The present study was initially designed to investigate the speech of native Oklahomans in the vicinity of Tulare, California, with the intent to demonstrate the stratification of regional dialect features across social classes. Such stratificatio . . .

Traditionally, the role of the school nurse in sex education has been centered around teaching a unit on personal hygiene and menstruation. Occasionally a factual lecture on the anatomy and physiology of reproduc- tion might also have been presen . . .

A major role of psychologists in school programs has to do with evaluation of children for purposes of categorization, special place- ment, and differential program planning. As we have approached the mid-1970s special education opportunities f . . .

Scientific and technological advances, along with a fast, competitive pace of life, have confronted humans with unique, often paradoxical, situations. Although we have obtained considerable mastery over the physical world, we know very little of o . . .

The past decade has seen tremendous progress in the understanding of mental retardation, early identification and diagnosis, education and training, prevention and treat- ment, and research. However, most mentally retarded persons are said to . . .

Prostate cancer has continued to plague the globe as the second most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. To date, there are no effective treatments towards metastatic, advanced prostate cancer. Fisetin, a natural strawberry flavonoid, has been reveal . . .

The Japanese American elders who lived through World War II, and who were incarcerated in the American concentration camps, specifically, are nearing the end of their lives. Their experiences and thoughts are invaluable, and the window of time availab . . .

The Michaelis and Menten initial rate approach to enzyme kinetics using sucrose hydrolysis by invertase was first performed over 100 years ago. Their approach allows for the measurement of an enzyme’s binding affinity (KM), and the maximum rate of sub . . .

Keto-enol tautomerism is a fundamental concept that examines the migration of a proton amongst two constitutional isomers, the keto and enol tautomer. β-diketones are a class of ketone compounds that exhibit this type of behavior. Acetylacetone (AcAc) . . .

Mennonites living in Russia at the start of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 entered into a climate of almost relentless violence. Mennonites are a Protestant group that formed during the 16th century Reformation. Long-term psychological implications . . .

Coaching purpose defines why coaches do what they do, reflects coaches’ fundamental reasons for being a coach, and represents their motivations for coaching. Quality coaching means teaching life skills and valuable life lessons through sports with the . . .

Mélanges consist of blocks hosted within a finer matrix. These blocks may record homogenous pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions or a wide range of P-T conditions. Researchers generally conclude that mélanges with isofacial peak P-T conditions record . . .

During the past several years of experience in the care of surgical patients, the investigator has observed that surgical patients, in general, were apprehensive during their hospitalizations for surgery. Some patients were more anxious and apprehe . . .

The need for counselors to justify their existence in today's (1974) secondary school programs is for the most part unnecessary. School counselors have become accepted and integral members of the school staff. Evidence of this acceptance can be fou . . .

The San Joaquin Valley of California has one of the largest Mexican American populations in the United States, due to the agricultural need for farm workers and the proximity to the Mexican border. Statistics from the Valley Medical Center of Fres . . .

The purpose of this project was to study the degree to which voluntary health planning agencies may have approved excess hospital beds in California, and to suggest such possible remedial action as may be necessary. Chapter 1451, Statutes of 1969, . . .

As early as 1925, Frederick Maurice Hunter, Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, California, indicated that principles of good school administration require the building principal to be the officer-in-chief of his school. The principal was to be rec . . .

One of the many communication activities nurses participate .in daily is the change of shift report. This small conference involves two or more nurses and usually includes other nursing personnel from the unit. The shift report consists of the o . . .

This study examined the responses of 165 Ss on two independent measures, LOC and SE, in relation to outcomes on eight selected, bipolar, personality adjustment factors from Cattell's "16pf." Criterion points were established for designating a scor . . .

The purpose of this creative study was to write a musical adaptation of Moliere's Tartuffe in the hope of demonstrating both an understanding of the musical comedy form and a competence in that form. Because most success- ful musicals have been . . .

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Identification is a term used in personality and developmental theories which is usually credited to Sigmund Freud (Stoke, 1950) • As Freud first used the concept, " . . . identification endeavors to mold a person's own ego after the fashion of th . . .

The term "self-actualization" was first used by Goldstein, and since its conception, self-actualizing theories have been formulated by Maslow, Horney, Rogers, and others. Maslow used the term to refer to man's desire for self- fulfillment, or . . .

The term "self-actualization" was first used by Goldstein, and since its conception, self-actualizing theories have been formulated by Maslow, Horney, Rogers, and others. Maslow used the term to refer to man's desire for self- fulfillment, or . . .

Meso-American squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), restricted to the narrow coastal zone of southeastern Costa Rica and southwestern Panama, are widely separated from their conspecifics east of the Andes, and have a more reduced range than indicate . . .

Devonian reeflike growths are present in the Great Basin of Southeastern California and Southern Nevada. Detailed paleoecologic studies of these growths are lacking, and this study is an attempt to partially fill that void. Stromatoporoid--rich bi . . .

With each passing year the non-communist industrial world, which includes North America, Western Europe and Japan, has become increasingly dependent upon petroleum as a source of energy. However, the consumption of oil has been marked by intense i . . .

Bush Anemone (Carpenteria californica Torr.) is a rare endemic shrub that exists within a limited range in Eastern Fresno County, California. Little floristic or vegetation research has been conducted on the species in its natural environment. The . . .

In their attempts to measure the relationship between the presentation order of communication information and audience responses, social scientists have developed two laws of persuasive communications "The Law of Primacy"¹ and "The Law of Recency . . .

In recent years the industrial crafts field has been experiencing a "twentieth-century renaissance." With this revival, many of the old world crafts have come to life, one of which is the art of creative knot tying known as macrame. As in all craf . . .

An area of significant importance in the education of hearing impaired children is amplification. Amplification, when properly prescribed and fitted, will offer the hard of hearing child greater auditory input, enabling him to obtain greater be . . .

An expanding number of large scale swine confine- ment units have entered into multiple farrowing programs Numerous observations have indicated that sows farrowing during the summer months have smaller litters with lighter weaning weights than t . . .

Education today is being held accountable for its many programs and activities it is using to educate its students. Community colleges' educational and vocational programs are constantly evaluated by using their graduates' successes as a measuring . . .

Following the methods of Gardner and Gardner (1969) and Premack and Premack (1972), others have continued human- pongid two-way communication studies elaborating upon the procedures of both the former investigators. Fouts (1973), after the Gar . . .

Nematode susceptible and resistant cultivars of grapes were inoculated with nematodes. The rate of respiration of roots of these inoculated rooted plants were compared to the non infected plants of the same cultivar. The rate of respiration of inf . . .

Considerable attention has been directed toward the study of rodent aggression wherein there lies a generally consistent view that male rodents are more aggressive than their female counterparts. The literature on female rodent aggression, however, . . .

Farm ponds are small man-made resevoirs used for watering of farm animals, irrigation and fishing. Because of their small size, farm ponds are susceptible to rapid eutrophication which can cause growth of noxious or poisonous algae, unpleasant odor . . .

The behavioral response of the Dried-fruit beetle, Carpophilus hemipterus (L.), Carpophilus mutilatus (Er.), Pineapple beetle, Urophorus humeralis (F.) and Haptoncus luteolus (Er.) to the pulp and rind of navel orange and Lisbon lemon and to cold . . .

I wish to express my thanks to Louie Fant for his permission to write the story of his life, and his help in providing taped descriptions of various events in his life, and the numerous written documents (journals, articles, notes) that he has acc . . .

To deal effectively with the phenomenon of noise, it is necessary to have some basic understanding of what the characteristics of sound are, how sound behaves, and how it is measured. The Noise Element defines noise as "unwanted sound that is disr . . .

The Alpha Center is the title given to this thesis which summarizes and integrates the empirical research of the author during the period 1971-1975. Its purpose is to document three major related ideas: (l) nontoxic subliminal to very low doses of . . .

The introduction of new better adapted, higher yielding, disease resistant varieties of corn (Zea mays L.) has promo- ted increased production in California. Existing cattle feeding operations and migration from urban areas by large dairy oper . . .

Nurse administrators in hospitals, like management personnel in other industrial organizations, devote consider- able time and effort to the problems of recruitment and retention of qualified personnel. The issues of absenteeism, turnover, and . . .

This study was an initial investigation into the seed yielding capabilities of winter squash. Little work is reported in the literature that deals speci- fically with seed production. Most previous research has been directed toward fruit produ . . .

The pattern of attendance in American higher education is undergoing significant changes. Each year fewer students who graduate from high school in the spring enter college immediately in the fall and continue their enrollment on an uninterrupted . . .

For many years bilingual/monolingual Spanish speaking children have been an established part of the educational system of the United States. In spite of their high enrollment within the schools, which is presently at 14.4 percent in California, 17 . . .

The culture of the United States today puts a great amount of importance on sex. Contained in this society are people who buy, via sexualization, be it a new car or a type of deodorant, and at the same time "clear-cut information on typical contem . . .

Scientific medical knowledge has increased rapidly in recent years. This increase in knowledge has created benefits as well as problems. It is generally accepted that medical treatment has greatly improved in the last twenty years. Along with this . . .

From the recent effluence of publications stimulated by the Women's Liberation Movement has come an introspective and empirical consideration of sex roles and how and why they are filled as they are. Some possible expla- nations or contributing' . . .

This three year study (1970-1972) was undertaken to document reproductive success in a colony of great blue herons at the San Joaquin River Heronry, Merced County, California. Quantitative data were collected on incubation period, clutch size, ha . . .