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Investigating Web-Based Recruitment Sources: Employee Testimonials Vs Word-Of-Mouse, Greet Van Hoye, Filip Lievens Dec 2007

Investigating Web-Based Recruitment Sources: Employee Testimonials Vs Word-Of-Mouse, Greet Van Hoye, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Although the internet has dramatically changed recruitment practices, many web-based recruitment sources have not yet been investigated. The present study examines the effects of web-based employee testimonials and web-based word-of-mouth (i.e., 'word-of-mouse') on organizational attraction. The source credibility framework is used to compare these company-dependent and company-independent recruitment sources. In a sample of potential applicants for a head nurse position, word-of-mouse was associated with higher organizational attractiveness than web-based employee testimonials. However, potential applicants were more attracted when testimonials provided information about individual employees than about the organization. Conversely, word-of-mouse was associated with higher organizational attractiveness and more organizational pursuit …

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The Validity Of Assessment Centres For The Prediction Of Supervisory Performance Ratings: A Meta-Analysis, Eran Hermelin, Filip Lievens, Ivan T. Robertson Dec 2007

The Validity Of Assessment Centres For The Prediction Of Supervisory Performance Ratings: A Meta-Analysis, Eran Hermelin, Filip Lievens, Ivan T. Robertson

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The current meta-analysis of the selection validity of assessment centres aims to update an earlier meta-analysis of assessment centre validity. To this end, we retrieved 26 studies and 27 validity coefficients (N=5850) relating the Overall Assessment Rating (OAR) to supervisory performance ratings. The current study obtained a corrected correlation of .28 between the OAR and supervisory job performance ratings (95% confidence interval .24 < =rho < =.32). It is further suggested that this validity estimate is likely to be conservative given that assessment centre validities tend to be affected by indirect range restriction.

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Norming "Moderation" In An "Iconic Target": Public Policy And The Regulation Of Religious Anxieties In Singapore, Eugene K. B. Tan Dec 2007

Norming "Moderation" In An "Iconic Target": Public Policy And The Regulation Of Religious Anxieties In Singapore, Eugene K. B. Tan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The maintenance of a “moderate mainstream” Muslim community as a bulwark against the fraying of harmonious ethnic relations has become a key governance concern post-September 11. In light of the global concern—and often paranoia—with diasporic Islam, Islamic religious institutions and civil society have been portrayed in the popular media as hotbeds of radicalism, promoters of hatred, and recruiters for a “conflict of civilization” between the Muslim world and the modern world. Having declared itself a terrorist's “iconic target,” Singapore has taken a broad-based community approach in advancing inter-religious tolerance, including a subtle initiative to include the “Muslim civil society” in …

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National Board Certified Johnston County Teachers’ Perceptions Of National Board Certification In Contrast To Their Non-National Board Certified Counterparts, Laurene Patricia Lawless Madern Dec 2007

National Board Certified Johnston County Teachers’ Perceptions Of National Board Certification In Contrast To Their Non-National Board Certified Counterparts, Laurene Patricia Lawless Madern

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study examined the relationship of perceptions of national board-certified teachers and eligible but non-certified national board teachers in the process of national board certification. The primary participant population for this study consisted of 47 national board-certified teachers and 282 eligible but non-certified national board teachers from Johnston County, North Carolina. Data was collected in a study which was electronically conducted in June 2005. The data sources included the application of this research and research from a previously administered study conducted on eligible but non-certified national board teachers in Tennessee. Factors that were analyzed included gender, years of experience and …

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Noah Guynn, Allegory And Sexual Ethics In The High Middle Ages. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, Emily C. Francomano Dec 2007

Noah Guynn, Allegory And Sexual Ethics In The High Middle Ages. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, Emily C. Francomano

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Augustine Thompson, Cities Of God: The Religion Of The Italian Communes, 1125-1325. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, Catherine M. Mooney Dec 2007

Augustine Thompson, Cities Of God: The Religion Of The Italian Communes, 1125-1325. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, Catherine M. Mooney

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Jane Chance, Ed., Women Medievalists And The Academy. University Of Wisconsin Press, 2004, Zennia Hancock Dec 2007

Jane Chance, Ed., Women Medievalists And The Academy. University Of Wisconsin Press, 2004, Zennia Hancock

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Erin L. Jordan, Women, Power, And Religious Patronage In The Middle Ages. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, Kathy M. Krause Dec 2007

Erin L. Jordan, Women, Power, And Religious Patronage In The Middle Ages. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, Kathy M. Krause

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Zinc Cysteine Active Sites Of Metalloproteins: A Density Functional Theory And X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Study, Nicholas Dimakis, Mohammed Junaid Farooqi, Emily Sofia Garza, Grant Bunker Dec 2007

Zinc Cysteine Active Sites Of Metalloproteins: A Density Functional Theory And X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Study, Nicholas Dimakis, Mohammed Junaid Farooqi, Emily Sofia Garza, Grant Bunker

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

Density functional theory (DFT) and x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy are complementary tools for the biophysical study of active sites in metalloproteins. DFT is used to compute XAFS multiple scattering Debye Waller factors, which are then employed in genetic algorithm-based fitting process to obtain a global fit to the XAFS in the space of fitting parameters. Zn-Cys sites, which serve important functions as transcriptional switches in Zn finger proteins and matrix metalloproteinases, previously have proven intractable by this method; here these limitations are removed. In this work we evaluate optimal DFT nonlocal functionals and basis sets for determining optimal …

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Towards Safer Surgery In Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Abdulwahed N. Meshikhes Dec 2007

Towards Safer Surgery In Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Abdulwahed N. Meshikhes

Saudi Medical Journal

Surgery in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) has been associated with high morbidity and mortality. In recent years, a marked improvement in the safety of surgery and anesthesia in this high-risk group of patients has been witnessed; owing to the improvements in surgical and anesthetic care, greater awareness of pathophysiology of the disease, proper perioperative preparation, and attention to factors predisposing to vasoocclusive crises. However, this is not paralleled by similar improvement in countries where the disease is not prevalent. Greater population mobility in recent years makes recognition of surgical manifestations of the disease, and awareness of perioperative management …

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The Potential Anti-Inflammatory Effect Of Tetrahydrobiopterin Administration In Renal Mass Reduction-Induced Chronic Renal Failure In Rats, Aida A. Korish, Maha M. Arafah Dec 2007

The Potential Anti-Inflammatory Effect Of Tetrahydrobiopterin Administration In Renal Mass Reduction-Induced Chronic Renal Failure In Rats, Aida A. Korish, Maha M. Arafah

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) supplementation on the markers of inflammation, and on the histological picture of the kidney in chronic renal failure C-reactive protein (CRF) induced in rats by subtotal nephrectomy (SNx). METHODS: This study was performed at the Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the period from December 2005 to January 2007. Chronic renal failure was induced by 5/6 SNx in 20 male Wister rats, and another 10 rats were sham operated by flank incision and served as controls. Ten SNx rats received 10mg kg-1 BH4 intraperitoneally daily for 4 weeks. …

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Infliximab Tnf-Alpha Antagonist Decreases Intraabdominal Adhesions, Osman Kurukahvecioglu, Hande Koksal, Ozlem Gulbahar, Ozlem Erdem, Doruk Engin, Omer Yazicioglu, Mustafa Kerem, Ferit Taneri Dec 2007

Infliximab Tnf-Alpha Antagonist Decreases Intraabdominal Adhesions, Osman Kurukahvecioglu, Hande Koksal, Ozlem Gulbahar, Ozlem Erdem, Doruk Engin, Omer Yazicioglu, Mustafa Kerem, Ferit Taneri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of infliximab on adhesion formation and it9s associated morbidity and complications. METHODS: This study was performed in the Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Turkey between July 2005 and October 2005. Thirty-five rats were randomly divided into 4 groups. Laparotomy was performed in the Sham group (n=5), whereas cecal abrasion was carried out in all other groups. After cecal abrasion 0.9% sodium chloride was administered in the saline group (n=10), infliximab was administered to the study group (n=10) and nothing was administered to the last group (n=10). Adhesion formation was evaluated with macroscopic and microscopic adhesion …

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Delivery Outcomes At Term After One Previous Cesarean Section, Tarik Y. Yamani-Zamzami Dec 2007

Delivery Outcomes At Term After One Previous Cesarean Section, Tarik Y. Yamani-Zamzami

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the maternal and perinatal outcomes at term in women with one previous cesarean delivery and with no history of vaginal birth. METHODS: This is a case-control study conducted at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2002. One hundred sixty-two women with one previous cesarean delivery and with no previous vaginal birth were compared with 324 control women. RESULTS: The cesarean section rate was higher in the study group 40 (24.7%) versus 23 (7.1%) in the control group and was statistically significant (p<0.001). Seventeen (10.5%) were induced with prostaglandin E2, and 33 (20.4%) required labor augmentation with oxytocin in the study, versus 22 (6.8%) and 21 (6.5%) in the control group. The duration of labor was longer in the study women compared to the control group (7.6 ± 3.0 hours versus 6.0 ± 2.3 hours), and this was statistically significant (p<0.001). There was one uterine dehiscence, and 2 uterine ruptures in the study women, and none in the control group. Eight (1.65%) women had postpartum hemorrhage, 3 (0.62%) needed blood transfusion, and 7 (1.44%) developed postpartum pyrexia. CONCLUSION: Women with no a prior history of vaginal delivery are considered less favorable, the vaginal birth after cesarean section success rate may be even lower if the indication for previous primary cesarean delivery was failure to progress, and may be associated with increased risk of uterine rupture. Further study is required to confirm our findings.

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Early Outcome Of Children With Complex Atrial Isomerism Undergoing Uni-Ventricular Cardiac Palliation, Giridhar V. Santhanam, Hani K. Najm, Johannes P. Duplessis, Riyadh M. Abu-Sulaiman, Mohamed S. Kabbani Dec 2007

Early Outcome Of Children With Complex Atrial Isomerism Undergoing Uni-Ventricular Cardiac Palliation, Giridhar V. Santhanam, Hani K. Najm, Johannes P. Duplessis, Riyadh M. Abu-Sulaiman, Mohamed S. Kabbani

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To review the postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) course and early outcome of children with complex atrial isomeric hearts undergoing cardiac surgery for uni-ventricular heart repair. METHODS: A retrospective review and analysis of ICU course of pediatric patients with atrial isomerism admitted from January 2000 to December 2004 in King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who underwent uni-ventricular repair. RESULTS: During the study period, 18 (n=18) patients were identified to have complex congenital heart disease (CHD) associated with atrial isomerism. They were in the form of right atrial isomerism (n=12), and left atrial isomerism (n=6). Eight …

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The Prevalence Of Abdominal Obesity And Its Associated Risk Factors In Married, Non-Pregnant Women Born And Living In High Altitude, Southwestern, Saudi Arabia, Mohammed E. Khalid Dec 2007

The Prevalence Of Abdominal Obesity And Its Associated Risk Factors In Married, Non-Pregnant Women Born And Living In High Altitude, Southwestern, Saudi Arabia, Mohammed E. Khalid

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of abdominal obesity and it9s associated risk factors in a married, non-pregnant, high altitude female population. METHODS: A cross-sectional study conducted from January to March 2003, with 438 currently married non-pregnant women aged 18-60 years, born and permanent residents in and around Abha, southwestern heights, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire describing the demographic, social, reproductive, physical activity, and educational status was completed. The subjects were measured by weight, height, and waist circumference (WC). Body mass index (BMI) was calculated for each woman (BMI=weight [Kg]/height [m2]). Abdominal obesity was defined as WC>88cm, and total …

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Serum Resistin Levels In Syrian Obese Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type Ii, Ismail E. Al-Sari, Faizah A. Al-Quobaili, Younes M. Kabalan Dec 2007

Serum Resistin Levels In Syrian Obese Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type Ii, Ismail E. Al-Sari, Faizah A. Al-Quobaili, Younes M. Kabalan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine serum resistin levels in obese patients with diabetes mellitus type II. METHODS: We studied 87 subjects in an sectional study, divided into 3 groups: obese, obese diabetic and normal subjects. Their age, gender and body mass index were recorded. Serum resistin, insulin, glucose, cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, low-density lipoproteins, triglyceride, urea and creatinine were measured. RESULTS: The mean ± SD plasma resistin for the obese diabetic group is 7.32 ± 3.74 ug/ml versus 4.25 ± 1.77 ug/ml in the control group (p=0.021). Intro-group comparison of obese subjects (diabetics versus non-diabetics) revealed higher levels of resistin, glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol …

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Constrictive Pericarditis Presenting As Recurrent Ascites For 10 Years, Nazir A. Lone, Hilal A. Rather, S. Jalal, Khurshid A. Khan, Mohammed S. Alai, Viqar M. Jan, Kaiser H. Hakeem, Pawan K. Suri, Dharminder K. Angurana Dec 2007

Constrictive Pericarditis Presenting As Recurrent Ascites For 10 Years, Nazir A. Lone, Hilal A. Rather, S. Jalal, Khurshid A. Khan, Mohammed S. Alai, Viqar M. Jan, Kaiser H. Hakeem, Pawan K. Suri, Dharminder K. Angurana

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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What Is Rcu, Fundamentally?, Paul E. Mckenney, Jonathan Walpole Dec 2007

What Is Rcu, Fundamentally?, Paul E. Mckenney, Jonathan Walpole

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Read-copy update (RCU) is a synchronization mechanism that was added to the Linux kernel in October of 2002. RCU achieves scalability improvements by allowing reads to occur concurrently with updates. In contrast with conventional locking primitives that ensure mutual exclusion among concurrent threads regardless of whether they be readers or updaters, or with reader-writer locks that allow concurrent reads but not in the presence of updates, RCU supports concurrency between a single updater and multiple readers. RCU ensures that reads are coherent by maintaining multiple versions of objects and ensuring that they are not freed up until all pre-existing read-side …

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Dyadic Relationship Scale: A Measure Of The Impact Of The Provision And Receipt Of Family Care, Margaret Sebern, Carol J. Whitlatch Dec 2007

Dyadic Relationship Scale: A Measure Of The Impact Of The Provision And Receipt Of Family Care, Margaret Sebern, Carol J. Whitlatch

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Dyadic Relationship Scale (DRS), which measures negative and positive dyadic interactions from the perspective of both the patient and the family caregiver. An important aspect of evaluating the DRS was that it be statistically sound and meaningful for both members of the dyad. Design and Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design. Survey packages were mailed to home health care patients and their family caregivers. The unit of analysis was the dyad, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. We examined the reliability, discriminant, and concurrent validities of the instrument. …

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Developing A Lay Ministry Team Led Student Ministry, Stuart W. Cox Dec 2007

Developing A Lay Ministry Team Led Student Ministry, Stuart W. Cox

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the process of how one church developed a lay ministry team in both principle and practice which now provides effective leadership for its student ministry. The church is Nall Memorial Baptist Church of Graham, North Carolina. The author of this project serves as the church’s senior pastor. The ministry team as developed in this project is designed to not only provide quality ministry, but also to build effective ministers through the wedding of the task-oriented characteristics of traditional church committees to the relational and transformational qualities of contemporary cell groups.

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God's Design And Phonemic Awareness: What Is Phonemic Awareness, What Is Phonics, And What Does God Have To Do With It?, Jill A. Jones, Connie Mcdonald Nov 2007

God's Design And Phonemic Awareness: What Is Phonemic Awareness, What Is Phonics, And What Does God Have To Do With It?, Jill A. Jones, Connie Mcdonald

Christian Perspectives in Education

Phonemic awareness is the foundation for a child’s literacy development. God’s initial interaction with man after creation, through the spoken word, bestows authority on oral language. Manipulation of language begins in infancy and continues throughout one’s life. Teachers need to understand what phonemic awareness entails in order to develop and assess a child’s development in this area.

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Mustang Daily, November 30, 2007 Nov 2007

Mustang Daily, November 30, 2007

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Volume 43 - Issue 09 - Friday, November 30, 2007, Rose Thorn Staff Nov 2007

Volume 43 - Issue 09 - Friday, November 30, 2007, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

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November 30, 2007, College Of Science Curriculum Committee Nov 2007

November 30, 2007, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

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Santana-Gonzalez V. Atty Gen Usa Nov 2007

Santana-Gonzalez V. Atty Gen Usa

2007 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Schwartz V. Comcast Corp Nov 2007

Schwartz V. Comcast Corp

2007 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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If Apple Had More Female Engeineers, Would Geo Be So Hot?, Rit University News Nov 2007

If Apple Had More Female Engeineers, Would Geo Be So Hot?, Rit University News

University Publications

The Tiger Beat takes you behind the scenes with the members of RIT University News-- the news and public relations division of Rochester Institute of Technology. Get the "story behind the story" and an insider's look at who we are and what we do to publicize RIT news.

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Amadi V. Fort Dix Health Ser Nov 2007

Amadi V. Fort Dix Health Ser

2007 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Goldblum V. Klem Nov 2007

Goldblum V. Klem

2007 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 18 (Nov. 30, 2007), University Of Dayton Nov 2007

Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 18 (Nov. 30, 2007), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

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