Daring to Lead 2006

Presents findings from a survey that examines why nonprofit executives leave their jobs. Offers recommendations for strengthening and supporting current leadership, creating more diversity, and developing the next generation of nonprofit leaders

Linear Stability Analysis for Plane-Poiseuille Flow of an Elastoviscoplastic fluid with internal microstructure

We study the linear stability of Plane Poiseuille flow of an elastoviscoplastic fluid using a revised version of the model proposed by Putz and Burghelea (Rheol. Acta (2009)48:673-689). The evolution of the microstructure upon a gradual increase of the external forcing is governed by a structural variable (the concentration of solid material elements) which decays smoothly from unity to zero as the stresses are gradually increased beyond the yield point. Stability results are in close conformity with the ones of a pseudo-plastic fluid. Destabilizing effects are related to the presence of an intermediate transition zone where elastic solid elements coexist with fluid elements. This region brings an elastic contribution which does modify the stability of the flow

The Relationship Between Family Communication Patterns, Conflict Strategies, and the Development/Management of Eating Disorders

Eating disorders persist as one of the most prominent psychological and physiological illnesses among young adults and adolescents. Nonetheless, most research in the field focuses on external factors that influence the development of these disorders such (i.e., social media and an idolized body image). There is less research to investigate the role of an individual’s environment, more specifically the family dyad and communication related to such eating disorders. The family unit remains, often, the primary means of socialization for individuals during developing years, thus, this study seeks to expand on how current family communication and family climate contribute to eating disorders by examining the relationship between family communication patterns and conflict strategies in the context of eating disorders/disordered eating behaviors utilizing grounded theory, more specifically, selective and axial coding, to determine this relationship as the phenomenon and its conditions to determine 4 emerging themes told through participant exemplars. The qualitative study entails interviewing and surveying participants in order to assess themes between specific family communication patterns and conflict strategies as well as deep heart-of-the matter contextual interview data, to construct a deep understanding/narratives of how eating disorders are communicated in interactions and to construct themes that may be helpful, going forwards, in the eating disorder context