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Perceptions Of Psychological Injury In The Workplace, Richard Merrett Jan 2004

Perceptions Of Psychological Injury In The Workplace, Richard Merrett

Theses : Honours

Work-related psychological injury has not only increased as a percentage of all injuries but also accounts for the greatest cost, both in duration of lost time and financially (National Occupational Health & Safety Commission [NOHSC], 2001; NOHSC, 2002). There are two major explanations as to why this might be. One explanation is that stigmatisation of psychological injury has reduced, resulting in increased reporting (Manton, 2004). The other major explanation is that workplaces are becoming more stressful environments, resulting in increased levels of psychological injury to employees (Kenny & Cooper, 2003). This review will investigate those potentially influential factors that relate …

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Young People, Music And Political Participation : From The Cultural Politics To The Political Cultures Of Young People, Benjamin Taaffe Jan 2004

Young People, Music And Political Participation : From The Cultural Politics To The Political Cultures Of Young People, Benjamin Taaffe

Theses : Honours

This study of young people's participation in politics seeks to investigate some of the areas where music and politics intersect in the lives of young people. From a broad interest in young people's participation, the relationship between young people, music and political participation will be explored. An initial account of the relationship between music and young people's political participation in advanced industrial capitalist societies such as Australia will be established. This relationship has previously received little academic attention. Dominant views of young people that suggest they are not interested in politics, or that they are irrelevant to political decision-making, deny …

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'Married' To The Military : The Experiences Of Partners Of Australian Defence Force Members, Ngaere B. Stewart Jan 2004

'Married' To The Military : The Experiences Of Partners Of Australian Defence Force Members, Ngaere B. Stewart

Theses : Honours

This paper provides a review of the literature in order to understand the experiences of the partners of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel. A brief overview of the early research in this area sets the context for a review of the demands of the ADF lifestyle, such as geographic mobility and lengthy operational separations from the ADF member. Military-related injuries and illness is another demand of the ADF that is also discussed. These demands are then examined within a theoretical framework of incorporation theory; the work/family fit and the family life cycle models. The overall satisfaction of ADF partners with …

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Neutrosophic Dialogues, Florentin Smarandache, Feng Liu Jan 2004

Neutrosophic Dialogues, Florentin Smarandache, Feng Liu

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Thanks to Dr. Smarandache for his interest in Chinese culture. I cannot decline his warm request to write the preface, even with my fragments of knowledge – no insight nor wisdom, and therefore can be misleading. I have been extremely regretful for my ideological errors and mistakes in previous publications, especially those concerning Buddhism. As I mentioned in this book, I am not qualified. So please note that I am limited in my knowledge and enlightenment of the giant of Chinese heritage. I can express nothing more than my personal bias. In what aspect can Chinese culture be distinctive from …

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Improving Regulation: Cases In Environment, Health, And Safety, Edited By Paul S. Fischbeck & R. Scott Farrow, Joseph M. Little Jan 2004

Improving Regulation: Cases In Environment, Health, And Safety, Edited By Paul S. Fischbeck & R. Scott Farrow, Joseph M. Little

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

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Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Alexander W. Scherr, Hillary Brave Farber Jan 2004

Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Alexander W. Scherr, Hillary Brave Farber

South Carolina Law Review

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Perillyl Alcohol And Perillic Acid Enhanced The Sensitivity Of Head And Neck Cancer Cells To Radiation Treatment In Vitro, Daniel Samaila Jan 2004

Perillyl Alcohol And Perillic Acid Enhanced The Sensitivity Of Head And Neck Cancer Cells To Radiation Treatment In Vitro, Daniel Samaila

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Limonene and perillyl alcohol are the naturally occurring monoterpenes found commonly in plant fruits and vegetables. Perillyl alcohol (POH) elicited anticarcinogenic effects in a number of cancer models and pharmacokinetic studies in humans revealed that perillic acid (PA) is the major circulating metabolite following POH administration. Effects of these monoterpenes combined with and without radiation on human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines (HNSCC) were measured using cytotoxicity and flow cytometry assays. HNSCC cells were pretreated with 1.0 mM PA or 0.5mM POH for 72 hr before exposure to 1Gy or 2Gy radiation dose. Pretreatment with 1.0mM PA …

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Should Human Resources Managers Utilize Affirmative Action To Give Diversity Programs Legitimacy?, Janet Lynn Morrison Jan 2004

Should Human Resources Managers Utilize Affirmative Action To Give Diversity Programs Legitimacy?, Janet Lynn Morrison

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Since 1987, the valuing and managing of diversity has been on the radar screens of most human resources managers. Specifically, many are wrestling with how to establish the "perfect" diversity program that serves to get the message out to their organizational members that individual differences should be viewed as resources for learning and understanding and not barriers to career success or opportunity. However, for the majority, this has proved a difficult task. Simply, human resources managers are missing the mark when it comes to identifying a solid foundation for diversity management---a foundation that will compel organizational stakeholders to recognize diversity …

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Colin Powell's 2000 Keynote Address: Compassionate Conservatism In An Age Of Cynicism, Kehrin Kercher Thomas Jan 2004

Colin Powell's 2000 Keynote Address: Compassionate Conservatism In An Age Of Cynicism, Kehrin Kercher Thomas

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Colin Powell faced significant rhetorical challenges when he delivered his keynote address at the 2000 Republican National Convention, including the existing political atmosphere and public sentiment, the political implications of a Republican victory, the influence of technology on campaign rhetoric, and audience attitude toward him. Despite rhetorical identification as a significant part of our national conversation and one of the few convention events receiving significant media coverage, little analysis has been generated on the keynote address. This study attempts to fill a gap and influence future research on a communicative act that has undergone, and may continue to undergo, significant …

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News From The South Carolina Library Association V.2 N.1 01/2004 Jan 2004

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.2 N.1 01/2004

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.2 n.1 01/2004

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A Policy Analysis Of Nevada's Middle School Retention Legislation, Julie Ann Abeyta Jan 2004

A Policy Analysis Of Nevada's Middle School Retention Legislation, Julie Ann Abeyta

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In 1997, the Nevada State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 376 permitting the State Board of Education to adopt credit requirements that students must meet prior to being promoted from eighth grade to high school. A resulting State Board of Education regulation requires that a student earn one-and-one-half credits in language and one-and-one-half credits in mathematics during seventh and eighth grades to merit promotion to high school; While much attention has been given to the issue of retention and social promotion in large urban school districts such as Chicago and New York City, little investigation has been directed to smaller, rural …

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Post-Modern Cowboys: The Transformation Of Sport In The Twentieth Century, David Kent Sproul Jan 2004

Post-Modern Cowboys: The Transformation Of Sport In The Twentieth Century, David Kent Sproul

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

During the twentieth century, sports that evolved in the American West transformed the landscape of American sport. Driven by combinations of technology, media, and human personalities, sports such as surfing, skateboarding, and mountain biking redefined the meaning of sport and eliminated the traditional limits to the "playing field." As surfing, skateboarding, and mountain biking evolved, wartime technologies accelerated their progress. Those technologies democratized access to contemporary sports in two ways. Materials such as polyurethane eased the physical requirements of carrying equipment and catching waves. Contemporary sports also expanded access because they focused on individualized competition and participation, eliminating the need …

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Creating The Rosetta Stone: Deciphering The Language Of Accountability To Improve Student Performance, Donna Snodgrass Jan 2004

Creating The Rosetta Stone: Deciphering The Language Of Accountability To Improve Student Performance, Donna Snodgrass

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The objectives of this paper are three-fold. First, a model is proposed for unifying massive amounts of conceptual and numerical information flowing from the measures of the accountability movement in Ohio and the materials that are publicly available to educators. Second, this model is translated into useable forms of information that help teachers drive instructional practices in their classrooms. Third, the efficacy of this model to improve state-mandated proficiency scores at the district level is discussed. Ultimately the authors attempt to provide the readers with a rudimentary model of an educational Rosetta Stone to helps educators decipher the contents of …

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Building A French For Business And Technology Program Abroad, Lionel Lemarchand Jan 2004

Building A French For Business And Technology Program Abroad, Lionel Lemarchand

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

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Business Languages In Multi-Lingual Switzerland, Margrit Zinggeler Jan 2004

Business Languages In Multi-Lingual Switzerland, Margrit Zinggeler

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

No abstract provided.

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Amendment (2004 Spring) Jan 2004

Amendment (2004 Spring)

Amendment, 2004-

Amendment is a VCU student-produced progressive literature and art journal that provides a platform for students to promote equality, tolerance, and social progression through artistic expression.

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Acoustics Of Suction Mufflers In Reciprocating Hermetic Compressors, Christian Svendsen Jan 2004

Acoustics Of Suction Mufflers In Reciprocating Hermetic Compressors, Christian Svendsen

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.

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Np-Hardness Of Cache Mapping, Zhiyuan Li, Rong Xu Jan 2004

Np-Hardness Of Cache Mapping, Zhiyuan Li, Rong Xu

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Establishing The Tougaloo College Art Collections : New York School Abstract Expressionists, Artists For Core, And The Art Committee For Tougaloo College, Susan Lloyd Mcclamroch Jan 2004

Establishing The Tougaloo College Art Collections : New York School Abstract Expressionists, Artists For Core, And The Art Committee For Tougaloo College, Susan Lloyd Mcclamroch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Simulation Of The Silica Gel-Water Adsorption Chillers, Xio Lin Wang, Hui Tong Chua, Kim Choon Ng Jan 2004

Simulation Of The Silica Gel-Water Adsorption Chillers, Xio Lin Wang, Hui Tong Chua, Kim Choon Ng

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

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Experimental Study On Adiabatic Flow Of R-22 Alternatives In Capillary Tubes, Claudio Melo, Lluis Antonio Torquato Vieira, Roberto Horn Pereira Jan 2004

Experimental Study On Adiabatic Flow Of R-22 Alternatives In Capillary Tubes, Claudio Melo, Lluis Antonio Torquato Vieira, Roberto Horn Pereira

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

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Ranking Of Working Fluids For Organic Rankine Cycle Applications, Lars J. Brasz, William M. Bilbow Jan 2004

Ranking Of Working Fluids For Organic Rankine Cycle Applications, Lars J. Brasz, William M. Bilbow

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.

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Fourier-Domain Holography In Photorefractive Quantum-Well Films, K. Jeong, L. L. Peng, D. D. Nolte, M. R. Melloch Jan 2004

Fourier-Domain Holography In Photorefractive Quantum-Well Films, K. Jeong, L. L. Peng, D. D. Nolte, M. R. Melloch

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Fourier-domain holography (FDH) is investigated as a candidate for holographic optical coherence imaging to produce real-time images of structure inside living tissue and turbid media. The effects of spatial filtering, the background intensity distributions, and the role of background noise in determining dynamic range are evaluated for both FDH and image-domain holography (IDH). The grating washout effect in FDH (edge enhancement) is removed by use of a vibrating diffuser that consequently improves the image quality. By comparing holographic images and background images of FDH and IDH we show that FDH provides a higher dynamic range and a higher image quality …

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Holographic Optical Coherence Imaging Of Rat Osteogenic Sarcoma Tumor Spheroids, P. Yu, M. Mustata, L. L. Peng, J. J. Turek, M. R. Melloch, P. M. W. French, D. D. Nolte Jan 2004

Holographic Optical Coherence Imaging Of Rat Osteogenic Sarcoma Tumor Spheroids, P. Yu, M. Mustata, L. L. Peng, J. J. Turek, M. R. Melloch, P. M. W. French, D. D. Nolte

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Holographic optical coherence imaging is a full-frame variant of coherence-domain imaging. An optoelectronic semiconductor holographic film functions as a coherence filter placed before a conventional digital video camera that passes coherent (structure-bearing) light to the camera during holographic readout while preferentially rejecting scattered light. The data are acquired as a succession of en face images at increasing depth inside the sample in a fly-through acquisition. The samples of living tissue were rat osteogenic sarcoma multicellular tumor spheroids that were grown from a single osteoblast cell line in a bioreactor. Tumor spheroids are nearly spherical and have radial symmetry, presenting a …

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Electrochromic Shift Of Chlorophyll Absorption In Photosystem I From Synechocystis Sp Pcc 6803: A Probe Of Optical And Dielectric Properties Around The Secondary Electron Acceptor, N. Dashdorj, W. Xu, P. Martinsson, P. R. Chitnis, S. Savikhin Jan 2004

Electrochromic Shift Of Chlorophyll Absorption In Photosystem I From Synechocystis Sp Pcc 6803: A Probe Of Optical And Dielectric Properties Around The Secondary Electron Acceptor, N. Dashdorj, W. Xu, P. Martinsson, P. R. Chitnis, S. Savikhin

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Nanosecond absorption dynamics at similar to685 nm after excitation of photosystem I ( PS I) from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is consistent with electrochromic shift of absorption bands of the Chl a pigments in the vicinity of the secondary electron acceptor A(1). Based on experimental optical data and structure-based simulations, the effective local dielectric constant has been estimated to be between 3 and 20, which suggests that electron transfer in PS I is accompanied by considerable protein relaxation. Similar effective dielectric constant values have been previously observed for the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center and indicate that protein reorganization leading to …

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Linking Pressure And Saturation Through Interfacial Areas In Porous Media, J. T. Cheng, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, D. D. Nolte, N. J. Giordano Jan 2004

Linking Pressure And Saturation Through Interfacial Areas In Porous Media, J. T. Cheng, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, D. D. Nolte, N. J. Giordano

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Using transparent microfluidic cells to study the two-phase properties of a synthetic porous medium, we establish that the interfacial area per volume between nonwetting and wetting fluids lifts the ambiguity associated with the hysteretic relationship between capillary pressure and saturation in porous media. The interface between the nonwetting and wetting phases is composed of two subsets: one with a unique curvature determined by the capillary pressure, and the other with a distribution of curvatures dominated by disjoining pressure. This work provides experimental support for recent theoretical predictions that the capillary-dominated subset plays a role analogous to a state variable. Any …

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Single-Phase Flow In A Rock Fracture: Micro-Model Experiments And Network Flow Simulation, J. T. Cheng, J. P. Morris, J. Tran, A. Lumsdaine, N. J. Giordano, D. D. Nolte, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte Jan 2004

Single-Phase Flow In A Rock Fracture: Micro-Model Experiments And Network Flow Simulation, J. T. Cheng, J. P. Morris, J. Tran, A. Lumsdaine, N. J. Giordano, D. D. Nolte, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Adaptive Optical Coherence-Domain Reflectometry Using Photorefractive Quantum Wells, L. L. Peng, D. D. Nolte, Y. Ping, M. R. Melloch Jan 2004

Adaptive Optical Coherence-Domain Reflectometry Using Photorefractive Quantum Wells, L. L. Peng, D. D. Nolte, Y. Ping, M. R. Melloch

Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Adaptive optical-coherence-domain reflectometry (OCDR) is performed by use of an adaptive interferometer and homodyne detection. The adaptive element of the interferometer is a photorefractive quantum-well device in a two-wave mixing geometry. The mixing self-adaptively maintains constant relative phase between the signal and reference waves and dynamically compensates gross movements of the sample or optical components as well as image speckle. The application described here is used for laser ranging into and through turbid media. Adaptive OCDR is a bridge between conventional optical coherence tomography and adaptive holographic optical coherence imaging. The insertion loss for the adaptive performance is -15 dB, …

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Thermal Management Of Transient Power Spikes In Electronics - Phase Change Energy Storage Or Copper Heat Sinks?, S. Krishnan, S V. Garimella Jan 2004

Thermal Management Of Transient Power Spikes In Electronics - Phase Change Energy Storage Or Copper Heat Sinks?, S. Krishnan, S V. Garimella

CTRC Research Publications

A transient thermal analysis is performed to investigate thermal control of power semiconductors using phase change materials, and to compare the performance of this approach to that of copper heat sinks. Both the melting of the phase change material under a transient power spike input, as well as the resolidification process, are considered. Phase change materials of different kinds (paraffin waxes and metallic alloys) are considered, with and without the use of thermal conductivity enhancers. Simple expressions for the melt depth, melting time and temperature distribution are presented in terms of the dimensions of the heat sink and the thermophysical …

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Analysis And Prediction Of Constriction Resistance For Contact Between Rough Engineering Surfaces, A. F. Black, V. Singhal, S V. Garimella Jan 2004

Analysis And Prediction Of Constriction Resistance For Contact Between Rough Engineering Surfaces, A. F. Black, V. Singhal, S V. Garimella

CTRC Research Publications

The constriction resistance of a semi-infinite cylinder terminating in the frustum of a cone in a gaseous environment is analyzed numerically. The variation of constriction resistance with the ratio of contact radius to cylinder radius, the cone angle, and the gas-to-substrate thermal conductivity ratio is investigated. Nonlinear curve fitting is used to develop a comprehensive predictive correlation for the constriction resistance as a function of these parameters. The parameters are investigated over a wide range of values covering the range expected in practical applications. The correlation could be used in conjunction with an appropriate surface deformation model to predict the …

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