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Principal Succession: Trends and Impacts
(2012-04-19)This study addresses the critical issue of planning for principal succession and the need for transitional assistance as new leaders acquire the position. Principals are constantly being replaced, and many times by a leader ... -
Principals' Perceptions of Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes (KSAs) of Effective School Principals
(2012-01-10)Williams, Robin. “Principals’ Perceptions of Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes (KSAs) of Effective School Principals.” Unpublished Doctor of Education Dissertation, University of Houston, December, 2010. Abstract This ... -
Principals' Time Spent Off Campus and Their Perception of its Effectiveness
(2012-04-19)An educational leader must perform many roles from being a business manager to instructional leader. Principals are required to be “jacks of all trades” to meet the challenges of today (Shelton, 2008, p. 4). A principal ... -
PUBLIC RELATIONS IN HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE: AN APPLICATION OF THE SITUATIONAL THEORY OF PUBLICS FOR LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY’S TEAM IN TRAINING PROGRAM
(2012-04-19)The purpose of this study was to explore a relationship between the public relations practice and the health promotion practice based on the assumption that one compliments the other. Grunig’s situational theory of publics ... -
Public School Teachers and Responsible Advocacy: What Are the Perceived Limits?
(2011-12-12)This qualitative study focused on the attitudes of a sample of 60 teachers in two Houston Independent School District schools toward applying public relations strategies, particularly responsible advocacy and advocacy-like ... -
Regular treadmill exercise prevents sleep deprivation-induced impairment of hippocampal-dependent memory and synaptic plasticity
(2012-04-19)ABSTRACT Study Objectives: Evidence suggests that regular exercise can protect against learning and memory impairment in the presence of insults such as stroke and neurodegeneration. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Response to the trauma of receiving an HIV diagnosis: Relation among assumptive world view, hope, and posttraumatic growth in individuals living with HIV/AIDS
(2012-04-19)Throughout its twenty-year history, HIV/AIDS has evolved from a disease considered to affect only gay men to one that impacts the lives of men, women, and children of different ages and from various backgrounds. HIV/AIDS ... -
Rewarding Non-Compliant Behavior in Organizations: The Role of Appraisal and Reward Systems on Employee Compliance with FLSA Regulations
(2012-04-19)Most I/O psychologists consider the realm of organizational legal issues to be almost entirely comprised of discrimination-related issues. However, the wave of recent wage and hour lawsuits (governed by the FLSA) has ... -
ROLE OF AGE-ASSOCIATED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ALTERED RENAL D1 AND AT1 RECEPTOR FUNCTIONS AND HYPERTENSION
(2012-04-19)Blood pressure (BP) and oxidative stress increase with aging. Renal dopamine D1 (D1R) and angiotensin AT1 (AT1R) receptors by maintaining sodium homeostasis regulate blood pressure. Impaired D1R and exaggerated AT1R functions ... -
Role of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor in Blood Pressure Regulation in Obese rats
(2012-04-19)Renin angiotensin system (RAS) consists of enzymes, hormones, proteins and peptides. Angiotensin II (Ang II) is an important peptide of RAS. Ang II acts via AT1 receptor (AT1R) and AT2 receptor (AT2R). While AT1R is known ... -
Role of Vascular Oxidative Stress in Hypertension
(2012-04-19)Hypertension affects 1 in 3 adult Americans and is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Better understanding of hypertension pathogenesis is important for development of effective therapeutic agents. An ... -
SIMULATION: PERCEPTIONS OF FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING STUDENTS
(2012-04-19)It was the purpose of this study to determine if there is a relationship between student satisfaction with high-fidelity-patient simulation experience and self-confidence in learning among student nurses. The population ... -
THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES‘ USE OF FRAMES IN PRESS RELEASES
(2012-01-10)The public relations techniques applied in the 2008 presidential election campaigns reflect the important role public relations plays in providing strategic counsel to American political campaigns. As one public relations ... -
THE CHANGING IMPORTANCE OF THE REAL AND SITCOM FAMILY: EXAMINING GENERATIONAL BEHAVIOR TOWARDS FAMILY THROUGH TELEVISION VIEWING HABITS
(2012-04-19)Generational researchers William Strauss and Neil Howe describe a generation as “unique in acquiring a shared history that lends its members to a social and cultural center of gravity.” Two of the most studied generations ... -
The Constructs of Empathy, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Self-Rumination: An Exploratory Factor Analysis
(2011-12-12)Previous research has demonstrated correlation amongst empathy, mindfulness, self-compassion and self-rumination. The constructs of empathy and mindfulness, however, remain indeterminate; self-compassion is a relatively ... -
THE EFFECT OF COLLABORATIVE TEACHING ON THE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENT POPULATION: A CASE STUDY
(2012-04-19)The study aims to answer the following questions: (1) How do non-disabled students perform academically in a collaborative teaching environment using the method of inclusion in comparison to a traditional non-inclusive ...