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Real-Time Acquisition Of Multi-View Face Images To Support Robust Face Recognition Using A Wireless Camera Network, Srikanth Parupati
Real-Time Acquisition Of Multi-View Face Images To Support Robust Face Recognition Using A Wireless Camera Network, Srikanth Parupati
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Recent terror attacks, intrusion attempts and criminal activities have necessitated a transition to modern biometric systems that are capable of identifying suspects in real time. But real-time biometrics is challenging given the computationally intensive nature of video processing and the potential occlusions and variations in pose of a subject in an unconstrained environment. The objective of this dissertation is to utilize the robustness and parallel computational abilities of a distributed camera network for fast and robust face recognition.;In order to support face recognition using a camera network, a collaborative middle-ware service is designed that enables the rapid extraction of multi-view …
Analysis And Classification Of Current Trends In Malicious Http Traffic, Risto Pantev
Analysis And Classification Of Current Trends In Malicious Http Traffic, Risto Pantev
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Web applications are highly prone to coding imperfections which lead to hacker-exploitable vulnerabilities. The contribution of this thesis includes detailed analysis of malicious HTTP traffic based on data collected from four advertised high-interaction honeypots, which hosted different Web applications, each in duration of almost four months. We extract features from Web server logs that characterize malicious HTTP sessions in order to present them as data vectors in four fully labeled datasets. Our results show that the supervised learning methods, Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Decision Trees based J48 and PART, can be used to efficiently distinguish attack sessions from vulnerability …
A Comparison Of White-Collar Offenders And Non-White-Collar Offenders On The Psychological Variables Of Personality, Criminal Thinking, And Psychopathy, Laurie Ragatz
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The first purpose of this study was to replicate Walters and Geyer (2004) by examining how white-collar offenders differ from non-white-collar offenders on criminal thinking styles and lifestyle criminality. The second purpose was to examine the psychopathic characteristics of white-collar offenders in comparison to non-white-collar offenders. The third purpose was to explore the psychopathology of white-collar offenders compared to non-white-collar offenders. The study sample included 48 white-collar only offenders (offenders that only committed white-collar crime), 89 white-collar versatile offenders (offenders that have previously committed non-white-collar crime), and 89 non-white-collar offenders. Groups were matched on age and ethnicity. All participants completed …
An American "Duchess" In Disguise: John Singleton Copley's Turquerie Portrait Of Margaret Kemble Gage, Elizabeth Rininger
An American "Duchess" In Disguise: John Singleton Copley's Turquerie Portrait Of Margaret Kemble Gage, Elizabeth Rininger
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A number of portraits that John Singleton Copley painted in the years prior to the American Revolution show women clad in turquerie. Traditionally, art historians have explained the appearance of this fashion as provincial colonials copying fashions from their parent country. The appeal of the fashion was strong; however, the political, social, and sexual connotations complicate this explanation for the sitters' choice of dress. While the purpose here is not to disprove the explanation of fashion-consciousness, it is to read these portraits from the perspective of the colonized rather than the colonizer. It is an attempt to decode an appropriated …
Surfactants And Digital Alloys For Strain Relief In Iii-Nitride Distributed Bragg Reflectors And Related Heterostructures Via Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy, Lee Ellen Rodak
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III-Nitride based semiconductors have emerged as one of the promising materials for electronic and opto-electronic devices, including but not limited to, solid state emitters, photodetectors, and transistors. Despite commercial success, several issues ranging from material growth to device fabrication remain unresolved and continue to hinder the efficiency of these devices. One such issue includes strain management in III-Nitride heterostructures. The binary alloys in the (Al,In,Ga)N family are characterized by a large lattice and thermal mismatch which leads to defect formation and cracking within heterostructures. These defects are detrimental to device fabrication and operation. This work investigates growth based techniques to …
Beyond Protest: Ethics Of Reconciliation In Post-Apartheid South African White Writing, Sohinee Roy
Beyond Protest: Ethics Of Reconciliation In Post-Apartheid South African White Writing, Sohinee Roy
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Beyond Protest: Ethics of Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South African White Writing examines the politics and poetics of reconciliation in South Africa by comparing the defining (or, at least the initiating) document the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (TRC) with the ways in which concepts of "racial harmony" are presented in the post-apartheid novels of white authors like J.M.Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Antje Krog, and Andre Brink. South Africa's complex racial history dating back to the colonial times, the consequent internalization of imposed racial identities within resistance movements, and the institutionalization of racist practices through state policies mean that its effort to …
Exploration Of Injection Strategy And Fuel Property Effects On Advanced Combustion, Ross H. Ryskamp
Exploration Of Injection Strategy And Fuel Property Effects On Advanced Combustion, Ross H. Ryskamp
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Over the past two decades increasingly strict emissions regulations have been implemented for on-road diesel engines. Additionally, reduced fuel consumption has recently become a priority for government regulatory agencies promising more stringent regulations on the horizon. This desire for less polluting, more efficient vehicles has fueled advanced engine research and development. Advanced combustion regimes such as homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), premixed charge compression ignition (PCCI), and low temperature combustion (LTC) are topics at the forefront of this research. Each of these advanced combustion regimes essentially follow the same principle in which a homogeneous or near-homogeneous air and fuel mixture …
On The Evolution Of Social Development In The British Sudan A Comparative Study Of The Gezira And Zande Cotton-Growing Schemes, Joseph M. Snyder
On The Evolution Of Social Development In The British Sudan A Comparative Study Of The Gezira And Zande Cotton-Growing Schemes, Joseph M. Snyder
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By the early 1950s, two-thirds of the manpower in the British Colonial Service -- some 10,000 out of 15,000 expatriates -- was concentrated in Africa. The total disbursements on research showed the same Africanist bias: fifty-eight percent of the research money spent between 1940 and 1961 went into British African territories. These facts are indicative not only of the obvious -- the massive investment obliged by planned decolonization -- but also of the more opaque and protean: the influence of Lord Hailey's African survey, begun in the late 1930s, which culminated in his Native Administration and Political Development in Tropical …
Molecular Phylogeny Of The Oestroidea, Baneshwar Singh
Molecular Phylogeny Of The Oestroidea, Baneshwar Singh
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The superfamily Oestroidea includes approximately 9% (≈14,000 spp.) of the order Diptera. Many members of the superfamily are of medical, veterinary, agricultural, and forensic importance. Although Oestroidea has been the subject of much scientific scrutiny, the exact patterns of phylogenetic relationships among the key groups of the superfamily are unresolved and controversial. For a better understanding of oestroid evolutionary hypotheses, phylogenies of Oestroidea were reconstructed at several taxonomic levels using DNA sequence data. The specific aims were to determine the phylogeny of the 1) genus Chrysomya (Chrysomyinae); 2) subfamily Chrysomyinae (Calliphoridae); 3) family Oestridae (Oestroidea); and 4) family Calliphoridae (Oestroidea). …
Interpretation, Meaning-Making, And Civic Engagement At Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Sandy Strickland
Interpretation, Meaning-Making, And Civic Engagement At Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Sandy Strickland
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Using qualitative methodology, this study investigated interpretation, meaning-making, and civic engagement at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. Based upon constructivist learning theory, the research focused on eight research questions including: 1) What memories do visitors recall from their visit to CHSNHS? 2) What kind of knowledge do visitors remember? 3) Are visitors making meaningful connections to the resource? 4) What meanings are visitors making? 5) How are the meanings made? 6) Are these meanings connected to civic engagement? 7) What types of citizens are visitors to Central High School NHS? 8) Longitudinal changes in knowledge, meaningful connections, …
Estonia's Memory Politics In The Context Of European Integration, Marina Suhhoterina
Estonia's Memory Politics In The Context Of European Integration, Marina Suhhoterina
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This study examines the process of European integration of Estonia from the perspective of memory politics. The main assumption of the research is that the Estonian political elite often refers to the Soviet past of the country and its reflection in Estonian national memory to frame and guide the political discourse of European integration. In order to test this hypothesis, I analyze the speeches delivered by the leading representatives of the Estonian political elite in the process of post-Soviet transformation. The findings of the study reveal development that is seemingly a paradox. Members of Estonian political elite have attempted to …
Role Of Nitric Oxide And Reactive Oxygen Species In Apoptotic, Inflammatory And Migratory Signaling Pathways In Cancer, Siera Jo Talbott
Role Of Nitric Oxide And Reactive Oxygen Species In Apoptotic, Inflammatory And Migratory Signaling Pathways In Cancer, Siera Jo Talbott
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Cancer represents over 200 different diseases of different cell and tissue type origins. The heterogeneity of tumors presents challenges in finding effective treatments for the different diseases. Therefore, understanding the molecular events that promote tumorgenesis can assist in the development of better targeted treatments and therapies. Reduction/oxidation (redox) biology has become increasingly important as high levels of nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are reported in both the development of cancer and in response to treatment. In addition to their known potential biotoxic effects on DNA, proteins and lipids, NO and ROS are recognized as secondary messengers within …
Where Have All The Women Combatants Gone? The Realities Of Soviet Female Veterans In The Immediate Post World War Two Period, Jekaterina Tsizikova
Where Have All The Women Combatants Gone? The Realities Of Soviet Female Veterans In The Immediate Post World War Two Period, Jekaterina Tsizikova
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Relying on numerous testimonies of Soviet women combatants, this thesis demonstrates the wartime and post-war realities of Soviet women soldiers. About a million of women combatants took an active part in the war, yet they remained in the shadow of the Great Victory of 1945. This paper explores the unwillingness of the Soviet state to recognize the contribution of Soviet women combatants in the fighting of the Second World War. Why did the myth of the Great Patriotic War exclude women? Why were some women soldiers more worthy of recognition than others? What, compared to female veterans, was the status …
Role Of Inhibition In Binaural Processing, Jesse M. Thompson
Role Of Inhibition In Binaural Processing, Jesse M. Thompson
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The medial and lateral superior olives (MSO, LSO) are the lowest order cell groups in the mammalian auditory circuit to receive massive binaural input. The MSO functions in part to encode interaural time differences (ITD), the predominant cue for localization of low frequency sounds. Binaural inputs to the MSO consist of excitatory projections from the cochlear nuclei (CN) and inhibitory projections from both the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) and lateral nucleus of the trapezoid body (LNTB). The interaction of excitatory and inhibitory currents within an MSO cell's soma and dendrites over the backdrop of its intrinsic ionic …
Emotional Pain And Acute Nociception, Alison M. Vargovich
Emotional Pain And Acute Nociception, Alison M. Vargovich
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examined differences and similarities in responses to acute nociception in adults with a significant history of emotional pain relative to matched controls with a significant past positive life experience and a sample of chronic pain patients. Using 28 volunteers who responded to advertisements (n = 14, emotional pain group; n = 14, positive life experience group), and 14 chronic pain patients from a prior study, this investigation utilized measures of pain threshold and tolerance during a laboratory finger pressure pain induction experiment. Each participant experienced two levels of pressure pain (i.e., high and low) and two levels of …
Development Of An Emotional Pain Interview, Ben Weinstein
Development Of An Emotional Pain Interview, Ben Weinstein
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study developed and tested the Emotional Pain Interview (EPI), a semi-structured interview measuring emotional pain, using community dwelling adults with a significant history of emotional pain (n = 16; emotional pain group) relative to matched controls reporting a prior significant positive life experience (n = 16; positive life experience group). The EPI and a matching positive life event interview were used to assess all participants regarding prior emotionally painful and positive life experiences. Participants completed measures of anxiety sensitivity, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Ratings of emotional responding (i.e., Valence, Arousal, and Control/Dominance) were made for prior emotionally painful …
Formulating A Conceptual Framework To Understand Native American Perceptions Of Place And Identity: A Temporal Examination Of The Spatio-Social Effects Of Uneven Development Through Accumulation By Dispossession, Denyse Wyskup
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This research dialectically conceptualizes how capitalist uneven development and subsequent occurrences has shaped, and continues to shape, Native American perceptions of place and identity. Specifically, this research focuses on accumulation by dispossession, a key component of uneven development, and the spatio-historic effects this form of dispossession has had on Native American lifeworlds. This research focuses primarily upon federal legislation in the form of treaties, acts, and court rulings as the predominant component sustaining accumulation by dispossession and, in turn, perpetuating uneven development within Native American communities. In order to more holistically conceptualize the impacts of accumulation by dispossession three Native …
The Effect Of Examiner Variation In Cartridge Case Acquisition On Ibis® Correlation Scores And The Ability Of The System To Return A True Positive, Kristine M. Scicchitano
The Effect Of Examiner Variation In Cartridge Case Acquisition On Ibis® Correlation Scores And The Ability Of The System To Return A True Positive, Kristine M. Scicchitano
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When entering cartridge case exhibits into the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS®), examiners have the ability to manually manipulate three parameters: lighting intensity, ring selection and exhibit orientation. User guidelines for these settings are subjective, and the effect of examiner variation is largely unknown. If examiner variation negatively affects the returned correlation scores, the ability of the system to return true positives will be compromised. By entering cartridge cases into IBIS® 88 separate times, using 88 different combinations of parameter settings, the effect of these variables was determined. Analysis of variance testing revealed that no variable has a statistically significant …
Real-Time Multi-View Human Action Recognition Using A Wireless Camera Sensor Network., Sricharan Ramagiri
Real-Time Multi-View Human Action Recognition Using A Wireless Camera Sensor Network., Sricharan Ramagiri
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This thesis describes the implementation of real-time, multiple-view camera network used for human action recognition system. The fusion technique presented here shows how information obtained from multiple views using a network of cameras can be effectively combined to yield a reliable and fast human action recognition system. A score-based fusion technique is used for combining information from multiple cameras that can handle arbitrary orientation of the subject with respect to the cameras. This fusion technique does not rely on a symmetric deployment of the cameras and does not require that camera network deployment configuration be preserved between training and testing …
Understanding Transnational Advocacy Groups: A Case Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Committee To Protect Journalists In The Promotion Of Press Freedom In The Philippines, Mayuri Mukherjee
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Given the increasingly crucial role of the media in forming popular opinion, policymaking and the conduct of democratic institutions, there has been a severe, often lethal, backlash against individuals who exercise this power through their craft. This study examines the effectiveness of international advocacy groups in protecting journalists and promoting press freedom through a case study of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-governmental international advocacy group, in getting justice for killed journalists in the Philippines -- one of the world's most deadliest places for journalists. The study attempts to provide a detailed insight into how transnational advocacy groups work …
Controlled Drug Substance Use In West Virginia: An Investigation Into Doctor Shopping, Pharmacy Shopping, And Prescription Histories, Gretchen L. Peirce
Controlled Drug Substance Use In West Virginia: An Investigation Into Doctor Shopping, Pharmacy Shopping, And Prescription Histories, Gretchen L. Peirce
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
One objective was to compare the proportion of doctor and pharmacy shoppers between living and deceased users of controlled drug substances (CDS) in West Virginia. A second objective was to identify factors that predict the odds a subject is classified as a shopper. A third objective was to determine factors that predict the odds of dying from CDS use. A final objective was to identify factors that predict the odds of deceased subjects not having verified prescriptions for CDS detected upon autopsy.;A secondary data research study was conducted. The Controlled Drug Substance Monitoring Program and the Forensic Drug Database were …
Associations Between Co-Parenting, Parenting Stress, And Military Deployment, Brittane L. Todd
Associations Between Co-Parenting, Parenting Stress, And Military Deployment, Brittane L. Todd
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The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in parenting stress and parenting alliance following a military deployment as a function of the level of co-parenting exhibited during deployment. Two co-parenting groups (high and low) were formed based on co-parenting practices during the deployment. A total of 31 participants comprised the sample (High = 16 and Low = 15) and completed the anonymous online surveys including The Co-Parenting Scale, the Parenting Alliance Measure, and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form. The groups did not differ in the levels of parenting alliance. Additionally, the low co-parenting group did not report …
B-Splines In Emd And Graph Theory In Pattern Recognition, Qin Wu
B-Splines In Emd And Graph Theory In Pattern Recognition, Qin Wu
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With the development of science and technology, a large amount of data is waiting for further scientific exploration. We can always build up some good mathematical models based on the given data to analyze and solve the real life problems. In this work, we propose three types of mathematical models for different applications.;In chapter 1, we use Bspline based EMD to analysis nonlinear and no-stationary signal data. A new idea about the boundary extension is introduced and applied to the Empirical Mode Decomposition(EMD) algorithm. Instead of the traditional mirror extension on the boundary, we propose a ratio extension on the …
Interpretation Of Well Test Data From Two Hydraulically Communicating Reservoirs, Bander Ibrahim Al Quaimi
Interpretation Of Well Test Data From Two Hydraulically Communicating Reservoirs, Bander Ibrahim Al Quaimi
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Naturally fractured reservoirs (NFR) have been receiving more attention than ever since the beginning of the last decade due to various reasons. The current understanding is not sufficient to achieve a favorable recovery factor due to the complexity associated with the fracture characterization and the dynamic behavior of the fractured system. The majority of the fractured reservoirs are developed. Therefore, before proceeding into secondary or possibly tertiary recovery processes a thorough understanding must be reached to avoid undesirable results. The huge reserve volume present in fractured oil and gas reservoirs motivate engineers, researchers, and geoscientists to exert additional efforts to …
Evaluation On The Use Of The Frax Tool To Improve Recognition And Treatment Of Low Bone Mass In Primary Care Practice, Natalie J. Eddy
Evaluation On The Use Of The Frax Tool To Improve Recognition And Treatment Of Low Bone Mass In Primary Care Practice, Natalie J. Eddy
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Background. Research has revealed that there is a consistent underutilization of treatment of osteoporosis especially after fragility fractures. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the application of the FRAXâ„¢ tool as a strategy to improve the assessment and treatment of osteoporosis in primary care. Objectives. The primary outcome was to improve primary care provider recognition and treatment of osteoporosis through the use of the FRAXâ„¢ tool. Secondary outcomes were to increase provider adherence to clinical practice guidelines on osteoporosis. Design. Primary care providers attended one educational session. Pre- and post-test assessed knowledge. Charts were audited for provider adherence …
Evaluating The Effects Of The Blennerhassett Island Bridge Crossing (Ohio River) On Soil, Vegetation, And Wildlife, Joshua Allen Vance
Evaluating The Effects Of The Blennerhassett Island Bridge Crossing (Ohio River) On Soil, Vegetation, And Wildlife, Joshua Allen Vance
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Corridor D was one of the original 23 highway corridors selected by the Appalachian Highway Development System in 1965 and stretches from Bridgeport, West Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. The last piece of Corridor D to be completed was the Blennerhassett Island Bridge which crosses over the Ohio River and Blennerhassett Island near Parkersburg, West Virginia and Belpre, Ohio. The Blennerhassett Island Bridge is a tied-arch style bridge about 1,220 m in length and 24 m above the ground and water surface. Construction of the bridge began in March 2005 and the bridge was opened to the public in June 2008. …
Social Worlds Of Rock Climbers At Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, Katherine A. Thompson
Social Worlds Of Rock Climbers At Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, Katherine A. Thompson
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The purpose of this study was to provide management at Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, West Virginia, with an understanding of the social worlds of rock climbers at Seneca Rocks, to ascertain any management interventions that can improve access to climbing areas at Seneca Rocks, and to determine how permitted group sizes among guided and/or unguided climbers would affect the social worlds of climbers at Seneca Rocks. Between the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010 17 interviews with rock climbers of varying experience climbing at Seneca Rocks were conducted, then analyzed along with accident reports, internet forum discussions, …
Mandatory Reporting In The Context Of Home Visitation Programs, Danielle Marie Davidov
Mandatory Reporting In The Context Of Home Visitation Programs, Danielle Marie Davidov
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Each year in the United States, 4.8 million physical assaults and rapes are committed against 1.5 million women by an intimate partner. An estimated 3.3 to 10 million children are exposed to some form of intimate partner violence (IPV) in their own homes annually. Although mandatory reporting laws regarding child abuse and/or neglect are implemented in all 50 U.S. states, the extent to which these laws are appropriate for IPV between adults and children exposed to IPV is undetermined. A comprehensive examination of the perspectives of those required to report abuse is critical, as their roles as mandated reporters often …
Community College Department Chairs' Leadership Styles And Faculty Utilization Of Instructional Technology, Anastasia (Stacey) L. Boggs
Community College Department Chairs' Leadership Styles And Faculty Utilization Of Instructional Technology, Anastasia (Stacey) L. Boggs
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This study explores the relationship between faculty utilization of instructional technology and the leadership style of mathematics and English academic department chairpersons in associate degree-granting community colleges in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The degree to which instructional technology was utilized in teaching courses was determined through self reporting surveys answered via mail by the selected faculty and chairs in the study. The academic department chairpersons in mathematics and English departments at the selected community colleges were rated by their faculty to determine their leadership style, using the Bolman and Deal Leadership Orientations survey. The leadership styles consisted …
The Perceived Role Competencies And Qualifications Of Newly Hired Novice And Experienced Nurse Educators In Prelicensure Registered Nurse Programs: A Regional Study, Denice H. Kirchoff
The Perceived Role Competencies And Qualifications Of Newly Hired Novice And Experienced Nurse Educators In Prelicensure Registered Nurse Programs: A Regional Study, Denice H. Kirchoff
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The health care profession is faced with a well publicized shortage of registered nurses. This shortage is accompanied by a declining number of nurse educators who are needed to prepare individuals entering the field. Factors recognized to be related to the educator shortage are the heavy workload and academic demands that immediately confront the new educator. Faculty members have reported feeling overwhelmed and uncertain of their decision to enter academia. Moreover, nurse educators enter into the profession with varying educational backgrounds which pose challenges to their respective nursing program to develop their entry level needs.;The purpose of the study was …