High school girls.; Women rowers.; Commitment (Psychology); Performance.; Dynamometer.
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science in Physical Education."; Thesis advisor: Kimberly Kostelis.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2013.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves...
Gambling -- Psychological aspects; College students -- Attitudes
A review of the literature on the gambling behavior of college and university undergraduates explores the prevalence of gambling and also the prevalence of what is variously referred to as problem, pathological, disordered, or compulsive gambling...
Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications; Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications -- Caregivers
According to figures compiled by the Brain lnjury Association, approximately 99,000
people survive each year with permanent disabilities resulting from traumatic brain
injuries (Olendorf, Jeryan & Boyden, 1999). Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a...
Barnacles have been well studied due to their abundance in the marine community and their ability to foul marine structures, such as ship hulls and piers. However, it is necessary to better understand the site-specific reproductive capability of...
Concern about youth access to tobacco products has prompted a number of communities to initiate actions to limit such access. The present study examines the relationship between the level of community mobilization and local "buy rates" through the...
Coping with everyday life stressors is a salient topic in our fast-paced society. The field of Health Psychology has an active interest in the study of personality in the stress and coping process, and its relationship to well-being. The present...
Violence in video games; Video games -- Social aspects
Current contextual models of aggression (e.g., General Aggression Model); Anderson & Bushman, 2002) suggest that exposure to violent video games can lead to the expression of aggression (e.g., anger, physical/verbal aggression, hostility)....
Water quality monitoring stations -- Connecticut; Environmental monitoring -- Connecticut
Estuaries are rich in nutrients, such as nitrogen which may limit plant growth in coastal water bodies. Organic enrichment caused by allochthonous inputs of nitrogen has been shown to have adverse affects on water quality in estuaries. When...
Falkner Island, off the coast of Guilford, Connecticut, is the site of the largest breeding colony of endangered Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) and Common Terns (S. hirundo) in Connecticut, and the sixth largest colony of Roseate Terns in the...
Ankle -- Wounds and injuries -- Prevention; Joints -- Range of motion
his study examined the effectiveness of a standard ankle taping in restricting range of motion during exercise. Male and Female Students (n=15) were selected from the Central Connecticut State University Physical Education and Human Performance...
Service learning -- United States; AmeriCorps (U.S.)
In the recent past there has been a growing concern for the decline in civic and political attitudes long associated with a spirit of citizenship in America (Keeter, Zukin, Andolina, & Jenkins, 2002; Putnam, 2000). A review of the literature...
Issues in psychological testing of minorities have become problematic over the past couple of years. With the population growth of minorities, there continues to be the need for cultural sensitivity in mental health services. Few studies have...
Buddhism and literature -- United States; Spanish American literature -- History and criticism
Jorge Luis Borges, el autor más influyente del cuento hispanoamericano, declaró en una entrevista que aprendió el alemán porque quería leer las obras de Schopenhauer, y que nunca había escrito una exposición sistemática de su punto de vista...
Let X and Z be topological spaces and Y be a subspace of X. A con-
tinuous function f : Y ! Z is extendable to X if there exists a continuous
function f : X ! Z such that f(x) = f(x) for all x 2 Y . If every continuous
function f : Y ! Z is...
Myrmecochory is a widespread and diverse mutualism between ants and flowering plants in which a modified seed appendage, an elaiosome, is provided to ants as a food reward. In eastern North American forests, ants of the genus Aphaenogaster disperse...
Over fifty years after its introduction into clinical practice, succinylcholine is still the only depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent used in this country today. It is highly favored in the clinical practice of anesthesia because of its rapid...
Emotive (Linguistics); College students -- Psychology
Over the last decade, research has demonstrated that individuals writing their
thoughts and feelings about stressful experiences show significant improvements in
subjective well being, as well as physical and mental health. Yet, researchers...
Pathological gambling is a severe, crippling, epidemic in our modern society. Pathological gambling has been linked with a host of personality disorders. The present study will examine the relationship between pathological gambling and the Big...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are two types of revascularization procedures done in patients with single and multi-vessel coronary disease. The purpose of this review of the literature was...
Physical fitness for men -- Measurement; Energy metabolism -- Measurement; Vitamin D
Physical performance is related to functional disabilities. Better interventions to improve function may be targeted if the determinants of physical performance are understood. We evaluated predictors of performance. The relationship of physical...
