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(Re)engaging the other half of America in electoral politics :
(2001)
This dissertation outlines both qualitative and quantitative methods to address the underlying phenomenon. Specifically, 22 focus groups and 54 in-depth personal interviews were conducted to address the causes and solutions ...
A Whiteheadian critique of Jaegwon Kim's analysis of the mind-body problem.
(2001)
The first section of the dissertation examines Kim's views on the nature of physical reality, causation, physical causal closure, and experience. For example, I find that Kim's views of experience are limited by his ...
Busi culture: Getting ahead in Taiwan education.
(2001)
The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the main reasons for busi attendance, the parents' perceptions of busi programs and views of busi benefits for their children, as well as to clarify the effects ...
The effects of conceptual model provision and cognitive style on problem-solving performance of learners engaged in an exploratory learning environment.
(2001)
Sixty-one undergraduate students participated in the study. The Group Embedded Figures Tests was used to classify subjects as field dependent or field independent learners. The design of the study was a pretest/posttest ...
Alterity and hybridity in Anglophone postcolonial literature: Ngugi, Achebe, p'Bitek and Nwapa.
(2001)
Chapter 2 also finds similarities between Petals of Blood and Anthills of the Savannah. It explores the ramifications of Westernization, and the role of politics in the postcolonial nation/state. Characters' sociolects are ...
Migrancy and changing structures: The experiences of South African women in the Eastern Cape.
(2001)
This study examines the breakdown in Xhosa-speaking cultural, economic, and political structures that have been transformed in response to colonialism and apartheid. Its primary purpose was to identify indicators that ...
Magnetic minerals: Understanding the processes of formation in soils and clays and identifying their presence in the rock record.
(2001)
This work presents results of biological formation of magnetite under a variety of laboratory conditions in a hydrocarbon-contaminated soil profile. Magnetite was formed only in biological samples but not in the abiotic: ...
Sick and tired: The effects of message framing and self-efficacy on viewers of health news stories.
(2001)
Dean, Brandes, and Dhardwadkar (1998) introduced the theoretical concept of organizational cynicism, comprised of a set of beliefs, emotions, and behavioral tendencies toward members of an organization. Capella and Jamieson ...
Methodology for the selection and evaluation of computer input devices for people with functional limitations.
(2001)
Fitts' Law was a valid model of performance for assessing the levels of impairment for both groups. Movement time (MT) and Fitts' Law index of performance (IP) correlated strongly with the MMDT scores and served as valid ...
The person-organization fit of warehouse operations employees.
(2001)
Warehouse operations employees from seven firms were surveyed regarding their person-organization fit perceptions, status traits, job attitudes, and coping behaviors. Regression results indicate that person-organization ...