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Morphology, Swimming Performance And Propulsive Mode Of Six Co-Occurring Hydromedusae, Sean Colin, John H. Costello

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

Jet propulsion, based on examples from the Hydrozoa, has served as a valuable model for swimming by medusae. However, cnidarian medusae span several taxonomic classes (collectively known as the Medusazoa) and represent a diverse array of morphologies and swimming styles. Does one mode of propulsion appropriately describe swimming by all medusae? This study examined a group of co-occurring hydromedusae collected from the waters of Friday Harbor, WA, USA, to investigate relationships between swimming performance and underlying mechanisms of thrust production. The six species examined encompassed a wide range of bell morphologies and swimming habits. Swimming performance (measured as swimming acceleration …

Testing For Toxic Effects Of Prey On Zooplankton Using Sole Versus Mixed Diets, Sean Colin, Hans G. Dam

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Toward A Nonzero-Sum Approach To Resolving Global Intellectual Property Disputes: What Can We Learn From Mediators, Business Strategists, And International Relations Theorists, Peter K. Yu

Articles

All societies, communities, organizations, and interpersonal relationships experience conflict at one time or another in the process of dayto-day interaction. Conflict is not necessarily bad, abnormal, or dysfunctional; it is a fact of life. Conflict and disputes exist when people are engaged in competition to meet goals that are perceived to be, or actually are, incompatible. However, conflict may go beyond competitive behavior and acquire the additional purpose of inflicting physical or psychological damage on an opponent, even to the point of destruction. It is then that the negative and harmful dynamics of conflict exact their full costs.

Evaluation Of An Inter-Programmatic Training Program Provided To The Staff Of The Office Of Infant And Child Health Services, Gloria V. Chen

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Family Health Branch of the Georgia Division of Public Health has been going through a transition by changing its mode of operation from an administrative to a facilitative and supportive role. There have been several changes in managers of Offices within the Branch, along with reduction in staff at all levels. Some program managers from the Office of Infant and Child Health spend a great portion of their time out of the office doing site visits, attending meetings or presenting workshops. During their absence no one is available to address specific issues related to their programs. An inter-programmatic training …

Developing An Organizational Model For Marketing Nova Southeastern University Academic Programs, Irving Rosenbaum

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Fragmented independent marketing efforts by 17 schools, colleges, and academic centers at Nova Southeastern University have resulted in missed opportunities for NSU, and an inconsistent image for the university. As new providers and methods of delivery create an increasingly competitive environment, marketing has assumed increased significance in higher education.

The purpose of this developmental practicum was to develop a plan for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing at NSU. The research questions were "What would be the optimal model for establishing clear leadership over the now fragmented NSU marketing efforts?" and "What would be an appropriate and valid structure …

Development And Evaluation Plans Of A Denominational Program To Equip Local Church Leaders With Creative Thinking And Problem Solving Techniques, Richard C. Harris

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem investigated within the Free Methodist Church was that church leaders (pastors and lay leaders) lacked skills in how to proactively engage churches in creative thinking and problem solving. The purpose of this project was to develop a program to help church leaders improve creative thinking and problem-solving skills and to design a plan for evaluating such a program.

There were four comprehensive research questions for this study. The first was "What is the subject matter of a comprehensive program for developing in church leaders the skills and attitudes needed to improve creative thinking and problem solving? The second …

Development And Validation Of A Guide To Improve The Management Of Family Stressors During Pregnancy, Elena E. Jones

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem under investigation was the developing of practical coping strategies for adolescent pregnant mothers that improved the management of family stressors during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to develop and to verify the content and design of a guide to improve the management of family stressors during pregnancy for adolescent mothers. Five research questions to address the problem were related to the development and validation of the content and design of a guide and the implementation and evaluation of a guide to improve the management of family stressors during pregnancy.

The development methodology was used to answer …

Establishing An Environment Of Safeness At Deborah Cannon Wolfe Elementary School, Dorothy E. Khonyongwa

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program that was implemented to ensure an orderly and safe learning environment at a rural elementary school with a student population of approximately 285. An informal assessment of the school building and grounds revealed that the students were exposed to an unsafe and insecure school environment.

Planned solution strategies included (a) a school safety assessment, (b) an updated school safety plan, (c) a safety initiative team, (d) student and teacher safety training, and (e) the purchase of basic school safety equipment. These intervention strategies involved parents, students, teachers, administrators, and other community stakeholders. The process began …

A Design For The Infusion Of State Mandated Technology Standards Into A Teacher Education Credentialing Program, Paul F. Massmann

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to infuse state mandated technology standards into the curriculum of a small university accredited to grant teaching certification. The state recently revised its requirements for the entire credential process. In doing so, they developed a much more demanding set of technology standards than those currently in place in the program. This new set of requirements included not only specific standards to be met by the credential candidate, but required the faculty to model these standards in their traditional face-to-face classes. The goal was to effectively implement these new standards.

The solution had two distinct tracks. …

Increasing The Reading Levels Of Students To Prevent The Risk Of Retention, Diane O'Mara

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to provide. an overview of a reading intervention program for at-risk 2nd grade students at a public elementary school. The school system lacked intervention programs to assist at-risk readers. Therefore, students were either retained or promoted without intervention programs.

The researcher developed a reading intervention program for 10 at-risk second grade students. The goal of the program was to increase reading levels so that the students could be promoted to Grade 3. Local college students tutored the students 3 times per week for 30 minutes each session. Each child was provided with an individualized reading …

Evaluating The Acquisition Of Empathy And Assertiveness Skills By Students Taking A Required Communication Skills For Pharmacists Course: Application Of The Instructional Design Process And Incorporation Of New Technologies, Diane R. Johnson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The research question addressed by this study was: What were the differences in student performance of empathy and assertiveness skills that resulted from the application of the instructional design process with the subsequent inclusion of more active learning methodologies, skill-building application activities, and new technologies for course delivery? Prior to teaching the fall 2001 Communication Skills for Pharmacists, a first year Pharmacy course within a traditional Doctor of Pharmacy Program, the course was redesigned using the instructional design process. A Performance Evaluation Form, an instrument based on documented skill criteria, was utilized with a True Experimental Posttest-Only Control Group Research …

A Discipline Intervention Program At Jones Elementary School, Mike B. Campbell

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Will a staff-development program that includes an emphasis on conflict resolution, positive-discipline approaches, and proactive supervision lead to a reduction in discipline referrals for the school? In addition, will the development of the planning-room concept as a replacement for in-school suspension lead to fewer repeat offenders? Those were the research questions that guided this study. The school climate was measured through the discipline referral reviews and administrative observation.

The setting for this applied dissertation implementation was an elementary school serving 700 students in kindergarten through 5th grade. The school is located in a small community that is included in the …

Harding University Catalog 2002-2003, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Academic catalog for the undergraduate programs at Harding University.

Harding University Graduate Catalog 2002-2003, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Academic catalog for the graduate programs at Harding University.

Substituting Mediation For Arbitration: The Growing Market For Evaluative Mediation, And What It Means For The Adr Field, Robert A. Baruch Bush

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The past decade has seen significant expansion in the acceptance and use of mediation as a process for handling disputes. That expansion has been particularly marked in the legal and business sectors. Indeed, old hands in the ADR field observe that mediation has begun to replace arbitration as the "process of choice" in the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) "market," including institutional users like courts and major private consumers of ADR like businesses. All this is seen by some as part of the "mainstreaming" of mediation discussed by Joseph Folger's lead article in this Symposium. The primary question examined in this …

Using Authentic Learning To Teach Basic Technology Skills, Steven Burken

Graduate Research Papers

During the past decade, most school districts have been required to write technology plans that have included the goal that students will become technologically literate. Teachers and administrators have been challenged to teach technology skills that will help student solve problems in the work place. What has been commonplace is for schools to offer courses or units in which students acquire skills without applying them to real world problems. This paper takes a look at the literature and research surrounding the use of technology, and the learning of technology skills, in the framework of authentic learning.

Chicano Educational Leaders: Some Reflections On The Southwest, Henry T. Trueba

Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter, 2002, Wonsook Kim School Of Art And Design

Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter

Annual newsletter for the Normal Editions Workshop, School of Art, Illinois State University.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Can It Take Down Internet Infringers?, David L. Clark

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

In response to the growing digital age, Congress enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") on October 28, 1998. Unlike traditional copyright statutes, the DMCA does not address the act of infringement but instead focuses on the technology that makes infringement easier. Copyright holders have begun to develop encryption technology to prevent unauthorized use of their works, and the DMCA assists those efforts by prohibiting any person from circumventing those security provisions or selling decryption devices. The DMCA also encourages Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") to disable websites that are accused of copyright infringement; it protects the ISPs with a safe …

Problems In Defining And Controlling The Unauthorized Practice Of Law, Linda Galler

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

A lively debate is taking place within the states on the question whether lawyers should be permitted to practice law in professional services organizations that provide both legal and nonlegal services and that are owned, in whole or in part, by nonlawyers. At this time, the states are divided; some endorse the notion of multidisciplinary practice (MDP) while others do not. At its August 2000 meeting, the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates rejected a proposal to permit lawyers practicing in MDPs to render legal services. In so doing, the House urged the states to enforce their laws prohibiting …

Effect Of Crystalline To Amorphous Conversions On Solubility Of Cefuroxime Axetil, Tooba Murshedkav

Open Access Master's Theses

This study investigates a new method of converting a crystalline drug to its amorphous form and studying the effect this conversion has on the solubility of the drug. The physical form of the drug is of great importance in the process of taking a drug molecule from its discovery to its formulation into an acceptable dosage form. For oral solid dosage forms, the physical state of the drug molecule influences various important parameters including bioavailability and stability. Bioavailability in tum is governed by factors like dissolution and solubility, which can be altered to give desired results. A review of the …

Estudio Piloto De Metilfenidato Y Entrenamiento A Padres En El Tratamiento De Niños Con Trastorno Por Déficit De Atención Hiperactividad [A Pilot Study Of Methylphenidate And Parent Training In The Treatment Of Children With Attention-Deficit Hiperactivity Disorder], Cecilia Montiel-Nava, Joaquín A. Peña, G. Espina-Mariñes, M. E. Ferrer-Hernández, A. Lopez-Rubio, S. Puertas-Sánchez, J. J. Cardozo

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

Objetivo. Este estudio comunica la eficacia de un programa de entrenamiento a padres y un ensayo clínico con medicación estimulante (metilfenidato), en la disminución de síntomas de trastorno por déficit de atención-hiperactividad (TDAH) en una muestra de niños venezolanos.
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/="/">Pacientes y métodos. 24 niños, con edades entre 6 y 10 años, con diagnóstico de TDAH, identificados en unas jornadas de cribado de TDAH, se asignaron aleatoriamente a los dos grupos de tratamiento: entrenamiento a padres y medicación estimulante (metilfenidato).
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/="/">Resultados. Ambos grupos mostraron reducción de síntomas al finalizar la fase de intervención terapéutica en diferentes grados. …

Fast, Cheap, And Out Of Control: Lessons From The Icann Dispute Resolution Process, Elizabeth G. Thornburg

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

The Internet is constantly expanding, both as a means of communication and as a means of commerce. As its contacts among people and businesses expand, more and more disputes will arise and will need resolution. These disputes will evolve both from business-to-consumer transactions and from business-to-business transactions. Some of the claims will include breach of contract, breach of warranty, and even fraud. Others will concern intellectualproperty rights such as trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Still others will involve competition law, raising issues of antitrust, trade disparagement, and other claims of unfair competition. Alleging defamation, invasion of privacy and emotional distress, some …

Hyperlinks To And From Commercial Websites, Christopher J. Volkmer

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

E-commerce, through the use of a website, is a business reality. This is true for companies of any size, in any location, selling any kind of product or service. Doing business over the Internet is part of what all companies must do to compete; with this new form of business, however, comes new legal issues. As e-commerce develops, it is important for business owners to keep advancing their knowledge in order to manage the risks that come with new opportunities.

Hyperlinks are basic building blocks used to connect the sites of the World Wide Web, and their use has significant …

Copyright Act Of 1976 - Copyright Infringement - Supreme Court Holds That The Selling Of Freelance Authors' Articles By Print Publishers To Electronic Publishers Constitutes Copyright Infringement. New York Times Co. V. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001), S. Brock Benson

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

In New York Times Co. v. Tasini, the Supreme Court decided the issue of whether the selling to electronic publishers of articles in collective works without permission from the freelance authors was permissible under § 201 (c) of the Copyright Act. In earlier proceedings, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment for the publishers, holding that the publishers were entitled to place contents of their periodicals into electronic databases without the permission of the authors whose works appeared in the periodicals. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, however, reversed …

Center For The Advancement Of Teaching Annual Report, 2001-2002, Illinois State University, Center For The Advancement Of Teaching

Annual Reports - Center for Integrated Professional Development

Annual report of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Illinois State University

Traditional Free-Speech Law: Does It Apply On The Internet?, A. John Harper Iii

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

The First Amendment states that Congress "shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." But as Oliver Wendell Holmes recognized, the First Amendment "obviously was not intended to give immunity for every possible use of language." Accordingly, the Supreme Court's free-speech jurisprudence has traditionally been one of line drawing - distinguishing protected from unprotected speech by evaluating its content in light of the medium through which it is expressed. In terms of content, there are generally three categories of speech: "(1) speech that everyone has a right to (political speech, speech about …

Disappearing Youth In American Politics? Campus, Community, And Political Participation By Undergraduate Students, Stephanie Reinhart '02

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

Public participation in American politics has long been discussed as deficient at best, falling far short of democracy’s goal of an enlightened and participatory citizenry. In no age group is this more apparent than America’s young adults, particularly those in their early years of voting eligibility. This segment of the population has been repeatedly criticized for their disinterest and lack of involvement in politics, primarily because only a small number of young adults vote in elections. In fact, several researchers argue that young adults are less likely to participate in politics than ever before (Astin, Parrott, Korn, and Sax 1997; …

Postmaterialism In Colombia, Gretchen Grabowski '03

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

Colombia has spent decades "under a state of siege" (Amnesty International 5). This fact has become so apparent in their daily lives that the majority of Colombians manage to grow accustomed to social and political instability. Despite the lack of security, therefore, they lessened the emphasis placed on materialistic goods and allowed for the development of potmaterialistic values. According to political scientist Ronald Inglehart, the postmaterialistic state is one in which "a growing emphasis on the quality of life and self-expression is accompanied by a declining emphasis on traditional political, religious, moral and social norms" (Inglehart 66). With this in …

Masculine Threat And Anti-Gay Attitude, Chad Corbley '02

Honors Projects

In a pretest, male and female participants completed the PAQ, a measure of self perceived masculinity and femininity. Only male participants (though they were not aware of this fact) were contacted to return for the second part of the study. Participants were hooked up to psychophysiological recording equipment and took part in one of three conditions. In the masculine threat condition, they took a test ostensibly measuring masculine knowledge and received false negative feedback. In the general threat condition, participants took a test ostensibly measuring general knowledge and received the same feedback. The no threat or control condition was exactly …