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Reducing pond seepage (1997)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1997)
, and in a few areas, sinkhole collapses in the pond pool area. This publication focuses primarily on seepage that results from permeable soils....
Evaluating the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Endocrine Function during Development
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1999)
The major concerns with endocrine disruptors in the environment are based mostly on effects that have been observed on the developing embryo and fetus. The focus of the present manuscript is on disruption of three hormonal systems: estrogens...
Proposed Physiologic Functions of Boron in Plants Pertinent to Animal and Human Metabolism
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1994-11)
structure, carbohydrate metabolism, RNA metabolism, respiration, indole acetic acid metabolism, phenol metabolism and membrane transport. However, the mechanism of boron involvement in each case remains unclear. Recent work has focused on two major plant...
Response-Dependence, Rigidification, and Objectivity
(Springer Verlag, 1996)
. For simplicity, however, I shall focus my argument on the above simple scheme of moral wrongness, since added complexities will be irrelevant to my argument....
Records recovery and terrorism
(University of Tulsa, 1991)
A recent disaster at Oregon State University did not occur the day after Christmas, on a Sunday, or even on campus. It was not the result ofa water pipe accidentally breaking, an earthquake, or a fire. Instead, it was ...
Care of flowering potted plants (1998)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1998)
This guide focuses on the care necessary for successful survival and growth of fifteen commonly potted flowering plants....
A Comparative Study of the Processes Involved in the Development of Successful Piano Sight-Readers
(1985)
on the page. How the eye sees the notes and the variety of methods used to speed up the recognition process as stated by the various authors are reviewed. The second section focuses on how rhythmic patterns are viewed through the eyes. The steps which...
Infinite Utility and Temporal Neutrality
(Cambridge University Press, 1994)
Suppose that time is infinitely long towards the future, and that each feasible action produces a finite amount of utility at each time. Then, under appropriate conditions, each action produces an infinite amount of ...
Understanding Learning Styles: Strategies for Effective Teaching
(1996-05)
My purpose for this study is to gain insight into the areas of learning style and behavior, with the goal of incorporating these concepts into a practice of rehearsal and classroom teaching. In Chapter One of this paper, ...
Administrative Guidelines for a Vacation Music School at First Baptist Church, Oak Grove, MO.
(1986)
Vacation music schools are fun for all involved and require several months of planning. They minister to the needs of each chorister, and directors of music schools feel the need to continue this type of program. With this ...
An Investigation of the Effects of Teacher Prepared Programmed Tapes, Designed to Enhance Student Listening Abilities on Aural Concept Identification Tasks
(1989)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of post-instruction
achievement by 9-10 year old students, in a single school in Silverdale, Washington, who were instructed with teacher-prepared instructional
tapes. ...
The Identification and Comparison of Learning Styles of Vocal Music Educators at Varying Levels
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the
learning styles of vocal music educators at varying levels,
(i.e. elementary, middle school/junior high, senior high) to
determine if there might be any correlation ...
Transportation of Fish in Bags (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
for several reasons. First, very small fish and fry could be damaged by being shipped in large tanks. Second, due to the extreme distances involved, bag shipment may offer economic advantages over standard tank transportation. This fact sheet will focus...
Vitamin requirements of swine (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Vitamins are essential nutrients for swine. The trend toward complete confinement swine production, however, has focused more attention on the need to supplement practical rations with adequate dietary sources of vitamins. This guide will help swine...
How well can one get to know a Strawsonian person?
(International Phenomenological Society, 1974)
I shall argue that one cannot get to know a Strawsonian person, to speak in a popular way. To speak more philosophically, Strawson has a metaphysical theory of persons which involves serious epistemological difficulties. ...
Critical Notice of G.A. Cohen's Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality.
(University of Calgary Press, 1998)
G.A. Cohen's book brings together and elaborates on articles that he has written on self-ownership, on Marx's theory of exploitation, and on the future of socialism. Although seven of the eleven chapters have been previously ...
Perception, True Opinion and Knowledge in Plato's Theaetetus
(Brill, 1969)
Several years ago Mr. J. Xenakis proposed an interpretation of some aspects of the passage in the Theaetetus in which the thesis that is oc'LaO-?aLq receives its final refutation (184B4- 186El2). Although I agree in the ...
Ralph Vaughan Williams's English Folk Song Suite and Darius Milhaud's Suite Francaise: The Use of Folk Song in Two Composers' Suites for Wind Band
(1996)
In England, the principal collector of folk songs
was Cecil Sharp whose undying zest for the endemic music of his country
influenced Ralph Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger to make use of this rich
fount of musical ...
The Nomic Role Account of Carving Reality at the Joints
(Springer Verlag, 1998)
Natural properties are those that carve reality at the joints. The notion of carving reality at the joints, however, is somewhat obscure. It is sometimes understood in terms of making for similarity, sometimes in terms of ...
Descartes on Theological Knowledge
(International Phenomenological Society, 1982)
Arnauld charged Descartes with circularity in his theological proof. I argue that Arnauld was correct. I also make suggestions about why Descartes fails to see the circularity. Both points are important. Many are uncomfortable ...