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Solomon Huebner And The Development Of Life Insurance Sales Professionalism, 1905-1927, Drew Vandecreek

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

In 1927 the National Association of Life Underwriters collaborated with Professor Solomon Huebner of the University of Pennsylvania to found the American College of Life Underwriters, an institution devoted to establishing and maintaining professional standards for the nation's life insurance salesmen. Their work sheds light on the new politics of expertise and associations that emerged in the 1920s. While many historians have portrayed the period's experts as purveyors of new, technical knowledge and apolitical agents of an inevitable modernity, Huebner in fact brought little real knowledge of insurance to his work. Instead, he introduced the industry's prevailing ideology of public …

The Application Of Category Theory And Analysis Of Receiver Operating Characteristics To Information Fusion, Steven N. Thorsen

Theses and Dissertations

Multisensor data fusion is presented in a rigorous mathematical format, with definitions consistent with the desires of the data fusion community. A model of event-state fusion is developed and described. Definitions of fusion rules and fusors are introduced, along with the functor categories of which they are objects. Defining fusors and competing fusion rules involves the use of an objective function of the researcher's choice. One such objective function, a functional on families of classification systems, and in particular, receiver operating characteristics (ROCs), is introduced. Its use as an objective function is demonstrated in that the argument that minimizes it …

What Motivates Volunteers To Serve In A Youth Literacy Program?, Ryan Schmiesing, Jeff Soder, Susan Russell

Journal of Extension

This article examines volunteers' motivation to commit to a successful, yet intensive, youth literacy program. Volunteers in a one-on-one youth literacy mentoring program were motivated by the values function of volunteerism; that is, they volunteered in order to exercise their altruistic values. This is a departure from much of the literature on volunteer motivation, which finds affiliation to be volunteers' primary motivation for volunteering. The article offers suggestions on recruitment methods that promote the value function of volunteerism and will be most successful in attracting individuals willing to make sustained commitments to youth.

The Cord Weekly (November 30, 2005)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

The Register, 2005-11-30, North Carolina Agricutural And Technical State University

NCAT Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

November 30th 2005, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 11/30/2005, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate Minutes for the 11/30/2005 regular meeting.

Nw Mutl Life Ins Co V. Babayan

2005 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Spectator 2005-11-30, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

The Spinnaker Vol. 29 No. 16, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community

Teacher Evaluation In Chinese Elementary Schools: An Historical Account, Ping Zeng

Theses and Dissertations

This research is an historical account of the development of teacher evaluation in Chinese elementary schools. Descriptive by nature, it reviews the historical origins that have shaped the teaching profession and evaluation practice. It also describes the effort made by the government and educators in the reform to improve the elementary school teacher evaluation system in China. The findings of this research focus on the complexity and problems in the teacher evaluation system and painful struggles teachers have experienced. Suggestions are provided in terms of possible improvement of the teacher evaluation system and establishment of national evaluation standards to facilitate …

Education In The Environment: A Hands-On Student Research And Outdoor Learning Experience: Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending November 30, 2005, Margaret N. Rees

Reports (PLI Education)

During the past three-months, the focus of the university’s efforts has included the following highlights:

• Forever Earth was scheduled 15 times in the past quarter.
• Twelve Discover Mojave Outdoor World events were completed; a draft Year 2 schedule was completed.
• An Outdoor World assessment report compiled and results were presented at a professional academic conference.
• The Phase I Education in the Environment Strategy document was completed.
• A Phase II action plan is underway by the Environmental Education Committee.
• A place-based education conference, “Our Places Tell Stories,” will be held in January 2006.
• Survey data is being collected from Clark County …

White Beauty: The Portrayal Of Minorities In Teen Beauty Magazines, Micaela Choo Banks

Theses and Dissertations

This content analysis examines the representations of minorities in the two most popular teen beauty magazines: Seventeen and YM. Nine issues for 2003 constituted the sample frame yielding a total of 620 advertisements containing human models. After setting up a theoretical framework of the new racism and White beauty, this study investigates the portrayals of minority models. Overall, when compared with earlier studies the number of minority models used in mainstream magazine advertising rose and the portrayals of minority models in prominent roles increased. Yet, the subtle nature of the new racism was reinforced in the following findings: Prominent …

Nota Bene, November 29, 2005

Nota Bene, 2005

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 29, 2005, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

2005 November 29, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

FACULTY SENATE MINUTES NO. 6 November 29, 2005

Melatonin, Immune Function And Aging, V. Srinivasan, Georges J.M. Maestroni, Daniel P. Cardinali, A. I. Esquifino, S. R. Pandi Perumal, Sandra C. Miller

ETSU Faculty Works

Aging is associated with a decline in immune function (immunosenescence), a situation known to correlate with increased incidence of cancer, infectious and degenerative diseases. Innate, cellular and humoral immunity all exhibit increased deterioration with age. A decrease in functional competence of individual natural killer (NK) cells is found with advancing age. Macrophages and granulocytes show functional decline in aging as evidenced by their diminished phagocytic activity and impairment of superoxide generation. There is also marked shift in cytokine profile as age advances, e.g., CD3+ and CD4+ cells decline in number whereas CD8+ cells increase in elderly individuals. A decline in …

The Ticker, November 28, 2005

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 27, November 28, 2005, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

2005 November 28 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Intimate Partner Violence And Disabilities Among Women Attending Family Practice Clinics, Ann L. Coker, Paige H. Smith, Mary Kay Fadden

CRVAW Faculty Journal Articles

Purpose: To estimate the frequency and type of disabilities preventing work among those experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) compared with those never experiencing IPV.

Methods: We used a large cross-sectional survey of women, ages 18–65, attending family practice clinics from 1997 through 1998. Participation included a 5–10-minute in-clinic survey assessing IPV experience and a longer telephone survey assessing health status and chronic disabilities that prevented work outside the home or housework.

Results: Of 1,152 eligible women surveyed, 54% experienced some type of IPV, and 24% were currently in a violent relationship. Women who had ever experienced IPV …

Hilltopics: Volume 2, Issue 14, Hilltopics Staff

Hilltopics

Holidays: Eric Johnson endorses a new kind of holiday season, page 3.

Life: Want to do something about AIDS? Maybe it's time to get angry, page 2.

Media: Rent: The Movie fails to impress Courtney Hebb, page 4.

Politics: Dawn Jenkins examines the other side of the Prop. 2 debate, page 2.

Be Heard: Got an opinion? Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions and interesting feedback Email your thoughts to [email protected].

Daily Eastern News: November 28, 2005, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

The Collegian (2005-11-28), José Borjón

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 58, No. 14

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, November 28, 2005, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

November 28, 2005 Aasu Faculty Meeting Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

November 28, 2005 Armstrong Atlantic State University Faculty Meeting Minutes

Ipsative Score Distortion On Affinity 2.0, Alec J. Brown

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated distortion that occurs when raw scores are converted to ipsative scores on Affinity 2.0, a relatively new instrument for assessing sexual interest. Using a sample of 146 non-offending, heterosexual females, this study examined the characteristics of distorted ipsative score profiles and attempted to develop an algorithm to identify such distortions. A method was developed for defining distortion objectively. Of the 146 profiles,125 were found to contain some degree of distortion. Several hypotheses were formulated as to variables that might be related to distortion. These relationships were examined using Pearson Product Moment Correlations. Several statistically significant, but weak, …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, November 27, 2005, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2005

No abstract provided.

Volume 43, Number 14: November 25, 2005, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, November 24, 2005, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 24, 2005, issue of The Weekly Challenger.