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Poor Work Environments Contribute To Teacher Burnout, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership

McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications

A recent report by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages, highlights the relationship between poverty-level wages and high turnover among early childhood teachers. High turnover in early childhood programs disrupts center operations, alters the workplace environment, and affects the quality of teaching. But low wages are not the only influence on teachers’ decisions to leave their programs or the field. Teacher burnout is also a contributing factor to the high turnover rate in the early childhood field. Burnout was the focus of a recent study of 108 early childhood teachers conducted by …

Marshall University Music Department Presents Jazz Ensemble Ii, Mr. Jeffrey Wolfe, Director, Jeff Wolfe

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Facilitating Of Emotions In Sales Interactions May Hinder Performance, Selma Kadić -Maglajlić, Adriana Espinosa

Publications and Research

This article analyzes the relationship between facilitating of emotions, a branch of emotional intelligence, and salesperson performance. We employ an ability-based measure of facilitating of emotions on a sample of salespeople from Croatia (N = 245), and use structural equation modelling to test a linear versus non-linear relationship. We find that facilitating of emotions and salesperson performance share a relation that is modeled by a downward turning parabola. These findings contradict a linear relationship assumed in the conventional literature, and suggest that too little or too much facilitating of emotions may be detrimental to salesperson performance. These results provide new …

Two Species Competitive Model With The Allee Effect, Ann Brett, Mustafa Rs Kulenović

Mathematics Faculty Publications

We consider the following system of difference equations: [Mathematical equations cannot be displayed here, refer to PDF], where a, b, c, d are positive constants and x₀, y₀ ≥ 0 are initial conditions. This system has interesting dynamics and can have up to nine equilibrium points. The most complex and perhaps most interesting case is the case of nine equilibrium points, four of which are local attractors, four of which are saddle points, and one of which is a repeller. Using recent results of Kulenović and Merino we are able to characterize the basins of attractions of …

Characterizing The Evolutionary Path(S) To Early Homo, Lauren Schroeder, Charles C. Roseman, James M. Cheverud, Rebecca R. Ackermann

Biology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Numerous studies suggest that the transition from Australopithecus to Homo was characterized by evolutionary innovation, resulting in the emergence and coexistence of a diversity of forms. However, the evolutionary processes necessary to drive such a transition have not been examined. Here, we apply statistical tests developed from quantitative evolutionary theory to assess whether morphological differences among late australopith and early Homo species in Africa have been shaped by natural selection. Where selection is demonstrated, we identify aspects of morphology that were most likely under selective pressure, and determine the nature (type, rate) of that selection. Results demonstrate that selection must …

Losac Minutes 2014-12-03, Library Operating Staff Advisory Committee

University Libraries Archives

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 3, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

1415.11 Support For Rave Guardian Blue Light Application, Rollins College Student Government Association

SGA Legislation

No abstract provided.

1415.09 Increased Public Relations, Rollins College Student Government Association

SGA Legislation

No abstract provided.

Labor, Safety Concerns Raised About Monterrey Subway System, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 11-2014, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains download and page view statistics for ScholarWorks, November 2014.

Flyer News, Vol. 62, No. 12 (Dec. 3, 2014), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Auxiliary News Online, Georgia Southern University

Auxiliary Services News Online

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Uab Study Suggests Potential Therapy For Most Common Form Of Early-Onset Dementia, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Creating A Roadmap To Bring Innovative Medical Technologies To Market, Matt Windsor

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Alternative Approaches To Lung Insults, Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, Ph.D.

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds

Objectives:

• Provide an understanding of current available botanical agents and their usefulness in lung disease;

• Provide an overview of current complementary approaches to lung disease and active areas of research in pre-clinical testing;

Overall Goals and Objectives:

Following this activity, a participant should be able to:

1. Recognize recent advances and developments in Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care and translate into clinical practice

2. Integrate perspectives of multiple disciplines into decision-making on behalf of patients through structured plans for patient care.

3. Develop areas for future research and discuss appropriate methods to address these needs.

4. Summarize and continually …

Fresh: Fair And Efficient Slot Configuration And Scheduling For Hadoop Clusters, Jiayin Wang, Yi Yao, Ying Mao, Bo Sheng, Ningfang Mi

Department of Computer Science Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Hadoop is an emerging framework for parallel big data processing. While becoming popular, Hadoop is too complex for regular users to fully understand all the system parameters and tune them appropriately. Especially when processing a batch of jobs, default Hadoop setting may cause inefficient resource utilization and unnecessarily prolong the execution time. This paper considers an extremely important setting of slot configuration which by default is fixed and static. We proposed an enhanced Hadoop system called FRESH which can derive the best slot setting, dynamically configure slots, and appropriately assign tasks to the available slots. The experimental results show that …

A Partner-Matching Framework For Social Activity Communities, Chunyu Ai, Wei Zhong, Mingyuan Yan, Feng Gu

Publications and Research

A lot of daily activities require more than one person to participate and collaborate with each other; however, for many people, it is not easy to find good partners to engage in activities with one another. With the rapid growth of social network applications, more and more people get used to creating connections with people on the social network. Therefore, designing social network framework for partner-matching is significant in helping people to easily find good partners. In this paper, we proposed a framework which can match partners for an active community. In order to improve the matching performance, all users …

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

The Current Volume 25 : Issue 14, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Progress Of A Mangrove Reforestation Project On Isla Galeta, Colon, Abigail Hope Outterson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Just off the Atlantic coast of Panama, a dynamic and self-renewing ecosystem takes advantage of the tropical climate and swampy conditions. Guarding Punta Galeta’s shores since before it was a U.S. navy base in the 1930’s, mangroves that have persisted here for centuries now draw scientists and tourists alike from all over the world to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Center. Once viewed as unproductive, distasteful environments, mangroves are increasingly recognized worldwide as critical habitat for endangered and commercially significant species, as well as for their ecological and aesthetic value. Uniquely adapted to survive in saline environments, mangroves combine methods of …

General Records, University Breckinridge School

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Usa V. Alton Coles

2014 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Scott Tran

2014 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

David Petko V. William Radle

2014 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Uniforms, University Breckinridge School

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Abq Free Press, December 3, 2014, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Big Data In Healthcare: What Is It Used For?, Rebecca Hermon, Patricia A H Williams

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

Big data analytics is a growth area with the potential to provide useful insight in healthcare. Whilst many dimensions of big data still present issues in its use and adoption, such as managing the volume, variety, velocity, veracity, and value, the accuracy, integrity, and semantic interpretation are of greater concern in clinical application. However, such challenges have not deterred the use and exploration of big data as an evidence source in healthcare. This drives the need to investigate healthcare information to control and reduce the burgeoning cost of healthcare, as well as to seek evidence to improve patient outcomes. Whilst …

Avoiding Epic Fails: Software And Standards Directions To Increase Clinical Safety, Patricia A H Williams, Vincent B. Mccauley

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

No abstract provided.