with continuous probability values obtained through Rasch analysis; (b) calculating interitem product-moment correlations among the probabilities; and (c) subjecting the correlations to unweighted least-squares factor analysis. Two simulated data sets and an empirical data set (Kentucky Comprehe… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Fluke, Ricky
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An Experiment on the Interactions of the Learner, HCI, and Training Manual in Learning a Computer Software Package

Description: Training is a vital link between idle or inadequately used software and software seen as a tool. Education can take many forms such as self exploration, CAI, manuals, and formal class room training. The introduction of a computer to a system interjects complex interactions between the computer user and his work environment. Research in this area has been performed by such disciplines as MIS, education, and psychology. A fundamental purpose of this research is to study the interaction of such us… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Pettingell, Karen J. (Karen Jean)
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A study of factors influencing job satisfaction among faculty members at degree-granting colleges of education in Nigeria

Description: The purpose of this study was to analyze the job satisfaction among the faculty members of degree-granting colleges of education in Nigeria. The study was based on the six subsections of the Job Descriptive Index developed by Smith and associates: present work, pay, promotion, supervision, coworkers and job in general.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Duru, Canice Chuma
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Parental and Children's Experiences and Adjustment in Maternal Versus Joint Custody Families

Description: Differences between joint custody and mother custody families were assessed. The sample consisted of 42 post divorce families which had a child between the age of 4 and 15 years and resided in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. This cross sectional, multimethod, quasi-experimental study examined two groups of divorced families. The experimental group consisting of 21 joint custody families, was compared to the control group, consisting of 21 mother custody families. Families were matched between … more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Rockwell-Evans, Kim E. (Kim Evonne)
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Filial Therapy With Incarcerated Parents

Description: This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of filial therapy on reducing the stress experienced by incarcerated parents; its ability to increase the acceptance level by those parents toward their children ; and to determine the effectiveness of filial therapy on improving the self concept of the children of incarcerated parents.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Lobaugh, Frank Alan
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Four Musical Settings of Ophelia

Description: This paper presents a detailed comparative analysis of four important settings of Ophelia's song texts from Shakespeare's Hamlet composed by Brahms, Strauss, Chausson, and Pasatieri. Each of the first three represents a different facet of song composition during the period 1873-1919. The "Five Songs of Ophelia" by Brahms recall the simplicity of Volkslied. Strauss's "Drei Lieder der Ophelia" assume a more complex and formal demeanor, while Chausson's setting, "Chanson d'Ophelie," demonstrates F… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Odom, Gale J. (Gale Johnson)
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Efficient Parallel Algorithms and Data Structures Related to Trees

Description: The main contribution of this dissertation proposes a new paradigm, called the parentheses matching paradigm. It claims that this paradigm is well suited for designing efficient parallel algorithms for a broad class of nonnumeric problems. To demonstrate its applicability, we present three cost-optimal parallel algorithms for breadth-first traversal of general trees, sorting a special class of integers, and coloring an interval graph with the minimum number of colors.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Chen, Calvin Ching-Yuen
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The emergence and development of Browning's auditor

Description: By presenting the auditor as a unifying principle that links Browning's earliest works to his dramatic monologues, this dissertation enhances the importance of the ever-ignored experimental works in developing the dramatic monologue technique. An exploration of the emergence and development of the auditor has an additional, but never ancillary, effect of proclaiming the originality and inventiveness of Browning's dramatic technique.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Cho-Tak, Byong Eun
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An Analysis of the Information Content of Bond-Rating Changes: A Case of Differential Information

Description: This dissertation examines the reaction of common stock prices to the announcement of changes in bond ratings by Moody's Bond Service, while having a control for differential information availability. The Institutional Brokers Estimate System (I/B/E/S) number of security analysts and coefficient of variation of earning per share (EPS) estimates are used as a proxy for information availability of the firms. Past studies differs in their conclusions as to whether the market has responded to annou… more
Date: May 1991
Creator: Pongspaibool, Nantaphol
Partner: UNT Libraries
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