Previous research had indicated that siblings of deceased children
developed a variety of behavioral problems as a result of the
death (Binger et al., 1969; Cain et al., 1964; Martinson et al., 1980;
Stehbens, & Lascari, 1974). The purpose of this study was to determine
the relationship of selected factors...
An apparent consequence of the petroleum boom of the
1970s is the exposure of Saudi Arabia, a formerly closed
society, to a massive onslaught of customs and values
emanating primarily from western societies. The illegal
use of drugs is one such phenomenon which has gained
momentum and rapidly expanded. The...
Systems theory and role theory were used in this study to
develop a management model, integrating the managerial and
psycho-social subsystems of the family system. The integrated theory
and model were used to derive hypotheses concerning whether or not
type of task and actual/relative amount of time spent on household...
Two studies were conducted involving rare earth elements. In the
first study, the use of rare earth diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
(DTPA) complexes as stable actiable tracers, a method of stable-isotope
tracing with post-sampling neutron activation analysis, was explored.
The persistence of rare earth DTPA complexes in estuarine waters was
measured in...