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Title: A Value Study of Reasons for Joining Associations.
Creator: De Kock, Duane Erwin, Florida Atlantic University, Georgoff, David M.
Abstract/Description: This thesis is a study of the values given twenty reasons normally considered important in influencing individuals and companies to join associations. Comparisons are made of the obtained values from four different groups: the association executives for individual member associations, the new members of individual member associations, the association executives for company member associations, and the new members of company member associations. The study is made on the state level of each...
Show moreThis thesis is a study of the values given twenty reasons normally considered important in influencing individuals and companies to join associations. Comparisons are made of the obtained values from four different groups: the association executives for individual member associations, the new members of individual member associations, the association executives for company member associations, and the new members of company member associations. The study is made on the state level of each association used in the research. It evaluates whether there is a difference between the perceived values of the twenty reasons, whether there is a difference between the perceived values as given by association executives as compared to new members, and whether there is a difference between the perceived values as given by representatives of the company member associations as compared to those given by the individual member associations.
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Date Issued: 1972
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13498
Subject Headings: Associations, institutions, etc, Values
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Title: A phenomenological study of values held by nurse administrators.
Creator: McHugh-Ballou, Deborah Sue., Florida Atlantic University, Winland-Brown, Jill
Abstract/Description: This research study addresses the personal, professional and organizational values held by nurse administrators, utilizing the phenomenological method of Paul Colaizzi (1978). The study investigates the values of eight nurse administrators in two acute care hospitals. Based on the significant statements which were formulated into clusters of themes and the formulation of essential values and themes, three common values emerged: communication, education, and honesty. A better understanding of...
Show moreThis research study addresses the personal, professional and organizational values held by nurse administrators, utilizing the phenomenological method of Paul Colaizzi (1978). The study investigates the values of eight nurse administrators in two acute care hospitals. Based on the significant statements which were formulated into clusters of themes and the formulation of essential values and themes, three common values emerged: communication, education, and honesty. A better understanding of these values will help guide nurse administrators in their current roles.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14808
Subject Headings: Nurse administrators, Nursing ethics, Values
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Title: A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND VALUES FOR PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS CURRENTLY TEACHING IN SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOOLS (PRIVATE, PAROCHIAL).
Creator: LOMBARD, CHERYL RUTH., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, as measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, and values, as measured by the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values Scale. The sample included 126 teachers (grades kindergarten through twelve) currently teaching in public, private religious and private non-religious schools in South Florida. The results of this study did not support the theory that values were related to job satisfaction. There were also no...
Show moreThis study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, as measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, and values, as measured by the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values Scale. The sample included 126 teachers (grades kindergarten through twelve) currently teaching in public, private religious and private non-religious schools in South Florida. The results of this study did not support the theory that values were related to job satisfaction. There were also no significant correlations between age, sex, and salary and job satisfaction at the .05 level of significance. It was found that among the teachers in this sample, private religious teachers had the highest level of job satisfaction as measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. A further finding indicated that teachers ranked aesthetic values higher than the other five values measured by the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values Scale. However, aesthetic value was not necessarily related to job satisfaction. It was found that teachers in private religious schools had the highest degree of job satisfaction as measured by the experimental instrument.
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Date Issued: 1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11864
Subject Headings: Job satisfaction--Testing, Values--Measurement, Values--Testing, Allport-Vernon study of values test
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Title: Does corporate diversification enhance firm value during times of crisis?.
Creator: Volkov, Nikanor, Garcia-Feijoo, Luis, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2013-04-12
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361968
Subject Headings: Diversification in industry, Value, Industrial management
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The nutritional chemistry of thedecapsulated cysts of four geographical strains of the brine shrimp Artemia Salina (L).
Creator: Landau, Matthew P., Riehm, J. P., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007170
Subject Headings: Artemia salina, Brine shrimp, Eggs, Nutritive Value
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Title: HOMOCLINIC DYNAMICS IN A SPATIAL RESTRICTED FOUR BODY PROBLEM.
Creator: Murray, Maxime, James, Jason Mireles, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: The set of transverse homoclinic intersections for a saddle-focus equilibrium in the planar equilateral restricted four body problem admits certain simple homoclinic orbits which form the skeleton of the complete homoclinic intersection, or homoclinic web. In this thesis, the planar restricted four body problem is viewed as an invariant subsystem of the spatial problem, and the influence of this planar homoclinic skeleton on the spatial dynamics is studied from a numerical point of view....
Show moreThe set of transverse homoclinic intersections for a saddle-focus equilibrium in the planar equilateral restricted four body problem admits certain simple homoclinic orbits which form the skeleton of the complete homoclinic intersection, or homoclinic web. In this thesis, the planar restricted four body problem is viewed as an invariant subsystem of the spatial problem, and the influence of this planar homoclinic skeleton on the spatial dynamics is studied from a numerical point of view. Starting from the vertical Lyapunov families emanating from saddle focus equilibria, we compute the stable/unstable manifolds of these spatial periodic orbits and look for intersections between these manifolds near the fundamental planar homoclinics. In this way, we are able to continue all of the basic planar homoclinic motions into the spatial problem as homoclinics for appropriate vertical Lyapunov orbits which, by the Smale Tangle theorem, suggest the existence of chaotic motions in the spatial problem. While the saddle-focus equilibrium solutions in the planar problems occur only at a discrete set of energy levels, the cycle-to-cycle homoclinics in the spatial problem are robust with respect to small changes in energy. The method uses high order Fourier-Taylor and Chebyshev series approximations in conjunction with the parameterization method, a general functional analytic framework for invariant manifolds. Tools that admit a natural notion of a-posteriori error analysis. Finally, we develop and implement a validation algorithm which we later use to obtain Theorems confirming the existence of homoclinic dynamics. This approach, known as the Radii polynomial, is a contraction mapping argument which can be applied to both the parameterized manifold and the Chebyshev arcs. When the Theorem applies, it guarantees the existence of a true solution near the approximation and it provides an upper bound on the C0 norm of the truncation error.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013758
Subject Headings: Boundary value problems, Invariant manifolds, Applied mathematics
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Title: The relationship between memory and social judgement: A dynamical perspective.
Creator: Yuan, Xiaojing, Florida Atlantic University, Vallacher, Robin R.
Abstract/Description: This study explored the relationship between memory and social judgment. Subjects evaluated someone who was described in both desirable and undesirable terms in a taped conversation. They used a computer mouse to express their judgments on a moment-to-moment basis for 90 sec. under one of three instructional sets: memory-based (mouse judgment upon completion of the conversation, based on their recall of information), on-line (mouse judgment while listening to the conversation), and off-line ...
Show moreThis study explored the relationship between memory and social judgment. Subjects evaluated someone who was described in both desirable and undesirable terms in a taped conversation. They used a computer mouse to express their judgments on a moment-to-moment basis for 90 sec. under one of three instructional sets: memory-based (mouse judgment upon completion of the conversation, based on their recall of information), on-line (mouse judgment while listening to the conversation), and off-line (mouse judgment upon completion of the conversation, based on their judgments formed while listening to the conversation). Half the subjects believed their judgments were relevant to the person's fate (high importance), half believed their judgments were not relevant to his fate (low importance). Subjects in the off-line/important condition demonstrated sustained oscillation in their mouse judgments throughout the judgment period in accord with dynamic integration. In all other conditions, subjects converged on a stable judgment relatively quickly, in accord with static integration.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15472
Subject Headings: Social values, Social perception, Memory, Judgment (Logic)
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Title: A VALUES STUDY OF VOLUNTARY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS AND NON-CONTRIBUTORS TO AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION.
Creator: MATTHEWS, GERALD WILLIAM., Florida Atlantic University, Sanford, Donald G.
Abstract/Description: This study attempts to explain the motivation for a voluntary financial gift through the analysis of individual value systems. Contributors and non-contributors to a fraternal association are compared by value rankings. Certain socioeconomic information was also collected and compared. It is anticipated that the study will be a base of information for more detailed study into the complex field of motivation to contribute financially to not-for-profit organizations.
Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13907
Subject Headings: Associations, institutions, etc, Fund raising, Values
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Title: Nursing values as the basis for practice of graduate students in nursing.
Creator: McMillan, Susan Stevens., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine nursing values as expressed in the practice of nurses pursuing the Master of Science Degree in Nursing. Two stories representing nursing situations reflective of nurses' values guiding practice were chosen for analysis. Content analysis was the method used to study the stories to identify values guiding the practice of nursing. The analysis revealed the following nursing values guiding practice: compassion, respect for the other, competence, commitment...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine nursing values as expressed in the practice of nurses pursuing the Master of Science Degree in Nursing. Two stories representing nursing situations reflective of nurses' values guiding practice were chosen for analysis. Content analysis was the method used to study the stories to identify values guiding the practice of nursing. The analysis revealed the following nursing values guiding practice: compassion, respect for the other, competence, commitment, inner harmony, patience, hope, courage, humility, and trust. Caring was identified as the central value of nursing.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15018
Subject Headings: Nursing ethics, Values, Caring, Nursing students--Philosophy
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Title: Spectral decomposition of grid data.
Creator: Donovan, Andrew., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Spectral decomposition is a method of expressing functions as a harmonic series, and can be used for the simplification of complicated physical problems. This type of analysis requires knowledge of the function at all points on a circle or sphere. In problems where the function is known only at discreet points, regular intervals in a rectangular grid, for example, numerical methods must be employed to compute approximate coefficients for the harmonic expansion. In this paper, we investigate...
Show moreSpectral decomposition is a method of expressing functions as a harmonic series, and can be used for the simplification of complicated physical problems. This type of analysis requires knowledge of the function at all points on a circle or sphere. In problems where the function is known only at discreet points, regular intervals in a rectangular grid, for example, numerical methods must be employed to compute approximate coefficients for the harmonic expansion. In this paper, we investigate numerical methods for computing Fourier coefficients of a two dimensional function at a fixed radius, and spherical harmonic coefficients in three dimensions on a sphere of fixed radius.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11572
Subject Headings: Inverse problems (Differential equations), Boundary value problems, Differential equations, Partial, Mathematical physics, Harmonic analysis
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Title: The Effects of Competition on Empathy and Prosociality.
Creator: Gilad, Corinne, Maniaci, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: The current research investigated the effects of competition on empathy and prosociality in two studies. Study 1 aimed to explore associations between competition and prosociality by asking participants to play a computer puzzle game that was either high or low on competitiveness, and then to complete measures of empathy, perspective taking, compassionate love and willingness to sacrifice for a romantic partner. Study 1 found a marginally significant difference across conditions for...
Show moreThe current research investigated the effects of competition on empathy and prosociality in two studies. Study 1 aimed to explore associations between competition and prosociality by asking participants to play a computer puzzle game that was either high or low on competitiveness, and then to complete measures of empathy, perspective taking, compassionate love and willingness to sacrifice for a romantic partner. Study 1 found a marginally significant difference across conditions for perspective taking, a marginally significant gender interaction for perspective taking, and a significant gender by condition interaction for compassionate love, in support of hypotheses that competition reduces prosocial responses in men. Study 2 addressed methodological limitations from Study 1 and examined the effect across a broader range of relationship contexts, including close friends. Results for Study 2 did not replicate the marginally significant effect for perspective taking seen in Study 1, but found a significant interaction between gender and condition predicting perspective taking. Significant findings in line with prior research emerged for dominance and commitment, indicating that higher dominance and lower commitment were associated with less empathy and prosociality. Overall, results do not consistently support the hypothesized effect of competitive situations on prosocial and empathic behavior, although results of exploratory analyses suggest potential moderated or conditional effects.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004822, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004822
Subject Headings: Competition--Psychological aspects., Empathy., Social values., Identity (Philosophical concept), Motivation (Psychology)
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Title: Dynamic analysis of single- and multi-module platforms in waves.
Creator: Kling, Kaylie Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Ananthakrishnan, Palaniswamy, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The response of single- and multi-module floating platforms to surface waves is investigated theoretically. Wave exciting forces are computed using methods based on the Morrison equation and Froude-Krylov hypothesis. The radiation forces are obtained from experimental results of Vugt and where possible diffraction forces using the Haskind reciprocity relation. Heave and pitch response of a one-module platform and hinge-connected two-module platform are determined by integrating the...
Show moreThe response of single- and multi-module floating platforms to surface waves is investigated theoretically. Wave exciting forces are computed using methods based on the Morrison equation and Froude-Krylov hypothesis. The radiation forces are obtained from experimental results of Vugt and where possible diffraction forces using the Haskind reciprocity relation. Heave and pitch response of a one-module platform and hinge-connected two-module platform are determined by integrating the corresponding equations of rigid-body motion. A structural dynamic analysis is also carried out using the Green's function method to determine the elastic flexural response of the platform to waves. The results are compared with the experimental and numerical findings of others. The thesis contributes to a better understanding of rigid-body and elastic response of large ocean platforms subject to wave forces. The methodology is computationally less intensive and therefore can be effectively used for the design of platforms and the validation of numerical algorithms.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13399
Subject Headings: Ocean engineering, Wave motion, Theory of, Water waves--Mathematical models, Drilling platforms, Extreme value theory
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Title: Values identified by nurses in middle management positions.
Creator: Jester, LaFonda Renee., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the values identified by nurses in middle management positions at a Florida for profit hospital. Latent content analysis was the method used to describe values identified by ten nurses in middle management positions. The analysis revealed a total of eight value themes. Two themes emerged as overarching: the value of economics and the value of caring. Six other value themes were interwoven into the overarching themes and consisted of commitment,...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the values identified by nurses in middle management positions at a Florida for profit hospital. Latent content analysis was the method used to describe values identified by ten nurses in middle management positions. The analysis revealed a total of eight value themes. Two themes emerged as overarching: the value of economics and the value of caring. Six other value themes were interwoven into the overarching themes and consisted of commitment, compassion, competence, patience, respect for the other and technology.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15129
Subject Headings: Nurse administrators, Nursing services--Administration, Values, Nursing--Decision making
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Title: The impact of a value-added tax on the cash flow of corporations.
Creator: Murphy, John Aloysius Daniel, Florida Atlantic University, Hoffman, Michael J. R.
Abstract/Description: Advocates of a value-added tax claim VAT is superior to the existing corporate income tax (CIT) in the area of economic efficiency, i.e., tax neutrality. Since tax neutrality is a major criterion for tax policy analysis, VAT's superior allocative efficiency relative to a corporate income tax is an argument VAT proponents use to promote adoption of a value-added tax. VAT supporters maintain that CIT distorts allocation of production resources while VAT, a proportional tax, is insensitive to...
Show moreAdvocates of a value-added tax claim VAT is superior to the existing corporate income tax (CIT) in the area of economic efficiency, i.e., tax neutrality. Since tax neutrality is a major criterion for tax policy analysis, VAT's superior allocative efficiency relative to a corporate income tax is an argument VAT proponents use to promote adoption of a value-added tax. VAT supporters maintain that CIT distorts allocation of production resources while VAT, a proportional tax, is insensitive to production methods or use of production resources. This argument is questionable because assessments of corporate income tax neutrality automatically include the impact of CIT on corporate cash flow since CIT, classified as an expense, is a cash drain. The incidence issue aside, VAT is not considered an expense but a pass-through liability with cash flow impact resulting from timing differences existing between receivables, payables and government remittances. The impact of VAT on corporate cash flow is not automatically included when assessing value-added tax neutrality nor is it evident that VAT proponents have consciously considered it in their evaluations. This study empirically examines the impact of VAT on cash flows of manufacturing corporations in order that value-added tax neutrality might be better assessed. Impact of VAT on cash flow is simulated for an assumed year of effectivity and two follow-on years. Multiple regression techniques are used to evaluate statistically the relationships between company characteristics, industry group membership and cash flow due to VAT. The results indicate that adoption of a VAT in the United States would cause a significant change in cash flows in the year of effectivity. Strong influence by sales, payables turnover, and to a lesser extent, receivables turnover is observed. The results also indicate existence of differential cash flow impact across manufacturing industry subgroups suggesting that VAT neutrality requires rethinking.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12282
Subject Headings: Corporations--Taxation--United States, Value-Added Tax--United States
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Title: The stories of America: In search of national values in family memorate.
Creator: Neile, Caren Schnur., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Susan Love
Abstract/Description: This study examines American cultural values through the lens of family storytelling. It addresses: (a) the role of family stories in the transmission of cultural values, (b) the existence of shared American cultural archetypes, motifs and themes, (c) the existence of shared national values, and (d) the role of storytelling in promoting peace. Since September 11, 2001, American leaders and journalists have repeatedly emphasized the distinction between the American Weltanschauung and that of...
Show moreThis study examines American cultural values through the lens of family storytelling. It addresses: (a) the role of family stories in the transmission of cultural values, (b) the existence of shared American cultural archetypes, motifs and themes, (c) the existence of shared national values, and (d) the role of storytelling in promoting peace. Since September 11, 2001, American leaders and journalists have repeatedly emphasized the distinction between the American Weltanschauung and that of the terrorists and their supporters, particularly with regard to an orientation to life and death, and tradition and progress. As dynamic folklore, family stories are the ideal instruments with which to tease out deep-rooted values. Stories are rich repositories of cultural schemas, the bricolage of information and attitudes that form our identities. They are also replete with symbols that reflect shared, unconscious understandings. Unlike many other cultural products, moreover, family stories are relatively unaffected by government or corporate agendas. What is more, they typically resonate with Americans. For this study, I examined 54 family stories collected from 12 native-born informants of diverse backgrounds according to four modes of analysis: archetypes; motifs; themes and subjects. The analyses revealed that the primary relevant archetypes, motifs, themes and subjects present in these stories are unlucky accidents/survivors; tricksters/heroes; death/rebirth, and family feuds. National values that emerged from the stories tend to reflect many of the values that are historically attributed to Americans, including an emphasis on achievement, individualism, and, in particular, progress. In addition, the stories reveal a certain tension between past- and future orientation in American culture. Finally, storytelling both reflects and comprises the social drama characterized by Turner as breach/crisis/redress/integration that leads to communitas. This study attempts to help promote communitas by demonstrating how we can begin to connect with others through the common values found in our stories.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12023
Subject Headings: Storytelling--United States, Family--United States, Values, Interpersonal relations
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Title: A structure of values synthesized from the lived experience of new registered nurses.
Creator: Amole, Carol., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to evolve a description of values of nurses who were recent graduates of associate degree nursing programs. Six new nurses who were employed in hospitals were asked for illustrations of nursing situations that described values important to their practice. Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies was utilized for data analysis. Caring was the value that emerged as central to nursing. New graduates expressed this value as caring promoting...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to evolve a description of values of nurses who were recent graduates of associate degree nursing programs. Six new nurses who were employed in hospitals were asked for illustrations of nursing situations that described values important to their practice. Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies was utilized for data analysis. Caring was the value that emerged as central to nursing. New graduates expressed this value as caring promoting growth. Subsumed within the value of caring for new nurses are hope, conscience, courage, honesty, humility, empathy and human connectedness.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15125
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Nursing ethics, Values, Caring, Nurses--Job satisfaction
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Title: For Pets’ Sake: Is There a Need for Dog Safety Community Education?.
Creator: Falcone, Jaclyn Nicole, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The history of the human-canine relationship and the human-canine bond is longstanding and has grown and developed throughout the years. Today, dogs are considered part of the family and are beneficial in impacting people across the United States. Introducing the community to dog safety education may strengthen the awareness and confidence of dog lovers across the state of Florida and hopefully reduce the number of preventable dog emergencies. This research suggested the reasons for dog...
Show moreThe history of the human-canine relationship and the human-canine bond is longstanding and has grown and developed throughout the years. Today, dogs are considered part of the family and are beneficial in impacting people across the United States. Introducing the community to dog safety education may strengthen the awareness and confidence of dog lovers across the state of Florida and hopefully reduce the number of preventable dog emergencies. This research suggested the reasons for dog ownership and the importance of protecting our beloved canines by presenting a literature review covering the evolution of the human-canine relationship, human-canine bond, positive effects of canines on humans, history of humane education to demonstrate the importance of dogs in the lives of American citizens and an overview of community education and the importance dog safety community education. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to understand the current state of dog safety community education in Florida and to introduce the need for policies and procedures for dog safety training for adults, if needed based on the research. This topic was analyzed through a needs assessment administered through a Parks & Recreation department in south Florida and online through social media. Ten key informants were selected to interview for an in-depth understanding of their perspective on this topic. Document analysis was conducted to see if results of the needs assessment were addressed in brochures and other media locally. The participants were community members of Florida who were also dog owners. Participants were adults over the age of 18. The participants’ anonymity was protected, as no names were collected from the survey. After carefully examining data collected from 10 interviews, document analysis, and surveys of 150 participants who are dog owners in Florida, the researcher of this study revealed factors that show substantial value that dog owners place on their dogs and interest in educational opportunities to protect their safety. The significance of this study presented additional research dispelling a misconception that dog safety education as easily accessible and available in Florida based communities. This study was also significant because it contributes to the literature by identifying the value dog owners place on their dogs, as demonstrated in both survey and document analysis.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004814, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004814
Subject Headings: Human-animal relationships., Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects., Social values--United States., Humane education., Safety education.
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Title: General relativistic quasi-local angular momentum continuity and the stability of strongly elliptic eigenvalue problems.
Creator: Wilder, Shawn M., Beetle, Christopher, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Physics
Abstract/Description: In general relativity, angular momentum of the gravitational field in some volume bounded by an axially symmetric sphere is well-defined as a boundary integral. The definition relies on the symmetry generating vector field, a Killing field, of the boundary. When no such symmetry exists, one defines angular momentum using an approximate Killing field. Contained in the literature are various approximations that capture certain properties of metric preserving vector fields. We explore the...
Show moreIn general relativity, angular momentum of the gravitational field in some volume bounded by an axially symmetric sphere is well-defined as a boundary integral. The definition relies on the symmetry generating vector field, a Killing field, of the boundary. When no such symmetry exists, one defines angular momentum using an approximate Killing field. Contained in the literature are various approximations that capture certain properties of metric preserving vector fields. We explore the continuity of an angular momentum definition that employs an approximate Killing field that is an eigenvector of a particular second-order differential operator. We find that the eigenvector varies continuously in Hilbert space under smooth perturbations of a smooth boundary geometry. Furthermore, we find that not only is the approximate Killing field continuous but that the eigenvalue problem which defines it is stable in the sense that all of its eigenvalues and eigenvectors are continuous in Hilbert space. We conclude that the stability follows because the eigenvalue problem is strongly elliptic. Additionally, we provide a practical introduction to the mathematical theory of strongly elliptic operators and generalize the above stability results for a large class of such operators.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004235
Subject Headings: Boundary element methods, Boundary value problems, Differential equations, Elliptic -- Numerical solutions, Differential equations, Partial -- Numerical solutions, Eigenvalues, Spectral theory (Mathematics)
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Title: Linking institutional, economic, technological and cultural context to entrepreneurship in regions of Europe.
Creator: Kara, Aycan, Peterson, Mark F., Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, Department of Management
Abstract/Description: Researchers and policy makers consider entrepreneurship to be a major source of economic development and competitiveness. Determinants of entrepreneurship have been studied at individual, regional and national levels. Even though research indicates that variation in the levels of entrepreneurship across regions within nations is greater than the national differences and that these differences persist over time (Bosma & Schutjen 2009, 2011; Fritsch & Mueller 2006; Sternberg 2004; Tamásy 2006),...
Show moreResearchers and policy makers consider entrepreneurship to be a major source of economic development and competitiveness. Determinants of entrepreneurship have been studied at individual, regional and national levels. Even though research indicates that variation in the levels of entrepreneurship across regions within nations is greater than the national differences and that these differences persist over time (Bosma & Schutjen 2009, 2011; Fritsch & Mueller 2006; Sternberg 2004; Tamásy 2006), we still do not know the full range of regional level determinants of entrepreneurship. I drew from Wennekers’ (2006) framework and link two lines of research (international entrepreneurship and international management) to examine the effects of institutional, economic, technological and cultural contexts on entrepreneurship across within-country regions developed ten hypotheses regarding the relationship of institutional, economic, technological and cultural context to entrepreneurship. I tested these hypotheses within Europe using the regional classification scheme developed by the European Union. Data for the variables came from the European Values Survey, European Social Survey, Eurostat, World Bank, International Social Security Association, Eurobarometer and the Global Competitiveness Report. To test the hypothesized relationships, I use Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM 6.0.) The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between institutional trust, Long Term Orientation and entrepreneurship levels across regions. In conclusion, examination of region-level predictors of entrepreneurship must include different measures of entrepreneurship to provide more accurate understanding and to inform policy makers.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004295, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004295
Subject Headings: Business enterprises, Entrepreneurship -- Europe -- Research, Ethnopsychology, Management -- Cross cultural studies, Success in business, Values -- Cross cultural studies
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: American liberty : its sources, its dangers, and means of preservation. : an oration.
Creator: Ely, Alfred B. (Alfred Brewster) 1817-1872
Abstract/Description: American liberty : its sources, its dangers, and means of preservation. : an oration delivered at the Broadway tabernacle, New York, before the Order of United Americans, on the 22d February, A.D. 1850. Being the 118th anniversary of the birth-day of Washington. Second Edition. Edition statement from page [2].
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb15f5
Subject Headings: American Party, Citizenship, Liberty -- Social aspects -- United States, Naturalization, Naturalization -- United States, Social values -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States
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