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Shifting The Load: Improving Bioscience Performance In Undergraduate Nurses Through Student Focused Learning, Angela Owens, Tracey Moroney

Angela Owens

Mathematics: A Good Predictor For Success In A Health Science Degree, Gregory S. C. Hine, Ryan Anderton, Christopher Joyce

Ryan Anderton

Unpacking The Beliefs And Attitudes Of Australian Hrec Members: An Examination Of Influences On Reviewer Decision-Making, Boris Handal, Kevin Watson, Marc Fellman, Marguerite Maher, Miya White

Kevin Watson

Mobile Learning In Early Childhood Education: Can Pre-Service Teachers Help Practising Teachers Use New Technologies In New Ways?, Serena Davie, Frank Bate, Jean Macnish

Serena Davie

Sowing The Seeds For Ethical Business Leadership Through Business Education, Hélène De Burgh-Woodman, Amitav Saha, Kimera Somasundram, Angela Torrisi

Amitav Saha

The Fraud Detection Triangle: A New Framework For Selecting Variables In Fraud Detection Research, Adrian Gepp, Kuldeep Kumar, Sukanto Bhattacharya

Kuldeep Kumar

Exploring Barriers To Home Gardening In Ohio Households, Justin Schupp, Rebecca Som Castellano, Jeff Sharp, Molly Bean

Justin Schupp

Scholars have noted that race and ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) as well as other socio-demographic factors may limit participation in local food systems based on the historic and structured patterns of inequalities that remain in communities promoting alternative agriculture and food (agrifood) activities. However, few empirical studies have examined the barriers which prevent people from participating in local food system activities. This paper uses survey data from the 2008 Ohio Survey of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Issues to consider whether barriers such as interest, time, financial resources, geography and space impact the participation of households in home gardening. Results from …

Interval Tournaments, David Brown

David C. Brown

No abstract provided.

Plenary 5: Bringing Gender Into The Classroom, Sandra Faiman-Silva, Karen Fein, Sabrina Gentlewarrior, Margaret Lowe, Deborah Nemko, Erin O'Connor

Margaret Lowe

This panel proposes that gender is an essential component for a diverse curriculum. Participants are from a variety of fields, and they discuss different strategies for incorporating gender into both specialized and survey courses. The presentations all indicate ways that gender helps to highlight broader themes and deepen student understanding of course material more generally.

Brown, Farrier, Neal And Weisbrot's Criminal Laws: Materials And Commentary On Criminal Law And Process In New South Wales, David Brown, David Farrier, Sandra Egger, Luke Mcnamara, Alex Steel, Michael Grewcock, Donna Spears

David C. Brown

"The success of Criminal Laws lies both in its distinctive features and in its appeal to a range of readerships. As one review put it, it is simultaneously a "textbook, casebook, handbook and reference work". As such it is ideal for criminal law and criminal justice courses as a teaching text, combining as it does primary sources with extensive critical commentary and a contextual perspective. It is likewise indispensable to practitioners for its detailed coverage of substantive law and its extensive references and inter-disciplinary approach make it a first point of call for researchers from all disciplines. This fifth edition …

Bacchus And Civic Order: The Culture Of Drink In Early Modern Germany / Bacchus Und Die Bürgerliche Ordnung. Die Kultur Des Trinkens Im Frühneuzeitlichen Augsburg, B. Tlusty

B. Ann Tlusty

Lining the streets inside the city's gates, clustered in its center, and thinly scattered among its back quarters were Augsburg's taverns and drinking rooms. These institutions ranged from the poorly lit rooms of backstreet wine sellers to the elaborate marble halls frequented by society's most privileged members. Urban drinking rooms provided more than food, drink, and lodging for their guests. They also conferred upon their visitors a sense of social identity commensurate with their status. Like all German cities, Augsburg during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had a history shaped by the political events attending the Reformation, the post-Reformation, and …

An Accounting Study Of Performance And Risk For Financial Firms During The Credit Crisis, Mariah Webinger

Mariah Webinger

This dissertation provides some insights into explaining differential performance among financial firms during the 2005-2007 credit crisis by exploring two risk related firm characteristics. The first essay studies stock incentives of CEOs and directors of financial firms and explores how this affects the firms' performance. Moral hazard theory suggests that stock incentives may motivate a manager to take on more risk as options are more valuable the riskier a firm is. Contracting theory suggests that stock incentives may motivate managers to take a long run performance enhancing actions. The dissertation explores differences in stock incentives and performance during the credit …

Mobile Dm Coupon Promotion In Japan: A Case Study On Response Behavior Changes In Services Consumptiona, Fumiyo Kondo, Yasuhiro Uwadaira, Mariko Nakahara, Shahriar Akter

Shahriar Akter

This chapter investigates the changes in customers' responses to mobile direct mail (DM) coupons on the shop visit probability (SVP) of a beauty parlor. Two experiments were carried out to examine the promotional effects of mobile DM coupons. The first experiment, conducted in 2004, compared mobile DM coupons with postcard DM coupons. The mobile DM coupons were found to have no effect on SVP, although positive effects were observed for postcard DM coupons. The second experiment, conducted in 2005 with three types of mobile DM coupons, compared the responses of new customers with those of repeat customers. The results varied …

Beyond The Scores: Using Candidate Responses On High Stakes Performance Assessment To Inform Teacher Preparation For English Learners, George Bunch, Julia Aguirre, Kip Tellez

Julia M Aguirre

Assessing the preparation of preservice candidates for quality teaching, both for mainstream students and for ELs, requires reliable and valid assessments that pay close attention to context, process, and reflection, factors that traditional evaluations of teaching either ignore or undervalue. In this article, the authors focus on one high-stakes preservice teacher performance assessment designed to meet these guidelines. The Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT), currently used in 32 teacher preparation programs throughout California, is a comprehensive assessment of knowledge and skills in which candidates analyze and reflect on their own instruction and their students' learning during a "Teaching Event" …

The Structure Of Atkins’ New Diet Revolution: Proposing A Paradigm Shift In Fighting Obesity, Catherine Womack

Catherine A. Womack

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of The Language For Thinking Program On The Cognitive Processing And Social Adjustment Of Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Gregory Benner, Nicole Ralston, Laura Feuerborn

Gregory J Benner

Processing speed plays an important role in numerous facets of life functioning. Language, academic achievement, and behavior are all associated with processing speed; however, researchers have yet to investigate the effect of interventions, particularly language-based interventions, on the processing speed and the behavioral functioning of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. This study examined the effects of a language-based intervention program, Language for Thinking, on the processing speed and emotional and behavioral functioning of students with emotional and behavioral disorders served in self-contained settings. At posttest, the authors found significant reductions on the Child Behavior Checklist: Teacher's Report Form, along …

Affordable Housing In Cleveland And Its Suburbs, Richard Bingham, Kathryn Hexter, Charles Post

Kathryn W. Hexter

No abstract provided.

Leadership And The Law, T. Mattocks

T. C. Mattocks

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Developmental Analysis Of Comprehensive Guidance Programmes In Schools In The United States, Ginger Macdonald, Christopher Sink

Ginger MacDonald

Presents analysis of guidance models in the United States. Commends 24 states in their initial attempts at model development in the personal/social domains. States that the most significant gap across models is in attention to ethnic and cultural developmental issues. Recommends authors of programs be more specific so that developmental guidance programs address the needs of all students.

Civic Engagement In Planning For Cleveland's Lakefront, Kathryn Hexter

Kathryn W. Hexter

No abstract provided.

On Cycle And Bi-Cycle Extendability In Chordal And Chordal Bipartite Graphs, Leroy Beasley, David Brown

David C. Brown

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between The Beginning Reading Skills And Social Adjustment Of A General Sample Of Elementary Aged Children, Gregory Benner, Kathleen Beaudoin, Diane Kinder, Paul Mooney

Diane Kinder

Although fundamental beginning reading skills are highly related to later reading success (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000), it remains unclear how these beginning reading skills impact the social adjustment of kindergarten through second grade children. Therefore, the purposes of this study were: (a) to examine the strength of the relationship between beginning reading skills (i.e., letter-word identification, word attack, passage comprehension, and auditory comprehension) and social adjustment (i.e., social skills, problem behaviors, and academic competence); and (b) to assess the beginning reading skills that predict the social adjustment of elementary aged public school children (K-2). A …

Breakout Session: "What's Next?: The Future Of Content", Susan Good, Beth Gelroth Klein, Sandra Klein, Stephanie Miller, Dana Neascu, Andrew Plumb-Larrick

Sandra S. Klein

Round table discussions about the expansion of content beyond the initial faculty scholarship and journal collections. Multiple institutions will provide insight into innovative projects and implementation strategies that move beyond the basics of law repositories.

Panelists will discuss:

• Incorporating Special Collections and Institutional History into your repository.
• Working with centers and institutes to expand repository content.
• Integrating conference materials in your repository.
• The future of journals.

Applying Osteopathic Principles To Formulate Treatment For Patients With Chronic Pain, Michael Kuchera

Michael Kuchera

Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) is a physician-directed approach to patient care that incorporates diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to address body unity issues, enhance homeostatic mechanisms, and maximize structure-function interrelationships. Osteopathic physicians integrate a thorough medical history with palpatory examination of a patient to ascertain distinctive characteristics and origins of the patient's pain, to evaluate how pain uniquely affects the patient, and to determine whether segmental, reflex, or triggered pain phenomena coexist in the patient. Osteopathic manipulative medicine expands differential diagnoses by allowing the physician to consider somatic dysfunction and implement treatment options via integration of specific aspects of complementary care …

New Approaches To Controlling Unstable Gas Metal Arc Welding, Dominic Cuiuri, John Norrish, Christopher Cook

Dominic Cuiuri

This paper describes recent developments at the University of Wollongong in the application of novel control strategies to improve the control of inherently unstable transfer in the GMAW process. The paper reviews the problems involved in maintaining arc stability with CO2 shielded arcs and proposes potential solutions based on the development of a new process control technique. Results of early investigations into the phenomena are reported.

Analyzing Beginning And Adolescent Reading Programs: Exploring Issues Of Content, Coherence, And Assessment, Diane Kinder, Marcy Stein, Jean Osborn

Diane Kinder

Two curriculum evaluation projects were conducted in response to requests from practitioners interested in determining the quality of commercially developed reading programs. The 1st project, sponsored by 3 school districts in Texas, focused on 5 1st grade reading programs. The 2nd, conducted at the request of junior high, middle-, and high-school teachers from several school districts in the Pacific Northwest, examined 8 remedial reading programs. The evaluation criteria, used in both projects, were organized into 3 areas: program content, program coherence, and student assessment. Results of application of these criteria to beginning and adolescent reading programs are reported. These projects …

What Research Tells Us About Writing Instruction For Students In The Middle Grades, Marcy Stein, Robert Dixon, Susan Barnard

Marcy Stein

Reviews research on effective writing instruction. Recommends ways to integrate that research with findings from research on struggling writers and effective teaching practices. Discusses a model of collaboration between researchers and curriculum developers aimed at helping publishers translate research into instructional practice. Illustrates this model with the "Postcards" writing program.

Influenza And Inequality: One Town’S Tragic Response To The Great Epidemic Of 1918, Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

The influenza epidemic of 1918 was one of the worst medical disasters in human history, taking close to thirty million lives worldwide in less than a year, including more than 500,000 in the United States. What made this pandemic even more frightening was the fact that it occurred when death rates for most common infectious diseases were diminishing. Still, an epidemic is not merely a medical crisis; it has sociological, psychological, and political dimensions as well. The influenza epidemic of 1918 was one of the worst medical disasters in human history, taking close to thirty million lives worldwide in less …

Categories Of Constraint And Avenues Of Freedom: Proposing Collective Agency For Addressing Problems Of Obesity, Catherine Womack

Catherine A. Womack

No abstract provided.

Beckett's Masculinity: New Interpretations Of Beckett In 21st C, Jennifer Jeffers

Jennifer M. Jeffers

From Murphy to Rockaby to Worstward Ho, Beckett’s Masculinity illustrates how Samuel Beckett’s work functions as a testament to the site of memory for the historically erased twentieth-century Protestant, Anglo-Irish community. Jennifer Jeffers ably shows how Beckett converted his own personal traumatic loss of a masculine, patriarchal national identity into a sustained group of obsessive images in his texts. As Beckett’s work matured, he utilized the strategies of emasculation and gender distortion to dismantle Western masculinity. Beckett’s Masculinity shows that Western hegemonic masculinity was a source of private trauma and anxiety for Beckett; yet, he eventually transformed the twentieth-century …