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Development of a risk identification framework for merging technology assessment and environmental assessment into a systems approach
(1975-04)Purpose of Study: The awareness of advancing technologies and their impacts on quality of life has resulted in two separate activities, namely technology assessment and environmental assessment. Technology assessment has ... -
Development of biological stations for secondary science education
(1961-01)Scope of Study: Development of the idea of the use of a Biological Station for instruction of secondary school students in the natural sciences, giving them the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy natures processes, and ... -
Development of functional biology
(1957-05)Scope of Study: The high school biology course is a comparatively new subject, having originated slightly over a half century ago. Within this space of time many changes have occurred in the subject and most of these ... -
DFSCRIP: An implementation of a single-pass algorithm for the critical path method
(1984-01)Scope and Method of Study: The scope of this report is the development of comparable computer programs for a new single-pass algorithm and the conventional method for finding the critical path in a project network and to ... -
Differences in geometric assumptions
(1959-05)Scope of Study: Several books on Foundations of Geometry and Non-Euclidean Geometry were examined. Those that gave a complete set of assumptions were given special attention. The sets appeared to be different . They were ... -
Digestion of sewage sludge by aerobic processes
(1962-08)Scope of Study: The purpose of this report is to determine the degree to which sewage sludge can be digested using aerobic processes. The degree of digestion is measured as the per cent reduction of volatile solids, reduction ... -
Discussion and solution of the trajectory curve of upward ejection seats ejected from high speed aircraft
(1956-05)Scope of Study: A comparatively simple and economical solution of the trajectory curve of an upward ejection seat ejected from high speed aircraft is developed. A sample calculation is made to demonstrate the applicability ... -
Dissection techniques for high school biology teachers
(1959-05)Nature of Study: Many high school biology teachers fail to offer their students any individual laboratory activities. One phase of activities which can be effectively administered, but is often avoided by high school biology ... -
Division of family tasks
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Does ability grouping create undesirable aspects for the slow learner?
(1964-08)Scope of Study: This report is an attempt by the author to check some of the literature to see if ability grouping actually creates undesirable aspects for the slow learner. The author is interested in the slow learner ... -
Economic aspects of high school biology
(1959-05)Scope of Study: A purpose of present day biology is to help the student apply biological concepts to practical situations. The student is concerned with scientific knowledge about bacteria, insects, birds, trees and other ... -
Edible wild spermatophytes of Calloway County, Kentucky
(1965-08)Scope of Report: This report is a compilation of the edible wild spermatophytes of Calloway County, Kentucky. Sources were the Murray State College Herbarium, literature records and field observations. This list was assembled ... -
Effect of insecticides on bird populations
(1963-08)Scope and Method of Study: This report has been undertaken as a comprehensive survey of scientific literature since 1945 that has dealt with the effects of insecticides on bird populations. Particular attention was given ... -
Effect of sexual differences on executive compliance with regulation in the banking industry
(1981-12)Scope and Method of Study: The study extends work by Downey and Greer (1981) on compliance with social legislation. The research utilizes a model based on the theories of Kurt Lewin (1951) to investigate sexual differences ... -
Effect of social responsibility information, source of information, and type of media on consumer perceptions of product recalls
(1981-07)A three-variable full factorial experimental design was performed to study consumer's perceptions of a company after they had learned the company had made a product recall. The three variables studied were the effects of ... -
Effect of time on revisions to earnings per share forecasts by financial analysts
(1992-05)Scope and Method of Study: This study develops a model that tests the decision making theory that as the time for actual corporate earnings approaches, financial analysts will make more downward adjustments to their earnings ...