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  • Impact of voluntary compliance and compliance inspection programs on experience rates among small employers in California

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    Nave, Michael E.
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    This study was conducted to evaluate government intervention as an effective strategy for implementing accident prevention programs and reducing occupational injuries in the workplace. The central issue was to determine if participation in the California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Small Employer Voluntary Compliance Program (SEVCP) or compliance inspections conducted...
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    Employers in California (Redacted for privacy Abstract Approved (--"tavAd C. Lawson This study was

  • Protective Action Decision Making in Large-Scale Emergencies: The Role of Information Requirements and Job Aids in Community-Level Decision Making

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    Al-Abdrabbuh, Sami
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    Protective Action Decision Making is used to protect communities from adverse events and hazards. Models such as PADM (Lindell & Perry 2012) describe individual behaviors but have not robustly examined the information requirements in the solicitation process. The literature further indicates gaps in understanding the individual impacts of specific factors...
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    deepest gratitude to Dr. Anthony Veltri, Dr. Sunil Khanna, and Dr. Martin Storksdieck, my committee

  • A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

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    Zhang, Hao
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    Improving the understanding the relations of sustainability behaviors in manufacturing systems and actively engaging with manufacturers (especially SMEs) in sustainability efforts is key to the long-term success of U.S. industry and the natural environment. This study addresses this urgent need by establishing a systemic approach for the design of costing...
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    this dissertation. The author would also like to thank Dr. Anthony Veltri for his insights on

  • Integration of Systems Thinking, Viable System Model, and System Dynamics toward Systemic Sustainability Assessment Methodology

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    Tong, Anh B.
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    The developmental milestones of Sustainability are consistent with the post-normal versus traditional science, where transdisciplinary and policy/action research are among the important approaches to be added to traditional analysis. This shift requires a new perspective to look at the problem at hand: we are no longer considering a group of...
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    . Javier Calvo and Dr. Karl Haapala for their intellectual passion and guidance; to Dr. Anthony Veltri

  • Half Array Architecture for Advancing Microchannel Heat Recuperation to Market

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    Brannon, Samuel T.
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    High temperature microchannel heat recuperators (HTμRs) offer an efficient means of improving reactor process thermal efficiency by offering smaller form factors due to increased heat transfer surface area density and volumetric heat transfer rate over traditional heat exchanger designs. To date, HTμRs face cost and reliability challenges. In this work,...
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    waste heat recovery with an inlet temperature of 850°C. A subscale HTµR was fabricated and tested to

  • The impact of gender-role identity, gender ideology and drinking motivation on binge drinking and behavioral outcomes

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    Ketcham, Patricia
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in students' drinking patterns and the resultant negative consequences based on gender role identity, gender role ideology and self-reported drinking motivations on a college campus. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 735 university students. Gender...
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    , Anthony Veltri, and Anisa Zvonkovic, for the time and effort they put into making this dissertation a

  • Foliar interception and uptake of ³⁶Cl by crops

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    Bytwerk, David Paul
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    Greenhouse studies were conducted to determine interception, absorption, and translocation values for foliar applied ³⁶Cl. Foliar interception and uptake of contaminated irrigation water by crops is a major pathway for the transport of radionuclides to human beings in scenarios relevant to the waste disposal community. Performance assessments of many repositories...
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    Anthony Veltri gave liberally of their time and expertise to better my work. I thank them for their

  • Experimental analysis of task prioritization training for a group of university flight technology students

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    Hoover, Amy L.
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    Task prioritization performance was evaluated for pilots who participated in a concurrent task management (CTM) training course and pilots who did not. CTM is the process by which pilots selectively attend to high priority tasks and shed non-priority tasks. Twenty seven pilots enrolled in a university flight technology program were...
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    numerous enlightening discussions. Dr. Jack Dugan was my statistics coach and moral support. Dr. Anthony

  • A formal model of construction safety and health risk management

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    Hallowell, Matthew R.
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    Despite recent efforts to improve site safety, construction still accounts for a disproportionate injury and illness rate. According to the 2007 injury and illness data released by the National Safety Council, the construction industry has a fatality and disabling injury rate that is approximately three times higher than the all-industry...
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    expectations. Anthony Veltri, my minor advisor, was a most pleasant surprise. Anthony was a great instructor

  • The Impact of the Correlated Color Temperature of Fluorescent Lighting and its Influence on Student On-Task Behavior in an Elementary School Classroom

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    Pulay, Alana S.
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    The aim of the study was to determine whether a higher correlated color temperature of the fluorescent lighting in an elementary school classroom influenced student on-task behavior as compared to fluorescent lighting with a lower correlated color temperature. A conceptual theoretical framework on interior lighting and human behavior was developed...
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    committee members, Dr. Elif Tural, Dr. Seunghae Lee, Dr. Anthony Veltri, and Dr. Kimberly Halsey for their

  • Construction risks allocation : optimal risk allocation decision support model

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    Alsalman, Ali Abdullah
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    It has been suggested that projects in the construction industry are subject to risks more than other industries. However, there is often little parity in allocation of risks in the construction industry. Usually, project participants allocate risks by aversion where owners tend to shift risks to the primary contractor, who...
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    committee members, Dr. Anthony Veltri, Minor professor, Dr. John A. Gambatese, Dr. David Rogge, and Dr

  • Modeling Task Prioritization Behaviors in a Time-Pressured Multitasking Environment

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    Toma, Takeaki
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    Funk’s (1991) cockpit task management (CTM) theory is structurally consistent with cognitive multitasking models: it addresses managing multiple and concurrent tasks in three stages: situation awareness, response selection, and response execution. Based on CTM theory, Colvin, Funk and Braune (2005) hypothesized that the following six factors may affect task prioritization:...
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    methodologies in the literature. I appreciate Dr. Anthony Veltri who was always supportive and expected a

  • Medical radionuclides and their impurities in wastewater

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    Hay, Tristan Ryan
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    NCRP report No.160 states that medical exposure increased to nearly half of the total radiation exposure of the U.S. population from all sources in 2006 (NCRP 2009). Part of this increase in exposure is due to the rise in nuclear medicine procedures. With this observed growth in medical radionuclide usage,...
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  • An examination of strategic challenges and opportunities in the wood-based building product industry

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    Tokarczyk, John A.
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    The wood-based building products industry has experienced significant turbulence over the past several decades as a function of multiple forces including among others globalization, product and process innovation, and shifting customer and consumer interest and demands. Collectively, these changes have challenged the historical tenets which have defined industry strategy and...
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  • Sustainable construction safety and health rating system

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    Rajendran, Sathyanarayanan
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    The main objective of this research study is to incorporate construction worker safety and health into sustainable design and construction practices. This can be fulfilled by the development of an innovative construction worker safety and health planning tool, called Sustainable Construction Safety and Health (SCSH) Rating System that will: •...
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    writing skills. I am very grateful to the members of my committee: Dr. Anthony Veltri, Dr. David