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Learning To Work: Colonialism As Rule, Not Exception, Mindy Peden Sep 2006

Learning To Work: Colonialism As Rule, Not Exception, Mindy Peden

Mindy Peden

No abstract provided.


From The Suburbs To The House: The Metropolitan-Rural Population Shift And The Success Of Women Candidates, Elizabeth Stiles, Larry Schwab Sep 2006

From The Suburbs To The House: The Metropolitan-Rural Population Shift And The Success Of Women Candidates, Elizabeth Stiles, Larry Schwab

Elizabeth A. Stiles

No abstract provided.


Assessing For Learning: Information Literacy Assessment From Accreditation And Practitioner Perspectives, Sonya Shepherd Sep 2006

Assessing For Learning: Information Literacy Assessment From Accreditation And Practitioner Perspectives, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Age-Related Functional Recruitment During The Recognition Of Famous Names: An Event-Related Fmri Study, Kristy Nielson, K Douville, M Seidenberg, J Woodard, S Miller, P Antuono, M Franczak, S Rao Sep 2006

Age-Related Functional Recruitment During The Recognition Of Famous Names: An Event-Related Fmri Study, Kristy Nielson, K Douville, M Seidenberg, J Woodard, S Miller, P Antuono, M Franczak, S Rao

Kristy Nielson

Recent neuroimaging research shows that older adults exhibit recruitment, or increased activation on various cognitive tasks. The current study evaluated whether a similar pattern also occurs in semantic memory by evaluating age-related differences during recognition of Recent (since the 1990s) and Enduring (1950s to present) famous names. Fifteen healthy older and 15 healthy younger adults performed the name recognition task with a high and comparable degree of accuracy, although older adults had slower reaction time in response to Recent famous names. Event-related functional MRI showed extensive networks of activation in the two groups including posterior cingulate, right hippocampus, temporal lobe …


A Mathematical Regression Of The U.S. Gross Private Domestic Investment 1959-2001, Byron E. Bell Sep 2006

A Mathematical Regression Of The U.S. Gross Private Domestic Investment 1959-2001, Byron E. Bell

Byron E. Bell

SUMMARY OF PROJECT What did I do? A study of the role the U.S. stock markets and money markets have possibly played in the Gross Private Domestic Investment (GPDI) of the United States from the year 1959 to the year 2001 and I created a Multiple Linear Regression Model (MLRM).


Stepping Back From Social Norms Campaigns: Comparing Normative Influences To Other Predictors Of Health Behaviors, Michelle Campo, Kenzie Cameron Aug 2006

Stepping Back From Social Norms Campaigns: Comparing Normative Influences To Other Predictors Of Health Behaviors, Michelle Campo, Kenzie Cameron

Michelle L. Campo

Recent health campaigns on college campuses have used a social norms approach, which suggests that one's perceptions of others' attitudes and behaviors are the key components in attitude and behavior change. However, the efficacy of social norms campaigns has been mixed. This study was conducted to assess the relationships among sociodemographics, normative perceptions, and individual attitudes on 3 health behaviors. Students at 2 universities (N = 393) completed questionnaires assessing how these variables related to their consumption of alcohol, tobacco use, and exercise behaviors. Regressions indicated that each of these variables was associated with behavior, but varied independent variables emerged …


Externality Effects Of Residential Property Values: The Example Of Noise Disamenities, David Clark Aug 2006

Externality Effects Of Residential Property Values: The Example Of Noise Disamenities, David Clark

David E. Clark

Studies conducted by the Federal Railroad Administration in the 1990s reveal that train whistle bans lead to higher accident rates at train crossings. However, advocates of these bans argue that they eliminate noise externalities that have a detrimental effect on residential home values. To assess this latter claim, an event study is conducted and hedonic models are estimated for three different areas in which Conrail unilaterally began ignoring local whistle bans. While the findings consistently show that proximity to rail lines has a negative and statistically important influence on home values, there is little evidence that the Conrail decision had …


Reflection On Teaching: The Value Of A Teaching Workshop At The Master's Level, Debra Ross, W. Crawley, L. Dopke, L. Andre, A. Dubbs, A. Cashen Aug 2006

Reflection On Teaching: The Value Of A Teaching Workshop At The Master's Level, Debra Ross, W. Crawley, L. Dopke, L. Andre, A. Dubbs, A. Cashen

Debra E. Ross

No abstract provided.


William Carl Bolivar: Philadelphia Journalist, Collector, Educator, William Welburn Aug 2006

William Carl Bolivar: Philadelphia Journalist, Collector, Educator, William Welburn

William C Welburn

No abstract provided.


All The Right Numbers: Strategies For Locating Industry Sales, Marc Vinyard Aug 2006

All The Right Numbers: Strategies For Locating Industry Sales, Marc Vinyard

Marc Vinyard

Total industry sales will reveal whether an industry is in its infancy, or if it has reached a mature, established stage. If businesspersons or students can obtain figures for multiple years, they will know if the industry is growing or stagnating. Forecasts can help requestors decide if they want to invest in companies within a particular industry or even start a company in that industry. Economists use industry sales figures to assess the significance of an industry for overall economic growth. Clients already involved in an industry can divide the industry's total sales by their company's sales to determine market …


A Complete Analysis Of Criminal Justice Four Year Programs In Relation To Curriculum, Debra Ross Aug 2006

A Complete Analysis Of Criminal Justice Four Year Programs In Relation To Curriculum, Debra Ross

Debra E. Ross

No abstract provided.


Changing Global Travel: Passenger Profiling In The Airline Industry, Brian Kingshott Aug 2006

Changing Global Travel: Passenger Profiling In The Airline Industry, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Self-Management: A Proactive Strategy For Students With Asperger Syndrome, Lee Wilkinson Aug 2006

Self-Management: A Proactive Strategy For Students With Asperger Syndrome, Lee Wilkinson

Lee A Wilkinson, PhD

No abstract provided.


Judging Science: An Essay On The Unscientific Basis Of Beliefs About The Impact Of Law On Science And The Need For Better Data About Law, Gillian K. Hadfield Aug 2006

Judging Science: An Essay On The Unscientific Basis Of Beliefs About The Impact Of Law On Science And The Need For Better Data About Law, Gillian K. Hadfield

Gillian K Hadfield

No abstract provided.


How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers’ Compensation Filing?, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Robert T. Reville, Seth A. Seabury Aug 2006

How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers’ Compensation Filing?, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Robert T. Reville, Seth A. Seabury

Darius N. Lakdawalla

About half of injured workers choose not to file workers’ compensation claims. This is thought to result from the utilization of health insurance instead of workers’ compensation. However, the data suggest that insured workers are actually less likely to file than their more vulnerable uninsured counterparts. We find that this relationship emerges as the result of employer characteristics, and in particular, whether or not employers offer health insurance to employees; this is much more important than the insurance status of workers themselves. The workplace environment may have a significant, or even a dominant, impact on filing behavior.


Hegemony And Preventive War In International History, Greg Raymond Jul 2006

Hegemony And Preventive War In International History, Greg Raymond

Greg Raymond

No abstract provided.


Generic Skills For Hospitality Management: A Comparative Study Of Management Expectations And Student Perceptions, Michael Raybould, Hugh Wilkins Jul 2006

Generic Skills For Hospitality Management: A Comparative Study Of Management Expectations And Student Perceptions, Michael Raybould, Hugh Wilkins

Michael Raybould

Tertiary providers of hospitality management degree programs must fulfil the needs of student, industry and academic stakeholder groups. The students attracted to this type of program tend to be motivated primarily by the anticipated vocational outcomes. As a result, hospitality management curriculum needs to meet both industry and student expectations by delivering the skill sets needed in the workplace and the institutional demands for academic rigour. This article reports on research that aimed to compare hospitality managers' expectations of graduate skills with student perceptions of the skills that hospitality managers valued. In contrast to previous research on this topic, this …


Health Insurance As A Two-Part Pricing Contract, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Neeraj Sood Jul 2006

Health Insurance As A Two-Part Pricing Contract, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Neeraj Sood

Darius N. Lakdawalla

No abstract provided.


How Earth Remote Sensing From The International Space Station Complements Current Satellite‐Based Sensors, Jennifer Gebelein, Dean Eppler Jul 2006

How Earth Remote Sensing From The International Space Station Complements Current Satellite‐Based Sensors, Jennifer Gebelein, Dean Eppler

Jennifer Gebelein

The International Space Station (ISS) will provide an Earth‐and space‐observing platform that will support sensors built by 16 different countries and deliver data and images for local, regional and global research. When complete, it will be an exceptional platform for conducting remote sensing of the Earth, astrophysics, and space physics research programmes. Additionally, the ISS will operate as a testbed for engineering studies and complex technological developments that will benefit future Earth‐observing capabilities. ...


Set Operators For Superordinate Category Machine Learning, Josita Maouene, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith Jun 2006

Set Operators For Superordinate Category Machine Learning, Josita Maouene, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith

Josita C Maouene

No abstract provided.


Children's Development Of Analogical Reasoning: Insights From Scene Analogy Problems, Robert Morrison Jun 2006

Children's Development Of Analogical Reasoning: Insights From Scene Analogy Problems, Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison

We explored how relational complexity and featural distraction, as varied in scene analogy problems, affect children's analogical reasoning performance. Results with 3- and 4-year-olds, 6- and 7-year-olds, 9- to 11-year-olds, and 13- and 14-year-olds indicate that when children can identify the critical structural relations in a scene analogy problem, development of their ability to reason analogically interacts with both relational complexity and featural distraction. Error patterns suggest that children are more likely to select a distracting object than to make a relational error for problems that present both possibilities. This tendency decreases with age, and older children make fewer errors …


Body Parts And The First 100 Verbs, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith Jun 2006

Body Parts And The First 100 Verbs, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith

Josita C Maouene

No abstract provided.


Is The Drug Court Model Exportable? The Cost-Effectiveness Of A, Christine Eibner, Andrew Morral, Rosalie L. Pacula, John Macdonald Jun 2006

Is The Drug Court Model Exportable? The Cost-Effectiveness Of A, Christine Eibner, Andrew Morral, Rosalie L. Pacula, John Macdonald

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

We assessed the cost-effectiveness of the Rio Hondo driving-under-the-influence (DUI) court, a therapeutic court intervention in Los Angeles County targeted to repeat DUI offenders. The effectiveness of this court intervention was determined through a randomized controlled field experiment. Although prior research does not identify differences in alcohol-related or criminal behavior between treated and control individuals at follow-up, we found improvements in behavior for all program participants regardless of treatment status. A cost minimization analysis found that, on average, cost of the DUI court exceeded traditional court expenditures for second-time offenders but produced cost savings for third-time offenders. This suggests that …


Designing Ics As Dynamic Learning Spaces For The Net Generation, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney Jun 2006

Designing Ics As Dynamic Learning Spaces For The Net Generation, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney

Barbara Tierney


The Information Commons Discussion Group (inaugurated at the 2005 American Library Assoc. Annual Conf.) sponsored this program which featured academic library IC practitioners as well as IC architects.  Speakers included Russ Bailey (Library Director, Providence College), Barbara Tierney (Information Commons Coordinator, Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte), Jeanette Blackburn (Design Architect for Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, Abbott Architectural firm).


Inmigrantes Sí, Boicots No!, Richard Mora Jun 2006

Inmigrantes Sí, Boicots No!, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Management And Leadership Within The Context Of Police Service Delivery, Brian Kingshott May 2006

The Role Of Management And Leadership Within The Context Of Police Service Delivery, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.


Patient Adherence To Medical Regimens: Levels Of Understanding And Intervention, Alan Christensen May 2006

Patient Adherence To Medical Regimens: Levels Of Understanding And Intervention, Alan Christensen

Alan J. Christensen

No abstract provided.


Growth, Competition And Stratification In Melbourne’S Government Schools, Daniel Edwards May 2006

Growth, Competition And Stratification In Melbourne’S Government Schools, Daniel Edwards

Dr Daniel Edwards

No abstract provided.


Sfx Updates: What Do You Do With All Those Reports?, Wendy Robertson May 2006

Sfx Updates: What Do You Do With All Those Reports?, Wendy Robertson

Wendy C Robertson

Every month we get a lot of update reports for changes in the KB and we also have additional statistical reports. What should we be doing with all these reports? What are the most useful ones? Which ones should we be sure to pay attention to? Join this discussion to share what we do with these reports.


Role Of Gamma-Band Synchronization In Priming Of Form Discrimination For Multi-Object Displays, Robert Morrison May 2006

Role Of Gamma-Band Synchronization In Priming Of Form Discrimination For Multi-Object Displays, Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison

Previous research has shown that synchronized flicker can facilitate detection of a single Kanizsa square. The present study investigated the role of temporally structured priming in discrimination tasks involving perceptual relations between multiple Kanizsa-type figures. Results indicate that visual information presented as temporally structured flicker in the gamma band can modulate the perception of multiple objects in a subsequent display. For judgments of both relative orientation and relative position of 2 rectangles, response time to identify and discriminate relations between the objects was consistently decreased when the vertices corresponding to distinct Kanizsa-type rectangles were primed asynchronously. Implications are discussed for …