The Ability of alternative reporting methods to predict the subsequent preiod's net cash flow

Swanson, Edward Paul. University microfilms international 1984 해외박사

Healing from Within : a heuristic model for the healing and renewal of the disciples of Christ

Swanson, Gene Rex Fuller Theological Seminary 1993 국내박사

Issues in multimedia databases : Coding for content-based image retrieval and digital copyright protection

Swanson, Mitchell David UMI 1997 국내박사

Face-to-Face and Synchronous Interactive Videoconferencing Instruction: Learning Experiences of Educators Enrolled in an Autism Certificate Program

Swanson, Terri Cooper University of Kansas 2013 해외박사(DDOD)

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was once considered a rare and severe disability (low incidence), but today individuals with ASD are educated in every academic environment, with 89% spending a portion of their day in the general education setting. Therefore, it is critical that all highly qualified teachers be prepared to provide appropriate education and support for these students. And to ensure that happens, quality personnel preparation programs in ASD are needed. One such program, the Autism Certificate Program, utilizes a distance education model that combines site-based synchronous face-to-face (host site) or interactive video conferencing (IVC) instruction (remote site) with asynchronous E-learning in a yearlong post-bachelor's level program. This innovative approach provides quality professional development to ensure that educators acquire specific knowledge and skills to meet the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, 2001), as well as specific outcomes or standards identified for teaching students with ASD (Council for Exceptional Children, 2009). This study examined educators' knowledge and skill acquisition based on their enrollment at (a) remote sites or (b) the host site. In addition, the study compared the perceived knowledge and skill acquisition of participants at the two sites and effectiveness of the instructional delivery methods (i.e., face-to-face vs interactive video) relative to course outcomes and student learning experiences on the <italic>Perceived Knowledge and Skills – Autism Survey</italic> (Swanson, 2012). Data were collected from 91 educators and related service professionals (referred to as educators throughout paper) who were enrolled in the course: <italic>Characteristics of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders</italic>. Thirty-one participants attended the course from the host site and 60 attended the course from a remote site. Results include descriptive statistics from the <italic>Perceived Knowledge and Skills – Autism Survey</italic>, course grades, E-learning activities, evidence-based practice examinations, and a culminating assignment. A Mann-Whitney <italic> U</italic> and chi-square analysis of the (a) achieved knowledge and skill and (b) perceived knowledge, skill, and learning experiences of participants at the host site and remote sites was conducted. Findings are discussed relative to the literature along with implications for professional development and future research.

The persuasive effect of volunteering negative information in advertising

Swanson, Lauren A University of Georgia 1983 국내박사

The Impact of Chain Hotel Expatriate GM's Competencies on Knowledge Sharing, Job Performance, and Employee Loyalty

Eric Melvin Swanson 영산대학교 대학원 2016 국내박사

체인호텔 임원의 리더십에 관한 연구는 폭 넓게 이뤄져 호텔경영분야에 많은 기초지식을 제공하였다. 그러나, 글로벌화된 호텔산업에서 외국인 총지배인들의 역량과 그 결과에 대한 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 이런 관점에서 본 연구는 호텔 산업에 종사하고 있는 외국인 총지배인들의 리더십 역량이 무엇이며, 지식공유, 직무 성과 그리고 종업원의 충성도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 가를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 체인 호텔에 있어서 외국인 총지배인이 어떠한 리더십 역량이 지식공유를 확산시켜, 조직과 종업원의 효과로 설명되는 직무성과와 종업원 충성도를 증대시킨다는 것을 실증적으로 밝혀 리더십 역량을 근거로 한 조직행동이론을 증명하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 또한, 본 연구의 결과는 체인호텔에서 조직의 지식공유 문화와 종업원의 성과나 충성도를 높이기 위해서는 외국인 총지배인들이 역량을 키우기 위해서는 어떠한 교육프로그램을 실시해야 하며, 이를 위한 지원할당을 어떻게 할 것인가에 대한 실무적 시사점을 제공하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 그러나 본 연구는 다음과 같은 한계점이 있다. 첫째, 설문이 단일 국가에서 진행되었다. 둘째, 본 연구는 외국인 호텔 총지배인만을 대상으로 연구하여 해당 국가의 내국인 총지배인의 역량과 비교하는 연구가 필요하다. 마지막으로, 차후 연구는 종업원들의 직위와 고용 형태에 따라 분석할 필요가 있다. Wide-ranging scholarship on executive leaders and leadership has provided a broad knowledge-base about this area of study. However, there lacks specific context from which to assess competencies of leadership. In order to reduce this gap, the purpose of this study is to understand what leadership competencies of hospitality expatriates are because they play critical roles in determining employee attitudes and behaviors. Thus GM (general manager) competencies and their effectiveness on knowledge sharing, job performance and employee loyalty is explored in this study. The assumption is empirically tested to identify whether their relations among these variables actually exist. Based on a theory of competencies, this study examines the functions of these variables in guiding knowledge sharing, job performance, and employee loyalty. This study aims to examine a more complete paradigm consisting of hotel expatriate GM’s competencies that play significant roles in employee loyalty. In conclusion, this study aims to illustrate competencies as the independent variable that result in knowledge sharing and performance in a job, which also can be utilized to indicate the differentiating levels of employee loyalty. The study shows that the expatriate GM’s leadership competencies have a significant direct effect on knowledge sharing, which indirectly affects job performance and employee loyalty. The research suggests that expatriate hotel GM’s leadership competencies are crucial factors for employees to share their knowledge in organization, increase employee job performance and employee loyalty toward organization through positively affecting organizational knowledge sharing and as a result tend to display a higher level of employee loyalty. Limitations of this study include: (1) the survey being conducted in a single country setting, (2) this study is about hotel expatriate GM’s competencies, so there may be different results from the study on host country GM’s leadership competencies and (3) finally, the study did not analyze differences among employees in the position and type of employment. Future research may be required for multi-group analyses to investigate differences among employee groups.

Geophysical monitoring of solute transport in dual-domain environments through laboratory experiments, field-scale solute tracer tests, and numerical simulation

Swanson, Ryan David Colorado School of Mines 2014 해외박사(DDOD)

The advection-dispersion equation (ADE) fails to describe non-Fickian solute transport breakthrough curves (BTCs) in saturated porous media in both laboratory and field experiments, necessitating the use of other models. The dual-domain mass transfer (DDMT) model partitions the total porosity into mobile and less-mobile domains with an exchange of mass between the two domains, and this model can reproduce better fits to BTCs in many systems than ADE-based models. However, direct experimental estimation of DDMT model parameters remains elusive and model parameters are often calculated a posteriori by an optimization procedure. Here, we investigate the use of geophysical tools (direct-current resistivity, nuclear magnetic resonance, and complex conductivity) to estimate these model parameters directly. We use two different samples of the zeolite clinoptilolite, a material shown to demonstrate solute mass transfer due to a significant internal porosity, and provide the first evidence that direct-current electrical methods can track solute movement into and out of a less-mobile pore space in controlled laboratory experiments. We quantify the effects of assuming single-rate DDMT for multirate mass transfer systems. We analyze pore structures using material characterization methods (mercury porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray computer tomography), and compare these observations to geophysical measurements. Nuclear magnetic resonance in conjunction with direct-current resistivity measurements can constrain mobile and less-mobile porosities, but complex conductivity may have little value in relation to mass transfer despite the hypothesis that mass transfer and complex conductivity lengths scales are related. Finally, we conduct a geoelectrical monitored tracer test at the Macrodispersion Experiment (MADE) site in Columbus, MS. We relate hydraulic and electrical conductivity measurements to generate a 3D hydraulic conductivity field, and compare to hydraulic conductivity fields estimated through ordinary kriging and sequential Gaussian simulation. Time-lapse electrical measurements are used to verify or dismiss aspects of breakthrough curves for different hydraulic conductivity fields. Our results quantify the potential for geophysical measurements to infer on single-rate DDMT parameters, show site-specific relations between hydraulic and electrical conductivity, and track solute exchange into and out of less-mobile domains.

The role of DOA10 in ubiquitin-mediated degradation

Swanson, Robert John The University of Chicago 2001 해외박사(DDOD)

Natural arguments: Popular discourse and environmental legislation, 1945--2007

Swanson, Emily Alice University of Minnesota 2007 해외박사(DDOD)

This work identifies four major shifts in United States environmentalism from 1945 to the present and argues that the environmental community's political success during each phase depended largely upon how well its advocates intertwined their rhetoric with national discourse. When environmentalists took notice of the broad discourse community in which they participated, they effectively induced change at the national level. In response to changing circumstances, the focus of the environmental movement has shifted over time. Although wilderness preservation has been a prominent environmental concern for many decades, other issues such as toxic pollution and environmental justice have emerged. Each chapter in this dissertation examines one of the four phases through an author whose work exemplified prominent trends in the environmental thought of his or her time: Ansel Adams' concentration on wilderness preservation from 1945 to 1964; Rachel Carson's emphasis on human health and pollution from 1960 to 1980; David Foreman's environmental ethics and radical rhetoric from 1980 to 2001; and finally, Barbara Kingsolver's incorporation of arguments about national independence, patriotism, and self-sufficiency into environmental rhetoric from 2001 to the present. Adams, Carson, and Kingsolver all took stock of currents in public debate and customized their message to address popular concerns, whereas Foreman reacted to the rightward trend in popular discourse by passionately reacting against it and frustrating his own efforts. I situate this topic in a national framework because the nation remains the most relevant context for environmental issues in spite of global problems like climate change and the diminishing power of nation-states in relation to transnational corporations. Not only does political power still reside with nation states, but federal legislation can also have a discernible effect on the material environment. Because legislation can physically alter the landscapes within national borders, one cannot ignore the effects of national discourse on the natural world.

Preschool teachers and special education teachers working in inclusive, community-based preschool programs: Perspectives and experiences

Swanson, Kristin S Indiana University 2000 해외박사(DDOD)

As inclusive educational programs for preschool children with disabilities have become more prevalent, teachers and therapists have experienced dramatic shifts in their professional responsibilities. Professionals from the very different disciplines of early childhood education and early childhood special education have been required to work closely together, and the relationships developed between the teachers and therapists can impact the services provided to children with disabilities. The present study investigated how preschool and special education teachers worked together to provide inclusive, community-based educational experiences to preschool children with disabilities. The study utilized qualitative methodology, including interviews, observations, and document reviews, to obtain a deeper understanding of the experiences of participants. Results indicated that participants shared common beliefs regarding inclusive educational experiences for preschool children. Participants believed that preschool inclusion programs promoted social interaction, acceptance of individual differences, challenging experiences for children with disabilities, and increased opportunities for future inclusion. Participants expressed a belief that a child's unique characteristics impact success in a program, and that time and schedule constraints served as a barrier. In contrast to common beliefs regarding inclusion, participants differed in terms of their beliefs and behaviors regarding professional practice, as illustrated by the types of relationships in which participants engaged. Participants engaged in either independent or collaborative relationships. Preference for relationship style was related to their perspectives about professional roles, their goals for children with disabilities, and their sense of responsibility for outcomes. Inclusion in this setting worked differentially based on the types of relationships developed by participants, with collaborative relationships leading to an observed expansion of skills and corresponding changes in the educational environment of children with disabilities. The findings were discussed as they relate to their specific context, and implications for research and practice were examined.