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Showing 1 to 20 of 371 for “"ceiling"”.
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Investigating The Glass Ceiling: How Women In Top Media Management Shattered The Glass Ceiling
… and their attitudes toward factors of the glass ceiling to identify which factors they perceive as most important, those that remain prominent, and other factors that may have aided in their success. The glass ceiling is the “unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that keeps minorities and women from …
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Cracks in the Glass Ceiling
Bias against female political candidates has been a hot-button issue, especially during and after the 2016 election, and the media is not exempt from being a part of the discussion. The overall question that this article proposes is whether there is a definitive bias against female political …
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Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Contemporary Inuit Drawing
The importance of the artists voice in art historical scholarship is essential as we emerge from post-colonial and feminist cultural theory and its impact on curation, art history, and visual culture. Inuit art has moved from its origins as an art representing an imaginary Canadian identity and a …
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And there were green tiles on the ceiling
In this document I shall explain my art process, and reflecting on my work, will explore the themes and emotions that evolved. I shall accompany the images of my MFA exhibition with personal poetic vignettes. These vignettes are memories and thoughts that surfaced both while making the art and …
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A Layered Ceiling: A Center for Ballroom Dance
… a way enhances their redundancy. Layered glulam ceilings cover the two main spaces and evoke the hidden structure of the sprung dance floor below. The ceiling is reflected in the pattern of the hardwood floors, and the ballroom is reflected in the pool outside its layered facade. Layers of …
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Perceptions of the Glass Ceiling Effect in Community Colleges
… study was to determine the existence of a glass ceiling effect within community colleges by examining faculty, staff and administrator's perceptions of a glass ceiling as it relates to the advancement of women at their institutions. This was done by using a cross-sectional survey administered …
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Statutory Rate Ceiling Significance to Interstate Mortgage Loan Capital Mobility
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Evaluation of displacement ventilation for use in high-ceiling facilities
… performance of displacement ventilation in high ceiling facilities found in North America. Such areas include commercial and industrial manufacturing facilities often featuring high internal heat loads and contaminants associated with heat sources. These areas can range from 5 to 20 meters in …
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Wall jet model for ceiling fan applications in broiler houses
… profiles of radial wall jets produced by ceiling fans and flowing over broiler chickens. Broilers were modeled by balloons with paper cylinders simulating the necks. Wall jet data was recorded for 91.5, 83.8 and 71.1 cm radius fans that were rated at 220, 160, and 108 W, respectively. Each …
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God's Glass Ceiling: Women's Education in Christian Fundamentalist Higher Education Institutions
Fundamentalists have historically held complex relationships with education and with women. This thesis examines the intersection of the three topics through a case study approach by looking at the education of women at fundamentalist institutions Bob Jones University, Liberty University, and …
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Breaking Through the Brass Ceiling: Elite Military Women's Strategies for Success
… strategies they used to "break through the brass ceiling" and become General and Flag Officers. Data were collected through several methods, including content analysis of their military biographies, self-administered surveys, and selected interviews. Results generally indicate that the women …
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The Glass Ceiling: An Analysis of Women Working for Federal Agencies
… paper begins with an explanation of the glass ceiling concept and key findings of the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission. This section is followed by a review of theories that explain why women are discriminated against and why it is important to have women working in public administrative …
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Interest rate ceiling and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions in Zambia
Interest rate ceilings are often considered as an effective way of preventing lenders from charging extortionate interest rates. However, setting the rates too low may cause institutions to fail to raise enough revenue to cover their costs. Low rates may pressure MFIs to reduce costs, increase loan …
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DC's Marble ceiling : urban height and its regulation in Washington, DC
Washington, DC has a unique urban form that is the result of a century-old law. Through the narrow lens of DC's height limit, I survey a range of topics related to urban height, starting with a review of its history of regulation, highlighting society's tenuous relationship with tall buildings. …
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The 'glass-ceiling' phenomenon in the career development of successful academic women.
… for women failing to break through the glass ceiling in the higher education setting. Some authors concentrate on the environmental factors that are having an effect on women. Others concentrate on the effects of patriarchal organisational structures. Fewer commentators make reference to the …
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The glass ceiling effect in South African companies: An illusion or reality
… and discrimination in South Africa, the glass ceiling still inhibits the advancement of women to top positions in both the private and public sectors. The glass ceiling entails inherent and assimilated factors that contribute to barriers that limit women’s advancement in executive positions. In …
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Empirical Evaluation of Ground, Ceiling, and Wall Effect for Small-Scale Rotorcraft
… in classical helicopter theory.</p> <p>Likewise, ceiling effect refers to the apparent increase in lift that a rotorcraft experiences when flying close to a ceiling or any similar surface that is present above the rotor(s). Ceiling effect is similar in principle to ground effect, and can be …
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