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THE STUDY AND COMPARISION OF THE LEVEL OF MOTIVATION, ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE, LOCUS OF CONTROL, AND CAREER INDECISION BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS
Title
THE STUDY AND COMPARISION OF THE LEVEL OF MOTIVATION, ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE, LOCUS OF CONTROL, AND CAREER INDECISION BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS.
Creator
Johnson, Nicola, Hayes, B. Grant, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between Black and White 9th grade suburban students in regard to career indecision and certainty, and to determine what relationship exists between career indecision/certainty, motivational level, locus of control, and attributional style. The sample size of this study was 95 ninth grade students from a Seminole County high school in the state of Florida. Some of the demographic variables taken into account for this study were...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between Black and White 9th grade suburban students in regard to career indecision and certainty, and to determine what relationship exists between career indecision/certainty, motivational level, locus of control, and attributional style. The sample size of this study was 95 ninth grade students from a Seminole County high school in the state of Florida. Some of the demographic variables taken into account for this study were student socioeconomic status, involvement in special programming at school (i.e. Exceptional Education, or Advanced Placement), parental education level, and parental occupation. The data in this study was collected through the use of the Career Decision Scale (CDS), Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire-Revised (CASQ-R), Children's Nowicki-Strickland Internal External Locus of Control Scale (CNISE), and the Five Item Polarized Motivation Scale. The results of this study came as a result of the use of an ANOVA and Mann Whitney test, as well as a series of simple linear regression analyses. The ANOVA and Mann Whitney test determined if there was a difference in career indecision/ certainty level based on race. The linear regression analysis compared the variables of career indecision/certainty, motivation level, attributional style, and locus of control to uncover any predictive relationships. Post hoc analyses were also conducted to determine if the variables of motivational level, locus of control, attributional style, and career indecision/certainty are predictors for race. The results of the data indicate that there is no statistical significance between race and career indecision between Black and White students. Also the results uncovered the only predictive relationships among the variables existed between career certainty and motivation, career indecision and attributional style, and locus of control and attributional style. The post hoc analyses uncovered that race cannot be predicted by any of the variables in this study. This study is exploratory in nature and should be replicated with the use of a larger sample size to further explore this phenomenon.
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Date Issued
2007
Identifier
CFE0001632, ucf:47191
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001632
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF DUAL FOCUS IN EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION: THE INFLUENTIAL ROLE OF THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) PROCESS
Title
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF DUAL FOCUS IN EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION: THE INFLUENTIAL ROLE OF THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) PROCESS.
Creator
Tinoco, Janet, Ganesh, Jai, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Organizations that can successfully develop both radical and incremental innovations positively impact sustained competitive advantage, dramatically improving their chances of survival and success in both dynamic and stable environments (Han et al. 2001; Tushman and O'Reilly 1996). Experimentation and radical innovation are mandatory knowledge assets for competitive play in emerging markets, but efficiency and incremental innovation are essential for mature markets (He and Wong 2004;...
Show moreOrganizations that can successfully develop both radical and incremental innovations positively impact sustained competitive advantage, dramatically improving their chances of survival and success in both dynamic and stable environments (Han et al. 2001; Tushman and O'Reilly 1996). Experimentation and radical innovation are mandatory knowledge assets for competitive play in emerging markets, but efficiency and incremental innovation are essential for mature markets (He and Wong 2004; Tushman and O'Reilly 1996). The attainment of dual focus between radical and incremental innovation is challenging and calls for organizational architectures of sometimes conflicting processes, structure, and culture (cf, Tushman and O'Reilly 1996; Wind and Mahajan 1997). While prior research has investigated the structural and cultural determinants (Duncan 1976; Gibson and Birkenshaw 2004), there is a significant lack of research addressing the third major element of business processes. Without winning business processes in place that influence both exploration and exploitation, a successful portfolio mix of radical and incremental product innovations that maximize customer value and benefits will not be fully realized, and firm performance will suffer. Through core business processes, marketing's role and influence is significant in increasing customer value creation in the resulting product innovations. By mapping the "inside-out" and "outside-in" processes of a market-driven organization (Day 1994) into the Srivastava et al. (1999) core business process framework, this dissertation develops and tests a model of business process influence on dual focus in innovation strategies in the context of the high technology manufacturing environment. Each of these processes is critical in generating maximum customer value and is an explicit input into strategic choices and decisions (Srivastava et al. 1999). Specifically, it is argued and proposed that the Product Development Management (PDM) process, comprised of the processes of market experimentation, technology monitoring, and technology competence, predominantly influences exploration while the Supply Chain Management (SCM) process, comprised of the processes of channel bonding and quality process management, predominantly influences exploitation. The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) process, encompassing the processes of lead user collaboration, competitor benchmarking, and current customer knowledge process, acts as a moderator to add dual focus to these extremes by interacting with PDM processes to enhance exploitation and with SCM processes to enhance exploration. Furthermore, it is proposed that firms successfully achieving a dual focus have greater firm performance than firms entrenched in either extreme. Hypotheses were tested with data collected from a nationwide sample of high technology manufacturers. The results largely supported the main effect hypotheses of the PDM processes and SCM processes on exploration and exploitation. Additionally, the hypothesis of a positive interaction between exploration and exploitation on firm performance was also supported, however no visible support was garnered for the moderating impacts of CRM processes on PDM and SCM processes as hypothesized. Post hoc analyses were performed, bringing additional insight into dual focus based on the successful implementation of opposing businesses processes. Specifically, dual focus firms were shown to have multiple processes in place that impact both types of innovation strategies and that these firms implement these processes to a greater extent than those firms operating in the more extreme positions. Academic and managerial implications are discussed, as well as study limitations and exciting future research directions.
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Date Issued
2007
Identifier
CFE0001573, ucf:47114
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001573
AN EXPLORATION OF REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THREE TRANSITIONAL SERIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Title
AN EXPLORATION OF REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THREE TRANSITIONAL SERIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
Creator
Balkaran, Sonia M, Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth, Goodman, Constance, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis seeks to explore the related research literature surrounding representations and portrayals of protagonists of various multicultural backgrounds in series or transitional books. As teachers, it is essential to acknowledge the lack of multicultural characters in children's literature among elementary classroom bookshelves and learn how to incorporate literature featuring strong main characters of varying races and ethnicities so that children can see role models who mirror their...
Show moreThis thesis seeks to explore the related research literature surrounding representations and portrayals of protagonists of various multicultural backgrounds in series or transitional books. As teachers, it is essential to acknowledge the lack of multicultural characters in children's literature among elementary classroom bookshelves and learn how to incorporate literature featuring strong main characters of varying races and ethnicities so that children can see role models who mirror their own contexts. Prior studies, such as Gangi (2008) and Green and Hopenwasser (2017) have examined the deficiency of multicultural literature in the classroom, particularly among transitional stories, which shows the importance of exploring this topic. Furthermore, Green and Hopenwasser (2017) emphasize the importance of equal representation of transitional books with characters of diverse ethnicities, as they act as "mirrors and windows" for students to reflect upon themselves. These studies argue that to prevent the "whitewashing" of literature for primary grades, teachers should be cautious while choosing series or transitional books. I conducted an equity audit on three series or transitional books from different time periods, commonly found among elementary classroom libraries to explore ethnic and racial representations of protagonists to the actual demographics of the third-grade student population. Administering this equity audit also determined that popular series or transitional books are advantageous to include in classroom libraries when protagonists are portrayed as non-stereotypical experiencing real-life situations. The findings of this equity audit have the potential for educators to improve their methods choosing literature with characters of diverse races and ethnicities and improve methods of integrating multicultural literature into lessons.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000409, ucf:45704
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000409
Lives and Voyages of Drake Cavendish and Dampier
Title
Lives and Voyages of Drake Cavendish and Dampier.
Creator
PALMM (Project)
Identifier
DP0004058
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0004058
A Systems Approach to Assessing, Interpreting and Applying Human Error Mishap Data to Mitigate Risk of Future Incidents in a Space Exploration Ground Processing Operations Environment
Title
A Systems Approach to Assessing, Interpreting and Applying Human Error Mishap Data to Mitigate Risk of Future Incidents in a Space Exploration Ground Processing Operations Environment.
Creator
Alexander, Tiffaney, McCauley, Pamela, Rabelo, Luis, Karwowski, Waldemar, Nunez, Jose, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Research results have shown that more than half of aviation, aerospace and aeronautics mishaps/incidents are attributed to human error. Although many existing incident report systems have been beneficial for identifying engineering failures, most of them are not designed around a theoretical framework of human error, thus failing to address core issues and causes of the mishaps. Therefore, it is imperative to develop a human error assessment framework to identify these causes. This research...
Show moreResearch results have shown that more than half of aviation, aerospace and aeronautics mishaps/incidents are attributed to human error. Although many existing incident report systems have been beneficial for identifying engineering failures, most of them are not designed around a theoretical framework of human error, thus failing to address core issues and causes of the mishaps. Therefore, it is imperative to develop a human error assessment framework to identify these causes. This research focused on identifying causes of human error and leading contributors to historical Launch Vehicle Ground Processing Operations mishaps based on past mishaps, near mishaps, and close calls. Three hypotheses were discussed. The first hypothesis addressed the impact Human Factor Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) contributing factors (unsafe acts of operators, preconditions for unsafe acts, unsafe supervision, and/or organizational influences) have on human error events (i.e. mishaps, close calls, incident or accidents) in NASA Ground Processing Operations. The second hypothesis focused on determining if the HFACS framework conceptual model could be proven to be a viable analysis and classification system to help classify both latent and active underlying contributors and causes of human error in ground processing operations. Lastly, the third hypothesis focused on determining if the development of a model using the Human Error Assessment and Reduction Technique (HEART) could be used as a tool to help determine the probability of human error occurrence in ground processing operations. A model to analyze and classify contributing factors to mishaps or incidents, and generate predicted Human Error Probabilities (HEPs) of future occurrence was developed using the HEART and HFACS tools. The research methodology was applied (retrospectively) to six Ground Processing Operations (GPO) Scenarios and 30 years of Launch Vehicle Related Mishap Data. Surveys were used to provide Subject Matter Experts' (SMEs) subjective assessments of the impact Error Producing Conditions (EPC) had on specific tasks. In this research a Logistic Binary Regression model, which identified the four most significant contributing HFACS human error factors was generated. This model provided predicted probabilities of future occurrence of mishaps when these contributing factors are present. The results showed that the HEART and HFACS methods, when modified, can be used as an analysis tool to identify contributing factors, their impact on human error events, and predict the potential probability of future human error occurrence. This methodology and framework was validated through consistency and comparison to other related research. A contribution methodology for other space operations and similar complex operations to follow was provided from this research. Future research should involve broadening the scope to explore and identify other existing models of human error management systems to integrate into complex space systems beyond what was conducted in this research.
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Date Issued
2016
Identifier
CFE0006829, ucf:51795
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006829
Design Disjunction for Resilient Reconfigurable Hardware
Title
Design Disjunction for Resilient Reconfigurable Hardware.
Creator
Alzahrani, Ahmad, DeMara, Ronald, Yuan, Jiann-Shiun, Lin, Mingjie, Wang, Jun, Turgut, Damla, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Contemporary reconfigurable hardware devices have the capability to achieve high performance, powerefficiency, and adaptability required to meet a wide range of design goals. With scaling challenges facing current complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), new concepts and methodologies supportingefficient adaptation to handle reliability issues are becoming increasingly prominent. Reconfigurable hardware and their ability to realize self-organization features are expected to play a key...
Show moreContemporary reconfigurable hardware devices have the capability to achieve high performance, powerefficiency, and adaptability required to meet a wide range of design goals. With scaling challenges facing current complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), new concepts and methodologies supportingefficient adaptation to handle reliability issues are becoming increasingly prominent. Reconfigurable hardware and their ability to realize self-organization features are expected to play a key role in designingfuture dependable hardware architectures. However, the exponential increase in density and complexity of current commercial SRAM-based field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) has escalated the overheadassociated with dynamic runtime design adaptation. Traditionally, static modular redundancy techniques areconsidered to surmount this limitation; however, they can incur substantial overheads in both area andpower requirements. To achieve a better trade-off among performance, area, power, and reliability, thisresearch proposes design-time approaches that enable fine selection of redundancy level based on target reliability goals and autonomous adaptation to runtime demands. To achieve this goal, three studies were conducted:First, a graph and set theoretic approach, named Hypergraph-Cover Diversity (HCD), is introduced as a preemptive design technique to shift the dominant costs of resiliency to design-time. In particular, union-freehypergraphs are exploited to partition the reconfigurable resources pool into highly separable subsets ofresources, each of which can be utilized by the same synthesized application netlist. The diverseimplementations provide reconfiguration-based resilience throughout the system lifetime while avoiding thesignificant overheads associated with runtime placement and routing phases. Evaluation on a Motion-JPEGimage compression core using a Xilinx 7-series-based FPGA hardware platform has demonstrated thepotential of the proposed FT method to achieve 37.5% area saving and up to 66% reduction in powerconsumption compared to the frequently-used TMR scheme while providing superior fault tolerance.Second, Design Disjunction based on non-adaptive group testing is developed to realize a low-overheadfault tolerant system capable of handling self-testing and self-recovery using runtime partial reconfiguration.Reconfiguration is guided by resource grouping procedures which employ non-linear measurements given by the constructive property of f-disjunctness to extend runtime resilience to a large fault space and realize a favorable range of tradeoffs. Disjunct designs are created using the mosaic convergence algorithmdeveloped such that at least one configuration in the library evades any occurrence of up to d resource faults, where d is lower-bounded by f. Experimental results for a set of MCNC and ISCAS benchmarks havedemonstrated f-diagnosability at the individual slice level with average isolation resolution of 96.4% (94.4%) for f=1 (f=2) while incurring an average critical path delay impact of only 1.49% and area cost roughly comparable to conventional 2-MR approaches. Finally, the proposed Design Disjunction method is evaluated as a design-time method to improve timing yield in the presence of large random within-die (WID) process variations for application with a moderately high production capacity.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0006250, ucf:51086
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006250
Histoire de la conquête de la Floride, ou, Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans la découverte de ce païs par Ferdinand de Soto
Title
Histoire de la conquête de la Floride, ou, Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans la découverte de ce païs par Ferdinand de Soto: Seconde partie.
Creator
Vega, Garcilaso de la, Richelet, Pierre, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
Describes Hernando de Soto's march of conquest in Florida and other parts of southeastern North America.
Date Issued
1709
Identifier
AAA3453QF00001/16/200208/04/200516032BfamI D0QF, BN2433 - 3244, 2167482c, FHP C CF 2002-01-16, FCLA url 20020610xOCLC, 50187090, CF00001576_0002_000, 2434468, ucf:21237
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001576.jpg
Juan Ponce de Leon
Title
Juan Ponce de Leon.
Creator
Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
Biography of Juan Ponce de León, including a description of the events in Spain and the Caribbean which may have shaped the his early life. Discusses relations between the Spaniards and the Indians of the West Indies, chiefly those found in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Chapter XIV (p. 182-[198]) gives an account of Ponce de León's discovery of Florida in 1513. His return and death there in 1521 is given in Ch. XX (p. 269-[282]).
Date Issued
1908
Identifier
AAA7988QF00010/16/200311/23/200416176BfamIa D0QF, ONICF061- 7, FHP C CF 2003-10-16, FCLA url 20040617xOCLC, 55694722, CF00001643, 2573840, ucf:15662
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001643.jpg
Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida
Title
Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida: as told by a knight of Elvas and in a relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma.
Creator
Hernández de Biedma, Luys., Smith, Buckingham, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
Describes Hernando de Soto's march of conquest in Florida and other parts of southeastern North America.
Date Issued
1866
Identifier
AAA7992QF00010/16/200311/23/200416197BfamIa D0QF, ONICF145- 3, FHP C CF 2003-10-16, FCLA url 20040613xOCLC, 55695696, CF00001641, 2573028, ucf:15284
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001641.jpg
Florida, its history and its romance
Title
Florida, its history and its romance: the oldest settlement in the United States, associated with the most romantic events of American history, under the Spanish, French, English, and American flags, 1497-1904.
Creator
Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
History of Florida from the expedition of Ponce de Leon in 1513 through the first years of the twentieth century.
Date Issued
1904
Identifier
AAA6243QF00004/30/200301/26/200419584BfamIa D0QF, ONICF145- 9, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20040122xOCLC, 54085728, CF00001619, 2571313, ucf:13925
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001619.jpg
Pioneers of France in the New World
Title
Pioneers of France in the New World.
Creator
Parkman, Francis, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
Describes French discoveries and colonization efforts in North America, especially in Florida and Canada. Topics covered include: the background of Spanish explorations; French relations with the Spanish, the Indians and the English; and political events in France that affected French activities in the Americas.
Date Issued
1907
Identifier
AAA7990QF00010/16/200310/26/200414499BfamIa D0QF, ONICF132- 0, FHP C CF 2003-10-16, FCLA url 20041021xOCLC, 56815984, CF00001665, 2576696, ucf:16653
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001665.jpg
Ferdinand de Soto
Title
Ferdinand de Soto: the discoverer of the Mississippi.
Creator
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
A history of the expeditions and military conquests of Hernando de Soto in South America, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
Date Issued
1873
Identifier
AAA3226QF00011/15/200108/04/200515837BfamI D0QF, 0392343, FHP C CF 2001-11-15, FCLA url 20020220xOCLC, 49296621, CF00001555, 2555781, ucf:6180
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001555.jpg
relation of a discovery lately made on the coast of Florida
Title
A relation of a discovery lately made on the coast of Florida: (From lat. 31. to 33 deg. 45 min. north-lat.).
Creator
Hilton, William, Long, Anthony, Fabian, Peter, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
This expedition first visited the neighborhood of Port Royal, then sailed northeastward along the South Carolina coast, concluding with a careful exploration of Cape Fear River., Includes the relation of the expedition, various letters by William Hilton and Captain Alanso Arguiles, as well as proposals concerning the disposition of land to settlers of the region explored by Hilton.
Date Issued
1664
Identifier
AAA3450QF00001/11/200208/04/200516308BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2002-01-11, FCLA url 20020220xOCLC, 49296913, CF00001565, 2560070, ucf:8229
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001565.jpg
INDIA AND CHINA SPACE PROGRAMS: FROM GENESIS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGIES TO MAJOR SPACE PROGRAMS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Title
INDIA AND CHINA SPACE PROGRAMS: FROM GENESIS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGIES TO MAJOR SPACE PROGRAMS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
Creator
BHOLA, GAURAV, HANDBERG, ROGER, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The Indian and Chinese space programs have evolved into technologically advanced vehicles of national prestige and international competition for developed nations. The programs continue to evolve with impetus that India and China will have the same space capabilities as the United States with in the coming years. This will present new challenges to the international community in spheres civilian, to space and military applications and their residual benefits.
Date Issued
2009
Identifier
CFE0002745, ucf:48156
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002745