A comprehensive survey of aquatic plant communities in Pickerel Lake, Colchester/East Haddam, Connecticut, was conducted during the growing season of most regional macrophyte species (May 2001 to October 2001). Five weed maps were constructed to...
During the development of potential protein or antibody therapeutics in a pharmaceutical environment, the use of animal models as test subjects is a necessary requirement. The dosing of mice, rats, and primates is essential to drug development...
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Psychology."; Thesis advisor: Bradley Waite.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-40).
Macedonia -- Ethnic relations; Macedonia -- History -- 21st century
The Muslim Albanian-speaking population in the Balkan Peninsula has sought historically to unify the ethnic "Albanian lands" of Kosovo, western Macedonia and Albania but has been denied a single country. For example, in 1878 this dream of ethnic...
Balanidae -- California -- San Diego; Seashore biology -- California -- San Diego; La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)
Growth rates, mortality, and the total number of eggs of the intertidal acorn barnacle, Chthamalus fissus, were studied at La Jolla, California. Both mm and % (absolute and relative) growth rates compared to different body sizes were calculated...
Outer Island is one of the Thimble Islands located just off the shoreline of Stony Creek, Connecticut. The island is about 0.02 square kilometers in size and measures approximately 250 meters long and 90 meters wide. The purpose of this study was...
This investigation studied the importance of realistic job previews presented from network ties to job seekers. Communication researchers have addressed the importance of organizational assimilation and the communication needs of organizational...
Teacher stress and burnout have emerged over the past 20 years as a serious concern for teachers, students and parents. This study tested the hypothesis that teachers who participate in aerobic exercise and have increased parent involvement in...
African Americans -- Race identity; African Americans -- Health and hygiene; African Americans -- Religion
The origins of psychology looked at studying the "psyche" or soul of an individual, as well as the interactions between the biological organism and its physical and social environment. Throughout the evolution of psychology, scientific study and...
Educators and policymakers have noted and expressed concern about a lack of academic motivation among adolescent high school students. Research has confirmed that intrinsic motivation does decline as students progress through school (Lepper,...
Rural, untouched land is being threatened by construction of subdivisions and retail buildings to support the growing population and continuing urban and suburban sprawl. Natural resources and the environment are drastically changing, and are in...
Waterbury, Connecticut is known as the Brass City. To those who are familiar with it, they are also aware of its profound brass history. The former brass factories are abandoned or serving the city in some other capacity. Herein, lay the...
Multiculturalism -- Psychological aspects; Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States; Trust
The United States has always been a diverse culture since everyone (except the Native Americans) came from somewhere else. In recent decades, many people from Asia, Africa, and Latin America immigrated to this country (Alba & Nee, 2003). Now many...
Dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) species are known to vary in abundance due to location. These variations are hypothesized to result from habitat differences in plant species available for landing (Abbott, 2001). This study will answer, in part,...
Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672; Puritans -- New England
Anne Bradstreet often uses musical metaphors, styles, and genres inher poetry to reconcile two religious tensions: between doubt and faith and between the love of the material and the love of the spiritual.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Educational tests and measurements -- United States
As the global marketplace has made the world a more competitive place, governments are eager to ensure their population will be able to measure up to the new challenges. Borrowing the standard metrics and performance reviews from corporate...
The Rocky Hill anticline is a broad open fold in Triassic strata transverse to the
Eastern Border Fault of the Connecticut Valley of Southern New England, and is
crisscrossed by a complex pattern of faults and other brittle fractures. This study...
When fueled, three elements of an organization's makeup-an individual's
personal characteristics, situational attributes, and environmental/working conditions,
either separately, or combined-can create a lethal mix of ingredients for workplace...
Police agencies across the nation have utilized citizen surveys as one tool in
measuring the success of their agency. For policy-makers, citizen surveys provide key
information to help agencies adapt their practices to best meet the needs and...
Socialist realism; Russia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
This paper is an analysis of the ideological development of the phenomenon of Socialist Realism in the
Soviet Union during the Stalin epoch, focusing particularly on the 1920's and '30s. The author examines
the historical influences that made...
