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  • NAFTA and Chiapas : problems and solutions

    Creator:
    Veit, Steven J.
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    On New Year's Eve 1993, there was little indication that popular President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was about to take a monumental fall. Mexico was in the midst of unprecedented prosperity. The world's oldest ruling political party, Mexico's PRI, enjoyed substantial support. Allegations of corruption within an authoritarian regime were...
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    : NAFTA and Chiapas: Problems and Solutions. Abstract Approved: uy H. Wood On New Year's Eve 1993

  • An investigation of possible selves across stages of exercise involvement with middle-aged women

    Creator:
    Whaley, Diane E.
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    In order to develop effective interventions designed to encourage more middle-aged individuals to engage in regular exercise, there is a need to further understand the mechanisms involved in the decision to exercise. One appropriate conceptual framework involves future-oriented self-conceptions, or possible selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986). Possible selves, both hoped-for...
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    . Vicki Ebbeck In order to develop effective interventions designed to encourage more middle-aged

  • Possible selves and exercise maintenance among middle-aged women

    Creator:
    Blais, Robin E.
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    Given the high risk of relapse during the first year of exercise involvement, it is important to determine the processes of self-motivation which enable novice exercisers to become long-term maintainers. This study was designed to extend previous Stages of Change (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983) research by comparing the Possible Selves...
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    Women. Abstract approved: Vicki Ebbeck Given the high risk of relapse during the first year of

  • The effect of an intervention program on cohesion with ninth grade female basketball teams

    Creator:
    Smith, Joseph W.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if team cohesion could be enhanced for 9th grade female basketball teams with the implementation of a 14-week intervention program. The intervention program was designed from cohesion building strategies proposed in the literature with the help of three coaches and a leading...
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    Program On Cohesion With Ninth Grade Female Basketball Teams. Abstract approved: Vicki Ebbeck The

  • Examination of adolescents' sources of subjective task value in sport

    Creator:
    Stuart, Moira E.
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    Sport is an avenue for children and adolescents to improve physical skills as well as enhance their psycho-social development. Despite the benefits of sport, numerous children and adolescents choose not to be physically active. Consequently, several investigators have sought to determine why some children choose to participate in sport, while...
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    Subjective Task Value In Sport Abstract approved: Dr. Vicki Ebbeck Sport is an avenue for children and

  • The exercise motivation scale : its multifaceted structure and construct validity

    Creator:
    Li, Fuzhong
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    Building upon Deci and Ryan's (1985, 1991) self-determination theory as well as previous empirical work on motivation, the present study was designed to develop a multifaceted 31-item Exercise Motivation Scale (EMS). A series of pilot studies were first conducted in order to generate the 31 scale items. The EMS was...
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    Scale: Its Multifaceted Structure and Construct Validity Abstract approved: Vicki Ebbeck and Terry ood

  • Quality characteristics for fully-cooked ham, brine-cured prior to freezing

    Creator:
    Wilson, Vicki L.
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    Thirty bone-in hams from market weight hogs were used in this study, three groups of 10 each. One group was brine-cured, frozen and stored (F/S) at -20°C for 90 days prior to heat processing and smoking. A second group was similarly cured and frozen, not stored (F/NS), but thawed immediately,...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Vicki L. Wilson for the degree of

  • Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

    Creator:
    Jolly, J. Christopher
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    From 1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural College, developed an improved brining process for cherries. Brined cherries are used in the production of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the 1920s. This...
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    1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural

  • A numerical approach to Tamme's problem in euclidean n-space

    Creator:
    Adams, Patrick Guy
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Patrick Guy Adams for the degree

  • "The Grind" : MTV and female body image

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    Layport, Jill E.
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    This research addresses the relationship between television programming and body image. It specifically investigates what the Music Television network's (MTV) dance show, "The Grind," communicates about female body image. Two studies were conducted. Study one used seven coders from a western United States high school to record female body images...
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    for his support and interesting ethics lectures. Lastly I would like to thank Dr. Vicki Collins for