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Browsing Theses 2013 by Issue Date
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(2013-07-11)In this study I examined how cognitive biases affect the performance appraisal ratings and recommended actions for an employee in a hiring simulation. The biases that were originally anticipated were self-serving bias, ...
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(2013-07-11)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of viewing a police officer on attitudes toward the police and whether gender or previous trouble with the law made a difference in the way participants answered a ...
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(2013-07-11)Beta-lactam antibiotics are among the most widely prescribed antibiotics in clinical settings. As a result, it is not uncommon to encounter clinically isolated bacteria that produce beta-lactamase as a means of resistance ...
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(2013-07-11)This study examined the relationship between the presence of work-family conflict and child development, analyzing the intervening variable of marital satisfaction. Participants were 38 married individuals with at least ...
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(2013-07-11)This document explores the influence of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land on Allen Ginsberg’s Howl via the use of fragmented structure and post-apocalyptic language. Both of these poets created zeitgeist poems that spoke to ...
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(2013-07-11)A teaching kit entitled The Genotype-Phenotype Connection was created around a novel mutant of Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 called KBT-1. The activities in the kit recapitulate the isolation and characterization of KBT-1 and ...
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Different Conflict-Resolution Strategies between Americans and Lebanese: A Cross-Cultural Comparison(2013-07-11)In this study, I investigated the differences between a Western and a Middle Eastern sample of employees in their supervisory conflict handling styles. I also examined employees’ intention for organizational exit, tenure, ...
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(2013-07-11)White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging wildlife disease that has caused the most rapid wildlife population declines ever reported and is threatening all temperate bat species. Analysis of the growth from WNS inflicted ...
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(2013-07-11)The purpose of this study was to examine (a) what motivates Human Resource (HR) professionals to obtain HR certifications and (b) the benefits of HR certifications for the employee and his or her organization. I surveyed ...
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(2013-07-11)Chromium(III) has generally been considered to be essential for proper carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and despite recent evidence to the contrary, chromium(III)-containing compounds remain one of the most popular ...
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(2013-07-11)In the late 1800s, Lespedeza cuneata (sericea lespedeza) was introduced in North America. It became a noxious weed in Kansas due to its ability to invade and degrade native tallgrass prairie, and is currently one of the ...
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(2013-07-11)This study aims to dissect the molecular mechanisms by which sesquiterpene zerumbone (ZER) exerts its inhibitory effects on human melanoma cells, and examine the potential therapeutic effect of ZER on melanoma development ...
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(2013-07-15)In 1993, the Kansas Biological Survey (KBS) conducted the first systematic herpetofaunal survey that was specific to the Fort Riley Military Reservation (Riley and Geary counties) and documented 39 reptile and amphibian ...
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(2013-07-15)According to Baron-Cohen (2003), three brain types exist (Types E, S, & B), caused by biological differences in the brains of females and males. Contrary to Baron-Cohen’s hypothesis, the similarities hypothesis proposes ...
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(2013-08-01)Several oscillations/variations in oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns are known to influence climate over North America. The most prominent oscillations affecting the conterminous Unites States are the El ...
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(2013-08-01)Much of Western society’s values originate from the Judeo/Christian faith. For thousands of years, society has upheld outmoded, oppressive gender roles that are based on passages in the Bible. Two of the of the Bible that ...
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(2013-08-01)The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand how an art therapist would be perceived and utilized at an Indian Health Services (IHS) facility on the Navajo Reservation. Specific focus was on how an art ...
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(2013-08-01)The purpose ofthis study was to examine how gender, generational differences, and whether working in a team versus individually would affect the three subscales of burnout: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and professional ...
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(2014-01-06)Statistics is an important tool for researchers in almost every field that impacts modern life. Multiple linear regression analysis is one of the most important tools available to these researchers. A difficult, but ...
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(2014-01-06)Three sinkholes opening in Audrain County, Missouri in 2008 offered a rare opportunity to examine karst features in an environment in which they rarely occur. The regional geology around the site consists of Mississippian-age ...
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