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Validation of a non-exercise regression model for the prediction of maximal aerobic capacity

Dustman, Kymberli (Northern Illinois University, 2002)

Validation of a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder in college-age women

Cross, Melissa Rose (Northern Illinois University, 1997)

Although Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been an official diagnostic category since the emergence o f the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual o f Mental Disorders 3rd edition (DSM-III) in 1980, self-report measures ...

Validation of the adapted Borg-CR-10 effort scale as it relates to swallowing and patients with dysphagia

Kurilla, Erin (Northern Illinois University, 2011)

The aim of this study was to validate the adapted Borg-CR-10 exertion scale, a self-report scale associated with a specific activity for swallowing with the hopes of enabling speech language pathologists to quantify effort ...

Validation of the adapted Borg-CR-10 effort scale as it relates to swallowing and patients with dysphagia

Kurilla, Erin (Northern Illinois University, 2011)

The aim of this study was to validate the adapted Borg-CR-l 0 exertion scale, a self-report scale associated with a specific activity for swallowing with the hopes of enabling speechlanguage pathologists to quantify effort ...

Validation of the Rockport Fitness Walking Test for adults with mild to moderate mental retardation

Kittredge, Jennifer M. (Northern Illinois University, 1993)

The purpose of this study was to determine if the generalized equations created by the original investigators of the Rockport Fitness Walking Test (RFWT) were a valid and reliable estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness ...

Validity and objectivity of a rating scale for the overhead and forearm volleyball pass

Higgins, Kathleen L. (Northern Illinois University, 1994)

The purpose of this study was to determine if a valid and objective rating scale could be developed which evaluated two volleyball skills: the overhead pass and the forearm pass. The rating scale was to be practical and ...

Validity and reliability of a folk-dance performance checklist for children

Slettum, Becky Smith (Northern Illinois University, 1998)

This study focused on the development of a valid and reliable folk-dance performance checklist designed for children and the process involved to train educators to use the assessment tool. The purposes of the study were ...

Validity and reliability of the 20-meter shuttle test in American females 19-34 years of age

LaMontagna, Rene (Northern Illinois University, 1991)

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the 20 Meter Shuttle Test (20MST) and to examine the importance of body composition in predicting maximum oxygen consumption (V̇O[sub 2]max) from ...

The validity of different hypotheses regarding subject and object drop in child language

Lin, Erin B. (Northern Illinois University, 2005)

Validity of maximal oxygen uptake predictions made by the Polar S810i heart rate monitor

Turner, Michael (Northern Illinois University, 2005)

Validity of the sit-and-reach test for male and female adolescents

Garcia, Susan C. (Northern Illinois University, 1994)

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the sit-and-reach test as a measure of low-back and hamstring flexibility for male and female adolescents(15-18 years old). The subjects were 109 (females,n=55 and ...

Valuation of a Trademark

Kocan, Christopher E. (Northern Illinois University, 1996)

Value Funds Versus Growth Funds: An examination of actual differences in price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios

Giovannelli, Christine (Northern Illinois University, 1998)

In recent years the Growth and Value fund investment objectives have received a great deal of attention. The growth style is typically associated with a high price-to-book ratio and a high price-to-earnings ratio while the ...

The value of a stay-home parent

Reynolds, Kevin (Student of economics) (Northern Illinois University, 2012)

How do increasing levels of education affect parents’ decisions to stay home with their children? When children are born parents make the decision to stay home and raise them or to continue at their jobs in the labor force. ...

The value of accreditation : a survey of accredited business communicators

Hartigan, Donna Marie (Northern Illinois University, 1993)

This study concerns the value of accreditation in the communication profession. Licensing of communication professionals, although continually debated, is unlikely. Accreditation programs, though, exist to designate and ...

Values education : an imperative for 1990s school reform

Watson, Marian L. (Northern Illinois University, 1990)

This thesis is about the imperative of incorporating values education in America's public school curricula, for the purpose of national improvement and integration of virtue and knowledge to achieve excellence in American ...

Variable effects of mitochondrial inhibitors and uncouplers related to feeding times in colonial hydroids

Fletcher, Robert (Student of biology) (Northern Illinois University, 2004)

The mitochondria of a cell are the centers of oxidative phosphorylation in aerobic organisms. Certain compounds have been found to perturb the proton gradient created during energy metabolism causing an increase or decrease ...

Variables : what are they and why are they important?

Gavin, Kathleen (Northern Illinois University, 1988)

As a student in MATH 412 last semester, I encountered literature that suggested Algebra I students’ difficulty with that subject stemmed from their misconceptions concerning the concept of variable. Indeed, the transition ...

Variation in body size and relative head dimensions in water snakes : sexual dimorphism, geographical variation, phenotypic plasticity, and performance

Queral-Regil, Alejandro (Northern Illinois University, 1997)

In this thesis, I describe patterns of sexual and microgeographical variation in body size and relative head dimensions among island populations of water snakes (Nerodia sipedon). Female water snakes had bigger bodies and ...

Variation in reservoir-scale deformation of the Jurassic carmel formation through a structural transition in the San Rafael Swell, East-Central Utah

Christensen, Ryan D. (Northern Illinois University, 2001)

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