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A Unique Seasonal Pattern In Phytoplankton Biomass In Low-Latitude Waters In The South China Sea, Chun-Mao Tseng, George T. F. Wong, I.-I. Lin, C.-R. Wu, K.-K. Liu

OES Faculty Publications

A distinctive seasonal pattern in phytoplankton biomass was observed at the South East Asian Time series Study (SEATS) station (18°N, 116°E) in the northern South China Sea (SCS). Surface chlorophyll-a, depth integrated chlorophyll-a and primary production were elevated to 0.3 mg/m³, ~35 mg/m² and 300 mg-C/m²/d, respectively, in the winter but stayed low, at 0.1 mg/m³, ~15 mg/m² and 110 mg-C/m²/d as commonly found in other low latitude waters, in the rest of the year. Concomitantly, soluble reactive phosphate and nitrate+nitrite in the mixed layer also became …

The Process Of Becoming A Blue Ribbon School: Perceptions Of Participating Teachers And Principals, Dana Russina Harris

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the shared experiences of teachers and principals within selected schools in their quest of achieving the United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award in Georgia. In one sense, these schools are already successful. They were required to document five consecutive years of high and improving test scores as a prerequisite for consideration. Therefore, an attempt to better understand a process that could lead to continuous improvement and change in schools, as deemed necessary, was the fulcrum upon which this study rests. The researcher applied a theoretical …

Stereotypes And Prejudice: Intergroup Contact Between Americans And Japanese, Masami Ota

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The goals of this research were twofold. First, this research investigated the current stereotype content between American and Japanese people. Second, the relationship among orientation (individualism or collectivisim), intergroup friendly contact, and stereotype and prejudice variability was assessed. Results showed that both Americans and Japanese have positive stereotypes of each other, with Americans selecting the trait "intelligent" as the most common descriptor of Japanese people, and Japanese selecting the trait "pleasure-loving" the most common descriptor of Americans. Although orientation was not related to the frequency of intergroup contact, friendly intergroup contact was positively related to steretype variability and negatively related …

Edward A. Abercrombie First-Day Covers And Stamps, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of Edward A. Abercrombie’s first edition stamp collection. Materials include first-day covers and United States Postage Stamps from 1950-1984. Notable within this collection is a special cover on the last day of operation of the Statesboro Northern Railroad.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.

Dan Earl Riggs Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the legal papers of Dan Earl Riggs and his family members dated from 1913 to 2002. Materials include birth certificates, marriage licenses, legal appointments, military orders, retirement orders, death certificates, and estate appraisals.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.

Georgia Southern University Fact Book, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Fact Books (1976-2022)

No abstract provided.

Evaluations Dialogue From Senate Listserv, Georgia Southern University, Senate Executive Committee

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Restitution, Tiong Min Yeo

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Little of significance was decided on the law of restitution in 2004. There was nevertheless a smattering of cases dealing with points relevant to the principles of the law of restitution, sometimes directly, and sometimes indirectly.

Facing China: Taiwan’S Status As A Separate Customs Territory In The World Trade Organization, Pasha L. Hsieh

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

On Nov 11, 2001, in Doha, Qatar, the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) unanimously approved Taiwan's application for WTO membership, just 24 hours after approving China's admission. Taiwan's choice as the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, abbreviated as Chinese Taipei, in the WTO, instead of its official name, Republic of China (PRC), shows its reluctant compromise with political reality. The PRC's claim that accession procedures applying to Taiwan and Hong Kong should be identical erroneous because, under international trade law, the ROC is the automatic government acting on behalf of Taiwan and …

Pierre Bayle's Philosophical Commentary On The Words Of Jesus Christ: Compel Them To Come In, John Kilcullen, Chandran Kukathas

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In this defence of religious toleration, Bayle discusses the words attributed to Jesus Christ in Luke 14:23, “And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be full.” Bayle contends that the word compel cannot mean “force.” From this perspective, he constructs his doctrine of toleration based on the singular importance of conscience. Bayle argues that if the orthodox have the right and duty to persecute, then every sect will persecute since every sect considers itself orthodox. The result will be mutual slaughter, something God …

Religious Processions: Urban Politics And Poetics, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In this paper, I will explore the ways in which processions, by their very visibility, foreground the relationships between the secular and the sacred, while contributing to a construction of identity and community, and simultaneously surfacing fractures therein. Using the example of multireligious yet secular Singapore, I will examine (a) the state's management of religious processions, including the regulation of time and space for such events, as well as regulations over noise production; (b) the tactics of adaptation, negotiation and resistance that participants engage in at an everyday level in response to the state's ideologies, policies, laws and strategies; (c) …

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Homecoming Lecture
• COE Faculty Awards Presented
• Georgia Southern Visits China
• Education Career Corner
• COE Soaring Into Action
• Welcome New Faculty/Staff
• Spotlight on Alumni
• Southern Educator Class Roll
• Georgia Center for Educational Renewal First Year Report–Winning Grants and Awards, Reviewing Research, and Developing Instructional Materials
• Partnering for Portal
• 2005-2006 COE Faculty and Staff

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• 2006 for 2006 Raising Funds for College of Education Scholarships
• PSC Awards Presented to Georgia Southern
• Are You a 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 Graduate?
• Students Receive Scholarships
• COE Soaring Into Action
• “We the People” Summer Institute
• Comprehension and Caring: Mayte de Jesus and the Veracruz Teacher Project
• Professors Who Have Made A Difference
• The Future is Looking Bright
• PRISM—Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics—is off to a New Start
• Cross-Cultural Teaching Consortium
• Barrow County Student Teaching and Living Experience
• On Loving and Leaving
• SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI
• Southern Educator Class Roll
• The Transition Program at Harlem High School

Equity Incentives And Earnings Management, Qiang Cheng, Terry Warfield

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper examines the link between managers' equity incentives—arising from stock-based compensation and stock ownership—and earnings management. We hypothesize that managers with high equity incentives are more likely to sell shares in the future and this motivates these managers to engage in earnings management to increase the value of the shares to be sold. Using stock-based compensation and stock ownership data over the 1993–2000 time period, we document that managers with high equity incentives sell more shares in subsequent periods. As expected, we find that managers with high equity incentives are more likely to report earnings that meet or just …

The Role Of Analysts’ Forecasts In Accounting-Based Valuation: A Critical Evaluation, Qiang Cheng

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper critically evaluates the use of analysts forecasts in accounting-based valuation. Specifically, I assess the usefulness and the limitation of analysts forecasts in predicting future earnings and in explaining the market-to-book ratio, in light of a comprehensive set of 22 explicit information items, including: economic rent proxies, conservative accounting proxies, earnings quality signals, transitory earnings proxies, industry characteristics, and risk and growth proxies. While analysts forecasts capture 45–83% of the information from these sources depending on model specifications, they do not appear to fully incorporate certain information items. In particular, proxies for conservative accounting and transitory earnings are incrementally …

What Determines Residual Income?, Qiang Cheng

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper investigates the determinants of residual income scaled by book value of equity, i.e., abnormal return on equity (ROE), by analyzing the impact of value-creation (economic rents) and value-recording (conservative accounting) processes on abnormal ROE. I rely on economic theories to characterize economic rents and develop an empirical measure—the conservative accounting factor—to capture the effect of conservative accounting. As expected, industry abnormal ROE increases with industry concentration, industry-level barriers to entry, and industry conservative accounting factors. Also as expected, the difference between firm and industry abnormal ROE increases with market share, firm size, firm-level barriers to entry, and firm …

A Hundred Flowers Bloom: The Reemergence Of The Chinese Press In Post-Suharto Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

An Experience Sampling And Cross-Cultural Investigation Of The Relation Between Pleasant And Unpleasant Emotion, Christie N. Scollon, Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi, Robert Biswas-Diener

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

The present study examined whether the relation between pleasant and unpleasant emotion varies across cultures and level of analysis (i.e., within-person vs. between-person). A total of 386 participants included European Americans, Asian Americans, Japanese, Indian, and Hispanic students. Momentary mood was assessed up to 7 times daily for one week. At the between-persons level, pleasant and unpleasant mood were positively correlated among Asian Americans and Japanese, but were uncorrelated among the other groups. Factor correlations at the within-person level were strongly negative in all cultures, suggesting that pleasant and unpleasant feelings are rarely experienced at the same time. Implications for …

Centennial Bibliography On The History Of American Sociology, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

THE CENTENNIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY is intended as an inclusive clearinghouse for sources, studies, and other references that illuminate the origins and subsequent development of the sociological enterprise in the United States of America.2 As such, this bibliography is necessarily provisional and is envisioned as an on-going project to which further citations may be added as they are discovered and as new works are published. Due to the enormous scope of the project, and the short time frame within which the initial compilation was completed, countless useful and insightful references have been unintentionally omitted. Some portions …

Concert Recording 2005-01-30, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Schola Cantorum, Graeme Langager, Jonathan Barranco, Kate Dewey, Jonathan Story, Janice Yoes, Mary Scott Goode, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Howard Goode

Concert Recordings & Programs

Motet from Psalm LI : Tröste mich weider mit deiner Hülfe, op. 29, no. 3 -- Ein deutches Requiem. How Lovely Are Thy Dwelling Places -- Ziegeunerlieder, op. 103 (1887). He, Zigeuner ; Hochgetürmte Rima Flut ; Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen ; Lieber Gott, du weisst ; Brauner Bursche ; Röslein dreie in der Reihe ; Kommt dir manchmal ; Rote Abendwolken -- Sonate für Klarinette und Klavier, op. 120 #1 (1894). Allegro appassionato ; Andante un poco adagio ; Allegretto grazioso ; Vivace -- Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121 (1896). Denn es gehet dem Menschen ; Ich wandte …

Concert Recording 2005-04-17a, Echo Sibley, Henry Runkles, Andee Book, Mercy Warris, Sarah Mesko, Sarah Mesko, Jessica Middleton, David Beuerman, Andrew Thompson, Lynn Ragsdale, Derrick Doyle, Ember Lanuti, Elizabeth Terry, Emilia Taylor, Windsor Dutton, Jason Layhay, Drew Cogbill, Shane Sanderson

Concert Recordings & Programs

Lamento d'Arianna. Lasciate mi morire ; L'incoronazione di Poppea. Pur ti miro / Claudio Monteverdi -- Io crudele? / Antonio Caldera -- Brich dem Hungrigen dein brot. Hochster, was ich habe ; Johannespassion. Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen schritten / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Chanson Perpetuelle / Ernest Chausson -- Blue flower ; At the hillside where horses are running ; The stream flows / Bright Sheng -- Cryin' time / Bob Becker --Stabat mater. Inflammatus et accensus / Gioacchino Rossini

Western Corporate Forms And The Social Origin Of Chinese Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks, Wai Keung Chung

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Scrutinizing Public Expenditures - Assessing The Performance Of Public Accounts Committees, Rick Stapenhurst, Vinod Sahgal, William Woodley, Riccardo Pelizzo

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Trust (And Social Capital) In Cultural Theory, Marco Verweij

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Georgia Female School Superintendents: Perceptions Of Isolation, Juliann Payne Alligood

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The researcher's purpose in this study was to describe the perception of isolation among Georgia female school superintendents. A qualitative method was used to conduct the study. The research instrument used in conducting the study was comprised of 13 open-ended interview questions which were designed to elicit responses to the research question and subquestions. The researcher interviewed ten Georgia female school superintendents concerning their positions as female school leaders. The researcher recorded the interviews with audio tapes, had tapes transcribed by a trained transciptionist, and coded the transcripts for recurring themes and patterns. To validate her findings, the researcher enlisted …

Stories To Warm The Heart Part Two, Kemp N. Mabry, Tony Phillips

Bulloch County Historical Society Publications

A collection of articles by Dr. Kemp Mabry originally published in the Statesboro Herald. The book begins with a series of humorous pieces, followed by articles on Amicola Falls, Kenya, Leonardo da Vinci, Dead River Church and Cemetery, and the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. Also included are the obituaries of Ed Abercrombie, Louise Hodges Morton, Isabel Sorrier, and Sarah Mabry. Other topics Dr. Mabry wrote about are Irish culture, Tennessee, Alabama, religious miracles and anecdotes, World War II accounts, historical reenactments, recollections of his time as a student. Also in this collection are titles such as “The Night the …

Testing Whiteness: No Child Or No School Left Behind?, Helen A. Moore

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

I began my study of schooling and critical pedagogy as a research assistant for a program called PRIME: Program Research in Multicultural Education. One of our challenges in the mid-1970s was to assist the Principal Investigator, Dr. Jane Mercer, in constructing educational materials for her role as an expert witness in Larry P. v. Riles. Through that project, I learned a great deal about testing issues as they relate to the whiteness of educational, political, legal and policy perspectives. Today, as a sociologist, I commit my research to an understanding of the processes and consequences of testing policy and the …

Dialogue On Diversity Teaching: Reflections On Research, Pedagogy, And Passion For Social Justice, Katherine M. Acosta, Helen A. Moore, Gary K. Perry, Crystal Edwards

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

A "diversity" requirement was added to the liberal arts undergraduate curriculum in most colleges a decade ago; at our large Research I campus it is called the "Area H" requirement of the comprehensive education program. As part of our sociological and pedagogical inquiries, we launched a research project to reflect on the experiences of faculty and graduate instructors who teach "Area H" diversity courses. Our goal in conducting and analyzing some sixty in-depth, face-to-face interviews is to understand how intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality intertwine with instructors' classroom teaching experiences.

As we teach multicultural elements that encourage educational …

"That Could Happen": Nature Writing, The Nature Fakers, And A Rhetoric Of Assent, David Thomas Sumner

Faculty Publications

Much has been made about the relationship between nature writing and science. The foundation of the genre is empirical observation of the more-than-human world. That’s not the whole of it, however. Because of the pairing of empiricism and other human experience, readers come to the genre with certain assumptions: they assume the text will tell them something independently verifiable about the object world--something they could see, hear, or touch if they were in the same location at the same time. They assume they are reading nonfiction, and for most readers, that distinction is important. Readers also come to nature writing …

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

No abstract provided.