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Not Me, Michele Petrulis

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Monologue, Juhanita Jiman

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"Monologue" is about feelings. It's a mystical thing, without us realizing it, there is always something hidden behind a scene. So, in "Monologue", I am trying to reveal what is hidden in one's emotion, through images with text disturbance and inner voices.

Increasing Suicide Awareness Through Inservice Training, Sara Piscani

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Although practitioners recognize the alarming increase in suicidal behavior among students, few have formal training in identifying symptoms often associated with suicidal ideation and behavior. Twenty-seven educators in a metropolitan school district in the Northeast attended an informative inservice training on suicide and, using a pretest-posttest design, completed a questionnaire specifically designed to measure knowledge of suicidal ideation and gestures, personal comfort level with students exhibiting suicidal behavior, and level of personal depressive symptoms. Results suggested that participants increased their knowledge of suicidal ideation and gestures following the inservice training. These changes may affect the ability of school personnel to …

The Necessity Of Artifice, Timothy Cozzens

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Mechka, Somchit Amornvorarat

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A Colorimetric Investigation Of Soft Proofing, Karl Williamson

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The color proof has become one of the most important tools for quality control in the printing industry today3. Customers, publishers, separators, and printers depend upon its accuracy for indicating the quality of separations. The color proof is the most practical method for communicating how the color should appear and is easy to understand and use for comparison. The analog color proof is compared to the original to determine if the desired result has been achieved. The proof is sent to the customer to indicate how the image will appear when printed. If this proof is accepted, it is sent …

Educating Adolescents With Emotional And Behavior Disabilities: A Bottom-Up Approach, Aimee Darmer

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This study presents a review of the literature describing the characteristics of students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities (SED). Studies examining the best educational practices for this population of students are also reviewed and discussed. The author concludes that the best educational programs for students with SED contain an emphasis on personal responsibility and academic success within a day treatment setting. To test this hypothesis, the author examined one such program, the Avalon School of Rochester, New York, which exhibits many of the features correlated in the literature with student success. This study concludes that, given the choice to …

Indenting Thin Films Using An Atomic Force Microscope, Cheryl O'Neal

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The feasibility of using a Scanning Probe Microscope to measure nanomechanical properties of thin films was investigated. An Atomic force Microscope was utilized in an attempt to perform nanoindentations to measure the hardness and elastic modulus of several materials. A high modulus cantilever beam was constructed from silicon and a tungsten bead was adhered to its free end. Using this cantilever assembly three samples were indented: a bulk aluminum sample, a 2micrometers thick aluminum film sputtered onto a glass substrate, and a elastomer (rubber band). Subsequent to the indenting process, force curves were captured in the form of tip deflection …

Technical Challenges In Multiple Master Font Design With Extreme Form Change, Thomas Phinney

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The hypothesis was that it is possible to create a unique PostScript Multiple Master font which makes a relatively smooth transition between serifed roman and italic letterforms. In the process of creating such a font, the author discovered new principles of Multiple Master font construction and new methodologies for ensuring smooth transitions. The methodology was to first construct a prototype, in order to explore the complications of such a project; the prototype metamorphosed between the roman and italic forms of the Adobe typeface Minion. For the actual project, roman and italic extremes were newly designed, loosely based on historical models …

Suggested Considerations For Creating A Coporate Style Manual, Melissa Gentile

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Visual communication is the key to maintaining any kind of corporate style. Companies rely on a variety of visual aids to communicate their image to the public. The desired image that each company has of themselves can be communicated to the public through a corporate signature, a logotype, symbols, typefaces and corporate col ors. All of these visual communicators help the public to identify the company, its sub sidiaries, its activities and its involvement with the public. Companies often have so many visual aids that they have to be outlined in a corporate style manual. A corporate style manual takes …

Conflict Within The Continuum, Sulyn Bennett

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Study Of The Wear Of Dental Composites Using An Atomic Force Microscope, Dale E. Ewbank

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This work presents a study of the wear of four dental composites (Concept, XRV, Maxxim, and Belleglass) which are in commercial use. The wear testing was performed using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). Several scanning techniques and various cantilevers were attempted. Finally use of a stainless steel cantilever with a tungsten bead attached resulted in quantifiable wear. AFM imaging in contact mode was used for evaluation of the wear tests. Wear rates are reported as volume per 100,000 scans. The AFM measured wear rates rank the tested composites from most to least wear as follows: Concept highest volume of wear …

The Use Of Axially Loaded Flexures For Vibration Isolation In The Omega Laser Facility Target Positioner, Lance Lund

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The OMEGA Laser Facility is used for laser driven inertial confinement fusion research at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. This facility requires 1 millimeter diameter spherical targets placed at the center of an experimental chamber to remain stable to within 5 microns (0.0002"). Occasionally a mounted target will exceed this stability specification due to ambient vibration, so an isolation stage is proposed as a means of eliminating this problem. This isolation stage consists of six parallel flexures that are axially loaded to reduce the resonant frequency of the isolator. Frequency versus axial load, damping, and linearity are …

A Morphological Array Image Processor Controller Chip Set, Christopher Insalaco

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The design, simulation and layout of a controller chip set for a morphological array image processor shall be discussed. These VLSI chips in conjunction with the Morphological Array Processor (MAP) and Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) chip sets perform the morphological image processing operations of erosion and dilation on 512x512 pixel, 8-bit gray scale images using a 7x7 windowing matrix in real time (60 frames per second). The controller chip set design allows for pipelining of successive MAP's as well as operation on 1024x1024 pixel, 8-bit gray scale images. To facilitate the design, additional scaleable CMOS standard library cells and corresponding …

Performance Evaluation Of Cebus Power Line Communication In The Presence Of X-10 Module Signaling, Nashwa F. Kamel

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A power line of CEBus has great potential towards inexpensive home automation. Both PLBus and X-10 uses [sic] burst of 120KHz signals to transmit bits of information on the power line. However, these two systems are completely incompatible and can conflict with each other. This thesis presents the first performance evaluation of Power Line CEBus communication in the presence of X-10 module signaling. The evaluation included simulation experiments measuring packet delays, message delays, message throughput, channel throughput and the percentage of messages received in error verses [sic] different loads. Network performance has been confirmed to function well in terms of …

Microporous Silicon Dioxide/Vycor Membranes For Gas Separation, Justin R. Barone

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This study focused on producing membranes for molecular sieving of gases by reducing the pore size of an already existing membrane structure. To do this, SiO₂ was deposited inside the pores of a Vycor tube with initial pore diameter of 4 nm. The film deposition took place by a low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) process where diethylsilane (DES) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) were used as precursor gases. A counterflow reactant geometry was used where the precursor gases were flowed on both sides of the porous membrane. This deposition geometry gave higher selectivities and better mechanical stability. …

Experimental Study Of The Rise Of A Large Sphere In A Vibrated Bed Of Monodisperse Spheres, Loic Vanel

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As a simplified way to study size segregation mechanisms, the rise of a single large sphere in a vibrated bed of smaller monodisperse spheres is investigated. The time it takes for the ball to rise from the bottom of the bed to the surface is measured in a very wide range of vibration amplitude, frequency and acceleration. Rise regimes are identified and are classified according to the macroscopic behaviors displayed by the granular bed: heaping, convection without heaping and crystallization. The influence of the large sphere's size on the rise velocity is described. The scaling features of the vibration amplitude …

Tcp/Ip Traffic Over Atm Network With Abr Flow And Congestion Control, Liping An

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Most traffics over the existing ATM network are generated by applications running over TCP/IP protocol stack. In the near future, the success of ATM technology will depend largely on how well it supports the huge legacy of existing TCP/IP applications.

In this thesis, we study and compare the performance of TCP/IP traffic running on different rate based ABR flow control algorithms such as EFCI, ERICA and FMMRA by extensive simulations. Infinite source-end traffic behavior is chosen to represent, FTP application running on TCP/IP. Background VBR traffic with different ON-OFF frequency is introduced to produce transient network states as well as …

Colorimetric Characterization Of Flexographic Process Utilizing Analytical Models, Arturo Aguirre

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The Implementation Of A Recycling Program By The Westin Hotel Ottawa Canada, Dean Zervos

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Verifying The Economic Impact Of Convention Attendees On The Local Economy In The Republic Of China On Taiwan, Pei-Ling Huang

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Convention travel has been growing rapidly throughout the world in recent years and becoming a critical component of the hospitality and travel industry. Hosting of conventions, especially international conventions, can be used by host countries as part of a strategic marketing plan to publicize modern development, traditional culture, and tourism resources. It also stimulates economic growth in the hosting country. The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences between the expenditures of delegates staying in hotels and delegates not staying in hotels in each category. It was expected that most of delegates staying in hotels were foreigners and …

Instructions For Educational Videos Used In Undergraduate Classes, Jamie Mcdermott

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Includes instructions for preparing gelatin, eggs, whipped cream, pie dough, yeast bread, and quick bread. Also gives information on knives, deep frying and sanitation.

Decision Making In A Nonprofit Organization: A Case Study, Mary J. Petersen

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Nonprofit organizations which are guided by volunteer boards generally do not apply business practices to decisions which have long range consequences for their organization or even for the industry they represent. The purpose of this study was to apply feasibility study guidelines to a decision facing the American Culinary Federation to expand its scope of accrediting activities to include culinary arts programs at the secondary level. A Task Force was assembled and guided through three meetings using methods of brainstorming, problem stating, analysis, and feedback mechanisms (both internally and externally). The study was concluded prior to final recommendations by the …

Mystery Shopping As A Service Quality Improvement Tool: Developing A Comprehensive Program For An Economy Motel Chain, Robyn L. Schultz

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Organizations in all industries have discovered the importance of understanding customer needs and meeting or exceeding those needs through superior customer service. The hospitality industry, as the predominant service industry, has a particular responsibility to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction. An evaluation tool which all allows organizations to see their performance from the customer's perspective is mystery shopping. This project explores the systematic development and implementation of a mystery shopping program which is based on operational objectives and points to training needs in an economy motel group. While almost always a useful evaluation tool, the power of mystery shopping, …

Benchmarking Cross-Functional Teams In The Car Rental Industry, Iris Wolfson

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The focus of this study is on the benchmarking of the use of cross-functional teams within the car rental industry. An in-depth look at the use of cross-functional teams in the car rental industry to determine if (1) cross-functional teams are present and (2) which car rental agency, if any, is the best in class. Focus is placed upon the identification of quality customer service in this industry through the use of four scenarios. A questionnaire was designed to determine the usage of cross-functional teams in the car rental industry. Five car rental agencies were studied. They are Alamo, Avis, …

The Effects Of Tourism On A Third World Country: A Case Study - Guyana, Monetta Edwards

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of tourism revitalization on a developing country's (Guyana) economy.

Service Recovery: A Case Study, Sharon Lynn Yockel

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This case study examines the readiness to implement a successful service recovery program in a culture that has operated as a monopoly for many years. Zemke's (1995) Recovery Readiness Inventory is used to survey a pilot group of 200 employees who have regular contact with customers. The survey shows that all the necessary policies and procedures are not in place and the culture is not ready to support the service recovery program. This conclusion is drawn from the survey scores. The minimum comfort zone score set by Zemke (1995) is achieved for only 1 category.

An Analysis Of Customer Service Orientation In A New York State Qsr Chain: A Case Study, Ram Nabar

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This is a case study about a fast food company whose aggressive growth in the past has left it vulnerable and unable to cope with the results of its expansion. This quickservice restaurant chain has been lauded by many business gurus for its innovation, efficiency and its focus on customer service. In the areas with Team Managed Units in place, customer satisfaction went up, and crew turnover went down. The hectic pace of change within the organization, however, is creating uncertainty and insecurity, making it impossible to function without true leadership taking over at the helm of the organization. The …

A Naturalistic Inquiry Into The Experience Of Job Loss, Kathryn Desai

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This research paper is the result of a "naturalistic inquiry" to explore job loss, as experienced by displaced senior managers of the Long Term Care System in Ontario, in 1997. The purpose of the study is to describe the experiences of a group of downsized Home Care and Placement Coordination managers, who lost their jobs in the transition to Community Care Access Centres. The methodology included the use of focus groups and in-depth interviews (which were tape recorded), to collect the data from a sample of volunteers across the province. This qualitative study validated other research, which has demonstrated that …

Comparative Analysis Of Marketing Software Programs: A Case Study, Judy Y. Lin

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This study is a comparative analysis of 2 different marketing and sales software programs. An economy hotel located in Albany, New York is used for the case study. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not either of the software programs can properly market the hotel taking into consideration the components the managers at the hotel want to see in a marketing program. Each of the programs is tested one by one using the data from the hotel and surrounding area. Once the programs are completely analyzed, a recommendation is made on which program is used for …