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Exploring transparency: a new framework for responsible business management
(2016-02-08)
The purpose of this paper is to critically review the relevant literature on transparency, provide a comprehensive definition of transparency, and present a new framework for facilitating the adoption of transparency as ...
AN ANALYSIS OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE STATE OF KUWAIT
(2012)
Kuwait is an important producer of oil and gas. Its rapid socio-economic growth has been characterized by increasing population, high rates of urbanization, and substantial industrialization, which is transforming it into ...
THE EFFECTS OF A TWELVE WEEK SEDENTARY BREAK INTERVENTION VERSUS A STANDARD WALKING PROGRAM IN ADULTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES
(2014-05-09)
PURPOSE: To determine if a 12-week program designed to increase breaks in sedentary time will improve blood glucose control compared to a standard 12-week walking program for patients with Type II Diabetes. METHODS: 19 ...
Assessing the impact of non-conventional observation types on high-resolution 3DVAR analyses and ARW-WRF forecasts
(2016-12)
This work looks at the impact on high-resolution analyses and forecasts of several non-conventional data types available within the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Urban Testbed. A major focus is an evaluation of the added value ...
SURVEY OF CATALYST AND REDUCTANT EFFECTS ON OXORHENIUM CATALYZED DEOXYDEHYDRATION OF GLYCOLS
(2015-02-06)
Sustainable and renewable carbon sources are of great interest for long term succession of humankind. The sugars and polyols derived from cellulosic biomass offer such a sustainable feedstock considering cellulosic biomass ...
A Global Perspective on Public Relations Professionalism: Mapping the Structure of Public Relations Associations’ International Networks
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2014-09-01)
Associations play a powerful role in socializing practitioners. The presence of public relations associations across the world is one more step toward professionalization for the entire profession. This study examines the ...
CONSEQUENCES OF HABITAT TRANSITIONS ON LOCOMOTIVE TRAIT DIVERSIFICATION AT THE MICRO- AND MACRO-EVOLUTIONARY SCALES
(2015-05-08)
Contemporarily evolving systems provide a unique opportunity to characterize the direction, pattern, and rates of phenotypic change among multiple species. The damming of streams to create reservoirs results in a change ...
Study of Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles
(2012)
Enhancement of molecular fluorescence is of great interest due to the widespread popularity of fluorescence-based detection techniques available today. Although fluorescence-based detection is considered to be more sensitive ...
Where Are the Women? The Presence of Female Columnists in U.S. Opinion Pages
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2014-06-01)
Empirical and anecdotal evidence shows that the news media are male-dominated. This study updates the extant literature on women’s representation in the op-ed pages of ten U.S. newspapers. A content analysis showed that ...
The Motivation to Love: Overcoming Spiritual Violence and Sacramental Shame in Christian Churches
(2015-03-14)
The Motivation to Love is a collaborative, qualitative study of spiritual violence in Roman Catholic and evangelical Protestant churches’ relationships with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Spiritual ...