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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 16, February 13, 2008

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Ballroom blitz; Bright futures may be reduced; Candidates argue their experience; Giery, Smith use their differences; Supports show colors - literally; Campus water main bursts.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 15, February 11, 2008

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Return to sender; Hitt vows to aid task force; Faculty contracts can affect students; SGA completes 24 of 31 '07 platform goals.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 14, February 8, 2008

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Medical school gets accreditation; Charges follow home invasion; Both candidates chocking up violations; SGA election debate; Students' integrity questioned.

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Looking Back On Bobby Knight, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The resignation of Robert Montgomery Knight, The General, The Jerk, The Psychopath, is a troublesome development. The coaching profession is one of those socially useful categories in which a society can place a dysfunctional and dangerous sociopath and give them the appearance of filling a socially useful or semi-harmless role.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 13, February 6, 2008

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Putting a stop to the go; Speed a factor in fatal car crash; Jordan princess supports exchange program; Stressed nurses increase turnover.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 12, February 4, 2008

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SGA presidential campaigns begin; Baby dreams; Drug abuse, green fee on ballot; Sigma Pi fraternity hopes to add new chapter at UCF.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 11, February 1, 2008

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Second meningitis case confirmed; Six is enough; Student dies in Ocala car crash; Webcast goes down, hopes stay high.

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Super Bowl Xlii And The Culture Of Excess, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

"Nothing succeeds like success."

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 10, January 30, 2008

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Never giving up hope; Group pursues medical amnesty; Board raises parking and housing fees; 8 senate seats wait to be filled.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 09, January 28, 2008

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Student treated for meningitis bacteria; Officer fallen but never forgotten; Life line; Fla. primaries take forefront.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 08, January 25, 2008

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Med school gets another donation; With Libertarian and Presidency for Paul; Union's Qdoba springs gas leak; Cracks at Knightro's 'not structural'.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 07, January 23, 2008

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Hitt has the power; Magic invite UCF to games; Military research funding controversial; UCF program ranks 9th for scholarly productivity.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 06, January 18, 2008

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Realizing the dream; Thesis uploads interfere for grads; New location incubates ideas; Prof. helps map crime in Russia.

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Congress Takes On Peds, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I have been distracted for the last few days contemplating the fact that the United States has 2.7M candy bars in Iraq and 1.6M cans of soda. Is this "the surge" that has been much discussed over the past few months?

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 05, January 16, 2008

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A shot in the arm; Deaths may change policies; Research dives into the crowd; Foreign students make UCF home.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 04, January 14, 2008

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AT&T donates $50k for research; Can-do in Kenya; Bright Futures benefit reduced; Confusion resolved, meal plan frustrations relieved.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 03, January 11, 2008

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FIEA gets an upgrade; Med school gets new donor; Your pictures are worth a 1,000 words; UCF may demolish Pike house; Experts say HPV infections are rising.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 02, January 9, 2008

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(Running) back draft; Students robbed: 1 pistol-whipped; Institute signs 5-year deal with med school; SGA supports workers' union.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 01, January 7, 2008

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2 students die in crash over holiday; Ethics investigation spawns new lender laws; Gays can be more open in college; Law student applications fall.

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Bowls And The B(C)S, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The New Year in Sport has begun with the usual deluge of bowl games. Watching all those January 1 games is like eating too much chocolate, leaving one queasy and disoriented by sometime late in the Rose Bowl.

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The Impact Of Demographic And Perceptual Variables On A Young Adult's Decision To Purchase Health Private Insurance, John Cantiello

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Each year the number of uninsured individuals in the United States continues to grow. This unfortunate occurrence creates negative consequences for those who are uninsured, but also for those who are covered by health insurance plans. Through cost-shifting practices, hospitals and other healthcare organizations are increasing the cost of other healthcare services to help subsidize the care they must provide for those who cannot pay for that care. There have been attempts to solve this problem, but a successful solution has not been implemented. Rather than attempt to study the entire uninsured population, this study seeks to determine precisely why …

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Health Transitions And The Aging Population: A Framework To Measure The Value Of Rapid Rehabilitation, Dianne Ross

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Healthcare services for the aging population in the United States are a complex configuration of acute healthcare organizations, and post acute nursing facilities, home healthcare, and community based services. The system encompasses all services that imply the need for clinical, medical, or professional judgment (Baldrige National Quality Program, 2006). Most Americans believe the system exists to provide preventive services, management for chronic conditions, and health care services to meet the needs of the people (National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), 2004). However, the healthcare delivery system is fragmented across a broad array of settings (Coleman, Smith, Frank, Min, Parry, & …

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An Analytical Understanding Of Administrative Practices Minimizing Vicarious Traumatization In Domestic Violence Organizations I, Katharine Campbell

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Working within the field of domestic violence can result in the occurrence of vicarious traumatization. The literature supports that collegial support and supervision are effective tools organizations can implement to assist in minimizing vicarious trauma. This study, guided by constructive self development theory and feminist theory, examines whether the level of vicarious trauma is impacted by knowledge base, collegial support, and supervision. Staff within certified shelters in the state of Florida were surveyed using a research designed instrument and the Trauma and Attachment Belief Scale. A total of 112 participants were recruited using the Tailor Design Method of surveying. Findings …

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Healthcare Communication Networks: The Dissemination Of Employee Information For Hospital Security, Jennifer Sumner

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Healthcare in the United States is a system that, organizationally speaking, is fragmented. Each hospital facility is independently operated and is responsible for the hiring of its own employees. However, corrupt individuals can take advantage of this fragmentation and move from hospital to hospital, gaining employment while hiding previous employment history. Traditionally, hospitals have been reluctant to share information on their previous employees, even with other hospitals, for fear of issues surrounding defamation, negligent hiring, and violation of the employee's privacy. However, growth in healthcare services is expected to rise exponentially in the near future, increasing the demand for employees. …

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The Impact Of Policy On Student Success In Secondary Online Education: A Case Study Of Florida Virtual School, Rhonda Mcpherson

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Florida Virtual School (FLVS) was established in 1997 as an online education alternative for the residents of Florida. The purpose of this study was to identify policy changes at the organizational, state, and federal levels that had the propensity to impact student success (as measured by student's final letter grade) at FLVS. In addition, this study identified which type of institutional isomporphic policy (coercive, mimetic, or normative) best classified major policy changes in the organization from 1997-2007. The use of institutional theory as the guiding framework for this study proved to be beneficial and enabled the researcher to conclude which …

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Perceptions Of Risk And Need In The Classification And Supervision Of Offenders In The Community Corrections Setting: The Role O, Laurie Gould

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Risk has emerged as a defining feature of punishment in the United States. Feeley and Simon (1992) note that contemporary punishment is increasingly moving away from rehabilitation (the old penology) and moving toward the management and control of offenders (the new penology), often though actuarial techniques. While the profusion of risk assessment instruments, now entering their fourth generation, provides some support for the assertion that risk is indeed an important element in corrections, it was previously unknown if the risk model applied to all offenders, particularly female offenders. This dissertation addressed that gap by examining whether the risk model applied …

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Determinants Of The Well-Being Of Police Officers In The Turkish National Police, Serdar Yildiz

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This research evaluates the relationships of time balance, social relations, role conflict, perception of work environment, and fourteen control variables to police officers' well-being in Turkish National Police. Well-being is identified in the management literature as having a strong relationship with performance. Therefore, by finding the factors affecting well-being, this research seeks to identify intervention strategies, which can promote a healthy workforce and police performance. Such interventions, in addition, may improve police performance through improved well-being. Individual police officers were analyzed to better understand the relationship between work environment on family life, social life, and the well-being of the police …

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Predictors Of Congressional Incivility, Nicholas Jordan

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Many have decried the lack of civility in Congress. However, to this point, few have attempted to isolate individual level explanations for the lack of comity. This research attempts to rectify this lapse. Through matched pair analysis using quota sampling with replacement, the significant predictors of uncivil behaviors are isolated in a Logistic regression. Initially, a sample is established using the New York Times and Washington Post, 1933-2005, inclusive. This time period begins with the 73rd Congress and ends with the 109th. Incidents of incivility were catalogued and the details concerning the individuals involved were gathered. In the end, the …

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The Impact Of Higher Education On The Job Preparedness And Job Performance Of Turkish National Police Officers, Erhan Beyhan

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The Turkish National Police converted its 9-month Police Training Schools to 2-year college degree programs in 2001 in their pursuit to improve the quality of police officers' job performance, police job preparedness levels, and the police service as a whole. The purpose of this study is to investigate the actual benefits of this higher education policy by empirically measuring and comparing the job preparedness and job performance of police officers with higher education and police officers without higher education. This study consists of two quantitative parts. The first part measured the job performance construct with multiple indicators, including performance evaluation …

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Before And After 9/11: The Portrayal Of Arab Americans In U.S. Newspapers, Cherie Parker

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This research project will determine whether or not Arab Americans are portrayed as members of an out-group, in-group, or victim following the events of 9/11. This study improves upon previous research by analyzing the content of newspaper articles in USA Today, The New York Times, and The Washington Post pertaining to Arab Americans. Since the majority of research indicated the mass media has a tendency to perpetuate a negative stereotype of minorities and of Arabs, it was expected that the media would portray a negative stereotype of Arab Americans as well. The content analysis addressed the coverage of Arab Americans …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 16, February 13, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 15, February 11, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 14, February 8, 2008

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Looking Back On Bobby Knight, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 13, February 6, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 12, February 4, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 11, February 1, 2008

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Super Bowl Xlii And The Culture Of Excess, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 10, January 30, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 09, January 28, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 08, January 25, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 07, January 23, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 06, January 18, 2008

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Congress Takes On Peds, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 05, January 16, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 04, January 14, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 03, January 11, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 02, January 9, 2008

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 01, January 7, 2008

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Bowls And The B(C)S, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The Impact Of Demographic And Perceptual Variables On A Young Adult's Decision To Purchase Health Private Insurance, John Cantiello

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Health Transitions And The Aging Population: A Framework To Measure The Value Of Rapid Rehabilitation, Dianne Ross

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Analytical Understanding Of Administrative Practices Minimizing Vicarious Traumatization In Domestic Violence Organizations I, Katharine Campbell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Healthcare Communication Networks: The Dissemination Of Employee Information For Hospital Security, Jennifer Sumner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Impact Of Policy On Student Success In Secondary Online Education: A Case Study Of Florida Virtual School, Rhonda Mcpherson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Perceptions Of Risk And Need In The Classification And Supervision Of Offenders In The Community Corrections Setting: The Role O, Laurie Gould

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Determinants Of The Well-Being Of Police Officers In The Turkish National Police, Serdar Yildiz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Predictors Of Congressional Incivility, Nicholas Jordan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Impact Of Higher Education On The Job Preparedness And Job Performance Of Turkish National Police Officers, Erhan Beyhan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Before And After 9/11: The Portrayal Of Arab Americans In U.S. Newspapers, Cherie Parker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations