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Linguistic Gains During Short-Term Study Abroad: Examining the Role of Initial Proficiency
(Northern Illinois University, 5-05-17)The focus of this project is to determine whether or not second-language learners make significant linguistic gains during short-term study abroad programs. Today we see a ton of study-abroad programs, specifically short-term ... -
The generic managerial functions and "A Northern View"
(Northern Illinois University, 1975)This paper is not intended to deal with my entire independent study experience for this semester. Rather, it will examine the five generic functions of management, planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. ... -
Effect of oncogenic virus on muscle differentiation
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1975-10)Chick muscle cultures infected with wild-type Rous sarcoma virus form myotubes, but these myotubes vacuolate and by day 6 most have degenerated, leaving only large numbers of transformed mononucleated, replicating cells. ... -
Individualism and conformity : their development and influence on the American character
(Northern Illinois University, 1977)In this increasingly self-conscious society almost everyone craves self-definition. One of the chief justifications for the study of purely American literature or American history assumes that Americans are fundamentally ... -
The electronics of E-577 (elastic-scattering) FERMI-National Accelerator Lab
(Northern Illinois University, 1979)What Goes On Roughly (in E577): Something comes down the beam pipe hitting the beam scintillators and something trips off the backward arm ("s" for slow) scintillators. This coincidence is called a B.S. When this happens ... -
Capitalist Agriculture and Labour Contracting in Northern Peru, 1880-1905
(Cambridge University Press, 1980)Article argues that the process of enganche, or the procurement of native highlanders to labor in coastal Peruvian sugar plantations, stemmed in the period 1880-1905 from elements of coercion and violence, as well as capital ... -
Market Constraints as a Rationale for the Friedman-Savage Utility Function
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Let Live and Let Die: Disabled Newborns and Contemporary Law
(1982)Several thousand infants die in the United States each year as a result of parental decisions to withdraw or withhold necessary medical treatment. Physicians implement these decisions in treating infants born with disabilities ... -
The history, usage, and technique of the Chinese cheng
(Northern Illinois University, 1983)Throughout Chinese history, music has been an integral part of the lives of the Chinese people. It was very symbolic; it was considered part of the universe. The entertainment value of music was secondary to its use for ... -
The Duty to Prevent Handicaps: Laws Promoting the Prevention of Handicaps to Newborns
(1983)Lawmakers addressing the problem of legal rights of the handicapped traditionally have tended to focus on the legal rights afforded those persons already possessing certain physical or mental handicaps. Specifically, their ... -
What everyone needs to know about computer security
(Northern Illinois University, 1984)Computers are becoming increasingly important to accounting. General ledgers, cost accounting, and fixed assets can all be computerized. Microcomputers and electronic spreadsheets assist in the preparation of schedules for ... -
DeKalb : keeping abreast with the hospice movement
(Northern Illinois University, 1984)In the past ten years, a new concept in health care, called hospice, has been sweeping our country. Having been long since established in Europe, the hospice movement was introduced to America in the mid-seventies. Since ... -
Working Capital Management
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Eka Dasa
(Northern Illinois University, 1984)“Eka Dasa” is scored for four woodwind players, each doubling on percussion; one percussionist, and one double bassist. The score is in proportional notation, with approximate timings in seconds indicated at the top of ... -
A National Market System: An Evolution Toward Efficiency
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The Process of Factfinding in Judicial Rulemaking: "Some Kind of Hearing" on the Factual Premises Underlying Judicial Rules
(1984)Judicial promulgation of generally applicable rules involving the administration and operation of American judicial systems has been increasingly criticized during the past decade as both too secretive and too closed. There ... -
Reasonable or innocent : the innocent construction rule in Illinois
(Northern Illinois University, 1984)An examination of the legal concept of "innocent construction" in the state of Illinois. -
Are Annulate Lamellae in the Drosophila Embryo the Result of Overproduction of Nuclear Pore Components?
(Rockefeller University Press, 1984-02)Annulate lamellae are cytoplasmic organelles composed of stacked sheets of membrane containing pores that are structurally indistinguishable from nuclear pores. The functions of annulate lamellae are not well understood ... -
The influences of caregiver experience and cry type upon adults' caregiving behaviors
(Northern Illinois University, 1985)Past research has investigated both cry perception and cry acoustics to determine whether cries elicited by differing stimuli can be distinguished by adults and whether caregiving experience affects this ability. Although ... -
The assignment problem
(Northern Illinois University, 1985)In everyday life, and especially in business, situations arise which involve trying to gain the maximum profit for work, or trying to minimize loss. If each of us would investigate linear programming procedures, we could ...
