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Hans Christian Andersen Stories, Lisa Kramme Jan 2006

Hans Christian Andersen Stories, Lisa Kramme

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During her presentation at the international conference "Danish Culture, Past and Present: The Last Two Hundred Years," Lisa Kramme shared the following stories by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Princess on the Pea," "The Old Man Is Always Right," and "The Little Match Girl." She also shared several tales of the famous people of Mols, but passed them off as stories about her relatives in Denmark.

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Appendix A Jan 2006

Appendix A

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Appendix C. Jan 2006

Appendix C.

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A Complete Market Study For Graduate Student Textbook Bundling, Julie Connell, Tanya Graziano, Kendra Stephenson Jan 2006

A Complete Market Study For Graduate Student Textbook Bundling, Julie Connell, Tanya Graziano, Kendra Stephenson

Student Works

The BYU Bookstore, originally named the Students' Supply Association, was established in 1906. It is ranked nationally in the top five of university bookstores and is one of the largest at 124,000 square feet. For a century, the BYU Bookstore has served students, faculty, and staff by providing them with textbooks, course materials, official BYU clothing and accessories, church products, gifts, music, videos, computers, software, and other specialty items. The Bookstore proposed a marketing research project to Professor Michael Geurts to determine the potential demand and success of textbook bundling for MBA and law students currently attending BYU. The research …

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A Study For Improvement Of Spring And Summer Enrollment And Marketing At Brigham Young University, Tori Rasmussen, Nate Routsong, Aleen Schiess Jan 2006

A Study For Improvement Of Spring And Summer Enrollment And Marketing At Brigham Young University, Tori Rasmussen, Nate Routsong, Aleen Schiess

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In January 2006, TAN consulting was commissioned to perform a marketing research study for the BYU Student Academic and Advisement Serivces Office of Assessment and Planning. After meeting with Dr. Childs, the director of BYU Student Academic Advisement Services Office of Assessment and Planning (also the chair of BYU's Spring/Summer Committee), TAN consulting determined the basic objectives of the project to be to discover the incentives for BYU students to attend spring/summer term and uncover the best way to promote spring/summer term attendance. TAN Consulting is comprised of Tori Rasmussen, Nate Routsong and Aleen Schiess.

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Biozone Scientific International, Inc: A Study For Customer Perception Of The Public Restrooms, Brigham Young University In Relation With Nth Existence Research, Samuel Ahola, Kyle Fraughton, Brian Mccann Jan 2006

Biozone Scientific International, Inc: A Study For Customer Perception Of The Public Restrooms, Brigham Young University In Relation With Nth Existence Research, Samuel Ahola, Kyle Fraughton, Brian Mccann

Student Works

The purpose of this research project is to analyze the market demand in Utah County for the AirCare air purifier manufactured by Biozone. Using Utah County as a sort of testing ground for this product, we will attempt to determine the demand in the United States for the AirCare air purifier by answering the following questions: 1. Is there a perceived difference between sanitation and cleanliness in the United States? 2. Is there a negative perception in the United States regarding the sanitation of public restrooms? 3. How does the sanitation of a businesses public restroom affect the perception of …

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Chw Productions: A Study To Determine Market Potential For Missionary Videos, Shalayne Packer, Francisco Pascual, Jed Lloyd Jan 2006

Chw Productions: A Study To Determine Market Potential For Missionary Videos, Shalayne Packer, Francisco Pascual, Jed Lloyd

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At the request of the CHW Productions, Shalayne Packer, Jed Lloyd, and Francisco Pascual, students of the Marriott School of Management located at Brigham Young University, were commissioned to determine the market potential for LDS missionary videos. PPL Consulting is comprised of Shalayne Packer, Francisco Pascual and Jed Lloyd.

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Homestead Golf Resort And Conference Center: Resort Perceptions Of Past And Potential Customers, Christopher Green, Zhe Wang, Cody Webb Jan 2006

Homestead Golf Resort And Conference Center: Resort Perceptions Of Past And Potential Customers, Christopher Green, Zhe Wang, Cody Webb

Student Works

Christopher Green, Zhe "Shelly" Wang, and Cody Webb, here-ta-known as CSC Consulting, performed and compiled the research project for the Homestead Resort. The purpose of the report is to help develop a market strategy through discovery and analysis of past and potential customer's perceptions of Utah resorts and the Homestead Resort. Following the meeting with Larry Jackstien, marketing consultant for the Homestead Resort, CSC Consulting formulized the following objectives: Determine past and potential customers perceptions from Salt Lake and Utah counties. Identify the key sales motivators that encourage customers to choose a resort property. Identify the most effective media for …

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Environmental Soil Science: A Marketing Research Strategy, Steven Diamond, Bryce Youngquist, Mariella Horna Jan 2006

Environmental Soil Science: A Marketing Research Strategy, Steven Diamond, Bryce Youngquist, Mariella Horna

Student Works

Before we commenced the research process, three main objectives were set forth by MBS Consulting. The research objectives are as follows: Determine the potential future path of the Environmental Soil Science program. Determine the overall appeal of changing the name of the Environmental Soil Science program. Obtain an understanding of a student's mind-set when selecting a major. MBS Consulting is comprised of Steven Diamond, Bryce Youngquist and Mariella Horna.

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Reducing Energy In Fpga Multipliers Through Glitch Reduction - Clock Power And Digit-Serial Addendum, Nathaniel Rollins, Michael J. Wirthlin Jan 2006

Reducing Energy In Fpga Multipliers Through Glitch Reduction - Clock Power And Digit-Serial Addendum, Nathaniel Rollins, Michael J. Wirthlin

Faculty Publications

Sponsorship: NASA. In a previous paper it was shown that reducing the amount of glitches in digital designs can significantly reduce the amount of dynamic power consumption. Pipelined multipliers and a bit-serial multiplier design were used to show this. The paper failed to mention how much of the dynamic power consumption was due to the clock distribution. Also the only digit- serial multiplier digit size investigated was a digit size of 1. This paper addresses the issue of dynamic clocking power and includes results of digit-serial multipliers with larger digit sizes.

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Patterns Of Habitat Use By Bats Along A Riparian Corridor In Northern Utah, Duke S. Rogers, Mark C. Belk, Malinda W. González, Brent L. Coleman Jan 2006

Patterns Of Habitat Use By Bats Along A Riparian Corridor In Northern Utah, Duke S. Rogers, Mark C. Belk, Malinda W. González, Brent L. Coleman

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We examined patterns of habitat use within a community of bats along the Provo River in Heber Valley, Utah. The landscape was divided into 5 habitat categories: riparian forest, wetland, agricultural field, edge, and a habitat restoration site. We used Anabat II bat detectors to record the number of echolocation calls per night within each habitat type as an index of bat activity. Echolocation calls were classified into foraging guilds based on acoustic traits, and we analyzed activity by entire community and by the 4 guilds related to habitat type and environmental variables. Activity was not significantly related to moon …

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An Operator-Based Account Of Semantic Processing, Deryle W. Lonsdale, C. Anton Rytting Jan 2006

An Operator-Based Account Of Semantic Processing, Deryle W. Lonsdale, C. Anton Rytting

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This paper explores issues of psychological plausibility in modeling natural language understanding within Soar, a symbolic cognitive model. It focuses on constructing syntactic and semantic representations in simulated real time, with particular emphasis on word sense disambiguation (WSD). We discuss (i) what level of WSD should be modeled and (ii) how to use resources such as WordNet to inform these models. A preliminary model of coarse-grained WSD is included to show how syntactic, semantic, and other knowledge sources interact in Soar. Finally, we explore issues of interleaving, learning, and integrating other WSD approaches with Soar's native model of learning.

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The Marriage Moments Program For Couples Transitioning To Parenthood: Divergent Conclusions From Formative And Outcome Evaluation Data, Alan J. Hawkins, Elizabeth B. Fawcett, Jason S. Carroll, Tamara T. Gilliland Jan 2006

The Marriage Moments Program For Couples Transitioning To Parenthood: Divergent Conclusions From Formative And Outcome Evaluation Data, Alan J. Hawkins, Elizabeth B. Fawcett, Jason S. Carroll, Tamara T. Gilliland

Faculty Publications

This article presents the results of a pilot study of the Marriage Moments program, designed to prevent relationship deterioration during the 1st year of parenthood. The self-guided, low-intensity program emphasizes strengthening marital virtues and partnership during this time of significant personal and family transition. One hundred fifty-five married couples participated in a randomized clinical trial with 2 psychoeducational treatment groups (a self-guided group and an instructor-encouraged group) and a comparable control group. Despite positive formative evaluation results from program participants, hierarchical linear modeling analyses failed to find significant Group X Time differences on spouses' reports of marital virtues and a …

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Brigham Young University Feedback.Byu.Edu Marketing Research Project, Jonathan Dunford, Chad Jordan, Julie Nelson Jan 2006

Brigham Young University Feedback.Byu.Edu Marketing Research Project, Jonathan Dunford, Chad Jordan, Julie Nelson

Student Works

This study analyzes the uses and potential users of the BYU Feedback and questions webpage and determines the ways users would like to be informed about this service and to what extent this service can spread through the BYU community. This report includes conclusions made from both exploratory research as well as field research. It was conducted in order to achieve the following objectives: Ascertain the degree to which SAAS is meeting the needs of its customers. Identify current users of the feedback and questions service and increase their current usage. Determine the best ways to educate new users about …

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The Original Hawaiian Noni Juice Company: A Study, David Roberts, Aaron Pittard, Max Rogers Jan 2006

The Original Hawaiian Noni Juice Company: A Study, David Roberts, Aaron Pittard, Max Rogers

Student Works

This market study is designed to provide decision-making drivers for the retail market entrance of the Hawaiian Noni product in the retail store environment. The scope of this study includes the entire United States retail health food store market. Kapono Consulting is comprised of David Roberts, Aaron Pittard and Max Rogers.

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A Computational Analysis Of Navajo Verb Stems, David Eddington, Jordan Lachler Jan 2006

A Computational Analysis Of Navajo Verb Stems, David Eddington, Jordan Lachler

Faculty Publications

One of the principal goals of linguistics is to find, classify, and describe relationships between words. Many formal mechanisms such as rules and constraints have been devised in order to show systematic relationships. Inflectional paradigms are a crucial component of a linguistic analysis that has applications for pedagogical grammars. For example, over the past 20 years there have been numerous Navajo textbooks produced that are aimed at beginning learners of the language. These include works such as Diné Bizaad Bóhoo'aah (Navajo Language Institute 1986), Diné Bizaad: Speak, Read, Write Navajo (Goossen 1995), and The Navajo Verb: A Grammar for Students …

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Techniques In The Design Of Thermomechanical Microactuators, Larry L. Howell, Timothy W. Mclain, Michael S. Baker, Christian D. Lott Jan 2006

Techniques In The Design Of Thermomechanical Microactuators, Larry L. Howell, Timothy W. Mclain, Michael S. Baker, Christian D. Lott

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this chapter is to provide fundamental background for the design of thermomechanical microactuators. Actuation has been a particularly challenging aspect of microsystem development. Many actuation approaches used at the macro level, such as hydraulics, pneumatics, electric motors, internal combustion engines and turbines, are either too difficult to fabricate at the micro level or do not work well at that scale. Electrostatic attraction is one approach that has been widely used for actuation of microsystems; however, electrostatic actuators tend to have high voltage requirements and low output force capabilities. While electrostatic actuation is suitable for many applications, some …

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The Family As A Context For Religious And Spiritual Development In Children And Youth, Chris J. Boyatzis, David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks Jan 2006

The Family As A Context For Religious And Spiritual Development In Children And Youth, Chris J. Boyatzis, David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks

Faculty Publications

Our chapter addresses how the family promotes or hinders transcendence of the self in children, that is, how the family is a context in which spiritual development occurs. Due to space limitations, our emphasis is on socialization and interaction processes within the family and not on other issues such as psychodynamic processes (e.g., Rizzuto, 1979) or faith development (e.g., Fowler, 1981). There are many motivations to explore family socialization of religious and spiritual development. One, family spirituality and religiosity are linked with many desirable outcomes and inversely with negative outcomes in children and youth. (Other chapters in this volume examine …

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Learning Competent Fathering: A Longitudinal Analysis Of Marital Intimacy And Fathering, Kay Bradford, Alan J. Hawkins Jan 2006

Learning Competent Fathering: A Longitudinal Analysis Of Marital Intimacy And Fathering, Kay Bradford, Alan J. Hawkins

Faculty Publications

Although scholars have documented many links between marital relationships and parenting, these associations are not commonly explained in terms of behavior that is learned or achieved over time. This paper examines the idea that good fathering – conceptualized here as competent fathering – is the result of a developmental process, and that a loving, committed relationship between parents creates a context in which traits supportive of caring fathering are likely to be learned and practiced. After setting the stage conceptually, we provide a modest initial test of this hypothesis to discern the associations between three components of marital intimacy (emotional …

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Interaction Of Native- And Second- Language Vowel System(S) In Early And Late Bilinguals, Wendy Baker, Pavel Trofimovich Jan 2006

Interaction Of Native- And Second- Language Vowel System(S) In Early And Late Bilinguals, Wendy Baker, Pavel Trofimovich

Faculty Publications

The objective of this study was to determine how bilinguals’ age at the time of language acquisition influenced the organization of their phonetic system(s). The productions of six English and five Korean vowels by English and Korean monolinguals were compared to the productions of the same vowels by early and late Korean-English bilinguals varying in amount of exposure to their second language. Results indicated that bilinguals’ age profoundly influenced both the degree and the direction of the interaction between the phonetic systems of their native (L1) and second (L2) languages. In particular, early bilinguals manifested a bidirectional L1-L2 influence and …

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Gender And Bilinguals' Creativity, Wendy Baker Jan 2006

Gender And Bilinguals' Creativity, Wendy Baker

Faculty Publications

Research on the influence of gender on language across different cultures has mostly concentrated on qualitive measures of analysis. These measures demonstrate that there are differences in rhetorical and literary style across world Englishes in both the inner and outer circle. Using Biber's multidimensional analysis (1988) to examine a large corpus of world English literatures written in Indian, West African, Britain, Anglo-American and Mexican American varieties of English, this paper examines whether quantitative analyses can also be insightful and useful in the examination of the influence of gender on language and in expanding our understanding of what "bilingual creativity" entails. …

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Understanding Financial Management [Book Review], Leticia Camacho Jan 2006

Understanding Financial Management [Book Review], Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

Financial education is essential not only for accounting and finance students and business managers, but also for individuals who do not have a financial planning and control processes. Companies understand the need of financial education and many of them offer introductory financial courses for their employees. Seminars such as "Accounting for Non-Accounting People" cover basic principles of both financial and management accounting and are becoming very popular in the corporate world. Although Understanding Financial Management was written for MBA students or business managers and not for the non-financial individual, some of the principles discussed in this book could be of …

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Profiles Of Florida [Book Review], Leticia Camacho Jan 2006

Profiles Of Florida [Book Review], Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

Statistical questions are some of the most frequent questions at any reference desk; they are also some of the most complicated questions to answer. There is an overflow of statistical information. Researchers usually consult a variety of private and government resources in order to find the right statistical information. Researchers also face the challenge of decentralization where several government agencies collect and disseminate similar statistical information.

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Assessing Geo-Location And Gender Information In Han Chinese Personal Names, Deryle W. Lonsdale, Bruce Brown Jan 2006

Assessing Geo-Location And Gender Information In Han Chinese Personal Names, Deryle W. Lonsdale, Bruce Brown

Faculty Publications

Brigham Young University is a particularly optimal academic institution for comparative cross-cultural onomastic research. There are over 65 nations represented by five or more students at BYU, and in fall semester of 2004, 10252 of the 29729 students had lived for two years in a foreign country.

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Career Paths Of Distance Education Librarians: A Profile Of Current Practitioners Subscribed To The Offcamp Listserv, Allyson Washburn Jan 2006

Career Paths Of Distance Education Librarians: A Profile Of Current Practitioners Subscribed To The Offcamp Listserv, Allyson Washburn

Faculty Publications

A growing number of institutions are offering courses and degrees via distance education, however distance education librarianship is a relatively new and often less defined field of librarianship. This paper will present the results of a survey to discover career paths leading to distance education librarianship. Based on a survey of subscribers to the OFFCAMP listserv, it asked questions such as: Is there a typical career path? Does previous or continuing work in other library units benefit a distance education librarian? What are the most important qualifications for a distance education librarian? Profiles of the education and experience of distance …

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The University Library: The Center Of A University Education?, Patricia A. Frade, Allyson Washburn Jan 2006

The University Library: The Center Of A University Education?, Patricia A. Frade, Allyson Washburn

Faculty Publications

During 2001-2002, a formal study was conducted jointly by Brigham Young University's Office of Planning and Assessment (OPA) and the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) to determine the value of the library to the university community. The study described in this paper was undertaken at a time when some experts were predicting the demise of the academic library, and university administrators were questioning the need for new building, budget, and personnel requests. This paper will present a description of the study and its results, a comparison of similar data collected two years later, and a description of two new student …

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A Mormon And Still A Jew: The Life Of Alexander Neibaur, Fred E. Woods Jan 2006

A Mormon And Still A Jew: The Life Of Alexander Neibaur, Fred E. Woods

Faculty Publications

Alexander Neibaur was a man of many talents. An educated man and gifted poet, he was fluent in seven languages. One account describes Neibaur as "a small, thin man, with a round ruddy face, with sharp eyes." He was also unusual inasmuch as he was Utah's first dentist and matchmaker, and the first known male Jewish convert to Mormonism; and he left the only known contemporary diary account of Joseph Smith's first vision experience. Neibaur was also a good family man, honest and loyal, and a kind friend and trusted neighbor, not only to fellow Church members but also to …

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From Clay Tablets To Canon: The Story Of The Formation Of Scripture, Kerry M. Muhlestein Jan 2006

From Clay Tablets To Canon: The Story Of The Formation Of Scripture, Kerry M. Muhlestein

Faculty Publications

Presented at the 35th Sperry Symposium. The Sidney B. Sperry Symposium is sponsored by Brigham Young University Religious Education and the Church Educational System. It is difficult for us, in the age of information, to appreciate the impact of both the sweeping movements and technical advances that allowed for the creation of the canonized book we call the Bible. We live in a time when we regularly turn to written documents for the "final word", and we take for granted an astounding volume of written works and easy access to them. Indeed, it has been argued that U.S. culture has …

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Approaching Understandings In The Book Of Abraham, Kerry M. Muhlestein Jan 2006

Approaching Understandings In The Book Of Abraham, Kerry M. Muhlestein

Faculty Publications

The Book of Abraham is replete with important and rich doctrines for Latter-day Saints. The existence of papyri connected with the Book of Abraham furthers interest in this volume of scripture. While much research has been conducted into the doctrines and also the origins of the Book of Abraham, clearly much more remains to be done.

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Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, Sherry Baker Jan 2006

Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, Sherry Baker

Faculty Publications

This timeline is a work in progress. It is posted currently as a PDF file in order to make it available in a timely manner to scholars who are working on Mormon media history, or any other scholarship for which it might be helpful and informative. It is anticipated that the timeline eventually will be reworked into media formats that will make it more accessible, and that will allow it to be updated, enhanced, and corrected over time. If you wish to comment upon this Mormon Media History Timeline, contact Sherry Baker at sherry_baker@byu.edu.

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