This thesis dealt with one aspect of the proposition that rural mental health care is different than urban mental health care. This aspect is the assumption that the population of children seen at a rural mental health clinic is different from the...
The purpose of this thesis is to add Sherman County to the list of completed county histories, thus presenting future historians with more evidence with which to prepare a history of the state of Kansas. Since little had previously been written...
The major purpose or this study was to examine the differences in experienced control between a psychiatric population who were depressed and suicidal, a psychiatric population who were neither depressed, nor suicidal, and a non-psychiatric...
The purpose of this study was to explore one aspect of self-concept in divorced women. The study was concerned with differences in experienced control between a group of wives, a group of recently divorced women, and a group of women who had been...
Critical care nurses work in a fast-paced and sometimes volatile work environment. Compassion fatigue is a risk that nurses and other helping professionals face. It is a secondary traumatic stress disorder similar to post-traumatic stress disorder...
The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA, 1997) states that students with disabilities should be served in the least restrictive environmental possible. This legislation has caused an increased interest in obtaining more information on how to...
The aggressiveness of Taiwan's economic growth is well known in the world. However, it belongs to "island economics," even if the land and resources have their limitations. In order to make up for this deficit, the best methods are to use the...
That men of genius are temperamentally and emotionally moved by the marvels that surround them is an accepted fact. Scientists have long searched for and found answers to questions on the “how" of what occurs in man's environment. Science has not...
Researchers are only recently beginning to look at the effects of acculturation on the individual. Most or the research in this area has largely focused on the effects of acculturation on a group of people. We are seeing a dramatic increase in the...
Ageism is a term that has evolved in recent years to describe prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviors that occur toward members of the human population as a result of the members' chronological or perceived age. Recent studies suggest...
This thesis provides a history of the National Baseball Congress (NBC) tournament in Wichita, Kansas , from its founding in 1935 to 2005 . The NBC tournament, since its inception, has had an impact culturally, economically, and socially on the city...
I describe a partial skeleton of a theropod from the Later Jurassic Morrison
Formation of Converse County, Wyoming. Collected material included 17 vertebrae,
three ribs, two associated left metatarsals and an incomplete ilium of an Allosaurus in...
The current trend in special education involves providing services for students with disabilities in general education settings instead of pull-out programs (Cheney & Muscott, 1996). Surprisingly, there is little or no evidence that indicates...
Historically, students with behavioral difficulties have been educated in self-contained rooms or in separate educational settings. Recently, the educational field has moved to teaching students with special needs in an inclusive setting. In such...
Two large skeletons of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria. Sauropoda) were excavated from single quarry near Thermopolis, central Wyoming from the Upper Morrison Formation (Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic). Shed theropod teeth and abundant fossil plants and...
This study sought to determine teacher attitudes toward discipline and the relationship between teacher values, and modes of discipline. To test these hypotheses during the Spring of 1983, teachers in three different areas in Kansas complete the...
This nonexperimental descriptive investigation was conducted on older rural women (N=50) in Northwestern Kansas to detect the barriers that hinder them from seeking mammography. The Neuman Systems Model (1989) provided the foundation for...
Ecologic and biogeographic techniques were used to evaluate biogeographic patterns of mammals in Kansas. Environmental variables, natural vegetation types, and mammalian distributions were subjected to a detrended reciprocal analysis (DRA) and a...
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The most common type of antibiotics prescribed in the U.S. and worldwide for clinical infections are beta lactams. It is estimated that 28 million pounds of antibiotics a year are consumed in the U.S. with approximate equal usage between...
Fatty acid methyl ester analysis (FAME), scanning electron microscopy, and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis were used to partially characterize an apparently unique bacterium isolated from the environment. The first 500 base pairs of the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college academic achievement. The independent variables were: gender, college classification, participation in college extracurricular activities, socio-economic status, ethnic heritage, and living...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students' perceptions of cultural environment in residence halls. The five independent variables investigated were citizenship, gender, classification, number of friends of different...
Recent changes in the health care environment have influenced the practice of nursing. Reimbursement for hospitalization based on diagnosis related groups has shortened the length of inpatient stays, thus reducing the time nurses have for...
A thin unit (no more than 10 cm [4 in] thick) consisting of a conglomerate overlying a sandstone was discovered in shales of the Late Cretaceous Kiowa Formation (Albian) in a shale pit in McPherson County, Kansas. The two parts of this unit,...
Sedimentologic, petrographic, and taphonomic evidence indicates that the strata exposed at the Minium Quarry, Graham County, Kansas (SE ¼, Section 34, T7S, R25W) represent a sheet-flood deposit within a stream-dominated environment. These...
The Dakota Sands tone (Cretaceous) exposed near the town of Beulah, Colorado, is composed of sandstones, siltstones, and shales averaging 55 feet (16 . 76 m.) in thickness. Stratification, primary structures, and lithologic features suggest that...
Education has come a long way over the course of history. Gone are the days of simply training a student in the technical skills that he or she might need in order to be successful in a career after graduation. Increasingly, colleges and...
The ecological preferences and behavior of the early Tertiary leporid Palaeolagus haydeni are inferred from the natural history of extant taxa that are morphologically similar. Evidence suggests that P. haydeni functioned as an ochotonid. This...
The purpose of this study was to compare American and Cyprus secondary education, in regard to purposes, content, organization and presentation in an attempt to arrive at unbiased generalizations whereby the two systems might be viewed more...
This study surveyed the opinions of educators toward educating children in an inclusive stetting. For the purposes of this study, inclusion was defined as the practice of educating children with disabilities within a regular education classroom. ...
A capture- recapture study was conducted in an ungrazed mixed- grass pasture to determine if a mowed strip (6 m wide) would serve as a barrier to movement of small rodents and thereby alter the animals' home range. The three species studied were...
ABSTRACT Previous studies indicate the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) alters its environment through grazing, clipping, and burrowing, which affect plant community composition, cover, species richness, and biomass. Previous...
The purpose of this study was designed to examine how rhetorical sensitivity affects customer satisfaction in retail environments. The theory of rhetorical sensitivity was examined concerning how the customer service employee's level of rhetorical...
This study investigated the change in a subject's affective, academic achievement, and psychomotor behaviors prior to and after treatment with Ritalin. The subject of this study was a 12 year 5 month old adolescent diagnosed as having Attention...
The purpose of this study is to provide a written analysis and evaluation of the preparation for the acting and the performing of selected roles in the theatre. The written thesis includes the evaluation of characters portrayed and methods for...
In the last two decades, this society has experienced the paradigm shift known as the Information Age, which impacted our world, and changed the structure of our nation’s economy, our work environments, our institutions, our lifestyles and how we...
According to Buerhaus, Auerbach and Staiger (2009), despite the current easing of the nursing shortage due to the recent recession and many nurses putting off retirement, the nursing shortage is projected to grow to approximately 260,000 registered...
"The phenotype of two Andropogon gerardii subspecies, big bluestem and sand bluestem, varies broadly throughout the Great Plains of North America, giving rise to ecotypes within the species. This study sought to discriminate between genetic and...
The Hillsdale Reservoir in northwest Miami County, Kansas is used as a source of water, for recreation, and for flood control. An intensive study to determine the effects that geology and culture in the watershed have on water quality in the...
Detailed field mapping and sedimentary analysis has revealed the physical stratigraphy, depositional environment, and provenance of the sediment in a small, but geologically important area (Sections 16, 17, 20, and 21, T. 33 S., R. 28 W.) in Meade...
Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) populations have been in steady decline over the past twenty years due to habitat loss, pesticide use, the pet trade, and invasion of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). At Aransas National...
The researcher investigated perceived family environment for high school seniors. The independent variables were educational/vocational plan, residence plan, feelings about the future, maternal education level, paternal education level, family...
Health care today is rapidly becoming a patient-focused environment where emphasis is placed on the professional patient relationship. Communication is a significant component in the relationship and establishing a rapport with the patient is...
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I-D orientation is a personality characteristic that refers to the extent to which individuals compensate for uncertainty in their environment. Those who compensate more are termed delayed-return individuals whereas those who compensate...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of high school students with learning disabilities towards inclusionary services. A descriptive research design, which incorporated a questionnaire, was used in this study. One hundred...
The ever changing environment has lead rural communities to become virtual islands in the Plains Region. Economic changes in agriculture, oil, and other rural business, have caused communities to rethink the way they survive. The purpose of this...
In the space environment heat dissipation to the outside of the spacecraft mainly relies on radiation. A two-phase based coolant is used for the heat transfer. The first order phase transition of vaporization serves as the initial stage of heat...
Job satisfaction is one of the most often mentioned constructs in the theoretical and descriptive literature related to nurses' burnout, commitment, and turnover. Little of the published research has focused on nurses employed in non-urban,...
An effective challenge to the activities of the English government in the 1760s was presented by John Wilkes. His vitriolic attacks on the chief ministers and on King George III established Wilkes and the forty-fifth issue of his newspaper, North...
This article examines the relationship between leader-follower friendships and the innovative environment in organizations. The results of the study reveal that leader-follower friendships are positively related to the measurements of innovative...
This study examined the concept of life satisfaction among the aged. Two major variables were examined in relation to life satisfaction. The first was institutionalization, which has been found to be a relevant variable for attitudes, interests and...
ABSTRACT: The Fullerton Gravel Pit, Morton County, Kansas is one of many sites in western Kansas at which the Ogallala Group crops out. The Ogallala Group was deposited primarily by streams flowing from the Rocky Mountains. Evidence of water...
Material from 13 different mammalian families was recovered from the Rhinoceros Hill West l.f., Miocene (Late Hemphillian), Wallace County, Kansas. Taxa identified to species include Osteoborus cyonoides (Martin). Vulpes cf. V. stenognathus Savage,...
The present study examined the possible relationship between the frequency of occurrence of CVA and the month of admission to a rural regional medical center. Previous studies suggested a relationship existed. The purpose of this investigation...
The purpose of this study was to assess individuals who suffer from bulimia and make a comparison with an equal number of subjects who do not suffer from bulimia. Literature has suggested that certain personality characteristics exist which may be...
In today's healthcare providing an atmosphere that facilitates nurses to be empowered and satisfied with their job is a challenge for hospitals and nursing administrators. The nursing environment provides the elements necessary for nurses to...
Nursing job satisfaction is an important component in today's healthcare environment. Job satisfaction, nurse recruitment, and retention are related throughout current nursing literature (LaSala, 2000; Muus et at, 1993; Stratton et al., 1991;...
The purpose of the researcher was to obtain the opinions of teachers and administrators regarding the shortage of Saudi male public intermediate and secondary school teachers in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, it focused on the problem of a teacher...
The way patients view the care they receive has far reaching implications for the healthcare environment. Nurses need to know what constitutes caring behaviors for their patients. Because of nurses’ constant interaction with patients and...
Nurses are recognized for caring behavior, but do nurses and patients perceive nurse caring behavior differently? The consequences of caring and non-caring behaviors can send dramatic messages to patients and nurses in the healthcare environment....
Over the past 25 years the psychosocial environment of elementary and secondary level classrooms has been the subject o f much research and a number of instruments have been developed for assessing student and teacher perceptions of actual and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate perceptions of the cultural environment of a college campus as perceived by residence hall students. The following independent variables were used, citizenship, gender, academic classification,...
The present study utilized the TAPE analysis (Pervin, 1967) to determine the person/environment interaction with measures of college satisfaction and performance in college freshmen (N=104). Among other hypotheses the study tested the basic...
The Upper Jurassic Morrison and Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain formations are well exposed on the west flank of the San Rafael Swell, a large Laramide anticline located in Emery County, Utah. Both formations consist of siltstone compassed...
Gallows humor is commonly used in the ED, but little has been researched about it. The purpose of the investigation was to explore in depth the meaning of gallows humor by inquiring into and gaining an understanding of the essence of emergency...
This study has investigated the psychological effects of perceived and actual independence from and over the environment, i.e., control, as measured by the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, and the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate quality of effort, place of residence, perception of the environment and students' opinions of college. Seven independent variables were investigated: personal and social development, general...
Significant attention has been brought to the safety of medical and nursing care in acute-care hospitals, but nursing homes are not immune to errors that result in injury (Kapp, 2003). Errors, even minor ones, can have significant impact in this...
The purpose of this study was to investigate reading instructional practices in representative Kansas kindergarten classrooms. Questionnaires were sent to 125 randomly selected Kansas kindergarten teachers. Eighty-three, or 66.4 per cent, responded...
St. Petersburg College offers two complementary certificate programs in Linux Systems Administration and Unix System Administration. The goal of these programs is to prepare the students for industry certification and employment as Linux and Unix...
Current research indicates that family environment factors can affect a person's psychological well-being. However, there tends to be a paucity of research investigating whether or not these various family environment factors are associated with...
This thesis studied relations hips between social support and the adaptive outcomes of mood, perceived competence, and self-efficacy for individuals who served in a care-giving role for adults with mental retardation. First, the study hypothesized...
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The Reveille began publication in 1914 shortly after William A. Lewis became President of Fort...
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Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas....
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
In the field of customer service, various studies have been done in marketing, customer satisfaction, and quality assurance. However, no previous research has applied System Theory to customer service in the communication discipline.
For this...
The purpose of this study was to investigate satisfaction in counseling majors. The four independent variables investigated were gender, program status, employment status, and age. The following subscales of satisfaction were employed as dependent...
The purpose of this study is to design a set that will complement the actors and give them an environment to act in. A set should also create motivation for the show. If the curtain comes up and the audience sees a nicely furnished apartment, it...
Radon is a naturally occurring inert gas produced by the radioactive decay of uranium. Uranium is found in nearly all types of rocks and sediments. Radon-222 (Rn222), the most common isotope of radon, has a half-life of four days. The health risk...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the sound intensity levels and frequency response measurements of selected unoccupied classrooms at Fort Hays State University to determine if class rooms met the American Speech-Language-Hearing...
Spatiotemporal variation of fish assemblages in the Republican River, Kansas, was examined. Data including fish, habitat, stream morphology, and water chemistry were collected seven times over a two-year period (1995-1996) at five sites on the...
The past decade has seen a greater emphasis and focus on alternative medicine, fostering a more holistic approach within health care. With an increasing commitment to holistic care, conceptualization and understanding of spirituality is being...
Empowerment of staff and directors in the health care environment is key to success in providing quality care and services to health care clients. An empowered work force influences the standards that control the nature and flow of care delivery,...
Research has shown that clients with severe and persistent mental illness often suffer from the effects of stigma (Angermeyer, Link, & Majcher-Angermeyer, 1987; Brockington, Hall, Levings, & Murphy, 1993; Corrigan, 1998; Goodwin & Madell, 2002;...
The Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) Cedar Mountain Formation of central Utah is composed of approximately 130 meters of an upper silty mudstone unit, the main body (unnamed shale member), and 15 meters of a basal conglomerate and sandstone, the...
The Codell Sandstone (middle to late Turonian) Member of the Carlile Shale was deposited in a shallow marine environment in the Western Interior Cretaceous Basin during the third order (9-10 Ma) Greenhorn regressive phase. The Codell unit is...
The Crow Creek Member of the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous) is a westward projecting tongue of siltstone overlain by marl, which crops out along the Missouri River and its tributaries in South Dakota.
/ Seventy-nine samples from 15 measured...
The Shafer Limestone is the upper-most member of the Wolfcampian Elephant Canyon Formation in east-central Utah. The unit is exposed at the Shafer Trail area and forms a marine carbonate tongue that thins eastward. The unit is conformable with...
The Sulphur Springs Formation consists of four members, in ascending order: the Upper Devonian (Famennian) “Allenton siltstone,” named herein; Glen Park Limestone, Bushberg Sandstone, and Lower Mississippian (Tournaisian) Bachelor Sandstone. ...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate perceived stress in elementary school students in grades three through six. The independent variables were gender, socioeconomic status of the parents, mother's employment outside the home, family...
This descriptive study examined the perceived levels of stress in first and second level students enrolled in a rural associate degree in nursing program. A review of the literature indicated minimal research in stress experienced by students at...
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the relationship between registered nurses’ perceived level of structural empowerment and decisional involvement. Structural empowerment includes access to opportunity, resources, information, and...
Structural ecological parameters of a population of Peromyscus maniculatus were investigated following a four year live-trap study conducted on a remnant mixed prairie in west - central Kansas. Deer mice had a non-random distribution on the study...
Inclusion is generally described as the placement of a child with a disability with his/her chronological age peers in a regular education classroom. Advocates of inclusion believe that students with exceptionalities will benefit academically and...
Does the subspecies concept reflect meaningful subdivisions within small mammal species on the Central Great Plains? The 11 species of mammals included in this study exhibit an east-west pattern of variation in pelage color and size. Because of...
Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) were used in an investigation of superstitious responding under conditions of negative reinforcement. A 5.000 Hz tone at high intensity was first established as an aversive stimulus for gerbils. The tone...
