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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"First position"”.
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The Bowing Approach to Cello Playing
… the result that the student may have developed a position to fit that particular string, a position which enabled him to get at it with the least amount of trouble. In this method each exercise covers the entire range of the instrument in first position; each string is played on from the start. …
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Compensation of Cotton to Square Removal at Various Rates
… removal. In 1998, DPL 51 was planted on May first at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, Virginia. This was an ideal location, planting date, and variety, so in 1999, the experiment was expanded to ascertain whether cotton would have the same compensation …
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An examination of the dynamic validities of cognitive ability and personality measures with performance
… a critical test of two competing theories. The first position holds that the validity of personality degrades over time. Support for this position comes from the “ubiquitous” nature of the simplex pattern in individual differences (Humphreys, 1985). It follows that personality validities should …
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Telecommunications service and expense management in US businesses : an analysis of the telecom supply chain and the impact of Internet tools
… non-production expense in most industries, the first position being taken by IT expenditure. Despite this, US businesses face several problems in managing telecommunications services and expenses due to the dynamic telecom environment, voluminous and numerous bills received from several carriers …
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Pieter Waterdrinkers roman Danslessen
… was published in 1998.1 I have examined which positions were taken on antisemitism in the novel Danslessen, by the writer Pieter Waterdrinker and in the public debate of that time and how those positions correspond.<br/>Waterdrinker’s novel seemed to have violated the taboo on antisemitism with …
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Teachers' perceptions of the essential features of whole school development / organisation : towards a model for intervention
… culture, vision and identity was rated in the first position. This was followed by a factor dealing with access to technical and human resources. The last position was occupied by the factor dealing with involvement in efficient strategic planning, structural arrangements and procedures. The …
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Biosynthesis of the antimicrobial peptide epilancin 15X
… by dehydration of a Ser residue in the first position of the core peptide by a lantibiotic dehydratase (ElxB), followed by proteolytic removal of the leader peptide by a serine-type protease (ElxP), and hydrolysis of the resulting N-terminal dehydroalanine residue. A pyruvyl group thus …
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Examining women superintendents' perceptions of the importance of types of mentoring functions.
… systems, women hold the majority of teaching positions, while men hold the majority of administrative positions. Reasons for low numbers of women superintendents have been researched for years. One major reason more women do not occupy the position of superintendent is a lack of mentors and …
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A structured comparison between the Suzuki and Colourstrings violin methods with critical reference to the teaching of notation reading skills
The purpose of this study is to explain and compare the Suzuki and Colourstrings violin methods and their respective approaches to the teaching of notation reading skills to beginner violinists. A thorough literature review on the introduction of notation reading skills to the beginner violinist, …
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From Untrained Nurses Toward Professional Preparation in Montana, 1912-1987
… American Nurses' Association (ANA) published its first position paper in 1965 and in 1978 reaffirmed its position on the educational preparation for nursing practice at the ANA National Biennium, the Montana Nurses' Association (MNA) has maintained a consistent position that a minimum of the …
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The Relationship between Professional Identity and Collective Self- esteem in School Counselors
… chosen code of ethics, role definition (educator first or counselor first), and professional pride. Results indicated that collective self-esteem remained moderately high across several demographic areas and variables related to professional identity. Further, a significant positive correlation …
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Studying sequence effects of mRNA 5' cap juxtapositions on translation initiation rate using randomization strategy of the extreme 5' end of mRNA
… containing all possible permutations of the first 10 nucleotides, referred to as E5S (Early 5' Sequence). The library was transfected into HEK293T cells. The lysates obtained from transfected cells were separated on a sucrose density gradient to isolate mRNAs bound to polysomes. Based on the …
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Principal Perceptions on the Impact of Leadership Development Attributed to the Virginia Tech School Leaders Institute Recently Appointed Administrator Program
… principals should not end once they assume their first position. Research shows that while preparation programs designed to accredit new principals are critical, a growing body of literature is calling attention to the importance of professional growth opportunities that will further the …
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The profile, functions, leader behavior and effectiveness of deans of occupational education in public community colleges of the United States
… minimum educational requirement for filling the position however, increasing numbers of deans had obtained the doctorate. The principal area of experience for the deans was in education, and a majority of the deans had some experience outside the field of education. However, this position was the …
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Composing questions
… fits with existing analyses of the presuppositions of questions and with Beck's (2006) theory of focus intervention effects. The proposed syntax-semantics leads to a new descriptive generalization for focus intervention effects. I present novel data that the previously assumed strict …
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Labyrinthum capellae. Le "Annotationes in Marcianum" di Giovanni Scoto Eriugena e la fortuna del neoplatonismo cristiano
… ways about this relatioship. According to the first, the human being is capable of get a knowledge about God thanks to its own reason and logical thought processes (by the analysis of the nature as a Speculum Dei); on the other way, only the faith and the grace could give the man the …
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Live crown ratio model and lumber recovery for intensively managed loblolly pine
… compared to total board ft. DBH ranked at the first position followed by total tree height and live crown ratio similarly ranked for volume and high-grade lumber volume. For proportions of high-grade lumber, tree height was at top rank followed by LCR, and DBH. However, the effect of these …
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Help-Seeking Decisions and Child Welfare. An exploration of situated decision making
… guess about who, another, would suggest as a first category for help. Research participants, in deciding who should hypothetically be approached first for help, constituted a socially sanctioned order to help-seeking characterised by first-position category pairs and last-position category …
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Women Superintendents of Public Schools in the United States: Factors Contributing to Obtaining the Position
… small percentage of women hold administrative positions. This percentage is declining. Why are there more men than women in administrative positions in education? Why is the number and percentage of women continuing to decline? Are women required to have personal and job related characteristics …
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Three essays in empirical derivatives
… problems in empirical derivatives. In the first essay, we use “tick-by-tick” quote data for 39 liquid U.S. stocks and options on them, and focus on events when the two markets disagree about the stock price in the sense that the option-implied stock price obtained from the put-call parity …
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