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The Role Of Eeoc Factors In Determining Perceptions Of Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Libby Miller Dec 2000

The Role Of Eeoc Factors In Determining Perceptions Of Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Libby Miller

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Equal Employment Opportunity Guidelines on Sexual Harassment identify six factors that are relevant in determinations of sexual harassment. This study attempted to determine if three of these factors (i.e., frequency of harassment, number of victims and number of perpetrators) drive perceptions of what constitutes sexual harassment. Participants role-playing jurors on an hostile environment sexual harassment case demonstrated no differences in perceptions as a function of number of victims or number of perpetrators. The significant effect for frequency of harassment was not in the hypothesized direction, with less frequent harassment being perceived as more likely to constitute sexual harassment. The …

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Characterization Of Borrelia Burgdorferi Blya And Blyb Proteins: A Prophage-Encoded Holin-Like System, Christopher J. Damman, Christian H. Eggers, D. Scott Samuels Dec 2000

Characterization Of Borrelia Burgdorferi Blya And Blyb Proteins: A Prophage-Encoded Holin-Like System, Christopher J. Damman, Christian H. Eggers, D. Scott Samuels

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The conserved cp32 plasmid family of Borrelia burgdorferi was recently shown to be packaged into a bacteriophage particle (C. H. Eggers and D. S. Samuels, J. Bacteriol. 181:7308-7313, 1999), This plasmid encodes BlyA, a 7.4-kDa membrane-interactive protein, and BlyB, an accessory protein, which were previously proposed to comprise a hemolysis system. Our genetic and biochemical evidence suggests that this hypothesis is incorrect and that BlyA and BlyB function instead as a prophage-encoded holin or holin-like system for this newly described bacteriophage, An Escherichia coli mutant containing the blyAB locus that was defective for the normally cryptic host hemolysin SheA was …

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Volume 38, Number 14: December 1, 2000, University Of North Dakota Dec 2000

Volume 38, Number 14: December 1, 2000, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

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West Virginia Libraries 2000 Vol.53 No.5&6, Cheryl Harshman, Ted Nesbitt Dec 2000

West Virginia Libraries 2000 Vol.53 No.5&6, Cheryl Harshman, Ted Nesbitt

West Virginia Libraries Newsletter

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Nonmajority Unions, Employee Participation Programs, And Worker Organizing: Irreconcilable Differences?, Carol Brooke Dec 2000

Nonmajority Unions, Employee Participation Programs, And Worker Organizing: Irreconcilable Differences?, Carol Brooke

Chicago-Kent Law Review

The debate over section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act and the appropriate role of employer-sponsored employee participation plans ("EPPs") in the workplace coincides with growing attention to the usefulness of nonmajority unions ("NMUs") in providing a voice for workers. This Note examines the effectiveness of an NMU in a manufacturing plant in rural North Carolina, and the interaction of that worker-run organization with EPPs established by management. The experience of these workers suggests that section 8(a)(2) should be amended to require employers with EPPs to offer equal support and assistance to NMUs.

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Genetic Algorithms And The Travelling Salesman Problem, Kylie Bryant Dec 2000

Genetic Algorithms And The Travelling Salesman Problem, Kylie Bryant

HMC Senior Theses

Genetic algorithms are an evolutionary technique that use crossover and mutation operators to solve optimization problems using a survival of the fittest idea. They have been used successfully in a variety of different problems, including the traveling salesman problem. In the traveling salesman problem we wish to find a tour of all nodes in a weighted graph so that the total weight is minimized. The traveling salesman problem is NP-hard but has many real world applications so a good solution would be useful. Many different crossover and mutation operators have been devised for the traveling salesman problem and each give …

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The Fires Next Time, Andrus Center For Public Policy Dec 2000

The Fires Next Time, Andrus Center For Public Policy

Research and Reports

Because of the severity of the fires in the summer of 2000 and because of the growing debate over what to do about expected future fires, the Andrus Center convened The Fires Next Time conference on December 7, 2000. The conference had several goals in mind. First, it sought to establish a set of sideboards for the discussion of fire by inviting experts to talk about the history, science, and policy of fire management. The purpose was to articulate what we knew, did not know, and should know about fire in the western United States.

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Canadian Medical Officers In The Royal Navy--World War Ii, Vivian Mcalister Dec 2000

Canadian Medical Officers In The Royal Navy--World War Ii, Vivian Mcalister

Data and Test Instruments

CANADIAN MEDICAL OFFICERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY - WORLD WAR II. Harry Stafford Morton. 112 pp. Must. Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, HMCS Sackville, PO Box 99000, Stn Forces, Halifax NS B3K 5X5. 2000. Can$18.00At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy offered 90 medical officers on loan to the Royal Navy. The author was among that group, which included leaders in Canadian surgery such as Surgeon Lieutenant McLachlin of London, Ont. The history of these medical officers has not been written because it fell between histories of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy. Dr. …

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Reports Of President Cardoso's Re-Election Slush Fund Rock Brazilian Politics, Guest Author Dec 2000

Reports Of President Cardoso's Re-Election Slush Fund Rock Brazilian Politics, Guest Author

NotiSur

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Civil Rights - State Action - Absent Strong Connections To A State Government, A High School Athletic Association Cannot Be Construed As A State Actor - Brentwood Academy V. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass’N, 180 F.3d 758 (6th Cir. 1999), Cert. Granted, 120 S.Ct 1156 (2000), David J. Pierguidi Dec 2000

Civil Rights - State Action - Absent Strong Connections To A State Government, A High School Athletic Association Cannot Be Construed As A State Actor - Brentwood Academy V. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass’N, 180 F.3d 758 (6th Cir. 1999), Cert. Granted, 120 S.Ct 1156 (2000), David J. Pierguidi

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

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Cancellation Of The Washington Redskins' Federal Trademark Registrations: Should Sports Team Names, Mascots And Logos Contain Native American Symbolism?, Kristin E. Behrendt Dec 2000

Cancellation Of The Washington Redskins' Federal Trademark Registrations: Should Sports Team Names, Mascots And Logos Contain Native American Symbolism?, Kristin E. Behrendt

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

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First Amendment - Petitioning Clause -Prelitigation Threats Made With Probable Cause Enjoy The Same Level Of Protection From Liability As Litigation Itself Under The Noerr-Pennington Petitioning Immunity Doctrine - Cardtoons V. Major League Baseball Players Ass'n, 182 F.3d 1132 (10th Cir. 1999), Sanjay Ibrahim Dec 2000

First Amendment - Petitioning Clause -Prelitigation Threats Made With Probable Cause Enjoy The Same Level Of Protection From Liability As Litigation Itself Under The Noerr-Pennington Petitioning Immunity Doctrine - Cardtoons V. Major League Baseball Players Ass'n, 182 F.3d 1132 (10th Cir. 1999), Sanjay Ibrahim

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

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Ecological And Physiological Factors Affecting Nesting Success Of Burrowing Owls In Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Randall L. Griebel Dec 2000

Ecological And Physiological Factors Affecting Nesting Success Of Burrowing Owls In Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Randall L. Griebel

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugea) has been declining throughout much of its range, and in some areas, quite dramatically. In the Great Plains region, these declines appear to be closely associated with declines in prairie dog numbers. Most research to date has taken place on relatively small, fragmented prairie dog colonies. The objectives of this study were to analyze burrowing owl reproductive performance (i.e., clutch size, brood size, and number fledged), and nestling body condition in relation to nest level and colony level factors in Buffalo Gap National Grassland, South Dakota. Buffalo Gap contains large prairie …

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"Why We Do This Is Important": An Inner- City Girl's Attitudes Toward Reading And Writing In The Classroom, Carol Leroy Ph.D. Dec 2000

"Why We Do This Is Important": An Inner- City Girl's Attitudes Toward Reading And Writing In The Classroom, Carol Leroy Ph.D.

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This qualitative case study explored an inner-city girl's views on school-based literacy activities in relation to several factors identified in the literature as important to children's attitudes toward reading and writing. They include: intrinsic satisfaction the child gains from the activities, the child's beliefs about the importance of schooling, and her relationship with her teacher. The author/researcher's purpose was to further understanding about ways to enhance children's attitudes toward reading and writing.

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The Role Of Storytelling In Effective Family Literacy Programs, Barbara C. Palmer, Sara Marie Leiste, Kim D. James, Shirley M. Ellis Dec 2000

The Role Of Storytelling In Effective Family Literacy Programs, Barbara C. Palmer, Sara Marie Leiste, Kim D. James, Shirley M. Ellis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The family literacy movement, which emphasizes respect for diversity and the cultural heritage of participants, is gaining momentum. Acknowledging the importance of family-aseducator, researchers have searched for effective strategies to develop children's oral language and literacy more authentically. The art of storytelling provides an excellent vehicle for promoting and enhancing language and literacy development within families. A sampling of effective family literacy programs across the United States revealed that each included storytelling as a vital component.

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Reading Horizons Vol. 41, No. 2 Dec 2000

Reading Horizons Vol. 41, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 41, issue 2.

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Hepp News, Vol. 3 No. 12, Hiv Education Prison Project Dec 2000

Hepp News, Vol. 3 No. 12, Hiv Education Prison Project

Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report (IDCR)

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Bridging Physics And Communications: Experimental Detection And Analysis Of Web Site Users’ Paths In An Environment Of Free Choice, David M. Frye Dec 2000

Bridging Physics And Communications: Experimental Detection And Analysis Of Web Site Users’ Paths In An Environment Of Free Choice, David M. Frye

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

A role for professional communicators to play in a postmodern context is to work as an experimentalist, designing a system that supports users’ free engagement with the content of the system, inviting people to engage that system, observing the ways in which those engagements proceed, and from those observations, learning how to refine the system to support more fruitful future engagements.The role serves to cultivate an environment in which users’ conversations with one another and their interaction with the system’s content may thrive.This thesis purposes that the experimentalist is a useful and practical role for a communicator in the current …

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The Murray Ledger And Times, December 1, 2000, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2000

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 1, 2000, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Buhl V. Cooksey Dec 2000

Buhl V. Cooksey

2000 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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The Design Of Supranational Organizations For The Provision Of International Public Goods: Global Environmental Protection, E. Wesley F. Peterson Dec 2000

The Design Of Supranational Organizations For The Provision Of International Public Goods: Global Environmental Protection, E. Wesley F. Peterson

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

An international environmental organization would need to be loosely structured initially with a focus on a narrow range of environmental issues. It also would need to emphasize consensus and limit the scope of its interventions to avoid defections by important participants. The benefits of such an organization include the potential for achieving more nearly optimal levels of environmental protection, cost savings from reduction of duplication and managerial economies of scale, and the strengthening of environmental interests in negotiations on the coordination of the environmental regime with other international regimes such as those focusing on trade or development.

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Ard News December 2000 Dec 2000

Ard News December 2000

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
Season's Greetings
Recognition of Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research
Policy Prohibits Use of University Funds for Memberships, Subscriptions
Royalties
ARD Philosophy an Annual Performance Evaluation
ARD "Service Objectives"
University and Industry Consortium Meeting
Integrated Activities Program far FY 2001
CSREES Appropriation for FY 2001
Grants and Contracts Received October and November, 2000
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants

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The Tiger Vol. 94 Issue 10 2000-12-01, Clemson University Dec 2000

The Tiger Vol. 94 Issue 10 2000-12-01, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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Tree Seedling Establishment With Protective Shelters And Irrigation Scheduling In Three Naturalized Landscapes In Utah, Roger Kjelgren, Neil Chapman, Larry Rupp Dec 2000

Tree Seedling Establishment With Protective Shelters And Irrigation Scheduling In Three Naturalized Landscapes In Utah, Roger Kjelgren, Neil Chapman, Larry Rupp

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

We investigated the effect of irrigation scheduling and tree shelters on survival and growth of nine tree species during first-year establishment in three naturalized Utah landscapes with divergent soil and climate. Seedlings of nine species were planted at high mountain [MTS; 2180 m(7150 ft)], mountain foothils [FTH; 1350 m (4430 ft)], and alkali desert [DES; 1320 m (4330 ft)] sites. Half the trees at each site were enclosed with transluscent plastic shelters after planting, and all tress were irrigated when water loss estimated from local evapotranspiration, depleted plant-available soil water. Tree condition was rated through the growing season, water potential …

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Deceptive Pivot Points In J.S. Bach’S Orgelbüchlein, Quentin Faulkner Dec 2000

Deceptive Pivot Points In J.S. Bach’S Orgelbüchlein, Quentin Faulkner

Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications

This brief essay is about “hitting the right notes.” Among the many technical difficulties players encounter in performing Bach’s organ music, some of the most treacherous are those passages that are very similar (sometimes almost identical) to each other. They may differ by only one note or one accidental, but that difference sends the music in an entirely new direction.

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Attribution Of Blame In Father-Daughter Incest Cases: Perceptions Of Social Workers And Case Aides, Jane E. Leclair Dec 2000

Attribution Of Blame In Father-Daughter Incest Cases: Perceptions Of Social Workers And Case Aides, Jane E. Leclair

Theses and Graduate Projects

This exploratory study exarnined the attribution of blame in father-daughter incest cases by surveying the perceptions of 100 social workers and case aides. The random sample of 74 women and 26 men were mailed a self-repoft survey packet including two Likert-type, ordinal level scales: The Jackson Incest Blame Scale (JIBS) which measured offender, victim, societal and situational factors; and the JEL Blame Scale which measured mother blame. With a response rate of 30Vr, findings were reported in the median and mode. JIBS findings indicated most blame was aftributed to the offender, little to the victim, with varying amounts of blame …

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Preventing Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Mark S. Beasley, Joseph V. Carcello, Dana R. Hermanson Dec 2000

Preventing Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Mark S. Beasley, Joseph V. Carcello, Dana R. Hermanson

Faculty Articles

Provides information on a study conducted by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations regarding the detection and prevention of financial fraud. Discussion on the nature of financial frauds; Characteristics of unreliable financial reporting; Views on the role of auditing firms in the prevention of fraud.

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News From Hope College, Volume 32.3: December, 2000, Hope College Dec 2000

News From Hope College, Volume 32.3: December, 2000, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

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The Assault On Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, Class Actions, And The Patient's Bill Of Rights, Alan O. Sykes, Richard A. Epstein Dec 2000

The Assault On Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, Class Actions, And The Patient's Bill Of Rights, Alan O. Sykes, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

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Changing Seasons, Summer 2000: Random Trends And Random Thoughts, Michael A. Patten Dec 2000

Changing Seasons, Summer 2000: Random Trends And Random Thoughts, Michael A. Patten

North American Birds

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