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Santa Fe Convention And Visitors Bureau_April 1992, John Temple

BBER Publications

This report summarizes findings from nearly 1,600 Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau surveys collected and analyzed by BBER in 1992, providing detailed profiles of recent visitors, first‑time tourists, and non-visiting patrons, including travel patterns, spending, demographics, and preferred activities. It offers a clear statistical snapshot of Santa Fe’s tourist base and the interests driving both visits and planned trips.

Asymmetric Market Failure And Prisoner's Dilemma In Intellectual Property, Wendy J. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

When competitors engage in unrestrained copying of each others' intangible products, the structure can resemble a prisoner's dilemma in which free choice leads to unnecessarily low individual payoffs and low social welfare. There are many ways to avoid these low payoffs, such as contract enforcement, direct regulation of copying behavior through IP, and direct government subsidies. All of these modes alter the payoff pattern away from prisoner's dilemma.

When should lawmakers place copyright law or other IP law among the prime options to consider?

Because copyright, patent, misappropriation and the like all work through private-property markets, one key is to …

The Case For Taxing Consumption, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The governments of most industrialized nations, especially in the European Community, use consumption taxes far more than the United States. Yet a low-saving, slow-growing economy such as the United States would benefit greatly from shifting the national revenue system from taxing income to taxing consumption. That change would provide a powerful incentive to increase the nation's saving and investment and, therefore, economic growth and living standards. This report examines the pros and cons of consumption taxation and also analyzes the major policy alternatives to structuring a new tax of that type.

Books And Letters Vol. 6, No. 1, University Libraries, John A. Harrison, Anne Marie Candido, Michael J. Dabrishus, Juana R. Young, Norma Ortiz-Karp, Ellen C. Shipley, Ethel C. Simpson, Don Batson

Books and Letters

Aldous Huxley Books Donated to Library; Abbot Speaks to Library Friends; Director's Column; NEH Supports Still-Arvey Project; Fletcher Papers Basis for New Studies

Postsecondary Education As Triage: Returns To Academic And Technical Programs, Kevin Hollenbeck

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This paper examines the labor market outcomes of individuals with various types of postsecondary educational experiences. In particular, it examines differences between students who have pursued technical education programs from those who have pursued academic programs and from those individuals who have not pursued any type of postsecondary education. Empirical evidence is presented concerning the relationship between economic outcomes and grades earned and the degree to which the labor market rewards credentials. Wage and earnings models yield different structural parameter estimates when based on the three different populations. The differences are most dramatic for high school background effects and for …

A Comparison Of Blood Volume Pulse And False Biofeedback In The Treatment Of Migraine, Paul Greilick

Dissertations

The efficacy of temporal artery blood volume pulse (BVP) biofeedback in the treatment of migraine was investigated. After four pre-treatment baseline psycho-physiological monitoring sessions, 8 migrainuers were randomly assigned to undergo 12 sessions of either BVP biofeedback or a placebo procedure (false feedback). Both treatments resulted in clinically significant and statistically equivalent reductions in headache activity and medication intake. Subjects exhibited substantial within-session decreases in BVP amplitude during pre-treatment baseline sessions and during false feedback, and the introduction of BVP biofeedback failed to increase the magnitude or the rate of BVP amplitude reductions. All subjects failed to show evidence of …

A Comparison Of Four Methods To Teach Complex Verbal Concepts Using A Computer-Assisted Instruction Program, John Byron Connors

Dissertations

This study compared four instructional programs which taught terminology in behavioral psychology using computer-assisted instruction (CAD with college students. The independent variable was the type of instruction presented by one of four CAI programs: (a) Rules Only, (b) Rules Plus Positive Examples, (c) Rules Plus Negative Examples, and (d) Rules Plus Positive and Negative Examples. The dependent variables were the: (a) pretest scores, (b) posttest scores, (c) 1-week delayed posttest scores, and (d) preference questionnaire scores. Using the pretest as a covariate, results approached significance (p=.07) on posttest scores only for the Rules Only and Rules Plus Positive Examples over …

Appeal And Vulnerability Patterns In Girl Victims Of Incest, Ruth Mausert-Mooney

Dissertations

This study compared certain personal characteristics and behaviors of sexually abused girls with those of matched controls. Experimental subjects were 49 girls, aged 6 to 16 years, who had been sexually abused by an older male family member. Fifty girls who had not experienced sexual abuse served as the comparison group, matched on the basis of age, race and socioeconomic status.

Demographic and psychological measures were completed by each research participant and her mother. Videotapes were made of an initial session in which each child met an unknown male tester.

This study hypothesized and affirmed that sexually abused girls appeared …

Effects Of Feedback Type And Signal Probability On Quality Inspection Accuracy, Matthew A. Mason

Dissertations

A computer simulation was developed to examine the effects of feedback type (immediate, delayed, or none) and signal probability (p = 0.05 or 0.12) on the accuracy of identifying signals (missing components), inspection response rate, and response sensitivity (d'). Subjects were randomly assigned to one of six experimental groups: (1) immediate feedback with a signal probability of 0.05 (1/0.05), (2) delayed feedback with a signal probability of 0.05 (D/0.05), (3) no feedback with a signal probability of 0.05 (N/0.05), (4) immediate feedback with a signal probability of 0.12 (1/0.12), (5) delayed feedback with a signal probability of …

The Impact Of A Stress Management Training Program On Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia, Robert J. Sheppard

Dissertations

Fibromyalgia is a noninflammatory rheumatic disorder characterized by musculoskeletal pain, nonrestorative sleep, and mood disturbance. Emotional stress is frequently reported as a factor that exacerbates symptoms. This study was designed to assess the impact of stress management training on perceived stress and fibromyalgia symptoms. Four female subjects with fibromyalgia participated on an individual basis in a 10 week stress management training program, which was administered in the fixed sequence of training in self-monitoring, relaxation, cognitive behavioral skills, and assertion. The effects of the training on self-report measures of perceived stress, pain, functional disability, sleep disruption, daytime fatigue, and depression were …

Job Aids, Feedback, And The Teaching Of Verbal-Reasoning, Angela Williams Campbell

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to test the effects of a job aid and feedback on learning to solve directional verbal-reasoning problems, and (2) to examine whether students’ skills transferred to similar problems following the removal of both the job aid and feedback. Some previous researchers who studied problem solving utilized the think-aloud technique and used solutions generated by expert problem solvers. The think-aloud technique, although perhaps a good one, is not practical in the classroom. In the main study, a job aid was incorporated within the problem so students would be able to use guidance toward …

The Relationship Between Gender And Empathy On A Telephone Hotline, George Shepeard

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The impact of gender upon levels of empathy within the context of a volunteer telephone hotline was examined. Male and female confederates placed fictitious telephone calls to the hotline which were recorded and evaluated for state empathy. Trait empathy of the hotline volunteers was also assessed and results revealed no gender differences. A gender of caller by gender of telephone worker analysis of variance on state empathy ratings revealed no significant main effects or interactions. A significant negative correlation between age of the telephone worker and the empathy levels was found. The lack of expected findings is discussed in terms …

About Faces: The Investigation Of Electrodermal Activity (Eda) As It Relates To The Recognition And Naming Of Faces, Donald J. Shearer

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study investigates and replicates the occurrence of a "W" pattern or compound electrodermal activity (EDA) response as it relates to the perception and naming of faces first found in Shearer and Mikulka (1991). Thirty-four male and thirty-four female subjects were randomly assigned to two conditions. The two conditions were balanced for sex having 17 males and 17 females each. The subjects were each presented 40 facial stimulus slides and the accompanying EDA responses were recorded. In the experimental condition subjects were required either to name (identify) the face or give a "feeling of knowing" rating of the face. In …

Review Of Advertising Realities By Wes Perrin, James Pokrywczynski

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Letter To Richard Spinelli Regarding Contribution To Seaall, March 31, 1992, Mary Cross

Correspondence

A letter from Mary Cross to Richard Spinelli thanking Spinelli for a contribution to SEAALL.

Spartan Daily, March 31, 1992, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 98, Issue 47

Pvn-Lot-386-H-017, Christopher Attarian

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-386-K-020, Jennifer Shearin

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-335-C-030, Kim Sarnecki

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-391-F-023, Rachel Smith

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 Ayieeeeee!, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

Broda, Jeremy. Wishing – Short Story

• Bricking, Tanya. Completely Free & Scared Witless – Bungee Jumping

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Wessling, Susan. Gays Here Suppressed, But Numerous
• Grundy, Julie. Terms Expire for Two Regents – Danny Butler, Freddie Travis
• Martin, John. Football: May Be Cut to Save Money
• Stivers, Stephanie. General Education Classes May Change
• Students Should Be Immunized
• Lady Tops Can Make California Dream a Reality - Basketball
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Big Red at NCAA Tournament
• Francis, LaKresia. Malcolm X Spoke from Experience
• Garrett, Jon. Malcolm X Was One of 1960s Great Orators
• Something to Talk About – NCAA Tournament Photo Spread
• Anna, …

Pvn-Lot-101-H-019, Jennifer Ehret

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Bill #92-09-S - Establish Asg Health Insurance Ad-Hoc Committee, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill regarding the creation of a student health insurance committee.

Bill #92-12-S - Construction Of Recycling Center Wall, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to build a wall to enclose the recycling center.

Bill #92-14-S - Constitutional Amendments, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill regarding changes to the constitution.

Letter To William S. Hein Regarding Contribution To Seaall, March 31, 1992, Mary Cross

Correspondence

A letter from Mary Cross to William S. Hein thanking Hein for his contribution to SEAALL.

Letter To Cameron Keels Regarding Contribution To Seaall, March 31, 1992, Mary Cross

Correspondence

A letter from Mary Cross to Cameron Keels thanking Keels for a contribution to SEAALL.

Letter To Paulette Webb Regarding Contribution To Seaall, March 31, 1992, Mary Cross

Correspondence

A letter from Mary Cross to Paulette Webb thanking Webb for a contribution to SEAALL.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 53, March 31, 1992

Central Florida Future

Arts makes its own foreign language rules; Hitt dreams big for UCF's future; All hail breaks loose across campus.