Digital Commons Network^™

An Analysis Of Opportunities For Middle And High School Principals To Develop Public Speaking Skills For Effective Educational Leadership, Doris Stahl Agnon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Recognized leadership skills generally include communication skills and public speaking ability. Some children develop leadership and public speaking skills early in life. Some high schools and colleges emphasize public speaking. Adults frequently enroll in seminars such as Dale Carnegie programs or join organizations such as Toastmasters International. The researcher's own years of teaching and speaking experience have led her to believe in the potential value of public speaking for children, adults, and leaders in education organizations. Principals must speak competently and professionally. The purpose of this study was to determine how and when secondary school principals learned public speaking skills. …

Assessment Of A School-Based Health Program For Fifth Graders, Marianne Rita Falasco

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

The purpose of the study is to determine if the American Heart Association Heart Power Kit influences knowledge of cardiovascular risk. The efficacy of showing this program to a class of fifth grade students was compared to the efficacy of not showing it. The participants of the study were twenty-seven children, ages ten to twelve in two separate classes. Each class completed the A Heart Smart cognitive pre-test and post-test at the beginning and end of six months. The experimental group received the educational program; the control group did not. Data were analyzed by t-test at the .05 significance level. …

Application Of Canal Locations Within Grid Cells To The Study Of Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction, Robert Joseph Sosnowski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Within St. Lucie County, Florida, a network of canals has been cut to provide flood protection, drainage, and irrigation. Many of these canals maintain a permanent to semi-permanent hydraulic connection with the surficial aquifer. MODFLOW code was used to simulate St. Lucie County groundwater levels. One of stresses that contributed to the solution of the groundwater levels, was the volume of water that flowed into or out of the aquifer through the canal system. In MODFLOW, the flow calculation between a canal and the aquifer is independent of the canal's location within the grid cell. The flow calculation was modified …

Comparison Of Rhetorical Strategies Used To Handle Corporate Crisis Situations In The United States And In Taiwan, Guo-Ping. Yang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Communication is a key element of all business activities during any crisis situation. A company without a crisis management plan can suffer serious difficulties during and after a crisis. A good crisis communication plan cannot solve a crisis, but it can reduce the damage including helping to maintain a positive corporate identity and keeping the normal operation of a company. Four themes (caring, responsibility, honesty, and quick response) relative to crisis communication were examined in the 1987 and 1982 coverage of the Honda Water-Logged Car Crisis and the Tylenol Capsule Poisonings respectively. An investigation of these themes suggests how the …

Comparison Of The Teaching Styles Of Full-Time And Part-Time Community College Faculty, Cynthia Smyth Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

The purpose of this study was to compare the teaching styles of full-time and part-time community college faculty. The Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS) and a modification of the PALS for students were used to measure teaching style. The PALS identifies the extent to which an instructor prefers a learner-centered or a teacher-centered style. The sample was comprised of 31 full-time and 42 part-time randomly selected faculty from seven Florida community colleges and 925 students. Six hypotheses were tested. The findings are summarized here: (1) There was a significant difference between full-time and part-time faculty in teaching style as …

Cultural And Social Perspective On Black Greek-Letter Organization Membership: Perceptions Of Power And Influence Through Affiliation, Dwan Vine Malone

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

For nearly a century, historically black Greek-letter organizations have contributed to the educational, social, political and cultural experience of African-Americans. Consequently, these organizations composed of more than one million educated blacks have developed a unique subculture within the black community. This research investigates "black Greek" culture, its social impact, the influence of its members, and member and non-member perceptions of the black Greek experience. Ethnographic interviews and a questionnaire reveal that: (1) Members and non-members show significant familiarity with black Greek culture and believe that the culture is meaningful to African-American culture overall, and that (2) Members and non-members believe …

Data Protection And Management Solutions To Desktop Clients: Integration With Enterprise Tools, Venkatachalam S. Jayavarapu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Today's Personal Computers (PC) do more work and hence hold more important and meaningful data than before. This demands the necessity of better PC data protection services. In this concern we surveyed three major PC data protection tools, namely, Seagate Corporation's Client-Exec, Computer Associates Cheyenne Backup, Xpoint Technologies Uptime and analyzed them in terms of Restore Time and Total Cost of Ownership. Though these standalone tools are good in terms of PC data protection, IT managers still prefer Enterprise tools because they offer better services in terms of usability, manageability and platform independency. Combining the two tools will benefit each …

Cytokinetic Effects Of Platinum (Ii) Polyamines On Three Different Cell Lines Using Flow Cytometry, Claire E. Fitch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

The association between cytotoxicity and cell cycle perturbation caused by cisplatin and two platinum (II) polyamines, containing a methotrexate or a 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine component, was investigated in human ovarian carcinoma cells (CAOV3), murine Balb 3T3 fibroblasts and Chinese ovarian hamster cells by flow cytometric DNA/protein, DNA/RNA and DNA degradation assays. Continuous in vitro drug exposure caused a time- and dose-dependent suppression of growth. Flow cytometric analysis revealed a multiplicity of cytokinetic perturbations, the most important of which was Go/G1 depletion and S phase arrest. The latter correlated with inhibition of DNA synthesis and subsequent inhibition of RNA and protein synthesis. Prolonged …

Cultural Sensitivity Of Novice And Experienced Teachers Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Gregory Charles Belli

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

The purpose of this survey study was to measure and compare the levels of cultural sensitivity of novice and experienced teachers of ESOL in the public schools of Palm Beach County, Florida, as measured by Margaret L. Ford's Teacher-Student Interaction Instrument (TSI). Correlational statistics (t-tests, ANOVA's, crosstabulations, c2 significance tests, and multiple regression analysis) were used to determine: (1) if novice and experienced ESOL teachers were distributed differently along Banks' levels of ethnicity, as measured by the TSI, (2) whether four demographic variables (age, gender, regional tenure, and ethnic group identification) were significantly correlated to TSI scores, and (3) if …

Defense Acquisition And Self-Governed Compliance Programs: An Evaluation Of The Defense Industry Initiative On Business Ethics And Conduct, Kenneth Kern Penska

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Research and a review of the related literature indicate that the United States defense industry has had a long history of unethical and illegal business practices. Recent polls find that most Americans believe that their nation's weapon acquisition system is one of the worst managed activities in the public or private sectors. The perception of our government as well as the general public is that the defense industry is neither efficient nor honestly managed. Although the defense acquisition process has been the subject of many reform efforts, it is reasonable to ask whether these reform efforts have had any success. …

Evaluation Of Usage Scenarios In Mobile People Architecture, Hongtao. Shang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

With the explosive growth of the Internet and other types of networks, such as cell phones and pager networks, more and more people expect to communicate with each other personally anywhere and at anytime. This thesis studies a new architecture Mobile People Architecture (MPA) proposed by MosquitoNet research group at Stanford University, which is designed to put people, rather than the devices that people use, at the endpoints of communication session. Three usage scenarios in MPA are simulated using SES/Workbench. The Response Time and the Update Cost are used to evaluate the performance of above scenarios. The advantages and disadvantages …

Ethnicity And Immunization Compliance, Carol Lee Spitznagle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This study examined the relationship between ethnicity and parents' compliance with immunizations of their children. Recent studies have shown that compliance rates for immunizations of children who were two years of age were below the standards set by the American Academy of Pediatrics due to both health system barriers and family/child barriers. A survey of pediatric patients was conducted utilizing a convenience sample of 66 parents of children between the ages of twenty and twenty-eight months. The subjects were interviewed to determine factors affecting immunization compliance, including cultural factors consistent with the theoretical framework of Madeline Leininger. The statistical analysis …

Privacy And Celebrity: An Essay On The Nationalization Of Intimacy, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.

Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser

Publications

No abstract provided.

Pesticide Issues And Public Policy Interaction, Elroy E. Haadem

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam: Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.—A Tribute, Kenneth F. Ripple

Journal Articles

In remembering Justice Powell, my memory invariably recalls three distinct images from the years I spent at the Supreme Court. Two of these memories are from my own work with him. The other is from my observation of him on the bench. In the days since his death this past autumn, all three have sparked a great deal of reflection about his enduring contribution to our jurisprudence and to our profession.

"Private" Environmental Regulation, Human Rights, And Community, Errol E. Meidinger

Journal Articles

Private organizations have recently established numerous programs aimed at improving the environmental performance of industry. Many of the new programs seek to define and enforce standards for environmental management, and to make it difficult for producers not to participate in them. They claim, explicitly and implicitly, to promote the public interest. They take on functions generally performed by government regulatory programs, and may change or even displace government programs. Private programs thus have the potential to significantly reshape domestic and international policy institutions.

This paper describes three major private environmental regulatory programs applicable to forestry and discusses their implications for …

Arbitration And Beyond: Avoiding Pitfalls In Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses In Employment Contracts, Nancy A. Welsh

Faculty Scholarship

Article Extract:

You've just helped a mid-sized company, Allwell Corp., to reach a settlement in an action brought by a disgruntled former employee. The CEO turns to you and says, "Even though I still believe that we didn't do anything wrong, I'm glad this lawsuit is over. I can't believe how much money and time we've wasted in defending ourselves. Now, how can we keep this from happening in the future? I've been reading about companies putting arbitration clauses in all kinds of contracts. I want to know whether we can require our employees to arbitrate and maybe even require …

Using Systematic Thinking To Choose And Evaluate Evidence, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Physical And Technical Bases Of Using Ferromagnetic Resonance In Hexagonal Ferrites For Electromagnetic Compatibility Problems, Marina Koledintseva, Alexander A. Kitaytsev

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Frequency-selective measurement of microwave signal parameters based on application of gyromagnetic converters has proven advantageous for the research of microwave radiation over a wide spectrum (several octaves) in multisignal regime in microwave path and for the solution of a number of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) problems. The measurement frequency band can be enlarged to millimeter-waves with application of monocrystal hexagonal ferrite resonators (HFR) having high internal magnetic fields. Millimeter-wave field interactions with the HFR having alternating resonance frequency are analyzed. This is useful for millimeter-wave signal modulation and demodulation. The analysis is based on the solution of magnetization vector motion equation …

From Yoder To Yoda: Traditional, Modern And Postmodern Models Of Religion In U.S. Constitutional Law, Rebecca Redwood French

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Guarding The Gate To The Courthouse: How Trial Judges Are Using Their Evidentiary Screening Role To Remake Tort Causation Rules, Lucinda M. Finley

Journal Articles

The article looks at what trial judges are actually doing in toxic tort cases in the post-Daubert world; it reviews and critiques cases in which judges have in effect adopted a new rule of causation law that requires plaintiffs to rely on epidemiology, and in particular epidemiology that demonostrates an increase in relative risk of 2.0 or greater; the article considers the substantive as well as the normative implications of this legal treatment of epidemiology.

Parental Rights And The Ugly Duckling, Margaret F. Brinig, F. H. Buckley

Journal Articles

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" is best remembered for its moral, "To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg." Having read and thought about this story many times, we should like to suggest another, less heart-warming, interpretation. The story of the Ugly Duckling, that most resilient of cygnets, masks the tragedy of children who suffer abuse. Its message, that personal spirit will triumph when a child grows up, misrepresents the experience of many victimized children. If we wait for the child to …

Brownian Dynamics Of Nonspecific Protein-Dna Interactions, Fan Yang

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of Prophylactic Antibiotics In Otitis Media, Rebecca L. C Simonsen

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Coaching Club, Darcy D. Cascaes

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Communication Adaptation In French Nuclear Industry, James N. Mallory

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Echinacea Awareness Campaign, Monika J. Heinbaugh

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Recruitment And Selection And Human Resource Management In The Taiwanese Cultural Context, Yu-Ru Hsu

Plymouth Business School Theses

The focus of this research is upon human resource management and recruitment and selection practices in the Taiwanese cultural context. The samples were primarily focused upon manufacturing industry in Taiwan. The postal questionnaire was chosen for data collection. The 500 manufacturing companies randomly selected for this research were sent two questionnaire each. The questionnaire on HRM and recruitment and selection (HRMRS) was addressed to HR manager whereas the questionnaire on work-related values of national culture was addressed to non-managerial employee. The research results indicate that there is a general desire among HR professionals in manufacturing organizations that HRM polices are …