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What Does Security Culture Look Like For Small Organizations?, Patricia A. Williams Dec 2009

What Does Security Culture Look Like For Small Organizations?, Patricia A. Williams

Australian Information Security Management Conference

The human component is a significant factor in information security, with a large numbers of breaches occurring due to unintentional user error. Technical solutions can only protect information so far and thus the human aspect of security has become a major focus for discussion. Therefore, it is important for organisations to create a security conscious culture. However, currently there is no established representation of security culture from which to assess how it can be manoeuvred to improve the overall information security of an organization. This is of particular importance for small organizations who lack the resources in information security and …


Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; Table Of Contents & Masthead, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement Dec 2009

Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; Table Of Contents & Masthead, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement

Northern Illinois Law Review Supplement

No abstract provided.


Focusing Your Firm On Ethics, Alex B. Long Dec 2009

Focusing Your Firm On Ethics, Alex B. Long

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.


Unavoidable Presence: A Look At Feminist Liberation Theology As Liberative Praxis During Apartheid-Era South Africa, Melissa Marie Marley Dec 2009

Unavoidable Presence: A Look At Feminist Liberation Theology As Liberative Praxis During Apartheid-Era South Africa, Melissa Marie Marley

Seminary Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Commentary On “Inmate Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, And Cruel And Unusual Punishment: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry”, Terry A. Kupers Dec 2009

Commentary On “Inmate Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, And Cruel And Unusual Punishment: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry”, Terry A. Kupers

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.


Trajectories Of Ptsd And Substance Use Disorders In A Longitudinal Study Of Personality Disorders, Meghan E. Mcdevitt-Murphy, Gilbert R. Parra, Carlos M. Grilo, Thomas H. Mcglashan, Andrew E. Skodol, M. Tracie Shea, Shirley Yen, Charles A. Sanislow, John G. Gunderson, John C. Markowitz Dec 2009

Trajectories Of Ptsd And Substance Use Disorders In A Longitudinal Study Of Personality Disorders, Meghan E. Mcdevitt-Murphy, Gilbert R. Parra, Carlos M. Grilo, Thomas H. Mcglashan, Andrew E. Skodol, M. Tracie Shea, Shirley Yen, Charles A. Sanislow, John G. Gunderson, John C. Markowitz

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

This study investigated the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUDs) in a sample (N = 668) recruited for personality disorders and followed longitudinally as part of the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study. The study both examined rates of co-occurring disorders at baseline and temporal relationships between PTSD and substance use disorders over 4 years. Subjects with a lifetime history of PTSD at baseline had significantly higher rates of SUDs (both alcohol and drug) than subjects without PTSD. Latent class growth analysis, a relatively novel approach used to analyze trajectories and identify homogeneous subgroups of participant …


0586 Legislative Emergency Epidemic Response Committee, Colorado Legislative Council Dec 2009

0586 Legislative Emergency Epidemic Response Committee, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

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Climate Change In The Casco Bay Watershed: Past, Present, And Future, Cameron Wake, Elizabeth Burakowski, Katharine Hayhoe, Chris Watson, Ellen Douglas, Jeff Vandorn, Vaishali Naik, Claire Keating Dec 2009

Climate Change In The Casco Bay Watershed: Past, Present, And Future, Cameron Wake, Elizabeth Burakowski, Katharine Hayhoe, Chris Watson, Ellen Douglas, Jeff Vandorn, Vaishali Naik, Claire Keating

Publications

This report describes how the climate of Casco Bay watershed in Maine has changed over the past century and how the future climate of the region is likely to be affected by human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. Overall, the region has been getting warmer and wetter over the last century, and these trends have increased over the last four decades. To generate future projections for Portland, Farmington, and Lewiston, simulated temperature and precipitation from four climate models were fitted to local, long-term weather observations. Unknowns regarding fossil fuel consumption were accounted for by using …


Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; Toy Story: Being Right For The Wrong Reasons In The Search For A "Greater Freedom"—A Critical Analysis Of The Dissenting En Banc Opinions In Reliable Consultants, Inc. V. Earle, Steven L. Boldt Dec 2009

Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; Toy Story: Being Right For The Wrong Reasons In The Search For A "Greater Freedom"—A Critical Analysis Of The Dissenting En Banc Opinions In Reliable Consultants, Inc. V. Earle, Steven L. Boldt

Northern Illinois Law Review Supplement

This Note analyzes how the landmark United States Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas has been used by the Fifth Circuit in Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle to extend “sexual privacy interests” into the commercial realm. This Note begins by exploring the historical trend of cases that have led to the birth of sexual privacy. The Fifth Circuit in Reliable was given the task to decide whether the Texas legislature’s statutory proscription of promoting or selling devices used for sexual stimulation infringed on a mere commercial right or an individual’s right to sexual privacy. After the Fifth Circuit held …


Acer Enews 12 December 2009, Acer Dec 2009

Acer Enews 12 December 2009, Acer

ACER eNews Archive 2001-2013

No abstract provided.


(Review) Walter Ziegler, Die Entscheidung Deutscher Länder Für Oder Gegen Luther..., Marc R. Forster Dec 2009

(Review) Walter Ziegler, Die Entscheidung Deutscher Länder Für Oder Gegen Luther..., Marc R. Forster

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Elderly Participation And Empowerment : Experiences Of Sage, Kam Lee Lam, Sau Lai, Teresa Lee Dec 2009

Elderly Participation And Empowerment : Experiences Of Sage, Kam Lee Lam, Sau Lai, Teresa Lee

APIAS Monograph 專題論文

The Hong Kong Society for the Age (SAGE) established in 1977 is one of the well-known Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in responding to the rapid growing elderly population and the welfare needs of the senior in Hong Kong. Its services include Care and Attention Home, Elderly Hostels, Elderly Centres, Day Care Centres, Home Care Service. etc. The mission of SAGE is to ensure the elderly to have dignity and reasonable comfort in their old age. In 2008, SAGE aims to provide distinctive services to the elderly, i.e. elderly participation and empowerment (Homepage of Sage: http://www.sage.org.hk/eng/ideal.htm). This paper focuses how Sage …


服務研習通訊第七期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 7, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University Dec 2009

服務研習通訊第七期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 7, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

SLant 嶺召

服務研習之旅:學生力量

今期通訊以「服務研習之旅:學生力量」為主題,展示出我們致力營造以學生為本,以及發展全人質素的學習環境。

Service-Learning Journey: Students' Power

With the theme of “Journey of Service-Learning: Students’ Power”, we highlight how we devote to fostering student-oriented learning and whole-person development in this issue.


Information Outlook, December 2009, Special Libraries Association Dec 2009

Information Outlook, December 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 8


Investigation Of The Relationship Between Polymer Structures And Thermal, Mechanical, Viscoelastic Properties, Ethem Kaya Dec 2009

Investigation Of The Relationship Between Polymer Structures And Thermal, Mechanical, Viscoelastic Properties, Ethem Kaya

Dissertations

The research presented in this dissertation involves four distinct areas: physical crosslinking systems, UV curable coatings for enhanced oxygen and carbon dioxide barrier properties, synthesis, and investigation of melting behavior/crystallinity relations of linear polyamides with long alkyl chains, and synthesis and characterization of cyclic diamides as precursors to linear polyamides 6 4.

The physical crosslinking section involves synthesis of monomers and polymers bearing cyclodextrin and adamantane pendent groups, and investigation of non-covalent interactions between these polymers (Chapter II). Two methacrylate monomers bearing cyclodextrin and adamantane were synthesized, and copolymerized with poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate. The specific interaction between copolymers …


An Investigation Of The Persuasive Effects Of Rhetorical Questions, Message Framing, And The Elm In Promoting Responsible Cell Phone Usage, Robert James Glenn Iii Dec 2009

An Investigation Of The Persuasive Effects Of Rhetorical Questions, Message Framing, And The Elm In Promoting Responsible Cell Phone Usage, Robert James Glenn Iii

Dissertations

This study evaluated persuasive messages that advocate support for a ban against cell phones while driving using Petty and Cacioppo's Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion as its theoretical framework. Seven hypotheses were tested using a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design assessing the influence of need for cognition (high vs. low) in tandem with the variables of message framing (gain vs. loss statements) and message form (questions vs. statements) upon assessments of elaboration (ME), cognition message value (CMV), message effectiveness ratings (MEF), and attitude toward the prescribed behavior (ATPB).

A significant main effect was found for message framing as …


Donald Tsang's Vision For An Integrated Asia, Knowledge@Smu Dec 2009

Donald Tsang's Vision For An Integrated Asia, Knowledge@Smu

Knowledge@SMU

Stem protectionism, step-up education, reduce our reliance on the West, emphasize strong Asian values, integrate currencies and promote trade partnerships – these are items that show up on Donald Tsang's wish list of things by which Asia might be united. What's more, he believes his vision of an Asian bloc will likely take shape within this very century. Speaking at SMU's Ho Rih Hwa Leadership in Asia public lecture series, the Hong Kong Chief Executive explained why Asian countries must forge closer links with one another, and how the region can eventually present itself to be a foundation of stability …


Time-Separable Utility, Leisure And Human Capital Accumulation: What New Implications For The Environment-Growth Nexus?, Xavier Pautrel Dec 2009

Time-Separable Utility, Leisure And Human Capital Accumulation: What New Implications For The Environment-Growth Nexus?, Xavier Pautrel

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Using a time-separable utility function where leisure is introduced through the disutility of working time and is adjusted for quality, as measured by human capital to capture home production, we demonstrate that the environmental policy is harmful for growth. A tighter environmental tax reduces the incentives to educate by increasing leisure time and lowers the steady-state growth rate and lifetime welfare, whatever the source of pollution. We also demonstrate that the intertemporal elasticity of substitution in labor supply plays a crucial role in the marginal impact of the environmental tax on growth and welfare. When the positive influence of human …


Integrated Water Law: Local To International, Margaret J. Vick Dec 2009

Integrated Water Law: Local To International, Margaret J. Vick

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Dissertations

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART I: WATER ALLOCATION: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL

CHAPTER 1: LOCAL WATER LAW

CHAPTER TWO: INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW

COMPARISON OF RESTATEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL FACTORS FOR REASONABLE USE

CHAPTER 3: THE VERMEJO RIVER

CHAPTER 4 WATER LAWS: ENTITLEMENTS, RIGHTS, DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES

CONCLUSION TO PART I

PART II: NEGOTIATING WATERCOURSE ENTITLEMENTS

CHAPTER FIVE: WATERCOURSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE DIFFERENT

CHAPTER SIX: THE ROLE OF LAW


Discrete Taylor Series As A Simple Way To Predict Properties Of Chemical Substances Like Benzenes And Cubanes, Jaime Nava, Vladik Kreinovich, Guillermo Restrepo, Douglas J. Klein Dec 2009

Discrete Taylor Series As A Simple Way To Predict Properties Of Chemical Substances Like Benzenes And Cubanes, Jaime Nava, Vladik Kreinovich, Guillermo Restrepo, Douglas J. Klein

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In many applications, we have numerous molecules that are obtained from a "template" molecule like benzene C6H6 or cubane C8H8 by replacing some of its hydrogen atoms with other atoms or atom groups (called ligands). Depending on how many original atoms are replaced and which ones are replaced, we obtain a large number of different chemical substances. It is desirable to be able, based on the measurements performed on a small number of such substances, to accurately predict the characteristics (such as energy) of all similar substances.

Such predictions are very important, since, e.g. cubanes, while kinetically stable, are highly …


Spartan Daily December 1, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2009

Spartan Daily December 1, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 45


Introduction To The Teaching & Learning Section, Steven I. Meisel Dec 2009

Introduction To The Teaching & Learning Section, Steven I. Meisel

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


2009 Annual Meeting, Eastern Academy Of Management, Hartford, Ct – Facing The Future With Heart And Mind, Dilip Mirchandani Dec 2009

2009 Annual Meeting, Eastern Academy Of Management, Hartford, Ct – Facing The Future With Heart And Mind, Dilip Mirchandani

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Current Empirical Research, Donald E. Gibson Dec 2009

Introduction To Current Empirical Research, Donald E. Gibson

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.


Integrating The Emotional Intelligence Construct: The Relationship Between Emotional Ability And Emotional Competence, Craig R. Seal, Mary D. Sass, James R. Bailey, Matthew Liao-Troth Dec 2009

Integrating The Emotional Intelligence Construct: The Relationship Between Emotional Ability And Emotional Competence, Craig R. Seal, Mary D. Sass, James R. Bailey, Matthew Liao-Troth

Organization Management Journal

This paper posits that the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has not advanced as quickly and adroitly as it could have because of a lack of validity studies that combine the two most prevalent models, emotionality ability (EA) and emotional competency (EC). Although prior EI validations studies exist, none have examined the relationship between the primary EA and EC measurement tools – the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test and the Emotional Competency Inventory – University Edition, respectively – at the sub-trait levels with a population of undergraduate and MBA students. Findings indicate that there is no direct relationship between the total …


First Record Of The Extinct Sawfish Propristis Schweinfurthi Dames, 1883 (Batoidea: Pristiformes: Pristidae) From The Middle Eocene Of Spain, Francesc Farrés, Harry L. Fierstine Dec 2009

First Record Of The Extinct Sawfish Propristis Schweinfurthi Dames, 1883 (Batoidea: Pristiformes: Pristidae) From The Middle Eocene Of Spain, Francesc Farrés, Harry L. Fierstine

Biological Sciences

A partial rostrum of Propristis schweinfurthi Dames, 1883 was collected in the Bartonian strata of northeastern Spain. The specimen represents the second record of the species from Europe, and the second occurrence of a sawfish (Mesopristis osonensis Farrés, 2003) from the Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation. In spite of some evidence to the contrary, Propristis probably preferred ecological conditions similar to extant sawfishes, i.e., inhabiting near shore tropical to subtropical seas with occasional excursions into freshwater.


Psychoanalysis Of A Sequel: The Disinterment Of Pet Sematary Two, Douglas Keesey Dec 2009

Psychoanalysis Of A Sequel: The Disinterment Of Pet Sematary Two, Douglas Keesey

English

No abstract provided.


Wyeth V. Levine And Agency Preemption: More Muddle, Or Creeping To Clarity, Ashutosh Bhagwat Dec 2009

Wyeth V. Levine And Agency Preemption: More Muddle, Or Creeping To Clarity, Ashutosh Bhagwat

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.


Digital Commons Annual Report, Brad S. Matthies Dec 2009

Digital Commons Annual Report, Brad S. Matthies

Digital Collections Reports

The Digital Commons Annual Report is a document that interested parties may use as a means of monitoring the yearly progress of the Butler University Libraries’ institutional repository.


December 2009, Volume 5, Number 4, Winthrop University Archives And Special Collections Dec 2009

December 2009, Volume 5, Number 4, Winthrop University Archives And Special Collections

Retrospect: News from the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University

No abstract provided.