524 research outputs found

    How minority LGBTQ Greek Students construct identity in their collegiate life and negotiate their intersectionalities in relation to membership of various ethnic communities and Greek societies

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    This thesis research seeks to examine the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality in relation to the experience of minority LGBTQ sorority women and fraternity men in Greek-letter organizations within the Sorority and Fraternity Life system. This research will explore race, class, gender, and sexuality as categories that organize culture and society; but also as sources of individual and collective identity and action. The research aims to contribute new knowledge about the experiences and opinions of minority LGBTQ Greek students, in order to support their equal and full participation in Greek student organizations and campus life. Therefore, this is to be a qualitative research project that though an undergraduate autoenthnography, will be of a high standard and a usable resource not only for the minority LGBTQ Greek students themselves but also for the Sorority and Fraternal community as a whole. The hope is that it will also be a catalyst for further research in a currently under-researched field of study.No embarg

    Decentralising the public sector: The Impact of Decentralisation on Service Delivery, Corruption, Fiscal Management and Growth in Developing and Emerging Market Economies: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence

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    Dezentralisierung, Dienstleistungssektor, Korruption, Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Aufstrebende Märkte, Marktwirtschaft, Decentralization, Service industry, Corruption, Public Finance, Emerging markets, Market economy

    Leadership Response to the Global Crisis: A Collective Case Study

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    In this interpretive collective case study, I studied how leaders responded and what they learned during the 2008 and 2009 global recession. Companies in the United States are experiencing turbulent economic times and complicated global challenges. As a result of these new challenges, American companies and their leaders are facing increased levels of ambiguity. The requirements of leadership are changing as the challenges and issues facing leaders today are becoming more complex and less restricted by the national boundaries. Four senior executive leaders, representing a variety of industries, participated in the study. Each of the four cases is told in a narrative format that described the individual experience of each case. Interviews with participants are the primary data source, triangulated with interviews from those who were best positioned to witness the leaders’ behavior during the global recession. Data analysis across all four of the cases provided insight into the four major themes that emerged: the essentials of dealing with looming uncertainty, the essentials of focusing on what is important, the importance of a connection to the organization, and the benefits of the feeling that everyone is in this together. This research is significant because it deeply examined the leadership practices and associated learning during the global recession. This study is significant for the fields of organization development and leadership in that there are implications for future application of the findings

    Relational Contracting in Pakistan’s Surgical Instrument Cluster: An Empirical Study

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    This paper tests an idea from relational contracting theory [Macauley (1963); North (1990); Greif (1994); Kranton (1996)] that informal relationships can substitute for formal contract enforcement through the judicial system, from the analysis of a new survey of the surgical instrument cluster in Sialkot, Pakistan. Inter-firm trust is thought to lead to reduced transaction costs (a passive benefit of a cluster). Considered here are exchanges of goods between clustered suppliers and their customers, who are either members of the cluster or firms that interact frequently with it. Inter-firm trust is measured as the amount of trade credit offered to customers. The results show that suppliers are more likely to offer trade credit when they believe in the effectiveness of formal contract enforcement and when they participate in business networks (proxied by inter-firm communication). There is also some evidence that customer lock-in helps to develop inter-firm trust since firms give more credit when relationships are of longer duration, and as locked-in customers are less able to find alternate suppliers

    Modes of regulation and their effects on financing and service provision in OECD health care systems

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    "In this paper, changing modes of regulation (hierarchy, self-regulation, and market) in health care systems are analyzed as well as how these changes affect health care financing and health care provision. The study shows that modes of regulation in different types of health care systems become more similar, for example with respect to the level of coverage, type of remuneration, the access of service providers to the health care market, or the benefit package. The empirical analysis of financing and service provision demonstrates that the mode of regulation matters above all with regard to the level of health care financing. Market-based systems as in the US show the highest level and the most dramatic increase of total health expenditure, SHI (social health insurance) systems as in Germany show also major problems in stabilizing costs while NHS (national health service) systems as in the United Kingdom proved to be most successful in keeping relative health expenditures in check. Comparing an index of health care provision with the level of health care expenditure, we find only a weak correlation. While some countries are able to provide an above average package of health care services with below average health care spending, some high spending countries are only able to offer a benefit package at or below the OECD average. Different modes of regulation can help to explain why some countries were more successful in translating monetary inputs in a high level of health care services than other countries." (author's abstract

    Comparison of Plant Species Richness, Diversity, and Biomass in Ohio Wetlands

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    Author Institution: Dept of Biological Sciences, University of CincinnatiWetlands are restored and created in many areas of the world to mitigate problems of flooding, pollution and loss of wildlife habitat resulting from urbanization and agriculture. Consequently it is important to understand the factors that determine wetland ecological function as expressed in terms of vegetation. Five different restored, created and unplanned wetlands of young age (1-9 years) in southwestern Ohio were examined for differences in plant species richness and diversity as well as biomass productivity of cattail (Typha spp.) and great bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani). At all sites, the majority of identified plant species were native (77% to 88%), and nearly half of all taxa in each site were wetland indicator species. The proportion of volunteer species in each site ranged from 51% to 100%. Significant differences detected among sites in both species richness and diversity (Shannon-Weiner Index) were solely due to one of the created sites; significant differences were also obtained among habitat types (shore, emergent zone, and open water). In contrast to Typha, aboveground biomass of Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani differed significantly among sites but not inflorescence biomass. Overall, there were few differences in plant species richness, diversity or biomass among most restored, created and unplanned sites, suggesting that different methods of wetland formation may yield similar vegetative components within the early stages of development

    Concert recording 2016-10-05

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    [Tracks 1-3]. Just desserts / Lowell Shaw -- [Track 4]. River melos / Andrea Clearfield -- [Track 5]. Appel interstellaire / Olivier Messaien -- [Track 6-8]. Sonata for oboe and piano / Grazyna Bacewicz -- [Track 9-12].Trio for pianoforte, oboe and horn / Carl Reinecke

    Water Integration for Squamscott Exeter (WISE): Preliminary Integrated Plan, Final Technical Report

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    This document introduces the goals, background and primary elements of an Integrated Plan for the Lower Exeter and Squamscott River in the Great Bay estuary in southern New Hampshire. This Plan will support management of point (wastewater treatment plant) and nonpoint sources in the communities of Exeter, Stratham and Newfields. The Plan also identifies and quantifies the advantages of the use of green infrastructure as a critical tool for nitrogen management and describes how collaboration between those communities could form the basis for an integrated plan. The Plan will help communities meet new wastewater and proposed stormwater permit requirements. Critical next steps are need before this Plan will fulfill the 2018 Nitrogen Control Plan requirements for Exeter and proposed draft MS4 requirements for both Stratham and Exeter. These next steps include conducting a financial capability assessment, development of an implementation schedule and development of a detailed implementation plan. The collaborative process used to develop this Plan was designed to provide decision makers at the local, state and federal levels with the knowledge they need to trust the Plan’s findings and recommendations, and to enable discussions between stakeholders to continue the collaborative process. This Plan includes the following information to guide local response to new federal permit requirements for treating and discharging stormwater and wastewater: Sources of annual pollutant load quantified by type and community; Assessment and evaluation of different treatment control strategies for each type of pollutant load; Assessment and evaluation of nutrient control strategies designed to reduce specific types of pollutants; Evaluation of a range of point source controls at the wastewater treatment facility based on regulatory requirements; Costs associated with a range of potential control strategies to achieve reduction of nitrogen and other pollutants of concern; and A preliminary implementation schedule with milestones for target load reductions using specific practices for specific land uses at points in time; Recommendations on how to implement a tracking and accounting program to document implementation; Design tools such as BMP performance curves for crediting the use of structural practices to support nitrogen accounting requirements; and Next Steps for how to complete this Plan
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