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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 ... -
The effects of sex, sex-role identity, and gender-appropriateness of occupation on reward allocation behavior
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)Previous investigations in the area of reward allocation have uncovered, on occasion, a pattern of sex differences in which males prefer equity and females prefer equality. Two studies were conducted in order to examine ... -
A readership study of a national trade association newsletter
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)Newsletters are an old but increasingly popular communications medium. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 are currently in existence. Voluntary trade and business associations make extensive use of the newsletter ... -
Precambrian geology of the Aero Lakes area, Beartooth Mountains, Montana
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The Aero Lakes area comprises 31.6 square kilometers of the south central Beartooth Mountains located approximately nine kilometers north-northeast of Cooke City, Montana. Precambrian rocks differentiated into four general ... -
Impact of ostomy upon the spouse
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The needs of the patient undergoing ostomy surgery are both physical and psychological in nature. Rehabilitation is often long term extending beyond the acute care setting into home life. The spouse has been cited as being ... -
The effect of graded levels of ascorbic acid on the cholesterol concentration in the serum, the liver and the adrenal gland of guinea pigs
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)Sixty male guinea pigs were used to study the effects of various levels of ascorbic acid supplements on cholesterol concentration in the serum, the liver and the adrenal gland of these animals. The animals were randomly ... -
An ultrastructural study of chloroplasts and microbodies in seed and seedling cotyledons of Pharbitis nil
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The cellular ultrastructure of cotyledon tissue from seeds and seedlings of Japanese morning glory (Pharbitis nil) was studied. Weight determinations of the seed and seedling cotyledons, the same age as those studied under ... -
Cognitive prerequisites for inducing change in moral development
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)Kohlberg's theory of moral development posits that there are certain prerequisite cognitive skills for achieving certain levels of moral development. Previous research has supported this supposition; however, the data have ... -
Soviet and American education in the visual arts : a space age comparison
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)This study compares visual arts education in Soviet and American schools during the post-Sputnik period, mainly the 1960's and 1970's, It focuses primarily on the Soviet general schools with their many alternatives and the ... -
The Chinese Red Army : a socio-political and institutional analysis
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The anti-Japanese war ended in 1945. But only four years later the Chinese Communist Party took over the whole mainland China, and it is the Chinese Red Army that has been the most important factor in the success of the ... -
A study of the effectiveness of an employee publication
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The problem in this study was to determine the effectiveness of the employee publication of a Midwestern hospital. Although the hospital had issued an employee publication for many years, no attempt had been made to determine ... -
The feasibility of using assessment centers for managerial promotions at the Northern Illinois Works
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The American Telephone and Telegraph Company developed the first industrial assessment center in 1956. Since then, the assessment center method for the selection of supervisors has been increasingly popular. The purpose ... -
The timpani as a vibrating circular membrane : an analysis of several secondary effects
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)When the frequencies of the tiapani modes of vibration are compared with the frequencies predicted by the theory of an ideal circular membrane, the measured fequencies are spread out. Several factors that may cause this ... -
Documentation of the one-person show of ceramic sculpture
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The following work is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree at Northern Illinois University. The work was produced between March 1980 and August 1980. It was presented in an ... -
Documentation of the one-person show of weaving
(Northern Illinois University, 1980)The following work is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree at Northern Illinois University. The work was produced between July, 1978, and May, 1980. It was presented in an ...
