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Why Do People Use Or Not Use An Information Technology: An Interpretive Investigation On The Adoption And Use Of An Electronic Medical Records System, Li Long

Theses and Dissertations

In the literature of information technology acceptance, much empirical evidence exists that is inconsistent with Technology Acceptance (TA) Models. The purpose of this study is to find out why the extant TA models fail to predict in reality as they purport to in theory. This research argues that the extant literature has not been able to explain how individuals actually form their perceptions about using an information technology. Since past research attempting to do this has been unsuccessful or empirically refuted, this research uses an interpretive case study to investigate the experiences of professionals’ adoption and use of an information …

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 30, December 4, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

December 4, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 4, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Applied Economics

• New Courses
• Course Prefix Change
• Course Prefix Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change, Add Multiple List
• Course Prefix Change, Add Multiple List, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change, Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• Prerequisite Change

School of Accountancy

• Course Prefix Change

Department of Economics and Finance

• New Course
• Course Prefix Change
• Course Prefix Change, Course Number Change
• Course Prefix Change, Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change, Add Multiple List, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change, Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description …

Vada Saturday

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

The Institutionalization Of Diversity And Gender Equity Norms And Values In Higher Education Settings, Rowanna Lynn Carpenter

Dissertations and Theses

Universities in the United States increasingly experience demographic, business, and community pressure to hire, retain, and educate women and ethnic minority faculty, staff, and students. Responses to this pressure have changed over time from isolated open-door initiatives to comprehensive diversity initiatives designed to create welcoming campus environments for people of all backgrounds. Current literature on the assessment of diversity initiatives in higher education suggests the need to use approaches that include attention to the entire university, and to institutionalize the norms and values associated with diversity initiatives as part of the change process. Despite this shift toward a comprehensive understanding …

The Child Care Self-Sufficiency Scale: Measuring Child Care Funding And Policy Generosity Across States, Karen Tvedt

Dissertations and Theses

Against the backdrop of welfare reform, this study examined the generosity of state child care programs with generosity being defined as the extent to which state funding and policies promote child care availability, affordability, and health and safety for low-income families. Despite variations in Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) implementation, no internally-consistent measure has existed that permits comparisons across the range of funding and policy indicators. This study addressed that gap by constructing a composite scale comprised of 12 indicators that were identified based on existing research and expert opinion to reflect key areas of state funding and policy …

University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For December 4, 2008, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the December 4, 2008 Board of Regents Meeting

The Anchor, Volume 122.11: December 3, 2008, Hope College

The Anchor: 2008

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Stony Brook Press, V. 30, N. 06, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 30, n. 06, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

Social Medicalization (Ll): Biomedical Limitations And Proposals For Basic Care In The Clinics, C Tesser

English

Objectives: To analyze how doctors and health officials contributed to the construction of technical-philosophical guidelines that generated high levels of medicalization at the micro-social level in the basic health services in Brazil.

Misión 'Barrio Adentro': Social Medicine, Social Movements Of The Poor And New Coalitions In Venezuela, C Briggs, C Mantini-Briggs

English

Objectives: To describe and document the "Misión Barrio Adentro" inserted in the so-called "revolution in health" which has been driven by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

Promoting Health: An Instrument Of Power And An Emancipatory Alternative, M Chapela

English

Objectives: There are three central objectives in this work. The first is to offer a critical panorama of the promotion of health which serves as a reflection of who is interested in this field. The second is to present an emancipatory interpretation of health promotion. The third is to invite the construction of such emancipatory health promotion.

Medicalization Of Crime: The Florianopolis Penitentiary As A Space For Knowledge And Power (1933-1945), F Rebelo, S Caponi

English

Objectives: There are two central objectives of this article. One is to analyze how fears that affected urban centers after the 19th century have repercussions on Florianopolis; and the other is to understand the strategies created by their control, specifically in penitentiary centers.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 3, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Rotunda - Vol 87, No 12 - Dec 3, 2008, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

The Primary Fund Plan Of Liquidation And Distribution Of Assets, Primary Reserve Fund

Documents

No abstract provided.

Health Reform And Its Impact On Workers In This Sector: The Case Of The National Clinical Hospital In Cordoba, Argentina, A Machado, M Giacone, C Alvarez, P Carri

English

Objectives: To analyze the changes produced after neo-liberal reforms in public services in Argentinean structure and organization of the work, as well as its effect on labor and social relations in the National Clinical Hospital.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, December 3, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 110, December 3, 2008

Central Florida Future

Knights get in shape in their way; No green on grass; Golden Rule; One gay group to take action; Education and the Web look for happy medium; The trials, rewards of being in honors; Eligibility.

The Relationship Among Emotion Understanding, Language, And Social Behavior In Children With Language Impairment, Lara Lynn Goldie

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the influence of emotion understanding, language, and working memory on reticence and prosocial behavior in children with language impairment (LI). The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL; Carrow-Woolfolk, 1999) and The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT; Bracken & McCallum, 2003) were administered to 39 children with LI and 39 typical age-matched peers. A nonword repetition task and two tasks measuring emotion understanding were also administered. Each of the participant's classroom teachers completed The Teacher Behavioral Rating Scale (TBRS; Hart & Robinson, 1996). Structural equation modeling was used to estimate models of the data using a maximum likelihood …

Identification And Characterization Of Sigma(S), A Novel Component Of The Staphylococcus Aureus Stress And Virulence Responses, Lindsey N. Shaw, Catharina Lindholm, Tomasz K. Prajsnar, Halie K. Miller, Melanie C. Brown, Ewa Golonka, George C. Stewart, Andrej Tarkowski, Jan Potempa

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

S. aureus is a highly successful pathogen that is speculated to be the most common cause of human disease. The progression of disease in S. aureus is subject to multi-factorial regulation, in response to the environments encountered during growth. This adaptive nature is thought to be central to pathogenesis, and is the result of multiple regulatory mechanisms employed in gene regulation. In this work we describe the existence of a novel S. aureus regulator, an as yet uncharacterized ECF-sigma factor (sigma(S)), that appears to be an important component of the stress and pathogenic responses of this organism. Using biochemical approaches …

Letter To The Editor [Jayn Brotman], Jayn Brotman

Postville Project Documents

Opinion letter about the role Jews have taken in humane movements and how the ways Agriprocessors conducted business was against Jewish ethics.

December 3, 2008 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

25 Year Club: 27th Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 27th Annual Gala

December 4, 2008

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees

The Pan American (2008-12-03), J. R. Ortega

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 65, No. 14

Spectator 2008-12-03, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Using Pedometers As A Valid Method Of Determining Physical Activity Intensity Level, Alan M. Groves

Theses and Dissertations

As researchers explore the benefits of using pedometers to assess physical activity they are discovering that intensity of physical activity may be estimated from steps per minute (SPM). The purpose of this study was to determine the SPM and kilocalories (kcals) expended associated with moderate physical activity in middle school students (12 - 14 years old). Methods: Ninety-three (49 boys, 44 girls) middle school youth between the ages of 12 and 14, walked on a treadmill at four different speeds (4.0, 4.8, 5.64, and 6.4 km/h) for three minutes at each speed. Each participant wore a pedometer in order to …

The Global Obsession With Rankings: How Should Ireland Respond?, Ellen Hazelkorn

Other resources

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.