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From Saint To Sinner And Back Again: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Rehabilitates Her Image, Kelsey Swanson Dec 2016

From Saint To Sinner And Back Again: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Rehabilitates Her Image, Kelsey Swanson

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Kate Chopin, Unfiltered: Removing The Feminist Lens, Chelsea Zea Dec 2016

Kate Chopin, Unfiltered: Removing The Feminist Lens, Chelsea Zea

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Table Of Contents Dec 2016

Table Of Contents

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Title Page

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Historical Perspectives Vol. 10 2005 Dec 2016

Historical Perspectives Vol. 10 2005

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Parallel Technical Sessions Schedule, Institute Of Business Administration Dec 2016

Parallel Technical Sessions Schedule, Institute Of Business Administration

International Conference on Marketing

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Auditory Fatigue Model Applications To Predict Noise Induced Hearing Loss In Human And Chinchilla, Pengfei Sun, Daniel Fox, Kathleen Campbell, Jun Qin Dec 2016

Auditory Fatigue Model Applications To Predict Noise Induced Hearing Loss In Human And Chinchilla, Pengfei Sun, Daniel Fox, Kathleen Campbell, Jun Qin

Articles

Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) remains a severe health problem worldwide. Current noise metrics and models have assessment limitations on gradually developing NIHL (GDNIHL). In this study, we apply a complex velocity level (CVL) auditory fatigue model to quantitatively assess the impact of basilar membrane (BM) movement on GDNIHL. The transfer functions of chinchilla and human auditory systems, including the triple-path nonlinear (TRNL) filters to simulate the inner ear responses, are applied to obtain BM velocity distribution. Chinchilla and human experimental hearing loss data are used to validate the proposed CVL model’s effectiveness. The results reveal that the developed CVL …


Theory On Meaningful Retirement Through Volunteerism: An Application Among The Elderly, Johnny Yao Jr. Dec 2016

Theory On Meaningful Retirement Through Volunteerism: An Application Among The Elderly, Johnny Yao Jr.

CNU Journal of Higher Education

Retirement is a phase in an individual’s life wherein there is withdrawal from employment and for most of the elderly, regular remuneration ceases. In spite of this, there is a growing number of retirees who continues to render work through volunteering even after retirement. This correlational study enlisted a multi-stage and purposive sample of 102 volunteer retirees in Cebu City. A 5-part instrument package was utilized to (1) describe the respondents’ demographic characteristics and (2) the nature of their volunteer work. Their reported (3) psychological well-being, (4) life satisfaction and (5) physical health were also determined using the Ryff Scales …


Equivalent Representations Of Non-Exponential Discounting Models, James A. Feigenbaum Dec 2016

Equivalent Representations Of Non-Exponential Discounting Models, James A. Feigenbaum

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

I characterize the entire class of consumption rules for finite-horizon models in which consumption is proportional to lifetime wealth. Any such rule can be obtained from a preference model with CRRA period utility. In a steady state with constant interest rates, a proportional consumption rule can be derived from a model with time-consistent preferences or from a model with possibly time-inconsistent preferences in which a household continually reoptimizes future utility discounted relative to the present instant. These two preference models will only coincide for the special case when the discount function is exponential. More generally, there will be two distinct …


The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4ps): A Philippine Open Government Partnership (Ogp) Initiative, Ana Leah Cuizon Dec 2016

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4ps): A Philippine Open Government Partnership (Ogp) Initiative, Ana Leah Cuizon

CNU Journal of Higher Education

While 4Ps is part of Good Governance and Anti-Corruption (GGAC) Plan of the Aquino Administration, it is not an identified Open Government Partnership initiative. The researchers delved into how the OGP core principles are resonated through the 4Ps based on the OGP initiative facets: credibility of partnership, strength and innovation in open government approaches, evidence of results, sustainability and special recognition. This study employed a descriptive quantitative research method utilizing a standardized questionnaire, Open Government Awards-The Scoring Process. In order to discuss the issues and concerns of the grand challenges of the OGP Action Plan, a Multiple Stakeholder Approach was …


Principled Organizational Dissent In State Universities And Colleges In Metro Cebu, Jiolito Benitez Dec 2016

Principled Organizational Dissent In State Universities And Colleges In Metro Cebu, Jiolito Benitez

CNU Journal of Higher Education

State Universities and Colleges are offices of public trust. These are institutions in which accountability and transparency are indispensable and thus conscientious and principled dissent is a matter of duty. This study inquired into the instances of Principled Organizational Dissent (POD) in State Universities and Colleges (SUC) in Metro Cebu and the perception of POD among the said SUC employees. As evidenced by the cases and complaints filed before the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas, the Civil Service Commission, Region VII, and respective SUCs, SUC employees do engage in POD. The study revealed that most SUC employees –administrators and non-administrators …


Predictors Of Patients’ Adherence To Public – Private Mix Dots (Ppmd) Treatment, John Carlo Divina Dec 2016

Predictors Of Patients’ Adherence To Public – Private Mix Dots (Ppmd) Treatment, John Carlo Divina

CNU Journal of Higher Education

This study determines predictors of adherence to PPMD treatment. Grounded on Pender’s health promotion model, the descriptive correlational method is used. Thirty five adherent and 35 non-adherent respondents are chosen through simple random sampling. A validated and reliable researcher-made tool is administered and processed using discriminant analysis of the SPSS version 16. This study finds out that quality of health services (b=0.476, p=0.007) directly influences while income (b=-0.381, p=0.030) and perceived social stigma (b=-0.376, p=0.032) both inversely affect adherence. Patients’ adherence towards PPMD treatment is an interchange of the health care services, social and economic factors.


Career Corner: Apply Now For Nih Summer Internships, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2016

Career Corner: Apply Now For Nih Summer Internships, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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New Open Conformation Of Smyd3 Implicates Conformational Selection And Allostery, Nicholas Spellmon, Xiaonan Sun, Wen Xue, Joshua Holcomb, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Weifeng Shang, Brian Fp Edwards, Nualpun Sirinupong, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang Dec 2016

New Open Conformation Of Smyd3 Implicates Conformational Selection And Allostery, Nicholas Spellmon, Xiaonan Sun, Wen Xue, Joshua Holcomb, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Weifeng Shang, Brian Fp Edwards, Nualpun Sirinupong, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

SMYD3 plays a key role in cancer cell viability, adhesion, migration and invasion. SMYD3 promotes formation of inducible regulatory T cells and is involved in reducing autoimmunity. However, the nearly “closed” substrate-binding site and poor in vitro H3K4 methyltransferase activity have obscured further understanding of this oncogenically related protein. Here we reveal that SMYD3 can adopt an “open” conformation using molecular dynamics simulation and small-angle X-ray scattering. This ligand-binding-capable open state is related to the crystal structure-like closed state by a striking clamshell-like inter-lobe dynamics. The two states are characterized by many distinct structural and dynamical differences and the conformational …


Are New Hampshire’S Bobcats Well-Connected?, Lori Wright Dec 2016

Are New Hampshire’S Bobcats Well-Connected?, Lori Wright

UNH Today Archive

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From Nixon To Trump, And All The Presidents In Between, Michelle Morrissey Dec 2016

From Nixon To Trump, And All The Presidents In Between, Michelle Morrissey

UNH Today Archive

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Proposal For A Practical Implementation Of Maslowian Portfolio Theory, Philippe De Brouwer Dec 2016

Proposal For A Practical Implementation Of Maslowian Portfolio Theory, Philippe De Brouwer

European Management Studies

For many centuries, investing in financial markets was only for the very rich. However, since the Second World War it has become both possible and necessary for larger parts of the population to make investment decisions. “Possible,” because wealth became more equally distributed and “necessary,” because of the increase in life expectancy and the need to provide an (extra) income during retirement. In Europe it was MiFID I while in the United States it was FINRA Rule 2111 that gave direction to financial advisers. In their individual ways, both regulations state that they expect good care on the part of …


Relative Company-Valuation Methods: Example Of Companies Listed On The Wse, Andrzej Rutkowski Dec 2016

Relative Company-Valuation Methods: Example Of Companies Listed On The Wse, Andrzej Rutkowski

European Management Studies

Relative valuation methods are commonly used for the valuation of companies listed on the public capital markets, e.g. in Poland on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). The aim of this article is to assess the possibilities of justified use of multiples to determine the value of companies. In the empirical part of the article the multiples determined on the basis of data obtained from the WSE and the financial statements of companies were analysed. The study covered 429 non-financial companies listed on the WSE in 2004–2013. Analysing the results of companies in the consecutive years, very large variability of multipliers …


Sources Of Foreign Currency Debt In European Countries, Renata Karkowska Dec 2016

Sources Of Foreign Currency Debt In European Countries, Renata Karkowska

European Management Studies

The goal of this paper is to identify the causes behind household and business debt in foreign currency as witnessed in selected European countries over the years 2003–2014. The conducted research provides estimates of a broad spectrum of factors that may increase the scale of foreign currency debt of nonfinancial entities, adding to topical literature. These banking sector factors are specific and include the level of lending margins and loan interest rates, and market determinants, including changes to interest rates, differences in interest rates on domestic and foreign currency, changes in currency exchange rates and macro-economic factors such as the …


Application Of Logistic Regression To Detect The Fraudulent Financial Statements, Marek Sylwestrzak Dec 2016

Application Of Logistic Regression To Detect The Fraudulent Financial Statements, Marek Sylwestrzak

European Management Studies

This paper aims to detect the financial statements fraud based on the financial data of the US companies accused by the US Securities and Exchange Commission of manipulating financial statements under rule 10(b)-5 of the Securities Exchange Act in 2000–2007. Particular attention was paid to the use of logistic regression in the empirical literature for the detection of creative accounting. Based on empirical articles we selected thirteen financial ratios and two models predicting bankruptcy aimed at verifying the research hypotheses. In addition, we tested collinearity and equality of central tendencies between companies that falsify and do not falsify financial statements. …


Applying Text Mining To Analyze The Performance Of Pbos On The Basis Of Their Obligatory Annual Activity Statements, Tomasz Dyczkowski Dec 2016

Applying Text Mining To Analyze The Performance Of Pbos On The Basis Of Their Obligatory Annual Activity Statements, Tomasz Dyczkowski

European Management Studies

The paper’s aims is to investigate if the level of detail and selection of particular performance-related information by public benefit organizations (PBOs) in their obligatory annual activity statements can stimulate individual donations. The research encompassed 177 randomly selected Polish PBOs. It applied text mining methodologies and a laboratory experiment. The results obtained allowed the identification of nine key groups of topics that PBOs focus on the narrative parts of their obligatory annual activity statements. Moreover, it was proven that organizations that potential donors would like to support with their 1% tax write-off discuss their performance in more detail and focus …


Long-Term Programs As Instruments For The Effective Management Of Public Finances: Fact Or Myth?, Marta Postuła, Anna Kawarska Dec 2016

Long-Term Programs As Instruments For The Effective Management Of Public Finances: Fact Or Myth?, Marta Postuła, Anna Kawarska

European Management Studies

Long-term planning is recognized by modern science as an indispensable tool for the modern management of broadly understood finances, both private and public. It has been present for years in the financial management of many countries throughout the world. Therefore, it is reasonable to strive to adopt a similar system in relation to public finances in Poland. The sudden importance of long-term financial planning (budgeting) occurred in Poland along with its accession to the European Union. This is borne out by not only the need for social, economic, and financial national plans to take into account the common objectives of …


Measurement Of Fiscal Council Independence In The Countries Of The European Union, Sławomir Franek Dec 2016

Measurement Of Fiscal Council Independence In The Countries Of The European Union, Sławomir Franek

European Management Studies

Recent years have noted a strengthening of institutional solutions serving the improvement of budgetary standing in many countries. One such solution is the functioning of independent fiscal institutions, also known as fiscal councils. The goal of the paper is to define the level of independence of such institutions. The source for the research was an analysis of the fiscal institution independence index developed on the basis of data found in the database of independent fiscal institutions published by the European Commission and the specification of fiscal councils presented by International Monetary Fund.


The Quantum Biology Of Reactive Oxygen Species Partitioning Impacts Cellular Bioenergetics, Robert J. Usselman, Cristina Chavarriaga, Pablo R. Castello, Maria Procopio, Thorsten Ritz, Edward A. Dratz, David John Singel, Carlos F. Martino Dec 2016

The Quantum Biology Of Reactive Oxygen Species Partitioning Impacts Cellular Bioenergetics, Robert J. Usselman, Cristina Chavarriaga, Pablo R. Castello, Maria Procopio, Thorsten Ritz, Edward A. Dratz, David John Singel, Carlos F. Martino

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Faculty Publications

Quantum biology is the study of quantum effects on biochemical mechanisms and biological function. We show that the biological production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in live cells can be influenced by coherent electron spin dynamics, providing a new example of quantum biology in cellular regulation. ROS partitioning appears to be mediated during the activation of molecular oxygen (O2) by reduced flavoenzymes, forming spin-correlated radical pairs (RPs). We find that oscillating magnetic fields at Zeeman resonance alter relative yields of cellular superoxide (O2•−) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) ROS products, indicating coherent singlet-triplet mixing at the point of ROS formation. Furthermore, …


Media Credibility Perception Among Millennials In Slovakia, Lucia Vilčeková Dec 2016

Media Credibility Perception Among Millennials In Slovakia, Lucia Vilčeková

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Communication professionals have been facing various challenges and one of them is how to win the audience. Past studies suggest that credibility could be the key. Therefore, credibility can be suggested as one of the key factors driving the traffi c of individuals to certain media. By gaining a better understanding of how Millennials perceive credibility, companies can more appropriately plan and execute successful media campaigns directed to this very important public. A survey with 190 respondents – Millennials – was conducted to determine how they perceive the credibility of various media types. To measure the perception of media credibility, …


Customer Perceived Value Towards Convenience Stores In Malaysia: The Influence On Customer Satisfaction,Loyalty And Retention, Abdulrauf Animashaun, Tarila Iman Tunkarimu, Omkar Dastane Dec 2016

Customer Perceived Value Towards Convenience Stores In Malaysia: The Influence On Customer Satisfaction,Loyalty And Retention, Abdulrauf Animashaun, Tarila Iman Tunkarimu, Omkar Dastane

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Numerous researchers have centred their attention on Customer Perceived Value towards brands but only a few have focussed on CPV towards convenience stores. The main purpose of the research is to measure the CPV dimensions and identify which dimension infl uences customer satisfaction and as a result leads to customer loyalty and retention for convenience stores in Malaysia. Independent variables such as functional, conditional, social, emotional and economic values were taken into account; the number of 200 customers were sampled, using a blend of explanatory and descriptive research design and a quantitative research method. The reliability was measured ranging from …


Effects Of Motivating To Sustain Commitment Of The Sales Professionals, Sayanjit Guha Dec 2016

Effects Of Motivating To Sustain Commitment Of The Sales Professionals, Sayanjit Guha

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Motivation is an important tool which can have a signifi cant impact to improve the performance of employees in any organization and in the current competitive world, employees’ commitment is crucial in achieving the organizational goals. The current research is aimed at examining the role played by motivation in sustaining the commitment of sales professionals. Primary data has been collected among 100 sales professionals using the close-ended questionnaire. For the analysis purpose both descriptive and inferential analysis has been conducted. The fi ndings from the analysis show that most factors included in the model to measure the motivation show a …


Spatial Spillover Effects Of Debt Relief From The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (Hipc) Initiative, Joshua C. Hall, Serkan Karadas, Minh Tam T. Schlosky Dec 2016

Spatial Spillover Effects Of Debt Relief From The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (Hipc) Initiative, Joshua C. Hall, Serkan Karadas, Minh Tam T. Schlosky

Economics Faculty Working Papers Series

The impacts of various economic and institutional factors transcend the borders of a nation and ow over to adjacent countries. Past research has found that there are spatial spillovers in economic growth, development of institutions, governance quality and institutional quality. This paper conducts a study on the direct and indirect effects of debt relief from the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) programs. The IMF and the World Bank provide debt relief to the member countries that have passed the Decision Point of the HIPC Process. Using the Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) model, …


Book Review: Clean And White: A History Of Environmental Racism In The United States, William W. Mcclanahan Dec 2016

Book Review: Clean And White: A History Of Environmental Racism In The United States, William W. Mcclanahan

Journal of Family Strengths

Zimring, C.arl A. (2016). Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States. New York, New York: NYU Press. 275 pages, $35.