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- "A Land of Make Believe that Don’t Believe in Me": Dissent by Incongruity in Green Day’s "Jesus of Suburbia.".
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Werner, Jansen
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Following the September 11 terrorist attacks there were increased demands in America for patriotism. This attitude of hyper-patriotism, in accordance with the Bush Administration’s appropriation of the American civil religion, precluded many discursive possibilities for dissent. Yet there were some who still utilized the available outlets of public discourse to dissent from Bush Administration policies. Green Day’s 2004 song, “Jesus of Suburbia,” is just such an exemplary dissent discourse....
Show moreFollowing the September 11 terrorist attacks there were increased demands in America for patriotism. This attitude of hyper-patriotism, in accordance with the Bush Administration’s appropriation of the American civil religion, precluded many discursive possibilities for dissent. Yet there were some who still utilized the available outlets of public discourse to dissent from Bush Administration policies. Green Day’s 2004 song, “Jesus of Suburbia,” is just such an exemplary dissent discourse. What follows is divided into four sections. First, I analyze the ideological circumstances which preceded the release of “Jesus of Suburbia.” Second, I reflect on the respective conceptual insights of Ivie’s humanizing dissent and Burke’s perspective by incongruity; ultimately, I suggest their programs be joined into an individual construct: dissent by incongruity. Third, I examine how “Jesus of Suburbia” employed dissent by incongruity to critique imperialistic policies. Finally, I argue Green Day’s use of dissent by incongruity reorients the direction of dissent discourse.
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- 2011-10-01
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- fgcu_ir_000597
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- 100 years of ecology: what are our concepts and are they useful?.
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Reiners, William A., Lockwood, Jeffrey A., Reiners, Derek S., Prager, Steven D.
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On the occasion of the Ecological Society of America's centennial, we sought to learn which ecological concepts members value in terms of their utility. This required defining “concept,” and selecting concepts from current ecology textbooks that might arguably belong to a normative set. All ESA members were invited to participate in an online survey in October 2014 in which they rated 70, randomly selected concepts (out of a total set of 131) in terms of utility. Alternative to rating,...
Show moreOn the occasion of the Ecological Society of America's centennial, we sought to learn which ecological concepts members value in terms of their utility. This required defining “concept,” and selecting concepts from current ecology textbooks that might arguably belong to a normative set. All ESA members were invited to participate in an online survey in October 2014 in which they rated 70, randomly selected concepts (out of a total set of 131) in terms of utility. Alternative to rating, respondents could mark the concept as unfamiliar. Respondents were also able list concepts that were important to them that were not encountered in the survey. Fifteen percent (1324) of the ESA membership participated in the survey. Of these, 89% were addressed in North America, 62% were male, 77% held Ph.D. degrees, 67% were involved in academia through employment or as students, and about one-half of the total were divided between community and ecosystem ecology domains of interest. The 10 highest ranked concepts (in descending order) for utility were scales (small, local, regional, global, etc.), ecosystem, habitat, species, disturbance/perturbation, organism, population, community, competition, and species life history. The 10 lowest ranked concepts (in descending order) for utility were Lotka-Volterra predator–prey/competition models, Allee effect, nutrient spiraling, character displacement, doubling time, climax, Hardy-Weinberg equation, red queen hypothesis, chemoautotroph/chemoautotrophy, and mimicry. Respondents entered 2800 terms not encountered in the survey. After parsing for concepts missed due to the survey's random presentation process, for semantic redundancy and for terms deemed non-concepts, 119 candidate concepts emerged. Many of these deserve consideration for inclusion in a normative set and introduction in textbooks. This research provides a well-considered definition of “concept,” a basis for defining a normative set of concepts expected to be known to all ecologists, and a measure of familiarity but, more importantly, a measure of usage by contemporary ecologists who were members of ESA. These results help us to understand ourselves and our science, to better teach ecology, to guide the initiatives of the collective ecological community, and to further explore the extent and intellectual structure of the principal concepts by which ecologists pursue their work.
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- 2017-02-16
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- 10.1002/ecm.1243, fgcu_ir_000050, http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ecm.1243
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- 4-Methoxypyridine-(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-N,O,O′) copper(II).
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McManus, Gregory, Perry, John J., Zaworotko, Michael J.
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The synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [Cu(C7H3NO4)(C6H7NO)], [Cu(dipic)(4-MeO-Py)], (dipic = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate, 4-MeO-Py = 4-methoxypyridine), is described. Molecules of [Cu(dipic)(4-MeO-Py)] are formed {via} coordination of the copper(II) cation to two nitrogen atoms, from the dipic and 4-MeO-Py ligands respectively, and to two oxygen atoms from the carboxylate groups of the dipic ligand. The molecules pack in a non-centrosymmetric manner, stacked eclipsed with respect to one...
Show moreThe synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [Cu(C7H3NO4)(C6H7NO)], [Cu(dipic)(4-MeO-Py)], (dipic = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate, 4-MeO-Py = 4-methoxypyridine), is described. Molecules of [Cu(dipic)(4-MeO-Py)] are formed {via} coordination of the copper(II) cation to two nitrogen atoms, from the dipic and 4-MeO-Py ligands respectively, and to two oxygen atoms from the carboxylate groups of the dipic ligand. The molecules pack in a non-centrosymmetric manner, stacked eclipsed with respect to one another along the b-axis and aligned parallel in a head-to-tail motif. The title compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group, Pca2(1), with a = 27.339(3) Å, b = 3.7130(4) Å, c = 11.6859(12) Å, V = 1186.2(2) Å3, and Z = 4. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by least-squares methods to a final R-factor of 0.0327 for 2648 independent reflections.
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- 2004-12-01
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- fgcu_ir_000516
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- A Case for a Formal Design Paradigm for Serious Games.
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Kenny, Robert, Gunter, Glenda, Vick, Erik Henry
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We are witnessing a mad rush to pour educational content into games in an ad hoc manner in hopes that players are motivated to learn simply because the content is housed inside a game. A failure to base serious game design on well-established learning theories as proposed by well-respected educators like Robert Gagne and James Keller, increases the risk of the game failing to meet its intended educational goals, yielding a player base who is entertained but who have not acquired new skills or...
Show moreWe are witnessing a mad rush to pour educational content into games in an ad hoc manner in hopes that players are motivated to learn simply because the content is housed inside a game. A failure to base serious game design on well-established learning theories as proposed by well-respected educators like Robert Gagne and James Keller, increases the risk of the game failing to meet its intended educational goals, yielding a player base who is entertained but who have not acquired new skills or knowledge. Well-developed video games certainly engage players, but games designated as educational are not always based on sound educational principles and theories, thereby potentially losing power as an educational tool. We contend that if content learning is to take place as a result of playing serious games, a new design paradigm design must be developed. We also contend that educational effectiveness needs to be integrated as a goal from the start of the design process and that sound educational practices need to be formally incorporated into all serious games.
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- 2006-01-01
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- fgcu_ir_000203
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- A Case Study for Teaching Quantitative Biochemical Buffer Problems Using Group Work and "Khan Style" Videos .
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Reilly, John, Dubetz, Terry A., Davis-McGibony, C. Michele, Ramoutar, Ria, Rudd, Gillian, Brown, David, Frost, Laura, Coticone, Sulekha, Beharry, Zanna, Barreto, Jose
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New technological developments have minimized training, hardware expense, and distribution problems for the production and use of instructional videos, and any science instructor can now make instructional videos for their classes. We created short "Khan style" videos for the topic of buffers in biochemistry and assigned them as homework, followed by group problem-solving sessions in class. We tested the hypothesis that "inverting the classroom" (a popular terminology for the new format)...
Show moreNew technological developments have minimized training, hardware expense, and distribution problems for the production and use of instructional videos, and any science instructor can now make instructional videos for their classes. We created short "Khan style" videos for the topic of buffers in biochemistry and assigned them as homework, followed by group problem-solving sessions in class. We tested the hypothesis that "inverting the classroom" (a popular terminology for the new format) could replace traditional live lectures, which are typically followed by assigning homework problems (traditionally, mostly solved by students working alone). Using the inverted classroom method, we found that most of our students achieved mastery in solving buffer problems on an exam, without any live lecture (the class averages were ~80%). Our survey data showed that both students and faculty reviewers considered the new format to be an effective teaching tool. To validate our results, we included six survey questions concerning rigor and fairness; positive data were obtained in this regard, with a mean of ~4, on a 5-point scale. We included three separate classes in our study with grade data from 67 students and survey data from 42 students.
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- 2014-09-01
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- fgcu_ir_000551
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- A co-crystal of 1,10-phenanthroline with boric acid: a novel aza-aromatic complex.
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Mirjafari, Arsalan, Pham, Lam, Smith, Philip J., Sykora, Richard E., Davis, James H.
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The title compound, C12H8N2·2B(OH)3, is best described as a host-guest complex in which the B(OH)3 mol-ecules form a hydrogen-bonded cyclic network of layers parallel to the ab plane into which the 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecules are bound. An extensive network of hydrogen bonds are responsible for the crystal stability. No π-stacking inter-actions occur between the 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecules.
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- 2013-07-15
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- 10.1107/S1600536813015134, fgcu_ir_000067, http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813015134
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- A Comparison of Associational and Claimless-Informational Advertising in Russia.
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Van Auken, Stuart, Wells, Ludmilla
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This study investigates the efficacy of cross-class associational advertising in Russia. This proven Western approach seems to be particularly appropriate as it involves a heavily unfamiliar brand, which serves to lessen counter-arguing. However, this study denotes a Russian culture characterized by a mistrust and skepticism of advertising and a suspicion of the claims of unfamiliar brands. A comparison of claimbased associational advertising with claimless-informational advertising confirms...
Show moreThis study investigates the efficacy of cross-class associational advertising in Russia. This proven Western approach seems to be particularly appropriate as it involves a heavily unfamiliar brand, which serves to lessen counter-arguing. However, this study denotes a Russian culture characterized by a mistrust and skepticism of advertising and a suspicion of the claims of unfamiliar brands. A comparison of claimbased associational advertising with claimless-informational advertising confirms the inappropriateness of the Western approach. The study thus suggests that informational advertising that furthers the creation of brand knowledge and awareness may be a useful precursor to associational advertising for an unfamiliar brand.
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- 2008-10-05
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- fgcu_ir_000891
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- A Comparison of Intramuscular Temperatures During 10-Minute 1.0-MHz Ultrasound Treatments at Different Intensities.
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Cordova, Mitchell, Leonard, Jamie, Merrick, Mark A., Ingersoll, Christopher D.
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Context: Research on therapeutic ultrasound has not focused on the duration needed to cause thermal change with various ultrasound intensities. Objective: To analyze triceps surae intramuscular temperature using 4 intensity levels after a 10-min 1-MHz continuous ultrasound treatment at a depth of 4 cm. Design: 1 × 4 repeated measures. Independent variable: intensity of 4 levels—0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 W/cm². Dependent variable: peak intramuscular temperature. Setting: Research laboratory....
Show moreContext: Research on therapeutic ultrasound has not focused on the duration needed to cause thermal change with various ultrasound intensities. Objective: To analyze triceps surae intramuscular temperature using 4 intensity levels after a 10-min 1-MHz continuous ultrasound treatment at a depth of 4 cm. Design: 1 × 4 repeated measures. Independent variable: intensity of 4 levels—0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 W/cm². Dependent variable: peak intramuscular temperature. Setting: Research laboratory. Participants: 19 volunteers with no lower leg pathologies. Intervention: Treatment order was balanced via Latin square and performed 24 hr apart. Main Outcome Measures: Peak intramuscular temperatures. Results: The only significant difference detected was that the mean temperature after the 1.0-W/cm² treatment (37.3 °C) was greater than that at 2.0-W/cm² intensity (36.1 °C). No treatment reached the desired 4° increase needed for therapeutic efficacy. Conclusions: Treatments at 1.0 W/cm² increased tissue temperatures more than those at 2.0 W/cm².
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- 2004-01-01
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- fgcu_ir_000295
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- A Comparison of Intramuscular Temperatures During Ultrasound Treatments With Coupling Gel or Gel Pads.
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Cordova, Mitchell, Merrick, Mark A., Mihalyov, Matthew R., Roethemeier, Jennifer L., Ingersoll, Christopher D.
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A repeated-measures design was used. The independent variable was ultrasound coupling medium with 2 levels: gel pad and traditional gel. The dependent variable was peak intramuscular (IM) tissue temperature.
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- 2002-01-01
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- fgcu_ir_000302, 10.2519/jospt.2002.32.5.216
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- A comparison of physiologic and physical discomfort responses between exercise modalities.
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Cordova, Mitchell, Turner, Michael J., Williams, Alison B., Williford, Amy L.
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To determine differences in physiologic responses and perceived discomfort during maximal and submaximal exercise with 2 common exercise modalities, the elliptical cross-trainer (ECT) and the arc trainer (ARC) were used, which undergoes an excursion of motion using an arc pathway. Eighteen subjects (10 male and 8 female; age = 24.7 ± 2.6 yr, height = 172.2 ± 10.3 cm, mass = 69.8 ± 14.9 kg, %fat = 22.5 ± 8.1%; mean ± SD) performed maximal exercise protocols on a treadmill (TML), the ECT, and...
Show moreTo determine differences in physiologic responses and perceived discomfort during maximal and submaximal exercise with 2 common exercise modalities, the elliptical cross-trainer (ECT) and the arc trainer (ARC) were used, which undergoes an excursion of motion using an arc pathway. Eighteen subjects (10 male and 8 female; age = 24.7 ± 2.6 yr, height = 172.2 ± 10.3 cm, mass = 69.8 ± 14.9 kg, %fat = 22.5 ± 8.1%; mean ± SD) performed maximal exercise protocols on a treadmill (TML), the ECT, and ARC. Subjects also performed 3 10-minute submaximal exercise bouts on the ECT and ARC at 55%, 65%, and 75% of TML maximal oxygen uptake (VO^sub 2^max) in which heart rate (HR), VO^sub 2^, ventilation, respiratory exchange ratio, and hip, knee, and low-back discomfort were monitored. All testing on the ECT and ARC were performed in a counterbalanced order. The VO^sub 2^max was greater during TML exercise compared with ECT (p = 0.007) but similar to the ARC. Both ECT and ARC elicited lower maximal HR values compared with maximal TML exercise (p = 0.0001). No difference was observed between ECT and ARC for VO^sub 2^ during the submaximal exercise bouts (p > 0.05). However, HR was greater during submaximal ECT exercise (p < 0.0001). Perception of discomfort was not different between ECT and ARC for knees (p > 0.05) and lower back (p > 0.05) but different for the hips (p = 0.02). Similar VO^sub 2^max values were observed with ARC and TML modalities. Greater perceptions of discomfort were observed with ECT compared with ARC at similar submaximal exercise intensities, suggesting individuals with, or at risk for, lower-extremity joint pathology may benefit from exercise with modalities other than the ECT.
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- 2010-01-01
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- fgcu_ir_000275
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- A Comparison of Western Business Instruction in China With U.S. Instruction: A Case Study of Perceived Program Emphases and Satisfaction Levels.
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Van Auken, Stuart, Borgia, Daniel J., Wells, Ludmilla
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This research presents a case study of a joint business degree program between an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB-I) accredited business school in the United States and a Chinese PhD granting partner university. The case investigates the impact of a U.S.-based curriculum, taught by U.S. instructors and which uses all English instruction on Chinese student perceptions of program emphases and satisfaction. It compares these perceptions with those of U...
Show moreThis research presents a case study of a joint business degree program between an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB-I) accredited business school in the United States and a Chinese PhD granting partner university. The case investigates the impact of a U.S.-based curriculum, taught by U.S. instructors and which uses all English instruction on Chinese student perceptions of program emphases and satisfaction. It compares these perceptions with those of U.S. sister students. The comparison reveals program dissatisfaction among Chinese students when contrasted to U.S. students and for the most part a failure to attend to the program emphases of the West. Reasons for the departures are explored and strategies for improvement are developed.
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- 2009-07-01
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- fgcu_ir_000886
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- A Comprehensive Search for Gamma-Ray Lines in the First Year of Data from the INTEGRAL Spectrometer.
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Watanabe, Kenji, Teegarden, B.J.
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We have carried out an extensive search for gamma-ray lines in the first year of public data from the spectrometer (SPI) on the INTEGRAL mission. INTEGRAL has spent a large fraction of its observing time in the Galactic plane with particular concentration in the Galactic center (GC) region (~3 Ms in the first year). Hence the most sensitive search regions are in the Galactic plane and center. The phase space of the search spans the energy range 20-8000 keV and line widths from 0 to 1000 keV ...
Show moreWe have carried out an extensive search for gamma-ray lines in the first year of public data from the spectrometer (SPI) on the INTEGRAL mission. INTEGRAL has spent a large fraction of its observing time in the Galactic plane with particular concentration in the Galactic center (GC) region (~3 Ms in the first year). Hence the most sensitive search regions are in the Galactic plane and center. The phase space of the search spans the energy range 20-8000 keV and line widths from 0 to 1000 keV (FWHM). It includes both diffuse and pointlike emission. We have searched for variable emission on timescales down to ~1000 s. Diffuse emission has been searched for on a range of different spatial scales from ~20° (the approximate field of view of the spectrometer) up to the entire Galactic plane. Our search procedures were verified by the recovery of the known gamma-ray lines at 511 and 1809 keV at the appropriate intensities and significances. We find no evidence for any previously unknown gamma-ray lines. The upper limits range from a few × 10-5 to a few × 10-2 cm-2 s-1 depending on line width, energy, and exposure; regions of strong instrumental background lines were excluded from the search. Comparison is made between our results and various prior predictions of astrophysical lines.
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- 2006-03-22
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- fgcu_ir_000558
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- A Conceptual Model of Systems Thinking Leadership in Community Colleges.
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Dent, Eric, Powel Davis, Anne, Wharff, Deborah M.
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The pluralistic and often competing goals of myriad constituents, the changing demographics of students, the uncertainty of funding, and the growing demands for accountability from stakeholders have increased the complexity of systems which community college leaders must manage. Emerging from the recent literature on community colleges is a call for new models of leadership in the context of leading in an increasingly uncertain and complex environment. Systems thinking offers a means to help...
Show moreThe pluralistic and often competing goals of myriad constituents, the changing demographics of students, the uncertainty of funding, and the growing demands for accountability from stakeholders have increased the complexity of systems which community college leaders must manage. Emerging from the recent literature on community colleges is a call for new models of leadership in the context of leading in an increasingly uncertain and complex environment. Systems thinking offers a means to help leaders respond to these growing organizational complexities and move leadership from a traditional bureaucratic model to a more adaptive model. A systematic review of literature on systems thinking’s application to organizational performance in higher education was bolstered with evidence from healthcare. Findings revealed three reoccurring ways in which leaders apply systems thinking processes for improving organizational performance. A conceptual model for systems thinking leadership is proposed in which the three processes, characterized as discovery, framing, and action, can be enacted either individually or sequentially for enhancing organizational performance. The model draws upon boundary critique, critical systems thinking, systemic intervention, total systems intervention, systems dynamics, soft systems methodology, complexity theory and complex adaptive systems, yet uses language more readily identifiable to community college practitioners.
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- 2015-01-23
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- fgcu_ir_001094
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- A coupled hydrodynamic modeling system for PHAILIN cyclone in the Bay of Bengal.
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Jose, Felix, Murty, P.L.N., Sandhya, K.G., Bhaskaran, Prasad, Gayathri, Reghu, "Balakrishnan Nair, Thayannur Mullachery ", Kumar, T. Srinivasa, Shenoi, S.S.C.
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East coast of India is characterized by low to medium topography and an extensive network of major estuaries, bays, mangrove creeks, rivers and tidal inlets that permit inland flooding during tropical cyclones. A coupled wave + surge hydrodynamic modeling system (ADCIRC + SWAN) is implemented to simulate storm surge, still water level elevation and wave induced setup associated with ‘Phailin’, a very severe cyclonic storm that made landfall in the Odisha State, east coast of India, during...
Show moreEast coast of India is characterized by low to medium topography and an extensive network of major estuaries, bays, mangrove creeks, rivers and tidal inlets that permit inland flooding during tropical cyclones. A coupled wave + surge hydrodynamic modeling system (ADCIRC + SWAN) is implemented to simulate storm surge, still water level elevation and wave induced setup associated with ‘Phailin’, a very severe cyclonic storm that made landfall in the Odisha State, east coast of India, during October, 2013. The coupled model provides a realistic description on the dynamic interaction of tides, wind, waves and currents, which is critical for operational needs. The study assesses the role of wave-induced setup on the net water level elevation using time varying wave radiation stress that is dynamically updated in the coupled model run. Numerical experiments are carried out for both storm surge alone and coupled mode versions. Dependent upon complex bathymetry and coastal geometry, inclusion of wave-induced setup in coupled runs results in an additional 23–36% increase of peak surge relative to an uncoupled, surge-tide simulation. The significant wave height from coupled model also shows an excellent match with observed wave heights from a wave-rider buoy located off the Odisha coast. The comparison of surge residuals between model and observation also exhibits a good match. The study highlights the importance of having a coupled wave-hydrodynamic model for operational needs in the north Indian Ocean.
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- 2014-11-01
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- fgcu_ir_000946
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- A Cross-Country Construct Validation of Cognitive Age.
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Van Auken, Stuart, Barry, Thomas E., Bagozzi, Richard P.
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This study tests the universality of the Western-based concept known as cognitive age within Japan. It assesses both the internal and external validity of cognitive age among Japanese seniors and compares the findings to the same measures of cognitive age with a sample of senior respondents from the United States. The study finds that the semantic differential scale has the largest trait variance among all aging concepts studied (average cognitive age, average ideal age, and average least...
Show moreThis study tests the universality of the Western-based concept known as cognitive age within Japan. It assesses both the internal and external validity of cognitive age among Japanese seniors and compares the findings to the same measures of cognitive age with a sample of senior respondents from the United States. The study finds that the semantic differential scale has the largest trait variance among all aging concepts studied (average cognitive age, average ideal age, and average least-desired age), while the Likert scale possesses the largest trait variance for average cognitive age. The ratio scale was found to have the lowest trait variance of the three scaling formats evaluated. External construct validation studies revealed a remarkable similarity between Japanese females and males, and contrasts between Japanese and American seniors revealed reasonably good generalizability between countries. Average cognitive age appears to be universal within two culturally disjoint countries (the United States and Japan), yet the efficacy of individual measurement scales varies between them.
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- 2006-06-01
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- fgcu_ir_000890
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- A feeling for the superorganism: expression of plant form in the lichen thallus.
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Sanders, William
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The composite thalli produced by lichen fungi in symbiosis with algae often show structural convergences with plants. Similar overall thallus forms and branching patterns may arise in lichens with very different anatomical construction, indicating the autonomy of the morphological level of organization. Fungal and algal growth and division may be highly integrated within meristem-like morphogenetic zones in many lichens, whereas in others the symbionts may contribute in a less synchronized...
Show moreThe composite thalli produced by lichen fungi in symbiosis with algae often show structural convergences with plants. Similar overall thallus forms and branching patterns may arise in lichens with very different anatomical construction, indicating the autonomy of the morphological level of organization. Fungal and algal growth and division may be highly integrated within meristem-like morphogenetic zones in many lichens, whereas in others the symbionts may contribute in a less synchronized fashion to the construction of the thallus. Although thallus-level morphology and morphogenesis may be compared with those of plants, ontogeny of the lichen thallus differs fundamentally. Observations of lichen ontogeny illustrate the formation of the thallus by unification of autonomous, primary cellular elements in co-ordinated growth. In land plants and many algae, by contrast, the plant body is the primary structure, the cellular elements of which represent secondary subdivisions. The convergences in form are based on a common mode of nutrition in combination with cell-wall building materials that impart similar structural potential. The photosynthetic apparatus forming the basis of this mode of nutrition is not a convergent feature, however, but a homologous structure that originated in the cyanobacteria and subsequently passed laterally into diverse biological lineages by repeated endosymbioses. With consolidation of these symbioses as eukaryotic algae and plants, the organismal level of organization was repeatedly re-established with increasing degrees of complexity, and morphological convergences were expressed at these new levels. In lichens, by contrast, the symbiosis is not organismally consolidated; morphological expression instead emerges at the superorganismal level.
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- 2006-01-01
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- fgcu_ir_000480
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- A Framework for Comparing IS Core Curriculum and IS Requirements for Accounting Majors.
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Wynekoop, Judy, Andrews, Christine P.
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Core curriculum in information systems is of vital interest to the information systems community. Long scrutinized by the academic community and various stakeholders, the content of information systems core curriculum is once again a topic of debate. Accounting has undergone similar curriculum examination (including technology curriculum) amid criticisms for a variety of accounting failures in the 1990s. We map information systems core curriculum frameworks to accounting core curriculum...
Show moreCore curriculum in information systems is of vital interest to the information systems community. Long scrutinized by the academic community and various stakeholders, the content of information systems core curriculum is once again a topic of debate. Accounting has undergone similar curriculum examination (including technology curriculum) amid criticisms for a variety of accounting failures in the 1990s. We map information systems core curriculum frameworks to accounting core curriculum frameworks for information systems courses and confirm the value of a core information systems curriculum for accounting majors. Using industry perspective as a focus, a pilot study in a graduate accounting information systems course identified information systems topics that are of distinct importance to managerial accountants as opposed to public accountants, suggesting different information systems curriculum needs within the major. This study resulted in the development of a three-dimensional modular information systems curriculum model mapping topical areas in information systems to specific major with Bloom's taxonomy represented on the third axis indicating how the learning takes place. Examination of information systems topics required by major within business may help confirm the identity of core concepts in information systems.
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- 2004-12-01
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- fgcu_ir_000133
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- A Gap Analysis Approach to Marketing Curriculum Assessment: A Study of Skills and Knowledge.
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Van Auken, Stuart, Davis, Richard, Misra, Shekhar
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The need for continuous improvement in a marketing curriculum requires periodic outcomes assessments. Part of the process includes a monitoring of the relevance of a marketing curriculum to a graduate’s work environment. This article describes a process for conducting an outcomes assessment and the results of an actual alumni assessment encompassing skill and knowledge areas. Specifically, a gap analysis approach was employed in which the importance of key skill and knowledge areas to one’s...
Show moreThe need for continuous improvement in a marketing curriculum requires periodic outcomes assessments. Part of the process includes a monitoring of the relevance of a marketing curriculum to a graduate’s work environment. This article describes a process for conducting an outcomes assessment and the results of an actual alumni assessment encompassing skill and knowledge areas. Specifically, a gap analysis approach was employed in which the importance of key skill and knowledge areas to one’s current employment were contrasted with perceptions of their own academic preparation in these areas. Our results indicate that marketing alumni perceive that they are underprepared in skills and over-prepared in designated knowledge areas. The implications of the findings are discussed as well as the utility of the gap analysis in outcomes assessment.
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- 2002-12-01
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- fgcu_ir_000895
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- A low-cost approach for rapidly creating demonstration models for hands-on learning.
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O'Neill, Robert, Kinzli, Kristoph-Dietrich, Kunberger, Tanya, Badir, Asraf
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Demonstration models allow students to readily grasp theory and relate difficult concepts and equations to real life. However drawbacks of using these demonstration models are that they are can be costly to purchase from vendors or take a significant amount of time to build. These two limiting factors can pose a significant obstacle for adding demonstrations to the curriculum. This article presents an assignment to overcome these obstacles, which has resulted in 36 demonstration models being...
Show moreDemonstration models allow students to readily grasp theory and relate difficult concepts and equations to real life. However drawbacks of using these demonstration models are that they are can be costly to purchase from vendors or take a significant amount of time to build. These two limiting factors can pose a significant obstacle for adding demonstrations to the curriculum. This article presents an assignment to overcome these obstacles, which has resulted in 36 demonstration models being added to the curriculum. The article also presents the results of student performance on course objectives as a result of the developed models being used in the classroom. Overall, significant improvement in student learning outcomes, due to the addition of demonstration models, has been observed.
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- 2017-04-10
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- fgcu_ir_000605
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- A mangrove creek restoration plan utilizing hydraulic modeling.
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Marois, Darryl E., Mitsch, William
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Despite the valuable ecosystem services provided by mangrove ecosystems they remain threatened around the globe. Urban development has been a primary cause for mangrove destruction and deterioration in south Florida USA for the last several decades. As a result, the restoration of mangrove forests has become an important topic of research. Using field sampling and remote-sensing we assessed the past and present hydrologic conditions of a mangrove creek and its connected mangrove forest and...
Show moreDespite the valuable ecosystem services provided by mangrove ecosystems they remain threatened around the globe. Urban development has been a primary cause for mangrove destruction and deterioration in south Florida USA for the last several decades. As a result, the restoration of mangrove forests has become an important topic of research. Using field sampling and remote-sensing we assessed the past and present hydrologic conditions of a mangrove creek and its connected mangrove forest and brackish marsh systems located on the coast of Naples Bay in southwest Florida. We concluded that the hydrology of these connected systems had been significantly altered from its natural state due to urban development. We propose here a mangrove creek restoration plan that would extend the existing creek channel 1.1 km inland through the adjacent mangrove forest and up to an adjacent brackish marsh. We then tested the hydrologic implications using a hydraulic model of the mangrove creek calibrated with tidal data from Naples Bay and water levels measured within the creek. The calibrated model was then used to simulate the resulting hydrology of our proposed restoration plan. Simulation results showed that the proposed creek extension would restore a twice-daily flooding regime to a majority of the adjacent mangrove forest and that there would still be minimal tidal influence on the brackish marsh area, keeping its salinity at an acceptable level. This study demonstrates the utility of combining field data and hydraulic modeling to aid in the design of mangrove restoration plans.
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- 2017-07-13
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- 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.063, fgcu_ir_001006, https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0925857417303920
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