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A Socio-Cultural Analysis Of Building And Improving Safety Culture : Case Study Of The Maritime Industry In Sri Lanka, Prasad Manjula H. Hettiarachchie Don

World Maritime University Dissertations

The aim of this study is to determine the influential power of some cultural and social factors which could uplift the Safety Culture in the Sri Lankan maritime industry and to examine the underlying factors which contributed to the evolution of Safety in the maritime sector. This research has been done using amixed method approach and the researcher used a questionnaire to collect data from 101 employees attached to three key organizations inthe Sri Lankan maritime industry. Out of the six areas of the questionnaire, the first one focused on identifying the evolution of safety in this industry and the …

Establishing A New Protection And Indemnity (P&I) Insurance Institution In Turkey, Muhammet Alper Keceli

World Maritime University Dissertations

Insurance draws attention as a sector that is understood much better in terms of its importance especially in recent years globally and in Turkey as well and this sector is developing each day. In direct proportion to the development of insurance, the importance of marine insurance forming a special part of insurance has also come to the surface. Marine insurance, as a field has unique characteristics that can dominant from general insurance principles from certain angles, and stands before us as a dynamic field necessary to be reviewed and handled over and over again with the developments in the world. …

Women: Worldly, Wordy, Or Un-Written An Analysis Of The Women Of Sherlock Holmes And The Victorian English Era, Meghan R. Gordon

Rollins Undergraduate Research Journal

A comprehensive research essay detailing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style, connotation, and detail as pertains to the women of his plot construction throughout the Sherlock Holmes series. In using a number of Doyle's most famous tales, the author parallels the women of his stories and their intentional misrepresentation and incomplete creation.

Agriculture In Sub-Saharan Africa, Troy M. Null

Rollins Undergraduate Research Journal

According to the World Food Programme, with the exception of Haiti, all of the world’s countries that experienced a malnourishment rate of 35% of the population or higher last year are located in sub-Saharan Africa. Of the nearly one billion hungry people in the world, one quarter of them are of them are Africans. Why is it that they are not better-able to feed themselves (or others, for that matter) with their vast amounts of undeveloped land? The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the historical and developing influences of globalization and gender on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, and …

Beyond Progressive Education: Why John Andrew Rice Really Opened Black Mountain College, Jennifer M. Ritter

Rollins Undergraduate Research Journal

This article analyses the career and personality of Professor John Andrew Rice. It focuses on the events and influences that shaped his decision to Open Black Mountain College in the midst of the Great Depression. His clash with Rollins College President, Hamilton Holt, is discussed at length. Rice’s role at Black Mountain College is touched upon briefly, as is Black Mountains’ emphasis on the arts and progressive teaching methods.

Modern Man: Popeye As An Indicator Of Movement Toward An Industrialized South In William Faulkner’S Sanctuary, Kristen N. Arnett

Rollins Undergraduate Research Journal

Traditionally, Faulkner’s Sanctuary has been classified as a sordid tale of sexual intrigue, set against a backdrop of death and decay in a post-war Deep South. The novel’s foothold in the Southern Gothic realm of literature has been further cemented by its graphic depictions of rape, prostitution and murder. Though these outrageous plot developments set the stage for much of the action in the story, they do little to explain an important role that is traditionally much overlooked – that of the character Popeye. Faulkner’s Popeye symbolizes the insertion of an unwanted Northern modernity into a world of slow Southern …

The University Of Rhode Island Graduate Dual Degree Program With The Technical University Of Braunschweig – Its Added Value, Synergies, And Gains For Engineering Students, Sigrid Berka

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

This paper takes a closer look at the learning outcomes and synergies for participants of a dual degree master program between the University of Rhode island and the Technical University of Braunschweig. It focuses on an area of international graduate level education and collaboration that has not been very well researched so far: the impact of study abroad experience on graduate engineering students. Are there any technical skills or additional research methods gained by students involved in graduate level dual degree programs? To what extent does such a research intense program have an impact on broadening research perspectives and opportunities …

Best Of Both Worlds: Foreign Language Preparation For Purdue University’S Undergraduate Global Engineering Education Program, Yating Chang, Eckhard A. Groll, E. Dan Hirleman

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

Over the years, Purdue University has drastically increased the number of engineering students studying and interning abroad from less than 3% in 2000 to more than 10% in 2010. In order to increase the capacity of global engineering education curriculum, there is a need to create different study abroad programs to suit different student interests. Yet, the need of foreign language preparation remains in question. At Purdue University, researchers and administrators observed that students often self-select into study abroad programs of varying intensity according to the varying foreign language and GPA requirements. Case studies of student participants from four different …

Sheltered Program At The Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany. Facilitating Studying And Working Abroad: Best Practices, Christina M. Neidert

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

This paper describes the sheltered program at the University Language Center at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, which is designed to provide American undergraduate exchange students with the opportunity to enhance their language, intercultural and technical skills, thereby integrating them into the German university and preparing them for an internship abroad. Based on the experiences made in this program, a set of best practices will be described.

Somali Bibliography By Keyword --2012, Elizabeth A. Eames, Mame Nyarko F. Bonsu

Somalis in Maine Bibliography

A bibliography of resources organized by topical keyword and published before 2012.

Energy Savings And Peak Demand Reduction Of A Seer 21 Heat Pump Vs. A Seer 13 Heat Pump With Attic And Indoor Duct Systems - December 2011, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Cummings

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Experiments were run in an unoccupied 1600 ft2 house, the Manufactured Housing (MH Lab) at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), to evaluate the delivered performance as well as the relative performance of a SEER 21 variable capacity heat pump versus a SEER 13 heat pump. The performance was evaluated with two different duct systems: a standard attic duct system and an indoor duct system located in a dropped-ceiling space.

The Flora Of Greater San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico (2005–2010), Sula E. Vanderplank

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The plants of San Quintín (Baja California, Mexico) were documented through intensive fieldwork and collection of herbarium specimens to create a checklist of species. The region is located near the southernmost extent of the California Floristic Province, and the flora is influenced by the adjacent desert to the south. A total of 435 plant taxa were documented, of which 82% are native plants. Almost one in three native plant taxa in Greater San Quintín is a sensitive species, here documented as rare and/or locally endemic, and many taxa have yet to be evaluated fully for rarity and threats. Four major …

Business Community Outreach: Exploration Of A New Service Role In An Academic Environment, Patrick Griffis, Sidney Lowe

Library Faculty Research

A recent special issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship focusing on business librarianship and entrepreneurship includes many case studies detailing entrepreneurship outreach initiatives from academic libraries. The introductory article, "Entrepreneurship Outreach: A New Role for the Academic Business Librarian" by Karen MacDonald, outlines entrepreneurial outreach initiatives in the issue, stating that they “describe three very different approaches libraries have taken to align themselves with a key mission of the university – economic development” (MacDonald, 2010, p. 159). This chapter elaborates on this previous work in describing the exploration of a new role in business community outreach as …

State V. L'Abbe Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39376

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 30, 2011, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 30, 2011, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Prevalence And Risk Factors Of Major Depressive Disorder In Hiv/Aids As Seen In Semi-Urban Entebbe District, Uganda, Eugene Kinyanda, Susan Hoskins, Juliet Nakku, Saira Nawaz, Vikram Patel

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Not much is known about the risk factors of major depressive disorder (MDD) in HIV/AIDS in the African socio-cultural context. Therefore a study was undertaken to examine the prevalence and risk factors of MDD in HIV/AIDS in semi-urban Uganda.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was undertaken among 618 respondents attending two HIV clinics in Uganda.

Results:

Prevalence of MDD was 8.1%. Factors associated with MDD at univariate analysis only were female gender, family history of mental illness, negative coping style, alcohol dependency disorder, food insecurity and stress; not associated with MDD were social support, neurocognitive impairment, CD4 counts and BMI. …

Book Review: Rti With Differentiated Instruction, Grades 6 - 8: A Classroom Teacher's Guide, By J. O'Meara (2011), Hope E. Wilson

Gifted Children

As school districts across the country move toward Response to Intervention (RTI) as a standardized way to meet the diverse needs of students in the classroom, Jodi O’Meara’s book provides practical and relevant information for middle level (grades 6 through 8) teachers on best practices for incorporating RTI and differentiation into their instruction, assessment, and pedagogy.

The Gap, The Trap, And The High Flyers Flaps: A Summary And Analysis Of Three Important Studies Focusing On Excellence Gaps In American Education, Jason S. Mcintosh

Gifted Children

America’s educational system has undergone major changes in the last decade. A focus on “proficiency,” high stakes testing, and standards-based curriculum has become the name of the game. As a result, more students are meeting minimum competency every year. Researchers from three different organizations recently examined the effects of these curricular changes on the performance of America’s highest achieving students. This article synthesizes and summarizes the Center for Evaluation and Educational Policy’s 2010 report entitled Mind the Other Gap: The Growing Excellence Gap in K-12 Education, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s 2006 report entitled Achievement Trap: How America is Failing …

Effective Use Of Secondary Data Analysis In Gifted Education Research: Opportunities And Challenges, Christian E. Mueller, Caroline O. Hart

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Author Notes

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Using Life-Story Research In Gifted Education, Lori J. Flint

Gifted Children

In this article I discuss a promising approach to the problem of gifted underachievement, the research tradition of life story, and I examine the nature of constructed narratives and explain the narrative methods used to conduct this study. I include portions of one constructed narrative to illustrate the narrative product of life story research.

Studying Acceleration With National Datasets And Surveys: Some Suggestions, Some Results, And Our Experiences, David F. Lohman, Maureen A. Marron

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Impact Of A Proposed Rule Change On The Identification Of Gifted English Language Learners, Michael S. Matthews

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Identification And Intervention For Rural, Low-Income, Gifted Students: A Follow-Up Study, Shirley Aamidor

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Economic Arguments For Gifted Education, Pamela R. Clinkenbeard

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

Hello From The Editor, Dona Matthews

Gifted Children

No abstract provided.

In Re: Nortel Networks

2011 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

The Weekly Challenger, December 29, 2011, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 29, 2011, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Old Crow And Men, Emily Howard Pasmore

Student Theses and Dissertations

Old Crow and Men is a novel about a young woman's coming of age. The story takes place in the hometown of the protagonist, and depicts a number of relationships she has with men over a period of eight years. Some of these relationships are with family members, some are friendships, and others are romantic. The narrative moves along based on the relationships the protagonist encounters and the effects they have on her.

Impact Of National Board Certification, Advanced Degree, And Socio-Economic Status On The Literacy Achievement Rate Of 11th Grade Students In Arkansas, Merlina T. Mccullough

Student Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.