The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has become the most widely used personality instrument for nonpsychiatric populations (DeVito, 1985; Lynch, 1985). Companies like American Telephone and Telegraph, Exxon, General Electric, Honeywell, and Transamerica employ the Myers-Briggs indicator in their management development programs where the focus is on improving decision-making and building effective te...

Sun-exposed and sun-protected skin age differently by deviating from ideal state over time, which manifest through changes on complexion. Understanding the perception of such variations is important for cosmetic sociobehavioral research. We developed an objective grading scale using artificial neural network (ANN) to quantify human towards complexion applied in comparing sun-exposed Indian coho...

association between [chronic PM] air pollution exposure and health [mortality]." In applying these criteria, I have included experimental studies in animals and epi-demiologic studies in humans (6). Rodents exposed to high concentrations of diesel exhaust for life did not show early or increased mortality (6). The available epi-demiologic studies (3-5) showed only weak associations across a nar...

Title of Dissertation: DIFFERENTIATING SOCIAL PHOBIA FROM SHYNESS Nancy A. Heiser, Ph.D., 2004 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Samuel M. Turner, Department of Psychology Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the boundaries of social phobia and the nature of shyness. Despite the similarities between social phobia and shyness, the vast majority of shy persons do not meet diagnostic criteria...

In previous publications, the inheritance of resistance to bunt, TiCZetia tritici (Bjerk) Wint., in hybrids with eight resistant varieties of wheat, has been reported. The resistance of Martin (BRIGGS 1926), White Odessa (BRIGGS 1930b), Banner Berkeley (BRIGGS 1931), and Odessa (BRIGGS 193213) wheat varieties has been shown to result from the same dominant factor in each case. This factor has b...

ITE JOURNAL / JANUARY 2001 THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON Transportation Operations has identified the need for cultural transitions within transportation organizations from traditional project-driven orientations to approaches focused on continuous systems performance and customer service.1 Institutional change, facilitating interjurisdictional cooperation to provide seamless transportation services...

Briggs was born 10 December 1911 in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was raised by his grandparents, as both his mother and brother died of tuberculosis before Briggs was two years old. He lived with his grandparents until 1929 when he left for college. Briggs described his aunt's lessons on the family piano as one of his most lasting boyhood experiences. Even though he would eventually stop playin...