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Dunnum's Bolivia 2000 Catalog, Jon Dunnum

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Racz's Hungary 2000 Catalog, Gabor Racz

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Trading Threes And Sixes, Alan Schmitz

New Mexico Composers' Archive

No abstract provided.

Why Elephants Gallop: Assessing And Predicting Organizational Performance In Federal Agencies, Gene A. Brewer, Sally Coleman Selden

Public Administration - All Scholarship

Hal G. Rainey and Paula Steinbauer (1999) recently proposed a theory of effective government organizations. Several other theories exist in whole or in part, but empirical testing is rare. In this article we cut to the chase and examine several key elements of these theories empirically. First, we explore the theoretical dimensions of organizational performance and derive a taxonomy to help measure the construct. Second, we draw from the literature and develop a model predicting organizational performance. Third, we operationalize and test the model with data from the 1996 Merit Principles Survey, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. In the end, …

Ten Years Of Randomized Jurisprudence: Amending The Special Needs Doctrine, Robert D. Dodson

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Employers Beware: South Carolina's Public Policy Exception To The At-Will Employment Doctrine Is Likely To Keep Expanding, Melanie Robin Galberry

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

National Sovereignty And Economic Globalization: An Analysis Of The Role Of The Imf In The Changing World, Olga Vladimirovna Kuznetsova

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Chapter 1 outlines empirical and normative theories of national sovereignty. A comprehensive analysis of the origins and evolution of sovereignty is offered. We suggest that the notion of absolute sovereignty is antiquated and needs scientific reassessment; Chapter 2 discusses theories of the nation-state , while keeping in mind that the conceptualization of the nation-state is intertwined with that of sovereignty; Chapter 3 gives a comprehensive overview of contending theories of globalization ion and definitional confusion associated with the concept. We conceptualize globalization in general and economic globalization in particular; Chapter 4 takes the International Monetary Fund as a case study …

An Empirical Investigation Of Antecedents And Consequences Of Loyalty For Local Casino Customers, Junjian Sui

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The primary purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the antecedents and consequences of loyalty relationship in the gaming industry. Building upon a conceptual framework of loyalty, this study proposed and tested a reduced model to investigate the relationship between the loyal behavior and its three antecedents: confidence, emotion, and switching cost. This study also looked at the variation of customer' spending across service lines relative to customer loyalty. Data were collected from 250 local casino customers who are members of a frequent player program in Las Vegas, Nevada. Multiple regression analysis and t test were employed to analyze …

The Challenges Of Opera Direction, Dean Frederick Lundquist

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Challenges of Opera Direction is an investigation of the art of the opera stage director. In addition to a brief history of opera, the investigation includes opinions of leading international directors. Furthermore it details directing techniques and examples gleaned from the direction of Mozart's The Impresario (Der Shauspieldirektor) and Donizetti's The Elixir of Love (L'elisir d'amore) both at UNLV and an assistant directing internship with Seattle Opera's production of Delibes's Lakme. Also included are chapters on the art of collaborating with conductors, designers and performers.

Re-Visionary Bodies: Feminist/Brechtian Theory In The Plays Of Paula Vogel, Shannon Kay Hammermeister

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Paula Vogel adapts Bertolt Brecht's Verfremdungseffekt, social gestus, historicization and episodic structure in the plays The Baltimore Waltz, And Baby Makes Seven, Hot 'N' Throbbing , and Desdemona: a play about a handkerchief to re-vision constructions of gender, sexuality and feminine desire, to re-define the American theatrical canon, and to create her own gestic, feminist theater. In The Baltimore Waltz, Vogel re-visions the AIDS virus in order to expose and critique stereotypes surrounding AIDS. In And Baby Makes Seven, Vogel engages in a revisionary dialogue with Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in order to question and reinvent …

Partitioning Of Large Hdl Asic Designs Into Multiple Fpga Devices For Prototyping And Verification, Nilesh V Dhavlikar

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The ASIC (Application specific Integrated Circuit) designs grow continuously bigger and bigger. This causes dramatic increase in the simulation run time. It is very hard to simulate these designs because the simulation time has risen from hours to days and weeks. Hardware Embedded Simulation (HES) is a technology that facilitates incremental design verification of ASICs. The FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) can play an important role in ASIC design cycle. But it is not possible to fit an entire ASIC design into a single FPGA device. This problem can be solved by partitioning the given design into multiple small size …

The Problem Areas In Diabetes Scale: A Follow-Up Study, Roslyn M Collins

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Currently many support and educational services are available for persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Yet there are still numerous people with less than desirable long-term outcomes in terms of overall health status. The Problem Areas in Diabetes scale is a newly developed instrument designed to measure emotional distress associated with the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Results of its use have been previously published for three different population groups. The primary focus of this study was to describe the relationship between the scores on the Problem Areas in Diabetes scale and HbA1C laboratory test results for persons with type 2 …

The Dynamics Of Faith-Based Organizations And Their Effects On Educational Standardization, Patricia Gail Haase

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Remnants of Christian tradition exist in American culture although we live in a pluralistic society. Faith-based schools seek to restore elements of the Christian tradition, believing those values essential for their children. Some in the greater community look to such schools for elements and practices to translate and apply into the greater systems; Private faith-based education is considered overall successful, but there are problems that warrant discussion. Most of the dynamics are typical of all organizations, but perhaps not expected because of the moral representation. Others dynamics are unique or exaggerated in faith-based organizations; Non-profit organizations, including faith-based, exist to …

Coffeehouse Papers: Lambuth University's Literary & Visual Arts Magazine, 1999-2000

Lambuth Coffeehouse Papers

41 pgs.,

Cover Art,

Acknowledgements,

Title Page Art,

19 art pieces,

1 prose poem,

Note from Editor,

22 poems

The Lantern Yearbook, 2000

Lambuth Lantern Yearbook

"The Lantern" yearbook of Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, for 2000.

The Power Of Hoodoo: African Relic Symbolism In Amistad And The Narrative Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Alicia M. Simmons

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Douglas Higbee Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

A Reader's Response To Go Tell It On The Mountain, Sally Higbee

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Prince Hal: Reformation Or Calculated Education?, Jennifer Drouin

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

"Sleeping With One Eye Open": · Fear And Ontology In The Poetry Of Mark Strand, James Hoff

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Postmodern Joyce Emerging In Ulysses: Joyce's Sirens Of Words, Renee E. Springman

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 2 Fall 2000

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, Tom Mack,

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

No. 12, An Archaeological Interpretation Of The Site Of Fort Blount, A 1790s Terrtorial Militia And Federal Military Post, Jackson County, Tennessee, Samuel D. Smith, Tennessee. Department Of Environment & Conservation.

Archaeology – Research Series

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Discipline Policies And Dropout Rates In Selected North Dakota Public Schools, Carol A. Jabs

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effective School Administration In An Age Of Educational Reform, Theresa A. Quigney

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

A major educational reform issue relates to the evolving role of school leadership. This study investigated which characteristics and behaviors educators perceived as being in the repertoire of successful school administrators in this time of educational restructuring. Interpretation of the results yielded a prioritization of competencies valued in today’s educational administrators, as well as differences in perception among specific groups of educators. The results were also compared to a similar investigation completed more than 10 years ago, which provided insight regarding the influence of school leadership reform initiatives on educators’ views of effective school administration.

Internal Capital Markets And Investment Efficiency: Evidence From Janpanese Industrial Groups, Mark D. Walker

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

Using a sample of 12,136 firm-years between 1993 and 1998, I examine the investment policies of firms in Japanese industrial groups. My findings indicate that internal capital markets among keiretsu firms are active. Investment at the firm level is positively correlated with cash flows from the remainder of the keiretsu. Furthermore, firms in industrial groups tend to invest more than predicted if their growth opportunities are below-average and invest less than predicted if their growth opportunities are above-average. These findings suggest that the reallocation of capital within keiretsu firms is inefficient.

2000 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Indiana Ltap

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Directory

Contact information for agency officials and employees responsible for Indiana’s local road infrastructure.

Aspects Of Two-Phase Flow Screw Compressor Modelling Part Ii: Friction Between Rotors, D. Zaytsev, C. A. Infante Ferreira

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.