The carabid beetle taxocenes in two treatment types, CRP and rangeland, were investigated to determine what species of carabids inhabit those areas. In the summer of 2005, 34 pitfall-arrays were set-up in a paired design through Trego County,...
Significant deficiencies in general and specific type empathy (Fernandez, Marshall, Lightbody, & O’Sullivan, 1998) and in moral development (Buttell, 2002) among child molesters have been found to exist. Given the empirical support that child...
This study compared three types of outcome evaluation techniques currently used in community mental health center evaluation programs. They were the subjective report scales of the Denver Community Mental Health Questionnaire (DCMHQ,), Goal...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the effectiveness of a read-aloud program The sample consisted of 42 students In a treatment group and 18 students In a control group. All were students In the first grade Participation status,...
Hadley Memorial Hospital is a voluntary non-profit corporation operating under the discipline of the Methodist Church. Organized in 1922 as the Hays Methodist Episcopal Hospital, it changed its name to Hays Protestant Hospital prior to opening for...
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...
Marsha Linehan developed Dialectical Behavior Theory (DBT) for the treatment of borderline personality disorder in 1991. Because of DBT’s success, the treatment has spread to other populations and disorders. Due to the poor ratio of theoretical...
This study explored the possible relationships between factors on blood chemistry and psychometric profiles. Specifically the SMA 12/60 (Sequential Multiple Autoanalyzer) and the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) were used for the...
The purpose of this study was to research the comparative contributions of arithmetic review and consumer mathematics as contents of a general mathematics course for schools that could offer only one general mathematics course at the ninth grade...
Six male recent stroke patients served as subjects for the experiment. The patients were randomly assigned to one of three groups. All three contained two treatment conditions (B1, B2) and one control condition (A). Each group had a different...
The paper contains the results of a study of a church related, treatment oriented, residential center for socially maladjusted male adolescents located at Dodge City, Kansas. The study involved an evaluation of educational, psychological,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the attitudes toward reading of third grade students involved in a whole language program. The sample consisted of 71 students. Forty eight students participated in the study group, and a control...
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following postulates: 1) Extreme scores for drinking related locus of control are associated with ego defensiveness, and 2) Relapse is associated with extreme scores for drinking related locus of...
The term dynamic assessment (DA) has been used to describe several types of informal diagnostic procedures that allow examiners to observe the changes in an individual’s performance over a period of time. The purpose of this study was to examine...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate personal change and family involvement/participation in the treatment of chemically dependent individuals. The 5 independent variables investigated were family involvement/participation, gender, age,...
In the study of the effects of a teacher-planned literature instructional program, a teacher re ad – aloud program, and a non-specified reading instructional program on the reading attitudes of first and fourth grade students in two rural,...
The general problem of the present study was to determine the effect of an instructional wellness program upon lifestyle knowledge of fourth grade students, as well as to determine a similar effect on a significant other who was exposed only...
Sociology is in transition form a natural history phase of science toward a true science. This period of transition is marked by numerous efforts at codification of theory. This report explores some of the ways in which the concept...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate alcoholism and surrender. The independent variables were: gender, number of times in treatment, drinking behavior, length of time sober, and level of recovery. The dependent variable was scores from...
This study was intended to provide information regarding the use of the EMG to aid students who wish to concentrate and study better. The study hypothesized that the electromyography could be used to train subjects to attain specific levels of...
A combination of the etching and aquatint techniques were superimposed over relief color-printing giving this linear medium a painterly effect. The above process was also used with the woodcut producing a most pleasing effect. In both the woodcut...
The present research was designed to examine the role that self-efficacy plays in psychotherapy. Thirty-one consenting clients of 18 years and older voluntarily receiving psychological services from practicum students at the Kelly Psychological...
The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was to observe the foaming characteristics of some electrolytic solutions and to investigate some of the physical properties of the solutions, particularly noting any relations or trends indicated by...
A group of 90 high school seniors, enrolled in a senior English course, were administered both the experienced Control (EC) Scale and the Quick Word Test (QWT). The degree of correspondence between the scores on the QWT and the component scores of...
The nation's schools are currently in the midst of reassessing their instructional systems and the impact that they have on student achievement. Educational reform efforts are moving education from an isolated, highly autonomous academic model to a...
Antibiotics are used in human medicine as well as agriculture. In the United States thousands of tons of antibiotics are annually given in low levels to livestock as prophylactics and to promote growth. This is in addition to antibiotic treatments...
This study examined the ability of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (M-C SDS) to assess treatment outcome for alcoholics who had undergone an inpatient treatment program. The study sought to determine whether there would be a...
The effects of a behavior modification program for weight control were assessed using a didactic classroom approach. Subjects were volunteers from a Psychology of Weight Control class in which they were required to enroll for one hour college...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate attitudes of nurses toward alcoholics. The independent variables were; when formal education was received, formal education pertaining to alcoholism, type of position and alcoholism in the family. ...
The identification of barriers to the optimal use of the nurse practitioner (NP) within the Rural Health Clinics (RHC) in Kansas is essential in solidifying the role of the NP as a primary health care provider. As health care reform mandates the...
Relaxation training was integrated into the regular education program of 2 rural Kansas communities. The treatment group, totaling 9 Kindergarten students, received 9 training sessions of approximately 15 minutes in length. Physiological indices of...
The present study investigated teachers' ratings of acceptability as a function of student gender, socio-economic status, and intervention type. Using the Intervention Rating Profile (IRP) and case studies to manipulate the variables of interest,...
From the mid-nineteenth century until the early decades of the twentieth century, medicine underwent a tremendous transformation. No longer was medicine to be based on archaic theories that were grounded on unquantifiable guesswork. Instead,...
Two subspecies of Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) occur in the United States, and neither has been studied extensively. Of the two, the Eastern subspecies (L.j. jamaicensis) has a larger range, but has been studied to a lesser degree than the...
The various Geneva Conventions were designed to protect both combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering during wartime. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, nations developed treaties like the Red Cross Treaty of 1929...
This experiment investigated the effects of calisthenics as an appropriate technique to help reduce hyperactive behaviors, and increase seatwork productivity. A four year old male judged to be of average intelligence, and diagnosed as hyperactive...
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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...
This experiment compared the separate effects of behavior modifications (Stamps System) and drug therapy (Ritalin) in producing a calming effect in a hyperactive child during speech therapy.
An intellectually normal seven-year-old Caucasian...
It was the purpose of this study to (1) explore the potentialities of the “cire pardue” or “lost wax” process in the breaking of volume and mass and to explore the possibilities of space in regard to free and open “organic” forms, and...
Poison grain (2% zinc phosphide and 0.44% strychnine oats), shooting, and deferred grazing were used to control black-tailed prairie dogs in northwestern Kansas. The efficiencies of these three methods were evaluated. Primary poisoning of...
A cueing treatment has been conceptualized as a means by which a novel, neutral stimulus (or stimuli) may come to elicit a conditioned response without any explicit pairing of the cue with the unconditioned stimulus. One other procedure which...
The present field study was an archival study that used an adapted version of the Parents as Reading Tutors program utilizing cross-age tutors instead of parents. The study was conducted by a school psychologist employed by the Hays Unified School...
This study involved an investigation of the effects of depression on metamemorial processes. Subjects were asked to predict their success at answering questions. Some questions induced fact retrieval while others induced inferencing. Measures of...
This study was designed to measure the differential effects of traditional teacher-centered instruction and learner-centered instruction on various student variables. The variables measured were: achievement gain, self concept, perceived student...
Four groups of 16 subjects each were told that a confederate had had either: (a) psychiatric treatment in the past as well as in the present (P-P); (b) psychiatric treatment in the past but not in the present (P-N); (c) no psychiatric treatment in...
Response cost and, reinforcement-of-other-behavior treatments were compared as to their effectiveness in reducing the number of anti-social verbalizations used by teenagers in a group care home. The reinforcement of other behavior treatment reduced...
Hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) were fed wheat soaked in either 1% NaCl, 1% NaHC03, or distilled water. Old adults consumed and assimilated significantly more sodium-treated wheat, but significantly less wheat which was not treated with...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was irrigated when at the boot stage with feedlot lagoon water and well water. A control of no irrigation treatment was also used. The treatments were applied in triplicate. Samples of wheat were hand harvested, hand...
This thesis proposes to answer the following question: are the needs of youth with mental health disorders who arc in juvenile correctional facilities in the State of Kansas, being met? Mental health disorders were researched to gain an...
In grasslands, traditional grazing management aims to utilize the landscape uniformly by homogenizing grazing patterns to evenly utilize available forage. However, livestock selectively graze rangeland based on feedback controls received primarily...
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...
Abstract: There has been a recent increase in the attention of concussions in the media and research world. One of the major factors that contribute to injuries including concussion is fatigue. This study has been designed to allow athletic...
Small mammals were livetrapped in areas subjected to three different burn treatments (one burned the year of the study, one burned a year before the study, and old growth that was burned more than two years before the study). Capture-recapture data...
This investigation was an attempt to determine the vigor of various types of range grasses under different intensities of clipping. Three range grasses selected for study were: (1) a tall grass, big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi Vitman); (2) a...
The relatively unique United States system of jury trails finds citizens form all walks of life being placed into a position of awesome responsibility. Quite often this entails passing judgment on the disposition of another human being’s life. ...
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 effects of self-monitoring upon the ‘free time’ reading behavior of twenty grade school students enrolled in a summer remedial reading course were examined. Two dependent variables were measured: the number of pages read and the...
An hypothesis that there was no relationship between Insects and cattle g razing was tested. The study was conducted on pastures that were stocked lightly (S.L.), moderately (2x), and heavily (3x). The pastures were also grouped in to 2 blocks...
The purpose of the study was to determine if sign language increased the rate in which students learn to read new vocabulary words. A single subject, multiple treatment research design was implemented for use with this study. All of the Saxon...
This study investigated whether instructions regarding expectancy of therapeutic gain would significantly reduce public speaking anxiety. Seven Ss who exhibited a fear of speaking before a large group of people were assigned to a group that...
The purpose of this study was to investigate possible differences in reading comprehension when students with learning disabilities were presented with passages read by the student, read by the investigator, or read electronically from handheld...
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Asthma is a chronic condition that affects individuals of all ages and its prevalence is on the rise (Yen, Yelin, Katz, Eisner, & Blanc, 2006). The prevalence is highest in the United States and Canada (Lougheed. 2007). Poorly controlled...
Grazed and ungrazed limy upland range sites of the Mixed Prairie in west-central Kansas were studied from August, 1973 to August, 1974, to estimate litter and cellulose decomposition rates above and below ground. The rate of decomposition of litter...
Invasion by nonnative plants is particularly prevalent in wetlands. While the ecological patterns in wetland plants are well known, it is less well known how flooding-related soil conditions influence the physiological success of introduced species...
A letter of support written to Thomas Bowen after his dismissal from his post as Brid. General of the 13th Regiment Kansas Volunteers signed by the men who served under his command.
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...
The relative importance of graded stimulus presentation and muscle relaxation in the reduction of classically conditioned autonomic responses were investigated in an experimental analogue of systematic desensitization and its component parts. Skin...
The number of females being incarcerated is rising, and more and more women are being separated from their families. The main cause of this high increase in the female incarceration rate is due to the previous anti-drug acts and laws. Because a...
The primary focus of previous research utilizing Snyder's theory of hope (Snyder, Harris et. al., 1991; Snyder et al., 1996) has been to identify differences between high and low hope individuals. Those high in hope have been found 10 be more...
Portions of an ungrazed clay upland range site and an ungrazed limy upland range site were burned on 16 April 1974 and 1 May 1974. Soil water, herbage yield, species basal area, and frequency were compared with unburned controls for the two...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the achievement of sixth grade students in an integrated language arts curriculum. The sample was from 2 schools in Southwestern Kansas. The sample consisted of 228 students. The treatment group...
The use of arts therapies in medicine has become a popular form of treatment in the United States. Arts therapies are a form of psychotherapy. Music therapy, art therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy and poetry therapy, are all considered...
14 Ss were paired according to pre-treatment smoking rate, then randomly assigned, 7 each, to either a systematic desensitization-covert sensitization (SD -CS) or relaxation-discussion (R-D) group. Ss were seen in groups of 3 or 4 each for 4...
The relation between motivation and recovery from substance abuse was examined, specifically how intrinsic motivation impacts recovery from substance abuse in comparison to extrinsic motivation. Thirty six participants from a drug/alcohol abuse...
This study investigated individual rape reactions from the perspective of personal construct theory. Structured interviews which included both traditional survey devices and repertory grids were held with eight adult female sexual assault victims....
Seventy Ss were divided into seven treatment groups and required to learn a list of words by serial anticipation. Three of the treatment groups learned through multiple-sense stimulation, and the other four learned through single-sense stimulation....
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate attitudes of nurses toward alcoholics. The independent variables were: Level of nursing education achieved, type of nursing position held, formal alcoholism education, and alcoholism in the family....
This research was designed to test the effects of cognitive practice on pursuit rotor performance. Two experimental groups, cognitive group (A) and physical practice group (B), and one control group (C) received differential treatment over a ten...
Some of the most interesting aspects of William Faulkner's work are the parallels to Calvinism which are revealed in Faulkner's view of man and in his treatment of the problem of evil. This thesis traces parallels to Calvinistic doctrine in the...
The present study was a pilot project conducted in order to develop an on-going visual and motor training program as part of the preschool curriculum in a local day care center for exceptional children. The project was designed to assess whether a...
Vascular response to cigarette smoking was measured by blood flow change by utilizing a photoelectric plethysmograph in 43 subjects. All subjects took part in a smoking control program consisting of self-monitoring for a two-week period. It was...
Most studies of predictors of treatment disposition have involved only two alternative dispositions, e.g., hospitalization vs. non-hospitalization (Rabinowitz et al., 1995). The first problem of this thesis was to study predictors of decisions...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate a Reading Recovery program. The independent variables were: participation status, gender, ethnicity, and number of sessions. The dependent variables were: Writing Vocabulary and Dictation. A total of...
Rape has increased in frequency across time and has now become a major problem in this society. The effects of rape are often severe and persistent and may lead to a person seeking help via counseling. Empathy may be one factor involved in...
This experiment compared the separate effects of relaxation, E presence, and E absence in producing a calming effect in a hyperactive child. An apparently physically normal and intellectually gifted, Wise I.Q. 140, six year old male was instructed...
Retinitis pigmentosa is a chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of unknown aetiology. The symptoms of the disease follow a set pattern of progression and usually terminate with blindness. It starts the insidious path to blindness at various...
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
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
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
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 Hays Kansas Normal School. It was published annually, with the exception of 1918...
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
School phobia has been frequently discussed since the 1930's, yet there has been little agreement regarding etiology or appropriate treatment. Although the incidence is only approximately 2% of the school aged population (Kennedy, 1965, Millman,...
This study surveyed 132 (94 women and 38 men) members of the Kansas Association of School Psychologists (KASP) concerning their levels of involvement in activities related to the education about and risk reduction for Acquired Immune Deficiency...
Stems of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seedlings were exposed to localized, acute X-irradiation in an effort to determine effects of such treatment upon the vascular tissues. Exposed stem sections received 1500, 3000, or 9000 r in initial...
Based on the concept of demand characteristics, it was demonstrated that subject to subject interaction can be a source of bias in group research. Two confederates of the experimenter posed as subjects experienced in psychological research, in the...
Because Johnson's phrase “such a swarm of thoughts" is so extremely apt a description of A Tale of a Tub, interpreting that work has always been a problem. The nineteenth-century solution--partially fathered by a virulent disrespect for the...
Recent literature suggests that task difficulty is an important factor when measuring activity rates in children (Turnure , 1970a; Turnure, 1970b; Sen & Clarke, 1968). As a result, this study was undertaken to deter mine if activity levels of first...
A survey of some of the literature relevant to behavioral observation in the experimental analysis of behavior is presented. There is a general lack of agreement whether experimenter effects (observer bias, observer expectancies, etc.) generally...
