Browsing Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009) by Title
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40Hz activity in MBI, LLD and normal children: a comparative EEG study
(1976)EEGs were recorded on three groups of children classified as Normals (N=22, mean age=10.08, mean IQ=102.32), Language-Learning Disability (LLD, N=29, mean age=9.91, mean IQ=99.36) and Minimal Brain Injured (MBI, N=25, mean ... -
A baccalaureate degree program in nursing at San Francisco State College
(1955)This report is a presentation and interpretation of a baccalaureate degree program in nursing designed specifically for San Francisco State College, It was developed on the basis of regulations of the California Administrative ... -
A basic operating system for TI-960A minicomputer
(1977)Presented in this thesis is an operating system that is designed for teaching minicouputer operating system fundamentals. With a minimum investment in a miniconputer, software support is needed to provide aids for student ... -
A batch operating system for a Microdata 1600/30 : intercommunication between processes
(1975)Part of the implementation of a general purpose batch Operating System for a MICRODATA 1600/30 is presented in this thesis. This Operating System, with a resident of 4K bytes only, works in a minimum configuration of 16K ... -
A Bayesian analysis of employment interviewers' errors in processing positive and negative information
(1977)It is a pervasive finding in the interviewing literature that unfavorable information has more influence upon interviewer's judgements than favorable information. Hollmann (1971) has proposed that interviewers process ... -
A behavioral description of family interactions in the home and the clinic : Inter and intra setting analysis
(1973)Thirty average families were observed for three evenings as they ate dinner in their own homes. They were also observed eating dinner for an additional session in a structured setting in the clinic. The family behaviors ... -
A boundary method for calculating the growth of an instability in a system of two fluids
(1967)A boundary method is presented to solve numerically the problem of gravitational instability for large perturbations in a system of two visco-elastic materials. It is assumed that the inertial terms in the Navier-Stokes[raised ... -
A categorization of the theory of generalized-inverses of matrices
(1970)This study is a survey of the theory of the generalized-inverses of matrices as defined by Penrose. The material has been categorized under the following major areas: the Generalized-Inverse, the Reflexive Generalized-Inverse, ... -
A classification of continua and confluent transformation
(1973)We say that a continuous transformation f of a compact metric space X onto a metric space Y is confluent provided that for each continuum K[proper subset]Y every component C of f[raised -1](K) is mapped onto all of K by ... -
A commercial occupational survey of one hundred selected business firms of Houston, Texas, as a basis for recommending changes in the high school commercial curriculum
(1949)Problem. The purpose of this study was to Investigate the employment needs for office workers and the job require ments of one hundred selected business firms of Houston, Texas, In order: (1) to determine the adequacy of ... -
A comparative analysis of organizational climate, dropout rates, and selected perceptions of trainees from five Manpower training skill centers in Texas and Oklahoma
(1973)The Problem. The problem was to analyze certain perceptions of both ongoing and dropout trainees, together with specific characteristics of the professional staff as well as the organizational climate of five (5) M.D.T.A. ... -
A comparative analysis of variables affecting the tax revenue reliance of the 50 United States
(1978)This study describes and contrasts variations in the tax revenue reliance of the 50 states. In addition, the linkages between measures of several demographic, socioeconomic, and governmental characteristics and tax revenue ... -
A comparative physiological study on the resting cell metabolism of Azotobacter vinelandii grown under nitrogen-fixing and nonnitrogen-fixing conditions
(1972)The respiratory activity of Azotobacter vinelandii strain 0 was examined for whole cells grown on either acetate or sucrose with varying sources of nitrogen, i.e, atmospheric nitrogen, nitrate, or ammonium ion. Oxygen ... -
A comparative study of anti-colonial foreign policy : The cases of Goa and Hong Kong
(1971)The study of foreign policy is of importance to scholars and decision-makers alike. An understanding of the relevant factors involved in the policy process is necessary if one is to attempt to make predictions about the ... -
A comparative study of personality characteristics between seventh-grade students classified as educationally deprived and non-educationally deprived
(1969)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships and differences of personality characteristics between students defined as educationally deprived and non-educationally deprived under Title I of the Elementary ... -
A comparative study of selected background factors related to achievement of fifth- and sixth-grade students
(1963)The purpose of this study was to discover if there were differences in selected background factors between mentally able children who achieved beyond expectancy and mentally able children who achieved below expectancy as ... -
A comparative study of the effectiveness of cloze and textbook procedures in a college reading program
(1967)This study was designed to answer the following questions: 1. Do methods of teaching reading In which close procedures are used result in better total reading achievement, comprehension and vocabulary than methods in which ... -
A comparative study of traditional and transformational approaches to selected topics in trigonometry
(1977)The primary purpose of this study was to compare selected topics in a transformational approach to trigonometry with their counterparts in the traditional approach to determine if there was a significant difference in the ... -
A comparative study of transfer students from a new Texas junior college and native students at seven universities
(1973)The purpose of this study was to acquire information about the transfer of students from a newly organized junior college in Texas to four-year colleges or universities. The basic question considered was: Did junior college ...