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    Toward the development of a new multidimensional trust scale

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    This thesis comprises three main sections: a literature review, research report, and a critical appraisal of the research process. The literature reviewed is the existing research relating to trust as a construct. An attempt is made to clarify the conceptual confusion that exists in the area, by suggesting a comprehensive definition of what is meant by the term trust for the purposes of both the current study and future research. The importance of trust in relation to mental health and therapeutic relationships is discussed. Current measures of the construct are critically examined, and the ‘scientist’ versus ‘humanist’ divide is explored. It is concluded that a new multidimensional trust measure is required to further research efforts in the area. The aim of the research project was to develop a trust measure to form a part of a larger endeavour to operationalise the concept of mental health via key set of basic human emotions and responses. The research reported in Section 2 consists of a Pilot Test, Main Study, and follow up validation study of a new multidimensional measure of trust. Three bases of trust were hypothesised and tested. These were: self trust, interpersonal trust, and environmental trust (that is, trust in wider social, cultural, or political context). A new measure was constructed and validity tested using an inductive approach, and the relationship between trust and trait anxiety was also examined. The results supported the hypothesis that trust is a multidimensional construct, and demonstrated a strong relationship between trust and trait anxiety. It is hoped that this work will rekindle research interest in this important area. The final section is the researcher’s critical appraisal of the research process based on her personal research diary. It is a reflective piece that examines the impact of the research on the researcher (and vice versa) and the critical events in the research process.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

    Toward the development of a new multidimensional trust scale

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    This thesis comprises three main sections: a literature review, research report, and a critical appraisal of the research process. The literature reviewed is the existing research relating to trust as a construct. An attempt is made to clarify the conceptual confusion that exists in the area, by suggesting a comprehensive definition of what is meant by the term trust for the purposes of both the current study and future research. The importance of trust in relation to mental health and therapeutic relationships is discussed. Current measures of the construct are critically examined, and the ‘scientist’ versus ‘humanist’ divide is explored. It is concluded that a new multidimensional trust measure is required to further research efforts in the area. The aim of the research project was to develop a trust measure to form a part of a larger endeavour to operationalise the concept of mental health via key set of basic human emotions and responses. The research reported in Section 2 consists of a Pilot Test, Main Study, and follow up validation study of a new multidimensional measure of trust. Three bases of trust were hypothesised and tested. These were: self trust, interpersonal trust, and environmental trust (that is, trust in wider social, cultural, or political context). A new measure was constructed and validity tested using an inductive approach, and the relationship between trust and trait anxiety was also examined. The results supported the hypothesis that trust is a multidimensional construct, and demonstrated a strong relationship between trust and trait anxiety. It is hoped that this work will rekindle research interest in this important area. The final section is the researcher’s critical appraisal of the research process based on her personal research diary. It is a reflective piece that examines the impact of the research on the researcher (and vice versa) and the critical events in the research process.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

    1990 Ruby Yearbook

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    A digitized copy of the 1990 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/ruby/1093/thumbnail.jp

    The Grizzly, March 26, 1990

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    Wismer Plans Alternatives • Reaction to Idaho Law • 101 Blaze Update • Letters: Cleaning Service Working?; Fix, Please! • Broaden our Horizons • Sex and Religion • Doughty Discusses Seminar • Time is Now for Men\u27s Lacrosse • Bears Win First • Track Team Beats the Cold • Hackers No More • Tennis Sweep • Bears Roll • Comedy Plays at Ritter • This Week\u27s Video Reviews • Fun With Jell-Ohttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1255/thumbnail.jp

    The Grizzly, March 17, 1989

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    Pledging Violations Abound: Change Imminent • Approaching Commencement Scares Seniors • Letters: Bermans Ship Garbage Here?; Alumni Concerned About Curtis Fire; Bond Facts Straight?; Collegeville Water Now Non-Toxic; Visser Vicous to Hocsters • CAB Earns Kudos • Bears Look to Bright Furture • Lady Bears Always A Bridesmaid • Track Stars Shine! • Easton\u27s Colonial Genuine Italian • Blues: A+ • Guess Who\u27s Coming for Dinner? • Senior Matters Leave Their Mark • Peruvian Junglehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1232/thumbnail.jp

    Subsoil contraints and their management: Overview from five years of R&D

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    Subsoil constraints cost the grains industry more than $1.6b in lost production each year. Diagnosing and mapping subsoil constraints (SSC) was achieved at a shire scale using the DPIRD soils database and historic surveys

    The Grizzly, October 16, 1990

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    Olin Walkway Changes the Face of Ursinus • Congressional Candidate Lewis Du Pont Smith Spurs Debate • The Minority Student Union: A Step Toward Diversity • USEAC Conference Bolsters Environmental Activism • Father Changes • Reflecting on Rosen • New Hang-out • The Replacements • Upcoming Berman • Cross Country Runs On • Soccer Wins Two • Netters Upset • Hockey Splits • Grubb Predicts Again • Football Refuses To Give Up • Letters: Complain, but Don\u27t Steal; Positive Pledging; Wismer Food: Quick Service and Healthy Variety • A Contradiction in American Beliefs • This is America? • A Spectacular Devicehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1261/thumbnail.jp

    The Grizzly, September 19, 1990

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    Election 1990: Hafer Speaks • Bon Voyage, Richter! • Meistersingers in England • Ursinus to Recycle? • Persian Gulf Dialog • Convocation 1990 • Ursinus Receives Japanese Grant • Slightly Steamed • The Phantoms of Ursinus • Ursinus Students Study in France • Red and Gold Hosts and Hostesses Needed • Berman Catalog Awarded • Urban Art • Bears Hound Hoyas in Opener • Field Hockey on the Ball • Bruins Club to Hold Fifth Bear Pack Run • Lady Bears Start Fast • Netters Improving • Score!! • Encourage Diversity • On Censoring Art • Not Oil Only • Prediction: War With Iraq • Going with the Flow • Bolt to Latest Discoverieshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1257/thumbnail.jp

    The Grizzly, February 10, 1989

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    Ursinus Seeks Mid-States Reaccreditation • Heck Beats Traffic Blahs • Letter: Doughty Expresses Doubts • U.C. Salutes French Bicentennial • Medieval Fest Needs You • Ginsberg to Give Revolutionary Forum • Casa Maria: Muy Bien • de la Hoya Happy • Ursinus Slays F & M • U.C. Aims for Title • O\u27Malley Leaps to Nationals • Women\u27s Indoor Inspiring • U.C. Fields Strong Squad • A\u27Bears Peaking at Right Time • Scholarships to Scotland • Guess Who\u27s Coming for Dinner? • His Cheating Makes Twice the Test for You • Hallinger Argues for Proposal 42: Academics Before Athlete • Greenstein Grabs Grim \u27Just Right\u27 • Valentine No-No\u27s • From America With Love: Students Flock to U.C.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1228/thumbnail.jp

    Crop Updates 2009 - Farming Systems

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    This session covers nineteen papers from different authors: Decision support technology 1. The use of high resolution imagery in broad acre cropping, Derk Bakker and Grey Poulish, Department of Agriculture and Food 2. Spraywise decisions – online spray applicatiors planning tool, Steve Lacy, Nufarm Australia Ltd 3. Testing for redlegged earthmite resistance in Western Australia, Svetlana Micic, Peter Mangano, Tony Dore and Alan Lord, Department of Agriculture and Food 4. Screening cereal, canola and pasture cultivars for Root Lesion Nematode (Pratylenchus neglectus), Vivien Vanstone, Helen Hunter and Sean Kelly,Department of Agriculture and Food Farming Systems Research 5. Lessons from five years of cropping systems research, WK Anderson, Department of Agriculture and Food 6. Facey Group rotations for profit: Five years on and where to next? Gary Lang and David McCarthy, Facey Group, Wickepin, WA Mixed Farming 7. Saline groundwater use by Lucerne and its biomass production in relation to groundwater salinity, Ruhi Ferdowsian, Ian Roseand Andrew Van Burgel, Department of Agriculture and Food 8. Autumn cleaning yellow serradella pastures with broad spectrum herbicides – a novel weed control strategy that exploits delayed germination, Dr David Ferris, Department of Agriculture and Food 9. Decimating weed seed banks within non-crop phases for the benefit of subsequent crops, Dr David Ferris, Department of Agriculture and Food 10. Making seasonal variability easier to deal with in a mixed farming enterprise! Rob Grima,Department of Agriculture and Food 11. How widely have new annual legume pastures been adopted in the low to medium rainfall zones of Western Australia? Natalie Hogg, Department of Agriculture and Food, John Davis, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University 12. Economic evaluation of dual purpose cereal in the Central wheatbelt of Western Australia, Jarrad Martin, Pippa Michael and Robert Belford, School of Agriculture and Environment, CurtinUniversity of Technology, Muresk Campus 13. A system for improving the fit of annual pasture legumes under Western Australian farming systems, Kawsar P Salam1,2, Roy Murray-Prior1, David Bowran2and Moin U. Salam2, 1Curtin University of Technology; 2Department of Agriculture and Food 14. Perception versus reality: why we should measure our pasture, Tim Scanlon, Department of Agriculture and Food, Len Wade, Charles Sturt University, Megan Ryan, University of Western Australia Modelling 15. Potential impact of climate changes on the profitability of cropping systems in the medium and high rainfall areas of the northern wheatbelt, Megan Abrahams, Chad Reynolds, Caroline Peek, Dennis van Gool, Kari-Lee Falconer and Daniel Gardiner, Department of Agriculture and Food 16. Prediction of wheat grain yield using Yield Prophet®, Geoff Anderson and Siva Sivapalan, Department of Agriculture and Food 17. Using Yield Prophet® to determine the likely impacts of climate change on wheat production, Tim McClelland1, James Hunt1, Zvi Hochman2, Bill Long3, Dean Holzworth4, Anthony Whitbread5, Stephen van Rees1and Peter DeVoil6 1 Birchip Cropping Group, Birchip, Vic, 2Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit (APSRU), CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Climate Adaptation Flagship, Qld, 3 AgConsulting, SA 4 Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit (APSRU), CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Toowoomba Qld, 5 CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, SA, 6 Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit (APSRU), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland 18. Simple methods to predict yield potential: Improvements to the French and Schultz formula to account for soil type and within-season rainfall, Yvette Oliver, Michael Robertson and Peter Stone, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems 19. Ability of various yield forecasting models to estimate soil water at the start of the growing season, Siva Sivapalan, Kari-Lee Falconer and Geoff Anderson, Department of Agriculture and Foo
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