Openness Toward Organizational Change Scale (OTOCS): Validity Evidence from Brazil and Portugal

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Downsizing and Structural Holes: Their Impact on Layoff Survivors’ Perceptions of Organizational Chaos and Openness to Change

Organizational downsizing places many strains on surviving employees. Despite the implicit relationship between changes to communication networks and employee responses, few studies examine downsizing-induced network changes or the impact of these changes on employees. This longitudinal investigation examined fluctuations in structural holes within a hospitality company\u27s corporate headquarters resulting from the loss and gain of communication contacts. Building on Burt\u27s treatise on structural holes, we tested a measurement of structural holes and its relationship to layoff survivors\u27 perceptions of organizational chaos and their willingness to participate in planned, post downsizing changes. Although the downsizing had a modest impact on surviving employees\u27 structural hole experiences overall, the structural hole index was a significant predictor in longitudinal and within time period comparisons of employees’ perceptions of chaos and openness to change

Bioelectronic DNA detection of human papillomaviruses using eSensor™: a model system for detection of multiple pathogens

BACKGROUND: We used human papillomaviruses (HPV) as a model system to evaluate the utility of a nucleic acid, hybridization-based bioelectronic DNA detection platform (eSensor™) in identifying multiple pathogens. METHODS: Two chips were spotted with capture probes consisting of DNA oligonucleotide sequences specific for HPV types. Electrically conductive signal probes were synthesized to be complementary to a distinct region of the amplified HPV target DNA. A portion of the HPV L1 region that was amplified by using consensus primers served as target DNA. The amplified target was mixed with a cocktail of signal probes and added to a cartridge containing a DNA chip to allow for hybridization with complementary capture probes. RESULTS: Two bioelectric chips were designed and successfully detected 86% of the HPV types contained in clinical samples. CONCLUSIONS: This model system demonstrates the potential of the eSensor platform for rapid and integrated detection of multiple pathogens

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Winter 1947

An auspicious beginning for a worthwhile project • President\u27s page • Committees plan new position at college • Status of the war memorial campaign • 964 students enrolled at Ursinus • Miss Moll resumes duties at Ursinus • General Arnold Founders\u27 Day speaker • Three faculty promotions, one appointment announced • New gymnasium nearing completion • Questionnaires outstanding from 900 alumni • Sports: football, soccer, hockey • The shape of things to come? • The attack on illiteracy in British Guiana • News around town • News about ourselves • Faculty members complete laboratory manual • Necrologyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1029/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Winter 1945

Dedication • What kind of memorial? • Alumni Day, 1946 • President\u27s page • Ursinus celebrates 75th anniversary: Special convocation held • Commencement exercises • Opening exercises, 76th academic year • Ursinus College Woman\u27s Club plans many activities • Sports revue • Gold star men of Ursinus • Salutation • Our foreign correspondents • Letter to the alumni • College entertains Navy unit • Returned to civilian status • News about ourselves • Necrology • Alumni Association executive committee creates reserve fund • Specialist in weather forecasting • Honored men of Ursinushttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1023/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, November 1955

Program for new dormitories underway • Business, the alumnus, and the cost of higher education • Campbell Soup Company establishes fund • James Hirst named to honor society • 18th annual performance announced of the Messiah • Attendance increases in the Ursinus College Evening School • Some notes from the Dean\u27s office • Registrar\u27s report on fall enrollment • Ursinus forum 1955-1956 • Max C. Putney \u2718 author of The Man of Galilee • South Jersey alumni honor Dr. McClure • Binder named Dean at Thiel College • Berks County alumni hold clam bake • Dr. Sherman A. Eger \u2725 describes new operation for high blood pressure • James J. Herron \u2732 elected vice-president of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. • Alumni eligible for Fulbright scholarships • Ursinus Women\u27s Club • Committee to review alumni constitution • A Fulbrighter in Japan • 1955 Loyalty Fund report • Sick transit - or - She perks no more • Curtain Club presents The Madwoman of Chaillot • Class of \u2756 elects permanent alumni officers • Mrs. Snyder new preceptress at Duryea Hall • G. E. reports on its corporate alumnus program • Regional alumni groups plan student trip • Warren K. Hess \u2731 addresses state school directors • 51\u27ers quartet meet after four years • History art collection • Sports review: Soccer report; Facts about the coaching staff; Alumni varsity basketball game • News about ourselves • Weddings • Births • Necrologyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1054/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Spring 1946

Farewells to Ursinus • Education for veterans • Alumni Day • President\u27s page • Faculty and staff changes announced • Exhibits to be shown Commencement week • College pastor retires after 18 years\u27 service • Loyalty Fund grows • Professor and Mrs. Sheeder to leave Ursinus • Enrollments remain at high peak • Warren K. Hess \u2731, elected Berks judge • Wounded veterans attend courses • Ursinus and World War II • Store displays mural of college • News from the campus • Athletic policy defined • Sports revue • Secretary\u27s letter • Ensminger \u2714, receives Legion of Merit medal • Former professor invents electronic computer • Control of nuclear energy • News about ourselves • Necrology • Dr. DeWire aided in atom bomb experiments • Alumni Association nomineeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1027/thumbnail.jp

Effects of genuine dimension-six Higgs operators

We systematically discuss the consequences of genuine dimension-six Higgs operators. These operators are not subject to stringent constraints from electroweak precision data. However, they can modify the couplings of the Higgs boson to electroweak gauge bosons and, in particular, the Higgs self-interactions. We study the sensitivity to which those couplings can be probed at future \ee linear colliders in the sub-TeV and in the multi-TeV range. We find that for $\sqrt s=500$ GeV with a luminosity of 1 ab$^{-1}$ the anomalous $WWH$ and $ZZH$ couplings may be probed to about the 0.01 level, and the anomalous $HHH$ coupling to about the 0.1 level.Comment: 21 pages, 17 figures; typos corrected and references adde