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Adaptive Localized Active Route Maintenance Mechanism to Improve Performance of VoIP over Ad Hoc Networks
(2011-02)
An important characteristic of a mobile ad hoc network routing protocol is connectivity maintenance. The protocol’s ability to maintain routes and react to topology changes due to link failures affects the delay, packet ...
Developing Leadership for Creative Efforts: A Preface
(Advances in Developing Human Resources, 2011-08-01)
Michael D. Mumford is the George Lynn Cross distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the ...
Discursive positioning and planned change in organizations
(Human Relations, 2011-02-01)
This study uses discursive positioning theory to explore how planned change messages influence organizational members’ identity and the way they experienced organizational change. Based on an in-depth case study of a home ...
Culture of Honor and Violence Against the Self
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2011-12-01)
Cultures of honor facilitate certain forms of interpersonal violence. The authors suggest that these cultures might also promote values and expectations that could heighten suicide risk, such as strict gender-role standards ...
Income Convergence and Regional Growth in India: Before and After the Economic Liberalization
(South Asia Economic Journal, 2011-09-01)
In this article I study regional growth and sub-national income convergence in India in the context of economic reforms that have been undertaken since 1991. I also examine convergence in development inputs such as population ...
Elevated Levels of the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter and a Novel Repetitive Behavior in the Drosophila Model of Fragile X Syndrome
(PLos One, 2011-11-02)
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is characterized by mental impairment and autism in humans, and it often features hyperactivity and repetitive behaviors. The mechanisms for the disease, however, remain poorly understood. Here we ...
The Torpedo Effect: Myth or Reality?
(Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2011-04-01)
General evidence indicates that managers manage earnings at three common earnings thresholds: analyst forecasts, prior period earnings, and zero earnings. We examine one market-based motivation suggested for this behavior. ...
Progressive in Theory, Regressive in Practice: A Critical Race Review of Avatar
(Humanity & Society, 2011-02-01)
Holden's Hold on the Censors
(Contexts, 2011-10-01)
J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye has been on bookshelves since the 1950s—and its presence there has been protested for almost as long. This review explores why that Holden Caulfield can still elicit such social ...
Influence of User Comments on Perceptions of Media Bias and Third-Person Effect in Online News
(Electronic News, 2011-06-01)
J. Brian Houston, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Missouri.