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A Delphi Survey Of Experts’ Opinions Regarding Prevention Of Impairment In Professional Psychology Training, Kin-Ming Chan

Dissertations

This study sought to identify the most important measures that may be implemented in professional psychology training to prevent the future impairment of professionals. An adjunctive research question of this study addressed how these important measures can be successfully implemented. A 2-round Delphi method was conducted. Twenty-eight experts in impairment prevention participated in the first round study, and 20 of them continued to participate in the second round. In the first round, the experts rated the importance of an original list of 38 preventive measures, suggested additional important preventive measures, and provided considerations for successful implementation of their most important …

Using Dew Points To Estimate Savings During A Planned Cooling Shutdown, Matthew Friedlein, David Changnon, Eric Musselman, Jeff Zielinski

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

In an effort to save money during the summer of 2003, Northern Illinois University (NIU) administrators instituted a four-day working week and stopped air conditioning buildings for the three-day weekends (Friday through Sunday). Shutting down the air conditioning systems caused a noticeable drop in electricity usage for that part of the campus that features in our study, with estimated total electricity savings of 1,268,492 kilowatt-hours or 17% of the average usage during that eight-week period. NIU’s air conditioning systems, which relied on evaporative cooling to function, were sensitive to dew point levels. Greatest savings during the shutdown period occurred on …

Perceived Similarity And Relationship Success Among Dating Couples: An Idiographic Approach, Catherine J. Lutz, Angela Christine Bradley, Jennifer L. Mihalik, Erika R. Moorman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This study utilized an idiographic approach to investigate the relation between similarity on valued characteristics and relationship success. College students (N = 247) rated their current romantic partner on perceived similarity in personality, attitudes, interests, and religious affiliation; the importance of similarity in these dimensions; and relationship satisfaction. Relationship status was assessed 6 weeks later. Results revealed significant similarity by importance interactions for religion and interests in predicting satisfaction. Participants with high perceived similarity in religion or interests reported greater satisfaction than did their low similarity counterparts, but only to the extent that they rated this type of similarity …

Westview: Vol. 25, Iss. 2 (Fall/Winter 2006)

Westview

No abstract provided.

Branch-And-Cut-And-Price Methods For Logistics Problems With Limited Risk, Hee-Su Hwang

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

There exist many uncertainties in a logistics system, such as unknown demand, unsteady fuel cost, machine breakdowns, and accidents to name a few. Logistics management is difficult because logistics managers must solve a global optimization problem, which includes eliminating as much uncertainty as possible, finding effective methods of managing uncertainty, and operating the entire logistics system effectively. To cope with uncertainty, many efforts have been made for vehicle routing problems. On the contrary, traditional ship-scheduling models ignore uncertainty, even in highly volatile markets. We present a set-packing model that limits risk using a quadratic variance constraint. After generating first-order linear …

Les For Wing Tip Vortex Around An Airfoil, Jiangang Cai

Mathematics Dissertations - Archive

The wing tip vortex is very important because of its effects on the noise generation, blade/vortex interactions on helicopter blades, propeller cavitations on ships, and other fields. The objective of this work is to use the numerical simulation with high order accuracy and high resolution to investigate the formation and the near field evolution of a wing tip vortex at high Reynolds number. The computational domain includes a rectangular half-wing with a NACA 0012 airfoil section, a rounded wing tip and the surrounding boundaries. The wing has an aspect ratio of 0.75. The angle of attack is 10 degrees. The …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 82 - Lent / Easter (December 2006), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

A New Commandment by Christine Jerrett, Susan Woodhouse, and members of Grace United Church....4

Ears That Hear and Eyes That See by Elizabeth Steele Halstead....16

Visualizing the Passion by Debbie Pizzeck....18

Liturgical Footwashing by Lyn Reith....19

He Is Risen Indeed by Angela Taylor Perry....22

Introducing Lent by Lillian Eiten....28

Using a Lenten Triad....29

Lift Up Your Hearts by Daniel R. Hyde....33

In Christ Alone by David Rylaarsdam....36

The Not-So-Comfortable Pew by Stephen J. Matteucci....42

In Jesus' Name by Philip Stel....44

Departments

Editorial: A Liturgical Time Warp by Joyce Borger …

Material Selection And Design Consideration For Moisture Damage Of Asphalt Pavement, Jamilla Emi Sudo Lutif, Yong-Rak Kim

Nebraska Department of Transportation: Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Is Teaching Always Local, Education Global?, Peter Schmidt

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Low-Income Urban High School Students’ Use Of The Internet To Access Financial Aid, Kristan M. Vengas

Journal of Student Financial Aid

This article focuses on the Web-based resources available to low-income students as they build their perceptions, make their decisions, and engage in financial aid activities. Data are gathered from the results of six focus groups with low-income high school students attending urban high schools. Findings suggest that low-income students do have access to computers but lack the knowledge and support needed to navigate the financial aid resources available on-line.

Access To College: The Role Of Tuition, Financial Aid, Scholastic Preparation And College Supply In Public College Enrollments, Katherine Baird

Journal of Student Financial Aid

Rapid tuition increases over the last few decades have made public institutions much less affordable than they once were. This and other policy changes may be affecting college enrollment rates across the country. This article examines how student preparation and college supply interact with the usual factors of tuition, financial aid, and family background to explain state by state variation in public college enrollment rates among Black, Hispanic, and White youth over the 1990s. This study finds that rapid tuition increases over the 1990s, changes in federal need-based aid, and steady increases in merit-based financial aid cannot explain variation in …

The Perils Of Self-Censorship, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Earlier this year, Jim Midgley, until recently Dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, was asked to write a guest editorial for the National Association of Social Work's (NASW) premier journal Social Work by its new editor Jorge Delva. The topic was international social work and the challenges of globalization. After presenting some of the pros and cons of globalization, Jim chose to focus on "unipolarism," a foreign policy articulated by neoconservatives like Charles Krauthammer, Paul Wolfowitz, and William Kristol and embraced by officials of the George W. Bush administration, particularly Secretary of Defense …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 33, No. 4 (December 2006)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL FEATURE: CENSORSHIP IN NASW JOURNALS?

• THE PERILS OF SELF-CENSORSHIP - Robert D. Leighninger, Jr
• INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK, GLOBALIZATION AND THE CHALLENGE OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD - James Midgley
• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR REGARDING NASW PRESS CENSORSHIP
• Marcia B. Cohen, Co-editor, Journal of Progressive Human Services
• Richard Hoefer, Editor, Journal of Policy Practice
• Tony Tripodi, Former Editor of Social Work Research, Former Co-editor of Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation
• Stanley L. Witkin, Former Editor-in-Chief, Social Work
• Elizabeth J. Clark, Executive Director, National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• NINETEENTH CENTURY REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE …

Fairness Issues In Law And Mental Health: Directions For Future Social Work Research, Jose B. Ashford, Jane Holschuh

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Concepts from the procedural justice literature in social psychology are examined that offer useful guidance for social work researchers with interests in investigating informal adjudications, speciality treatment courts, and other areas of the administrative process previously neglected in mental health services research. These theoretical concepts are offered as an alternative to the therapeutic jurisprudence framework being adopted by some social workers in the field of law and mental health. The issues outlined in this paper also draw on the health services and psychotherapy literature to highlight issues involving process and procedure as social justice and their significance for advancing a …

Higher Self-Reported Physical Activity Is Associated With Lower Systolic Blood Pressure: The Dietary Intervention Study In Childhood (Disc) , Samuel S. Gidding, Bruce A. Barton, Joanne A. Dorgan, Sue Y.S. Kimm, Peter O. Kwiterovich, Normal L. Lasser, Alan M. Robson, Victor J. Stevens, Linda Van Horn, Denise G. Simons-Morton

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

Objective: Children participating in a dietary clinical trial were studied to assess physical activity patterns in boys and girls longitudinally from late childhood through puberty; and to determine the association of level of physical activity on systolic blood pressure (SBP), low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and body mass index (BMI).

Patients and Methods: In the Dietary Intervention Study in Childhood (DISC), a randomized clinical trial of a reduced saturated fat and cholesterol diet in 8-10 year olds with elevated LDL, a questionnaire that determined time spent in five intensity levels of physical activity was completed at baseline and …

Preface To The Psychiatric Clinics Of North American, 2006, Karl Doghramji

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

Introducton to the special issue on the sleep-psychiatry interface.

The Effect Of Long-Term Thermal Exposure At Elevated Temperatures On Microstructures And Mechanical Properties In Centrifugally Casted Iron-Base Alloy, G Lothongkum, N Thaweepornkhasemsukh, P Wangyao

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

This work has an aim to study and investigate the relationship between high temperature exposure conditions on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties in the iron-based alloy, Fe-30.8 Ni - 26.6 Cr alloy, strengthened by carbide precipitation. Two exposure temperatures (900 and 1000°C) with various thermal exposure times are introduced to the as-received alloy. After short-term exposure, it was found that the secondary carbides precipitated early near the primary carbides, which were chromium and niobium/titanium carbide networks. The secondary carbide precipitations were also found in the dendrite cores. The amounts of needle-like carbides and secondary carbide films increased with time and …

Student Affairs Professionals At Catholic Colleges And Universities: Honoring Two Philosophies, Molly A. Schaller, Kathleen M. Boyle

Journal of Catholic Education

Student affairs professionals are encouraged by their professional organizations to recognize the responsibility they have to their institutions by “supporting its mission, goals and policies” (American College Personnel Association [ACPA], 2006, p. 6) and by avoiding conflicts of interest between the self and the college or university (national Association of Student Personnel Administrators [NASPA], 1990), others point out that most students affairs professionals are educated at secular universities and experience little preparation regarding the Catholic intellectual tradition (Estanek, 2001). The purpose of this study was to explore the following questions: Are there student affairs professionals at Catholic colleges and universities …

Responses From The Field, J. Christian Beretta, Richard G. Wosman

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

Reimagining The Catholic School, Edited By Ned Prendergast & Luke Monahan, Christopher Macguire

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

The Purpose Of A Students Affairs Program Within Jesuit Higher Education, Jeremy Stringer, Erin Swezey

Journal of Catholic Education

This article addresses the congruence of a student affairs professional preparation program within Jesuit higher education. It connects the mission of Jesuit education and Jesuit religious and educational principles to the philosophy of student affairs work in colleges and universities. A program in student development administration at Seattle University is presented as an example of how a student affairs preparation program honors Jesuit principles.

The Identity Of American Catholic Higher Education: A Historical Overview, Matthew Garrett

Journal of Catholic Education

American Catholic higher education has faced and overcome challenges, both from American higher education and Vatican officials, in its long and rich history. Georgetown College’s founding in 1789 was the first of several Catholic higher education institutions created in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The 20th century brought the challenges of accrediting agencies and mixed communication with The Vatican, including Pope John Paul II’s (1990) Ex Corde Ecclesiae. This document attempts to clarify the nature of a Catholic institution’s identity.

A Model School: How Philadelphia’S Gesu School Is Remaking Inner-City Education, By Jerrold K. Footlick, Sharon Zogby

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, Revised And Expanded Edition, Edited By Michael Glazier & Monika K. Hellwig, Lisa Swartz-Medina

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

Innowacyjność Projektów Open Source, Krzysztof Klincewicz

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Artykuł stanowi podsumowanie projektu badawczego dotyczącego innowacyjności projektów open source, w którym poddano ocenie potencjał innowacyjny 500 najpopularniejszych projektów, zarejestrowanych przez portal SourceForge.net. Analiza opiera się na zaproponowanym schemacie pojęciowym, wprowadzającym rozróżnienie między radykalnymi wynalazkami, modyfikacjami technologii i platformy oraz innowacjami marketingowymi. Wyniki badań wskazują na relatywnie niski poziom nowatorstwa technicznego w analizowanej próbie projektów, wobec znaczącego zainteresowania programistów i użytkowników innowacyjnymi projektami. Artykuł omawia mechanizmy, które mogą ograniczać innowacyjność inicjatyw open source, postulując powołanie instytucji „brokerów pomysłów”, odgrywających role analogiczne do firm venture capital, zajmujących się oprogramowaniem komercyjnym.

Wybrane Problemy Zarządzania Techniką Wojskową, Rafał Harmoza

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Niniejszy artykuł stanowi wprowadzenie do problematyki zarządzania techniką wojskową, które zostało zdefiniowane jako całokształt działań z zakresu zarządzania związanych z projektowaniem, produkcją i dostawą uzbrojenia i /lub sprzętu wojskowego, który będzie spełniać wymagania użytkownika widziane z perspektywy jego cyklu życia. W artykule dokonano analizy obiektu zarządzania, jakim jest uzbrojenie i sprzęt wojskowy, przedstawiono główne różnice pomiędzy rynkiem wojskowym a cywilnym, dokonano analizy otoczenia systemu rozwoju techniki wojskowej oraz omówiono największe wyzwania stojące przed zarządzaniem techniką wojskową.

Krótkookresowy Model Ryzyka Ubezpieczeniowego W Przedsiębiorstwie, Agnieszka Rurka

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Cel artykułu stanowiło zaprezentowanie możliwości zastosowania krótkookresowego modelu ryzyka w przedsiębiorstwie. Przedstawiono przy tym istotę i założenia modelu zamkniętego oraz dokonano przeglądu wybranych metod identyfikacji rozkładu sumy szkód ubezpieczeniowych. Omawiane zagadnienia zostały zobrazowane na przykładzie. Przy pomiarze ryzyka wykorzystano algorytm De Prila oraz aproksymację sumy szkód rozkładem normalnym. Podjęto ponadto próbę przedstawienia możliwości zastosowania modelu indywidualnego ryzyka w ocenie kontraktów ubezpieczeniowych. W tym celu zaprezentowano sposób ustalania wysokości współczynnika bezpieczeństwa oraz poziomu retencji w przypadku kontraktu ubezpieczeniowego typu excess of loss.

Oczekiwania Studentów Wobec Studiów Magisterskich Z Dziedziny Zarządzania…, Wojciech Łapiński

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Niniejsza praca ma za zadanie dostarczenie informacji na temat opinii studentów o Wydziale Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. W tym celu przeprowadzono analizę badań identyfikujących najważniejsze czynniki brane pod uwagę przez maturzystów przy podejmowaniu decyzji o wyborze uczelni oraz dokonano analizy mocnych i słabych stron Wydziału Zarządzania. Powyższe informacje zestawiono z opiniami, jakie studenci obecnie wyrażają na temat ocenianych elementów. Scharakteryzowano także grupy studentów, które wypowiadają się najmniej i najbardziej pochlebnie o Wydziale oraz zaprezentowano ranking popularności specjalizacji kształcenia. Wyniki przedstawiono z podziałem na rodzaj studiów, oddzielnie dla studiów magisterskich pięcioletnich oraz magisterskich uzupełniających dwuletnich.

Rola Sektora Publicznego W Rozwoju Budownictwa Mieszkaniowego, Włodzimierz Bojarski

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

W artykule wskazano barierę dochodowopopytową, która nie pozwoli zrealizować zapowiedzianego programu rozwoju budownictwa mieszkaniowego w ramach dotychczasowej polityki liberalnej. Przypomniano inne sprawdzone możliwości rozwojowe. Przedstawiono realny związek działalności gospodarczej z dochodami publicznymi i sformułowano warunki samofinansowania budżetowego przedsięwzięć gospodarczych. W oparciu o dane statystyczne opracowano przybliżone tablice przepływów między głównymi sektorami gospodarczymi i przetestowano dynamikę tego systemu. Wskazano, że system ten, przy pewnych dodatkowych warunkach, może zapewnić samofinansowanie programu rozwoju budownictwa mieszkaniowego, a zapewne także drogowego i wodnego, oraz znaczny wzrost zatrudnienia. Podano podstawowe warunki ekonomiczne tego procesu oraz warunki organizacyjne budownictwa. Na tej podstawie zarysowano ramowy program rozwoju masowego …

Uwarunkowania Polityki Regionalnej Na Przykładzie Włoch, Dorota Stokowska

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

W warunkach rosnącej roli polityki regionalnej należy podkreślić, że programowanie i wdrażanie polityki regionalnej jest ściśle uzależnione od konkretnych cech danych obszarów, do których jest ona skierowana. Ponieważ każdy z obszarów ma swoją specyfikę, wynikającą m.in. z uwarunkowań instytucjonalnych, nie jest możliwe stworzenie uniwersalnego modelu polityki regionalnej. Wyraźnie widać to na przykładzie Włoch, gdzie mamy do czynienia z trzema różnymi modelami rozwojowymi, a więc różnymi sposobami prowadzenia polityki regionalnej.