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A Human Resource Manual For Registered Nurse Managers Working In Non-Hospital Settings, Jane Elizabeth Gausch

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"Becoming a successful manager in a health care agency is, for most new managers, an awesome and extremely challenging goal. Most new managers have little idea of the complexities of a management position and of the difficulties they will encounter" (Dajvidhaizar 65). Ever more, nurses are finding employment opportunities in small business environments and without the services of the human resource management department that is available to their counterparts in traditional hospital settings. Due to changes in the way health-care is being delivered, there is a pressing need for today's nurse manager to be better prepared than in the past. …

Court Decisions Defining The Americans With Disabilities Act For Businesses, Peggy R. Shaw

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This thesis documents how the impact of court decisions will define the terms of The Americans With Disabilities Act.

Research on The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) shows the lack of clearly defined terms in the regulations. Terms like essential functions, reasonable accommodation, and undue hardship may have different meanings for each individual business.

The Americans With Disabilities Act is not a group rights piece of legislation. Individuals having a like disability may have dissimilar needs of accommodation. All muscular dystrophy patients, for example, do not have like symptoms or progression of the disease. At different stages each individual will …

Electronic Commerce And The Communication Of Information, Donna Carroll Bigelow

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Electronic Commerce is a relatively new phenomenon in today's market place. Commerce or the buying and selling of goods and services can take many forms. In the early years of computerization. commercial activities revolved around the exchange of financial data between businesses and banks (Electronic Funds Transfer). Then businesses began exploring the transfer of data in an electronic format between individual businesses in the form of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Over time much broader types of business transactions began occurring. Data exchange included inventory items, marketing. sales materials, product design. Items which were sent via mail took on an electronic …

Characteristics And Criteria Of Effective Training, Michelle D. Yepsen

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This thesis was written to center on the difficulties faced when delivering quality training to today's businesses.

Approaches to training change every year with the additions to technology, but some aspects of the field will remain the same. No matter what type of program is being designed, instructors must assess their students beforehand to ensure that training will provide what is needed.

So often, off-the-shelf training is used without consideration to the audience. The literature reviewed suggested that trainers need to tune into their subjects and work on their communication skills. Also, corporations have objectives that they expect to be …

Business And Education: A Partnership Worth Investment, Keith W. Harkins

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This thesis will focus on the potential benefits of a collaboration between business and education in an effort to prepare today's youth for entry into the workforce.

The number of large companies that are becoming involved with education is steadily increasing. Many business leaders have come to realize that business has the ability to provide human and material resources that would enable schools to significantly improve the education students receive.

Student internships may provide a method for both business and education to benefit from such partnerships.

The purpose of the present study is to investigate research regarding partnerships between business …

A General Reference Guide For Sales Managers In The Printing Industry To Aid In The Training And Development Of New And Current Sales Personnel, David E. Adam

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This thesis will focus on the study of general management in the printing industry and the need f or a sales management level training program.

A reference manual was developed to help management understand the skills needed to be effective in today's highly competitive printing market/industry. This manual is also a reference to assist management in evaluating their skills, the skills of those they manage, and give them needed information to increase and develop these skills.

Many mid-size printing companies don't have rigid training programs for the white collar side of their business. Many times new hires are hired based …

Deconstruction, Existentialism, And Art, Ryutaro Furuhashi

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My thesis is about deconstruction of existentialism through visual images, or more precisely, deconstructive visual representations of existential themes. The question of human existence has been a primal interest in my work. What is the meaning of existence? How can I make sense of man's unique intellectual capacity to question one's own existence? My concern is not so much about coming up with the answer, but to have a language to disclose the condition. In the past, my work was merely the ambiguous expression of the existential feeling without any particular conceptual foundation. My work is now a manifestation of …

Teachers' Attitudes Toward The Effects Of A Longer School Year Or Day, Daniel Liska

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Teachers' Attitudes toward the possible effects a longer school year might have on a district were investigated. A sample size of 64 teachers from a suburban school district in New Jersey were given a descriptive survey with 22 statements or guest ions pertaining to the effects of a longer school year or day- Questions were developed from literature review findings and from a focus group discussion with teachers on the possible effects a longer school year/day could have on a school district. The results indicated that teachers were unwilling to teach a longer school year/day unless they were compensated for …

Current Practices In The Use Of Thematic Picture Projective Techniques In Social-Emotional Assessment: A Survey Of Practitioners, Dave Thomas

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The current study investigated the status of the use of thematic picture projective techniques (TPP's) and other social-emotional-behavioral assessment techniques among practicing school psychologists. A total of 1 ,400 surveys were mailed to practicing school psychologists across the country. The return rate was 30%. This study looked at four factors: training in the use of TPP's, attitudes regarding TPP's, current practices in the use of TPP's, and current practices in social-emotional assessment. Results indicate that TPP's are used only rarely in assessment of socialemotional- behavioral concerns even though they are perceived by most school psychologists as somewhat to very valuable. …

A Cfd Study Of Fluid Flow Characteristics In The Vicinity Of A Truncated Sphere In A Long, Narrow Channel, Chukwuemeka Ikenze

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In this work, a computational fluid dynamics software (STAR-CD) has been used to study the fluid flow characteristics near a small, truncated sphere located on the floor of a long, narrow channel. The sphere represents a nucleating bubble formed in a subcooled flow boiling process. The predictions of the CFD analyses are helpful toward developing an understanding of the mechanisms which drive the formation of bubbles, and their subsequent departure from a heated surface during this process. The working fluid is water at 20 celsius. The analyses yielded velocity vectors near the sphere, pressure contours and a stagnation point on …

To Study The Permeation Characteristics Of Spicy Chicken Flavor Using Metallized Opp Film From Thailand So As To Be Able To Extend The Shelf Life Of Big Jack (Corn Snack), Kanitta Savetpacharaporn

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The study of permeation characteristics of flavor as performed to provide the data for the understanding of flavor loss and to prolong the shelf life of the snack food (Big Jack). In this study, six different films were used to compare the permeation characteristics of the Spicy Chicken Flavor and to seek the best pack aging material suitable to package the product. The MAS 2000 Organic Permeation Detector was used to collect all the experimental permeation data. Linalool, the most volatile chemical presenting in the Spicy Chicken Flavor of Big Jack, was used to represent the Spicy Chicken Flavor. Among …

Heat Shrink Sleeves For Mb/Bacttm Bottles, Denise Pontillo

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Organon Teknika Corporation markets a diagnostic test system that detects mycobacteria. The test media is sold in a tubing glass bottle which may break if dropped or weakened in shipment to the laboratory. Because mycobacteria is a very infectious airborne agent, there is concern in the marketplace that the potential for breakage of glass bottles places the laboratory technician and environment at risk. While tests are under way to identify a plastic bottle suitable for this application, Organon Teknika is pursuing the use of a heat shrink sleeve as an option to improve the safety of this product. This study …

Rit Center For Digital Media: An Imperative For Change, James Parasole

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A Study To Determine Optimum Carton Head Space And Carton Orientation In A Corrugated Case To Minimize Product Damage Through Distribution, Kim Mitchell

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Pasta products are separated into four product categories: long goods, short goods, noodles and specialty items. Margins and subsequent corporate profits vary with each category. Long and short goods are commodity items. Therefore, they have low margins. Noodle item margins are slightly higher. However, pasta's highest margins are derived from the sale of speciality items. These items include Stuffing Shells, Lasagna and Manicotti. Because corporate profits are affected by the sales mix ratio of speciality items to other pasta categories, pasta companies strive to increase their market share of speciality items. Audits to determine stuffing shell quality in packages found …

Is One Parent Rating Scale Enough: A Comparison Of Three Adhd Parent Rating Scales, Nicole Lesiak

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This study examined the accuracy of three parent rating scales in identifying Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children who had been diagnosed previously with this disorder. If the assumption is made that all previous diagnoses were accurate, then all diagnoses on all scales should be positive. The rating scales selected were The Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scales Second Edition - Home Version (ADDES) (1995), Conners' Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire, Parent Version (ASQ-P) (1990), and the Revised Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ-R) (1990). Subjects consisted of parents of fifty elementary age children. Results indicated that none of the three scales correctly indicated …

Modular Imaging Spectrometer Instrument (Misi) Calibration Using Blackbody Radiators, Emmett Ientilucci

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In Remote Sensing, absolute calibration of airborne image acquisition systems is essential. The MISI (Modular Imaging Spectrometer Instrument), developed at RIT’s Digital Imaging and Remote Sensin Laboratory (DIRS), is one such devise that needs this calibration. Without this calibration, visible and radiometric data collected by the MISI can be difficult to interpret. RIT has previously developed a line scanner but its means of calibration did not take into account the detector gain and bias of the system scanners, in general, that operate in the thermal regions of the EM spectrum use blackbody radiators for their means of calibration. The detectors …

Sports Identity: A Design Altenative, C. Williams-Mcclure

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Process Design For Charge-Injection Based Imaging Array Fabrication, Michael Schippers

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Charge-injection devices (CID's) have been around almost as long as charge-coupled devices (CCD's), yet have generally been overlooked for solid state imaging applications due to their slower operating speeds. However, CID arrays offer advantages over CCD based arrays for certain applications where spectral response and/or X-Y addressing are required. In order to fabricate CID based imaging arrays, a single level poly CMOS (p-well) process has been modified into a double level poly CMOS (p-well) process that will allow fabrication of both imaging structures and drive circuitry. These modifications are optimized for CID based structures, yet will also allow working CCD …

Computational Analysis Of Turbopump Diffuser In A Space Transfer Vehicle Engine With Boundary Layer Control By Suction, Yuan Xin

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Future space missions by NASA that include Space Transfer Vehicles (STV) are ex pected to perform orbital transfers such as Lunar and Mars transfers and descents. STV requires deep-engine throttling thrust capability. To accomplish this, turbopumps employed in the Space Transfer Vehicles should efficiently provide a wide range of flow output. The current state-of-the-art cryogenic fuel and oxidizer turbopump designs with vaned diffusers do not perform efficiently at off-design (low) flow rate, mainly due to flow separation and stall in the vaned diffuser. This thesis evaluates the effectiveness of boundary layer control by wall suction for suppressing or eliminating the …

3-D Cfd Analysis Of Flow In A Mixed-Flow Pump Diffuser, Yi Zhao

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The primary goal of the project was to gain insight into the flow pattern in a mixed flow pump diffuser by using FLUENT CFD code and k-e turbulence model, and improve the design of a diffuser for higher pump efficiency. The diffuser chosen in this thesis is used in a mixed flow multi-stage pump which collects the nearly radial flow (water) at impeller discharge and converts it to a nearly axial flow at the inlet of the following pump stage. A three-dimensional computational model was developed for three different diffuser designs labeled as Diffuser A, Diffuser B and Diffuser C. …

Modeling And Image Quality Of Photopolymer-Based Holographic Optical Elements, Guoheng Zhao

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Hologram formation in photopolymers is believed to be largely a result of monomer diffusion. By solving the diffusion equation in terms of grating harmonics, the numerical results can be expressed in a meaningful way and are straightforward to compare with experimental results. The diffusion model predicts some basic properties of gratings recorded in photopolymers, such as the variation of refractive index modulation with recording irradiance or grating frequency, as well as the linearity of the recording. For a sinusoidal exposure irradiance, nonsinusoidal grating profiles are normally recorded. The linearity of recording depends strongly on the recording parameters including exposure irradiance …

A Performance Evaluation Of Several Atm Switching Architectures, Jeffrey Krieger

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The goal of this thesis is to evaluate the performance of three Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching architectures. After examining many different ATM switching architectures in literature, the three architectures chosen for study were the Knockout switch, the Sunshine switch, and the Helical switch. A discrete-time, event driven system simulator, named ProModel, was used to model the switching behavior of these architectures. Each switching architecture was modeled and studied under at least two design configurations. The performance of the three architectures was then investigated under three different traffic types representative of traffic found in B-ISDN: random, constant bit rate, and bursty. …

A Study To Evaluate Current Color Matching Procedures, Brian Mcdonough

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The primary objective of this study was to determine if current color matching procedures produce the desired color on the final printed package. A problem with printed items is that multiple departments and companies are involved with the choosing, specifying and approving of colors. This study evaluated one part of this procedure - the printed color standard. The printed color standard is used by the printer and packaging buyer to assure color consistency. However, there is often little understanding of light sources, color perception, chromatic adaptation, metamerism and ink dry-back. Color reference systems, like Pantone, recommend updating their color standards …

The Influences Of Consumer Attitudes And Perceptions About Pesticides And Produce Quality On Technology Transfer, William Mclaren Pool

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Consumers have expressed concern about the human health and environmental consequences resulting from the use of agrichemicals by growers to produce food. This paper reports the results of a 1995 survey of consumer attitudes and perceptions about pesticides and fresh fruit and vegetable quality. While there is widespread concern about the human health hazards presented by pesticide residues in food at the time of consumption, this survey population reports greater consumer concern about environmental contamination from agrichemical use. Once familiar with the process of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), the respondents of this survey indicate they would prefer to purchase fruits …

Adept Robot Vision System And Magnet-Type End Effector Used For Integrated Circuit Component Assembly, Yu-Hung Hsu

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The machine vision system (MVS) has been heavily publicized because of its potentially crucial contribution to robotics. It is essential to alignment and inspection tasks in integrated circuit components' assembly equipment. The objective of this thesis was to examine the capability of a MVS to assist in the automated robot assembly of the dual-in line device (DIL) and surface-mounted-device (SMD). The DIL, with 8x2-pin, and the SMD, with 24x 16-pin, were used as models, while an Adept SCARA robot was used as the robot system. A magnet-type end effector, with a force sensor, was also designed to be incorporated with …

Retention And Separation Behaviour Of Chloropyrifos And Other Water Pollutants Using Polyurethane Foams, Rashed Saleh Al-Mehrazi

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Heavy metals and pesticides represent a class of man-made environmental pollutants which also occur naturally in the environment. The presence of these pollutants in the industrial and agricultural wastewaters often represents a risk to the environment. Investigation of these species in the water is an important aspect of environmental pollution as human activities contributed to the progressive increase in the concentration of these compounds in the environmental as well as aquatic systems. Therefore, identification and removal (or reduction) of these species to an acceptable concentration are of prime importance.

The analytical utility of unloaded open-cell polyurethane foams and foams immobilizing …

Comparative Study Of Some Physiological And Behavioral Responses To Feed And Water Deprivation In Camels, Sheep And Goats, Huda Mohammed Shaheen

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The aim of the study was to compare some physiological and biochemical responses in camels, sheep and goats when subjected to various periods of food and water deprivation. Another purpose of the study was to examine the feeding and drinking behaviour of dehydrated and starved animals when provided with food and water simultaneously. The study was performed at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Farm, University of United Arab Emirates, Al-Ain.

Animals were deprived of water and food for various periods; feed and water were withheld 2, 4 or 6 days in camels and 1, 2 or 3 days for sheep …

Acidic Marine Biotoxins Implicated In Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Eoin P. Carmody

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An okadaic acid (OA) etiology has been demonstrated for most outbreaks of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) in Europe, An isomer of OA, dinophysistoxin-2 (DTX-2), has recently been found in Irish waters and, in 1991 and 1994, was the major toxin during prolonged infestations in cultivated mussels (Mytilus edulis) along the south-west coast of Ireland.

The OA class of DSP toxins have been analysed by HPLC using modified versions of three established fluorescent derivatisation methods. A ‘dual tag’ method for the confirmation of specific toxins has also been developed.

Survey work has been carried out over the past four years on …

Development Of A New Hydroseeding Process For Soil Stabilisation And Vegetation, Eileen T. Keane

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A variety of mechanical and chemical extraction procedures were used to produce crude alginate gels from 3 seaweed species. These viscous hydrocolloidal substances had excellent adhesive properties but did however prove phytotoxic to germinating seeds. Experimental gels were subsequently refined and germination trials were carried out to determine optimum gel types. Pilot field trials were set up to compare the 2 most favourable gels with existing commercial hydroseeding products imported from Norway and Sweden. These tests involved the use of experimental plots on loam and sand substrates with slopes of 0^, 22^ and 45^. A number of biodegradable organic substances …

Cross-Correlation: A Contrast Method For Studying Fetal Cardiovascular Time Series, Stacy Kalisz

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Congenital cardiac malformations are a serious health concern affecting the development of the fetal cardiovascular system. Identification of a fetus with abnormalities early in pregnancy, 10-20 weeks gestation, could assist in clinical diagnosis and be a great asset in health care. This thesis is a continuation of, and works in concert with, other research efforts conducted at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) aimed at characterizing fetal cardiovascular health through applied signal processing. This thesis utilizes cross-correlation as a technique for analyzing the cyclic variations and assessing commonalities of individual parts of fetal umbilical artery time series data. These time series …