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The socialization of selected academic department heads at Texas A & M University
(1994)
The purpose of this study was to determine how academic department heads learn their roles through the socialization process for this role at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The literature suggests that faculty experience in ...
Screening for carpal tunnel syndrome at work sites
(1994)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Vibratron II is sufficiently reliable and valid to identify those at risk for developing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Hypothesis I was that the protocol for measuring ...
Attachment style and personality functioning among normal adults
(1994)
This study investigated the influence of attachment style on the personality characteristics of young adults. Attachment style, assessed with a modified version of Hazan and Shaver's (1987) adult attachment style instrument, ...
Global existence and large time behavior of solutions to reaction-diffusion systems with large diffusion coefficients
(1994)
Systems of semilinear parabolic partial differential equations arise naturally in the modeling of certain reaction-diffusion processes. We consider m com ponent systems of the form ut = D A u + f( u ) on (r, T) x fl w ith ...
Reciprocal relationships between adolescent drug use and psychological distress : an examination of the self-medication hypothesis
(1994)
This paper examines the reciprocal relationship of adolescent drug use and psychological distress, with a special focus on the self-medication hypothesis. The hypothesis suggests that people use drugs to relieve the stress ...
Exploring the structure of human resource/training and development non-degree certificate programs at U.S. colleges and universities and the perceived needs of practitioners
(1994)
This qualitative study examined non-degree certificate programs offered at U.S. colleges and universities in human resource development/training and development (HRTD) and focused on three research questions. First, "How ...
Surface modification of preformed polymeric materials : direct functionalization of reactive polymer surfaces
(1994)
Surface modifications of several reactive preformed polymeric materials, such as poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) are described. Those modifications are ...
Investigation of the validity of two depression measures in an elderly medical population
(1994)
This study examined the validity of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) in a sample of 69 elderly medical inpatients and outpatients from Audie L. Murphy ...
Infanticide : toward a sociological perspective
(1994)
This study attempts to discover and model social correlates of infant homicide. A social profile is developed and used to assess the viability of potentially relevant theories, such as theories of aggression, family violence, ...
A comparison of public goods and resource dilemmas
(1994)
This study assesses the relative strength of expected utility theory and prospect theory in explaining behavior in social dilemmas. A 2 x 2 factorial experiment measures the effect of framing games as give or take on level ...