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Reconsiderations On The Crises Of Comparative Literature Study, Jie Lu Dec 2017

Reconsiderations On The Crises Of Comparative Literature Study, Jie Lu

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Reconsiderations on the Crises of Comparative Literature Study" Jie Lu discusses the three crises in comparative literature and reaches the conclusion that the discipline's significant changes are due primarily to the three misunderstandings of "comparative literature," that are "narrowing," "overgeneralization," and "trivialization." Narrowing is the over-regulation of study object and horizon, and a narrow understanding of comparability. Overgeneralization exists in cultural studies' aggression to comparative literature and a compromising abandonment of comparative methodology. Finally, trivialization exists in shallow comparison between X and Y, monologue-like discourse researches, and a lack of dual awareness of "world literature" as both …

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The Significance Of The Variation Theory In Cross-Cultural Communication, Yi Wan Dec 2017

The Significance Of The Variation Theory In Cross-Cultural Communication, Yi Wan

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "The Significance of the Variation Theory in Cross-Cultural Communication" Yi Wan analyzes some problems that East-West Comparative Literature, as a discipline, has encountered and discusses the significance of the development of the Variation Theory, proposed by Shunqing Cao. The author aims to explore two important points of this new platform, namely, heterogeneity and variation, and compares this new perspective to the French School, which is based on "influences" and the American School which is based on "analogies." By investigating the variations of literary texts or theories during the course of cross-civilization communication from the perspectives of imagology …

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Selected Bibliography For The Study Of The "Death" Of The Discipline Of Comparative Literature, Peina Zhuang Dec 2017

Selected Bibliography For The Study Of The "Death" Of The Discipline Of Comparative Literature, Peina Zhuang

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Tastes Of Faith: Jewish Eating In The United States, Leah Hochman Dec 2017

Tastes Of Faith: Jewish Eating In The United States, Leah Hochman

The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are," wrote the 18th Century French politician and musician Jean Brillat-Savarin, giving expression to long held assumptions about the role of food, taste, and eating in the construction of cultural identities.

Foodways—the cultural, religious, social, economic, and political practices related to food consumption and production—unpack and reveal the meaning of what we eat, our tastes. They explain not just our flavor profiles, but our senses of refinement and judgment. They also reveal quite a bit about the history and culture of how food operates and performs in society. …

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Integration Of Animal-Assisted Therapy Standards In Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Sara J. Shue, Melissa Y. Winkle, M J Mulcahey Dec 2017

Integration Of Animal-Assisted Therapy Standards In Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Sara J. Shue, Melissa Y. Winkle, M J Mulcahey

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

The primary purpose of this study was to describe how the best practice recommendations and standards of practice related to animal-assisted therapy (AAT) are being incorporated into pediatric occupational therapy (OT). The study design was a nonexperimental survey that identified the qualifications of pediatric occupational therapists that are incorporating AAT, the AAT standards of practice that are or are not used in practice, and the barriers and facilitators to being an AAT qualified occupational therapist. There were 21 respondents to the survey. The majority of respondents had a master’s degree, more than 10 years working as an occupational therapist, less …

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Geographically Apart, Attitudinally Very Close: A Comparison Of Attitudes Toward Animals Between Romania And Mexico City, Alina Simona Rusu, Denisa Pop, Dennis C. Turner Dec 2017

Geographically Apart, Attitudinally Very Close: A Comparison Of Attitudes Toward Animals Between Romania And Mexico City, Alina Simona Rusu, Denisa Pop, Dennis C. Turner

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

Among other regions, Romania and Mexico (particularly Mexico City) are often cited as problematic areas in surveys and reports on the growing population of stray animals in urban areas. The aim of our study was to adapt for Romanian and Spanish languages usage of an instrument that includes significant psychological and social dimensions of the attitudes toward animals (i.e., Attitudes toward Animals questionnaire [ATA]; Fehlbaum, Waiblinger, & Turner, 2010; Turner, 2010) and compare these attitudes between two countries that are confronted with similar situations regarding stray animals (dogs and cats). ATA consists of 27 statements on nature conservation, wild animals, …

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The Italian Agreement Between The Government And The Regional Authorities: National Guidelines For Aai And Institutional Context, Martina Simonato, Marta De Santis, Laura Contalbrigo, Daniele Benedetti, Elisabetta Finocchi Mahne, Vincenzo Ugo Santucci, Silvio Borrello, Luca Farina Dec 2017

The Italian Agreement Between The Government And The Regional Authorities: National Guidelines For Aai And Institutional Context, Martina Simonato, Marta De Santis, Laura Contalbrigo, Daniele Benedetti, Elisabetta Finocchi Mahne, Vincenzo Ugo Santucci, Silvio Borrello, Luca Farina

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have developed considerably in the last half century, prompting various private and public realities dealing with AAI worldwide to work on and establish standards and best practice. However, AAI are still far from being regulated harmoniously. In this context, Italy offers a unique example at world level: here the spread of AAI has set in motion an ethical and legal reflection that led to the creation of the Italian National Reference Centre for AAI (NRC AAI) by ministerial decree in 2009 and the approval of National Guidelines for AAI in 2015. The Italian legislation on AAI is …

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Numerical Modelling Of The Acoustics Of Low Density Fibrous Media Having A Distribution Of Fiber Sizes, Thomas Herdtle, Yutong Xue, J Stuart Bolton Dec 2017

Numerical Modelling Of The Acoustics Of Low Density Fibrous Media Having A Distribution Of Fiber Sizes, Thomas Herdtle, Yutong Xue, J Stuart Bolton

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

The focus of the present work was on a low density, polymeric, fibrous medium, comprising a mix of blown micro-fibers, having a relatively broad fiber size distribution, and a second, so-called staple fiber component having a very narrow fiber size distribution. The airflow resistivity of such a material is usually considered to be its most important macroscopic property when it comes to defining the material’s acoustical properties (since the tortuosity and the porosity are very close to unity, for example). Thus, in the first instance, it is of interest to be able to calculate the flow resistivity of such a …

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Fibrous Material Microstructure Design For Optimal Damping Performance, Yutong Xue, J Stuart Bolton Dec 2017

Fibrous Material Microstructure Design For Optimal Damping Performance, Yutong Xue, J Stuart Bolton

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

Properly designed and manufactured fibrous media can be very effective at absorbing airborne sound, and as a result, glass fiber and polymeric fiber media are used in a wide variety of noise control applications. The value of these treatments could be increased if they could also be used to damp the vibration of structures to which they are attached. The materials could then serve a multi-functional role, thus reducing the number of elements required to achieve a specified level of noise and vibration performance, and also reducing the total weight of a sound package, an outcome of particular interest at …

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John Dewey And Citizen Politics: How Democracy Can Survive Artificial Intelligence And The Credo Of Efficiency, Harry C. Boyte Dec 2017

John Dewey And Citizen Politics: How Democracy Can Survive Artificial Intelligence And The Credo Of Efficiency, Harry C. Boyte

Education and Culture

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From Replication To Assembly, A Thesis On The Fate Of The Alphavirus Rna Genome During Infection, Adriano Mendes Dec 2017

From Replication To Assembly, A Thesis On The Fate Of The Alphavirus Rna Genome During Infection, Adriano Mendes

Open Access Dissertations

Positive strand RNA viruses employ a similar strategy with regards to their replication cycle. Generally, these viruses insert their RNA genome into a cell, followed by the replication of the genome and then the assembly of a particle. This pathway makes the genomic RNA of the virus, a substrate for at least three different reactions within an infected cell. These being translation, RNA synthesis/ RNA replication and assembly of a virion. This thesis will outline studies, which aimed at understanding how a model RNA virus controls when and where each process is carried out. The alphaviruses are a group of …

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Mis Familias, Mis Maestros/As Y Yo: A Transformative Research Approach To Latino/A Family Engagement, Literacies In The Community, And Advocacy, Ileana Cortes Santiago Dec 2017

Mis Familias, Mis Maestros/As Y Yo: A Transformative Research Approach To Latino/A Family Engagement, Literacies In The Community, And Advocacy, Ileana Cortes Santiago

Open Access Dissertations

This qualitative study follows a transformative research approach, which intends to shift dominant paradigms and honor the culture and voices of marginalized peoples through collaborative needs-assessment, goal setting, and intervention/initiative development that brings about change (Mertens, 2007, 2009). Five Latina mothers and two literacy teachers living in a Midwest state partook in a six-month project where they identified a need within their community, met, engaged, and partnered with local organizations while working on the social media platform that would address that need [i.e., the provision of a bilingual (Spanish/English) network/space to connect educators and Latino/a families]. Written as three different …

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Intravascular Photoacoustic Imaging Of Lipid-Laden Plaque: From Fundamental Concept Towards Clinical Translation, Jie Hui Dec 2017

Intravascular Photoacoustic Imaging Of Lipid-Laden Plaque: From Fundamental Concept Towards Clinical Translation, Jie Hui

Open Access Dissertations

Atherosclerosis is the major form of cardiovascular disease, which has been the number one cause of death in the United States and worldwide for a century. Among the different plaque types, vulnerable plaques account for the majority of fatal acute coronary syndromes due to their rupture and thrombosis. Currently, there are no clinically available imaging tools to reliably and accurately detect vulnerable plaques largely due to the lack of chemical selectivity. This gap, along with the increasing prevalence of coronary artery diseases, highlight an unmet clinical need for an imaging modality with both chemical selectivity and enough depth resolution to …

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Electrochemical Synthesis Of Thin Films For Use As Water And Biofuel Electrocatalysts, Morrisa Regis Dec 2017

Electrochemical Synthesis Of Thin Films For Use As Water And Biofuel Electrocatalysts, Morrisa Regis

Open Access Dissertations

In creating a society focused on responsible energy production and consumption, green chemistry is now at the forefront of much scientific research. Interest in renewable energy and alternative fuels is by no means new but with the rapidly depleting fossil fuel resources, and hazardous byproducts of its production and use the areas hold the most promising answers to the looming energy crisis. Suitable catalyst materials for electrochemical water reduction and biomass conversion, specifically 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) reduction, have been previously identified. In the case of water electrolysis, precious metal catalysts are excellent due to the low energy input, however they are …

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Endocrine Disrupting Effects Of Halogenated Chemicals On Fish, Amy Elizabeth Godfrey Dec 2017

Endocrine Disrupting Effects Of Halogenated Chemicals On Fish, Amy Elizabeth Godfrey

Open Access Dissertations

Halogenated chemicals are commonly used in a variety of everyday products such as cookware, electronics, furniture and baby products. Some of these chemicals have been found to negatively affect development and endocrine disruption. Therefore, there is a need for the development of next generation replacements that are less toxic; however, more studies need to be conducted to ensure their safety. The main objective of this dissertation was to assess the endocrine disrupting potential of halogenated and next generation chemicals, singly and in mixtures, in fish. We tested three well studied halogens, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and tetrabromobisphenal …

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A Manifestation Of Chinese Tourists: Chinese Values And Touristic Behavior, Yunzi Zhang Dec 2017

A Manifestation Of Chinese Tourists: Chinese Values And Touristic Behavior, Yunzi Zhang

Open Access Dissertations

The rapid growth of China’s outbound tourism market has greatly contributed to today’s global economy. While destinations benefit economically from the activities of Chinese tourists, some public behaviors of this segment of the market have been criticized as disruptive to destinations’ social orders and are considered unexpected and annoying. The disapproval of these behaviors deserves scholarly attention as it essentially implies a socio-cultural disagreement on the appropriateness of public conduct. Applying a mixed method approach, this study first provides a theoretical portrayal of the Chinese tourist through the synthesis of classic Chinese scholars’ works. It then examines U.S. residents’ opinions …

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Perspectives On Video Games As Art, Jeroen Bourgonjon, Geert Vandermeersche, Kris Rutten, Niels Quinten Dec 2017

Perspectives On Video Games As Art, Jeroen Bourgonjon, Geert Vandermeersche, Kris Rutten, Niels Quinten

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In their article "Perspectives on Video Games as Art" Jeroen Bourgonjon, Geert Vndermeer­sche, Kris Rutten and Niels Quinten engage in discussing whether or not video games can be considered a form of art. Although this question has already been discussed elaborately, the debate is guided by many differ­ent and often conflicting positions. The aim of this article is to revisit this debate by mapping out a range of perspectives on video games as art. The authors explore the relation between games and differ­ent definitions and functions of art, different motives of artists, and the potential impact of the arts. The …

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An Open-Source Life Cycle Analysis Tool For Rare Earth Products Critical To The Clean-Tech Industry, Praneet Singh Arshi Dec 2017

An Open-Source Life Cycle Analysis Tool For Rare Earth Products Critical To The Clean-Tech Industry, Praneet Singh Arshi

Open Access Theses

The clean-energy industry has been expanding drastically over the past decade with economically scalable technology and favorable policies. Rare earth elements (REEs), with unique chemical and physical properties have played a key role in this boom by improving the efficacy of certain cleanenergy products. For example, rare earth based magnets have a higher maximum energy output, reducing the size and weight of magnets in wind turbines and electric vehicle motors. However, its benefits are undercut by the drastic environmental impacts on the areas surrounding the mining and processing sites. Existing literature provides some information on these impacts but often fails …

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Performance Improvement Of An Electronic Nose And Tongue System, Po-Yu Chou Dec 2017

Performance Improvement Of An Electronic Nose And Tongue System, Po-Yu Chou

Open Access Theses

Environmental pollution is a matter of serious concern and monitoring needs to be improved. In this research, we focused on how to improve the performance of an integrated sensor system for detecting environmental contaminants. The system we investigated is the electronic nose and tongue system, which is designed to emulate human chemosensory system. The system is capable of detecting pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia and carbon dioxide in the air, and arsenic (As(III)) in the water.

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Food And Language: Price-Based Lexical Variation In Turkish Online Restaurant Reviews, Maria Joy Cupery Dec 2017

Food And Language: Price-Based Lexical Variation In Turkish Online Restaurant Reviews, Maria Joy Cupery

Open Access Theses

Previous research has demonstrated price-based lexical variation in American online restaurant reviews and advertising (Freedman and Jurafsky, 2011; Jurafsky, Chahneau, Routledge & Smith 2014). According to the theories of Bourdieu (1986, 1987), and Douglas and Isherwood (2002), this type of variation may be the result of different social classes using differing cultural capital to evaluate their consumer experiences. As reviewers’ lexical choices reflect the criteria they apply to that good, the reviews of more expensive restaurants were expected to use significantly different lexicons than the reviews of less expensive restaurants. In comparing lexical, grammatical and etymological choices across four price …

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Looking For A Reason: An Exploration Of Why Students Empathize With Some Characters Over Others, Ariel Cornelissen Dec 2017

Looking For A Reason: An Exploration Of Why Students Empathize With Some Characters Over Others, Ariel Cornelissen

Open Access Theses

In this study, 8th grade Language Arts students read the young adult novel, Torn. The study then looked to explain why the students empathized with some characters in the novel over others and the implications the findings could have in regards to classroom practice. The objective of the research was to develop an understanding of why students empathize with particular characters over others in order to inform future studies of empathy development in adolescents. In order to achieve this, the study employed the methodologies of grounded theory and action research to build upon the existing literature about empathy and young …

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A Study On Understanding The Creation Of Component Maintenance Manual Using Model-Based Definition, Akshob Dasaiah Aravind Dec 2017

A Study On Understanding The Creation Of Component Maintenance Manual Using Model-Based Definition, Akshob Dasaiah Aravind

Open Access Theses

The use of Model-based definition (MBD) over 2D drawings is slowly becoming a reality in most organizations. The MBD models are intended to replace drawings in all downstream processes including technical publication. Technical authors have for long relied on engineering drawings as one of the inputs to create maintenance manuals. There exists no frameworks or models that can help define the contents of an MBD dataset for creation of maintenance manuals. The intent of this study was to develop one such model specific to creation of Component Maintenance Manuals (CMMs). A survey and an optional follow-up interview was used to …

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Nanosecond Electric Pulse Induced Changes Of Mammalian Cell Suspension Conductivity In Real Time, Andrew J. Fairbanks Dec 2017

Nanosecond Electric Pulse Induced Changes Of Mammalian Cell Suspension Conductivity In Real Time, Andrew J. Fairbanks

Open Access Theses

Electric pulses (EPs) have been used for many biological applications from electrochemotherapy to wound healing. While conventional techniques use microsecond to millisecond pulses, more recent techniques use nanosecond EPs (NSEPs) with a much higher amplitude. Generally, the longer duration pulses fully charge the plasma membrane to permeabilize it in a process called electroporation. NSEPs fully charge the smaller intracellular organelles to enable the manipulation of intracellular function; however, they still partially charge the membrane to permeabilize it to facilitate the transport of smaller ions. Experiments have demonstrated this motion using dyes and long-term (on the order of minutes) electrical measurements. …

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Data Clustering Techniques To Identify User Groups And Resource Grouping In Nanohub, Mugdha Gogte Dec 2017

Data Clustering Techniques To Identify User Groups And Resource Grouping In Nanohub, Mugdha Gogte

Open Access Theses

With a massive increase in the number of online resources for education and research, it is important to study their usage by target audience comprised mainly of students, educators and researchers. This study explores the application of data clustering techniques on user access data of online science platforms in order to detect user groups and categorize resources with the aim of finding evidence that nanoHUB, the largest science gateway in the field of nanotechnology, aids educational advancement and research. Several algorithms are examined to find the best-suited algorithm for the data set in question. The study uses a two-stage methodology …

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A Comparative Analysis Of Forensic Methods Used On A Microsoft Surface Book, Michael Graham Dec 2017

A Comparative Analysis Of Forensic Methods Used On A Microsoft Surface Book, Michael Graham

Open Access Theses

The research question being asked by this project is which tool is the most effective at dead forensics and which is the most effective at live forensics when working on time-sensitive cases that involve a Microsoft Surface Book? The Microsoft Surface series of products is an example of one of the new products containing a non-removable solid-state storage drive. These laptop computers are becoming very popular and offer something that most other tablets do not, a full size USB port capable of transferring data on and off the device. This port can allow connectivity of many different device and most …

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Examining The Individual- And Community-Level Effects Of Natural And Anthropogenic Stressors On Larval Amphibians, Samantha J. Gallagher Dec 2017

Examining The Individual- And Community-Level Effects Of Natural And Anthropogenic Stressors On Larval Amphibians, Samantha J. Gallagher

Open Access Theses

Both natural and anthropogenic stressors are encountered regularly in nature. Predators and pathogens are fundamental components of ecological communities, while chemical contamination commonly enters aquatic environments via drift or runoff. The presence of each of these stressors may have individual-or community-level impacts. Individuals may be forced to make physiological tradeoffs upon exposure to stress that can be addressed through metabolic rate. Examining metabolic rate provides insight into energy allocation, a process that may be altered by the addition of a stressor. I examined how two stressors, the pathogen ranavirus and the pesticide carbaryl, affected the metabolic rates of larval amphibians. …

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A Case Study On Monetary Fraud In A Cashless Economy, Swarnalakshmi M. Iyer Dec 2017

A Case Study On Monetary Fraud In A Cashless Economy, Swarnalakshmi M. Iyer

Open Access Theses

The payment market has many electronic instruments like cards and mobile phones competing with cash for market share. This thesis compares costs, involving two components: (i) the cost of implementing and maintaining an economy where the instrument can be used and, (ii) the losses suffered due to abuse of the payment instrument, for cash and card instruments. A case study on three countries Sweden, United States and India is conducted to survey variations in costs for cash and card instruments in economies that have varying extents of cash in circulation. Findings show that losses suffered due to abuse of cash …

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A Wearable Paper-Based Dermal Platform For Monitoring Perspiration, Vaibhav Jain Dec 2017

A Wearable Paper-Based Dermal Platform For Monitoring Perspiration, Vaibhav Jain

Open Access Theses

Consumer scale wearable devices have the potential to shift the healthcare paradigm from curative to preventive by allowing unobtrusive monitoring of important physiological parameters. Towards such a goal, this work presents a flexible and conformal, paper-based dermal platform (patch), for real time in-situ perspiration monitoring and quantification to aid in maintenance of hydration balance. Depending on the bio-metrics of the user and desired application, the wicking based platform having a spiral design with spokes/fingers of increasing length emanating from a central sweat collection region, can be customized in size and shape to sequentially trigger feedback (passive chemical color change on …

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Analytics Protocol For Data-Driven Decision-Making In The Construction Industry, Ashwini Jain Dec 2017

Analytics Protocol For Data-Driven Decision-Making In The Construction Industry, Ashwini Jain

Open Access Theses

Due to the unique nature of construction projects and the need for leaders in the business to have knowledge from multiple fields, it has become difficult for decision makers to confidently make choices in their complex working environment. Over time, data availability and computational power have both improved. Moreover, technological advancements from the past few years have overwhelmed the industry by generating a diverse amount data from various sources. This large amount of data makes it possible to find nuggets of information. However, in this digital era, collecting data is not the problem, but how to extract useful information is …

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A Systematic Literature Review To Identify Best Practices For Communication In Virtual Teams, Arielle Mabon Dec 2017

A Systematic Literature Review To Identify Best Practices For Communication In Virtual Teams, Arielle Mabon

Open Access Theses

Virtual teams are necessary for organizations to remain competitive in today’s global society, but the complexities of virtual team environments impart strain on virtual teams to perform key team activities. Although virtual teams are expected to deliver complex projects, training for communicating in virtual teams is often overlooked. This thesis was conducted using a systematic literature review of peer-reviewed articles from 2012-2017 to identify elements of communication that contributed to virtual team effectiveness and communication best practices that may be perceived as prescriptive content for virtual team communication training. The results of this study suggest that virtual team communication training …

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