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Emotional Content In Gestural Process And Form, Robin Yates

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The sculptures focus on the influences emotional content has in my work, and address processes and forms that feelings inspire. One of the main influences in my art is the spectacular Niagara Gorge; the eroded riverbed, the water, and the cliffs. In the documentation of my thesis investigation, I emphasize ritual of process. I realize that in preparing myself to work I set an aesthetic mode important to the development of form. I describe specifics concerning my process so it seems to the reader that they are directly involved while I am working. In reflection, I now realize that visual …

In Memoriam, Christian Edward Dailey

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Gene Therapy, Kerry Danaher

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Many advances have been made in the study of genetics over the past decade. The ultimate goal of this research is to develop medical applications which would provide a cure for the many fatal genetically linked diseases to which conventional medicine has been only able to alleviate symptoms at best. The concept of gene therapy is based on a belief that the expression of a specific amount of functional copies of the mutated gene in the appropriate tissue could cure the disease. The Genome project is an international quest to map the entire human genome by the year 2005. This …

The Pituitary Gland: Exploring The Use Of Multimedia For Medical Science Education, Adam Quinn

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Environmental Air Pollution Analysis In Selected Areas Of Abu Dhabi Emirate, Mahfoodh Abdulla Mohammed Darbool

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There are little data available for environmental pollution, as well as air pollution and statistical information published in the United Arab Emirates. Especially, Abu Dhabi Emirate, has been the location of the UAE's most persistent and extreme levels of industrial oil waste and chemical smog and air pollutants which produces sulphur dioxide emission. In addition, has a high vehicle population, which produces carbon monoxide emission from the motor vehicle exhaust. The acute toxicity of carbon monoxide (CO) has long been recognized and well documented. The motor vehicle is by far the largest contributor to Co accounting for 55% of total …

Sensivity Analysis And Design Calculations With Biofiltration Models, Michael Lawrence Cohen

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Biofiltration is a new technology for biological treatment of volatile organic compounds present in airstreams. It is a complex process and thus, engineering models which attempt to describe it are by necessity very involved and contain a large number of parameters.

In this study, two models describing biofiltration of airstreams carrying a single pollutant (VOC) were used in detailed parameter-sensitivity studies. One model concerned biofiltration under steady-state conditions, while the second described the transient behavior of the process. The intent of the sensitivity studies was to determine which model parameters need to be known with accuracy in order to allow …

Implementation Of A Three-Dimensional Non-Intrusive Particle Tracking System, Vivek Gupta

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A Three-Dimensional Non-Intrusive Particle Tracking System has been developed at NJIT's Particle Technology Center to provide experimental results for validating theories being developed in the field of Particle Technology. The system utilizes the principle of magnetic induction between several high-frequency miniature transmitters mounted inside a sphere and a set of receiving loop antennae mounted outside the experimental apparatus. Basic theories and algorithms for the tracking system have already been developed. The focus of this thesis is to make the tracking system more accurate, reliable and user-friendly and to apply it to the study of vibrated beds and chute flows. Various …

Remediation And Reuse Of Chromium Contaminated Soils Through Cold Top Ex-Site Vitrification, Wiwat Kamolpornwijit

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More than 150 sites in Hudson County, New Jersey are identified as chromium contaminated sites. Hexavalent chromium, highly soluble in water, is considered as an environmental and health hazard, classified as a group A human carcinogen. In this research, the feasibility was performed to study the possibility of remediation of chromium contaminated soil by ex-situ vitrification and to evaluate reuse potential of vitrified products as highway construction aggregate. A series of physical and chemical analysis was conducted on nine soil samples collected from different chromium contaminated sites. Results were analyzed for their compatibility for vitrification. Sand and carbon were added …

The Effects Of Chromated Copper-Arsenate (Cca) Pressure-Treated Wood On Local Sediments And Benthos In A Freshwater Lake, William A. Romeo

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This study looked at the sediment and benthic organism effects of exposure to a Chromated Copper-Arsenate (CCA) treated wood bulkhead in a lake environment with respect to 1) the leaching and accumulation of chromium, copper and arsenic in the nearby sediments, 2) accumulation of these metals in local benthic organisms and 3) the effects of these metals on the local benthic community structure. Sediment samples, taken at regular distances away from a CCA bulkhead and three reference areas in a freshwater lake in Wayne, NJ, were sieved to remove the fine particle fraction (<70µm) which was then analyzed for the metals of concern. Benthic organisms were sampled at the same locations, enumerated, identified, dried and also analyzed for the metals in question. Analysis of sediment metal concentrations revealed high levels of copper at all sampling locations. This was attributed to the annual addition and accumulation Of CuS0₄ added to the lake. There …

Integrating Key Functions In Product Development : A Conceptual Product Development Model For The Korean Context, Jong-Wook Kim

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The high-tech market is characterized by market uncertainty, technology uncertainty and rapid change. To survive in this risky high-tech market, a company must create competitively effective product development practices that meet its own unique needs and circumstances.

One effective practice is cross-functional integration in the product development process. The advantages of integration include a shortened time to market, successful transformation of research results to production, productivity improvement, innovation project success, and high-quality problem solutions. However, these advantages are rarely obtained in the current product development practices of Korean companies. Their product development efforts are generally characterized by time consuming sequential …

Continuous Monitoring Of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Using Microtrap Based Injection Technique And Gas Chromatography, Wenjun Chen

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A microtrap is made by packing a small diameter tubing with an adsorbent. The microtrap can be rapidly heated with a pulse of electrical current resulting in a sharp desorption that can act as an injection for GC separation. The microtrap can be used in several configurations to concentrate and inject sample in continuous, on-line monitoring system.

In this research a laboratory scale catalytic incinerator was set up and volatile organic compounds in the incinerator effluents were monitored using the microtrap based injection systems. The detection systems used were gas chromatography and nonmethane organic carbon (NMOC) analyzer. Conventional sample valve, …

Determination Of Physical Parameters Affecting Biofiltration Of Vocs, Steven Matthew Wojdyla

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This study dealt with the determination of physical and design parameters affecting the transient behavior of classical biofilters employed in removal of VOCs from airstreams. The column packing material consisted of a mixture of peat and perlite particles (2:3, v:v). The design parameters investigated were the density of the packing material, its porosity, and the void fraction of the filter-bed. The physical parameters investigated were the characteristics of adsorption equilibrium between VOCs and packing material, and the mass transfer coefficients of VOCs to the packing material.

The density of the packing material was found to be 0.679 x 106 g-packing/ …

Design And Analysis Of Environmentally Safe Cooling Systems For Machine Tools, Haiping Xu

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Many cooling systems of metal cutting and both their advantages and disadvantages have been reviewed. The cutting forces' relationships, stress distribution, energy consumption and heat generation of orthogonal processes are discussed. A two-dimensional finite element model has been developed to design and analyze a new proposed cooling device, which comes from the idea of "A Novel Cooling Device" proposed by Billatos et al. First, a thermal calculation is completed to compare the temperature difference between two different shapes of coiled pipe. Then, three different cutting conditions, which were considered in the experiments by Childs et al, are conducted under three …

A Study Of Curriculum Development And Style: Implemented In Culinary Arts, Karen Leach

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Design Of Graduate Program Home Page For The School Of Food, Hotel And Travel Management, Mei-Jung Cheng

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The graduate program home page was designed for two target markets: potential graduate students and potential employers for our graduate students. To attract more students enrolling in the School of Food, Hotel and Travel Management (FHTM) at RIT and increase the graduate students recruited opportunity by outside company, it is necessary to let those two groups know what the school is doing and what students are learning during the academic years by simply viewing the web pages. The graduate page design was emphasized on the functions of frames and hyperlinks because the frames are getting popular on the Internet. Further, …

Impact Of A Hospital-Based Department Of Food And Nutrition Newsletter In Changing Eating Behaviors Of Hospital Employees, Mary M. Crockett

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The impact of a weekly nutrition newsletter upon the eating behavior of hospital employees was examined in this study. Ten percent (175) of employees who eat in a hospital cafeteria were surveyed before, and three months after, the initiation of a nutrition newsletter. Each survey had two parts. The first part was designed to gather demographic information and to assess employee satisfaction with the cafeteria. The second part was a self-reported eating behavior questionnaire comprised of seventeen questions with three possible scores for each response. Information gathered in part one of the first survey was used to make changes to …

Effectiveness Of The Sanitation Certification Process, Ronald Manfredo

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The objective of the survey was to illustrate that sanitation certification leads to a cleaner kitchen. Questionnaires were sent to 180 commercial establishments varying from restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and resorts. Statistical analysis results were calculated using Minitab statistical analysis computer program. Results from the survey indicated that 69 percent of the respondents were self-operated. Management in over 58 percent of the response didn't require their staff to be certified in a sanitation program. However, 57 percent of the managers were required to be certified in some type of program. Sixty nine percent of the respondents felt a course and an …

Assessment Of Changes In The Decision Making Environment In A 210 Room, Rochester, Ny Hotel: A 1996 Case Study, Nikhila Sridhar

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This case study was done to measure changes from 1994 to 1996 in the decision making environment of a local, 210 room hotel in Rochester, NY. This study is considered to be a developmental research project using a longitudinal approach. The data collected in this case study were compared to the results of Koo who conducted the same study in 1994. This case study also compared differences between two Rochester, NY hotels, Hotel A and Hotel B, in 1996 that are owned and operated by the same corporation. The instrument used in this case study was the psychometric, critical incident …

Measuring The Effectiveness Of Service Management On Priority Assessment: A Case Study For The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Andrew Jacobson

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This study addresses three main questions of how effective is the Ritz-Carlton on service process management. They are 1) What process management do they use, 2) What are the top three priorities and 3) How do they measure what they are measuring against. These three questions were asked how the Ritz-Carlton were able to maintain their excellent quality after winning the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. To address these questions, two main approaches were taken. Two interviews were conducted, On March 29th, 1995 with Mr. Patrick Mene, Director of Quality Control, at the Corporate Office in Buckhead, Georgia and August …

Temporary Labor: Issues Of Training, Motivating, And Retaining A Temporary Workforce, Kerry Beadle

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This study focuses on the limiting conditions affecting training, motivating and retaining the temporary employees at the White Eagle Conference Center in Hamilton, New York. In order to provide a clear understanding of the temporary employee situation, a broad outlook of the use of temporaries in the service sector is presented. It includes factors inhibiting commitment, pride, and an ownership feeling in the organization, as well as discussion of issues dealing with training, recruiting, orientation, and turnover. The data gathered for this study was developed through a company wide survey. Information relevant to the subject was collected from literary sources …

Achieving Customer Delight Through Employee Driven Teams, Philip Guarno

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This study shows the relationship between TQM and employee driven teams, and customer satisfaction and delight. The study explains the developmental stages of TQM leading up to self directed work teams in the U.S. The subjects for the study are the Food and Beverage department at IBM, Palisades. The property has been the recipient of several quality awards based upon the Malcolm Baldrige Award criteria. The study presents the training and tools utilized to implement the teams, a sample of the customer survey form and detailed analysis of data presented in the format of World Class, customer satisfaction and defect …

Assessment Of Changes In The Decision Making Environment In A Rochester, Ny Hotel: A 1996 Case Study, Salaya Chermsirivattana

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This was a third year case study on the detection of changes in the structures and processes that support effective decision making within a hotel in Rochester, NY The case study is considered to be a developmental research using a longitudinal approach in a present perspective. The purpose for this case study was to look at changes that occurred in these two sets of years: (1) 1994 and 1996; and (2) 1995 and 1996. The results found in 1996' s study were compared to those found by Koo in 1994 and Stubblebine in 1995 with the use of the "Organizational …

The Integration Of An Information Processing System: A Case Study Based At The Lodge At Woodcliff, Robert Sweeney

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To make the claim that one provides 'World Class' service is easy. Supporting that claim is not so easy if you do not have the proper tools. The Lodge at Woodcliff, a resort hotel in Rochester, New York claims to provide 'World Class' service, but does not have the facts or tools to produce the facts to support this claim. Data has been collected related to service quality throughout the resort. This action research will attempt to integrate an information processing system at the Lodge at Woodcliff. This information processing system will enable management at the Lodge at Woodcliff to …

Post Service Customer Satisfaction Measurement, Jason Karr

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This study provides restauranteurs with information on how to create, implement and evaluate a strategy of customer satisfaction measurement after the service has been delivered and the respective patrons have left the establishment. By measuring and evaluating customers perceptions of the quality of service they received, an organization can determine how they are doing both internally and externally. Application of this information into the business environments will ultimately effect the "moments of truth" with the customers by promoting a better organizational understanding of the customers' wants and needs as well as identifying areas of service that require adjustments.

A Hands-On Nutritional Curriculum For Children Ages Five To Eleven, Teryl L. Fricke

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This thesis will focus on the development of a nutrition curriculum to be used as a continuing education program at the community college level for children from the ages of five to eleven years.

Research indicates that American children are becoming physically unfit and overweight at an alarming rate . Because this condition seems to be the rule rather than the exception, it becomes important to the future health of our children that they be educated in proper selection of foods and eating habits.

Research also indicates that the health curriculums of local public school districts touch on the nutritional …

An Experiment In Acting: Miss In Her Teens, Todd Gillenardo

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The purpose of my thesis is to find ways of making Restoration characterization more natural, believable, and more realistic to a contemporary audience. In my attempt, I will study the works of David Garrick, and attempt to replicate an evening at the Drury Lane Theatre in the 18th century, by directing Miss in Her Teens, one of Garrick's comedies.

The first chapter of my thesis will explore David Garrick's natural style of acting which was revolutionizing theatre after the Restoration. He believed actors should be more natural and believable in their roles, portraying actual people in circumstances and not paper …

The Use Of Mmpi Lie Scale Scores In The Selection Of Law Enforcement Personnel, Van-Lear Philip Eckert

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The present study was designed t o determine if scores of seven or more on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Lie-scale (L) resulted in a law enforcement applicant not being hi red as a police officer . The subjects in this study were 66 applicants to police departments in the St . Louis, MO area . All of the subjects completed the MMPI as part of a preemployment psychological evaluation . The efficacy of utilizing the MMPI in law enforcement screening procedures is discussed. The legal responsibilities of police departments in relation to preemployment psychological assessment are also analyzed. …

Career Ladders For Radiologic Technologists, Linde Flanders

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This thesis will focus on the study of career ladders for radiologic technologists and the impact ladders may have upon an employee's advancement and achievement in the workplace. The intent of the project is to develop and implement a career ladder program for radiologic technologists who function solely in the outpatient setting.

Advancement programs are becoming increasingly important to job satisfaction in today's marketplace and management wishes provide a viable working environment in which the technologist will feel challenged and recognized for excellence in clinical practice.

A handbook was created which details the various levels of technologist classifications and areas …

Perception, Aysegul Ozmen, Su Yonca Akyuz

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An Investigation Into The Determinants Of Information Systems Employee Turnover, Kenita F. Mckenny

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This thesis will concentrate on the subject of the determinants of voluntary employee turnover in the workplace. Business owners and corporate executives are interested in the subject of turnover because it bas a financial impact on organizations. For decades, this concern has made employee turnover a popular topic of study for researchers. Several definitions have been used to describe turnover, thereby creating an opportunity for theorists to research many areas, such as functional or dysfunctional turnover, organizational and individual effects of turnover, and causes of turnover.

The purpose of the present study is to focus on the turnover of a …