Dissertation (Ph.D)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Advisor: Deborah Taub; submitted to the School of Education. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 28, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1990. / Title from title page screen, viewed November 15, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines (chair), Franklin G. Matsler, Ronald S. Halinski, John R. McCarthy, Marcia D. Escott. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-170) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1986. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-198).

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This qualitative research study explores and describes first year male students’ personal experiences of senior male students’ aggression in residences. In recent years, the aggressive behaviour of male university students has become a matter of concern for university staff. The aims of this study were (i) to explore and describe the nature of aggression as experienced by first year male students in the residences; (ii) to explore how first year male students’ experiences of aggression influence their day-to-day lives; (iii) to explore and to gain an understanding of how first year male students feel about living in the same residences as senior male students; and (iv) to make suggestions to assist first year male students to cope with aggression in residences. A qualitative design situated within an interpretive paradigm and employing a phenomenological approach to inquiry was employed in order to achieve the aims of the study. The research focused on exploring, understanding and describing the lived experiences of particular first year male students; the study was thus explorative, descriptive and contextual in nature. A purposeful random sampling strategy (Patton, 2002) was used to select the sample of first year male students who live in on-campus residences at the North West University (NWU) Potchefstroom campus to participate in this research study. A number of ethical requirements were met in this research study: approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the NWU Faculty of Education Sciences (Potchefstroom campus); and permission to conduct research was obtained from the Dean of Students on the (Potchefstroom campus), wardens of nine on-campus residences, the student council representative chairperson (SRC) and the residence primarius (chairperson) of each residence. In addition, participants’ interests were protected by ensuring their anonymity and obtaining their informed consent in writing before the research data generation process began. Visual ethics were strictly observed in taking the photographs which were used during the data generation process. The data generation process consisted of two phases: (i) photo-narratives (written) and (ii) photo-narrative-elicitation-interviews. Data saturation occurred after the fourteenth photo-narrative-elicitation-interview. The data analysis of the generated data was done by means of interpretative phenomenological analysis (Griffin & May, 2012). After a consensus meeting with independent coders, the two main themes that emerged were clarified. Theme 1: first year male students associate senior male students’ aggression in residences with feelings and emotions that vary from indifference to negativity, but they remain optimistic about the outcome of living with them. Theme 2: first year male students suggest strategies to cope with experiences of senior male student aggression in residences. In the last chapter, the researcher provides suggestions that could help first year male students to cope with senior male students’ aggression in residences. Limitations of this research study are also discussed and recommendations are made for further research. / MEd (Learner Support), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

This qualitative research study explores and describes first year male students’ personal experiences of senior male students’ aggression in residences. In recent years, the aggressive behaviour of male university students has become a matter of concern for university staff. The aims of this study were (i) to explore and describe the nature of aggression as experienced by first year male students in the residences; (ii) to explore how first year male students’ experiences of aggression influence their day-to-day lives; (iii) to explore and to gain an understanding of how first year male students feel about living in the same residences as senior male students; and (iv) to make suggestions to assist first year male students to cope with aggression in residences. A qualitative design situated within an interpretive paradigm and employing a phenomenological approach to inquiry was employed in order to achieve the aims of the study. The research focused on exploring, understanding and describing the lived experiences of particular first year male students; the study was thus explorative, descriptive and contextual in nature. A purposeful random sampling strategy (Patton, 2002) was used to select the sample of first year male students who live in on-campus residences at the North West University (NWU) Potchefstroom campus to participate in this research study. A number of ethical requirements were met in this research study: approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the NWU Faculty of Education Sciences (Potchefstroom campus); and permission to conduct research was obtained from the Dean of Students on the (Potchefstroom campus), wardens of nine on-campus residences, the student council representative chairperson (SRC) and the residence primarius (chairperson) of each residence. In addition, participants’ interests were protected by ensuring their anonymity and obtaining their informed consent in writing before the research data generation process began. Visual ethics were strictly observed in taking the photographs which were used during the data generation process. The data generation process consisted of two phases: (i) photo-narratives (written) and (ii) photo-narrative-elicitation-interviews. Data saturation occurred after the fourteenth photo-narrative-elicitation-interview. The data analysis of the generated data was done by means of interpretative phenomenological analysis (Griffin & May, 2012). After a consensus meeting with independent coders, the two main themes that emerged were clarified. Theme 1: first year male students associate senior male students’ aggression in residences with feelings and emotions that vary from indifference to negativity, but they remain optimistic about the outcome of living with them. Theme 2: first year male students suggest strategies to cope with experiences of senior male student aggression in residences. In the last chapter, the researcher provides suggestions that could help first year male students to cope with senior male students’ aggression in residences. Limitations of this research study are also discussed and recommendations are made for further research. / MEd (Learner Support), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Master of Science / Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science / Raphael A. Yunk / The conservation of energy is an increasingly important issue. To raise awareness of energy conservation, the State of Kansas initiated the Take Charge Challenge, which focuses on energy conservation in homes across Kansas. The program pits city against city in a competition to determine which city can conserve the most energy in one year. In the spirit of friendly competition, Manhattan, Kansas, home of the Kansas State University Wildcats, and Lawrence, Kansas, home of the University of Kansas Jayhawks, competed in the Challenge during 2011. At the end of the Challenge, Kansas State was victorious saving a total of 5,783 million Btu (MMBTUs). In the Spring of 2011, Noel Shultz, first lady of Kansas State University and co-chair of the Take Charge Challenge in Manhattan, set an example for other area residents by having an energy audit performed on her home, the historic Kansas State University President's Residence. The author used the audit, which was performed by an independent company, thermal images, a lighting survey, and various performance calculations to examine energy use in the building. The audit results include suggested improvements in order of importance. The suggestions were to install programmable thermostats, reduce air infiltration, and increase insulation. These improvements have the potential to provide a return on investment, although not all the suggestions are applicable to the home because of its historic nature. Other improvements, such as replacing lamps and insulating windows, were also researched by the author as means to reduce energy use. This paper compares the audit results and the author's calculations to verify whether the suggestions are feasible and would provide a return on investment. Materials were donated by Kansas State University’s Facilities Department for the improvements. Students and faculty volunteers participated in a work project to install the donated material. Only days after the insulation was installed, Mrs. Shultz mentioned that the family could feel an improvement in comfort. Thermal images of the roof verified that the insulation had reduced the heat loss. It is hoped that the improvements will also reduce energy consumption during the winter months.

Today in the United Kingdom (UK), ageing is considered to be an important aspect of social life in general and although overall South Asian Indians (SAIs) are relatively young compared to the indigenous white population, the number over the age of 60 is rapidly increasing. Over the last decade or so evidence-based practice within social work has been given a great deal of emphasis in public and professional life. This study is based in this spirit and emanates from personal and professional experience of working with an ageing population from a South Asian Indian background and focuses on the second and third generation of this settled minority. The aspect of co-residence within South Asian Indian cultures has been given little attention both within academic and professional studies. The key aims underpinning this work and of the research reported in this thesis were to illuminate and explicate the problematical and challenging expectations of ageing, co-residence and care within different generations of SAIs in Leicester. Thus this study investigates the expectations of co-residence and care amongst a cohort of second and third generation SAIs who have been settled in the UK for 30 or more years. Using interpretivist theoretical perspectives, 12 participants (8 from the second generation and 4 from the third generation of SAI ‘settlers’) were interviewed using in-depth semi-structured one-to-one interview techniques to collect data regarding their views and understandings of co-residence and care within the context of living in the UK. The data collected was thematically analysed and three themes, co-residence, expectations and acculturation/enculturation were identified for detailed exploration and analysis. Using interpretivist perspectives, these themes were used to identify meaningful patterns of behaviour and sentiment and to analyse the underlying symbolic sociocultural systems within the context of ageing within the SAI community in the United Kingdom. The research highlighted the onset of some enculturation processes and a rapid change in social attitudes, particularly in relation to altruism, concepts of family, a gap in understanding the expectations of co-residence between generations and the impact of these on second generation SAIs. The older participants yearned to be looked after by their adult children, feared being on their own and displayed anxiety at the prospect of not being looked after in their old age. They experienced and expressed concern at a loss of control in the decisions relating to co-residence for their current and future lives. The study points to the lack of wider scale academic and practice-based research studies focused on the impact of changes in culture and family expectations, particularly in relation to co-residence, and recommends that :(a) the academic and professional discourses and theories on ageing incorporate aspects and experiences of migration and diversity of cultures and (b) researchers, practitioners and policy makers examine the needs of the ageing SAI communities in the UK in order to explore policies, procedures and initiatives that could enhance various forms of family living and to develop relevant evidence - based practice. The outcomes of the research have implications for teaching and for practice. This is particularly so in cases where there has been a perceived failure to adopt understandings and practices in response to the identified changes. To this end a flow chart was developed that is recommended to be used as a guide and a tool for initial assessment for practitioners when working with this vulnerable group. It is hoped that this guide will have utility in terms of scope and reach when applied to the analysis and understanding of ageing in SAI communities in the UK.

This study was undertaken to determine which factors, if any, are responsible for inter-county variation in the percent of farm operators residing off the farm in California, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, and Utah. These states were selected for this study because of their wide representation of the various types of agricultural and sectional differences. These states vary significantly in type of farm, tenure conditions, off-farm employment opportunities, cultural patterns, remoteness of farms from town, and other variables. Forward step-wise regression analysis was utilized in each of the states to correlate percent of farm operators residing off the farm with type of farm, farm sales, tenancy, non-commercial farms, off-farm employment, remoteness, college education, and average off-farm income. In addition to the above variables, percent of Mormon farm operators and percent of non-white farm operators were used only in the Utah and Texas analyses respectively. Using the results of the regression analyses, it was possible to determine those variables, which a priori, were considered to be important determinants of the trend toward greater off-farm residence of farm families.