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Ethnomedicinal Approach: A Perspective In The Hit Rate Of Cytotoxic Drug Screening Using Cancerous Cell Lines, C.P. Wong, L.C. Tee, W.Y. Wong, P.L. Loh, C.S. Bong, B.H. Phuah, V.H. Soh, H.C. Ong, A.S.H. Ho, Y.M. Lim

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Dimensions Of Service Quality In Higher Education Research, A. Ramaiyah, A.N. Md. Zain, Halim Ahmad

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The dimension of service quality is still debated among the academic researchers. The purpose of this study is to examine the different dimensions used and applied in the process of evaluating the service quality under in the higher education sector. Eight different dimensions of service quality were examined to identify the similarities and the differences. The outcome of the findings indicates that each set of dimensions developed are relevant according to different expectations of customers. This study is expected to pave way for researchers who are interested to conduct further studies on the implications of service quality in Malaysian higher …

Identification Of Photosensitisers From Green And Brown Algae At Port Dickson For Photodynamic Therapy Of Cancers, Y.V. Tang, S.M. Phanq, W.L. Chu, A.S.H. Ho, H.B. Lee

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

Investigation Of Biocompatible Chnosan-Based Hydrogel Scaffold As A Cell Carrier, S.Y. Lee, L. Selvaratnam, N. Yusof, A.A. Abbas, Tunku Kamarul

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

Issues And Challenges Of Management Education In Malaysia, Balakrishnan Muniapan

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

This paper explores some of the pertinent issues and challenges of management education in Malaysia. Management education has seen a remarkable growth in the recent years as reflected in the steep rise in the number of institutes offering programs in management at various levels. These institutions of higher learning (IHL) which offers management education; need to play a major role in producing the right quality and quantity of managers to meet the requirements of marketplace. This is a qualitative paper based on inputs from informal discussions with several management educators, management consultants, management students and managers, which had taken place …

Phishing In Asia: Are We Doing Enough?, A.B. Munir

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

The Intersection Between Keyword Advertising And Trade Mark Rights In Malaysia, P.S. Tay

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.

A Thousand Humiliations: What Brown Could Not Do., Bryan L. Adamson

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

While Brown v. Board of Education sought to integrate the public school system, fifty years later many public schools remain racially identifiable. African American and Latino students attend schools which are overwhelmingly comprised of minorities. Some racially isolated schools even experienced a rise in their minority student population after the decision in Brown. While the decision narrowed racial disparities in schools, such disparities remain distressing. Data shows a large disparity in the number of higher educational degrees earned by African American and White individuals. Additionally, wage earnings of African Americans are significantly smaller compared to White wage earnings. Educational outcomes …

The Effect Of Temperature On Fiber Composite Bridge Decks, Mahesh Gajula Nagabhushanam

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

The use of Fiber composite honeycomb structure's as bridge decks gained importance, because of its low light weight and ease of installation. In this study, The Fiber composite bridge decks were subjected to thermal gradients. The Fiber composite bridge decks were fabricated in sizes of 2 feet x 8 feet x .5 feet and 4 feet x 8 feet x .5 feet specimens by Kansas structural composites Inc. The program consisted of 3 specimens of size 2 feet x 8 feet x .5 feet with ribs oriented along longitudinal direction, 3 specimens of size 2 feet x 8 feet x …

Deep Mixing Technology For Mitigation Of Swell-Shrink Behavior Of Expansive Soils Of Moderate To Deep Active Depths, Raja Sekhar Madhyannapu

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Expansive soils are well known for their cyclic shrink-swell behavior due to seasonal related moisture changes. These cyclic movements of expansive soils are due to physico-chemical changes at particle level that are dependent on mineralogical composition of these soils. The subsoil depths susceptible to moisture changes are known as active zones and based on previous studies vary from shallow to deep depths. Movements from these active depths reflect to the surface and cause considerable damages to overlying infrastructures. These damages are slow and time dependent as the in situ moisture fluctuations are slow and continue with time. Since the current …

Diagnostic Evaluation Of Public Transportation Mode Choice In Addis Ababa, Mintesnot Gebeyehu, Shin-Ei Takano

Journal of Public Transportation

The major modes of public transportation in the city of Addis Ababa are buses and taxis. There is no rail transit within the city. The existing public transportation is of a low quality because of the limited number of buses and taxis, poor management, and bad behavior of drivers. Despite these prevailing problems, efforts to make an empirical study of the city’s urban transportation are insignificant. This research attempts to develop an ordered logit model to examine citizens’ perceptions of the bus condition, as a determining factor for their choice of bus transportation, and to develop a binary logit model …

Documented Impact Of Transportation Demand Management Programs Through The Case Study Method, Sara J. Hendricks, Nevine Labib Georggi

Journal of Public Transportation

What are the internal and external conditions of a work site that influence the success of its commuter choice program, aside from the trip-reducing services and incentives themselves? This article shares the results of two studies that used a more rigorous case study method for discerning the relative influence of conditions within and outside of the control of a work site. It also discusses the useful application and elements of the case study method as well as the location for finding properly documented case studies that describe successful programs. Recommendations are developed for work sites to implement commuter choice programs …

Employer Perceptions And Implementation Of Commute Alternatives Strategies, Kai Zuehlke, Randall Guensler

Journal of Public Transportation

Employer-based trip reduction (EBTR) strategies are the transportation demand management elements of commute options programs that target commute travel. This article reports the results of two surveys conducted in the Atlanta metropolitan area of implementation of EBTR strategies and employer perceptions of associated costs and benefits. On average, less than a quarter of the employers surveyed utilized EBTR strategies. Survey results indicate that employers commonly perceive that EBTR strategies provide minimal benefits for the company, that employers believe their employees lack interest in such measures, and that upper management does not provide support. Employers regard the distance between work location …

Full Issue 10(4)

Journal of Public Transportation

No abstract provided.

Creating Micro- And Nanostructures On Tubular And Spherical Surfaces, O. Lima, L. Tan, A. Goel, Lmehrdad Negahban, Z. Li

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience: Faculty Publications

The authors developed a new technique to create micro- and nanometer scale structures on curved free-standing objects by combining embossing/imprinting lithography approaches with mechanical loadings on elastic films. Embossing/imprinting generates small structures and mechanical loading determines shape or geometry of the final object. As a result, a portion of the tubes with a radius between 0.5 and 3.5 mm and a portion of the spheres with a radius between 2.4 and 7.0 mm were fabricated with grating line features (period of 700 nm) and microlens array features (lens radius of 2.5 µm) atop, respectively. It was found that both static …

A Constitutional Idea-Expression Doctrine: Qualifying Congress’ Commerce Power When Protecting Intellectual Property Rights., Yavar Bathaee

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Civil War Treasures: The Last Bastion Small Collections Offer Details Of The Siege Of Port Hudson, Leah W. Wood

Civil War Book Review

New Acquisitions in the

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections,

LSU Libraries' Special Collections

A Sailor's Life

Rediscovering Civil War Classics: Civil War Books Not Yet Written, David Madden

Civil War Book Review

Civil War Books Not Yet Written

No Pardons To Ask, Nor Apologies To Make: The Journal Of William Henry King, Gray's 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, William A. Spedale

Civil War Book Review

Notes from a Louisiana Infantryman

Creating Alternate In-Basket Forms Through Cloning: Some Preliminary Results, Filip Lievens, Frederik Anseel

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Research on constructing alternate forms of assessment center exercises is very scarce. This study examines the effectiveness of a cloning procedure (incident isomorphic approach) for developing alternate forms of a computerized in-basket. In this approach, original and alternate items are essentially similar (they are based on the same critical incident), while being superficially different (they are situated in a different context). Results showed there was no significant difference between the overall in-basket score across the alternate forms. In addition, these overall scores correlated .66, with projected estimates for the full in-basket approaching .80. Implications and limitations of the use of …

Modeling An Information Literacy Programme For Undergraduates: A Soft Systems Methodology Approach / Nor Edzan Che Nasir, Che Nasir Nor Edzan

Student Works (2000-2009)

In its simplest form, information literacy is defined as the ability to recognise a need for information and from there on, one is able to locate, retrieve, evaluate and use the procured information effectively. The acquisition of information literacy skills is deemed by many as a necessity for the Information Age and it is termed by many as a life long learning skill. Set against such a background, this study is centred on the issue of information literacy competencies of Malaysian final year ICT undergraduates. The focus is on final year undergraduates at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information …

The Effects Of Entrepreneurial Growth Orientation On Organizational Change And Firm Growth, Wee Liang Tan, Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Managing growth in an enterprise as it grows beyond the startup phase is a challenge for many entrepreneurs. One key element that can help or hinder growth is the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurial growth has been linked to micro variables (motivations and psychological attributes of the entrepreneur) and macro variables. However, few studies have examined the role of the growth aspirations of the entrepreneur on the necessary elements of organization change related to growth.

This paper reports a study employing a typology of entrepreneurs based on their growth aspirations using an established dichotomous scale devised by Smith to differentiate between what he …

Transnational Activist Coalition Politics And The De/Colonization Of Pedagogies Of Mobilization: Learning From Anti-Neoliberal Indigenous Movement Articulations, Aziz Choudry

International Education

Part of a special issue on international perspectives on education and decolonization. The writer discusses indigenous movements, networks, and activism that critique and oppose neoliberalism, within the context of anticolonial struggles for self-determination.

Colonialism, Education And Rural Buddhist Communities In Bangladesh, Bijoy Barua

International Education

Part of a special issue on international perspectives on education and decolonization. The writer examines the nature of colonial domination in education in Bangladesh and the related efforts of the country's Buddhist communities at cultural and educational decolonization.

Raps Sheet, December 2007, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Tony Allen, Mamie Peers, Allison Miller

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Variability In Compression Strength And Deflection Of Corrugated Containers As A Function Of Positioning, Operators, And Climatic Conditions, Jay A. Singh, P. Bainbridge, S. P. Singh, Eric Olsen

Industrial Technology and Packaging

ASTM D642 is a commonly used standard for measuring the ability of containers to resist external compressive loads applied to its faces, to diagonally opposite edges, or to corners. The procedure recommends testing by centering the specimen on the lower platen of the testing machine in the desired orientation, so as not to incur eccentric loading. It is also recommended by the standard that the load be applied with a continuous motion of the movable platen of the testing machine at a speed of 0.5 ±0,1 in. (12.7 ± .25 cm)/min until failure or a specified load, has been reached. …

An Examination Of The Variables Affecting Rfid Tag Readability In A Conveyer Belt Environment, Jay A. Singh, C. Deupser, Eric Olsen, S. P. Singh

Industrial Technology and Packaging

There is a growing list of companies implementing radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to help optimize their supply chain processes. These companies realize that a successful RFID system can potentially lead to lower supply chain inventory levels, reduced operating expenses, and greater visibility throughout the supply chain. However, since RFID technology is still relatively immature, a majority of the applications experience less than perfect read rates for tagged items moving through the supply chain. This paper reports the results for a variety of different arrangements of variables that may influence the readability of the RFID tags in a conveyer belt …

Elastic Breakup In Uniaxial Extension Of Entangled Polymer Melts, Yangyang Wang, Pouyan Boukany, Shi-Qing Wang, Xiaorong Wang

College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

Five entangled melts, with the number of entanglements per chain ranging from 25 to 160, have been studied to illustrate how cohesive strength can be overcome in either continuous or interrupted extension (i.e., during or after uniaxial stretching). The internal elastic stress due to chain deformation from imposed strain appears to be the cause of the observed yielding behavior that reveals scaling laws. The visual signature of the elastic breakup is the occurrence of nonuniform extension. The yield phenomena may be understood at a force level.

Winter 2007, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

Winter 2007 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 41 pages

Volume 90, Number 5