Construction workers -- Substance use -- United States; Construction workers -- Drug testing -- United States
A career in construction exposes a tradesperson to an ever changing environment with known as well as unknown hazards. Unfortunately one of the unknowns is the use of illicit substances and the abuse of legal medications by some of the workers. ...
Product non-conformances which is one aspect of manufacturing that for the most part is ignored by researchers, analyst and media at large, has a significant effect on the cost of production. This research focuses on the processes and practices...
Organizational effectiveness -- Case studies; Industrial efficiency -- Case studies; Corporate culture -- Case studies
This paper offers an understanding of the philosophy and characteristics of ACE (Achieving Competitive Excellence) and how it has attempted to create a competitive advantage for AeroCo. On further examination, it illustrates many examples of how...
Conflict management -- Great Lakes Region (Africa); Women and peace -- Great Lakes Region (Africa); Great Lakes Region (Africa) -- Politics and government
In Africa, and especially the Great Lakes region of the continent, conflict between groups and nations has been on the rise for some time. This has led to the displacement of people and massive loss of lives and property. The conflict is also a...
The present research sought to provide evidence of a relationship between self-esteem and anger. Twenty-seven of the 93 subjects from a previous research study were mailed a selfesteem survey, the Multi-dimensional Self-esteem Inventory (MSEI;...
Customer relations -- Management -- Data processing; Self-organizing maps; Data mining
This study outlines a method of determining individual customer potential, based solely on data present in the customer database: descriptive information and transaction records. We define potential as the incremental turnover that any particular...
Educational indicators; Education -- Mathematical models; Educational planning -- Mathematical models; School management and organization -- Mathematical models
This case study investigated the manner in which one elementary school operationalized DDDM. Utilizing a mixed-methods design, findings were generated from survey, interview, observation, and artifact data to identify the structures and processes...
The ways in which an individual views the self and others in the context of close relationships has been shown to influence how stress is both managed and coped with. However, questions remain about the mechanisms through which an individual’s...
Mobile communication systems -- United States; Wireless communication systems -- United States; Communication in education -- United States
The purpose of this Capstone Project is to research and provide a solution on how mobile technology can be used as a communication tool between a faculty member and his or her students. The solution will be to allow faculty members the ability to...
Groundwater -- Connecticut -- Lieutenant River Watershed; Water quality -- Connecticut;
Water quality has become an important environmental issue as population growth and an expanded economy have caused increased degradation of many waterbodies. As a consequence of this degradation, stream characteristics are altered, habitats are...
Geographic information systems; Emergency management; Fire departments -- Communication systems -- Rural conditions
The purpose of this thesis project was to develop a Geographic Information System (GIS) application that would increase the efficiency of a certain rural volunteer fire department which does not employ emergency dispatching personnel. The Goal was...
Substance abuse -- Treatment; Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment
This research established that the rehabilitation process of individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) would be incomplete without integrating substance abuse treatment components into head injury rehabilitation programs. The...
Choctaw Indians -- Government relations -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History; Federal-Indian trust relationship
Charles Wilkinson asserts that the Supreme Court has responded to contemporary Native American pleas for justice by attempting to incorporate Indian understanding of past commitments into reinterpretations of old laws. The new accommodation appears...
Employee assistance programs; Consortia -- Small business -- Personnel management
This thesis describes the development and implementation of a consortium approach to providing small business (fifty employees or fewer) with Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services within seven towns in central Connecticut. The consortium was...
Conflict management -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Over the last three school years, horrific acts of violence have taken place in America's public schools. The reality of children killing children has sparked a national debate over school violence and what can be done to prevent it.
As an...
School management and organization -- Longitudinal studies
In this thesis I explored, through in-depth literature review, survey, and teacher interviews, the value and feasibility of creating and maintaining a K-12 student portfolio that would present a learning history of each student over an extended...
United States. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; College students -- Conduct of life -- United States; Universities and colleges -- Administration
Since the demise of the doctrine of in loco parentis in the mid-1960's, the role that the United States government has played in matters of student conduct at postsecondary institutions has changed drastically. Although higher education has...
Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Lungs -- Cancer
This study examines the relationship ovserved between the chromosomal
abnormalities detected by FISH and available clinical data on cancer type on
forty lung cancer specimens. An attempt to derive correlation between subtype
of lung cancer and type...
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a type of dementia characterized by a gradual and
progressive decline of intellectual functioning, affecting 20-40% of the population
over the age of eighty. It results in cognitive deficits such as impairments in...
