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Personality profile of ultra-distance runners
(1992)
The primary purpose of this study was to determine selected personality characteristics of ultra-distance runners. More specifically, this study: (a) established the personality profile of an ultra-distance runner, (b) ...
Access, distribution and equity of services in two Texas home health care programs
(1993)
This study examines the distribution and equity of services in two community-based home health care programs known as the Primary Home Care Program and the Family Care Program. Using descriptive, explanatory and interpretive ...
An experimental and numerical study of turbulent heat transfer in orthogonally rotating two-pass ducts
(1995)
A heat transfer study from rotating two-pass ducts is presented. A rotating two-pass duct simulates the conditions in a serpentine coolant passage of a turbine blade. This work is mostly experimental with support from ...
The optimal choice of trade policy in oligopolistic industries
(1990)
The analysis of trade policy has long been of interest to both academic economists and government policy makers. There has been a recent resurgence of interest in this area due to the mounting U.S. trade deficits. Economists ...
The roles and competencies of U.S. petroleum industry training and development practitioners in lesser developed countries
(1990)
Large investments in industrial training and globalization of U.S. industry and business lead to questions about the roles fulfilled and the competencies required by U.S. training and development practitioners working ...
The effects of flooding regimes and green-tree reservoir management on succession of bottomland hardwoods
(1994)
I examined the effects of flooding regimes on bottomland hardwood (BLHW) succession by determining the effects of flooding on BLHW seed germination, seedling growth and survival, and mature tree stress and survival in a ...
A characterization of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) for biomass utilization
(1984)
Increased utilization of novel biomass sources for energy conversion schemes has become a significant portion of energy related research and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is often considered a viable potential ...
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry with KeV and MeV projectiles using coincidence counting
(1991)
The goal of this study was to explore sample-projectile interactions by examining secondary ion (SI) yields in an event-by-event impact and detection mode. Cluster secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was evaluated in ...
An analysis of community power structure and socioeconomic characteristics of leaders in Owerri, Nigeria
(1993)
Although the study of community power structure or community decision-making has been relatively intense in the United States since the early 1950s, the study in Nigerian communities is scanty, if there are any at all. The ...
The market effects of auditor resignations
(1993)
This study investigates the information content of the announcement of an auditor resignation. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that the Form 8-K which reports a change in auditors also indicate if the ...