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Mid-Level Procurement Manager Leader Development: A Collective Case Study, Douglas Veatch

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The development of high-performing employees with the potential to assume leadership roles remains a vital exercise for organizations. Public and private sector organizations of all sizes have implemented programs focused on developing the next generation of leaders. The researcher explored the issue of how a national service industry organization is experiencing varied levels of success of leader development in the case of geographically dispersed mid-level procurement managers in the trucking logistics group. Guided by elements of successful leader development programs, the purpose of this collective qualitative case study was to discover the common issues and factors that lead to success …

Genetic Variants In Kcnj11, Tcf7l2 And Hnf4a Are Associated With Type 2 Diabetes, Bmi And Dyslipidemia In Families Of Northeastern Mexico: A Pilot Study, Hugo Leonid Gallardo-Blanco, Jesus Zacarias Villarreal-Perez, Ricardo Martin Cerda-Flores, Andres Figueroa

Computer Science Faculty Publications

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether genetic markers considered risk factors for metabolic syndromes, including dyslipidemia, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), can be applied to a Northeastern Mexican population. A total of 37 families were analyzed for 63 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and the age, body mass index (BMI), glucose tolerance values and blood lipid levels, including those of cholesterol, low‑density lipoprotein (LDL), very LDL (VLDL), high‑density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides were evaluated. Three genetic markers previously associated with metabolic syndromes were identified in the sample population, including KCNJ11, TCF7L2 and HNF4A. The KCNJ11 …

Lower Prairie Creek Project Redwood National Park "Forest Owners", Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

"This file addresses forest ownerships, using deeds, patents, and maps in the Humboldt County Recorder’s Office, Eureka Courthouse. Pretty boring to wade through, these records, nonetheless, document how the public domain of northwestern California—the ancient redwood forests—came to be concentrated in the hands of timber companies. ... Land in the Lower Prairie Creek Project area (plus much, much other forest lands) was obtained through fraudulent patents and deed transactions involving David Evans and his associates for transfer to Scottish investors and eventually to “legitimate” timber companies. The end result, of course, is that what once belonged to indigenous people and …

Elementary Principal Perceptions Of The Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model, Jason W. Vance

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) had been in a state of reform since being awarded the Race to the Top Grant. Few teachers admit that an evaluation influenced them significantly; additionally, few administrators agreed that when they evaluated a teacher, it did not significantly affect the teacher or students. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the perceptions of building‑level principals regarding the effectiveness (i.e., increased teacher participation and quality) and efficiency (i.e., produces the required results) of the TEAM in regard to teacher evaluations. Four elementary school principals from East Tennessee participated in the study. The …

Knowledges For The Early Childhood Education And Care Workforce, Barr Vjg Campbell

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Is The Supreme Court Disabling The Enabling Act, Or Is Shady Grove Just Another Bad Opera?, Robert J. Condlin

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Accommodating Everyone, Nicole Buonocore Porter

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Taxing Utopia, Samuel D. Brunson

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Standard Of Review For Gun Rights: The Second Amendment Question Hot As A Two-Dollar Pistol, Adam P. Soloperto

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Is Applied Behavioral Analysis Education, Medicine, Or Both?: A Study Of The Funding Challenges That Accompany An Autism Diagnosis, Yaakov Pollak

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Manslaughter By Text: Is Encouraging Suicide Manslaughter?, Carla Zavala

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Board Of Officers - Vol. 47, No. 1 2016

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents - Vol. 47, No. 1 2016

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Informal Security Groups As Social Non-Movement In Indonesia: Case Of Buru Jejak In Central Lombok, Yogi Setya Permana

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

This essay discusses vigilante groups in relation to access for rights to security, particularly in Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara Province. Vigilante groups are defined as 'informal security groups' to distinguish them from formal security entities owned by the state such as the police and military. I propose an alternative interpretation toward the existence of informal security groups that is different from mainstream explanation. Most of the literatures have a strong tendency to categorize informal security groups merely as antagonist actors and a predatory element in the process of democratization in Indonesia. By referencing Asef Bayat’s notion of social …

The Impact Of Interethnic Marital Relation On The Dynamics Of Interdependence: A Phenomenological Finding From Javanese And Chinese Couples In Indonesia, Jony Eko Yulianto, Faturochman Faturochman

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

Javanese and Chinese Indonesians (Tionghoa) ethnicity both emphasize the importance of social harmony in their relations. Does it exist in intermarriage of these two ethnics? The present study describes the existence of interdependence and its dynamics in the marital relation between Chinese Indonesian women and Javanese men by applying qualitative method with phenomenology approach on 24 married couples in Solo and Yogyakarta. The result shows that interdependence manifestation in interethnic marriage includes identity establishment, the use of power, and the utilization of resources. Identity establishment consists of fused identity, layered identity, attributed identity, and value-focused identity. The use of power …

Referral Pattern Of Emergencies In Obstetrics: Implications For Defining Scope Of Services And Policy, Rahat Najam Qureshi, Rozina Sikandar Sultanali, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Raffat Bano, Nigar Jabeen

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Objective: To analyse referral pattern of high-risk obstetric cases from secondary to tertiary care hospitals and to assess their maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised all referred obstetric cases from secondary-level hospitals to tertiary-level care within and outside the Hospital between January 2011 and December 2014. Day and time of referral, reason for referral as well as maternal and neonatal outcomes were collected. SPSS 19 was used for data analysis.

Results: Of the 634 obstetric referrals, 279(44%) patients were referred to the study site, while 355(56%) …

State-Action Immunity And Section 5 Of The Ftc Act, Daniel A. Crane, Adam Hester

Michigan Law Review

The state-action immunity doctrine of Parker v. Brown immunizes anticompetitive state regulations from preemption by federal antitrust law so long as the state takes conspicuous ownership of its anticompetitive policy. In its 1943 Parker decision, the Supreme Court justified this doctrine, observing that no evidence of a congressional will to preempt state law appears in the Sherman Act’s legislative history or context. In addition, commentators generally assume that the New Deal court was anxious to avoid re-entangling the federal judiciary in Lochner-style substantive due process analysis. The Supreme Court has observed, without deciding, that the Federal Trade Commission might …

Explosion Testing Of A Polycarbonate Safe Haven Wall, Kyle A. Perry, Rex A. Meyr

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The MINER Act of 2006 was enacted by MSHA following the major mining accidents and required every underground coal mine to install refuge areas to help prevent future fatalities of trapped miners in the event of a disaster where the miners cannot escape. A polycarbonate safe haven wall for use in underground coal mines as component of a complete system was designed and modeled using finite element modeling in ANSYS Explicit Dynamics to withstand the MSHA required 15 psi (103.4 kPa) blast loading spanning 200 milliseconds. The successful design was constructed at a uniform height in both half-width scale and …

Prospects For Observing And Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients With Advanced Ligo And Advanced Virgo, Benjamin P. Abbott, Marco Cavaglia, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present a possible observing scenario for the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community to facilitate planning for multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. We determine the expected sensitivity of the network to transient gravitational-wave signals, and study the capability of the network to determine the sky location of the source. We report our findings for gravitational-wave transients, with particular focus on gravitational-wave signals from the inspiral of binary neutron-star systems, which are considered the most promising for multi-messenger astronomy. The ability to localize the sources …

High Order Harmonic Generation From Sf₆: Deconvolution Of Macroscopic Effects, B. P. Wilson, K. D. Fulfer, S. Mondal, X. Ren, J. Tross, E. D. Poliakoff, J. Jose, Anh-Thu Le, R. R. Lucchese, Carlos A. Trallero-Herrero

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We measure high order harmonics from the molecule SF₆ over a large range of phase matching conditions and observe several features in the harmonics that are largely independent of such macroscopic conditions. The experimental data are then compared to the quantitative rescattering theory for the generation of harmonics from three orbitals. With this comparison, we are able to assign spectroscopic features in the harmonics to contributions from 1t_1g (HOMO) and 5t_1u (HOMO-1) orbitals.

Toward Transparency And Broader Safeguards Conclusion: A Closer Look At The Proposed Saudi’S Civilian Nuclear Power Program, Thaqal Alhuzaymi, Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The higher the transparency of any civilian nuclear power program, the higher the chance of attracting and securing the long-term foreign nuclear cooperation. For newcomer states, securing nuclear cooperation is essential for successful deployment and implementation of nuclear power program. Complying with an acceptable types of safeguards commitment/protocols plays a major role in increasing transparency. The determination of transparency primarily relies on the presence of sensitive nuclear isotopes–as defined under IAEA’s safeguards–with a nuclear facility. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is considering the deployment of civilian nuclear power program with a projected nuclear capacity ~18 gigawatt-electric (GWe) by 2032-40. The …

Effect Of Amino-Functionalization On Insulin Delivery And Cell Viability For Two Types Of Silica Mesoporous Structures, Abdollah Zakeri Siavashani, Masoumeh Haghbin Nazarpak, Fateme Fayyazbakhsh, Tayebeh Toliyat, Steven James Peter Mcinnes, Mehran Solati-Hashjin

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Inorganic Mesoporous Structures Are a Class of Novel Biomaterials that Have Shown Practical Applications in Delivery of a Variety of Therapeutic Agents. in the Present Study, Two Mesoporous Structures Were Prepared, and the Effect of Surface Modification on their Insulin Delivery and in Vitro Cytotoxicity Was Evaluated. Morphological and Structural Characterizations of Silica Particles Were Accomplished by Different Analytical Techniques, Including Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) Surface Area Analyses. the Drug Loading Capacity and in Vitro Drug Release Behavior of Silica Structures Were Investigated under Simulated Gastrointestinal Conditions and Phosphate-Buffered Saline Solution …

V.53-4, 2016 Masthead

San Diego Law Review

No abstract provided.

Catholic Social Teaching, The Right To Immigrate, And The Right To Regulate Borders: A Proposed Solution For Comprehensive Immigration Reform Based Upon Catholic Social Principles, Chad G. Marzen, William Woodyard Ii

San Diego Law Review

A number of scholars have commented on the significance of religious traditions to the debate concerning immigration policy in the United States.[1] In this Article, we contend that the Catholic legal tradition is relevant to the contemporary debate among policymakers, as it balances policy considerationsof the right to immigrate as well as the right of a nation to regulate its borders advocated on both ends of the policy debate. Section I of this Article discusses the current policy debate concerning comprehensive immigration reform and recent major legislative proposals for comprehensive immigration reform, including the plan of the “Gang of Eight” …

Building A Bench: A Close Look At State Appellate Courts Constructed By The Respective Methods Of Judicial Selection, Diane M. Johnsen

San Diego Law Review

This Article analyzes detailed career-path and other demographic data to determine the extent to which the various judicial selection methods advance diverse candidates to the bench. The results show many similaritiesamong the mix of objective characteristics found on appellate benches across the states, regardless of selection method, but there are some important differences ... Part I discusses the history of judicial selection in the states and reviews the prior empirical and theoretical literature concerning judicial selection methods and the differences among judges produced by those selection methods, mainly with respect to gender, race, and localism. Part II identifies the data …

When Everything Is Small: The Regulatory Challenge Of Scale In The Sharing Economy, Kellen Zale

San Diego Law Review

The sharing economy—the rapidly evolving sector of peer-to-peer home- sharing and ride-hailing transactions facilitated by platforms like Airbnb and Uber—offers the potential for economic growth, greater sustainability, and expanded access for underserved groups. But the massive number of small-scale activities that these platforms facilitate also causes negative cumulative impacts and exposes regulatory fractures, from the loss of long-term rental housing to discrimination against protected classes to increased burdens on public infrastructure. This Article contends that scale is a defining feature and fundamental challenge of the sharing economy. Small may be beautiful, but when everything is small, the regulatory challenge is …

Stem Cell Derived Cosmetic Products: An Overview, Muthukumar Amirthalingam, Raviraja N. Seetharam

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

In the modern society we live in, people prefer to look well-groomed and presentable. Although, this is completely based on the individual taste and personality, the beauty products help this cause in a great way and enhance the external appearance. There are many natural and synthetic cosmetic ingredients in beauty products, providing the aesthetic effect to the person. As the society and science advances, the search for newer cosmetic ingredients, which offer renewed hope to the growing beauty industry and consumers. Conditioned media has emerged as one of the disruptive innovations of recent times in cosmetic ingredients, which may provide …

2016-2017 Performance Forum - December 1, 2016, Clarissa Vieira, Huyen Anh Nguyen, Sing Hong Lee, Alberto Zilbertstein, Stephanie Barrett, Nolan Carbin, Mario Rivieccio, Mariana Cisneros, Gustave Wilde, Amy Nickler, Evan Musgrave, Jordan Nashman, August Berger, Feruza Dadabaeva, Scott Davis, Yu Lu, Bailey Michelle Collins, Nicole Marie P. Cortero, Suhao Bai, Xiaoxiao Wang

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Exports To China On Latin American Growth, Andre C. Vianna

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

This article analyzes the relationship between GDP growth in seven major Latin American countries and China’s demand for their exports. GLS panel estimation using annual data for the period 1994-2013 shows that the relationship was both statistically and economically significant. Control variables found to be significant in positively affecting GDP growth include the investment-to-output ratio, the exchange rate, and the terms of trade, and, in negatively affecting it, population growth and the unemployment rate. Consistent with recent literature, foreign direct investment was found not to be significant. A sharp drop in exports to China for many of the countries in …

Unauthorised Fiduciary Gains And The Constructive Trust, Alvin W. L. See

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article challenges the traditional assumption that all cases of unauthorised fiduciary gain warrant the same legal treatment, in particular the imposition of a constructive trust as a disgorgement remedy. It proposes a method of categorising the cases and ranking them based on the strength of the principal’s interest. It is suggested that in cases where the principal’s interest is not particularly strong, there is room for taking into account the interests of innocent third parties and affording them the necessary protection. For this purpose, the remedial constructive trust supplies the needed flexibility.