The Importance of Academic Deans\u27 Interpersonal/Negotiating Skills as Leaders

Four academic deans investigated when and how they used interpersonal/negotiating skills to function effectively in their positions. For two full weeks, the deans coded their on-the-job interactions during scheduled meetings, informal meetings, spontaneous encounters/meetings, telephone calls, and select email. Analyses revealed that the interpersonal/negotiating skills used, from most to least prevalent, were: working closely with others, being responsive to key persons, negotiating key players\u27 roles, and keeping key persons in the organisation informed. Across these engagements, the deans interacted with 35 different categories of stakeholders inside and outside their institutions for 32 different purposes. Given the nature and range of interactions, the deans concluded that practicing and prospective deans should likely have access to professional development opportunities explicitly focused on working closely with others. Future research would need to confirm, however, whether interpersonal/negotiating skills are essential for deans\u27 job survival and, if so, whether such skills can authentically be developed

The Kansas Pacific

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, History, 1920. ; Bibliography: leaves 87-90

Effect of Joint Accounts with Right of Survivorship in Washington

The recent passage in Washington of Initiative No. 208 providing for creation of joint tenancies in real and personal property provides the occasion for a reconsideration of the current status of the statutory and case law in Washington relating to the effect given to joint tenancy accounts with right of survivorship. Such an account typically takes the form of a deposit opened in the name of the depositor and another, payable to either or to the survivor. Does such an account, by virtue of present statutes, in fact create a joint tenancy with all its incidents as known to the common law? Or does it assume a modified form, with unique characteristics, distinguishable from common law concepts? If the latter is true, what impact, if any, may the new enactment have on expectable results under the present holdings? The prevalence of accounts of the type under discussion indicates that the answers to these questions, in terms of practical result, may be of importance to a substantial number of people

Conodonts from isolated Devonian outcrops

Shales, sandy shales, and sandstones were sampled from isolated outcrops at Sulphur Springs and at Coal Hollow in Ste. Genevieve County. An attempt was made to find the answers to the following questions: (1) Can the boundary between the Devonian and the Mississippian be located at these localities by determining the distribution of conodonts? (2) Are there faunal difference between the concodonts in the Devonian part of the section? (3) Are there differences between the conodonts of the sandstones and the sandy shales that may be interpreted as environmental responses? (4) What other formation or formations do the conodonts of these two Devonian sections or parts of these sections suggest as time equivalents? It was concluded the boundary can be located in each of these localities. It was also concluded that there are no faunal differences in the Devonian part of the Ste. Genevieve County section or between the sandstones and shales that could not be interpreted as the result of factors which could not be controlled in the present study. Other formations or sections suggested as time equivalents to the Ste. Genevieve County section are the sandstone facies of the Eureka shale, the Sees Creek section, and the "Grassy Creek" group, as defined in this paper. Owing to the lack of conodonts in the Sulpur Springs samples, no similar conclusions were drawn concerning this locality

The Power of Multiplying: Reproductive Control in American Culture, 1850-1930

Prior to the advent of modern birth control beginning in the nineteenth century, the biological reproductive cycle of pregnancy, post-partum recovery, and nursing dominated women’s adult years. The average birth rate per woman in 1800 was just over seven, but by 1900, that rate had fallen to just under than three and a half. The question that this dissertation explores is what cultural narratives about reproduction and reproductive control emerge in the wake of this demographic shift. What’s at stake in a woman’s decision to reproduce, for herself, her family, her nation? How do women, and society, control birth? In order to explore these questions, this dissertation broadens the very term “birth control” from the technological and medical mechanisms by which women limit or prevent conception and birth to a conception of “controlling birth,” the societal and cultural processes that affect reproductive practices. This dissertation, then, constructs a cultural narrative of the process of controlling birth. Moving away from a focus on “negative birth control”—contraception, abortion, sterilization—the term “controlling birth” also applies to engineering or encouraging wanted or desired reproduction. While the chapters of this work often focus on traditional sites of birth control—contraceptives, abortion, and eugenics—they are not limited to those forms, uncovering previously hidden narratives of reproduction control. This new lens also reveals men’s investment in these reproductive practices. By focusing on a variety of cultural texts—advertisements, fictional novels, historical writings, medical texts, popular print, and film—this project aims to create a sense of how these cultural productions work together to construct narratives about sexuality, reproduction, and reproductive control. Relying heavily on a historicizing of these issues, my project shows how these texts—both fictional and nonfictional—create a rich and valid site from which to explore the development of narratives of sexuality and reproductive practices, as well as how these narratives connect to larger cultural narratives of race, class, and nation. The interdisciplinary nature of this inquiry highlights the interrelationship between the literary productions of the nineteenth and twentieth century and American cultural history

Health Literacy, Care Transition and Adherence with Discharge Instructions of Patients Discharged to Home from the Emergency Department

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the relationship between health literacy, preparedness for discharge, adherence to discharge instructions and difficulty coping after discharge among emergency department patients. Specific Aims: The Aims of this study were to: (1) describe the variability of health literacy of adult patients in an academic tertiary Emergency Department; (2) describe the relationship between health literacy, care transition, and perceived readiness for discharge on the patient’s adherence to discharge instructions and (3) explore whether health literacy, perceived preparation for discharge and care transition, predicts difficulty coping after discharge. Framework: Dr. Meleis’s Transitions Theory was used as a framework. Design: This is a prospective cohort study of adults treated and discharged from the ED. Results: Eighty five percent of the subjects completed the study (n = 132). Subjects satisfied with transition care (P = .025) and who felt more prepared for discharge (P = .035) had less difficulty coping. Subjects more satisfied with care transition were more likely to adhere to medication instructions (P = .029). The higher the satisfaction with discharge preparation, the less likely the subjects were to go to their follow-up appointment (P = 0.051). No associations were found with health literacy. Conclusion: Satisfaction with care transition during the discharge process and feeling well-prepared are related to less difficulty coping after discharge. Nurses have an opportunity to intervene and enhance the discharge experience. This may contribute to more positive outcomes after being seen in an emergency department

Ard v. Ard, 395 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Torts-PARENTAL IMMUNITY-THE FIRST DISTRICT DECLINES TO ADOPT THE DOCTRINE OF PARENTAL IMMUNIT