(The)efficacy of ethics education in library and information science : A case study conducted at the school of information sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Ingram, Handsel G UMI 1997 해외박사

The Current Stauts of US-Rok Relations : Is the Alliance at Risk?

Jones, Ingram L 세종대학교 2007 국내석사

Economic Value-Added in the Maritime Container Shipping Industry : Imputing the economic value-added (EVA®) at publicly-traded, container shipping groups, with empirical testing of the relationship between their value-added results and share price

Evans, Shane Ingram 부산대학교 대학원 2016 국내석사

The container shipping industry is essential to the modern lifestyle consumers enjoy today. The ability to enjoy Korean LED televisions or Canadian auto parts is made possible by the global, container shipping industry. It is simply not economically feasible to ship most goods by air, nor is it physically possible to move everything by road or rail. So it is with great curiosity that corporate finance tools—namely economic value added (EVA®), market value added (MVA), EVA margin (EVAM), and EVA momentum (EVAMO)—are applied to the publicly traded, container shipping groups of the world in order to (1) expose the health of and value creation occurring within these staple enterprises, and (2) to examine the explanatory power of value-added at the shipping lines on their stock returns. The unique feature of EVA is to apply a charge for both debt and equity when financing investments, and EVAM is simply the firm’s value-added as a share of revenue. MVA reflect the difference between the firm’s market cap and invested capital, while EVA momentum shows the growth of EVA from one period to the next as a share of the previous period’s revenue. The later metric comes with great applaud, but has yet to sustain any empirical testing at the academic level. Ten container shipping groups are investigated over the years 2004 to 2014. They are: COSCO Group (COSCO), China Shipping Group (CSCL), Evergreen Marine Corp. (Evergreen), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K Line), A.P. Moller—Maersk Group (Maersk), Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL), Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha Line (NYK Line), Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. (OOCL), and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming). The value-added results reveal the impact of the great-financial-crisis on the industry. There is a dramatic change in industry EVA figures post-2008, before which the industry was generally creating value, with the exception of NOL; and after which they broadly fail to do so. MVA figures are negative in every observation and EVAMO figures are volatile and inconsistent. Maersk is the notable outlier, with consistently positive EVA figures and stable EVAMO results across the study. This may be due to its industry leadership, 2M alliance, newer and more efficient vessels, high debt levels, or other. Random-effects panel data regression of the EVA metrics against share price reveal statistically insignificant results for the industry. EVA, MVA, EVAM, and EVAMO all lack correlation with the firm’s equity returns. The absence of correlation may be the result of problems with the data and/or the assumptions made to calculate EVA. The presence of a highly significant relationship between free-cash-flow and share price is noteworthy, and validates at least some of the data and methodology. It may also suggest the important of liquidity in the shipping industry.

Correspondencias: The intertwining letters, lives, and literature of Jorge Carrera Andrade and Pablo Neruda

Ingram, Catherine Alicia The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007 해외박사(DDOD)

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Although much has been written about Pablo Neruda and Jorge Carrera Andrade independent of one another, this dissertation is meant to investigate their lives and literary careers as two associated realms that, as opposed to being isolated, were intertwined and connected. This connectedness reveals itself in their poetry and results in many striking similarities in the poets' literary creation. Furthermore, this dissertation examines the personal correspondence that the poets exchanged and therefore the epistolary genre. The poets' personal letters are analyzed as literary texts alongside a discussion of the genre. In chapter one, I briefly introduce this study examining the dual meaning of correspondence that will be addressed in this dissertation. In the second chapter, I carefully examine the lives of Neruda and Carrera Andrade, revealing the shocking similarities that exist among the two writers. The third chapter is an examination of the poets' literary production and the way that their common themes manifest themselves in their poems. The fourth chapter is an analysis of the personal correspondence of the two poets that I found at the University of New York at Stony Brook Special Collections Department. The seven letters that I analyze reveal the development of the major themes in the men's poetry and uncover the poets' personal relationship, proving that in addition to having very similar lives and works, the two men did influence one another. The letters also serve as literary texts that warrant the examination of the critic.

Transport and defect mechanism in copper-based delafossite materials

Ingram, Brian James Northwestern University 2003 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The defect mechanism and transport properties of cuprous-based delafossite compounds of the general form CuMO2 (M = Al, Sc, and Y) were investigated. The size of the B-site cation (M), plays a significant role in determining the electrical properties of the compound. All the systems under investigation, regardless of B-site cation, are small polaron conductors which exhibit thermally activated mobilities, consequently the upper bound of mobility is 0.10--1.0 cm2 V -1 s-1. The defect mechanism is strongly dependant on the size and chemistry of the B-site cation. The Al-compound has a moderate room temperature conductivity of ∼1.5 x 10-2 S/cm and a hole concentration on the order of 1019 cm-3. Intrinsic defects such as Oi″ and VCu• as well as tramp impurity (e.g., CaAl') do not contribute significantly to the hole population, which corresponds to approximately 1% polaron occupation of the Cu sites at high temperatures. A defect associate of the form (AlCu••2O i″)″ was found to be the dominant source of hole generation in CuAlO2. At low temperatures two holes (CuCu•) tightly bind with forming a neutral complex. The large B-site cation compounds (CuScO2 and CuYO2) do not exhibit an equivalent defect associate due to the instability of Sc and Y in low coordination sites, therefore the intrinsic Sc- and Y-compounds have inferior electrical properties compared to CuAlO2. The large B-site compounds do, however, have a propensity for acceptor dopants, e.g., oxygen interstitials and extrinsic doping. Under the experimental conditions of this study, isolated oxygen interstitials were found in insignificant concentrations. The solubility limits of Mg in CuScO2 and Ca in CuYO2 were found to be approximately 1% and 0.2%, respectively, corresponding to room temperature conductivities of 2 x 10-2 and 1.7 x 10-3 S cm-1---substantial increases from the undoped values. Based on small polaron theory a maximum conductivity was determined to be ∼600 S cm-1 for the delafossite materials. A technique, utilizing impedance spectroscopy and effective medium theory, was also established to measure the conductivity of ceramic powders in order to make comparisons between the solid-state synthesized and hydrothermally prepared CuAlO2, which has been shown to have an order of magnitude greater conductivity due to an increase in (AlCu•• 2Oi″)″.

Culture matters: A case of organizational culture and strategy

Ingram, Marcus R University of Virginia 2011 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

In a dramatically changing higher education landscape, a clear and distinctive institutional identity is essential as colleges and universities endeavor to remain viable. Although a distinct identity is a competitive advantage for many colleges, environmental pressures like cost, access, and low rates of persistence challenge institutions' ability to remain both distinctive and viable. This tension between preserving institutional identity and maintaining economic health, institutional legitimacy, and relevance inspires important questions about the ways in which organizational culture shapes institutional success. Consequently, leaders in higher education, especially college presidents, would do well to pay attention to an institution's culture when charting a course for the future. In the summer of 2005, Collegiate University1 welcomed a new president, who spent nearly two years learning about the community and crafting a strategic plan. Ranked in the top 1% of American colleges and universities, Collegiate defines itself as the premier institution of higher learning that combines the resources and reputation of a national research university with the intimate learning environment of a small college. As Collegiate sets out to further distinguish itself in American higher education by concretely implementing its strategic priorities, it is undoubtedly engaging in the work of embodying, maintaining, and perhaps amending its organizational culture. This research examines that work by exploring the relationship between the present organizational culture of Collegiate University and a significant aspect of its strategic plan -- the Teacher-Scholar Ideal. Relying primarily on the polyvalent model of organizational culture offered by Edgar Schein (1985) and the six academic cultures framework defined by Bergquist and Pawlak (2008), document analysis and survey responses from Collegiate University faculty, staff, and students help respond to the following research questions: (I) What are the challenges facing Collegiate University in promoting the Teacher-Scholar Ideal?; and (2) In what ways is the organizational culture of Collegiate University (in)consistent with the Teacher-Scholar Ideal as it is currently conceived?. This research aims to provide insight on how one of America's distinctive colleges connects culture with its institutional future. Thus, the findings in this case study may inform the conversation about how organizational culture can be used as a resource in institutional life. 1 Name changed to preserve anonymity.

Using the computer to foster content-focused and comprehension-monitoring self-questioning strategies

Ingram, Constance Garrett The Pennsylvania State University 2000 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The effective use of learning strategies can enhance the academic performance of college students. Elaboration strategies and comprehension-monitoring strategies have received widespread attention in educational research. Some research has suggested that individuals may remember materials they have generated themselves better than materials generated by others. The concept of this “generation effect” has created an interest in student-generated strategic activities, such as creating questions during studying. Although some research has been done to determine the effectiveness of student-generated questions, several questions still remain. The goal of this study was to determine whether student-generated content questions and comprehension monitoring questions could be used to enhance learning in a web-based environment. Three outcome measures were used to assess students' learning (a factual posttest, an application posttest, and a problem-solving posttest). The effectiveness of the two questioning strategies was compared to traditional studying. Students in the strategies groups were trained to use self-questioning strategies and then instructed to use these strategies while reading a passage. Each student was administered one of the three posttests. Results indicated that students in the self-questioning groups did not outperform students in the control group on any of the outcome measures. Furthermore, there were no performance differences between the students in the content questions group and the comprehension monitoring questions group. In spite of the fact that many of the students reported dissatisfaction with the computer and lab environment, they did generally follow directions for creating and answering questions. The author concluded that the quality of the questioning process during the learning activity was the major contributing factor to the results of this study.

Connecting Corporate Volunteerism and Employee Engagement

Ingram, LaToya Deann Columbia University 2010 해외박사(DDOD)

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Across the globe, there has been a growing trend of individuals participating in volunteer activities in an effort to fulfill greater purpose in their lives. Likewise, companies have expanded their corporate responsibility efforts to include the use of their human capital as a means of offering support to the community (de Gilder et al., 2005; Romano, 1994). By sharing their talent assets, organizations strategically answered the community's needs while providing employees with an outlet to express their altruistic desires (Peloza, 2006). Previously, most of the research on corporate volunteerism (CV) has focused on the fundamental aspects of the experience (Leonard, Onyx & Hayward-Brown, 2004). While valuable, these findings are mainly supported by anecdotal accounts of the impact that helping others through volunteering have had on work performance. Few studies scientifically analyzed volunteer behavior to capture not only the outcome of the behavior but also the psychological and performance factors that caused the outcomes to occur (Jones, 2008; Peterson, 2004e). The purpose of this study was to identify conditions by which CV improved employee engagement. Specifically, this research explored the use of task characteristics, career development opportunities, and perceived organizational support (POS) as antecedents of engagement within the context of CV. The research also investigated whether the relationship between volunteerism and engagement was affected by age. With a sample size of 513 employees at a Midwestern pharmaceutical organization site, the study used a web-based survey that included five measures relevant to test the research hypotheses. Using hierarchal regression analyses, the study examined the data to identify the relationships between each antecedent and employee engagement. The study found that volunteer participation significantly predicted employee engagement. Similarly, performance in non-skilled based volunteer tasks, POS and perceptions of the volunteer activity as career development also predicted employee engagement in this study. However, skilled-based volunteer tasks and generational cohort were not significantly related to changes in employee engagement. The study provides support for the anecdotal data that support outcomes of CV as well as offers new insight into the relationship between CV and engagement. The findings, its implications, and areas for future research are discussed.

The influence of workgroups on occupational attitudes of the police: A multilevel examination

Ingram, Jason Robert Michigan State University 2010 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The study of officers' occupational attitudes has been a cornerstone of police research for almost fifty years. Traditionally, this line of research has been rooted within individual level approaches in which individual characteristics are expected to explain attitudes and individual attitudes are expected to explain behaviors. Such approaches, however, often neglect the fact that officers work in organizational contexts that shape and influence their attitudes. Relying on a multilevel theoretical framework and using data from five departments, the proposed study takes a multilevel approach that examines the influence of officers' assigned workgroups on occupational attitudes. Workgroups are important contexts within the formal organization of policing because they represent structural boundaries by which both police work and officer interactions are patterned. As such, the study argues that workgroups serve as the most proximal influence on officer attitudes. The current work empirically tests three research objectives: (1) To determine if workgroups influence officer attitudes; (2) To examine the effect of workgroup characteristics on attitudinal differences across workgroups; and (3) To determine whether workgroup level attitudes impact officer behaviors. Both research and practical implications are discussed based upon the results of these three objectives.

Probing the Cytoplasm of Escherichia coli with Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy

Ingram, Colin Jeremy The University of Wisconsin - Madison 2010 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The fluorescence anisotropy of GFP was used to probe of the effect of high cellular biopolymer concentrations on rotational diffusion in E. coli. GFPmut2 expressed in the cytosol of E. coli K12 (MG1655) was studied using time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC). The anisotropy of cytoplasmic GFP was found to decay as a single exponential with rotational correlation time of ϕ = 35 +/- 4 ns. The reduction factor for rotational diffusion of cytoplasmic GFP over GFP in buffer is Hr = D0/D rot ≈ 3. This is less than the reduction in translational diffusion (Ht ≈ 7) previously found for cytosolic GFPmut2 under similar cellular conditions. The rotational correlation time for GFP in solutions of increasing viscosity and solutions of increasing protein concentration were measured in order to quantify possible contributions of cellular viscosity and protein-protein interactions to Hr. The reduction in rotational diffusion could not be explained by either of these effects alone. We also describe the TCSPC microscope built to carry out these measurements, its use in collected TCSPC data, and a description of the software created for analysis of the TCSPC data.