Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-100).

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Concordia Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [97]-104).

Project (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2008. / Includes abstract. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-155).

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Concordia Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [97]-104).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-100).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-187).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-187).

The appointment of interim community college presidents, the topic of this study, is a little understood phenomenon. A growing shortage of community college presidents coupled with a lack of replacements suggests the appointment of interims will continue well into the future. This study, with a purpose of looking at the factors related to the appointment of interim community college presidents, was needed to inform the practice of those considering hiring or being an interim president. Data for the study were collected from online announcements of presidential appointments. Potential relationships between the type of presidential appointment (interim or permanent) and several factors were examined: (a) institutional characteristics (state, geographic region, size, locale), (b) the reason for the transition, (c) personal characteristics of the appointee (gender, origin, prior presidential experience, prior presidential interim experience, prior type of institution, previous position held, and retirement status), and (d) the time of year of the transition. Additional research questions looked at the relationship between the titles interim and acting and the length of the appointment; and compared interim presidents who were subsequently appointed to the permanent presidency to those who were not. Statistically significant associations were found between: the reason for the transition and the type of appointment; the origin of the appointee and the type of appointment; prior interim president experience and the type of appointment; retirement status and the type of appointment; time of year and the type of appointment; and the titles interim or acting and the length of appointment. The study also found interims who were appointed to the subsequent permanent position were unlikely to have previous presidential experience, and it was infrequent for insiders other than the interim to obtain the subsequent permanent position. This study implied college boards of trustees should create succession plans and have hiring policies in place that address issues related to the appointment of interims. Individuals seeking a permanent presidency should be aware that accepting an interim position could be an advantageous career step, but should also carefully assess the specific situation before accepting an interim position. / Graduation date: 2013

Interim measures in civil proceedings Abstract Interim measure is a traditional institution of the civil procedural law, which provides fast and effective protection of subjective rights. However, it is inherent in this protection that it is always only temporary, as it is assumed that the legal relationship between the parties will be settled in the main court proceedings. The aim of this master's thesis is to give a clear commentary on the current legislation of interim measures, both the general interim measure regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure and special interim measures regulated in the Act on Special Civil Proceedings, and to confront the current legislation of interim measures with the requirements of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Master's thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter introduces the institution of interim measure in general terms. It describes their basic characteristics, the modification of procedural principles in interim proceedings and outlines the individual types of interim measures. The second chapter is devoted to the general regulation of interim measures in the Code of Civil Procedure. It sets out the reasons for ordering an interim measure, admissibility criteria and description of the interim...

We use ERA-Interim reanalysis data of 2 meter temperature to perform a pattern analysis of the Arctic temperatures exploiting an artificial neural network called Self Organizing-Map (SOM). The SOM method is used as a cluster analysis tool where the number of clusters has to be specified by the user. The different sized SOMs are analyzed in terms of how the size changes the representation of specific features. The results confirm that the larger the SOM is chosen the larger will be the root mean square error (RMSE) for the given SOM, which is followed by the fact that a larger number of patterns can reproduce more specific features for the temperature. / Wir benutzten das künstliche neuronale Netzwerk Self Organizing-Map (SOM), um eine Musteranalyse von ERA-Interim Reanalysedaten durchzuführen. Es wurden SOMs mit verschiedener Musteranzahl verglichen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass SOMs mit einer größeren Musteranzahl deutlich spezifischere Muster produzieren im Vergleich zu SOMs mit geringen Musteranzahlen. Dies zeigt sich unter anderem in der Betrachtung der mittleren quadratischen Abweichung (RMSE) der Muster zu den zugeordneten ERA Daten.