55 research outputs found
Local Author Nettie Hult Publishes Book of Poetry
No full textNettie Johnson Hult poses with her newly published book of poetry "Seasons". The book is illustrated by her son Dr. Ralph H. Hult. Before publishing her book, Hult was an English teacher at Manatee High School for 21 years. She retired in 1980. She received the Gold Poet Award in 1985 from the World of Poetry
Nettie Palmer and Fourteen Years
No full text© 2002 Robin LucasFourteen Years: Extracts from a Private Journal 1925-1939 (1948) has been acknowledged as one of the lasting works of Nettie Palmer, and the major publication of the Meanjin Press.
This thesis outlines both the publishing and the intellectual history of Fourteen Years. In detailing the physical production of the book from the initial idea in 1945 to the closing of the book's bank account by the overseeing publisher in 1950, the argument presented will be that rather than a Meanjin Press production, Fourteen Years was a hybrid, a self-published book which used the Meanjin Press imprint and infrastructure. Despite Vance and Nettie Palmer's long publishing experience, it will be seen that they struggled to reconcile the conflicting roles of author and publisher.
When Fourteen Years was republished in 1988, reviewers influenced by the feminist debates of the 1970s sought to rescue Nettie Palmer from her role as assiduous and neglected helpmate in the shadow of her husband. The myth was then established that Nettie toiled at journalism and housework, protecting Vance from those realities while he wrote his novels uninterrupted. By studying the intellectual creation of the book, this thesis will show instead that the Palmers' literary partnership was accommodating, collaborative, and balanced.
While Fourteen Years is presented as 'extracts from a private journal', it has long been acknowledged by Palmer scholars that the book's sources are many. There was no journal. Rather, Palmer used letters, her own diaries, notebooks, articles and family memories to construct Fourteen Years. This thesis will briefly discuss the extent of these sources, and will argue that they are even more varied than has previously been thought, making the "construction" of Fourteen Years a major, and very successful, editing task.
In examining these aspects of Fourteen Years, this study will be seen to add to our knowledge of Nettie Palmer as an intellectual force, of small press publishing in Australia, and of Australian intellectual life in the 1940s
Effects of age and training on the cytokine, myokine and endocrine regulators of glucose metabolism in standardbred mares
No full textAge adversely affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) and glucose metabolism in horses. Changes may be attenuated with exercise training, but mechanisms behind these phenomena are unknown. Six old (22.0 ± 0.7 yrs; mean ± SE) and six young (7.3 ± 0.6 yrs) healthy, unfit Standardbred mares were utilized to test several hypotheses: 1) the HPAA response, plasma insulin and glucose concentrations differ in old and young mares during acute, exhaustive exercise vs. recovery, and differences are altered after exercise training; 2) aging and training alter cortisol, ACTH and glucose responses to endocrine stimulation tests; 3) old and young mares have different endocrine responses to a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test along with different cytokine profiles in blood, adipose and muscle tissues; and 4) exercise training would alter endocrine and cytokine profiles. A separate pilot study tested the hypothesis that equine blood, muscle and adipose tissue harbor different quantities of cytokine mRNA, and young horses (≤10 yrs) have different cytokine profiles in these tissues and blood compared to old (≥20 yrs) horses. Mares ran three graded exercise tests, one pre-training, one after 8 weeks of training at 60% maximum heart rate, and the third at the conclusion of the study at 15 weeks. Training appears to condition the HPAA to a lesser response to acute, exhaustive exercise in both age groups. Old and young mares improved insulin sensitivity and pancreatic beta cell function after training, and there were significant differences in tissue cytokine profiles. In the pilot study, novel data demonstrated varied cytokine profiles in blood, adipose (abdominal and subcutaneous) and muscle tissues in horses of mixed breeds and backgrounds, but no age differences were noted. In summary, altered hormone and glucose concentrations in aged animals may adversely affect the ability to maintain and recover from strenuous exercise. Training was successful in partially reversing these changes. Exact mechanisms for the changes remain to be elucidated, but evidence presented here demonstrates that changes occur at multiple levels of the HPAA and involve factors including hormones, glucose and inflammatory cytokines.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaBy Nettie Ruth Libur
A study of the relationship between tested musical aptitude and creativity in art and literature of sixteen selected sixth grade pupils, 1954
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Secondary educable mentally retarded students' awareness of occupational survival skills in the pre-vocational training program, 1979
No full textPurpose of the Study The major purpose of this study was to determine if secondary level educable mentally retarded students had an awareness of skills developed in the Pre-Vocational Training Program and the skills needed for job placement and employment continuation. Subjects The subjects used in this study consisted of fifty-five Pre-Vocational Training students. They consisted of twenty-two females and twenty-three males. Their chronological ages ranged from 14-19. All had been enrolled in the Pre-Vocational Training Program from one to four years. Research Procedures The research procedure employed in this study was as follows: 1. Permission was secured from officials at the selected urban school to conduct the study. 2. Interviews were held with students to assure participation in the research project. 3. The fifty-five subjects were selected as part of the study on the basis of placement and schedule with a selected pre-vocational teacher. 4. Permission was secured from parents for students' participation in the study. 5. The questionnaire was formulated and field tested on prep vocational training students not a part of the study and remedial reading students whose reading level approximate that of the pre-vocational training students in the study. Analysis of Study The data was presented using percentages on each item of the questionnaire to determine if pre-vocational training students were aware of occupational survival skills and skills needed for job placement and employment continuation. Results/Conclusions Differences between subjects responses to awareness to occupational survival skills and skills needed for job placement and employment continuation were consistent and increased progressively at each grade level in a positive direction
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Constituciones del arzobispado y provincia de la muy insigne y muy leal ciudad de Tenochtitlán
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The Baby AIDS Bill
No full textAssemblywoman Mayersohn first explains the reasons behind her support for the so-called “Baby AIDS” bill; namely, that over one thousand babies in New York State tested positive for AIDS or HIV antibodies every year but medical professions were not allowed to reveal the results to anyone, including the mother. After the introduction of the bill, the author details how she received criticism and opposition from activist organizations that she had previously supported. In conclusion, the “Baby AIDS” bill is a success because it no longer treated infected infants as some sort of statistical tool and ensures the infants receive the care they need
A study of the effects of a self-esteem treatment on African American males in an urban secondary school setting, 1993
No full textThe purpose of this study, an experimental design utilizing two experimental groups and one control group, was to determine if self-esteem intervention treatments significantly impact the self-esteem behavior levels of tenth-grade African American male subjects. Further, the study examined the relation between attendance and general self-esteem. The two instruments used in this study were the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and the Semester Attendance Log. The sample for the study consisted of fifteen subjects in Experimental Group A, fourteen subjects in Experimental Group B, and sixteen Control Group subjects. ANOVA, Scheffe, and a dependent t test were used for statistical analysis in this study. Data analysis indicated that the self-esteem behavior levels of the subjects in the treatment groups showed significant statistical gains after the treatment
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