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The article offers information on Airport Roadway Sign Design Manual, January 2013 updated by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which repeals the previously published manual in 1994, and includes agency guidelines for designing all new and replacement signs at airport facilities.

As a customer-focused industry, the attitudes and opinions of hospitality employees play an integral role in their interactions with customers, colleagues, and the overall work environment. As more employers utilize any number of measurement tools to predict success in job hires and promotions, two measurement tools, emotional intelligence and attachment styles, share multiple traits that could predict an employee's success within the company. This research presents the relationship between emotional intelligence and attachment styles that can assist human resources with the hiring process as well as help with leadership development of current employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are many factors that determine leadership styles. One of the most important facets of leadership is understanding there are different leadership styles, which leadership style leaders use most often, and how or when to move from one style to another. There are five categories of leadership methodologies that most leaders fit into. Understanding which category the individual may be in can assist in identifying the strengths and weaknesses. This paper is about leadership styles, behaviors, and transforming into a leadership style that may best fit a given situation. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of the relationship between management tendencies as it pertains to the leadership styles. As a leader, the individual may be more concerned for people versus the task performance. The leader's ability to adapt to different internal and external factors plays a major role in the performance and success of an organization. The method used to support the findings in this report derived from existing research and analysis of direct field data. Overall, the results reveal the majority of people fit into a team leadership role, but a few were on the borderline of being a socialite or an authoritarian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study was designed to determine what percentage of students enrolled in classes at a major southeastern university have interest in participating in study abroad programs. This study also sought to examine the perceptions of students toward study abroad programs and to determine what barriers may exist that prevents students from participating in study abroad programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

End-of-life patients are increasingly cared for in the home by family, friends, or neighbors. There are known physical and psychological effects of caregiving, including symptoms of depression. Most studies of voluntary caregivers have focused on caregivers of dementia patients. The purpose of the study was to examine predictors of depression symptoms in hospice cancer caregivers. A secondary analysis used baseline assessment data of patients and caregivers from a larger study of patient-caregiver dyads from two large hospices. Wife caregiver, patient symptom global distress, and caregiver support satisfaction accounted for 13% of the variance in caregiver depression symptoms as measured by the 10-item Clinical Epidemiological Scale-Depression Scale (CES-D 10) (mean, 2.97 [SD, 2.15]) in the sample (n = 578). Approximately 38% of caregivers had CES-D 10 scores of 4 or greater, predictive for a diagnosis of depression, upon patient admission to hospice. Examining odds ratios, wife caregiver was positively predictive, and caregiver support satisfaction was negatively predictive of CES-D 10 scores of 4 or greater. The results support screening of caregivers for depression symptoms, the importance of support satisfaction, and the need to examine additional caregiver factors that may contribute to depression symptoms in caregivers of hospice cancer patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to test an existing instrument to determine if patrons at a local wine festival exhibited homogeneous psychographic characteristics that included visitors' attitudes, interest, opinions, and personal preferences. During the "Vin de Mer" event at the 2009 Beaufort (NC) Wine and Food Festival, the researchers asked visitors to complete a survey instrument developed by researchers from Texas Tech University. Fifty-one (51) usable instruments were collected from individuals at this event. Using a multivariate general linear modeling technique, study findings indicated that patrons were homogeneous with regard to these psychographic characteristics when compared with certain demographic characteristics. Future research projects are planned for wineries, wine festivals, and wine shops. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the relationship between depressive symptoms and symptom distress experienced by hospice patients with cancer. A total of 275 hospice patients with cancer were evaluated using the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS), the Center for Epidemiological Study-Depression (CES-D) Scale and a Demographic Data Form. Patients in the sample were mostly white and Christian with a variety of types of cancer with lung cancer being most common. Patients reported an average of 10 symptoms with fatigue, pain, dry mouth, drowsiness, loss of appetite and shortness of breath being reported most frequently. Among the most common symptoms, those with the highest intensity scores were pain and fatigue and with the highest distress scores were fatigue, pain, and shortness of breath. Depressive symptoms reached the cut-off score of 4 for 38% of patients indicating a likelihood of clinical depression. A moderate significant correlation (r = 0.45; P = .000) was found between CES-D scores and total number of symptoms - reported and with total symptom distress (r = 0.49; P = .000). Results underscore the continued need for a focus on symptoms in cancer patients, and further delineates the need to ameliorate depressive symptoms in order to enhance quality of life near the end of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]