Hearing impaired--Rehabilitation. , WHO ICIDH-2. , Disability. , Impairment. , Audiologic Rehabilitation. , Goal Writing. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Audiology--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2001. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 47 pages. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project was to implement the newly revised International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICIDH-2) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to establish specific aural rehabilitation...

Audiologists--Salaries, etc. , Medicine--Nomenclature. , Managed care plans (Medical care)--Economic aspects. , CPT codes. , Third part payer. , Managed care. , Audiology practice. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Audiology--Doctoral.

Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2001. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 29 pages. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the project was to survey audiologists in clinical practice setting to determine the amount of time taken to perform various audiologic tests using Current Procedural Terminology, (CPT) codes to define these tests and if the...

Auditory evoked response. , Hearing disorders--Diagnosis. , criteria. , auditory brainstem response. , referral. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Audiology--Doctoral.

Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2000. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 48 pages. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the project was to survey recognized "experts" in the field of neurodiagnostic audiology and practicing audiologists regarding their referral criteria and referral patterns for administering an auditory brainstem r...

Geology, Stratigraphic--Holocene. , Barrier islands--Florida--Pinellas County. , Bunces Key (Fla.) , Bunces Key. , Florida. , lithostratigraphy. , Pinellas County Florida. , stratigraphy. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Geology--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 113 pages. | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 1983. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Bunces Key, a narrow, linear, barrier island on the west-central coast of Florida, was formed in 1961. Its growth and development since that time is well documented by aerial photography. Cores taken from the Key and surrounding areas reveal a stratigraphic succession of ...

Molloy, Sylvia.--En breve cárcel.--English. , Agoraphobia. , Women revolutionaries--France--Paris--History--19th century. , panic disorder. , nineteenth century. , France. , feminism. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Women s Studies--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 90 pages. | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2001. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: My thesis explores how discourse and material practices have created agoraphobia, the fear of public places. This psychological disorder predominates among women. Throughout much of Western history, women have been encouraged to stay home for their safety and for the safet...

Hearing impaired--Rehabilitation--Computer-assisted instruction. , audiology. , aural rehabilitation. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Audiology--Doctoral.

Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2002. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 35 pages. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: A need has been established for aural rehabilitation (AR) sessions throughout the years. The literature reviewed here demonstrates that new hearing aid users do benefit from a structured follow-up AR program. However, this need is often not met for ...

Environmental management--Decision making. , Environmental Justice. , Applied Anthropology. , Ethnography. , Risk Perception. , Public Involvement. , Nuclear Power. , Social Impact Assessment. , Fermi. , Great Lakes. , GIS. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Applied Anthropology--Doctoral.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 323 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: This dissertation reports the activities, methods, and key findings of a doctoral research project in applied anthropology and an environmental anthropology fellowship. The research project was conducted through the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michiga...

john stuart mill. , russell-whitehead. , aristotle. , metaphysics. , logic. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Philosophy--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 58 pages | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: In this thesis I examine three models of justification for the epistemic authority of the principle of contradiction. Aristotle has deemed the principle "that the same attribute cannot at the same time belong and not belong to the same subject and in the same respect&q...

relational aggression. , ideal girl. , curriculum. , imaginary audience. , gender. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--School Psychology--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; | Thesis (Ed.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the meaning of the Loss of Voice experience in adolescent girls using an existential-phenomenological interview approach. An open-ended interview was conducted and participants were asked to "Please think of a specific time when you had something...

singing. , voice. , vocal. , chorus. , choir. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Music--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 50 pages. | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to review and summarize selected choral music education research published between 1996-2002. Four major research surveys in this area were previously published by Gonzo (1973), Hylton (1983), Phillips (1992), and Grant and Norris (1998). Each...

salt marsh herbivores. , plant diversity. , habitat structure. , herbivore abundance. , plant-insect interactions. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Biology--Masters.

Document formatted into pages; contains 46 pages. | Title from PDF of title page. | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Herbivore abundances are determined by a set of interacting factors that vary among different habitat types. Specifically, herbivore abundances in monocultures and polycultures may be governed by the same set of factors but with varying influences in the different habitats...

emotion. , personality. , illness perceptions. , heart attack. , behavioral cardiology. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Psychology--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 103 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to examine differences in the psychological characteristics of patients admitted to the hospital for acute or chronic Myocardial Infarction (MI) or Unstable Angina (UA). Depression, anger, anxiety, curiosity, defensiveness, soc...

Pregnancy Complications. , Sudden Infant Death. , fetal hypoxia. , sids. , maternal risk factors. , prenatal outcomes. , infant. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Public Health--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 62 pages. | Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the third leading cause of infant mortality between birth and the first year of life in the United States. Along with the identication of various maternal risk factors, the role of fetal hypoxia has been hypothesized to be one of ...

Gallium compounds. , Copper indium selenide. , Solar cells--Design and construction. , photovoltaics. , solar. , cis. , cgs. , cigs. , indium. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Electrical Engineering--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 204 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The goal of this research project was to contribute to the understanding of CuGaSe2/CdS photovoltaic devices, and to improve the performance of these devices. The initial part of the research dealt with the optimization of a Sequential Deposition process...

Wilderness areas. , Environmental ethics--United States. , wilderness. , land ethics. , environmental ethics. , environmentalism. , environment. , philosophy. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Philosophy--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 187 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The contemporary concept of wilderness, which is central to environmental theory and activism, is both a help and a hindrance to government policy and to popular environmental beliefs. The Judeo-Christian religious tradition and Locke s property theory p...

Slash pine--Growth. , Fire ecology--Florida--Sarasota County. , slash pine. , fire ecology. , dispersal. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Environmental Science & Policy--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 78 pages. | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: With increasing encroachment on natural communities by anthropogenic activity, it is important to understand the functions of natural ecosystems in an effort to conserve natural areas. A first-hand study of the population dynamics of South Florida Slash Pine (P. elliottii ...

Leadership--Psychological aspects. , Sex differences--Social aspects. , leadership dimension. , task/personal. , democratic/autocratic. , theoretical implications. , gender stereotypes. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Measurement and Evaluation--Doctoral.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 184 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: This experimental study used eight written vignettes to analyze the effects of professor gender, professor leadership style (democratic/autocratic), and type of situation (task/personal) and participant gender on evaluations of professors&softsign; competence, li...

Falun Gong (Organization) , Human rights--China. , china. , media. , religion. , falungong. , human rights. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Applied Anthropology--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 295 pages. | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, has been described in many ways. It has been called qigong, one of many schools of physical exercises that aim at improving health and developing "supernatural abilities". Scholars and mainstream media have referred it to as...

Versification. , prosody. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Speech-Language Pathology--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 174 pages. | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2001. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: This study investigated the affiliation of prosody with childhood articulation disorders. The Tennessee Test of Rhythm and Intonation Patterns, T-TRIP (Koike & Asp, 1981), was used to determine if kindergartners with linguistic (i.e. phonological) speech disorders...

Audiometry--Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Hearing disorders--Diagnosis--Handbooks, manuals, etc. , pure tone audiometry. , speech audiometry. , immittance testing. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Audiology--Doctoral.

Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2001. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 146 pages. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: A student manual of audiological procedures with accompanying laboratory assignments does not presently exist at the University of South Florida (USF). In the first year of the four year Au.D. program at USF, students are enrolled in Audiology Labo...

Ammonia--Sampling. , Air sampling apparatus. , spatial concentrations. , diffusion coefficient for ammonia. , diffusivity. , area sampling. , tampa bay estuary program. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Chemistry--Masters.

Document formatted into pages; contains 115 pages. | Title from PDF of title page. | Original thesis was submitted in HTML and can be accessed at http://www.lib.usf.edu/EDT-db/theses/available/etd-10262001-162331/unrestricted/default.htm | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The purposes of this research were to determine the efficacy of using the Ogawa]a passive sampling device (PSD) to me...

highway utilities. , optimization. , fuzzy sets. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Industrial Engineering--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 76 pages. | Thesis (M.S.I.E.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on a decision-making model for finding the locations for placement of utilities in roadway corridors. In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the volume of traffic on roadways and in the number of utilities placed in Right of Ways. The inc...

dynamic frequency clocking. , multiple supply voltages. , low power synthesis. , datapath scheduling. , average power. , peak power. , power fluctuation. , multicycling. , digital watermarking. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Computer Science and Engineering--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 289 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The proliferation of portable systems and mobile computing platforms has increased the need for the design of low power consuming integrated circuits. The increase in chip density and clock frequencies due to technology advances has made low power design...

alienation. , identity. , dialogue. , organizational development. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Communication--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 190 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Modernism is characterized by alienation from one s self and the processes by which one s self gets constructed. Organizational development (OD) is an activity that attempts to address the experience of work and to transform the historical alienation. OD...

flat glass. , florida. , bottle glass analysis. , window glass dating. , historical archaeology. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Applied Anthropology--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 72 pages. | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Archaeological investigations of Indian Key Historic State Park in the Florida Keys have uncovered a wide range of historical artifacts from throughout the nineteenth century that reveal how the site was reused and reoccupied through time. This thesis focuses on the glass ...

verisimilitude. , path analysis. , model fit. , theory testing. , precision. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Measurement and Evaluation--Doctoral.

Includes vita. | Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 158 pages. | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The empirical testing of theories is an important component of research in any field. Yet despite the long history of science, the extent to which theories are supported or contradicted by the results of empirical research remains ill defined. Quite comm...

Enterovirus B, Human. , Epidemiology, Molecular. , Polymerase Chain Reaction. , Transcription, Genetic. , Laboratory Techniques and Procedures. , echovirus. , coxsackievirus. , surveillance. , vp1. , rt-pcr. , molecular epidemiology. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Public Health--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 86 pages. | Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The Enterovirus genus within the family Picornaviridae contains over 100 serotypes, of which sixty-four are known to be human pathogens. Infection with this group of RNA viruses produces a myriad of clinical conditions including poliomyelitis, meningitis, encephalitis,...

state avoidance. , task. , control-flow dependencies. , supervisory control theory. , string avoidance. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Industrial Engineering--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 99 pages. | Thesis (M.S.I.E.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: A Workflow is an automation of a business process. In general, it consists of processes and activities, which are represented by well-defined tasks. These include Office Automation, Health Care and service-oriented processes such as Online Reservations, Online Bookstor...

forward searching heuristic. , route design. , activity levels. , accessibility. , grid network. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Industrial Engineering--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 92 pages. | Thesis (M.S.I.E.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: In this research a heuristic algorithm is developed for searching and identifying preferred actions as applied to the bus route design problem. The search routine evaluates each subsequent segment added to the route in the context of the value of that segment and also ...

spacing effect. , overlearning. , massed practice. , distributed practice. , spacing. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Psychology--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 39 pages. | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: In a distributed learning strategy, study time is spread across multiple study sessions, without increasing total study time. The benefits of distributed practice, also known as spaced practice, on learning of rote-memory tasks (e.g., spelling, addition, and cued-recall of...

ontology. , gadamer. , freedom. , beauvoir. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Philosophy--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 69 pages. | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to provide a phenomenological examination of Otherness as it relates to the experience of being black in the America. The project begins with a summary of the Otherness theories of Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. I t...

discrete event system. , modular control. , wfmc. , ramadge. , wonham. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Industrial Engineering--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 83 pages. | Thesis (M.S.I.E.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The need for redesigning existing business processes to improve their efficiency makes it essential to adequately represent, study, and automate them. The WFMC defines "workflow" as computerized facilitation or automation of a business process in whole or par...

optimization. , estimation. , Dissertations, Academic--USF--Computer Science--Masters.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 56 pages. | Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: The increasing need for low-power computing devices has led to the efforts to optimize power in all the components of a system. It is possible to achieve significant power optimization at the software level through instruction reordering during the compilation phase. I...

electricity policy

This dissertation assesses the evolving structure and performance of the electricity supply industry (ESI) in Queensland following the restructuring and deregulation process undertaken in 1997 and 1998 respectively. This microeconomic reform process essentially replaced a vertically integrated electricity monopoly with an oligopolistic electricity market. In theory at least, restructuring a monopoly generator, and deregulating the product and capacity markets, should lead to lower electricity pr...

dragline

All systems are unreliable in the sense that they degrade with age and usage and eventually fail. The degradation depends on the load (or stress) on the system and the maintenance actions. With higher load the productivity increases but this is achieved at the expense of faster degradation and more frequent failures. This in turn reduces the availability of the system. The yield (expected output per unit time), expected operational cost and the expected profit are functions of the load and the a...

design

Given a particular combinatorial structure, there may be many distinct objects having this structure. When investigating these, two natural questions to ask are: - Given two objects, where and how do they differ? - How much of an individual object is necessary to uniquely identify it? These two questions are obviously related, with the first leading to the concept of a trade, and the second to that of a defining set. In this thesis we study trades and defining sets, in the context of t-(v,k,lamb...

cell cycle

Baculoviruses are lytic insect viruses. Upon internalisation, the viral genome orchestrates a sequential expression process ultimately leading to lysis of the infected cell. Release of progeny capable of infecting other cells during the process completes the infection cycle. Studies of the infection cycle in cell culture are typically conducted by synchronous infection, i.e. near simultaneous infection of all cells, by means of high virus concentrations. The behaviour of the synchronously infect...

self-determination

The scope of this thesis falls under the title, “Woodrow Wilson, World War I and the Rise of Poland”. The author’s intention in selecting this topic is to examine the national and political re-emergence of Poland in the early twentieth century from a predominantly American perspective, as no other Western nation had played as great a hand in this “rebirth”. Covering the better part of a decade and more that begins by tracing Woodrow Wilson’s ascension to the United States presidency, the examina...

writing depressive illness

This thesis contains two parts: a novella, Plum Sickness and a critical essay, Wrestling the Blue Cactus: grappling for meaning through story and the self: writing depressive illness. The novella tells a story of Judith Black, a young woman with depressive illness. It begins with her admission to hospital after a suicide attempt, then goes back in time to explore her relationships with her lover Michael, and her parents John and Aileen Black. There are fantasy passages showing her attempts to de...

equality

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The main purpose of this thesis is to make the gender perspective of children’s literature visible. I wanted to find out if the books about Pippi Longstocking and Alfons Aberg are suited as basis for a gender discussion among students in the school. By proceed from the books I did a study in a children group in a youth recreation center. The total number of students was 10 aged 6 to 10 years. I chose the books and chapters I found most appropriate as a basis fo...

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1998. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-12, Section: B, page: 6322.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1999. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-12, Section: B, page: 6270. Adviser: Chung-Chieh Lee.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2002. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-04, Section: B, page: 1694. Adviser: Laird D. Madison.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2002. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-11, Section: B, page: 5450. Adviser: Kenneth R. Shull.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2003. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-04, Section: B, page: 1859. Adviser: Aaron I. Packman.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2003. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-01, Section: B, page: 0373. Adviser: Prem Kumar.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1997. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-04, Section: B, page: 2146. Adviser: Lance J. Rips.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1999. , Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-06, Section: B, page: 2766. Adviser: Ralph E. Segel.