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The Influence Of Friendship, Friendship Quality, And Gender On Collaborative Processes And Performance., Lisa Marie Swenson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Characteristics of peer collaborators (gender) and the collaborative context (friendship, friendship quality, same-gender peer) may affect task processes and performance. Forty six same-gender adolescent dyads (26 girl dyads, 20 boy dyads; mean age = 15.69 yrs) collaborated on a problem-solving task that involved planning a route around a hypothetical town to obtain various items. Goals for and perceptions of collaboration were assessed as an index of collaborative processes. Performance was assessed through route length, time to complete the task, total cost, and errors on the task. Contrary to predictions, collaborating with a friend, though not detrimental to performance, did not …

Symposium: States' Rights In The Twenty-First Century, Jay Tidmarsh, Mark Racicot, Robert Miller, Michael Greve

Journal Articles

My name is Jim Schueller and I'm the Symposium Editor of the Law School Journal of Legislation and every two years we organize a symposium to discuss relevant issue of public policy and the topic this year is States Rights in the 21st Century.

Well, way back in the 18th century when the framers drafted the Constitution they created a unique system of governing where power was shared between the states which already existed and the newly created federal government. The framers in their day debated the proper allocation of power between these two governments and today, two hundred eleven …

2000-2001 Just The Facts, University Of San Diego

USD Fact Books (1985- )

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Usd President's Report 2000, University Of San Diego

President's Reports (1985- )

A Worldwide Presence, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim, Mexico, Africa, Latin America, The Year in Review, 1999-2000 Giving Summary, 1999-2000 Financial Operations, Leadership Donors, Planned Giving, Board of Trustees and Executive Officers

A Tale Of Two Counties: Divergent Responses In Los Angeles And Orange County Superior Courts To The Ban On Electronic Recording In California Court Reporters Ass'n V. Judicial Council, Glenn S. Koppel

San Diego Law Review

This Article explores the authority of superior courts to use electronic recording technology to make a verbatim record of superior court proceedings-without express statutory authorization-in the aftermath of the CCRA decisions. Rather than just arguing that the CCRA decisions were wrongly decided, this Article explores ways to narrowly construe the CCRA opinions to permit superior courts and their litigants to use rapidly evolving electronic recording technologies as an alternative to traditional stenographic court reporting.

African American Identity, Experience With Racism, And Meaning In Life Among Black College Students, Brian L. Ragsdale

Open Access Dissertations

Experience with racism and its relationship to meaning in life (i.e., the degree to which a person feels the world is a safe and caring place), African American identity, and African American acculturation were explored in a sample of Black college students (N = 48) who attended a predominately White, public, state university in the Northeastern United States. Black men and women who have Black nationalistic ideals and were immersed in Black culture reported more lifetime racist experience than those students who were less immersed in African American culture. As a group, Black women who were under the age of …

Studies Of Grief: Narratives Of Incarcerated Women Who Experienced The Death Of A Significant Person While In Prison, Ginette Gosselin Ferszt

Open Access Dissertations

One of the most important issues that an individual confronts during one's life is the death of a significant person. Given the contextual nature of grief, incarcerated women are faced with unique challenges when the death of a person occurs during their imprisonment. Yet, little is known about grief experiences under these circumstances.

The research questions guiding this qualitative study were: What are the meanings of the grief experience of incarcerated women? How does their grieving process compare with images of grief depicted as a normal process? To what extent do the women perceive incarceration influencing their grief? In-depth interviews …

Recovered And Continuous Memories Of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Quantitative And Qualitative Analysis, Linda Ribble Stoler

Open Access Dissertations

This study is an in-depth examination of women who reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Among a non-clinical sample of 26 women, ages 22 - 65, 11 reported they had always remembered CSA (continuous memories) and 15 reported they had forgotten CSA for some period of their lives (delayed memories). Participants completed a questionnaire which included demographics, abuse history, therapy history, symptom checklists, Family Functioning Scale, Dissociative Experiences Scale, and the Adult Sexual Victimization Scale, and were then interviewed. Eighty-six percent of women with delayed, and 46% with continuous, memories reported corroboration. Only one woman reported a therapist was the first …

Integrating Theories And Methods In Assessing Longitudinal Change In Heterosexual Hiv Risk Among Women, Gary J. Burkholder

Open Access Dissertations

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Parasitic Error Compensation In Cascaded Sigma-Delta Modulators, Alan Joseph Davis

Open Access Dissertations

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Decision-Making Between Nurse-Midwives And Clients Regarding The Formulation Of A Birth Plan, Doherty Mary Ellen

Open Access Dissertations

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Emergent Readers' Joint Text Construction: A Descriptive Study Of Reading In Social Context, Mary Lee Prescott Griffin

Open Access Dissertations

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Cognitive Function And Food Preparation Ability In Schizophrenia, Margaret M. Knight

Open Access Dissertations

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Understanding Children's Perspectives: Sixth Graders Talk About Their Art, Christine Anne Mulcahey

Open Access Dissertations

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Boundedness, Global Stability, And Periodicity Of Some Difference Equations, Norman Ray Prokup

Open Access Dissertations

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Unitary And Hermitian Fractional Operators And Their Extensions: Fractional Mellin Transform, Joint Fractional Representations And Fractional Correlations, Olcay Akay

Open Access Dissertations

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Interactive Self-Modeling Mixture Analysis Using Principal Component Approach, Dongsheng Bu

Open Access Dissertations

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Interaction Of Neurotransmitters On The Proboscis Muscles Of The North American Channeled Whelk Busycon Canaliculatum, Timothy John Fort

Open Access Dissertations

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Evaluating The Efficacy Of The Rhode Island Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program (Tdvpp): A Process And Outcome Approach To Determining The Success Of Both Primary And Secondary Prevention Projects, Amy Beth Silverman

Open Access Dissertations

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Induced Labor Intervention For Self-Efficacy: A Nursing Intervention For Women Prone To An Unpredictable Labor Pattern, Shelley Stone Bochain

Open Access Dissertations

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The New Global Worker In Organizations: Implications For International Management, Peruvemba S. Jaya

Open Access Dissertations

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Market Making In Dealership Markets, Chunlin Liu

Open Access Dissertations

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A Risk Assessment Of Nursing Personnel Injuries Occurring While Lifting, Transferring Or Repositioning Nursing Home Residents., James T. Culligan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The primary objective of this research thesis was to identify the root causal factors associated with lost time injuries occurring among nursing personnel in long term care facilities. The critical elements assessed and evaluated include: length of service; time of day injury occurred; task being completed when injury occurred; similar incidents in the past (accident repeaters); type of shift on which injury occurred; number of hours worked the day injury occurred; impact of company policy; availability of mechanical lifts; training on how and when to use mechanical lifts; exercise; stretching; training on safe lifting techniques or good body mechanics; gait …

An Empirical Investigation Of The Flexible Price Monetary Model Of The Exchange Rate: The Case Of Colombia., Marcelo Saenz

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The monetary model of the exchange rate has proven to be an unreliable representation of exchange rates. Nevertheless, the monetary model is applied to the case of Colombia in this study. There are two reasons to believe that the model may offer an accurate description of exchange rates for Colombia. First, Colombia is a moderately high inflation economy, especially when compared to G7 countries. Second, the target zone arrangement established since 1991 was not fully credible, and as a result, the exchange rate appropriates a purely flexible exchange rate system. The results show that since 1980, the relation between exchange …

The Relationships Of Organizational Personality Variables With Worker Socio-Communicative Orientation, Communication Apprehension, Immediacy, And Job Satisfaction., Heather Teresa Smith

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the organizational personality types of "upward mobile," "ambivalent," and "indifferent" with reference to their relationships with worker sociocommunicative orientation, communication apprehension, immediacy, and job satisfaction. The study examined self-report data from the measures of organizational personality scales, job satisfaction, communication apprehension, immediacy, and assertiveness/responsiveness. The study found that each of the three personality variables have unique relationships (some linear, some non-linear) with communication apprehension, immediacy, assertiveness, responsiveness, and job satisfaction.

The Influence Of Particle Size On Sand-Pack Properties And Drying Profile., Chandrashekmar S. Gothoskar

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The problem of underground contamination including contamination of potable water aquifers is more serious now than ever. Stringent pollution control laws as well as concern for the environment has given birth to the technology for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. The Research conducted thus has proposed a way to contain the contamination from underground storage tanks from spreading and travelling downwards using the principles of desiccation in in-situ formations. The desiccant barrier proposed here is the circulating air barrier (CAB) which utilizes the injection of dry gas or air to create an ultra dry zone in situ. Thus the …

Mountaintop Removal Mining: An Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Scoping Exercise And Impact Assessment Of Mining Activities On Aquatic Resources., Jeff Lee Hansbarger

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mountaintop Removal Mining (MTR) is a controversial topic in West Virginia. This controversy includes the people of the areas mined, local politicians, and many aspects of the mining itself. This thesis included two main objectives. The first objective was to analyze MTR, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and the specific impacts arising from MTR. The second objective was to develop impact matrices using information from the first objective. Included within the analysis is a critical investigation of past EIAs used to assess mining activities. Special attention has been directed towards aquatic resource impacts and their documentation and validity. Methods included a …

The Effectiveness Of Nutrition Education On Nutrition Knowledge Of Female College Athletes., Joanne Chieppa

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Subjects were 43 female athletes who participated on three different teams. Interventions were one-page two-sided nutrition newsletters. A consent form, information sheet and 20- question pre-test were given the first day of practice, after which subjects received newsletters every month for three months. Athletes were given a post-test three weeks after they had received the third newsletter. Pre and post-test scores were compared using t-tests. Results showed that nutrition education in the form of newsletters had a significant effect on knowledge. No significant differences were found among teams, by competition status or nutrition course status, i.e. whether individuals had taken, …

The Influence Of Participation In Secondary Agriculture Activities On Post-Secondary Pursuits Of Agriculture Students In West Virginia., Harold Daniel Junkins

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of the study was to provide information on the influence of agriculture activity participation on the pursuits of secondary agriculture students in West Virginia. Data were collected via questionnaires. The questionnaires consisted of three parts: (a) demographic data; (b) post-secondary status; and (c) grade performance and agriculture activities participation. Participation levels were determined by combining scores received in SAEP, technical agriculture competitions and leadership activities. Post-secondary status was grouped by education in the field of agriculture and non-agriculture, employment in agriculture and non-agriculture, unemployment, and military service. Students who scored higher in participation level were more apt to …

Production Of Urban Space In Kenya: Central-Local Government Power Relations In Mediating Space In Athi River Town., Francis Tama Koti

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Centrally controlled political and economic systems are popular among Third World countries. They however, become problematic particularly in rapidly growing urban areas where different forces compete for scarce resources, hence calling for an understanding of the nature of the relationships between the different forces that produce the urban environment. In Kenya, the basic assumption is that urban space is mediated by the local state. The author uses Athi River town, as a case study, through which survey questionnaires and informal interviews are conducted with key personnel of Mavoko Municipal Council on one hand, and central government ministries operating within the …