Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-128). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, April 30, 1997." Also available in print.

Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, April 30, 1998." Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 23, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between metaphonological awareness and spelling ability. Twenty-five children in Kindergarten and Grades One and Two were asked to participate in two tasks of metaphonological awareness, one involving phoneme segmentation (Yopp,1988) and the other phoneme deletion (Rosner,1975). Children were also asked to provide self-generated spelling samples. Spelling samples were then analyzed according to a spelling assessment scheme developed for this study and based on the developmental spelling stages outlined by Beers and Beers (1981) and Gentry (1982). The major finding from this study is that some aspects of metaphonological ability are reliably and moderately related to spelling development. Other findings regard the characteristics of children's spelling errors observed in the course of developing the spelling assessment scheme. / Medicine, Faculty of / Audiology and Speech Sciences, School of / Graduate

Includes bibliography. / This study described the racial attitude development of South African primary school children in three racial groups. The sample consisted of black, white and coloured children from the Cape Town area. The study aimed to examine developmental patterns of own-group preference and out-group prejudice, as well as the efficacy of the Katz- Zalk Projective Prejudice Test (Katz and Zalk, 1976) in the South African context. Children of both sexes were included. Five age-groups were represented; 6 - 7 year olds, 7 - 8 year olds, 9 - 10 year olds, 10 - 11 year olds and 11 - 12 year olds. The instrument, (Katz-Zalk Projective Prejudice Test, Katz and Zalk, 1976) included slides showing black and white children in ambiguous school situations, and a corresponding questionnaire in which the subject indicated which child was the recipient or initiator of the action depicted in the slides. The test was administered to groups of approximately 30 children by a female test administrator of the same race as the subjects. The results from 416 subjects were analysed using a multivariate analysis of variance followed by univariate analyses of variance and Student Newman- Keuls follow up tests. These findings indicated the developmental pattern of own- group preference and out-group prejudice in the sample. Results from the white group showed a distinct trend, characterised by high own-group preference and high out- group prejudice. Both the preference and prejudice declined with age.

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Anesthesia awareness is a rare, but severe complication of anesthesia with possible severe long-term effects that is more commonly reported after trauma and emergent surgery. Anesthesia awareness in trauma patients who require emergency surgery has not been researched on since Bogetz and Katz’s study in 1984. This landmark study reported a higher risk of anesthesia awareness due to multiple factors, including intolerance of anesthetic agents in these patients who often present with hemodynamic instability and low blood pressure. Given the reported risk of awareness in this population, clinicians continue to administer standard doses of anesthetic agents despite the associated hemodynamic effects and the concern for other anesthesia-related complications. Therefore, it is important to determine if the risk factors and incidence of awareness remains high despite recent advances in anesthetic techniques and monitoring. We hypothesized that awareness under general anesthesia in trauma patients is less common with the use of modern-day anesthetic agents and monitoring devices. To examine this hypothesis, the incidence of anesthesia awareness was retrospectively studied in all trauma patients requiring emergency surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC) between January 2020 and February 2022. The patients were asked a 5-minute questionnaire which included questions from the modified Brice questionnaire to determine the incidence of perioperative awareness. It was found that the incidence of awareness during general anesthesia in trauma surgery patients at BMC from January 2020 through February 2022 was significantly lower (with an incidence of 0%) than the previously reported incidence of 11% by Bogetz and Katz, (p = 0.028, CI -0.22-0.00). Further research is warranted to confirm our findings and further explore the incidence and impact of awareness in this vulnerable population. Future prospective studies should examine a greater number of trauma patients, associated risk factors, and the role of processed EEG monitoring in preventing awareness during general anesthesia.