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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Aiken"”.
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A critical study of the five novels of Conrad Aiken
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A republican dove : George Aiken in the Johnson years, 1964-1968
… War dissent offered by Republican Senator George Aiken of Vermont during the years of the Lyndon Johnson Presidency. Emphasis is placed on analyzing the level of influence Aiken's criticisms had on American policy in Vietnam. Aiken's influence on his fellow Senators, particularly his Republican …
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An Assessment of the Attitudes and Outcomes of Students Enrolled in Developmental Basic Mathematics Classes at Prince George's Community College
… placed in Basic Arithmetic as measured by the Aiken Mathematics Attitude Survey? (2) What is the effect, if any, of the placement test for students enrolled in Basic Arithmetic on the final exam score, attitude pretest scores, and attitude change scores? (3) What is the difference between the …
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Assortative Mating in <em>Ixodes Scapularis</em> (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks? And <em>Ixodes Scapularis</em> Infest Male Deer More Often Than Female Deer at Savannah River Site, (Aiken, SC)
… in copula from deer at the Savannah River Site (Aiken, SC) showed that ticks assigned to mitochondrial (12SrDNA and d-loop genes) phylogenetic monophyletic clades do not chose their mating partner based on genetic similarity or genetic diversity. The genetic composition of couples did not differ …
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Spatial Patterns in a 40-year-old Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) Forest in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina
… was conducted at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, SC to: 1) characterize the spatial patterns of soil and forest floor variables (moisture, pH, soil phosphate, forest floor and soil carbon and nitrogen, and soil available nitrogen), 2) assess the spatial patterns of the plant community, and …
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Noneconomic Barriers to Health Care Utilization by African-Americans
… increased, improving the health status (Blendon, Aiken, Freeman, & Corey, 1989). While some improvements have been made, recent reports show disparities between African Americans and Caucasians in the utilization of health care systems and in their health status. Barriers have been identified …
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A 3-dimensional finite element method for groundwater flow and containment transport
… one was the Savannah River Site, located in Aiken, South Carolina (SRS). The SRS has been storing radioactive waste material for several decades. Numerous studies as well as field data for the properties of the surrounding soil and contaminant presence have been conducted. Results of a two …
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the "Gill System": analyzing Irving Gill's concrete construction methods in Southern California
… by contemporaries such as Julius Kahn and Robert Aiken, as well as the development of his own improvements to those systems, to arrive at a unique method of construction, the “Gill System.” Gill’s only description of the method was in a 1929 letter to Richard Neutra. Gill described a double …
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Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors
… Kyngas, & Nikkila 2007; Mrayyan, 2003; Hanrahan, Aiken, McClaine, & Hanlon, 2010). However, more research examining these and other environmental protective factors needs to be conducted. The current study examined leadership style of supervisors in the participants’ work setting and work role …
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Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors
… Kyngas, & Nikkila 2007; Mrayyan, 2003; Hanrahan, Aiken, McClaine, & Hanlon, 2010). However, more research examining these and other environmental protective factors needs to be conducted. The current study examined leadership style of supervisors in the participants’ work setting and work role …
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Millennial Perceptions of Leadership as an Influential Factor in Nursing Retention: A Phenomenological Study
… alleviate, if not resolve, issues of retention (Aiken et al., 2017). Authentic leadership, an identified retention factor among professional nurses and associated with improved patient outcomes, has the potential to provide the theoretical support needed to better inform millennial nursing …
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Readiness for improving safe care delivery through web-based hospital nurse scheduling & staffing technology: A multi-hospital approach
… on patient outcomes (IOM, 2004; Stimpfel & Aiken, 2013). The impending nursing shortage has the potential to exacerbate the problem of high quality care delivery and could lead to devastating impacts to the profession as well as patients. Though Kaiser Permanente (KP) is generally known for …
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Propiedades psicométricas de la escala de bienestar psicológico
… por los jueces, se estimó el coeficiente V de Aiken de .70 como valor mínimo aceptable para cada ítem. Asimismo, se reportan evidencias de validez vinculadas a la estructura interna de la prueba, por medio del análisis factorial exploratorio utilizando el método ULS de Jöreskog (1977) para …
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Propuesta para evaluar y desarrollar las competencias corporativas en Mineros S.A.
… de este trabajo validado con el coeficiente V de Aiken por 8 expertos; la recolección de información se complementó con un grupo focal en el que se profundizó sobre los elementos de mayor interés detectados en la encuesta. Como resultado de esta investigación, se diseñó el programa “CreSER: 5 …
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Transition program for internationally educated Filipina nurses
… deliver safe, quality care to patients (Aiken, Buchan, Sochalski, Nichols, & Powell, 2004). This study therefore focused on the lived experiences of internationally educated Filipina nurses related to socio-cultural differences, language barriers, and adaptation to their new living and …
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La equidad de género y su relación con la productividad de los millennials de la población de Lima Metropolitana
… validez del instrumento obtuvo 0.752 de V de Aiken demostrando que tienen una excelente validez interna. Los resultados del estudio confirmaron la hipótesis alterna en donde se concluye que la equidad de género presenta una relación directa y moderada con la productividad de los millennials en …
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THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER MATHEMATICS PREPARATION ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOLS.
… the Revised Math Attitude Scale authored by Aiken and Dreger in 1961. In addition to mathematics preparation and attitude, the teacher characteristics of sex, age, years of experience, ethnicity, and type of certification were also observed and analyzed in relation to student performance. The …
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The Necessity for Communicative Engagement Capability in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions
… expectations (Burnes and Jackson; Keller and Aiken). What, then, is a business leader to do when change is an imperative in the postmodern business world, but the majority of change initiatives fail to succeed in the manner predicted?</p> <p>Mergers and acquisitions are a common type of …
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