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A Biological Investigation Of Skeletal Remains From The Mouse Creek Phase And A Comparison With Two Late Mississippian Skeletal Populations From Middle And East Tennessee, Donna Catherine Markland Boyd

Masters Theses

This study examines the biological characteristics of the Late Mississippian Mouse Creek Phase skeletal series of Ledford Island, Rymer and Mouse Creek and relates them to other Late Mississippian skeletal populations (the Toqua and Averbuch samples) by using a comparative and holistic approach. The purpose of the study is to assess the biological relationships between these populations, based on the multidimensional biological variables of paleodemography, stature, paleopathology and craniometrics.

No evidence of significant Mouse Creek Phase demographic stress was found. All of the Mouse Creek Phase site populations exhibited low mortality, probability of death, and crude mortality rates and high …

A Biological Investigation Of Skeletal Remains From The Mouse Creek Phase And A Comparison With Two Late Mississippian Skeletal Populations From Middle And East Tennessee, Donna Markland Boyd

Masters Theses

This study examines the biological characteristics of the Late Mississippian Mouse Creek Phase skeletal series of Ledford Island, Rymer and Mouse Creek and relates them to other Late Mississippian skeletal populations (the Toqua and Averbuch samples) by using a comparative and holistic approach. The purpose of the study is to assess the biological relationships between these populations, based on the multidimensional biological variables of paleo-demography, stature, paleopathology and craniometrics.

No evidence of significant Mouse Creek Phase demographic stress was found. All of the Mouse Creek Phase site populations exhibited low mortality, probability of death, and crude mortality rates and high …

Exploring Overhill Cherokee Material Culture Patterning, Kurt C. Russ

Masters Theses

Cherokee acculturation as revealed in the patterned material culture remains from the Colonial through the Federal Period is examined. The utilization of a quantitative functional classification scheme facilitates artifact classification and the formulation of assemblage profiles and artifact patterns for the Colonial Period based on data from Chota/Tanasee (40MR2/40MR62), Citico (40MR7), and Tomotley (40MR5), the Federal Period based on data from Chota/ Tanasee (40MR2/40MR62) and Citico (40MR7), and Mialoquo based on data from this site, 40MR3. The expectation that the Mialoquo Pattern would contrast with both the Colonial and Federal Period Patterns and therefore be identified as Revolutionary Period is …

Technical Bulletins: Antitrust Update: The Local Government Antitrust Act Of 1984, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin looks at the Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984, which was approved by Congress on October 11.

Technical Bulletins: Cable Tv Update: The Cable Communications Policy Act Of 1984, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin outlines the major provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984.

"Other" Bibliographic Systems, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on the closure of the bibliographic search network of the Institute for Scientific Information in the United States. Recommended sources bibliographic information; Tips on the selection of bibliographic system.

Technical Bulletins: Filing Requirements For Revenue Sharing Handicapped Regulations, Jerry Robinson

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin served as a reminder of the October 17, 1984 deadline for completing the "Self-Evaluation" and "Transition Plan" required by the Office of Revenue Sharing pursuant to regulations published on October 17, 1983.

Database Access Software, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Describes the In-Search database access software or gateways which are used for online searching. Packaging; Capabilities; Search process; Contents of the database cards; Limitations; Use of function keys and cursor movements.

The Local Sales Tax Handbook For Local Officials, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, County Technical Assistance Service Agencies Of The Institute For Public Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

The Tennessee Mayor-Aldermen Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Microcomputer-Based Library Catalog Software, Gerald W. Lundeen, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

There are now numerous commercially available microcomputer software packages for library catalog creation. The features and capabilities of these packages vary, as dog the costs. The article discusses factors that should be considered when comparing microcomputer software for library catalogs and discusses eight specific packages. The packages discussed are: BRS/Search Micros/Mini Version, Card Datalog, Golden Retriever, INMAGIC, TEQLIB, FINDER, SCIMATE, and STAR.

H.W. Wilson: Online At Last!, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Reports on the decision of the H.W. Wilson Co. to provide online access to all of its indexes and catalogs. Testing of the system; Indexes included; Reliance of the company on controlled vocabulary and use of authority files; Multidatabase searching capability; Search protocols; Print out options.

Technical Bulletins: Use Of Citation In-Lieu Of Continued Custody, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin describes Chapter 553 of the Public Acts of 1984, which amended Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-7-118 by requiring a citation be issued to an arrested person to appear in court in lieu of continued custody and taking of the arrested person before a magistrate.

A Correlation Study Of The A-B Ridge Breadth To Selected Bodily Dimensions, Martha Jane Eblen

Masters Theses

The correlation of the a-b ridge breadth to 12 anthropometric measurements was investigated in this study. The two samples used were 165 Armenians residing in Australia and 100 American Caucasians. Results of the analysis indicated that the a-b ridge breadth is correlated to seven specific body measurements. In order of decreasing correlation, they were wrist breadth, weight, stature, bicondylar femur, upper arm circumference, biacromial diameter, and calf circumference. It was also evident that bone was the only body size component that was correlated to the a-b ridge breadth.

Contextual Studies Of The Middle Archaic Component At Cave Spring In Middle Tennessee, Jack L. Hofman

Masters Theses

Research in 1980 and 1981 at the Cave Spring site, located on the Duck River in the Nashville Basin of Middle Tennessee, revealed a buried paleosol in a Holocene terrace which contained charcoal, river gravel and chipped stone artifacts. Radiocarbon dates from this buried stratum range from 6500 to 7300 years before present. Evaluating the potential of this buried deposit for yielding behaviorally significant information depended upon learning (1) whether the cultural materials were undisturbed or were redeposited by the river, (2) whether one or several periods of deposition or occupation were represented, and (3) whether material from one or …

Technical Bulletins: Survey Shows Risk Management Study Value, Michael Tallent

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

To assist municipalities in Tennessee with implementation of a risk management program, the Municipal Technical Advisory Service has conducted "risk management studies" (12 since Fall 1979, as of July 1984) . This Technical Bulletin describes some of those risk management studies and also provides the results of a survey of the 12 municipalities who had received an MTAS risk management study.

Technical Bulletins: Pin Advisory Reports Provide Purchasing Information Useful To Local Governments, Becky Cleland

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin includes an annotated bibliography of the Advisory Reports published by the Product Information Network (PIN). PIN was developed by the International City Management Association and McGraw-Hill, Inc., to provide local government officials with a nationwide network of information and ideas in the field of purchasing.

Personnel Management: A Manual For Small Municipalities, Harold R. Yungmeyer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The management of human resources is becoming the most significant task of elected and appointed municipal officials. As we are all aware, the greatest proportion of most of our budgets is composed of the salaries and benefits necessary to retain competent and productive employees. This manual provides information relating to the understanding and development of a basic municipal personnel management system. The manual is not intended to answer every question that might occur as a result of personnel management problems, but it can point a municipal official in the correct direction as that official attempts to develop a legal and …

The Basics Of A Water & Sewer Rate Study, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The publication of the Information contained in this document is an attempt, on the part of MTAS, to provide meaningful and understandable guidelines for the development of reasonable and adequate water and sewer rates. One of the most difficult decision processes that elected and appointed officials must deal with is rate-making. No action of an elected body receives more attention and scrutiny than the utility rate process except, of course, the property tax rate process. Likewise, where appointed utility boards are mandated to set rates, the same pressures come to bear at rate increase time. We believe this publication contains …

A Guide To Public Works Standards & Specifications, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

In May, 1982, MTAS published the Local Government Public Works Standards & Specifications, a comprehensive document which provided a wealth of information to municipal engineering and design personnel. In order to make the document more usable and understandable by elected and appointed officials, it was determined that a supplemental companion document should be produced to accompany the Standards & Specifications. The result is this publication, A Guide To Public Works Standards—An Introduction to Local Government Public Works Standards & Specifications, which provides a basic conceptual foundation to the entire subject. It should be especially helpful to elected officials, planning commissions …

Tennessee Municipal Handbook Third Edition (1984), Mtas

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This Tennessee Municipal Handbook is intended for use as a reference guide by Tennessee municipal officials. It is primarily a summary of the state's laws affecting municipalities under a rough kind of subject matter classification, with a sprinkling of other information considered to be relevant. It is not a textbook on municipal government.

Pricing Policies, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Surveys database and online systems pricing policies and explores ramifications for searchers. SDC Information Service's billing charge for its ORBIT search service; NLM MEDLINE; Mead Data Central's pricing policy for LEXIS and NEXIS; CAS ONLINE by Chemical Abstracts Service; BRS and DIALOG; Search strategy.

Technical Bulletins: Litter Got You Stumped? Try Clean Community Systems' Attitude Change Approach!, Edith W. Beaty

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin by Edith W. Beaty, State Coordinator of the Clean Tennessee program, discusses an initiative called the Clean Community System (CCS). Beaty describes the CCS as a workable, realistic approach that applied behavioral science principles to the problem of littering. Memphis, Bristol, Jackson, Chattanooga, Kingsport, and Knoxvllle-Knox County were among the participants in the CCS.

Technical Bulletins: Municipal Purchasing Laws Amended, William R. Bailey

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin describes an amendment to the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983. The amendment was secured primarily through the efforts of Tennessee Municipal League officials in an attempt to clarify some points in the original law and to make the law less cumbersome for municipal officials to administer. The amendment also provided for more cooperative purchasing activity among units of government.

Iac’S Document Delivery And More, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on products for library market introduced by Information Access Co. to help solve the problem of document delivery. Features of ASAP databases; Provision of integrated access to publications from many different publishers through ASAP files; Role of ASAP files in full text searching; Microcomputer software package introduced by the company to simplify searching.

Stimulus, Vol. 9, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Lithic Raw Material Variability In The Central Duck River Basin: Reflections Of Middle And Late Archaic Organizational Strategies, Daniel S. Amick

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a model for understanding prehistoric chipped-stone debris distribution in the central Duck River Basin region located in Middle Tennessee. The model design consists of theoretical and empirical observations which are integrated to form an interpretive framework. Seven lithic assemblages ranging from Middle to Late Archaic periods (ca. 7000 to 3000 years B.P.) in age were analyzed to assess the model.

The first stage of model-building was the development of a theoretical foundation for approaching the problem. A cultural adaptation paradigm is the foundation cornerstone. Understanding cultural process and organization are emphasized. Lithic …

Spontaneous Abortion: Risk Factors Among Wic Participants In Cherokee, North Carolina, Deann Lee Stivers

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and contributing factors of spontaneous abortion among participants in the Cherokee WIC Program. The data were collected from two sources: WIC Certification Records and personal interviews. The sample (N=500) consisted of both Indian (N=433) and Caucasian (N=67) women who participated in the Cherokee WIC Program from July 1976 to March 1982.

The spontaneous abortion rate for the total population studied is 24.89%, while the national rate of spontaneous abortion reported in the literature ranges from 10% to 20%. The Caucasian participants (N=67) in this study experience a higher rate (40.0%) …

Technical Bulletins: Changes To Local Sales And Use Tax Legislation-Tax Rate Increase, Jim Leuty, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses a major change in the application of the Local Sales and Use Tax Law.

Technical Bulletins: Cities Authorized To Increase Sales Tax Base, Jim Leuty, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses Chapter 729, Public Acts of 1984, which permitted cities located in counties with a county-wide local sales tax to increase the base of the sales tax on the sale or use of any single article of personal property within the city's corporate limits. A sample ordinance for raising the limit on the sale or use of a single article of personal property is attached to this publication.