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Integrating Walking for Transportation and Physical Activity for Sedentary Office Workers in Texas
(2010-10-12)
The workplace is considered a strategic location for health promotion. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, office workers represent up to 40% of the workforce in Texas and the general nature of the type of work ...
Buying into the Business Case: A Bona Fide Group Study of Dialectical Tensions in Employee Network Groups
(2010-10-12)
Objectives for managing diversity in organizations include reducing lawsuits, responding to changing employee demographics, enhancing image, attracting and retaining a variety of talent, reaching new customer bases, and ...
Effect of Catalase/Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic EUK-134 on Damage, Inflammation, and Force Generation of the Diaphragm Muscle in mdx Mice
(2010-10-12)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most devastating form of muscular
dystrophy caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Defects in the dystrophin gene in
DMD, are homologous to that found in mdx mice, and result ...
Structure of Partially Premixed Flames Using Detailed Chemistry Simulations
(2010-10-12)
State-of-the-art reacting-flow computations have to compromise either on the detail of chemical reactions or on the dimensionality of the solution, while experiments
in flames are limited by the flow accessibility and ...
User Importance Modelling in Social Information Systems An Interaction Based Approach
(2010-07-14)
The past few years have seen the rapid rise of all things “social” on the web
from the growth of online social networks like Facebook, to real-time communication
services like Twitter, to user-contributed content sites ...
Objectification Theory and Its Relation to Disordered Eating: The Role of Feminist Attitudes and Internalization of Cultural Standards of Beauty
(2010-10-12)
The current study had three main objectives: to examine the relation between
trait and state self-objectification and various eating pathology, including restricted
eating; to examine the role of general and specific ...
Measure-Driven Algorithm Design and Analysis: A New Approach for Solving NP-hard Problems
(2010-10-12)
NP-hard problems have numerous applications in various fields such as networks,
computer systems, circuit design, etc. However, no efficient algorithms have
been found for NP-hard problems. It has been commonly believed ...
The Expression of Determination: Similarities Between Anger and Approach-related Positive Affect
(2011-02-22)
This study examines the valence and motivational direction components of affect
using facial expressions of determination, anger and joy. Determination is a positive,
approach-related emotion; anger is a negative, ...
Forgiveness at Work: Exploring the Relationship between Justice Ideologies and Forgiveness in the Workplace
(2010-10-12)
People cope with a variety of hurtful behaviors in the workplace. These actions can have detrimental emotional, relational, and task-related consequences. Forgiveness is one way to cope with these negative consequences. ...
Planning for Water Scarcity: The Vulnerability of the Laguna Region, Mexico
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation examined declining groundwater availability and management
strategies for addressing water shortages in the Laguna region located in the states of
Coahuila and Durango. Excessive pumping of groundwater ...