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Understanding Personal Carers' Experiences Of Caring For Older People In Pain, Kristi Holloway

Theses : Honours

Pain is a complex phenomenon that can be challenging for staff working in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) (Fisher et al., 2002; Twycross, 2002). A high prevalence of pain reported by older individuals has been reported and suggests that further study in this area is warranted (Higgins, Madjar & Walton, 2004). Research suggests that a significant barrier to effective pain management in the elderly is the provision of primary care by care staff who have little or no education about pain, pain assessment or pain management (Allcock, McGarry & Elkan, 2002). Studies have identified personal carers as being in a …

Criminal Performances: Film, Autobiography, And Confession, Jessica Silbey

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Collective Action On Climate Change: The Logic Of Regime Failure, Paul G. Harris

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The History Of Cochiti Lake From The Pueblo Perspective, Regis Pecos

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Proving Lost Profits Under Daubert: Five Questions Every Court Should Ask Before Admitting Expert Testimony, Robert M. Lloyd

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Coffeehouse Papers, 2006-2007, Lambuth University

Lambuth Coffeehouse Papers

46 pgs.,

Cover Art,

Acknowledgements,

Table of Contents,

Note from Editor,

15 art pieces,

12 poems

Traditional/Nontraditional Students' Use Of Goal Orientations And Coping Strategies, Marcus Lee Johnson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study sought to improve upon the definition of nontraditional student status, and to identify relationships between student status, goal orientations, and coping strategies. Two of this study's hypotheses included the expectation that nontraditional students would employ more adaptive goal orientations (e.g. mastery-approach) more often than traditional students; and students who use more adaptive goal orientations would employ more adaptive coping strategies (e.g. task-oriented coping); This study involved 180 undergraduates, and used a participant information questionnaire, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), and the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ). Factor and cluster analyses revealed that the variables age, marital status, …

The Impacts Of Cognitive And Affective Values On Tradeshow Exhibitor's Overall Satisfaction And Future Behaviors, Juhee Kang

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Attracting and retaining customers is a main issue for show management, due to the increasing competitive matter of the exposition industry. Exhibitors are more demanding and more selective of the shows in which they will participate. Thus, understanding what exhibitors want and how they perceive a tradeshow is crucial for show managers to attract and attain their exhibitors; The purpose of this study is to examine the multiple dimensions of perceived value (monetary, social and emotional) on trade show exhibitor satisfaction and future behavior (willingness to pay, word-of-mouth behavior, and loyalty). This study examined perceptions of exhibitors at a hospitality …

What Employees Want From Their Employers, Angella Kyung

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study was conducted to discover what employees of different ethnicities, gender, and employment status want from their employers, utilizing the list of 10 items from previous studies among students who are attending the Hotel College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las Vegas depends on the hospitality industry with its abundance of restaurants, hotels, and casinos. In addition to the present state of the hospitality business, thousands of rooms will be added during the next four years with shopping malls, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses. Therefore, results of this study would provide insights to the casino hotels in …

Experience During The Early Stages Of Treatment With Antidepressant Medication, Noelle Lorraine Lefforge

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

There is an abundance of research on the psychopharmacological treatment of depression. However, recent controversy surrounding potential increases in suicidality with SSRI treatment has highlighted deficits in our understanding of antidepressant medication treatment. To explore the nature of changes in inner experience during the initiation of treatment with antidepressant medication we recruited three depressed individuals and conducted in-depth case studies of their experience over the first 10 weeks of treatment. The participants showed high degrees of comorbidity and different patterns of changes in symptoms over the course of the study. The one common finding was that none of the participants …

Transforming Ovid’S Metamorphoses: Classical Literature Contextualized, Paul H. Hughes

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

Perception Of Value, Brian Fricke

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Deborah Bainer Jenkins, Adrian Rodgers

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Front Matter

Interactive Features Of Web Surveys, Frederick G. Conrad

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

2006 MWERA Keynote Address

Mid-Western Educational Research Association 2007 Annual Meeting, October 24-27, 2007, Dimiter M. Dimitrov

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Call for Proposals

Using Distance Education To Prepare School Administrators: Pitfalls And Effective Practice, Theodore J. Kowalski

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The employment of practitioners and the expansion of distance education courses have become controversial issues in the preparation of school administrators. In large measure, both actions have been condemned by many senior professors, primarily because they believe that college administrators have pursued them for economic reasons rather than for educational improvement. First, the merits of this perception are examined. Second, the pitfalls and promises of each issue are identified and then recommendations are made for improving practice. The potentialities of involving practitioners in professional preparation and making pre-service and in-service education more accessible via distance education will not be realized …

Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge Of Instructional Scaffolding For Writing Instruction, Sharan A. Gibson

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This study reports on an analysis of preservice teachers’ dialogue journal entries for evidence of ways in which teachers develop conceptual understanding for writing instruction. Teachers’ propositional statements were identified and coded at a specific level for three themes: (1) level of instructional scaffolding, (2) focus of proposed instruction, and (3) hierarchical levels of language. The study identified a set of dilemmas faced by teachers as they developed pedagogical content knowledge for writing instruction, centered on participants’ assumptions regarding a direct, causal relationship between the provision of models for effective writing and the improvement of students’ expertise for writing.

The Mid-Western Educational Research Association's Annual Meeting, October 24–27, 2007, Deborah Bainer Jenkins, Adrian Rodgers

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Annual Meeting Announcement

Evolutionary Systems Theory, Universities, And Endogenous Regional Economic Development, William M. Bowen

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Universities today are increasingly being viewed in terms of serving the purpose of economic development. This paper postulates that their chief purpose is to advance knowledge and that in doing so they effectuate regional economic growth and development through processes specified in the endogenous economic growth model. To achieve this purpose and to contribute optimally to regional economic growth and development arguably requires coherent educational policies. The central proposition is that to formulate coherent educational policies for endogenous regional economic development requires placement of a theory of the advancement of knowledge at the center of related policy deliberations. An evolutionary …

Summer Preview Of The 2007 Annual Meeting October 24-27, 2007, Dimiter M. Dimitrov

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Summer Preview of the Annual Meeting

Using Research To Inform Fledgling Professional Development Schools: Data-Driven Decision Making, Sharon J. Damore, Katherine Kapustka

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The Urban Professional Development School (PDS) Network represents a group of professional educators from a large, urban university and six public and private schools in the same metropolitan area committed to providing progressive models of professional development for teachers across the lifespan. This paper demonstrates how participants in this initiative have used existing research literature and their initial research to inform their PDS work and create a sustainable and informative research agenda that can inform the work of all PDS participants.

The Clep Program: An Evaluation And Assessment At A Small Private University, William Beaver, Stephen T. Paul

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) created the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) in 1965 and over the years it has become a staple of American higher education. In order to better understand the ramifications of the CLEP program, this article provides a brief history of CLEP and reexamines some of the findings of earlier research. The present study investigates new areas by addressing several research questions. For instance, what are the impacts of a student’s age, academic ability, gender, and previous learning experiences in regard to passing a CLEP exam? How much time do students spend in preparing for CLEP, …

Willingness To Pay Versus Welfare, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Economists often analyze questions of law and policy by reference to the criterion of private willingness to pay (WTP), with the belief that people’s WTP for a good is an accurate proxy for the welfare that they would obtain from that good. For two reasons, the proxy is crude. The first problem is that people may not pay for all of the benefits they receive, and in such cases, use of WTP may lead in unfortunate directions, even or especially if welfare is our lodestar. Inefficient results may nonetheless increase welfare. The second and more fundamental problem is that people …

Examining The Influence Of Perceived Risk, Perceived Variability, And Confidence On Consumers' Intentions To Seek Otc Medication Advice From Health Professionals, Gayatri Gopal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

2007 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award For Excellence In Work-Family Research Publication, Center For Families, Center For Work And Families

Center for Families Publications

No abstract provided.

Discrimination Across The Sectors: A Comparison Of Discrimination Trends In Private And Public Organizations, Megan K. Leasher

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Differences and similarities between public and private sector organizations have been hypothesized and researched for several decades (Murray, 1975). This study investigated the differences in claims of employment discrimination reported for employees within the private and public sectors. A longitudinal database of statewide discrimination claims was analyzed to determine if differences in employment discrimination patterns or levels exist between the sectors. Theoretical and practical implications are presented in addition to propositions for future research.

Parameters Affecting Mental Workload And The Number Of Simulated Ucavs That Can Be Effectively Supervised, Bryan A. Calkin

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The present study investigated performance and mental workload when an operator supervises multiple UCAVs. This study focused on the parameters that affect the operator's performance during a simulated UCAV suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) mission, which is expected to be the primary function of the UCAV. All three manipulated factors, including the number of vehicles to be supervised, vehicle airspeed, and difficulty level of attacks (targets engaged by either a single vehicle or multiple vehicles), affected both performance and subjective mental workload measures. A performance mental workload redline was defined as the point at which accomplishment scores no longer …

The Effects Of Physical Activity And A Single Gender Learning Community On The Success Of First Year College Males, Cory D. Taylor

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Since the 1970's and the passing of Title IX of the educational amendments to the Civil rights Act of 1964, the gender demographic at American colleges and universities has changed dramatically. Today the average American college or university is over 57% female, a number that is projected to exceed 60% by 2020. In addition to the fact that in comparison to their female counterparts, less male students are coming to college, we are also seeing that once in college, male students are less likely to persist through to graduation. This study investigated the effects of weekly physical activity within the …

Amendment (2007)

Amendment, 2004-

Amendment is a VCU student-produced progressive literature and art journal that provides a platform for students to promote equality, tolerance, and social progression through artistic expression.

Paths To Quality: A Child Care Quality Rating System For Indiana. What Is It's Scientific Basis?, James Elicker

Center for Families Publications

Paths to QUALITY is Indiana’s new statewide child care quality rating system (QRS), first implemented in 2008. The main components of most state QRS programs are: 1) a set of quality standards that apply to home-based and center-based child care; 2) a process for objectively assessing child care quality and maintaining accountability; 3) a system of training and technical assistance to help child care providers improve quality; 4) incentives to encourage providers to reach higher levels of quality; and 5) public information to inform parents about what the QRS is and how to use it when they make child care …