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Vol.35 N.10 July 27th 2007, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Influence Tactics And Contingency Factors On The Adoption And Diffusion Of Is/It Innovations In Social Networks, Anand Jeyaraj

Dissertations

Despite considerable research on the adoption and diffusion of information systems (IS)/ information technology (IT) innovations by individuals in organizations, very little is known about the processes underlying the adoption of innovations, and how those processes contribute to the diffusion and assimilation of innovations within organizations. Viewing processes as sequences of actions, this research conducted two studies to: a) uncover the adoption and influence processes employed by individuals, and b) identify the factors that influence diffusion and assimilation within social networks. The first study, situated at the individual level, involved field interviews with 27 individuals from ten organizations in a …

Using Structured Employment Interviews To Predict Task And Contextual Performance, Brian M. Bonness

Dissertations

This study investigated the extent to which structured interviews predict task and contextual performance dimensions. Participants recruited from undergraduate business courses at a mid-sized, Midwestern university participated in a structured interview and received performance assessments from three separate rating sources (self-assessment, performance assessment exercise, peer/supervisor assessors). Study results showed that the contextual performance dimensions of the interview significantly predicted contextual performance ratings provided in peer/supervisor assessor questionnaires and predicted these ratings above and beyond the prediction of the task dimension of the interview. Conversely, the task dimension of the interview did not predict task performance in any of the performance …

Influences On Nurse Perception Of Hospital Unit Safety Climate:An Hlm Approach, Rangaraj Ramanujam Phd, Kathleen Abrahamson Rn,Ms, James Anderson Phd

RCHE Publications

Patient safety is a critical issue in healthcare. The Institute of Medicine[1] estimates up to 98,000 hopitalized patients die annually as a result if medical error. Nurses serve as a hospital unit's twenty-four hour surveillance team[2]. Assesment of patient condition, evaluation of physician orders, administration of medications, and supervision of patient activity are all safety functions which fall within the nurse's scope of practice. Health care organizations have introduced a variety of technological upgrades and structural changes in an effort to encourage a system, or root cause, approach to error reduction. However, these changes have failed to provide an adequate …

Police Misconduct And Early Warning Systems; An Exploratory Examination Of Influential Variables, Lisa B. Andre

Masters Theses

The purpose of this exploratory research was two-fold: 1) an extensive literature review was conducted to discover what “police misconduct variables” have previously been researched and identified; 2) an existing early warning system (EWS) at Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) was examined to analyze the correlation between influential variables and case outcomes. The BCPD secondary data set examined consisted of all officers involved in use of force actions, firearm discharge towards a person, vehicle pursuits, and/or citizen complaints combined, which were reported and received between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2006 (n = 1099). The findings demonstrated statistical significance …

Nobel Laureate And His Team Will Join Chapman Faculty, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2007-07-26), Sandra Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

57th Year, No. 32

A Study Of School-Choice Students In The Southgate Community School District, Christopher J. Timmis

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the experiences of school-choice students at Southgate Anderson High School (SAHS). Qualitative methods were utilized to complete this interpretive study. The conceptual framework combined socialization theory with organizational theory. The researcher worked as a participant observer who conducted interviews, recorded observation data, and studied archival documents. Conceptually-driven sequential sampling was used to identify participants for initial interviews. Data collected through the initial round were analyzed and led to the use of purposive sampling for the remaining interviews. Interview transcripts, archival data, and observation logs were analyzed until a point of …

The Weekly Challenger, July 26, 2007, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The July 26, 2007, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Kelly V. State Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 36659

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Volume 44, Number 83: July 25, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Explaining Subjective Risks Of Hurricanes And The Role Of Risks In Intended Moving And Location Choice Models, Justin Baker Et Al.

2007

In this manuscript we report on findings from a quasi-field experiment of a small group of subjects displaced by the 2005 hurricanes, Katrina and Rita. The sampled group, though small, is remarkable in that they all were deeply and personally affected by the hurricanes. All of the people in our sample evacuated from their homes and were still away months after the hurricane. The homes of a majority of the sample were severely damaged and almost a third of the sample lost a family member in the hurricane. Our research evaluates the risk perceptions and explains stated intentions to move …

A Dimensional Model Of Psychopathology Among Homeless Adolescents: Suicidality, Internalizing, And Externalizing Disorders, Kevin A. Yoder, Susan L. Longley, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

The present study examined associations among dimensions of suicidality and psychopathology in a sample of 428 homeless adolescents (56.3% female). Confirmatory factor analysis results provided support for a three-factor model in which suicidality (measured with lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts), internalizing disorders (assessed with lifetime diagnoses of major depressive episode and post-traumatic stress disorder), and externalizing disorders (indicated by lifetime diagnoses of conduct disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse) were positively intercorrelated. The findings illustrate the utility of a dimensional approach that integrates suicidality and psychopathology into one model.

Trigonometry Unit Based On Brain Research, Cynthia Tait

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Trigonometry Unit Based on Brain Research The purpose of this project was to provide the teachers of high school geometry students with a unit on trigonometry that uses strategies that work with the natural brain process to promote successful learning. The trigonometry unit also serves as a sample unit in which brain compatible teaching strategies have been applied. Teachers can increase their effectiveness by transferring the strategies discussed in this project to other mathematics units, other subjects, or other grade levels. The unit was developed based on the findings from the current research on: (a) brain physiology, (b) adolescent learning, …

Interview With Harley Henry, Professor Of English, Harley Henry

English Department Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Interview With Michael Obsatz, Professor Of Education And Sociology, Michael Obsatz

Sociology Department Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

The Design And Use Of Simulation Computer Games In Education, Brett E. Shelton, David A. Wiley

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This book, edited by Brett Shelton and David Wiley, is a view of models and simulations for education and research.

Table of Contents

1. In Praise of Epistemology - David Shaffer

2. Six Ideas in Search of a Discipline - Richard Van Eck

3. Building Bridges Between Serious Game Design and Instructional Design - Jamie Kirkley, Sonny Kirkley and Jerry Heneghan

4. Layered Design in an Instructional Simulation - Andrew S. Gibbons and Stefan Sommer

5. Designing Educational Games for Activity-Goal Alignment - Brett E. Shelton

6. "The Peripatos Could Not have Looked Like That," and Other Educational Outcomes From …

Dismissal Law In The United States: The Past And Present Of At-Will-Employment, Katherine V.W. Stone

International Collaborative on Social Europe

In the United States, sociological legal scholars have long admonished that it is necessary to understand the distinction between the law on the books and the law in action. Any discussion of dismissal in the United States must be particularly mindful of this distinction. In employment, there is a wide disjunction between the law as it is written and articulated by judges, and the actual practice of labor relations. Further, in the area of dismissal from employment, both the law on the books and the law in action are in flux at the present time, both in flux and moving …

Fairness-Control Of Dismissals By Labour Courts - Legal Conception And Practical Effects, Armin Holand

International Collaborative on Social Europe

The highly controversial debate in Germany on the relationship between labour law and labour market has put labour courts in the front line of criticism. They are being blamed mainly for cultivating a fanciful and biased making of law in favour of dismissed employees rendering the outcome of dismissal decisions for employers unforeseeable and, due to the allegedly almost automatic attribution of severance payments, unnecessarily expensive. Given these legals risks, critics argue, employers would refrain from recruiting new employees and would, therefore, not sufficiently contribute to the reduction of mass unemployment. Apart from the lack of any serious empirical confirmation …

The Spread Of Workfare: Activation, Devolution, Privatization, And The Changing Status Of Citizenship, Joel F. Handler

International Collaborative on Social Europe

No abstract provided.

Disability And Social Segregation - How Inclusive Is The Hungarian Labour Market?, Edit Kajtar

International Collaborative on Social Europe

2007 has been declared the “European Year of Equal Opportunities for All”. This Paper focuses on a specific segment of equality namely social exclusion of disabled people and their chances on the labour market. The first part of the Paper defines social inclusion and presents five different models of disability. The second part studies the human rights documents addressing disability. The third part looks at the evolution of the European Union’s disability agenda. It traces how the Community has gained competences in the social field from the Treaty of Rome up till now and how the issue of disability has …

Interview With Charles Torrey, Professor Of Psychology, Charles Torrey

Psychology Department Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Science For The Environment: Need For Reconsidering Statistical Methodologies, Elisa Vecchione

Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers

This paper is part of a larger effort to analyze the United States vs. European Union dispute on biotechnology products before the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).

Starting from May 2003, United States, Canada and Argentina requested consultations with the European Communities (hereinafter EC) regarding measures taken by the EC and its member States affecting the marketing of biotech products. According to United States, Canada and Argentina, the measures at issue were inconsistent with certain EC’s obligations under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, the GATT 1994, the Agriculture Agreement and the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) …

John Jay College Performance Goals And Targets: 2007-2008 Academic Year, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.

Longitudinal Course Of Body Dissatisfaction In Undergraduate Females At Brigham Young University, Joy Wiechmann

Theses and Dissertations

This research project examined the longitudinal course of body dissatisfaction among undergraduate females at Brigham Young University (BYU) using the Body Satisfaction Questionnaire (BSQ).The research also examined what percentage of undergraduate females have BSQ ratings in the clinically significant range and whether body dissatisfaction ratings varied based on the environment in which the student lived. Results indicate that no significant change in body dissatisfaction occurred over time, nor did living environment appear to play a role in BSQ scores. Results also showed that at any given time over 34% of women on BYU campus have BSQ scores in the clinically …

Synchronicities 4:4, Emily M. Sperry

Theses

This thesis paper examines the work presented in my M.F.A. thesis installation Synchronicities 4:4. The paper explores the aesthetic and theoretical concepts compiled within this project, in order to reveal the mindset and motivations of the artist. Elements covered in this text include installation design, research of its conceptual history, and citations of various artists working in similar methods to achieve equivalent creative goals. This thesis project uses the mediums of sound and video to elucidate a greater understanding of the realms of human awareness, particularly in relation to the mystical characteristics of invisible sensory information. This thesis describes theories …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, July 22, 2007, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2007

No abstract provided.

Engaging Students With Special Communication Needs, Lauren Bland, Richard Dressler, Joseph Etienne, Frank Kersting, Debbie Parsley

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Students with special needs are enrolling in college at an increasing rate. For a campus, such as the one at Western Kentucky University, where student engagement is a guiding principle, it is critical that faculty members are prepared for and have resources to ensure that all students can participate in engagement activities. Faculty members from the Department of Communication Disorders share strategies for engaging students with a wide range of special needs, including autism, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy.

07-20-2007 Free Tuition Available For High School Seniors At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2007

High school seniors during the 2007-08 school year have the opportunity to get a jumpstart on their college careers at Southwestern Oklahoma State University with free tuition for six hours of college courses during both the fall and spring semesters.

Political Pedagogy And Art Education With Youth In A Street Situation In Salvador, Brazil: An Ethnographic Evaluation Of The Street Education Program Of Projeto Axé, Lance A. Arney

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Projeto Axé is a non-governmental organization that carries out political-pedagogical work and art education for children and adolescents living in a street situation in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. I conducted an exploratory ethnographic study with Projeto Axé's Street Education program in order to observe its day-to-day activities and to conduct a utilization-focused program evaluation (Patton 1997) of its pedagogical praxis. This thesis will describe how ethnographic fieldwork methods are interwoven with the political-pedagogical approaches of Projeto Axé's Street Education program and explain how street educators attempt to construct citizenship with participants in the Street Education program. Findings are based on an …