Angela Heywood, a nineteenth century Free Lover, radical, labor reformer, anarchist, and ardent supporter of sexual freedom, has been relegated to the shadow of her husband by most historians. Heywood publicly discussed issues such as birth...
The researched area covers the extent of the Keller 3D seismic survey [2 mi2 (5.2 km2)] and is located approximately 12 miles northeast of the city of Hays, Kansas and NW of Ellis and SW of Rooks counties, Kansas. Eight producing oil wells along...
"The purpose of this study is to discover the causes and consequences of
alcoholism at old Fort Hays. Unlikely to encounter Indians, soldiers longed for
entertainment to fill the void of boredom in their lives. Serving as a regional supply
center...
The purpose of this study was to compare the strength gained in the right knee extensor muscles using the DeLorme Boot with the strength gained in the right knee extensor muscles using the QEM Machine. Sixty- three male college students enrolled at...
The chief purposes of this study were (1) to determine the expenditures of ad valorem taxes in Reno County by the various governmental agencies for the year 1963; and (2) to make a percentage comparison of the different governmental expenditures...
Despite the growing number of students with disabilities receiving an increasing share of their education in inclusive classrooms, there is little evidence that inclusion increases academic responding or social interactions. The current...
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...
The purpose of the present study was to compare self reported and actual self-presentational behavior. One hundred two students from several undergraduate courses were asked to take part in two separate sessions. In session one, subjects were...
The purpose of this study is to present a comparison in the rates of an investor- owned utility company and a government-financed utility company. These companies are typical electric companies and will serve as reliable representatives of the two...
The average daily metabolic rate (ADMR) was determined for Peromyscus maniculatus by an open circuit oxygen consumption method and a field method based on food consumption. The ADMR determined by the field method, 0.015 kcal/gm/hr, was not...
Hat Six Ranch, by Edgar Watson Howe, is a novel of the frontier west. In its present form, the novel appears to be an edited version of an earlier draft. The revisions appear to be responsible for many of its weaknesses. Three major sources of...
The purpose of this paper is to present The Communication Thesis as the dialectical method which reconciles the methods of The Exploratory Thesis and The Descriptive Thesis. Only through the method of communication and participation is one capable...
The Ptychodontidae historically have been classified within the Hybondontoidea, a group of chondrichthyans at an intermediate stage of evolution. A s both the most primitive and most advanced forms of Ptychodus possess skeletal and histological...
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...
"A Kansas Glossary: A List of Words and Phrases Characteristic of Kansas Speech" has a twofold purpose: the presentation of a dialect vocabulary of Kansas and the testing of the use of prose fiction in dialect lexicography. The elements of the...
A geomorphic and hydro-geologic investigation of the Saline River Valley in Ellis County, Kansas shows that the bedrock morphology of the paleovalley is very irregular and the morphometry and stratigraphy of the included valley-fill material is...
Eight species of three genera of shrews were recovered from the Albert Ahrens Site, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. Based on dental morphology, biomechanics, and paleoecology, one of these is believed to represent a previously undescribed species of...
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...
A total of 23,400 point counts were made on 75 thin sections of sandstones from the Star Point Sandstone and the Blackhawk Formation (Upper Cretaceous) to determine their petrographic characteristics. Both units are litharenites, fine to medium...
The purpose of this study was to classify and describe some of the algae of Ellis and Trego Counties. There are taxonomic descriptions of 30 species found in the study with 42 photographs of the specimens. Samples of the algae preserved were placed...
American drama was not firmly established, even by 1824. This fact can be seen by checking the subject matter used for plays in the United States up to this period. It is true that some American themes provided material for the stage, but the...
The first purpose of this basic rhetorically-focused writing module is to aid in classroom instruction. There are no texts for seventh, eighth or ninth grades presently available to carry the student step by step through the writing process....
The purpose of this study was to determine whether evidence from test results would support the statements that (1) a similar pattern of test results should emerge from a comparison of the results of the scores obtained on the 12 minute run -walk...
The purpose of this study was to find contributing factors influencing teachers in selected high schools of Western Kansas to change teaching positions. No previous study or survey was located which dealt with this problem in Kansas.
The procedure...
The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the procedures employed in identifying intellectually gifted children attending the elementary Catholic schools of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas; (2) to determine the type or types of programs...
This study was to determine characteristics exhibited by a selected group or adolescent students whose intelligence test scores fell within the average range and whose Performance IQ on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was at least ten...
The problem of this thesis is to determine the extent to which there is direct correlation between a student’s knowledge of general English skills and his performance in reading comprehension and written composition. Certain limitations,...
A study was conducted at Moore’s ponds, nine miles south and six mile west of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between plant communities and the water depths in these communities in a Western...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the concepts of superintendents in selected public school districts in Nebraska regarding their priorities of competencies in educational administration which they believe superintendents should...
The purpose of this study was to provide information regarding the qualifications, duties, and salaries of male coaches of ten selected interscholastic athletic sports in the state of Kansas.
/ A list of 1235 male coaches, class of schools, and...
The scientific study of divorce is still in its initial stages. Sociologists have studied the problem and have made great progress in understanding it. Fiction writers, in presenting the problem through the more easily accessible method of the...
The primary intention of this study was to investigate and determine the concepts of the presidents of the boards in one hundred selected school districts in Nebraska regarding their priorities of competencies that they seek in their evaluation and...
The purpose of this study will be to present the results of facts, figures, opinions, and interpretations of school loads obtained through a questionnaire to a representative group of elementary school principals, within first, second, and third...
This study was an attempt to determine soil and vegetative differences in pastures on upland and slope sites caused by different utilization rates in the past year. Soil and vegetative differences were determined with reference to the following...
Aerobic dance and aqua exercise are rapidly gaining popularity, with aqua exercise now being recognized as a legitimate training modality. However, the effects of aqua exercise programs on various physiological parameters have not been well...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an interdisciplinary cognitive fitness program on the fitness knowledge of fourth grade students. The subjects that participated in this study were selected from a population of fourth grade...
The purpose of this investigation was to establish validity and reliability on the Creative Movement/Dance Analysis (CM/DA). A review of the literature indicated this study is one the few to address the issue of assessment within the realm of...
This study examined the perceptions of teaching faculty towards the librarians (members of the faculty body) at Winthrop College. Results were obtained through a questionnaire and then analyzed with the aid of the Statistical Analysis System (SAS)...
This study was designed to survey Kansas authors, either by birth or residence who have had recent books published for children or adolescents. A summary of each author's work was included with a biographical sketch. In the biographical sketch of...
A survey of vertebrates was conducted from 1987-1991 at Slate Creek Salt Marsh (SCSM), Sumner COlUl ly. Kansas. Emphasis was placed on waterbirds, especially shorebirds, to determine the number of birds using the area on an annual basis....
The problem in this investigation is to discover teacher reaction to various in- service educati0n practices and techniques utilized by administrators and teachers in the development of in-service education programs in the elementary schools of...
The hypotheses stated were 1) that an experience-based concept of academic freedom did exist in America, 2) that there is a relationship between authoritarianism expressed in terms of the California F Scale and attackers of teaching freedom, and 3)...
The purpose of this study was to compare academic performance of students within a culturally diverse intermediate school. It was a comparison of students exhibiting bullying characteristics to the class norm. It was hypothesized that participants...
The purpose of the study is to investigate the level and commitment of academic support and the differences the types of academic support have on retention of Division I student-athletes in the Big 12 and Big 10 conferences.
Sub-problems
Within the...
Our society’s attitudes and beliefs about family violence influence both the course of action taken in the legal system and the enforcement of the laws pertaining to family violence. Traditional sex-role attitudes as they are related to the...
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Most studies on manipulating recovery variables during interval exercise have focused primarily on aerobic training and performances. It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effects of active versus passive recovery on physical...
Activity of small mammals in relation to time of day, various weather conditions, and moonlight was studied during July, August, September, and October, 1964, in a relict area located 1.5 miles southwest of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. The activity...
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...
Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) use alarm calls to warn offspring and other kin of predatory threats. Dialects occur when vocalizations contain consistent differences among populations not isolated by geographic barriers. The Gunnison’s prairie dog...
Structural field evidence indicates that the Potato Hills, located in the central zone of the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma, represent a series of fault-drag folds created by imbricate thrust faulting and back thrusting. An analysis of mesoscopic...
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) represent a tall, mid and short grass type of vegetation respectively, and can typically be found growing in the mixed prairie. It was...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the orientation program at a mid-western regional medical center. This researcher conducted experiments while actually taking part in the newly developed program.
Following the observation experiments,...
In the last several decades the field of education has moved from educating special education students in separate or self-contained classrooms to more inclusive settings. For students with mild disabilities inclusion settings have shown to be...
A GIS database was constructed for Morton County, extreme southwestern Kansas, on the Fort Hays State University Geographic Information System (GIS) with data layers representing roads, public land-survey system, railroad, pipelines, soil types,...
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of cognitive functioning between matched eidetic and noneidetic aged subjects. In addition, the relationships between eidetic imagery, color afterimage, and Necker cube were...
A Status survey one group design was employed to investigate the effects of diabetes on self-concept of 38 diabetics. Ten scales of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale were employed as dependent variables. Seven null hypotheses were written and tested...
A review of the literature concerning the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) revealed that the MARS is currently being employed as a measure of therapy progress despite a lack of conclusive research to justify this procedure. Many scales of a...
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), even students with mental retardation (MR). While inclusion may...
The research focus of inclusion in the general education programs is often directed toward the students who have been identified as eligible for special education services. The research on the effects of inclusion on typically developing students...
Subjects were middle school students enrolled in a public school setting. Initially, students' cognitive styles were measured with the Test of Cognitive Style in mathematics which depicts three styles labeled as "Inchworms", "Medial", and...
The current exploratory study empirically examined the relationship between personality as measured by the NEO PI-R and the Reiss Profile, and dimensions of love in 126 participants. These relationships were not previously tested in the...
Jurassic units within the Utah transition zone in the South Desert region of Capitol Reef National Park were examined to determine styles of tectonic deformation. Using field evidence along with descriptive, kinematic, and dynamic analyses, as well...
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...
Little research has been done on the meaning of sexual intercourse experience, and the way that men and women construe the experience, its value (or lack of), and their expectations of the experience. Herold and Goodwin (1981) imposed a three...
The identification of personality characteristics found to distinguish pregnant teenagers from established adolescent norms may eventually help various professionals to identify those female adolescents who are at greatest risk of becoming pregnant...
Research on attitudes about Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) indicates that stigma and stereotyping of AIDS victims, homosexual or not presents a real problem in the delivery of quality, nurturant care. The purpose of this investigation...
Since there is little research regarding a possible relationship between criminogenic behavior and communication disorders, the purpose of this study was to investigate the auditory processing abilities of adult male offenders. This information...
This was a pioneer study whose purpose was to investigate the auditory processing abilities of inmates residing in a medium security prison using the SCAN-A: A Test for Auditory Processing Disorders in Adolescents and Adults. Subject selection...
A letter written by A. L. Munyon, who lived in Fredonia, to his brother H. F. Munyon, who lived in Michigan. A. L. wrote about a scandal involving a man named Burke; he also wrote about the health of people in the area.
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...
PDF version of Letter to Humphrey Marshall, dated April 22, 1771 [Includes Front & reverse]
Transcript of letter is as follows:
London, April 22. 1771—
Sir,
I duly received your Favours of the 4th
of October and the 17th...
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,...
Research on North American pocket gophers has revealed that their geographic ranges tend to be allopatric. Competition and habitat selection presumably are responsible for allopatry of several mammalian species. MOSI of what is know all about the...
In this investigation, I compiled distribution and habitat records for Chaetodipus hispidus, Dipodomys ordii, Perognathus fasciatus, Perognathus flavescens, and Perognathus flavus on the central Great Plains. I more fully described habitat use of...
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...
Prior to the 2000 and 2001 breeding seasons, 150 nest boxes were erected throughout riparian habitat in Ellis County, Kansas, to study breeding productivity and the post-fledging stage of the House Wren (Troglodytes aedon). During that interval I...
The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a common occupant of Smoky Valley Ranch located in Logan County, Kansas, where the abundance of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) burrows provides ideal habitat for the Burrowing Owl. The...
In Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë has provided vast opportunities to examine how her use of canine imagery illustrates isolation, territorial domination, fierceness, separation from man, lineal descent, and even a sense of fate. In order to...
The purpose of this paper is to examine several plausible causes and consequences for the American revolt against Britain. The most popular causes seem to be: the tyrannical actions of the Mother country; social change within and economic factors...
A microorganism resembling a fungus, as revealed by light microscopy, was collected from a preserved cat dissection specimen in the Fort Hays State University anatomy laboratory. The organism subsequently was isolated and grown in pure culture on...
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...
Former President Ronald Reagan was re-elected in what many consider to be a socially tumultuous period of American history. A wave of immigrants was washing over the United States, calling for a distribution of the "American Dream." Such resource...
Client outcome measurements obtained from a rural stroke clinic were the focus of this investigation Neuman's ( 1995) System Model and the Stroke Risk Profile Appraisal Function Model (Wolf, D'Agostino, Belanger, & Kannel, 1991) based on the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. The sample consisted of 195 undergraduate students. The following independent variables were investigated: age, gender, classification,...
The nesting ecology of solitary and colonial nesting Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) was compared during the 1976 nesting season to determine whether colonialism was advantageous in terms of nesting success. Concrete box culverts were the major...
Beginning in the early 1960s, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have evolved from mainframe computer programs written in FORTRAN into the highly complex desktop PC software that we have today. In the early 1980s, GIS development went in two...
Structural contour and isopachous maps, generated with the Jupiter Computer Mapping system, stratigraphic cross-sections, and well-log data provide the basis from which possible oil and gas exploration can be conducted in the Hugoton Embayment of...
This study was designed to determine some of the possible differences in normal and schizophrenic verbal behavior. Subjects were ten persons at the Larned State Hospital who had been diagnosed as schizophrenic and ten normals matched to the...
The purpose of this thesis was to examine conflict management styles used by members of the Kansas Highway
Patrol to handle conflict situations. Various aspects of conflict and conflict management were researched as well as the background of the...
Two hundred and eighteen psychology and math students of Fort Hays State University helped to investigate the relationships between math anxiety and a coping style based on the attentional process. These two constructs were measured by the...
Violence in premarital relationships is a national problem that has only recently become a topic of interest to researchers. Previous research has shown that about 1/2 of the violent dating relationships continue after violence has occurred....
Individuals of the endangered gray bat, Myotis grisescens, were trapped and marked with reflective bands as they emerged form a maternity colony in the storm sewer beneath Pittsburg, Kansas. These bats subsequently were spotlighted to map flyways...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of isometric strength testing of the wrist palmar flexion muscles on the strength of the contralateral muscle group in male high school students. Twenty-two male high school students enrolled at...
The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of strength transferred to the unexercised contralateral wrist flexor muscle group utilizing a unilateral maximal isometric strength measurement schedule with college men. Twenty right-handed...
Daniel Webster remains a source of fascination and controversy 150 years after the death of this spokesperson of Constitutional unionism. This duality is no doubt due to the tremendous acclaim he received after his expression of Unionist sentiment...
THE PROBLEM: The majority of business executives have little idea of how they make their decisions. Therefore, this study was made for the purpose of suggesting improvements in making effective executive decisions. SUMMARY AND FINDINGS: The main...
Recent concerns about the significant impact of current educational reforms in Kansas on the nature of school psychology services have surfaced. The present study is intended to provide relevant information to the profession of school psychology...
