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Expatriate Training For The Hotel And Gaming Workforce: Don't Leave Home Without It, Chien Chien Serene Lim Dec 2007

Expatriate Training For The Hotel And Gaming Workforce: Don't Leave Home Without It, Chien Chien Serene Lim

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Globalization is fast becoming the new trend of the hospitality industry. It remains as a highly complex and controversial concept that is not a new phenomenon. Researchers have suggested that globalization is likely an irreversible forceful process that will change the face of businesses (Mrak, 2000). In the recent Global Relocation Trends Survey conducted annually by GMAC Global Relocation Services (2007), it was reported that more than two-thirds (69%) of the multinational corporations surveyed reported an increase to the number of international assignments. This is the highest percentage that was ever reported, with more companies (65%) indicating their intent in …

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Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Materials By Electrospinning And Their Properties, Guan Wang Dec 2007

Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Materials By Electrospinning And Their Properties, Guan Wang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Paranoiacs Who Knew Too Much: Postmodern Knowledge And Hollywood Cinema, Emilia Bakola Dec 2007

The Paranoiacs Who Knew Too Much: Postmodern Knowledge And Hollywood Cinema, Emilia Bakola

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Role Of Dynamic Muscle Contractions On Bone Loss And Muscle Atrophy In A Functional Disuse Mouse Model, Adiba Mir Ali Dec 2007

The Role Of Dynamic Muscle Contractions On Bone Loss And Muscle Atrophy In A Functional Disuse Mouse Model, Adiba Mir Ali

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Functional Comparison Of Connexin26 Wild-Type And Non-Syndromic Recessive Deafness Associated Mutant Channels, Gulistan Mese Dec 2007

Functional Comparison Of Connexin26 Wild-Type And Non-Syndromic Recessive Deafness Associated Mutant Channels, Gulistan Mese

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Structural Studies Of Molybdopterin Synthase, An Essential Enzyme For Dithiolene Formation During Molybdenum Cofactor Biosynthesis, Juma Nkosi Daniels Dec 2007

Structural Studies Of Molybdopterin Synthase, An Essential Enzyme For Dithiolene Formation During Molybdenum Cofactor Biosynthesis, Juma Nkosi Daniels

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Collaborative Visual Search, Xin Chen Dec 2007

Collaborative Visual Search, Xin Chen

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Cross-Layer Design For Interference Mitigation And Mobility Support In Wireless Access Networks, Vishnu Navda Dec 2007

Cross-Layer Design For Interference Mitigation And Mobility Support In Wireless Access Networks, Vishnu Navda

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Mechanism Of Maintenance Of Cellular Senescence, Sabrina Nunez Dec 2007

Mechanism Of Maintenance Of Cellular Senescence, Sabrina Nunez

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Subgap Quasiparticle Transport And Low Frequency Critical Current Fluctuations In Nb/Alox/Nb Josephson Junctions, Shawn Paul Swan Pottorf Dec 2007

Subgap Quasiparticle Transport And Low Frequency Critical Current Fluctuations In Nb/Alox/Nb Josephson Junctions, Shawn Paul Swan Pottorf

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Identification And Functional Characterization Of Novel Proteins Regulating Wnt/Β-Catenin Signaling, Michael Eric Feigin Dec 2007

Identification And Functional Characterization Of Novel Proteins Regulating Wnt/Β-Catenin Signaling, Michael Eric Feigin

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Characterization Of Nucleo-Cytomplasmic Transport Of The Transcription Factor Stat5a, Janaki Kannan Iyer Dec 2007

Characterization Of Nucleo-Cytomplasmic Transport Of The Transcription Factor Stat5a, Janaki Kannan Iyer

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Design And Optimization Of Node Architecture For Application Specific Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, Sangkil Jung Dec 2007

Design And Optimization Of Node Architecture For Application Specific Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, Sangkil Jung

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Scheduling Divisible Loads For Parallel And Real Time Systems, Distributed Networks, And Computational Grids, Taeyoung Lim Dec 2007

Scheduling Divisible Loads For Parallel And Real Time Systems, Distributed Networks, And Computational Grids, Taeyoung Lim

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Comics: The Underappreciated And Underdeveloped Art, Matt Taylor Hirst Dec 2007

Comics: The Underappreciated And Underdeveloped Art, Matt Taylor Hirst

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This thesis will specifically focus on the mode of expression in comic books rather than the content. It will be more concerned with questions of how people read comics than why they read comics. The questions of how people read comics can most productively be handled with semiotics, the branch of the philosophy of language that deals with signs. So far, this is just following in the footsteps of two pioneers in the field of semiotics. Both Umberto Eco and Roland Barthes have spent some time examining the nature of comics as a medium. The benefit of examining comics from …

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Os-Level Virtualization And Its Applications, Yang Yu Dec 2007

Os-Level Virtualization And Its Applications, Yang Yu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

OS-level virtualization is a technology that partitions the operating system to create multiple isolated Virtual Machines (VM). An OS-level VM is a virtual execution environment that can be forked instantly from the base operating environment. OS-level virtualization has been widely used to improve security, manageability and availability of today’s complex software environment, with small runtime and resource overhead, and with minimal changes to the existing computing infrastructure. A main challenge with OS-level virtualization is how to achieve strong isolation among VMs that share a common base OS. In this dissertation we study major OS components of Windows NT kernel, and …

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Delta-Like 4 Notch Ligand Regulates Tumor Angiogenesis, Improves Tumor Vascular Function, And Promotes Tumor Growth In Vivo, J-L Li, Rca Sainson, W Shi, R Leek, Et Al Dec 2007

Delta-Like 4 Notch Ligand Regulates Tumor Angiogenesis, Improves Tumor Vascular Function, And Promotes Tumor Growth In Vivo, J-L Li, Rca Sainson, W Shi, R Leek, Et Al

School of Biomedical Sciences

The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a key role in tumor angiogenesis. However, clinical trials targeting the VEGF pathway are often ineffective, suggesting that other factors/pathways are also important in tumor angiogenesis. We have previously shown that the Notch ligand Delta-like 4 (DLL4) is up-regulated in tumor vasculature. Here, we show that DLL4, when expressed in tumor cells, functions as a negative regulator of tumor angiogenesis by reducing the number of blood vessels in all five types of xenografts, but acts as a positive driver for tumor growth in two of them (human glioblastoma and prostate cancer). The growth …

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Transmission Scheduling In Sensor Networks Via Directed Edge Coloring, Maggie Xiaioyan Cheng, Li Yin Dec 2007

Transmission Scheduling In Sensor Networks Via Directed Edge Coloring, Maggie Xiaioyan Cheng, Li Yin

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a transmission scheduling scheme in sensor networks. Each node is assigned a list of time slots to use for unicasting and broadcast communication. the algorithm employs edge coloring on a directed graph for transmission scheduling. It is different from previous works that use vertex coloring of a graph for node scheduling, or those that use edge coloring of undirected graphs for link scheduling. the proposed algorithm uses the least number of time slots compared to its counterparts and it avoids both the hidden terminal problem and the exposed terminal problem in both unicast and broadcast communication. ©2007 …

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2007 December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. Dec 2007

2007 December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for December of 2007.

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Coping With The Dragon: Essays On Pla Transformation, Neyla Arnas, Tai Ming Cheung, David C. Gompert, Stuart E. Johnson, Martin Libicki, Timothy Lo, Duncan Long, Michael Mcdevitt, James Mulvenon, David Shlapak Dec 2007

Coping With The Dragon: Essays On Pla Transformation, Neyla Arnas, Tai Ming Cheung, David C. Gompert, Stuart E. Johnson, Martin Libicki, Timothy Lo, Duncan Long, Michael Mcdevitt, James Mulvenon, David Shlapak

Books

Should the independence movement in Taiwan regain political momentum, however, the potential for U.S. military intervention in the Taiwan Strait would increase. Further, the perception of U.S. vulnerability in the region could invite assertiveness. So, despite the fact that armed conflict between the United States and China is in no one’s interest, China’s burgeoning power requires that critical factors in U.S. plans for the defense of Taiwan be examined. This collection of essays offers just such an examination. It looks at China’s growing strength, the strategies underlying U.S. plans for military intervention in the Strait, U.S. vulnerabilities, and options for …

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Factors Influencing Theft In Organizations, Saad Ali Al-Anzi, Dashwar Jalal Al-Atrushi Dec 2007

Factors Influencing Theft In Organizations, Saad Ali Al-Anzi, Dashwar Jalal Al-Atrushi

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Employee Stealing or internal theft is considered from the passive practices that can’t be denied or be hidden, In spite of the hospital privacy as a serving organization that works 24\7 and deleing with human lives, they weren’t infallible from that kind of practice. To prevent or reduce this practice, it was important to search for the organizational and behavioral factors influencing internal thefts. The study problem briefly is to reach the most organizational and behavioral factors influencing internal theft, in governmental hospitals in Baghdad Rusafa Health district, this was done by analyzing (20) administrative cases, of thefts occurred in …

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Leadership Behaviors That Improved Student Achievement In Three Selected Georgia High Schools, Cynthia Freeman-Smalls Dec 2007

Leadership Behaviors That Improved Student Achievement In Three Selected Georgia High Schools, Cynthia Freeman-Smalls

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership behaviors that improved student achievement in three selected Georgia high schools. The participants were chosen based on successfully achieving adequate yearly progress (AYP) during 2005-2006 school years, as outlined by the Georgia Department of Education. Fifteen leaders from three Georgia high schools were interviewed to examine their roles in improving student achievement. Research protocol questions guided the interview to capture the essence of the work of leaders. Each participant answered seven questions derived from the review of literature to identify the leaders behavior that improved student achievement. The qualitative, phenomenological …

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Principals' Practices Contributing To The Attainment Of Adequate Yearly Progress In Georgia, Sean Michael Callahan Dec 2007

Principals' Practices Contributing To The Attainment Of Adequate Yearly Progress In Georgia, Sean Michael Callahan

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The leadership focus for school improvement has changed from managing the political environment of the school to focusing on continuous improvement. The purpose of this study was to examine Georgia school principals' practices that are used to improve student achievement in order to meet Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP). The study included elementary, middle, and high school principals from selected schools that made AYP. Focus groups from each of the schools were also interviewed and included parents, teachers and other school leadership. The same interview questions asked of the principal were also asked of the focus groups. The responses from the …

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Effects Of Job Stereotype, Applicant Gender, And Powerful And Powerless Speech Styles On Telephone Interview Outcomes, Heather Deanna Palmer Mcfarland Dec 2007

Effects Of Job Stereotype, Applicant Gender, And Powerful And Powerless Speech Styles On Telephone Interview Outcomes, Heather Deanna Palmer Mcfarland

Dissertations

By examining the effects of powerful and powerless speech styles, gender stereotyped jobs, and gendered voices during the employment interviewing process, this study sought to further the research of Parton (1996); Parton, Siltanen, Hosman, and Langenderfer (2002); and Juodvalkis, Grefe, Hogue, Svyantek, and DeLamarter (2003). This study was designed to further explore the possibility of longitudinal changes within acceptable communicative expectations during telephone job interviewing. Participants (undergraduate and professional) listened to two audio taped interviews manipulated by speech style, stereotyped job title, and interviewee gender. Variables were evaluated on semantic differential scales following the previous work of Parton (1996). Similar …

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Political Rivalry In Rhode Island: William H. Vanderbilt Vs. J. Howard Mcgrath: The Wiretapping Case, Debra A. Mulligan Dec 2007

Political Rivalry In Rhode Island: William H. Vanderbilt Vs. J. Howard Mcgrath: The Wiretapping Case, Debra A. Mulligan

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

The 1939 wiretapping case bared many of the intra- and inter- party struggles that had been festering during the interwar years. Pitting Democrat J. Howard McGrath and Republican William H. Vanderbilt, two energetic and ambitious rival politicians, against each other, this scandal raised the issues of the right to privacy and the legality of using evidence obtained through electronic surveillance. Additionally, the case exposed the heated rivalry between the old and new guard within the Republican Party, while simultaneously restoring harmony among the competing forces within the Democrat Party.

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Man Behind The Curtain: The 2004 Election From A Historical Perspective, Melissa Michelle Merritt Dec 2007

Man Behind The Curtain: The 2004 Election From A Historical Perspective, Melissa Michelle Merritt

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The 2004 election was a very contentious display of modern democracy. It illustrated that political candidates market themselves as though they were products to be bought from a store. By utilizing newspaper articles, autobiographies, and various other sources, this study seeks to show several things. First, it illustrates the evolution of presidential campaigns from the first contested election until the controversial 2000 election. Second, it traces the rise of the Christian Right. It then delves into the Cold War and the War on Terror as a continuation of the former. Finally, the study culminates with an examination of the 2004 …

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African American Caregivers Of Children Affected By Hiv/Aids, Doris Cooper Wilbon Dec 2007

African American Caregivers Of Children Affected By Hiv/Aids, Doris Cooper Wilbon

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The Human Immunodeficiency Disease (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have reached an epidemic proportion in many African American communities. There is a significant amount of stigma and denial associated with HIV/AIDS in these communities, leaving people with minimal knowledge about this disease. Caretakers such as grandparents, other relatives, and foster parents take on the role of surrogate parents to these children who have lost one or both of their parents to HIV/AIDS. When family members, especially women, die from this disease leaving their offspring behind these children often experience various emotional and behavioral problems. A few of the children …

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Phylogenetic Relationships Within Coleeae (Bignoniaceae Juss.), Andreina Carvajal Dec 2007

Phylogenetic Relationships Within Coleeae (Bignoniaceae Juss.), Andreina Carvajal

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

On Madagascar, Bignoniaceae is represented by tribes Coleeae (4 genera/58 species) and Tecomeae (4 genera/15 species). Species of Coleeae occur in assemblages of sympatric, locally endemic species. The purpose of this study was to explore the phylogenetic relationships within Coleeae. In order to do so, techniques such as PCR by using universal primers for waxy nuclear gene, agarose electrophoresis, cloning and sequencing were performed. A total of 26 taxa were successfully amplified. Sequences were analyzed using three different phylogenetic programs (Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analysis) resulting in various phylogenetic trees. Main conclusions drawn from this work are: 1. …

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Characterization Of Na+/H+Exchanger-3 (Nhe3) In The Gills Of Longhorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus Octodecemspinosus), Curtis Eugene Lanier Dec 2007

Characterization Of Na+/H+Exchanger-3 (Nhe3) In The Gills Of Longhorn Sculpin (Myoxocephalus Octodecemspinosus), Curtis Eugene Lanier

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Acid-base regulation is a vital mechanism in homeostasis. Fish must maintain optimal physiological acid-base parameters during changes in an aquatic habitat. Environmental factors such as changes in salinity affect fish ability to maintain optimal blood plasma ion concentrations. Ion regulation influences the fish ability to maintain optimal acid-base balance. The Na+/H+ Exchanger-3 (NHE-3) has been shown to be the primary membrane ion transporter responsible for acid-base balance in the mammalian kidney. The objective of this study is to characterize NHE-3 in the gills of longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus).

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Poiesis, Susan Lee Harmon Dec 2007

Poiesis, Susan Lee Harmon

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines mark-making techniques in my art and surveys the literary and musical works that inspired it. An historical examination of the role of mark-making in art will be undertaken, beginning with Paleolithic cave art, continuing with Native American petroglyphs and pictographs, and concluding with three contemporary visual artists whose marks have influenced my work: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly, and Susan Rothenberg. Finally, my artistic process is explained through references to the materials and rituals used to create a body of art. This thesis researches the meaning behind artistic marks, and how marks are made in my paintings and …

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