A large portion of farm accidents involves tractors. The study assumes that safety education is one method of decreasing the accident rate. The problem facing educators involves fragmentation of safety information and insufficient understanding of motivation as influenced by factors such as emotions and attitudes. The majority of literature most...
This investigation was concerned with the work values of tenth
grade girls and their relationship to the girls' aspirations and expectations
for future education and marriage-career roles.
The instrument employed for the value measurement was the
Work Values Inventory of Super (1968). An original questionnaire was
developed by the researcher...
The Purpose of the Study
The central purpose of this study was to identify the common
competency elements deemed necessary for entry-level vocational
certification and to develop these elements into groups that would
serve as a basis for use in an occupational competency test. Questions
to be answered from the...
The study was designed to determine the effect of doctoral
study upon the marriages of doctoral students.
The sample for the research was drawn from the total population of married doctoral students enrolled in Oregon State University/Western Oregon State College's School of Education and Oregon
State University's College of Home...
Glutamine synthetase in the embryonic chick neural retina
shows a 50 fold increase in activity between the 16th and 17th day of
embryonic development. This increase in enzyme activity results
from de novo enzyme synthesis thus making it a useful marker of
differential gene expression. A precocious rise in activity...
A project funded by the Southern California Edison (SCE) Company, Research
Center of Irwindale, California, has supported the development of a performance and
parameter prediction software program for use during the refurbishment of large
synchronous machines, turbine generators, and synchronous condensers. The computer
program was developed for SCE to allow...
Normal adult rats absorbed and metabolized C¹⁴-labeled acetate
rapidly. The greatest percentage of the administered radioactivity
was recovered in the expired CO₂, however small amounts of radioactivity
were also found in the urine and feces. There were two rates
of C¹⁴O₂ elimination in normal adult rats. The small amount of...
The purpose of the study was to answer two questions: (1) what are the self concepts and (2) what are the perceptions of skilled occupations of adult Metis in rural northern Alberta? The sample consisted of adult students attending Academic Upgrading programs at Alberta Vocational Centres located in three regions...