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Reducing The Presence Of Raptors At Kansas City International Airport, Robert Johnson, Dan Mcmurtry Aug 2000

Reducing The Presence Of Raptors At Kansas City International Airport, Robert Johnson, Dan Mcmurtry

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 2nd (2000)

Nationwide, between 1991 and 1997, the FAA wildlife strike database reported 939 raptor strikes, which accounted for 12% of all reported wildlife strikes. At Kansas City International Airport (MCI), between 1997 and 1999, 9 raptor strikes occurred involving known aircraft and 27 raptor strikes occurred involving unknown aircraft. These raptor strikes represented 13% of all wildlife strike events at MCI. MCI has a large yearly influx of raptors (red-tailed hawks, American kestrels, northern harriers, and great horned owls) during the period of October through March. From October 1997 until December 1999, 40 raptors were removed from the airport through the …

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Management Of Rodent Populations At Airports, Jessica Dewey, Gary W. Witmer Aug 2000

Management Of Rodent Populations At Airports, Jessica Dewey, Gary W. Witmer

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 2nd (2000)

Birds and other wildlife are a serious problem at U.S. airports. Certain species are more hazardous to aviation safety than others, most often due to the size and behavior of the species. Raptors, including hawks, vultures, and eagles, were the fourth most common bird group reported in bird strikes to the Federal Aviation Administration from 1991 - 1997, and hawks specifically were the fifth most common bird species group reported in bird strikes in Canada during the same time period. Red-tailed hawks were the fifth most common bird species reported in U.S. Air Force bird strikes from 1985 - 1999, …

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Resolving Bird/Aircraft Hazards At Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, John L. Cummings, John Turman, Brian V. Archuleta Aug 2000

Resolving Bird/Aircraft Hazards At Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, John L. Cummings, John Turman, Brian V. Archuleta

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 2nd (2000)

Birds present a direct hazard to aviation safety at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. We monitored the bird hazards at NASNI between April 1996 and April 1997, made recommendations to resolve the bird hazard to aircraft and evaluated WS Operational program at NASNI. We documented 27 bird/aircraft strikes on NASNI from April 1991 to April 1997. Of these, western gulls represented 77%, mallards 9%, American coots 4.5% and great blue herons 4.5%. Most strikes that occurred between March and September were attributed to western gulls, where as waterfowl were struck most often between October and February. The …

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Defining And Reducing Wildlife Hazards To Aviation In The Usa, Richard A. Dolbeer, Scott C. Barras, Bradley F. Blackwell, Thomas W, Seamans, Sandra E. Wright, Edward C. Cleary Aug 2000

Defining And Reducing Wildlife Hazards To Aviation In The Usa, Richard A. Dolbeer, Scott C. Barras, Bradley F. Blackwell, Thomas W, Seamans, Sandra E. Wright, Edward C. Cleary

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 2nd (2000)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), through an interagency agreement with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), conducts a national research program to define and reduce bird and other wildlife hazards to aircraft. The goal is to provide the FAA and airports nationwide with a scientific foundation for policies and recommendations related to wildlife and aviation safety. Research tasks conducted by NWRC under the agreement include: 1) investigations of habitat management and land-use practices on and near airports to reduce bird activity; 2) development and evaluation of bird repellent and frightening methods for airports; 3) management …

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Method For Modulating Eicosanoid Mediated Immune Responses In Arthropods, David W. Stanley Aug 2000

Method For Modulating Eicosanoid Mediated Immune Responses In Arthropods, David W. Stanley

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The invention is directed to compositions which alter the health of invertebrate organisms by affecting eicosanoid mediated immune responses, and methods of using the compositions. The invention provides pharmaceutical com positions and biopesticide compositions. The pharmaceuti cal composition is composed of an effective amount of at least one biologically active agent which enhances or inhib its eicosanoid-mediated immune responses in invertebrate Species and a physiological compatible carrier. The biope Sticide composition is composed of a biopesticidal amount of an inhibitor of eicosanoid-mediated immune responses in invertebrates and a physiologically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful to treat invertebrate Species …

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Openline Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 2, August 8, 2000, Illinois State University, Civil Service Council Aug 2000

Openline Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 2, August 8, 2000, Illinois State University, Civil Service Council

OpenLine Newsletter

Monthly newsletter of the Civil Service Council.

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The Murray Ledger And Times, August 7, 2000, The Murray Ledger And Times Aug 2000

The Murray Ledger And Times, August 7, 2000, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Monitor Newsletter August 07, 2000, Bowling Green State University Aug 2000

Monitor Newsletter August 07, 2000, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

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Ada News - 08/07/2000, American Dental Association, Publishing Division Aug 2000

Ada News - 08/07/2000, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

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Who’S On Your Guest List For Dinner?, Rick Burton Aug 2000

Who’S On Your Guest List For Dinner?, Rick Burton

Sport Management - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Bjc Today Aug 2000

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

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Perceived Barriers By Hispanic Mothers In Obtaining Primary Health Care For Their Childern, Michael Allen Hart Aug 2000

Perceived Barriers By Hispanic Mothers In Obtaining Primary Health Care For Their Childern, Michael Allen Hart

Master's Projects

Purpose: Hispanic mothers tend to over use hospital emergency services and under use primary care providers when seeking health care for their children. In order to change this health care utilization behavior, researchers must understand the barriers to health care perceived by Hispanic mothers. Design: In this non-experimental survey study, a non-probability, purposive sampling of 45 Hispanic mothers at a rural county pediatric clinic were surveyed. Methods: Using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as its framework an 18-item survey examined, barriers to health care, cues to action, subjects' knowledge, family satisfaction, access, and likelihood of action. Findings: The data suggest …

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The Phenomenology Of Panic Disorder In Adolescents, Wesley D Allan Aug 2000

The Phenomenology Of Panic Disorder In Adolescents, Wesley D Allan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Phenomenology of Panic Disorder in Adolescents examines correlates of panic disorder in adolescents. Specifically, 20 adolescents with panic disorder were compared with 20 adolescents with a non-panic anxiety disorder (e.g., overanxious disorder). Results showed that adolescents with panic disorder displayed higher levels of anxiety sensitivity (i.e., anxiety pertaining to the symptoms of anxiety such as heart palpitations). Based on the obtained results, anxiety sensitivity is proposed as a potentially critical variable in the examination of adolescent panic disorder.

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August 7, 2000 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Aug 2000

August 7, 2000 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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2000-08-07 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Aug 2000

2000-08-07 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for August 7, 2000.

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Identifying And Responding To Skills Shortages, David L. Passmore Aug 2000

Identifying And Responding To Skills Shortages, David L. Passmore

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Skills shortages limit economic growth. Tight labor markets in the United States have highlighted for policy–makers the problems that skills shortages create for the economy. Yet, it is difficult to document and respond to skills shortages. No single, direct measure identifies a skills shortage. Identification requires multiple economic indicators. When skills shortages are identified, prescription of responses to alleviate shortages is equally problematic. Selection of investment in training as one response requires that other factors affecting labor supply and price must be ruled out as contributing causes of shortages.

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Manpower Planning In Hong Kong, Anthony Cheng Aug 2000

Manpower Planning In Hong Kong, Anthony Cheng

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

1. VTC has been using the Manpower Requirement Approach (MRA) for projecting disaggregate sectoral employment by skill/occupational group. The whole exercise comprises isolated studies of the 25 economic sectors based on employers’ perception of possible trends. 2. Labour Market Analysis (LMA) differs from MRA in terms of both focus and data requirements. LMA focuses on information from all players in the labour market, uses primary as well as other available secondary data, and analyzes data using also econometric models. 3. For consistency, the Task Force has conceptualized an LMA framework, outlined as: Level One Aggregate Economic Level. Level Two Aggregate …

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Stress Management For Teachers In Vocational Education And Training Sector, Gloria, Ching Wah Chan Aug 2000

Stress Management For Teachers In Vocational Education And Training Sector, Gloria, Ching Wah Chan

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Much of the stress of teaching is related to problem behaviour in the classrooms. The most effective way of managing behavioural problems is to prevent them from arising, and to minimize their occurrence. The focus is the teacher's ability and willingness to create a successful learning situation appropriate to the student's needs. Essentially, stress can be a challenging, exciting stimulus to personal growth, whilst excessive stress can prove damaging to psychological and physical health because it often triggers emotional and physical strain that may be harmful. So, people are motivated to cope with stress. However, the reactions to stress and …

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Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa M. Bybee Aug 2000

Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa M. Bybee

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The purpose of this study: Analyze the efficacy of a problem gambling training class to train adult learners and determine whether the attitude of this sample towards problem gambling affects their ability to learn about this issue. A survey instrument was designed by the author. The researcher used frequency distribution, crosstabulations, and linear regression to analyze the collected data. The survey sample consisted of adult gaming employees in Las Vegas who attended compulsory problem gambling awareness training.

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Flexible Learning: Developing Opportunities, Lesley Wemyss, Carmel Thompson Aug 2000

Flexible Learning: Developing Opportunities, Lesley Wemyss, Carmel Thompson

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The delivery of training in a culturally sensitive, flexible manner is vital to achieve positive outcomes when training indigenous people. Within this paper I will examine many of the do’s and don’ts when delivering culturally sensitive training. Case Studies will be presented where practitioners can work together and determine how delivery can be adapted to promote cultural sensitivity. From delivery to the outcome of flexible delivery. A range of outcomes from the Case Studies will be presented and evaluation techniques and evaluation instruments will be discussed at the reaction and learning level.

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Thirsty Horses And Public Waterholes, Joyce Marie Turnbull Aug 2000

Thirsty Horses And Public Waterholes, Joyce Marie Turnbull

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

This paper deals with the challenges for vocational education and training administrators in the Northern Territory of Australia to respond to calls for action to address apparently opposing needs and forces. Issues considered include the incongruity of development theory and globalisation theory in the context of the Australian outback; the provision of effective training and employment programs to a largely traditional Indigenous population in remote Northern Territory communities; the clash between strategic planning in governmental and organisational contexts and the transmitted Indigenous world picture; the ambiguity of training for employment or the establishment of an enterprise culture in the remote …

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Quantitative Evaluation Of The Educational Programmes On Students’ Awareness Of Social Responsibility, Loky Tsui, Sau-Wan, Teresa Lee Wong Aug 2000

Quantitative Evaluation Of The Educational Programmes On Students’ Awareness Of Social Responsibility, Loky Tsui, Sau-Wan, Teresa Lee Wong

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

As discrimination and hazardous working conditions have been constituting social costs in the Hong Kong economy, legislative progress in enforcing equal opportunity, safety and health at work becomes obvious with the enactment of discrimination ordinances and the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance in 1997. Educational programmes were being conducted for students to realise such social responsibility soon after they graduate. The evaluation of the educational programmes is based on the empirical data collected after the delivery of educational packages.

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Role Of Supported Services In The Provision Of Vocational Training For Open Employment To People With Disabilities In Hong Kong, Woon-Ching, Eliza Lo Chan Aug 2000

Role Of Supported Services In The Provision Of Vocational Training For Open Employment To People With Disabilities In Hong Kong, Woon-Ching, Eliza Lo Chan

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The performance indicator for training for open employment is on how successfully the trainee is being employed in a job. Other than providing the job skills required which was always the emphasis in the vocational training, there are other issues, equally important, that should be addressed to prepare the trainees to enter into the competitive open job market. Independent and social skills should be strengthened through programmed activities. Attention should also be paid to minimize the mismatch between skills training and job opportunities to the trainees. Based on the provision in the skills centres for the people with disabilities aiming …

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Workplace Learning As An Investment In Human Capital, Johanna Lasonen, Reijo Parikka Aug 2000

Workplace Learning As An Investment In Human Capital, Johanna Lasonen, Reijo Parikka

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The paper considers, on the basis of the theory of human capital, in what sense the various agents involved in work-based learning perceive the on-the-job learning period in vocational upper secondary education as an investment-like activity driven by expectations of longterm benefits held by individuals, enterprises and society. The focus of the paper is an empirical survey of Finnish students, teachers, company managers and workplace trainers participated in a work-based learning pilot project. Students believe that their stay in working life improves their employment prospects, enterprises do not incur any additional costs, and workplace trainers and teachers are coping with …

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Vocational Education And Training For Operators Of Modern Enterprises, Qinxiang Gao, Meichi Huang, Heping Yu Aug 2000

Vocational Education And Training For Operators Of Modern Enterprises, Qinxiang Gao, Meichi Huang, Heping Yu

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The idea of how to run an effective and efficient vocational education and training system (EEVETS) with enterprises is given in this paper. It includes curriculum, teaching method, teaching support, quality control and management, etc. The keys to form EEVETS are demand analysis, motivation mechanism, teachers and tutors, quality control and service support. The training system for modern power station operators is briefly given as an example.

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Using Quality Indicators To Create World Class Curricula: From Concept To Application, Timo Luopajarvi, Paivi Sutinen Aug 2000

Using Quality Indicators To Create World Class Curricula: From Concept To Application, Timo Luopajarvi, Paivi Sutinen

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

In this paper, Curriculum Quality Indicators (CQIs) are described including what they are, how they are developed, and how they can be used to help create curricula that meet world class employers’ needs. The world class workplace is presented as a frame of reference for curriculum quality. Next, details about how a set of CQIs was developed is described. The application of CQIs to a comprehensive curriculum project at Helsinki Polytechnic in Finland is the detailed. Several implications are offered for CQI use in vocational higher education curriculum development.

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Competency Based Training: An Evaluation Of A Post-Secondary Teacher Education Program, Dale E. Thompson, Cecelia Thompson, Betsy Orr Aug 2000

Competency Based Training: An Evaluation Of A Post-Secondary Teacher Education Program, Dale E. Thompson, Cecelia Thompson, Betsy Orr

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The purpose of this study was to evaluate performance-based teacher education (PBTE) in Arkansas, United States. PBTE is an approach to teacher education in which a person is required to demonstrate essential teaching skills in an actual teaching situation. It is a competency based education program for individuals who plan to be instructors at postsecondary technical institutes. The sample was 74 technical instructors at 11 postsecondary institutes in Arkansas. The competency categories rated highest by the instructors were instructional planning, instructional evaluation, serving learners with special/exceptional needs, and teaching adults.

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Perceptions Of Participants In A Multi-Site Distance Learning Bachelor Of Science Degree Program, Betsy Orr, Dale E. Thompson, Cecelia Thompson Aug 2000

Perceptions Of Participants In A Multi-Site Distance Learning Bachelor Of Science Degree Program, Betsy Orr, Dale E. Thompson, Cecelia Thompson

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The purpose of this study was to determine student’s perceptions of distance education courses taken during a Bachelor of Science degree program designed for adult offcampus students. The following factors were examined: 1. Student learning – self-rated levels of learning and understanding of content. 2. Instructional techniques – instructor’s use of lecture, handouts and visuals; instructor’s ability to encourage students to participate and reflect. 3. Medium – how the technology affects the pace of the class, the quality of transmission and how different sites interact. 4. Attitude – self-rated feeling about preferences for distance education instruction. 5. Possible uses of …

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Research And Practice Of Higher Vocational Education Of Environmental Engineering, Yalei Zhang Aug 2000

Research And Practice Of Higher Vocational Education Of Environmental Engineering, Yalei Zhang

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

In China, the environmental protection industry is developing quickly, the environmental engineering education programmes have been forced to try to keep pace, it’s necessary to develop the higher vocational education of environmental engineering to meet the demand for a great number correlative persons with comprehensive vocational capability. In this paper, the features of higher vocational education of environmental engineering are discussed. At the same time, the teaching programme establishment and practice of higher vocational education of environmental engineering are set forth also.

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The Practice Firm Concept: A Competency Approach To Teach Key Business Skills, Mitzi Leung, Judy Ng Aug 2000

The Practice Firm Concept: A Competency Approach To Teach Key Business Skills, Mitzi Leung, Judy Ng

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

Whether it is called “Core Skills (UK)”; “Employability Skills (Canada)”; “Essential Skills (New Zealand)”; “Workplace Know-how (USA)” or “Project and Transfer Oriented Training (Germany)”, globally we have been concerned with integrating key competencies with learning outcomes to provide the workforce with potential employees that are employable in day one. The Department of Business Administration, HKIVE (Tsing Yi) supports this view by incorporating “the Practice Firm Concept” into course delivery, with the belief that it enhances the quality of teaching and fosters life-long learning skills. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how this Concept has been developed and incorporated …

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