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An assessment of the administrative internship program for principals in Texas based upon perceptions of public school principals
(1979)
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the administrative internship program for principals in Texas. The population included practicing public school principals in Texas, while the sample .included ...
Development of a safety program for the retail employees of the liquified petroleum gas industry
(1979)
The purposes of this study were to identify the leading causes of accidents involving the retail employees of the LPG industry in Texas, analyze the actual causes of these accident-producing tasks, and develop an instructional ...
Laramide deformation of the wingate sandstone, Colorado National Monument : a study of cataclastic flow
(1979)
During Laramide tectonism, the aeolian Wingate Sandstone was forced folded along the northeast of the Uncompahgre Plateau above faults within the underlying crystalline basement. The internal deformation of the Wingate ...
Adaptive planning for Texas cattle producers facing uncertain prices
(1979)
Cattle producers typically react to cyclical prices by increasing the size of the breeding herd as price increases and decreasing it as price decreases. Current decisions to cull and/or replace cows are based on such data ...
Avifauna of the Concho Valley of west-central Texas : with special reference to historical change
(1979)
Southwestern aridlands have undergone extensive changes in the broad pattern of vegetation since the mid-19th century. In West-Central Texas, woody plant species, primarily mesquite (Prosopis qlandulosa) and red-berry ...
Revenue forecasting models for small municipalities in Texas
(1979)
The major objective of this dissertation was to investigate if existing revenue forecasting models could be modified to provide useful predictive models for revenues of small Texas municipalities. Specifically, an attempt ...
Mechanisms of downhill creep in expansive soils
(1979)
A detailed survey of two tracts of houses on sloping terrain underlain by expansible clay-rich soils indicates that expansive soils are especially susceptible to downhill creep. This poses an additional threat on top of ...
Measurements of pavement condition and performance for Texas highways using sampling techniques
(1979)
Cost-effective, objective performance information obtained on a highway network better enables highway maintenance managers to make informed decisions. Three methods which can be used to obtain such objective information ...
Teacher turnover in Texas secondary vocational industrial education programs
(1979)
The primary objective of this study was to determine the specific reasons for the high rate of public school vocational industrial education teacher turnover in Texas. Secondary objectives included: determining whether the ...