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Internet-based Framework to Support Integration of Customer in the Design of Customizable Products
(Concurrent Engineering, 2006-09-01)
A necessary element to design and produce customer-centric products is the integration of customers in the design process. Challenges faced during customer integration into the design process include generating models of ...
A Historiometric Examination of Machiavellianism and a New Taxonomy of Leadership
(Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2006-06-01)
Although researchers have extensively examined the relationship between charismatic leadership and Machiavellianism (Deluga, 2001; Gardner & Avolio, 1995; House & Howell, 1992), there has been a lack of investigation of ...
Incremental kernel learning algorithms and applications.
(2006)
Since the Support Vector Machines (SVMs) were introduced in 1995, SVMs have been recognized as essential tools for pattern classification and function approximation. Numerous publications show that SVMs outperform other ...
Rising suns, fallen forts, and impudent immigrants: Race, power, and war in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
(2006)
Their assumption became untenable when hundreds of Europeans and their African slaves moved into Natchez country. The resultant web of Indian, French, and African communities created a unique matrix for the production of ...
Organization Culture as an Explanation for Employee Discipline Practices
(Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2006-03-01)
Most supervisors dread employee discipline and often employ strategies not officially sanctioned by the organization. Poorly designed discipline systems cause this variation in discipline practices. Inconsistent discipline ...
Losing our parents: Meaning-making and creativity in the lives of surviving adult daughters.
(2006)
Meaning is discovered within the creative process. Creativity results in a metaphor for meaning. The women expressed that they were unable to move forward until they were able to tell their stories to those close to them. ...
Producer behavior and market dynamics in United States energy industries.
(2006)
The third essay, "Measuring Unilateral Market Power: An Application to the Texas Deregulated Electricity Market" analyzes the unilateral market power in the balancing electricity market in Texas. This essay follows the ...
An exploration into success factors of African American males who obtained terminal degrees from majority White institutions.
(2006)
The study consisted of individual unstructured interviews with five African American males that completed a Ph.D. at an MWI. The interviews explored how these individuals made sense of their achievement of a terminal degree.
Calorimetric and Rheological Measurements of Three Commercial Thermosetting Prepreg Epoxies
(Journal of Composite Materials, 2006-05-01)
The cure kinetics of three different thermosetting resins are investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and oscillatory shear rheometry. For the latter, two different types of plates are used, smooth plates and ...