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Trainable Physical Variables as Determinants of Rock Climbing Performance
(2017-02-22)Rock climbing causes a variety of physiological changes over time, as observed in elite climbers. The purpose of this study was to determine which trainable physical variables were the strongest predictors of rock climbing ... -
Trending of Performance Appraisal Score Growth and the Longevity of Time between the Same Worker and Supervisor
(2015-06-09)Performance appraisals are conducted by organizations to access how an employee has performed during a past period of time. However it is unknown whether previous research has been performed on the relationship between ... -
The Truthful Face: an Explorative Content Analysis
(2012-10-18)There has been a transition from newspaper to Internet personal ads over the past several years. During this time there has been limited research on solely heterosexual males selfpresentation in personal ads. This study ... -
Types of Waste in the Office and Their Relative Magnitudes
(2015-05-20)The issue of wasted time in office environments is two-fold: the lack of a functional model and the lack of measures of office waste. A functional model will clarify both measures and solutions, and dollar based measures ... -
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UCM Risk Assessment Symposium
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Underlying Feminism and Leading Ladies in Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play, The Clean House, and Dead Man's Cell Phone
(2015-06-03)Sarah Ruhl has found much success as a contemporary playwright, and her works focus on female protagonists. As Ruhl identifies as a feminist, this study will focus on the leading ladies in three of her popular plays and ... -
Use of Cognitive and Cultural Framing in the Communications of Non-Dominant Groups
(2013-12-12)The nature of mainstream mass media makes it one of the primary conduits for promulgation of dominant cultural values. When that dominant culture becomes so pervasive so as to become invisible to the majority of people in ... -
Usefulness of a Bookmark for Distinguishing Scientific from Non-Scientific Psychology Books
(2011-12-15)The purpose of this project is to gather information about the usefulness of a bookmark that is designed to help the lay reader make informed decisions about selecting books. Science-based mass market books about psychological ... -
Using Comics to Improve Literacy in English Language Learners
(2011-07-13)As English Language Learners enter the mainstream classroom, they face numerous challenges. Many English Language Learners struggle with literacy and often enter the classroom setting with literacy skills below their peers. ... -
Using Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games in Education
(2014-03-14)Massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) are a complex type of video game that offers many educational benefits. This study, done in the form of a literature review, will show some of the educational benefits ... -
Using Modified Risk Assessment Methods to Communicate Risk
(2016-05-16)A conventional Bow Tie Analysis is a combination of a fault tree and event tree analysis used to provide a clear illustration of the risk pathways and control measures in place for situations that do not require a full ... -
Using Role-Playing Gamification to Create Safe Spaces for LGBT Students in the Composition Classroom
(2017-06-15)This thesis examines how applying gamification (the practice of using games and game-based mechanics) in the composition classroom can help foster a safe environment for expression for members of the LGBT community. ... -
The Utilization of Job Rotation to Increase Motivation in the Print Production Industry
(2016-02-24)This paper introduces research about the application of the motivational tool, job rotation, into the print production industry. There little to no studies of job rotation and employee motivation in the print production ... -
Validation of the Blink Test: A Simple Measure of Pain.
(2013-12-12)Pain assessment is a complex task often hindered by subjectivity, an overabundance of measurement options, and communication barriers. Research has focused on psychosocial factors that affect pain assessment as well as the ... -
The Values of Stay-at-Home and Working Fathers
(2012-10-19)Using stay-at-home and working fathers as a lens for exploring differences in values constructs among parents, this research showed some supportive evidence for a current evolution away from traditional, breadwinning ... -
Variations on a Putnam Problem
(2017-02-01)The following problem appeared in the afternoon session of the Fiftieth William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition in 1989. A dart, thrown at random, hits a square target. Assuming that any two parts of the target ... -
Violence in Music Videos: Examining Temporary Personality Effects on the Dark Triad
(2015-07-27)Research concerning the effects of music has historically focused on the effects of mood, physiology, and other aspects of human cognition but little research has examined the temporary personality effects from watching ... -
Visual Literacy, Standards, and the Use of Visual Resources in Schools
(2014-03-14)As the world continues to embrace technology, students are expected to possess the skills necessary to make meaning from images used in communication. Based on the heavy use of images on the Web to communicate meaning, for ... -
“Voluptuous Narrative Pleasure”: An Inter-Textual Investigation of Suicide in Revolutionary Road
(2016-02-24)In Revolutionary Road, April Wheeler links Richard Yates' novel of suburban suffering to a multi-era, multi-generic tradition of literary suicides. Thus, April Wheeler's fictional life and death are not only the produ ...