Societal and Spiritural Orientation: How People Interpret Ambiguous Situations
In the middle part of the twentieth century, Allport (1950) stated that the study of religion had “gone into hiding” (p.1). However, due largely to Allport’s seminal work in field, the study of...
View ArticleLeadership and Innovative Environment in Organizations
This article examines the relationship between leader-follower friendships and the innovative environment in organizations. The results of the study reveal that leader-follower friendships are...
View ArticleRelationship Between Cultural Intelligence and Leadership
The study investigates the prediction that the higher cultural intelligence competencies, the more effective leadership. Multiple regression analysis of data from 14 managers in the United States and...
View ArticlePre-service teacher dispositions
"The objective of this study is to discover what other universities are doing to address pre-service teacher dispositions. Many universities have utilized assessment tools and policies directed toward...
View ArticleThe effects of upper body vs lower body training on rate-pressure product
"Lower body activities such as walking, running, and cycling have traditionally been used as the activity mode during physiological exercise testing. Interest in specific responses to upper extremity...
View ArticleUnderstanding the relationship between perceived levels of stress,...
Mindfulness meditation has become increasing popular in the Western world the last few decades. Although the research in the area of mindfulness is just beginning, many studies report positive benefits...
View Article"Rupturing the Plane": Signifyin(g)
"Most readings of Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo come from a perspective that Reed establishes a series of binaries to be dissected. Many of these critics use Jacques Derrida’s theory of deconstruction...
View ArticleThe effects of video self-modeling on children with autism spectrum disorder
"Video self-modeling (VSM) is a type of intervention that has been developed to assist students in viewing themselves successfully in a wide variety of domains. Previous research regarding VSM states...
View ArticleDistributional survey and habitat associations of crayfishes in Three River...
Kansas represents the western most edge of high crayfish diversity in North America. The most recent comprehensive survey of crayfishes in Kansas was conducted over 50 years ago and resulted in a list...
View ArticleRecoginition of speech in multi-talker babble by individuals with hearing loss
"The purpose of this study was to determine the speech recognition abilities of individuals with hearing loss using multi-talker babble as a competing stimulus. Twenty-six young adults participated, 15...
View ArticleContinual passage of Staphylococcus epiderm/dis in subinhibitory levels of...
"Triclosan is a multi-purpose biocide that is used in many personal care products, including antibacterial handsoaps and toothpastes. The wide usage oftriclosan fosters its dispersal into the...
View ArticleTest Performance and Study Breaks
As the culture of American education changes, recess time is declining in favor of instruction time. An important question, however, is whether this shift is truly going to yield the best learning...
View ArticleInfluence of Friendship on Motivation and Academic Achievement
Research has shown that friendship, along with motivation, can impact the cognitive development and academic achievement of students in varying ways. As a result of the increase in attention nationwide...
View ArticleMotive Strength as a Predictor of Goal Importance
The present study sought to examine whether motivation as measured by 16 motives the Reiss Profile of Fundamental Goals and Motivation Sensitivities could predict the relative importance of goals as...
View ArticleAlarm-Calling and Response Behaviors of the Black-tailed Prairie Dog in Kansas
Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) use alarm calls to warn offspring and other kin of predatory threats. Dialects occur when vocalizations contain consistent differences among populations not isolated by...
View ArticleCorrelating Social Media Policy to the ISLLC Standards
The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) was a committee developed in 1996 by the Council of Chief School Officers (CSSO) that created standards to direct the training of aspirant...
View ArticleBurrowing Owl (Athene Cunicularia) Nesting Ecology in Western Kansas
The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) is a common occupant of Smoky Valley Ranch located in Logan County, Kansas, where the abundance of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) burrows...
View ArticleEffective School-Wide Discipline Programs Student Achievement
Student discipline has been a concern for school districts for many years. Many district and school level administrators have made the decision to strictly enforce local and district level discipline...
View ArticleUnderstanding How College Students' Literacy is Affected by Texting SMS Lexicon
Spelling and grammar have always been taught in schools as means of proper language mechanics (U.S.D.E., 2006). Recently, the use of correct spelling and proper grammar in writing among college...
View Article3-D Seismic Interpretation, Seismic Attribute Analysis, and Well Log...
The researched area covers the extent of the Keller 3D seismic survey [2 mi2 (5.2 km2)] and is located approximately 12 miles northeast of the city of Hays, Kansas and NW of Ellis and SW of Rooks...
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