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  • Comparing organizational theory to practice : using communication to describe a consensual organization

    Creator:
    Lang, Sabrina A.
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    The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational...
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    Communication to Describe a Consensual Organization. Abstract approved: Scott Chadwick The overarching

  • Assessment of Feedstock Materials for Producing a Suitable and Cost-Effective Biochar to Use as a Soil Amendment for Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

    Creator:
    Kumari, Pooja
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    Biochar is a highly porous, carbon-rich residue produced by thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis) of plant biomass and carbonaceous organic materials under oxygen-controlled conditions. Chars produced by this process tend to have high ion-exchange capacities and, when added to soil, increase retention of water and nutrients and improve soil aggregation, porosity, and...
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    Scott Lukas Biochar is a highly porous, carbon-rich residue produced by thermochemical

  • The Disclosure of Gay and Lesbian Sexual Identities and Relational Outcome Uncertainties

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    Smith, Karen Nimitz
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    The purpose of this study was to analyze the change in gay/lesbian friendships after the disclosure of their sexual identity. Six specific areas were examined: (1) what are the circumstances under which persons find out their close friends are gay/lesbian (hereafter referred to as the event), (2) do relationships change...
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    Uncertainties. Abstract approved: Scott Chadwick The purpose of this study was to analyze the change in gay

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

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    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
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    On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
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  • Al Gore Jr. and the Rhetoric of Self-Disclosure

    Creator:
    Palmer, Scott Aaron
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    Senator Al Gore Jr. was elected Vice-President of the United States on November 3, 1992. During many of his public speeches, Gore utilized a speaking style that differed radically from the style he used in other political campaigns of his life. This style, which will be called the "rhetoric of...
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    political leader. Al Gore Jr. and the Rhetoric of Self-Disclosure by Scott Aaron Palmer A THESIS

  • American ideology and the atomic bomb

    Creator:
    Swartz, Scott E.
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    On August 6, 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The events that led up to the United States' decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japanese...
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    , 2002 All Rights Reserved American Ideology and The Atomic Bomb by Scott E. Swartz A

  • Theodore Dwight Weld's use of the judicial motif in American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

    Creator:
    Trudeau, Justin Thomas
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    This thesis examines the rhetoric of Theodore Dwight Weld's American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. Published anonymously in 1839, Weld's publication became the longest antislavery tract in American history. It left its mark on the abolitionist movement itself and future antislavery literary works most notably Uncle...
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    Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Justin Thomas Trudeau

  • The Influence of Wilderness Activity Portrayals on Individual Participation

    Creator:
    Kelley, Crystal Chorlton
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    Individuals in and around a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to study their perception of wilderness activities depicted on television and other forms of media and the potential impact of these depictions on an individual's willingness to participate in wilderness activities. This study linked...
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    :  _____________________________________________________________________  Celeste Walls    Individuals in and around a small college town were asked to take part in an

  • Inside, Outside : Light and Dark

    Creator:
    Knotts, L. William
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    In a story of his life Les reflects on what he has gained and what he has lost while seeking success in the moving and shifting of military and academic life through homes and schools all over the United States. He describes himself as between races, languages, and cultures.
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    . Title: Inside, Outside: Light and D rk RA edacted for PrivacyAbstract Approved: A Chris/Anaerson In

  • A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

    Creator:
    Dwyer, Jennifer A.
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    This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...
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    A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an