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The Next Step In Interpreting Criminal Forfeiture, Avital Blanchard

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Certainty As A Moderator Of Feedback Reactions? A Test Of The Strength Of The Self-Verification Motive, Frederik Anseel, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The present study investigated whether employees are merely interested in hearing good news about themselves, as predicted by self-enhancement theory, or are more interested in feedback that confirms their self-concept, as predicted by self-verification theory. We examined in a field study whether self-view certainty serves as a moderator and strengthens the effect of congruence between individuals' self-views and the performance feedback they receive about these self-views on feedback reactions. Polynomial regression results revealed that people mainly reacted favourably to positive feedback. Prior self-views did not play a key role in explaining feedback reactions. As feedback scores were the main determinant …

A Framework For Supplier Relationship Management (Srm), Sabine Moeller, Martin Fassnacht, Sonja Klose

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We perceive growing expectations concerning the impact of the purchasing function and the suppliers on overall value creation of a firm. Purchasing is the gateway between the external suppliers and the internal functions creating and delivering value for customers. This shift has incredibly enhanced the importance of the supplier base. While the old arm length collaboration is perfectly suitable for some suppliers others should be treated as close partners. However, an overall framework of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) integrating such different types of suppliers along the course of the relationship remains desirable. Our research aims to contribute by developing a …

Sleep Deprivation And Its Associated Factors Among General Ward Patients At A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Majid Shafiq, Farah F. Salahuddin, Maham Siddiqi, Zaman Shah, Rehmat Ali, Rizwan A. Siwani, Ayesha Saleem, Kashif Shakoor Shaikh, Ali Khan Khuwaja

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To estimate the occurrence rate of sleep deprivation and to identify the environmental, staff-related and patient-related factors associated with SD among general ward patients of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a pre-tested questionnaire was administered to 108 patients admitted into the general medical and general surgical wards of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.Results: In all, 50 (46.3%) respondents felt deprived of adequate sleep in the hospital. Worry about illness disturbed the night-time sleep of 47 (43.5%) patients; most of these had SD (70%) (p < 0.001). Other patients' noise disturbed 31.5% of study subjects and a significant majority (68%) of these had SD (p = 0.003). Over 17% of study subjects reported cell phone's ringing as a disturbing factor; more by those with SD (68%) compared to those with no SD (32%); again the difference was significant (p = 0.003). Physical discomfort and presence of cannula were reported as disturbing factors by 41.7% and 28.7% of the study subjects respectively but these were not significantly associated with SD.CONCLUSION: Our study revealed that sleep deprivation occurs commonly among general ward patients in tertiary care setting. Factors found to be associated with SD were amenable to modification to a greater extent.

The Murray State News, December 1, 2006, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Creativity Needed In Non-Profits?, Wee Liang Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Creativity is something that one might not associate with the social service sector. In fact, one might consider creativity something quite distant from the non-profit sector. "We in the social service sector have more important things to do - we serve our clients and beneficiaries; we don't have the time to fool around with fancy new ideas or projects." Yet such sentiments could be no further from the truth.

Nation Equity: Incidental Emotions In Country-Of-Origin Effects, Durairaj Maheswaran, Cathy Yi Chen

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Different from past research on country-of-origin effects that has focused on cognitive factors, this article examines the impact of incidental emotions and cognitive appraisals associated with these emotions on country-of-origin effects. Experiment 1 compared anger and sadness and demonstrated that country of origin influenced evaluations only in the angry (vs. sad) condition where human (vs. situation) control was high. Experiment 2 further identified the effects of agency control using a different emotion, frustration. Based on these observations, this article suggests that, like brands, countries also have equity associated with them, termed nation equity, that has both performance and emotional components. …

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 30, 2006

Arbiter, November 30, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Sr-06-07-02 Cc, Marshall University

Recommendations

No abstract provided.

November 30, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

An Investigation Of Relationships Between Oral Reading Rate And Reading Comprehension, Karen F. Rimkus

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Quantitative research methods were used including observations and tallies of reading rates, data compilation, generation of scatterplots, and descriptive statistical analysis of the results. The research focused on observations of 69 fourth graders from two fourth grade classes in a private parochial elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. The students each read a 198-word passage to measure oral reading rate. A positive relationship between oral reading rate and reading comprehension was then determined. As a result, teachers may be able to use an oral reading rate test to design curriculum before the Terra Nova achievement test is administered in September. …

Commonwealth Times 2006-11-30

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Field Monitoring And Computer Modeling To Determine Energy And Demand Savingsfrom The Melink Intellihood Exhaust And Make-Up Air Control System At Two Supermarkets, One Restaurant, And One Fast Food Restaurant, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Note: Only the Executive Summary of this proprietary report is available for public download.

Spartan Daily, November 30, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 127, Issue 52

Western News, Nov. 30, 2006, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU establishes award for emerging scholars; Ten staff members received fall service awards; Obituaries for Harry Hefner and David Morris; On Campus with Jan Dekker.

Renunciation In Contemporary Buddhist Monasticism, Karma Lekshe Tsomo Phd

Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship

Celibate monastic practice has been a mainstay of Buddhist societies from the time of the Buddha until the present day. Buddha Sakyamuni specifically rejected the practice of extreme asceticism, but lauded renunciation of the household life. This tradition has continued for two and a half millennia, unchanged in many respects. Robed, shaven-headed, celibate renunciants are found in every Buddhist society even today. The measure of renunciation in contemporary Buddhist monastic practice varies, however, depending on how renunciation is defined. Renunciants are generally thought to live in solitude, apart from society. But it is well known that, except for exceptional individuals …

Volume 44, Number 29: November 30, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Comment, November 30, 2006, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Professor's Research On Angelman Syndrome Boosted By New Grant, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2006-11-30), Claudette Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

56th Year, No. 14

English Professor, Wife Co-Edit Anthology Of Midlife Experiences, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Middle of life can be complex, whether it means raising children, taking care of aging parents or nursing one's own midlife crisis. English Professor, Wife Co-edit Anthology Of Midlife Experiences

November 30, 2006, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Education In The Environment: A Hands-On Student Research And Outdoor Learning Experience: Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending November 30, 2006, Environmental Education Strategy For Nevada

Reports (PLI Education)

• Forever Earth was scheduled for 17 days and benefited 307 individuals.
• Technology was successfully tested aboard Forever Earth that may allow for distance education opportunities in Clark County School District classrooms.
• Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne and Congressman Jon Porter were hosted by the National Park Service aboard Forever Earth on October 31, 2006.
• Training for Forever Earth program facilitators was conducted on November 20, 2006.
• Four Discover Mojave Outdoor World events were conducted. A partnership with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization is under development to increase participation in the program.
• Meeting held with Las Vegas developer Focus Property Group …

2006 - The Birthday Party Program, Neiu Theatre Department

Theatre Production Programs

The Birthday Party program

The Weekly Challenger, November 30, 2006, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 30, 2006, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Grizzly, November 30, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Sarah Keck, Salia Zouande, Akasya Benge, Amber Adkins, Lane Taylor, Tracey Ferdinand, Erin Andrew, Corinne Liccketto, Kyle Fox, Alex Ernst, Matthew Pastor, Danielle Langdon

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Alcohol Awareness on the Front Burner of the Ursinus Campus • Diversity Forum Held for Staff and Students • 2nd Annual Relay for Life Officially Kicked Off at Ursinus • Town Hall Discusses Incidents on Campus • An Oral Examination • UCDC Performs Superbly in Latest Show • People Seeing People: The Artwork of Seward Johnson • Highlights of the "Exposure Week" Events and Festivities • Opinions: The Meaning of Liberal Arts; Racism in Our World and Home • Ursinus 2006 Division III Field Hockey National Champions! • Swimming to Success

Predictors Of Change In Health Care Use After Marital And Family Therapy, Scott H. Payne

Theses and Dissertations

The cost of health care continues to increase. Based on the biopsychosocial model of heath care, it has been shown that the treatment of psychological and social problems can have a cost offset effect on the cost of medical care. While this offset effect has been shown in an MFT population, there are no known studies that have looked at predictors of the change in medical use by those that receive marital and family therapy. This study looked at psychological and social measures of individuals who received marital and family therapy. These measures were evaluated based on the change from …

Man Down South, Joseph B. Plicka

Theses and Dissertations

In this novella the main character, David Crumm, is getting older and decides not to wait around and die on his frozen ranch, but to retire to warmer climates. He leaves everything with his daughter, gets in his truck and drives south with his dog. In Florida, he accidentally hits and kills a migrant woman on her bicycle. The woman has a young son who survives the accident and, through a number of converging factors, David is compelled to personally take the boy back to his relatives in Nicaragua. The book then deals with David's experiences as he heads farther …

Utah Commercial Motor Vehicle Weigh-In-Motion Data Analysis And Calibration Methodology, Luke W. Seegmiller

Theses and Dissertations

In preparation for changes in pavement design methodologies and to begin to assess the effectiveness of the weigh-in-motion (WIM) system in Utah, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) contracted with a Brigham Young University (BYU) research team to conduct an evaluation of their commercial motor vehicle (CMV) data collection system statewide. The objective of this research was to evaluate the CMV data collection program in the state of Utah and to make limited recommendations for potential improvements and changes that will aid in more detailed and accurate CMV data collection across the state. To accomplish the research objectives, several tasks …