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RTFM NOOb: Criticizing Internet Based Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre

Creator:: Carlson, Gordon S. III
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to aid in qualitative improvements to technical support documents on the Internet. By using a generic criticism this analysis will make substantive suggestions towards the improvement of this type of document by engaging the rhetoric employed by their authors. It will discuss the history...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to aid in qualitative improvements to technical support documents on the Internet. By using a

Virtual virtuosos : cyborgs and integrative ethics in the intimate machine

Creator:: Clemenhagen, Ronda L.
Abstract:: Standard accounts of women's relationship with technology stress women's need to overcome anxiety to achieve competence with computers. Recent studies provide evidence that this woman-anxiety-technology connection is an oversimplification of the relationship between women and computers. New literature also suggests that making computers more appealing will help girls overcome computational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Scientific and Technical Communication presented on July 17, 2000. Title: Virtual Virtuosos: Cyborgs and

Financial development and technical efficiency : Georgian banking in transition, 1991-2000

Creator:: Amaghlobeli, David
Abstract:: In this study overall financial development and the performance of commercial banks in Georgia during 1991-2000 is analyzed. Georgian banking system emerged from a scratch after the country gained its independence in 1991. Initial reform path turned out to be very arduous, full of failures and disappointments. After complete chaos...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Technical Efficiency: Georgian Banking in Transition, 199 1-2000 Abstract approved: John P. Farrell In

Scientists' perspectives on the importance of scientific communication in natural resource decision-making

Creator:: Shaw, Christine Michelle
Abstract:: Natural resource decisions require consideration at many levels, ranging from how one invertebrate will be affected by a nearby road, to how an entire watershed will be transformed by a massive clearcut. Considerations reach farther than just the local ecological community-human communities, economies, and future impacts on the communities and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: scientific community realized that technical science and specialists could not exist without an educated

Computer and internet usage in rural clubs : are members digitally divided?

Creator:: Cassell, Christopher J.
Abstract:: Lower rates of computer adoption and usage in rural areas has been called a "digital divide." This work explores the current state of connectivity within a rural town of the Pacific Northwest with a quantitative and qualitative overview of computer usage and access within civic and activity clubs, ranging from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: "trash" to eject it? Experience over time allows those proficient to negotiate these complex technical

Interpreting geology in Yosemite National Park, California : a monument to strong granite, powerful glaciers, and the perseverance of life

Creator:: Dunham, Sarah E.
Abstract:: This thesis develops a thematic, geology-based interpretive training manual for the interpretive staff at Yosemite National Park (YNP), California. The manual will help staff understand and convey geologic principles to park visitors who are all experiencing a dynamic landscape comprised of glacially-sculpted igneous rocks. Basic geology and the results of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: at a non-geologist audience, and therefore include less technical explanations of concepts and

Interpreting a weird and scenic landscape to park visitors : tectonic and volcanic processes of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho

Creator:: Truitt, Kimberly E.
Abstract:: This thesis develops a geology training manual for the Interpretation staff of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) in southern Idaho. The manual will help the staff convey geologic principles to park visitors who are experiencing a landscape formed by volcanic processes. Basic geology and the most...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -geologist audience, with less-technical explanations of the most current research, followed by

Impact the impact of research and training programs on the demand for grass seed in overseas markets

Creator:: Vega-H, Esteban
Abstract:: This research examines whether alternative methods of export commodity promotion and market development, such as technical training and trade servicing activities, have been successful in increasing the demand for grass seed produced in Oregon in international markets. A single equation linear input demand model and a linear model adjusted to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: promotion and market development, such as technical training and trade servicing activities, have been

Shake, rattle, and roll : awaking the visiting public's curiosity of geology via interpretation at Redwood National State Parks

Creator:: Natoli, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: By researching aspects of the geology of Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) and serving for two summers as a seasonal interpretive ranger, I have developed a training manual designed for fellow rangers. The descriptive nature of the manual, combined with its vivid illustrations, is designed to enable rangers of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , tsunamis, and geologic history. Non-technical text accompanies photographs and other illustrations to

Improving the environmental and social practices of coastal tourism operators

Creator:: Currey, Shari Ann
Abstract:: From May 1999 through April 2000, I interned with the Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association (AWRTA), a non-profit organization that balances responsible tourism development with resource protection and community enhancement. I was assigned to a seven-member task force charged with evaluating the success of AWRTA's "Ecotourism Guidelines2" and was...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: and Jamie Sweeting of Conservation International (CI) for lending their expert advice and technical

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RTFM NOOb: Criticizing Internet Based Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre

Virtual virtuosos : cyborgs and integrative ethics in the intimate machine

Financial development and technical efficiency : Georgian banking in transition, 1991-2000

Scientists' perspectives on the importance of scientific communication in natural resource decision-making

Computer and internet usage in rural clubs : are members digitally divided?

Interpreting geology in Yosemite National Park, California : a monument to strong granite, powerful glaciers, and the perseverance of life

Interpreting a weird and scenic landscape to park visitors : tectonic and volcanic processes of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho

Impact the impact of research and training programs on the demand for grass seed in overseas markets

Shake, rattle, and roll : awaking the visiting public's curiosity of geology via interpretation at Redwood National State Parks

Improving the environmental and social practices of coastal tourism operators

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