Women and Their Nurses’ Perceptions of the Birthing Experience and Factors that Influence Change in Birth Preference

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Jennifer L. Hamilton and Professor Troy Carlton, College of Nursing Nurses provide essential care and support during labor and the lack of such support has been equated with decreased patient satisfaction. Satisfaction of laboring women has been found to be important because women most commonly will make future health care decisions for their families. The intent […]

An Exploratory Study of Entrepreneurship Mentoring in South America

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W. Devin Wagstaff and Dr. Kristie Seawright, Romney Institute of Public Management In an effort to overcome the challenges that many entrepreneurs face in bridging the chasm between theory and reality, Don Clarke has piloted an entrepreneurship mentoring program that seeks to help business owners apply the interventions discussed in the classroom to their individual […]

Impact of Corruption in a Developing Economy The Example of Armenia

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Sevak Tsaturyan and Dr. Phillip Bryson, Institute of Business Management In our research we have attempted to address the negative impacts of corruption on economic development, trade and foreign direct investment in developing economies. Historically, it has been argued that political corruption is a very significant hindrance of economic development, especially in transitional economies. Economists […]

No Condom, No Sex: Why Thailand’s 100% Condom Campaign Has Been an Unparalleled Success

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Chase McMillan and Dr. Kerry Patterson, Organizational Behavior Thailand was the first country in Asia to publicly admit a serious HIV/AIDS problem. Within this acceptance came the commitment to curb the outbreak. The first cases of HIV/AIDS in Thailand were recorded in 1984, but by the late 1980’s, HIV/AIDS spread across the country like a […]

Pro Forma Earnings: Distinguishing the Good from the Bad

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Samuel Mautz and Dr. Ted Christensen, School of Accountancy The financial press has reported considerable disagreement during the past several years about the proliferation of non-standard profitability measures, generally known as ‘pro forma’ earnings. Pro forma earnings are normally defined as standard earnings adjusted for items that managers deem to be ‘one-time’ in nature or […]

Developing Relational Trust in Advanced Supplier Relationships

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Kelvin Junhan Goh and Dr. Nile W. Hatch, Strategy Dept The business world which we live in today is constantly pursuing new avenues of growth. Corporations try to gain a competitive edge or advantage over other industrial rivals, with cost-cutting a huge emphasis in the recent years. Although the idea might go against the grain, […]

Comparison of Earnings Adjustments made by Management and Financial Analysts

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Dirk Black and Dr. Ted Christensen, School of Accountancy Pro forma reporting has received significant attention from managers, regulators, and researchers in recent years. Pro forma reporting occurs when managers adjust earnings for certain “one-time” items allegedly to present earnings that are more representative of the “core” operations of their firms. In addition, analysts make […]

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Daniel Young INTRODUCTION Although the drainage history of intermountain western North America has been studied extensively, traditional geological and paleontological approaches have slowed in deciphering that history because most Miocene and Pliocene evidence is buried by Pleistocene and other recent alluvial sediments. To fill this void, phylogeography has emerged as a novel approach to the […]

Thymidine Kinase-1 Activity of UV Induced B Lymphocytes

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Geoffrey G. Wood and Dr. Kim L. O’Neill, Microbiology and Molecular Biology The normal life of a eukaryotic cell involves a dynamic struggle between survival and death. When a cell is no longer capable of living, certain pathways are initiated for natural cell death. These “programmed cell deaths” transpire in predictable patterns, and are regulated […]