The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships
between fashion innovativeness, fashion opinion leadership, attitudes
toward change and socioeconomic level; and to identify the characteristics
of fashion innovators and fashion opinion leaders among Korean
college women living in a transitional society.
Measures selected for this study consisted of...
A program of research has been established at Oregon State
University to study wood residue combustion using an experimental
spreader-stoker combustor. This research was conducted to increase
the understanding of combustion occurring in wood fired boilers.
Using Douglas Fir screened to 3/8-3/4 inches, two 4x4 factorial
experiments were conducted varying...
In the upper estuary of Yaquina Bay, Oregon, there is an annual
population explosion of Acartia tonsa, (Dana) a calanoid copepod,
during the months of July, August and September, followed by a rapid
decline to virtual extinction in November. The restricted estuarine
distribution affords an excellent opportunity to study the...
The purpose of this study was to investigate one individual difference,
i.e., rate of response, and the effect on student performance
when teachers recognize this difference. Using disadvantaged third
grade students as subjects, three null hypotheses were formulated as
follows:
1. Slow responding accurate students' (Group LH) scores will
show...
The primary focus of this investigation was to assess whether
or not selected ecological indices and leisure preferences demonstrated
statistically significant relationships with the aged's self-concept.
Gerontology, a relatively embryonic discipline, has only
recently begun to examine the impact of demographic, physical and
socio-psychological stresses upon the geron's self-concept. Even...
The conceptual foundations of the study emerged from a review of
the literature, suggesting that a serious gap exists between clergy
and laity in terms of ministerial expectations. This gap has been
attributed in part to a growing estrangement between seminaries and
the churches they serve.
Thus, the central problem...
Penetration has long been recognized as an important factor
in the action of chemicals on plants. The effectiveness of herbicides
on such plants as blackberries is often thought to be limited by the
failure to obtain adequate penetration through the cuticular barrier.
A number of factors, among them relative humidity,...
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