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The Role Of Thin Slices Of Behavior And Incentive Compensation In Employee Selection Decisions, Andrew Michael Carnes

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Despite notable research attention, past studies addressing decision stability have provided conflicting recommendations regarding the stability and impact of initial impressions in an interview context. As a result, this dissertation focused on the integration of literature addressing decision making, employee selection, and influence processes in an attempt to provide both a theoretical and empirical foundation for future research addressing initial impressions throughout the interview process. Utilizing fuzzy trace theory and the thin slices of behavior literature, it was hypothesized that impressions formed at career fairs and at the beginning of interviews would account for significant variance in final impressions of …

Study Of 3-D Dynamic Roughness Effects On Flow Over A Naca 0012 Airfoil Using Large Eddy Simulations At Low Reynolds Numbers, Venkata Subba Sai Satish Guda

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

There have been several advancements in the aerospace industry in areas of design such as aerodynamics, designs, controls and propulsion; all aimed at one common goal i.e. increasing efficiency --range and scope of operation with lesser fuel consumption. Several methods of flow control have been tried. Some were successful, some failed and many were termed as impractical. The low Reynolds number regime of 104 - 105 is a very interesting range. Flow physics in this range are quite different than those of higher Reynolds number range. Mid and high altitude UAV's, MAV's, sailplanes, jet engine fan blades, inboard helicopter rotor …

3d Seismic Attribute-Assisted Analysis Of Microseismic Events In The Marcellus Shale, Ariel Kelton Hart

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Microseismic monitoring is often used during the process of oil and gas exploitation to monitor seismicity that may be triggered by hydraulic fracturing, a common practice in the Appalachian Basin. Anthropogenically-induced minor upward fracture growth is not uncommon in the Marcellus shale; however, in the area of study, significant microseismic activity was registered above the target zone. In order to ascertain whether out-of-zone growth might have been predictable and identify which areas are more likely to experience brittle failure first, 3D seismic and microseismic data were analyzed with a focus on better understanding variations in the acoustic properties associated with …

Scribblescholar Was Here: Confessional Notes Of A Vandal Academic, Clay Shields

Theses and Dissertations--English

As a (former) vandal-punk in the academy, I often fear succumbing to Ivory Tower Stockholm syndrome. The identities I perform, vandal-punk and scholar, ideologically clash to the point that they often feel irreconcilable. By codemeshing the high-low discourses associated with these adopted cultures, I attempt to disrupt any hierarchal privileging of either, instead searching for a way to live with and harness both.

Social Security Administration Disability Discrepancies: The Debate Between Street-Level Bureaucrats And Administrative Law Judges, Erica M. Woehl

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Use Of Protein Immobilization To Measure Cytochrome P450 Conduction And Metabolism Kinetics, Christopher D. Bostick

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Cytochrome P450s (P450s) are a large family (>11,000) of heme thiolated proteins that are responsible for ~ 75% of the metabolism of pharmaceuticals on the market. Understanding P450 mediated metabolism is crucial for accurate in vitro predictions of drug metabolism. P450 protein-protein interactions have been shown to alter enzyme catalytic activity. Furthermore, these interactions are isoform specific, and can elicit activation, inhibition, or no effect on enzymatic activity. Studies show these effects are also dependent on the protein binding partner cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR), and the order of protein addition to purified reconstituted enzyme systems. In the current work, …

Higher Throughput Quantification Of Neutralizing Antibody To Herpes Simplex Viruses, Tamara P. Blevins, Michelle C. Mitchell, Maria Korom, Hong Wang, Yinyi Yu, Lynda A. Morrison, Robert B. Belshe

Open Access Publications

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Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: Pathogenesis And Clinical Management, Federico Salomone, Shira Zelber-Sagi, Fabio Galvano, Elisa Fabbrini

Open Access Publications

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Testicular Interposition Flap For Repair Of Perineal Urinary Fistulae: A Novel Surgical Technique, Valary T. Raup, Jairam R. Eswara, Stephen D. Marshall, Steven B. Brandes

Open Access Publications

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Testicular Leydig Cell Tumor With Metachronous Lesions: Outcomes After Metastasis Resection And Cryoablation, Julio J. Geminiani, Stephen D. Marshall, Tammy S. Ho, Steven B. Brandes

Open Access Publications

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Strengths And Weaknesses Of A Planar Whole-Body Method Of 153sm Dosimetry For Patients With Metastatic Osteosarcoma And Comparison With Three-Dimensional Dosimetry, Donika Plyku, David M. Loeb, Andrew Prideaux, Sébastien Baechler, Richard L. Wahl, George Sgouros, Robert F. Hobbs

Open Access Publications

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Dissemination Of Health-Related Research Among Scientists In Three Countries: Access To Resources And Current Practices, Rachel G. Tabak, Rodrigo S. Reis, Paul Wilson, Ross C. Brownson

Open Access Publications

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Inhibition Of P-Selectin And Psgl-1 Using Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies Increases The Sensitivity Of Multiple Myeloma Cells To Bortezomib, Barbara Muz, Feda Azab, Pilar De La Puente, Scott Rollins, Richard Alvarez, Ziad Kawar, Abdel Kareem Azab

Open Access Publications

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Consumer Acceptance Of Personal Cloud: Integrating Trust And Risk With The Technology Acceptance Model, Murad Moqbel, Valerie L. Bartelt

Information Systems Faculty Publications

This paper conducts a conceptual replication of Pavlou (2003) which studied factors that impacted consumer’s behavioral intentions to make online transactions by integrating trust and perceived risk with the technology acceptance model (TAM). We test the generalizability of the model by replicating the study a decade later using a different online setting—personal cloud computing. Our results that are based on 240 observations, confirm the original study’s research model except perceived ease of use lost its direct predictive power to trust, perceived risk and perceived usefulness. Trust continues to be an important factor in perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness …

Relief Aid Dependency Syndromes: A Case For Disaster-Prone Moroto District In Uganda, Richard Acaye

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Humanitarian aid, while useful in the short run, sometimes has the effect of contributing to poverty and poor economic conditions in the long run. This occurs when recipients of relief aid lose their initiative to fend for themselves and become reliant on external aid. The purpose of this mixed method study was to evaluate the degree to which dependency on long term aid has contributed to chronic poverty in the Moroto district of Uganda. This study was grounded on Harvey & Lind's conceptualization of the dependency syndrome. The research questions addressed the relationship between household production and investment pattern with …

Strategies Utility Managers Used To Implement Renewable Energy Technologies In The Caribbean, Nneka Cori-Anne Archer

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Government officials in the Caribbean are encouraging the production of electricity from renewable energy sources to reduce the impact of high electricity rates to customers due to region's dependency on imported fossil fuel. The purpose of this single-case study was to explore the strategies electric utility managers in the Caribbean used to implement renewable energy technologies. The diffusion of innovation theory served as the conceptual framework for the study. Three managers of an electric utility in the Caribbean, who had created strategies to implement renewable energy technologies, participated in face-to-face semistructured interviews. These managers provided in-depth information on approaches used …

On Closed Subsets Of ℝ And Of ℝ2 Admitting Peano Functions, Krzysztof Ciesielski

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

In this note we describe closed subsets of the real line P ⊂ R for which there exists a continuous function from P onto P 2 , called Peano function. Our characterization of those sets is based on the number of connected components of P. We also include a few remarks on compact subsets of R 2 admitting Peano functions, expressed in terms of connectedness and local connectedness.

Stability Of Exact Force-Free Electrodynamic Solutions And Scattering From Spacetime Curvature, Fan Zhang, Sean T. Mcwilliams, Harald P. Pfeiffer

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Recently, a family of exact force-free electrodynamic (FFE) solutions was given by Brennan, Gralla and Jacobson, which generalizes earlier solutions by Michel, Menon and Dermer, and other authors. These solutions have been proposed as useful models for describing the outer magnetosphere of conducting stars. As with any exact analytical solution that aspires to describe actual physical systems, it is vitally important that the solution possess the necessary stability. In this paper, we show via fully nonlinear numerical simulations that the aforementioned FFE solutions, despite being highly special in their properties, are nonetheless stable under small perturbations. Through this study, we …

Brazilian Women Entrepreneurs: Exploring Strategies For Building Sustainable Business Organizations, Maria Ana Church

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Brazilians create an average of 1.2 million new registered enterprises annually, but some struggle to keep their business in operation. Thirty percent of the new ventures are unable to survive the first year, and 58% go out of business after the first 5 years. The goal of this phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions of Brazilian women entrepreneurs concerning the strategies needed to build sustainable business organizations in Brazil. The individual concepts of sustainable development, sustainability, business strategies, and business models served as the theoretical foundations for the study. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with 20 women entrepreneurs …

The Effect Of Nationality Differences On The Emotional Intelligence Of Leaders, Hossein Reza Nikoui

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Previous studies related to manager effectiveness and organizational culture have determined that emotional intelligence (EI) is a critical predictor of intercultural adjustment and business success. However, few investigators have examined the relationship between EI and nationality differences. In today's globalized business environment, such understanding is crucial to the development of more effective leadership programs for international workers. This quantitative study explored the degrees to which the EI of organizational managers varied across nationalities. A theoretical framework, provided by several theories related to personality, leadership, and types of intelligence, created a lens through which to analyze study results. The Trait Emotional …

Minimizing The Cost Of Guessing Games, Lindsay Czap

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

A two-player “guessing game" is a game in which the first participant, the “Responder," picks a number from a certain range. Then, the second participant, the “Questioner," asks only yes-or-no questions in order to guess the number.

We will introduce guessing games in which the Responder is allowed to lie. Guessing games with lies are closely linked to error correcting codes, which are mathematical objects that allow us to detect an error in the information that we receive and correct these errors. We will give basic definitions in coding theory and show how error correcting codes allow us to still …

Mutagenic Studies Of A Unique Cysteine Ligase Enzyme, Emily David, Paul Cook

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

BshC is the final enzyme in a three step pathway for the synthesis of bacillithiol, a compound that enables resistance to fosfomycin in Gram-positive bacteria. BshC is unique from other enzymes of its kind because of an additional ADP binding site and inactivity when studied in the laboratory. To explore BshC function, several site-directed mutants have been selected within the ADP binding pocket. Fluorescence assays have been utilized on the wild-type BshC and one mutant, Y510Q. We determined that Y510Q does not bind ATP as effectively as wild-type BshC. These fluorescence assays will be utilized on W506L, E384A, and H386A …

De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est, William Henry Ferguson Mfa

All Student Scholarship

De Gustibus non Disputandum Est is a collection of essays striving to describe a world, natural and emotional, that in the eyes of this author needs attention. The essays hope to express ways of ameliorating our out of control spiral towards the destruction of beauty and kindness.

Investigating The Influence Of Professional Development On Teacher Perceptions Of Engineering Self Efficacy, Stephen D. Marquis Phd

All Student Scholarship

This mixed-methods study examines the influence of a professional-development intervention to support educators in the integration of engineering education at the elementary level. Particular consideration focused on the evolution of teachers' perceptions of engineering self-efficacy following engagement in professional development intended to support the introduction of engineering in selected grade-five classrooms.

Grit And Self-Control As Predictors Of First-Year Student Success, Stacyann B. Stewart Phd

All Student Scholarship

The objective of this exploratory quantitative study was to investigate the relationships between grit, self-control, and the first academic semester of college students, and determine if the relationships differed by gender. Two research questions were examined; (1) What are the relationships between the individual factors of grit, self-control, and first-semester college GPA? And do they differ by gender? and(2) What combinations of factors (grit, self-control, high school GPA, and SAT scores) best predicts first-semester college GPA? And do they differ by gender? The study investigated 88 first-time, first-year college students and their academic success during their first college semester using …

Building Resilience In Children With Hearing Loss In General Education Classrooms: A Guide For Parents And Teachers Of The Deaf, Stephanie Elizabeth Micucci

Independent Studies and Capstones

The focus of this study was to provide a summary of the existing literature concerning resilience in children who are deaf and hard of hearing in general education classrooms. The goal of highlighting factors that contribute to the development of resilience in children with hearing loss was to provide parents and deaf educators with an understanding of why building resilience in children is important and how they can support the development of resiliency.

Investigating Self-Efficacy And Potential Contributing Factors For Adolescents Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Aimee Gao

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study investigates the self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing in regards to perceived academic self-efficacy and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning. In addition, it examines any relationships that personality traits and difficulties listening in educational settings may have with these beliefs.

W415.2-002b-04 - Memorabilia: Diplomas And Certificates: 1910-1919, Memorabilia

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Professional Judgment Study Report, Augenblick, Palaich, And Associates (Apa)

Lincy Institute Reports and Briefs

This report summarizes the Professional Judgment (PJ) Study conducted by Augenblick, Palaich, and Associates (APA) for the Lincy Institute at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The Institute commissioned the PJ study as part of a review of Nevada’s school funding system. The review called for studies like this one to update the 2006 Nevada education funding adequacy study. This current study is an adequacy study examining the base cost and adjustments needed for students in Nevada to meet state standards. In the early 1990s, states began to implement Standards-­‐Based Reform in education. By implementing Standards-­‐Based Reform, states set standards …

Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction, January 1, 2015, Tennessee. Department Of Transportation.

TDOT Standard Specifications

No abstract provided.