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Trip account
No full textTrip account - AMs, 15 pp.
“I am attempting to give you some account of a recent vacation trip which we were privileged to enjoy - Rose, Mother and I…” As the account of the trip to view the eclipse is unsigned, we can’t say for sure but as the author states “Rose, Mother and I” one could logically assume that the author is a sibling of T. Rose Curtis
ROSE POLY and ME A Memoir
Full text linkAuthor discusses his time as an engineering student and football player (1955-59), and then football coach, track coach, athletic director, instructor and then assistant professor of civil engineering at Rose Polytechnic Institute (now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) (1962-64). As a football player in 1958, he led the nation in scoring with 168 points in 8 games. Sixty-two years later, the 168 points continues to be the record for points in a season by an Indiana college football player. His 21.0 points per game were the national record for thirty years (1958-88) until broken by Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State. In 1957 and 1958, the Rose Poly football team won fifteen games in a row over two seasons while the defense held opponents to 5.4 points per game. In 1958, the team led the NCAA Division II in defense holding opponents to 95.8 yards per game and a total of 31 points (3.9 points per game). As the football coach, he rescued the team from a disastrous previous year in which the team lost all of its games and scored only six points. The author concludes with his afterthoughts on his alma mater after a career of more than 60 years in engineering education.https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/alum_pub/1003/thumbnail.jp
Trove: Innovation in Access to Information in Australia
Full text linkIn late 2009 the National Library of Australia released version 1 of Trove [1] to the public. Trove is a free search engine. It searches across a large aggregation of Australian content. The treasure is over 90 million items from over 1000 libraries, museums, archives and other organisations which can be found at the click of a button. Finding information just got easier for many Australians. Exploring a wealth of resources and digital content like never before, including full-text books, journals and newspaper articles, images, music, sound, video, maps, Web sites, diaries, letters, archives, people and organisations has been an exciting adventure for users and the service has been heavily used. Finding and retrieving instantly information in context; interacting with content and social engagement are core features of the service. This article describes Trove features, usage, content building, and its applications for contributors and users in the national context
Did Plant Patents Create the American Rose?
Full text linkThe Plant Patent Act of 1930 was the first step towards creating property rights for biological innovation: it introduced patent rights for asexually-propagated plants. This paper uses data on plant patents and registrations of new varieties to examine whether the Act encouraged innovation. Nearly half of all plant patents between 1931 and 1970 were for roses. Large commercial nurseries, which began to build mass hybridization programs in the 1940s, accounted for most of these patents, suggesting that the new intellectual property rights may have helped to encourage the development of a commercial rose breeding industry. Data on registrations of newly-created roses, however, yield no evidence of an increase in innovation: less than 20 percent of new roses were patented, European breeders continued to create most new roses, and there was no increase in the number of new varieties per year after 1931.
Letter from Rose Cecil O'Neill to Mary Louise Clifton
No full textA handwritten letter from Rose Cecil O'Neill to Mary Louise Clifton Womer regarding folk art in the Ozarks
A Comparison of Cryptography Courses
No full textThe author taught two courses on cryptography, one at Duke University aimed at non-mathematics majors and one at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology aimed at mathematics and computer science majors. Both tried to incorporate technical and societal aspects of cryptography, with varying emphases. This paper will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both courses and compare the differences in the author\u27s approach
Learning Organization, Knowledge Management, Employee Outcomes and Performance of Large Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
No full textThe concept of learning organization has generated a lot of debate among scholars in recent years. Learning organizations have developed as a result of pressures facing modern organizations toadapt and remain competitive in modern business environment. However, few empirical studies
have examined the relationship between learning organization and organizational performance. This study sought to contribute to this growing body of knowledge by determining the influence of learning organization on performance of large manufacturing firms in Kenya. Specific objectives focused on examining the mediation of employee outcomes in the relationship betweenlearning organization and firm performance, assessing the moderating effect of knowledge
management and establishing the joint effect of the three variables on performance. The study was guided by the positivist approach. Review of literature and identification of knowledge gaps formed the basis of the conceptual model and hypotheses. The study was anchored on four theories: resource based view, knowledge based view, dynamic capabilities theory and human capital theory. The descriptive survey design was used. Data was collected from a cross section of study units. The target population consisted of 108 large manufacturing firms. A structured questionnaire, based on a five-point likert type scale, was used to collect primary data. The key respondents included the human resource manager, finance manager and production manager.
Results of tests for normality confirmed that data employed in analysis was normally distributed. The reliability test showed that all the study variables were reliable thus suitable for further
analysis. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses were used to analyze data. Results of the study indicated that learning organization has a positive influence on firm performance. The relationship between learning organization and both financial and non-financial performance was
positive and significant. Findings of the study did not provide sufficient evidence to support the mediation of employee outcomes in the relationship between learning organization and firm performance. Similarly, the study also established that knowledge management does not moderate the relationship between learning organization and firm performance. However, based on the structure of the research model which included learning organization, employee outcomes
and knowledge management, the results seemed reasonable. The combined effect of learning organization, employee outcomes and knowledge management on financial performance was not statistically significant. Results of the study revealed that the joint effect of learning organization,
employee outcomes and knowledge management on non-financial performance was greater than the individual effect of the predictor variables. The results of further analysis revealed that learning organization mediates the relationship between knowledge management and nonfinancial
performance. The study also confirmed the mediation of learning organization in the relationship between employee outcomes and non-financial performance. The results present
diverse implications for policy, practice and research. The study confirmed that learning organization has a significant influence on employee outcomes such as organizational
commitment and job satisfaction. Human resource development practitioners can use the findings of this study to support the case for implementation of learning organization initiatives. This will lead to high levels of organizational commitment and job satisfaction which translate to increased
productivity. Policy makers will use the findings of this study to evaluate how well the manufacturing sector can be leveraged through learning organization practices in order to contribute to increased economic growth. The study provided support for the basic proposition of resource based view that superior performance can be achieved from a combination of firm
specific resources. The study confirmed that human resource practices combined into an overall system can be valuable and difficult to imitate thus leading to superior performance. Future
studies could use longitudinal study to provide a better understanding of the influence of learning organization on firm performance. Organizational factors such as strategy, structure, innovation technology and leadership could be considered as possible influencers in the relationship
Clyde Rose and the Brothers Byrne
No full textThe Brothers Byrne duo, Joe and Pat Byrne, perform Newfoundland folk songs; Clyde Rose recites his poetry.No credits included.No credits included
Rose Shank
No full textPhotograph - A portrait of Rose Shank (nee Benzhuise) in her nurse's uniform. Athabasca, Albert
Undergraduates, the Right Questions, and Cayley Produce Results
Full text linkDuring the summers of 1989, 1990, and 1991, eighteen undergraduates participated in a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Rose-Hulman for which the author was the principal investigator. This paper provides some examples of the mathematics discovered during these three summers and discusses the philosophy, environment and process which made these discoveries possible
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