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Implementation Of A Web-Based, Self-Scoring Version Of The Family Assessment Device (Fad) For Parent Education, Rick Peterson, Janet Prillaman

Journal of Extension

The article reports on the implementation of a Web-based, self-scoring version of the Family Assessment Device (FAD) in parent education for needs assessment and evaluation purposes. The FAD measures overall family functioning and six key areas of family functioning. Results of the analysis of each subscale indicated that participants increased their level of family functioning with respect to problem-solving, communication, affective involvement, affective responsiveness, roles, behavior control, and general functioning. Paired t-test results indicated that a statistically significant change occurred on five out of the seven measures. Implications of the application for needs assessment and outcome purposes are discussed.

Assessment Technology: Its Use In Improving Leadership And Management Performance, Gail J. Gunderson, Bill R. Haynes

Journal of Extension

Assessment centers are one of the most effective selection, promotional, and training tools ever developed. Many organizations use them today, including a large percentage of Fortune 500 corporations and federal, state, and local government agencies. Assessment centers offer immediate and targeted application supporting leadership, assessment, and development for managers. Both participants and practitioners value assessment centers for their content validity, predictive accuracy, objectivity, and relevance to the job. Ohio State University Extension is successfully using assessment centers to identify and evaluate the supervisory, managerial, and leadership capabilities of its professional staff.

The World Trade Constitution, John O. Mcginnis, Mark L. Movsesian

Articles

Conventional wisdom holds that the World Trade Organization (WTO) necessarily poses a threat to sovereignty and representative government within its member nations. Professors McGinnis and Movsesian refute this view. They argue that the WTO can be understood as a constitutive structure that, by reducing the power of protectionist interest groups, can simultaneously promote international trade and domestic democracy. Indeed, in promoting both free trade and accountable government, the WTO reflects many of the insights that inform our own Madisonian Constitution. Professors McGinnis and Movsesian reject recent proposals to grant the WTO regulatory authority, endorsing instead the WTO's limited adjudicative power …

Evolutionary Psychology, Meet Developmental Neurobiology: Against Promiscuous Modularity, David J. Buller, Valerie Gray Hardcastle

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Evolutionary psychologists claim that the mind contains “hundreds or thousands” of “genetically specified” modules, which are evolutionary adaptations for their cognitive functions. We argue that, while the adult human mind/brain typically contains a degree of modularization, its “modules” are neither genetically specified nor evolutionary adaptations. Rather, they result from the brain's developmental plasticity, which allows environmental task demands a large role in shaping the brain's information-processing structures. The brain's developmental plasticity is our fundamental psychological adaptation, and the “modules” that result from it are adaptive responses to local conditions, not past evolutionary environments. If different individuals share common environments, however, …

The Role Of Audiology Technicians In The Va System, John Terry Berardino

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Eligibility reform in the VA and the resulting increased caseloads have brought about unacceptable wait times for new audiology appointments. Mandates to decrease wait times without increased resources have brought new demands on audiology clinics. One proposed solution is the addition of audiology technicians to VA audiology clinic practice.

The first purpose of this study was to survey the attitudes of VA audiologists and service chiefs regarding the use of technicians. The second purpose was to ask the survey respondents to assign as generally appropriate or inappropriate, job duties which might be accomplished by an audiology technician. Following a pre-survey …

Microbial Biofilms: From Ecology To Molecular Genetics, Mary Ellen Davey, George A. O'Toole

Dartmouth Scholarship

Biofilms are complex communities of microorganisms attached to surfaces or associated with interfaces. Despite the focus of modern microbiology research on pure culture, planktonic (free-swimming) bacteria, it is now widely recognized that most bacteria found in natural, clinical, and industrial settings persist in association with surfaces. Furthermore, these microbial communities are often composed of multiple species that interact with each other and their environment. The determination of biofilm architecture, particularly the spatial arrangement of microcolonies (clusters of cells) relative to one another, has profound implications for the function of these complex communities. Numerous new experimental approaches and methodologies have been …

Control Challenges In Multi-Level Adaptive Video Streaming, Dylan Mcnamee, Charles Krasic, Kang Li, Ashvin Goel, Erik Walthinsen, David Steere, Jonathan Walpole

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Streaming video is one of the fastest-growing applications of the Internet. The Internet’s diversity and dynamism demands that video streams adapt to ensure maximum quality at all times. This paper describes the control challenges we have encountered in the Quasar project’s “multi-level” adaptive streaming video player. We first describe the framework and environment of the player. This framework uses software feedback to control resource allocation as well as the quality of media delivery. We present the control challenges raised by our framework, which include horizontal and vertical feedback composition, difficult to model systems, and unpredictable, non-linear actuators. We describe some …

The Educational Needs Of Small Business Owners: A Look Into The Future, Glenn Muske, Nancy Stanforth

Journal of Extension

A significant growth element in the U.S. economic expansion has been small businesses. Continued growth will depend on that trend continuing. Many of the future owners are today's college students. This article reports on a study examining the entrepreneurial plans of students. The study found significant numbers of students anticipate starting their own business. The students indicated that they would use future nonformal educational programs to help them start and run the business. Cooperative Extension has played a significant educational role in helping business owners be successful. This article suggests that the demand for such help will remain strong in …

Developing A Farm Newsletter For Better Communications Between Tenant And Landowner, Joe Parcell, J Bob Wells

Journal of Extension

It is not uncommon for a tenant seldom to have contact with the landowner outside of the customary rental settlement. Agriculture is an evolving industry that has had to deal with technological adoption and the realization of the term "economies of size" during the past 10 years. A combination of increased competition for land to benefit from economies of size and more landowners not understanding production agriculture technology adoption has caused communications between tenants and landowners to become crucial. One method Extension farm management specialists can recommend to improve communications between tenants and landowners is for the tenant to develop …

Eastern Progress - 30 Nov 2000, Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Progress 2000-2001

No abstract provided.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 30, 2000

Lanthorn, Vol. 35, No. 15, November 30, 2000, Grand Valley State University

Volume 35, August 24, 2000 - June 14, 2001

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Spartan Daily, November 30, 2000, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 115, Issue 61

The Setonian, November 30, 2000, Seton Hall University

2000

No abstract provided.

Battaglia V. Mckendry

2000 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Warren, Brandy. Diddle Arena to Get $28 Million Renovation
• Ragan, Jason. Students Camp Out for Chance to Live in McLean Hall
• Dawes, Jennifer. Western’s Computer Network Susceptible to Hacking
• Lynch, Caroline. Officer Alleges Incompetency – Anthony Purcell, WKU Police
• Act Now to Protect Campus Online Privacy
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Diddle Arena
• Frost, Jack. Students Don’t Want Sports
• Felton, Dennis. Thanks for Caring – Basketball
• McCabe, Jaclyn. Too Many to Love – Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society, Andy McDowell
• Corbin, Brett. WKU Telescope Undergoes Renovation – Bell …

November 30, 2000, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Easterner, Volume 53, No. 10 November 30, 2000, Eastern Washington University. Associated Students

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about bed bugs in the campus family townhouses conflict, letter from President Stephen Jordan on racist literature, student rally against hate, and the basketball season.

Commonwealth Times 2000-11-30

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

R.I.T. News & Events - November 30 2000, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 30, 2000, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, November 30, 2000, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2000

No abstract provided.

Western News, Nov. 30, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU shoreline erosion research gets boost from federal funding, Weinger works to repair war-ravaged lives, Rapper; activist Chuck D to speak at MLK convocation, Broncos capture MAC title, McCracken will be incubator's first home, Daniel honored by two states, Curtis-Smith receives coveted Barlow commission for work, Anderson gets HUD award, Joslin is State Dept. guest, Graduate College, research unite in Walwood, On Campus with Stephannnie Harvey, Preparations for WMUK's 50th anniversary celebration will shift into high gear this winter.

Daily Eastern News: November 30, 2000, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2000-11-30), Ryan R. Henry

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

49th Year, No. 24

Illinois State University Report, November 30, 2000, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Chanticleer | Vol 49, Issue 12, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

The Alestle - Vol. 53 No. 27 - 11/30/2000, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 53 No. 27

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, November 30 - December 1, 2000

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on November 30 - December 1, 2000.

Java On Networks Of Workstations (Javanow): A Parallel Computing Framework Inspired By Linda And The Message Passing Interface (Mpi), George K. Thiruvathukal, Phil M. Dickens, Shahzad Bhatti

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Networks of workstations are a dominant force in the distributed computing arena, due primarily to the excellent price/performance ratio of such systems when compared to traditionally massively parallel architectures. It is therefore critical to develop programming languages and environments that can help harness the raw computational power available on these systems. In this article, we present JavaNOW (Java on Networks of Workstations), a Java‐based framework for parallel programming on networks of workstations. It creates a virtual parallel machine similar to the MPI (Message Passing Interface) model, and provides distributed associative shared memory similar to the Linda memory model but with …