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Optimizing The Project Team's Contribution To Business Objectives, Chad Rowland

All Theses

The traditional expectations of the project team are for the processes of engineering, procurement, construction, and start-up to be expertly administered. However, these performance criteria can be satisfied yet still not meet the ultimate business needs of the owner. The purpose of this thesis was to determine ways to improve the likelihood of achieving owner's business objectives. Fifty-one questionnaire survey forms were analyzed to obtain data for thirty-three pre-project planning activities. A data analysis concluded with a degree of statistical significance that for thirteen of the thirty-three activities, the more successful projects, as defined by the satisfaction of the business …

Paying Attention To Welfare: Supplemental Security Income, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, And The Incentives Of Parents, Jason Rudbeck

All Dissertations

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is the only welfare program that extends cash benefits to children for being blind or disabled. The largest growth in the program has occurred towards children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Using in-house data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), this research measures parents` sensitivity to having their children diagnosed with ADHD given increases in real SSI payments. Children who are more likely to receive SSI benefits given income and living condition are also more elastic to increases in payments through becoming diagnosed with ADHD. In addition, parents alternate between claiming that …

Daily Eastern News: December 07, 2006, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

The Comment, December 7, 2006, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 07, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2006

No abstract provided.

December 7, 2006, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

December 7, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the December 7, 2006, meeting of the University Senate. 25 pages

The Weekly Challenger, December 7, 2006, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 7, 2006, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Thatch Control, Winter Painting, And Plant Growth Regulator Management On Golf Course Putting Greens, Steven Long

All Theses

No abstract provided.

The Advocate, December 7, 2006, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, December 7, 2006

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, December 7, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Akasya Benge, Corinne Liccketto, Sarah Keck, Simon Marcus, Tracey Ferdinand, Lane Taylor, Paul P. Doghramji, Caroline Meiers, Brandon Brown, Alex Ernst, Matt Flyntz, Matthew Pastor

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Facing Facebook: Ursinus Administrators Show Students the Dangers of Internet Use • New Berman Exhibit to be Longest Running Show • Ursinus Administration Supports WeCAN's Backing of Workers' Rights • Sounds of Gospel Music Bless the Lenfest Stage • Unraveling the Floy Lewis Bakes Center • What is Rushing? • Health in Ten Questions: Influenza • Opinions: What's Happened to our Movies?; Christmas: A Season of Pretension • Men's Basketball Looks for Three-peat, Women Contenders in Centennial Conference

Washington University Record, December 7, 2006

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican December 7, 2006, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Accounting Methods Used By Builders Producing Twenty-Five Or Fewer Homes Per Year, David Andrus

Theses and Dissertations

Accounting plays a crucial role in the success of any business, but it is particularly vital in the construction industry, a complex field that typically requires the coordination of multiple subcontractors and multiple jobs in any given year. Although small-volume home builders make up 70 percent of the membership of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a trade association of the home building industry, little is known about the accounting practices of these builders. This thesis undertook to study the accounting practices of small-volume home builders. Small-volume home builders were defined as those producing 25 homes or fewer in …

Shape Matching, Relevance Feedback, And Indexing With Application To Spine X-Ray Image Retrieval, Xiaoqian Xu

Theses and Dissertations

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute in the National Institutes of Health (NIH), maintains a collection of 17,000 digitized spine X-ray images obtained from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II). Research effort has been devoted to develop a web-accessible retrieval system that allows retrieval of images from the NHANES II database on relevant and frequently found pathologies. A comprehensive and successful image retrieval system requires effective image representation and matching methods, relevance feedback algorithms to incorporate user opinions, and efficient indexing schemes for fast access to image databases. This dissertation studies and develops approaches …

Minutes From The December 7, 2006 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the December 7, 2006 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

The Montclarion, December 07, 2006, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Otter Realm, December 7, 2006, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Great Sex-pectations -- Meet our student government -- Developments and construction continue to excite surrounding community -- Credit card fraud plagues campus -- CSUMB welcomes new Provost -- Otterstream is back -- Letter to the editor: Another One Bites the Dust...A song that is just not so funny anymore -- Liberal Studies to walk a straight line -- The TAT department reorganizes -- Realm staffer reports on her own Student Disability Resources experience -- Sex, drugs, and dorm life -- Sexual LIASONS off campus -- RX Bandits: Just what the doctor ordered -- Music in the Otter Express -- Adam's …

The Cowl - V. 71 - N. 13 - Dec 7, 2006

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 71 - Number 13 - December 7, 2006. 32 pages.

The Architecture Of Enabling Technology In The Critical Care Setting: The Role Of Architecture In Addressing The Health Care - Technology Paradox, Matthew Nitch

All Theses

Health care architecture, particularly tertiary care settings, which have the sickest people, and most advanced medical care, should accommodate and employ technology in ways that are both therapeutic and enabling. Although technology in the tertiary care setting is generally considered beneficial, it can sometimes have negative impacts, cause stress and result in poor health outcomes. Norman Cousins said in his book Anatomy of an Illness, 'Many doctors are increasingly aware of the circular paradox [of the intensive care unit]. It provides better electronic aids than ever before for dealing with emergencies that are often intensified because they communicate a sense …

Spectrum, Volume 25, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Breaking ground for the chapel -- Global warming is a hot issue on campus -- AID's hits the 25- year mark on and across the world -- The 'big dig' brings excitement and anticipation to campus -- Are students giving too much effort for the results they receive? -- Joe’s American Bar and Grill -- The Knit Wits stitch towards a good cause -- Students targeted for identity fraud -- Men’s basketball boasts six players with double figures in win -- Men’s Ice Hockey skates to two ties with Air Force -- Arnone leads Women’s Ice Hockey to victory.

Lanthorn, Vol. 41, No. 30, December 7, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 41, July 13, 2006 - June 14, 2007

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

The Bg News December 7, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 7, 2006. Volume 97-Issue 72.

Stabilization Of Vascular Elastin By Treatment With Tannins, Jason Isenburg

All Dissertations

Elastin is an important component of the extracellular matrix that endows cardiovascular tissue with the ability to extend and recoil repetitively. It has been shown that elastin may be vulnerable to enzymatic degradation and calcification in certain pathological cases. As a result, elastin degeneration may be associated with the failure of tissue-derived cardiovascular devices, such as bioprosthetic heart valves, as well as the development and progression of aortic aneurysms, a disease associated with progressive connective tissue degeneration of the arterial wall. Therefore, an elastin stabilizing agent may be beneficial for both applications. As such, our objectives for elastin stabilization are …

Kenyon Collegian - December 7, 2006

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Identifying Economic Indicators For Ecosystem-Based Management:, Scott Norris

Publications

In America and across the world, the use of ecosystem-based management is

increasing. One of the primary challenges faced in using this method of management is the integration of economic data and environmental information. This report explores the use of a new tool for integrating economic data, ecosystem-based economic indicators, in a case study of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, an estuarine environment located in Monterey County, CA. Research and literature reviews were used to detail the economic activities of the area, in order to identify possible indicators,criteria for evaluating the indicators, and potential sources of indicator data. After …

Volume 98 Issue 13, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Documents From The December 6, 2006 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

ASUM Senate Documents, 1919-2007

Documents from the December 6, 2006 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM), including an agenda and meeting minutes with associated exhibit documents.

Senate Meeting, December 6, 2006, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.