Note: This article, expressing the thoughts of Gail S. Fidler, was being developed jointly by Mrs. Fidler and Nedra P. Gillette at the time of Mrs. Fidler’s death, April 26, 2005. It was completed using notes recorded during an extensive interview and reminiscence session the 2nd week in February. Fidler, G. S., Gillette, N. P. (2005). A firm persuasion in our work—Passion and perseverance. Ame...

In this paper, the development of chronologies for mass exploration rover is presented in a nutshell. Over last twenty years, “New Space” revolution has quietly unfolded domain space exploration. Previously, only select countries, agencies, and large industries were able to design, launch, operate satellites spacecraft. However, changed with introduction “CubeSat” standard 1999, which allowed u...

BACKGROUND Given the projected increase of people with dementia over the next few decades and the related demand for informal care, an important question for health policy makers is to what extent and for how long informal carers can be expected to provide care in a sustainable way. This study aimed to investigate the perseverance time of informal carers for people with dementia. METHODS A 2-...

Craig A. Anderson, University of Missouri, Columbia ,i t t f'. f i , ~ ~ In 1980 my wife and I moved to Houston. In those days Houston was "boomtown." While the rest of the country was mired in an economic recession of disastrous proportions. Houston's economy was growing by leaps and bounds. In the auto industry states, particularly Michigan. Houston newspapers were in great demand. not for th...

The perseverance of social theories was examined in two experiments within a debriefing paradigm. Subjects were initially given two case studies suggestive of either a positive or a negative relationship between risk taking and success as a firefighter. Some subjects were asked to provide a written explanation of the relationship; others were not. In addition, experimental subjects were thoroug...

objective: the purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing student’s achievement motivation. statistical population of this research consisted of agriculture ms.c students in tehran university (n=712). methods: a random sampling method was used to collect data from 175 students applying cochran's formula. the main tool to collect data was a researcher made questionnaire. content v...