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A. Marsden, in Brooklyn, to Dear Friend [Elizabeth Clarke]
Title
A. Marsden, in Brooklyn, to Dear Friend [Elizabeth Clarke].
Creator
A. Marsden
Date Issued
1874-08-14
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3332465p
Subject Headings
Clarke Family, Family History, Genealogy
Format
Set of related objects
A. Morris, in Bishop Stortford, to Master Clarke, [Will, Alfred or John]
Title
A. Morris, in Bishop Stortford, to Master Clarke, [Will, Alfred or John].
Creator
A. Morris
Date Issued
1873-11-17
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3332119p
Subject Headings
Clarke Family, Family History, Genealogy
Format
Set of related objects
Performance study of some distributed detection rules
Title
Performance study of some distributed detection rules.
Creator
Aalo, Valentine A., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Abstract/Description
In a distributed detection system, several geographically dispersed local sensors observe the same environment and transmit a condensed version of their observations to a fusion center. The fusion center then decides the presence or the absence of a target based on the information received from the sensors. The performances of several distributed detection rules are investigated. We study the asymptotic (as the number of sensors N $\to$ $\infty$) performance of the system when the fusion rule...
Show moreIn a distributed detection system, several geographically dispersed local sensors observe the same environment and transmit a condensed version of their observations to a fusion center. The fusion center then decides the presence or the absence of a target based on the information received from the sensors. The performances of several distributed detection rules are investigated. We study the asymptotic (as the number of sensors N $\to$ $\infty$) performance of the system when the fusion rule is a "k out of N" rule. With i.i.d. observations at the sensors and k out of N rule with fixed and finite k (or fixed and finite (N-k)) a necessary and sufficient condition, for vanishingly small probability of miss at a fixed probability of false alarm at the fusion center, is derived. The asymptotic performance of a k out of N rule is also studied for the case of correlated Gaussian observations., The effect of correlation on the performance of a distributed detection system is studied for a small number of sensors. The local sensor tests are assumed to be identical and the joint distribution of the observations at the sensors symmetric. It is shown in this case that the joint distribution of the sensor decisions, and therefore, the fusion center rule must be a symmetric function of the local decisions. A numerical performance study for the detection of a constant signal in correlated Gaussian or Laplacian noise shows that system performance deteriorates with increasing correlations. Furthermore, the OR combining rule, although relatively insensitive to changes in correlation coefficient, is inferior to the AND and MAJORITY LOGIC rules., We propose and analyze the performance of a multilevel quantization and fusion scheme that is useful in detecting unknown signals in noise. Numerical performance study shows that the scheme is robust with respect to changes in the signal levels at the sensors under the signal present hypothesis.
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Date Issued
1991, 1991
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/40716
Subject Headings
Engineering, General, Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
Format
Document (PDF)
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment
Title
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment.
Creator
Abbott, Benjamin W., Jones, Jeremy B., Schuur, Edward A. G., Chapin III, F. Stuart, Bowden, William B., Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia, Epstein, Howard E., Flannigan, Michael D., Harms, Tamara K., Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Mack, Michelle C., McGuire, A. David, Natali, Susan M., Rocha, Adrian V., Tank, Suzanne E., Turetsky, Merritt R., Vonk, Jorien E., Wickland, Kimberly P., Aiken, George R., Alexander, Heather D., Amon, Rainer M. W., Benscoter, Brian, Bergeron, Yves, Bishop, Kevin, Blarquez, Olivier, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Breen, Amy L., Buffam, Ishi, Cai, Yihua, Carcaillet, Christopher, Carey, Sean K., Chen, Jing M., Chen, Han Y. H., Christensen, Torben R., Cooper, Lee W., Cornelissen, J. Hans C., de Groot, William J., DeLuca, Thomas H., Dorrepaal, Ellen, Fetcher, Ned, Finlay, Jacques C., Forbes, Bruce C., French, Nancy H. F., Gauthier, Sylvie, Girardin, Martin P., Goetz, Scott J., Goldammer, Johann G., Gough, Laura, Grogan, Paul, Guo, Laodong, Higuera, Philip E., Hinzman, Larry, Hu, Feng Sheng, Hugelius, Gustaf, Jafarov, Elchin E., Jandt, Randi, Johnstone, Jill F., Jan Karlsson, Kasischke, Eric S., Kattner, Gerhard, Kelly, Ryan, Keuper, Frida, Kling, George W., Kortelainen, Pirkko, Kouki, Jari, Kuhry, Peter, Laudon, Hjalmar, Laurion, Isabelle, Macdonald, Robie W., Mann, Paul J., Martikainen, Pertti J., McClelland, James W., Molau, Ulf, Oberbauer, Steven F., Olefeldt, David, Paré, David, Parisien, Marc-André, Payette, Serge, Peng, Changhui, Pokrovsky, Oleg S., Rastetter, Edward B., Raymond, Peter A., Raynolds, Martha K., Rein, Guillermo, Reynolds, James F., Robards, Martin, Rogers, Brendan M., Schädel, Christina, Schaefer, Kevin, Schmidt, Inger K., Shvidenko, Anatoly, Sky, Jasper, Spencer, Robert G. M., Starr, Gregory, Striegl, Robert G., Teisserenc, Roman, Tranvik, Lars J., Virtanen, Tarmo, Welker, Jeffrey M., Zimov, Sergei
Date Issued
2016-03-07
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000121
Format
Citation
The Effect of Sea Level Rise on Juncus roemerianus’s Ability To Remain An Environmental Restoration Indicator Species
Title
The Effect of Sea Level Rise on Juncus roemerianus’s Ability To Remain An Environmental Restoration Indicator Species.
Creator
Abbott, Cara J., Berry, Leonard, Graduate College
Abstract/Description
Juncus roemerianus, the black rush, has long been used in restoration projects in south Florida because of its unique ability to live in both freshwater and saltwater. In particular, it has been used as an indicator of salt-water incursion due to its differing physical forms in varying levels of salinity. When found in freshwater, it can reach heights over 2.1 meters, yet when found in hypersaline water, it becomes dwarfed and only 1 meter in height. Because of its dramatic differences in...
Show moreJuncus roemerianus, the black rush, has long been used in restoration projects in south Florida because of its unique ability to live in both freshwater and saltwater. In particular, it has been used as an indicator of salt-water incursion due to its differing physical forms in varying levels of salinity. When found in freshwater, it can reach heights over 2.1 meters, yet when found in hypersaline water, it becomes dwarfed and only 1 meter in height. Because of its dramatic differences in physical appearance due to salinity, it has provided an easy and fairly cheap method of determining an area’s localized salinity level. Most of Juncus roemerianus’s range in Florida lies around the coasts, which most models predict will experience significant changes due to sea level rise in the not so distant future. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the black rush can remain an environmental restoration indicator species in conditions influenced by sea level rise. This study will take place in the FAU Boca greenhouse and will target increased water levels and increased pH as the main conditions affected by sea level rise. If this study finds that increased water levels and pH do not significantly change the appearance of Juncus roemerianus in varying salinity, then this plant can confidently remain an indicator of salt-water incursion in the future. Conversely, if these conditions do change the appearance of Juncus roemerianus, then this plant may not remain an indicator species in South Florida in the future.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005798
Format
Document (PDF)
role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer
Title
The role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer.
Creator
Abernathy, Barbara E., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description
This mixed methods sequential research study was performed to explore the role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer. One hundred nineteen individuals participated in an online survey which included items from Brief COPE, Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC), Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Sense of Coherence Scale - 3 items (SOC-3), Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale (IIRS), and...
Show moreThis mixed methods sequential research study was performed to explore the role of identity in posttraumatic growth and psychological adjustment for adults with cancer. One hundred nineteen individuals participated in an online survey which included items from Brief COPE, Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC), Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), Sense of Coherence Scale - 3 items (SOC-3), Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale (IIRS), and Centrality of Event Scale (CES). A two-step cluster analysis divided the sample into two clusters based on the integration of cancer into identity: High Cancer Identity Cluster (cancer identity scores above M) with strong cancer identity and Low Cancer Identity Cluster (scores below the M) with a weak or absent cancer identity. HCIC yielded positive and negative subgroups. A discriminant analysis revealed which variables are significant predictors of group membership: PTG factor New Possibilities (Wilks'l = .781, F (1, 119) = 32.834, p = .000), Psychological Adjustment factor Anxious Preoccupation (Wilks' l= .863, F (1, 119) = 18.612, p = .000), Illness Intrusiveness factor Intimate Relationships (Wilks' l= .794, F (1, 119) = 30.348, p = .000), and Illness Perception factor Perceived Life Impact of Cancer (Wilks' l= .783, F (1, 119) = 32.412, p = .000). From the sample, 17 individuals and spouses/partners were interviewed to obtain a deeper understanding of the lived experience of cancer. Qualitative themes of suffering, woundedness, and uncertainty were found. Narrative data corroborated the quantitative data and contributed depth to the analysis. A new Cancer Identity Process Model was offered in which assimilative and accommodative efforts are informed by identity structures., Performing Normalcy is an assimilative process in which stressful life events such as cancer activate automatic behaviors guided by existing identity structures with the goal of reg As dissonance grows over the inability to re-establish valued former identities, negative affect and intrusive rumination prevails. Individuals then utilize accommodative strategies in a process of Constructing Survivorship to either regain valuable aspect of former identities or to create equally valued new ones.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/187204
Subject Headings
Adjustment (Psychology), Cancer, Psychological aspects, Stress management, Identity (Psychology), Mind and body
Format
Document (PDF)
Temporal and spatial variation in habitat characteristics of tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) off the east coast of Florida
Title
Temporal and spatial variation in habitat characteristics of tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) off the east coast of Florida.
Creator
Able, Kenneth W., Grimes, Churchill B., Jones, Robert S., Twichell, David C., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1993
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172857
Subject Headings
Tilefish, Marine sediments --Florida, Carbonates, Sidescan sonar, Oceanographic submersibles
Format
Document (PDF)
Malkes-Malkes
Title
Malkes-Malkes.
Creator
Abramowitz, Max, Russotto, Henry A.
Date Issued
1907
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/70757
Subject Headings
Piano, Voice
Format
Document (PDF)
Jews and Ukrainians in revolutionary times: Autonomy, statehood, and civil war, 1917-1920
Title
Jews and Ukrainians in revolutionary times: Autonomy, statehood, and civil war, 1917-1920.
Creator
Abramson, Henry Maurice., University of Toronto (Canada)
Abstract/Description
With the fall of the tsarist government in the spring of 1917, Jewish and Ukrainian leaders attempted to forge a new political relationship between the traditionally hostile communities. The Jewish political parties, in particular the various socialist groups, strongly supported the Ukrainian movement as it established a Ministry of Jewish Affairs. Ukrainian currency was printed with Yiddish inscriptions, Jewish groups were well-represented in all levels of government, and state funds were...
Show moreWith the fall of the tsarist government in the spring of 1917, Jewish and Ukrainian leaders attempted to forge a new political relationship between the traditionally hostile communities. The Jewish political parties, in particular the various socialist groups, strongly supported the Ukrainian movement as it established a Ministry of Jewish Affairs. Ukrainian currency was printed with Yiddish inscriptions, Jewish groups were well-represented in all levels of government, and state funds were used to support Jewish institutions. Despite these positive developments, the government was unable to contain the anarchy that overcame Ukraine in the years that followed the collapse of the Empire. Various military groups and bands of hooligans terrorized the Jews and other minority populations, with the pogrom violence peaking in 1919. Ironically, some forty per cent of the recorded anti-Jewish pogroms were perpetrated by troops ostensibly loyal to the same Ukrainian government that supported the Ministry of Jewish Affairs. This dissertation examines the development of the Ukrainian-Jewish political experiment and the reasons for its eventual failure.
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Date Issued
1995, 1995
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/40276
Subject Headings
History, European, History, Modern
Format
Document (PDF)
Junior Voice Recital by Edgar M. Abreu (tenor) - Spring 2010
Title
Junior Voice Recital by Edgar M. Abreu (tenor) - Spring 2010.
Creator
Abreu, Edgar (Tenor), Lertsintupun, Sumpun (Piano), FAU Department of Music
Date Issued
2010-04-23
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3165697
Subject Headings
Vocal music, Piano music
Format
Set of related objects
Selected TLR Agonists Act in Synergy to Reprogram DC-NK Cross-talk and Generate Effector T cells in Nicotinic Environment
Title
Selected TLR Agonists Act in Synergy to Reprogram DC-NK Cross-talk and Generate Effector T cells in Nicotinic Environment.
Creator
Abu-Nuwar, Emily, Tamjidi, Saba, Nouri-Shirazi, Mahyar, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
Abstract/Description
The magnitude of immune responses to vaccination is a critical factor in determining protection from diseases. We reported that nicotine disrupts the properties of DCs that are pivotal in the initiation of immune response to vaccines. Here we investigated whether TLR agonist(s) could overcome the effects of nicotine on human DC and DC-NK cross-talk essential for effector T cell generation. nicDC, nicDC-NK, and nicDC-NK-T cultures exposed to TLR agonists were evaluated for expression of...
Show moreThe magnitude of immune responses to vaccination is a critical factor in determining protection from diseases. We reported that nicotine disrupts the properties of DCs that are pivotal in the initiation of immune response to vaccines. Here we investigated whether TLR agonist(s) could overcome the effects of nicotine on human DC and DC-NK cross-talk essential for effector T cell generation. nicDC, nicDC-NK, and nicDC-NK-T cultures exposed to TLR agonists were evaluated for expression of costimulatory molecules, cytokines, and intracellular cytokine IFN-g using ELISA and flow cytometry. Our data shows that among the TLR agonists, TLR3 and TLR8/7 synergistically optimized nicDC maturation co-cultured NK cell activation. Importantly, similar to DC-NK, nicDC-NK treated with TLR3 and TLR8/7 and co-cultured with naïve T cells promoted a comparable number of effector T cells. Our data suggest that the addition of appropriate TLR agonist(s) to vaccine formulation could potentially improve the smokers’ immune response to vaccination.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005554
Subject Headings
College students --Research --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
On the spectrum of positive operators
Title
On the spectrum of positive operators.
Creator
Acharya, Cheban P., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Abstract/Description
Spectral theory, mathematical system theory, evolution equations, differential and difference equations [electronic resource] : 21st International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications, Berlin, July 2010.It is known that lattice homomorphisms and G-solvable positive operators on Banach lattices have cyclic peripheral spectrum (See [17]). In my thesis I prove that positive contractions whose spectral radius is 1 on Banach lattices with increasing norm have cyclic peripheral point...
Show moreSpectral theory, mathematical system theory, evolution equations, differential and difference equations [electronic resource] : 21st International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications, Berlin, July 2010.It is known that lattice homomorphisms and G-solvable positive operators on Banach lattices have cyclic peripheral spectrum (See [17]). In my thesis I prove that positive contractions whose spectral radius is 1 on Banach lattices with increasing norm have cyclic peripheral point spectrum. I also prove that if the Banach lattice is a K B space satisfying the growth conditon and º is an eigenvalue of a positive contraction T such that [º] = 1, then 1 is also an eigenvalue of T as well as an eigenvalue of T¨, the dual of T. I also investigate the conditions on contraction operators on Hilbert lattices and AL-spaces which guanantee that 1 is an eigenvalue. As we know from [17], if T : E-E is a positive ideal irreducible operator on E such the r (T) = 1 is a pole of the resolvent R(º, T), then r (T) is simple pole with dimN (T -r(T)I) and ºper(T) is cyclic. Also all points of ºper(T) are simple poles of the resolvent R(º,T). SInce band irreducibility and º-order continuity do not imply ideal irreducibility [2], we prove the analogous results for band irreducible, º-order continuous operators.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359288
Subject Headings
Operator theory, Evolution equations, Banach spaces, Linear topological spaces, Functional analysis
Format
Document (PDF)
Fluctuation and correlation effects in a charged surface immersed in an asymmetric electrolyte solution
Title
Fluctuation and correlation effects in a charged surface immersed in an asymmetric electrolyte solution.
Creator
Acharya, Pramod, Lau, Andy W. C., Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361263
Subject Headings
Green's functions, Field theory (Physics), Electrostatics
Format
Document (PDF)
Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South
Title
Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South: Nepali writers Jhamak Ghimire and Bishnu Kumari Waiwa (Parijat).
Creator
Acharya, Tulasi., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description
This thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even...
Show moreThis thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even greater disadvantages for women who are physically disabled. Challenging these cultural stigmas, Waiwa and Ghimire celebrate sexuality and disability as sources of creativity, agency, and identity in narratives that deconstruct cultural or social models of sexuality, motherhood, and beauty. In this thesis feminist disability and feminist theory guide an analysis of Waiwa and Ghimire's writing to advance our understanding of gender, culture, disability and literature in the Global South.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356903
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Prejudices in literature, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Stigma (Social psychology), Women in literature, Social conditions
Format
Document (PDF)
U.S. relations with China
Title
U.S. relations with China.
Creator
Acheson, Dean
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
196-
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002781
Subject Headings
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
Format
Document (PDF)
La harangve d'Achior l'Ammonite svr vn advis donne a monseignevr le prince :
Title
La harangve d'Achior l'Ammonite svr vn advis donne a monseignevr le prince :.
Creator
Achior l'Ammonite
Abstract/Description
Prononcée apres celle d'Alexandre le Forgeron. Achior le duc de tous les fils d'ammon, dit. monseigneur s'il te plaist de m'escouter ie diray la verité en ta presence & nesortira point une fausse parolle de ma bouche. Iudith. 5. In favor of the alliance policy with Spain. Signatures: A-B⁴. Published in response to "Advis a Monseignevr le prince". Cf. Bourgeois et André, "Les Sources de l'Histoire de France", 1924.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb15f15
Subject Headings
Condé, Henri II de Bourbon -- prince de -- 1588-1646, France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, France -- Politics and government -- 1610-1643 -- Early works to 1800, France -- Foreign relations -- Spain -- Early works to 1800, Spain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800
Format
E-book
education quality system: A content validation
Title
The education quality system: A content validation.
Creator
Acker-Hocevar, Michele A., University of South Florida
Abstract/Description
This dissertation reports the content validation of an Education Quality System that was developed by Snyder and Acker-Hocevar in 1994. The system assists schools with the direction of change over different phases of organization development. The review of the literature indicates that the paradigm shift from the Industrial Era to the Knowledge Era has implications for different types of worker competencies required in the next century. This system offers educators a Quality framework for...
Show moreThis dissertation reports the content validation of an Education Quality System that was developed by Snyder and Acker-Hocevar in 1994. The system assists schools with the direction of change over different phases of organization development. The review of the literature indicates that the paradigm shift from the Industrial Era to the Knowledge Era has implications for different types of worker competencies required in the next century. This system offers educators a Quality framework for changing outmoded Bureaucratic practices to Quality practices that focus on new customer requirements for the 21st century., The system contained two books. Book One, the Quality Performance System Model includes the conceptual model for the system. Six performance and three Results Areas, definitions and descriptions; and, Outcomes aligned to Performance and Results Areas. Book Two, the Quality Change Process Model describes the change process over time from a Bureaucratic to a Quality System. Three phases of change illustrate the organizational evolution to a Quality System: Awareness, Transition and Transformation. Indicators exemplify and describe the organizational development process under the three phases of change, but begin with a description of current Bureaucratic practices., The Education Quality System (EQS) was submitted for critical examination to 84 experts in the field of education and Quality management. All levels of the educational system were represented: teacher, building level administrator, district supervisors, and directors, assistant superintendents, superintendents, State department, and university representatives. Additionally, there were Quality experts who had national recognition for their books written on Quality schooling. The experts validated the content of the EQS with regard to its clarity, relevance, importance, and logical progression across phases of organizational development and change. Reactions from the validation experts were evaluated in relation to quantitative criteria and qualitative comments. The quantitative analysis yielded very high support for the system. The Qualitative comments were used to make refinements to the System made in Phase Two of the validation study by a panel of five experts who participated in Phase One of the content validation. The panelists reviewed the quantitative results and used the qualitative comments to reach consensus on recommended changes to the system. The results of both Phase One and Phase Two of the content validation indicate that the EQS is complete, clear and has relevance and importance to guide the direction of organizational change for educators within a framework of Change, Systems, Quality and School Reform and Improvement.
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Date Issued
1994, 1994
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/40783
Subject Headings
Business Administration, Management, Education, Administration
Format
Document (PDF)
call of public service
Title
The call of public service: motivation and professional commitment in education.
Creator
Ackerina, Jacqueline., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector participants, the majority were Caucasian, female, and under the age of 30. All respondents held at least a bachelor's degree and the majority held up to ten years tenure in education. Utilizing an abridged version of Perry's (1996) multi-dimensional scale that was modified for the education sector, the public service motivation (PSM) construct was measured using an Internet survey approach. Three of the public service motivation dimensions and two commitment items were used to operationalize the PSM and professional commitment of education professionals within their current roles. Correlation, regression, ANOVA, and t-test analyses were conducted to examine the data collected. Study findings concluded that education professionals possess public service motivation and are professionally committed to their careers. In addition, results indicated that school district administrators possessed higher levels of public service motivation than teachers. Furthermore, demographic characteristics indicated that educators who are older, more experienced, and highly educated possess higher levels of PSM. Perhaps the most critical discovery was that when comparing education professionals to their public administration counterparts, educators possessed higher levels of public service motivation. These findings have several important implications for education institutions, academic scholars, human resource managers, and leadership preparation programs that would all benefit from all
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342031
Subject Headings
Motivation (Psychology), Educational leadership, Public administration, Education, Aims and objectives, Education, Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Inducing relaxation in the queen conch Strombus gigas (L.) for cultured pearl production
Title
Inducing relaxation in the queen conch Strombus gigas (L.) for cultured pearl production.
Creator
Acosta-Salmón, Héctor, Davis, Megan
Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2761975
Subject Headings
Queen conch, Pearls, Marine biology --Research
Format
Document (PDF)
Indications ofrelationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18S rRNA gene sequences
Title
Indications ofrelationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18S rRNA gene sequences.
Creator
Adams, Christi L., McInerney, James O., Kelly-Borges, M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007272
Subject Headings
Sponges, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S, Demospongiae, Phylogeny--Molecular aspects, Calcarea, Hexactinellida
Format
Document (PDF)

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