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Race And Ethnicity In Leisure Behavior: Where Havewe Been And Where Dowe Need To Go?, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D. Dec 2005

Race And Ethnicity In Leisure Behavior: Where Havewe Been And Where Dowe Need To Go?, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.

Dan K Hibbler Ph.D.

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High-Stakes Testing: Can Rapid Assessment Reduce The Pressure?, Stuart S. Yeh Dec 2005

High-Stakes Testing: Can Rapid Assessment Reduce The Pressure?, Stuart S. Yeh

Stuart S Yeh

This article presents findings about the implementation of a system for rapidly assessing student progress in math and reading in grades K–12—a system that potentially could reduce pressure on teachers resulting from high-stakes testing and the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. Interviews with 49 teachers and administrators in one Texas school district suggest that the assessments allowed teachers to individualize and target instruction; provide more tutoring; reduce drill and practice; and improve student readiness for, and spend more time on, critical thinking activities, resulting in a more balanced curriculum. Teachers reported that the assessments provided a common …

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Assessment Of National Women's Machineries In Turkey, Nuket Kardam Dec 2005

Assessment Of National Women's Machineries In Turkey, Nuket Kardam

Nüket Kardam

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Policy Challenges From The "White" Senate Inquiry Into Workplace-Related Health Impacts Of Toxic Dusts And Nanoparticles, Thomas A. Faunce, Haydn Walters, Trevor Williams, David Bryant, Martin Jennings, Bill Musk Dec 2005

Policy Challenges From The "White" Senate Inquiry Into Workplace-Related Health Impacts Of Toxic Dusts And Nanoparticles, Thomas A. Faunce, Haydn Walters, Trevor Williams, David Bryant, Martin Jennings, Bill Musk

Thomas A Faunce

On 22 June 2005 the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia voted to establish an inquiry into workplace harm related to toxic dust and emerging technologies (including nanoparticles). The inquiry became known as the "White" Inquiry after Mr Richard White, a financially uncompensated sufferer of industrial sandblasting-induced lung disease who was instrumental in its establishment. The "White" Inquiry delivered its final report and recommendations on 31 May 2006. This paper examines whether these recommendations and their implementation may provide a unique opportunity not only to modernize relevant monitoring standards and processes, but related compensation systems for disease associated with workplace-related …

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Superfund, Hedonics, And The Scales Of Environmental Justice, Douglas S. Noonan, Brett M. Baden, Rama Mohana Turaga Dec 2005

Superfund, Hedonics, And The Scales Of Environmental Justice, Douglas S. Noonan, Brett M. Baden, Rama Mohana Turaga

Douglas S. Noonan

The environmental justice (EJ) movement now occupies a prominent position in environmental policy. EJ is a core principle for thousands of grassroots environmental organizations, is the subject of a Presidential executive order and an office in the EPA, and recently served to frame how the nation viewed the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This paper contributes to the research on environmental equity by (a) improving on traditional environmental justice research by incorporating results from economic analyses, and (b) presenting new evidence on the distributional equity of Superfund site locations at multiple scales. Choosing the correct spatial scale for analysis continues …

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Los Jóvenes Y La Creación De Empresas, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas Dec 2005

Los Jóvenes Y La Creación De Empresas, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Se suele considerar emprendedor a aquél que asume un riesgo creando un negocio. Desde este punto de vista, el fenómeno emprendedor es el proceso de creación de nuevas entidades económicas –generalmente pequeñas y medianas empresas– por el que algunas personas intentan explotar oportunidades de negocio combinando los recursos que tienen a su alcance. Este libro trata del fenómeno emprendedor en el colectivo juvenil en Andalucía. Se ocupa de los aspectos sociales relacionados con el autoempleo y la creación de empresas por parte los jóvenes, prestando especial atención a aquellos que parten de una situación caracterizada por una falta relativa de …

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The Informal Economy In Mexico: An Alternative Labor Market, Daniel Tapia, Carlos Marquez Padilla Dec 2005

The Informal Economy In Mexico: An Alternative Labor Market, Daniel Tapia, Carlos Marquez Padilla

Daniel Tapia

No abstract provided.

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The Dangers Of Partial Bibliometric Evaluation In The Social Sciences, Diana M. Hicks Dec 2005

The Dangers Of Partial Bibliometric Evaluation In The Social Sciences, Diana M. Hicks

Diana Hicks

Social science research communities around the world face pressures for quantitative evaluation imposed from outside. Traditional methods of allocating jobs and research funding may not be seen as sufficiently merit-based to ensure research excellence and international competitiveness. In this environment, the preferred evaluation methodology tends to be SSCI-based bibliometrics, more or less exclusively. In this paper, I reflect on the merits of this approach by examining the nature of the social science literature as it relates to bibliometric evaluation. The argument is based on a thorough review of the literature of social science bibliometric methodology.

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A Cultural Turn: Reflections On Recent Historical And Legal Writing On The Second Amendment Dec 2005

A Cultural Turn: Reflections On Recent Historical And Legal Writing On The Second Amendment

William G. Merkel

If commentators on the Second Amendment agree about anything at all, it is only that disputants parsing the meaning and importance of the constitutional right to arms cannot avoid involvement in a larger cultural war (and this is the term almost everyone employs)I over the meaning and importance (vel non) of gun ownership to the American psyche and soul. Almost every scholar discussed in this short, inexhaustive review of recent literature calls for reasoned moderation (the other calls for well armed chaos),2 but most writers in the field, including this one, and including those who neither own nor wish the …

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Von Der Sicherheits- Zur Risikopolitik: Eine Konzeptionelle Analyse Für Die Schweiz, Beat Habegger Dec 2005

Von Der Sicherheits- Zur Risikopolitik: Eine Konzeptionelle Analyse Für Die Schweiz, Beat Habegger

Beat Habegger

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Die Parlamentarisierung Der Uno Durch Die Interparlamentarische Union, Beat Habegger Dec 2005

Die Parlamentarisierung Der Uno Durch Die Interparlamentarische Union, Beat Habegger

Beat Habegger

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Democratic Control Of The Osce: The Role Of The Parliamentary Assembly, Beat Habegger Dec 2005

Democratic Control Of The Osce: The Role Of The Parliamentary Assembly, Beat Habegger

Beat Habegger

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Direitos De Personalidade, Figuras Próximas E Figuras Longínquas, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha Dec 2005

Direitos De Personalidade, Figuras Próximas E Figuras Longínquas, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

A. Introdução I. Da Lei à Doutrina II. Da Pessoa III. Do Personalismo B. Delimitação IV. Aspectos Objectivos da Personalidade V. Subjectividade e Personalidade VI. Etapas e Âmbito da Personalidade VII. Fundamento do Direito de Personalidade VIII. Direitos de Personalidade e Direitos Fundamentais C. Conclusão IX. Desafios Metodológicos aos Direitos de Personalidade

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Politeia And Paideia. “Reminiscences” Of Western Political Thought In A Reading Of Plato’S Politeia, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha Dec 2005

Politeia And Paideia. “Reminiscences” Of Western Political Thought In A Reading Of Plato’S Politeia, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

Many readings have been proposed of the Politeia. We propose here a brief reflection of the intertextual type, not upon the theme or main themes of this work, but more precisely in search of aspects that also seem to have acquired a posterity (or at any rate a universality that allows for the detection of coincidences). It is not merely that Plato’s great utopian ideas have found an echo in later authors, as one the most important of western politico-philosophical canons. It is also that some topics and arguments that appear through this richly magnificent dialogue seem to have had …

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Native Americans, Criminal Justice, Criminological Theory, And Policy Development, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Larry Gould Ph.D. Dec 2005

Native Americans, Criminal Justice, Criminological Theory, And Policy Development, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Larry Gould Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

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The Worsley Energy Challenge To Reduce Energy Consumption: Report On The Project Start-Up, Sandra Wooltorton, Richard Jeffreys Dec 2005

The Worsley Energy Challenge To Reduce Energy Consumption: Report On The Project Start-Up, Sandra Wooltorton, Richard Jeffreys

Sandra Wooltorton

The Worsley Alumina Energy Challenge (WAEC) is an innovative sustainability education project that connects four schools, the South West branch of the Australian Association of Environmental Education (AAEE), two universities and a corporation, Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd (Worsley). As part of its corporate sustainability
responsibility, Worsley is providing renewable energy systems to the schools including photovoltaic, wind and biodiesel equipment. The type and size of the systems are based on each school's physical location, size and local community context. In turn, the schools have committed themselves to attempting to reduce their power consumption by 20% per capita over a five-year …

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“El Derecho Alimentario De La Unión Europea: La Aplicación Del Principio De Precaución”, Luis González Vaqué Dec 2005

“El Derecho Alimentario De La Unión Europea: La Aplicación Del Principio De Precaución”, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

The precautionary principle enables rapid response in the face of a possible danger to human, animal or plant health, or to protect the environment. In particular, where scientific data do not permit a complete evaluation of the risk, recourse to this principle may, for example, be used to stop distribution or order withdrawal from the market of products likely to be hazardous.

El principio de precaución permite reaccionar rápidamente ante un posible peligro para la salud humana, animal o vegetal, o para proteger el medio ambiente. De hecho, en caso de que los datos científicos no permitan una determinación completa …

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