Training and Perceived Organizational Support: An Analysis of the Impact of the Organizational Training Support Index and the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support

Both the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support and the Organizational Training Support Index focus on employee perceptions of organizational support. The present research asked three specific questions related to the relationship between these instruments and their respective constructs. A positive, moderate relationship was found between the two items. Additionally, the present research indicates similar reliability coefficients between the two instruments. Finally, neither gender nor education levels were found to mediate differences between the constructs

Applying the Q Sort Method: A Qualitative Classification of Factors Associated with Organizational Training Support Inventory (OTSI)

The Q Sort Method was applied to the Organizational Training Support Inventory (OTSI) in an initial exploratory effort to identify the categories or factors that are measured by the OTSI and included in the general construct of organizational support for training. Subject matter experts (SMEs) used a listing of eight potential categories or factors as a basis for grouping and organizing each of the 25 items which comprise the OTSI. Results of the categorization revealed that seven constructs appear to be measured in the OTSI, which include organizational strategy, finance and budgeting, training evaluation, resource allocation, organizational culture and organizational practices. Further research implications and recommendations are provided

Rediscovering Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend

Focuses on the Don Gillis Collection, which the University of North Texas Music Library acquired after Gillis\u27s death in 1978. Gillis, a longtime associate of Arturo Toscanini, served as the conductor\u27s assistant and the producer for the NBC Symphony broadcast concerts from 1944 until they ended ten years later. The collection includes hundreds of tape recordings, among them complete tapes of the NBC Radio programsToscanini: The Man Behind the Legend and Toscanini: The Centennial Series, and the interviews conducted for these two programs

In-flight measurement of ice growth on an airfoil using an array of ultrasonic transducers

Results of preliminary tests to measure ice growth on an airfoil during flight icing conditions are presented. Ultrasonic pulse echo measurements of ice thickness are obtained from an array of eight ultrasonic transducers mounted flush with the leading edge of the airfoil. These thickness measurements are used to document the evolution of the ice shape during the encounter in the form of successive ice profiles. Results from 3 research flights are presented and discussed. The accuracy of the ultrasonic measurements is found to be within 0.5 mm of mechanical and stereo photograph measurements of the ice accretion

[Review] Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966

This article reviews the book "Speaking of Music: Music Conferences 1835-1966," edited by James R. Cowdery, Zdravko Blažeković and Barry S. Brook

Are We There Yet? Toward a Workable Controlled Vocabulary for Music

This article discusses moving toward a workable controlled vocabulary for music

Music Criticism in the New York Times and the New York Tribune, 1851-1876.

Reports and comments on daily events in newspapers provide an invaluable tool in the study of a particular period or area of research. This study is concerned with the music reviews in two New York newspapers, the Times and the Tribune, between 1851 and 1876. This period in the history of the United States was above all one of transition. Social upheaval prevailed as a result of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. In addition, America was rapidly gaining ascendancy in science, technology, and as a major political power. This evolution at the broader national level was accompanied by changes in the cultural and musical life of New York. Although the transitions at these two levels may have been contemporaneous, we may observe a certain paradox in the fact that, as Americans were boasting of their advancements in the fields of science and literature, musically, they were being drawn more closely to Europe, especially Germany. Despite America\u27s chauvinistic claims concerning the superiority of its home-grown artists, such as soprano Adelina Patti and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, its citizens who were serious in their pursuit of a musical career still looked to Europe for final acceptance. Although musical life in New York during the period of this study was varied and complex, it was dominated, socially at least, by Italian opera. The term Italian opera during this period was used to denote any work in the grand opera tradition. Major opera companies in New York routinely performed even French and German operas in Italian. During the course of the period, New Yorkers witnessed a transition from the vocally florid music of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, through the more declamatory mature works of Verdi, to a positive public and critical reaction to Wagner\u27s Music of the Future. The course of this transition was temporarily altered by the brief, yet intense, vogue of French opera bouffe during the late 1860s. Despite this definite direction toward German music in New York, we may perceive a certain irony in the fact that the acceptance of Wagner\u27s operas in New York was effected only after they had been presented in Italian, the language which composer-critic William Henry Fry had called the only great method and style. . In orchestral music, the period was dominated primarily by the New York Philharmonic Society and the Theodore Thomas orchestra. It was through the efforts of these German-oriented organizations that the seeds of acceptance of the Music of the Future were first sown. The consistent programming of Wagner\u27s orchestral music and excerpts from his operas, often despite initial harsh reactions from the critics, resulted in a gradual appreciation, if not a total understanding, of Wagner\u27s music, and made possible the eventual acceptance of full performances of his music dramas. The most fascinating aspect of such an examination as this lies in the opportunity it affords the reader to witness first-hand the day-by-day occurrences in the musical life of a city, as well as a broader overview of a particular period. In this particular study, the writer discovered, amid the occasional tedium of the myriad Trovatores and Piano Soirees, an active and vigorous musical community, one that was an integral part of the total fabric of life in New York, and one whose musical tastes were both reflected and guided by the music criticism of the period

GaN directional couplers for integrated quantum photonics

Large cross-section GaN waveguides are proposed as a suitable architecture to achieve integrated quantum photonic circuits. Directional couplers with this geometry have been designed with aid of the beam propagation method and fabricated using inductively coupled plasma etching. Scanning electron microscopy inspection shows high quality facets for end coupling and a well defined gap between rib pairs in the coupling region. Optical characterization at 800 nm shows single-mode operation and coupling-length-dependent splitting ratios. Two photon interference of degenerate photon pairs has been observed in the directional coupler by measurement of the Hong-Ou-Mandel dip with 96% visibility.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure

Preliminary Analysis of Two Years of the Massive Collision Monitoring Activity

It is hypothesized that the interactions between many of the most massive derelicts in low Earth orbit are more frequent than modeled by the traditional combination of kinetic theory of gases and Poisson probability distribution function. This is suggested by the fact that there are clusters of derelicts where members' inclinations are nearly identical and their apogees/perigees overlap significantly resulting in periodic synchronization of the objects' orbits. In order to address this proposition, an experiment was designed and conducted over the last two years. Results from this monitoring and characterization experiment are presented with implications for proposed debris remediation strategies. Four separate clusters of massive derelicts were examined that are centered around 775km, 850km, 975km, and 1500km, respectively. In aggregate, the constituents of these clusters contain around 500 objects and about 800,000kg of mass; this equates to a third of all derelict mass in LEO. Preliminary analysis indicates that encounter rates over this time period for these objects are greater than is estimated by traditional techniques. Hypothesized dependencies between latitude of encounter, relative velocity, frequency of encounters, inclination, and differential semi-major axis were established and verified. This experiment also identified specific repeatable cluster dynamics that may reduce the cost/risk and enhance the effectiveness of debris remediation activities and also enable new operational debris remediation options