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Occupational Hearing Loss In Agricultural Settings, Marilia Antunez

Marilia Y. Antunez, MLS, MA

Most of the materials on hearing loss due to noise in the agricultural industry are training and research-oriented materials in the form of brochures, manuals, and journal articles, published by academic presses, government associations, and professional organizations, respectively. Few books are entirely devoted to the topic of hearing loss in agricultural settings. Recently, many occupational and safety Web sites have been adding information and links to publications dealing with hearing loss in the agricultural industry. This Webliography represents the author's best efforts to briefly describe some authoritative Web sites with information targeted to individuals interested in farm occupational hearing loss.

Promoting Investments In Intangible Organizational Assets Through Aligned Incentive Compensation Plans, Susan Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Craig B. Caldwell

Higher Order Asymptotic Properties Of Qml In Beta-Arch And Mu-Arch Models, Emma M. Iglesias

Emma M Iglesias

No abstract provided.

Stratospheric Variability And Trends In Models Used For The Ipcc Ar4, P. M. De F. Forster, Eugene Cordero

Eugene C. Cordero

Atmosphere and ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) experiments for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) are analyzed to better understand model variability and assess the importance of various forcing mechanisms on stratospheric trends during the 20th century. While models represent the climatology of the stratosphere reasonably well in comparison with NCEP reanalysis, there are biases and large variability among models. In general, AOGCMs are cooler than NCEP throughout the stratosphere, with the largest differences in the tropics. Around half the AOGCMs have a top level beneath ~2 hPa and show a significant cold bias in their …

Assessment Of Temperature, Trace Species, And Ozone In Chemistry-Climate Model Simulations Of The Recent Past, V. Eyring, N. Butchart, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, S. Bekki, G. E. Bodeker, B. A. Boville, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, E. Cordero, M. Dameris, M. Deushi, V. E. Fioletov, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, V. Grewe, L. Jourdain, D. E. Kinnison, E. Mancini, E. Manzini, M. Marchand, D. R. Marsh, T. Nagashima, P. A. Newman, J. E. Nielsen, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, M. Schraner, T. G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, R. S. Stolarski, H. Struthers, W. Tian, M. Yoshiki

Eugene C. Cordero

[1] Simulations of the stratosphere from thirteen coupled chemistry-climate models (CCMs) are evaluated to provide guidance for the interpretation of ozone predictions made by the same CCMs. The focus of the evaluation is on how well the fields and processes that are important for determining the ozone distribution are represented in the simulations of the recent past. The core period of the evaluation is from 1980 to 1999 but long-term trends are compared for an extended period (1960–2004). Comparisons of polar high-latitude temperatures show that most CCMs have only small biases in the Northern Hemisphere in winter and spring, but …

Having One's Property And Eating It Too: When The Article 9 Security Interest Becomes A Nuisance, F. Knippenberg, Lawrence Ponoroff

F. Stephen Knippenberg

No abstract provided.

The Sound Of The Suburbs: A Case Study Of Three Garage Bands In San Jose, California During The 1960s, Paul Kauppila

Paul Kauppila

The Chocolate Watchband, the Count Five, and the Syndicate of Sound were three garage bands from San Jose, California. During the 1960s, before the high‐tech economy transformed the Santa Clara Valley into Silicon Valley, San Jose was a culturally sleepy suburb. This paper will examine these three groups in the context of 1960s culture and society and will compare and contrast their image and musical output with that of the better‐known “hippie” music scene originating an hour north in San Francisco.

Best Free Reference Web Sites: Eighth Annual List, Mimi Pappas, Carol Rusinek, Georgia Baugh, Amy Boykin, Charles Cobine, Christopher Dunham, Paul Engelberg, Scott Garton, Caroline Geck, James Langan, Rachel Fleming-May, Margaret Perkins, Joseph Straw, Monique Threatt

Charles Cobine

The Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the Reference and User Services Association appointed an ad hoc task force to develop a method of recognizing outstanding reference Web sites. Pappas et al. present a listing of the eighth Best Free Reference Web Sites produced by the group.

Reflections On Wallace, Charles H. Smith

Charles Kay Smith

An Unpublished Letter Of Lord Byron To Lady Caroline Lamb, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

Lord Byron took a highly ambivalent attitude toward female authorship, and yet his poetry, letters, and journals exhibit many proofs of the power of women's language and perceptions. He responded to, borrowed from, and adapted parts of the works of Maria Edgeworth, Harriet Lee, Madame de Stael, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth lnchbald, Hannah Cowley, Joanna Baillie, Lady Caroline Lamb, Mary Robmson, and Charlotte Dacre. The influence of women writers on his career may also be seen in the development of the female (and male) characters in his narrative poetry and drama. This essay focuses on the influence upon Byron of Lee, …

Lord Byron’S Feminist Canon: Notes Toward Its Construction, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

Lord Byron took a highly ambivalent attitude toward female authorship, and yet his poetry, letters, and journals exhibit many proofs of the power of women’s language and perceptions. He responded to, borrowed from, and adapted parts of the works of Maria Edgeworth, Harriet Lee, Madame de Staël, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hannah Cowley, Joanna Baillie, Lady Caroline Lamb, Mary Robinson, and Charlotte Dacre. The influence of women writers on his career may also be seen in the development of the female (and male) characters in his narrative poetry and drama. This essay focuses on the influence upon Byron of Lee, …

Seeing The Holy: An Interview With Marilynne Robinson, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Tom Montgomery-Fate interviews author Marilynne Robinson who explores the sacredness of the everyday world.

Clinical Evaluation Of Keratin-Gelatin Composite Film For Wound Healing In Cats, Arul Jothi N., Thilagar S, Khaled M.A Hussin, Gayathri Thevi S, Sastry T.P

Khaled M.A Hussin

From Object To Installation In Bruno Taut’S Exhibit Pavilions, Kai K. Gutschow

Kai K. Gutschow

This paper, part of a JAE special issue on "Installations by Architects," investigates the artistic and philosophical origins of Bruno Taut’s Glashaus (1914) exhibit pavilion in order to reinterpret the famous building as an experimental, free-standing “installation” that rose above being merely a pragmatic exhibition space. In close collaboration with the critic Adolf Behne and the Expressionist poet Paul Scheerbart, Taut designed a three dimensional manifesto for a utopian “glass architecture” that sought to express “a higher passion to build.” Both the collaborative construction process he envisioned and the radical new experiences inside were intended as vehicles to greater cultural, …

Reinventing San Jose, California: An Experiment In Multiculturalism, Jan English-Lueck

Jan English-Lueck

No abstract provided.

Dylemat Wartości Przedsiębiorstwa - Metoda Kcetm, Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

Artykuł prezentuje metodę KCE™ w kontekście wyceny wartości przedsiębiorstwa. Wzrastająca dysproporcja między księgową i rynkową wartością dużej liczby przedsiębiorstw wymusza bardziej precyzyjne wytłumaczenie tego zjawiska, kierując uwagę na niematerialne zasoby przedsiębiorstwa wpływające na jego wartość rynkową. Jakkolwiek problemem nie jest tylko wycena wartości zasobów niematerialnych w ujęciu finansowym, ale również metodologiczny konflikt miedzy tradycyjnym księgowym pomiarem a współczesnymi rynkami. Prezentowana metoda KCE™ częściowo wyjaśnia źródło tego konfliktu. Zastosowano ją do analizy dwóch przedsiębiorstw: Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. oraz Netia S.A., a uzyskane wyniki pozwalają zrozumieć, dlaczego i w jakim stopniu przedsiębiorstwa są niedoszacowane, bądź przeszacowane.

Metoda Vaictm W Ocenie Efektywności Wykorzystania Zasobów Przedsiębiorstwa, Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest ocena operacyjnej efektywności w gospodarowaniu zasobami przedsiębiorstwa. Z wykorzystaniem metody VAIC™ analizie poddano kapitał fizyczny i strukturalny dwóch polskich spółek telekomunikacyjnych: Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. oraz Netia S.A. w perspektywie osiągnięć przedsiębiorstw podobnego sektora w Europie. W artykule podjęto próbę oceny metody i dyskusji nad możliwościami jej zastosowania oraz analizy materialnych i niematerialnych zasobów przedsiębiorstw.

Zastosowanie Analizy Morfologicznej Wpraktyce Biznesowej, Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

Analiza morfologiczna należy do metod twórczego rozwiązywania problemów (heurystycznych), służy szczególnie stymulowaniu twórczości i poszukiwaniu pomysłów na nowy produkt bądź udoskonaleniu już istniejącego. Celem artykułu jest zastosowanie analizy morfologicznej w poszukiwaniu pomysłu na nowe opakowanie bądź udoskonalenie już istniejącego w asortymencie przypraw mokrych firmy Roleski. To również doskonała sposobność, aby pokazać, w jaki sposób uczelnia wyższa może zainicjować współpracę z firmą na rynku, jak również wskazać możliwości zastosowania teorii w praktyce biznesowej.

Recent Incarceration History Among A Sheltered Homeless Population, Stephen Metraux, Dennis P. Culhane

Stephen Metraux

No abstract provided.

Contextual Problem Defining: Learning To Think And Act From The Standpoint Of Equity, Edlyn V. Peña, Estela Bensimon, Julia Colyar

Edlyn V. Peña

No abstract provided.

“Papa, Patriarchy And Power: Snapshots Of A Good Haitian Girl, Feminism And, Gina Athena Ulysse

Gina Athena Ulysse

No abstract provided.

Christian Reconstruction, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

No abstract provided.

Stephen Johnson Field, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

No abstract provided.

I Sing The Body Electric: Description Of An Innovative Health Promotion And Fine Arts Program For Adolescents, Kathleen Phillips, Julie Deitz, Mark Borzi, Gaye Harrison

Kathleen Phillips

I Sing the Body Electric (BODY ELECTRIC) is a fine arts and health promotion program that supports communication of healthy lifestyle choices among youth. BODY ELECTRIC connects youth in 27 high schools with health and education communities in the largest rural geographic education region in a Midwestern state. The three-phase prevention plan designed to increase resiliency and reduce risk behaviors among adolescents begins with biennial regional administration of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, with added questions designed to identifying the top health concerns of area youth. In the second phase, these health concerns are crafted into prevention messages by youth, …

From Memphis To Kingston: An Investigation Into The Origin Of Jamaican Ska, Paul Kauppila

Paul Kauppila

The distinguishing characteristic of most Jamaican popular music recordings, including reggae and its predecessor, ska, is an emphasis on the offbeat or afterbeat instead of on the downbeat, as found in most US pop music. A study is presented that critically examines proposed theories to explain this tendency through historical and musicological analysis and concludes that the prevalence of the downbeat is a mixture of Jamaican folk and African-American pop music influences in its earliest incarnation but was later deliberately emphasized in an attempt to create a unique new musical style.

Worship, The Bond Between Time/Space And Eternity, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.

Reverend Lawrence E. Frizzell, S.T.L., S.S.L., D.Phil.

Dr. Kenneth Schmitz's review of philosophical insights into language and writing is necessarily focused on the world of Greece and Rome. It would be valuable to have scholars immersed in the Hebrew language and traditional Jewish culture to reflect upon the same issues. At a conference on the trivium and quadrivium in Medieval Europe, Dean Arthur Hyman of Yeshiva University was asked to comment. His response was brief: "This was not the Jewish approach."
Recalling the genius and limitations of a language to convey insights into the meaning of life and its mysteries, we acknowledge the role of translation in …

Political Fallout: Terrorism And Our National Political Conversation, Mark Caleb Smith

Mark Caleb Smith, Ph.D.

Dr. Smith explores the political and religious ramifications of September 11, 2001.

Paradise Decomposed: Byron’S Decadence And Wordsworthian Nature In Childe Harold Iii And Iv, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

Princes, Beasts, Or Royal Pains: Men And Masculinity In The Revisionist Fairy Tales Of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, James Carter

James B Carter

An examination of the roles men fulfill in select short stories of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.

The Tablet Pc For Faculty: A Pilot Project, Rob Weitz, Bert Wachsmuth, Danielle Mirliss

Bert Wachsmuth

This paper describes a pilot project with the purpose of evaluating the usefulness of tablet PCs for university professors. The focus is on the value of tablets primarily with respect to teaching and learning (and not for research or administrative work). Sixty-four professors, distributed across the various schools of a university, were provided with tablet PCs and were trained in their use.