The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects
of indoor aquatic activities on the health patterns of the college student.
Three groups of students were used in the investigation: the
experimental group, comprised of students enrolled in aquatic
activities, and two control groups, the first comprised of...
Environmental swabs and meat samples from two of three seafood
processing plants sampled on the Oregon Coast were found to
contain Salmonella. Although these enteropathogens were not isolated
from the finished products, the danger of contamination is great
since the processing received by many seafoods is not designed to
yield...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between poverty and mental retardation and to place mental retardation in its true perspective as a social condition which thrives especially in poverty areas. More specifically, this study attempted to determine if there was any significant relationship between selected social...
The purpose of the study was to explore the ethnic identity of
Chinese American adolescents through the investigation of
relationships between ethnic identity and selected demographic,
sociocultural, and psychological characteristics.
Data were obtained from 106 Chinese American youth between the
ages of 14 and 21 through the use of two...
The study of the diversity of multivariate objects shares common characteristics across disciplines, including ecology and organizational management. Nevertheless, experts in these two disciplines have adopted somewhat separate diversity concepts and analysis techniques, limiting the ability of potentially sharing and cross comparing these concerns. Moreover, while complex diversity data may...
This thesis consists of two essays on applied microeconomics issues. The first
essay presents a hedonic price econometric model of vacant commercial land. The second
essay presents cost frontier analysis on the industry and firm's performance of the U.S.
Motor Carrier industry.
Our hedonic price econometric model includes two new...
Among sexually-active, young women, the motivation to contracept
seems to be more of an issue than the technology. This study explored
two factors associated with the motivation to contracept; specifically,
the relationship of sex role orientation (SRO), and locus of control
(LOC), to the contraceptive use patterns of 77 unmarried,...
