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1991

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An Interview With Maine Puc Chairman Kenneth Gordon Jan 1991

An Interview With Maine Puc Chairman Kenneth Gordon

Maine Policy Review

In August, 1991, Maine Policy Review interviewed Kenneth Gordon, the current chair of the Maine Public Utilities Commission. That interview centered on important public policy issues that surround the regulation of telecommunications in Maine and the U.S. From his experience as an economist with the Federal Communications Commission, Gordon brings to his current position an extensive background in telecommunications. Since that interview, he has been elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, so his views on telecommunications are likely to have significance in national, as well as state, policy.

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Factoring The Personal Profile System For Construct Validity: Three Analyses Under Different Standardization Assumptions, Thomas G. Henkel, James Noel Wilmoth Jan 1991

Factoring The Personal Profile System For Construct Validity: Three Analyses Under Different Standardization Assumptions, Thomas G. Henkel, James Noel Wilmoth

Publications

Three types of data were factor analyzed using principal components extractions with orthogonal and oblique rotations to test publisher claims for construct validity of the Personal Profile System (PPS). Behavioral descriptor data from 1,045 senior non-commissioned Air Force officers were factored as raw data, mean corrected data, and standardized z-scores (correlations). The most efficacious solution was produced with standardized z-scores generating four factors accounting for 86% of the total variance. The measure of sampling adequacy for every descriptor exceeded 0.922. The first factor was general with approximately equal loadings on each of the dominance, influencing, steadiness, and compliance dimensions. The …

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The Perils Of Unreasonable Risk: Information, Regulatory Policy, And Toxic Substances Control, John S. Applegate Jan 1991

The Perils Of Unreasonable Risk: Information, Regulatory Policy, And Toxic Substances Control, John S. Applegate

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

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Criminal Justice Policy Focus, Number 91-3, Criminal Justice Policy Research Group Jan 1991

Criminal Justice Policy Focus, Number 91-3, Criminal Justice Policy Research Group

Publications

This issue of Criminal Justice Policy Focus features "Civilian Review of the Police: A National Survey of the 50 Largest Cities" by Samuel Walker and Vic W. Bumphus from UNO's Department of Criminal Justice.

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The Octofoil, January/February 1991, Ninth Infantry Division Association Jan 1991

The Octofoil, January/February 1991, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

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A Case Study Of Black West Indian Migrants In Urban Canada: The Decision To Migrate, Patrick Richardson Jan 1991

A Case Study Of Black West Indian Migrants In Urban Canada: The Decision To Migrate, Patrick Richardson

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The main purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which traditional models of the migration decision making process adequately account for and describe the decision making process of black West Indian immigrants in Canada. Traditional models of the migration decision making process have suggested that individuals migrate after a rational comparison of place utilities (Wolpert, 1964; Roseman, 1971). These human capital models of migration (De Jong et al, 1981) suggest that individuals, acting in a very rational manner, seek always to maximize their “profits” at an optimum location. However, this study suggests that in the case of …

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Cpar Review Vol. 02, No. 01, Uno Center For Public Affairs Research Jan 1991

Cpar Review Vol. 02, No. 01, Uno Center For Public Affairs Research

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M. Ross Boyle, president of the Washington, D.C. consulting firm that prepared an economic development plan for Omaha, spoke on the changing nature of economic development and emphasized the need for leadership to help improve the country's economic condition at a workshop on "Building Partnerships for Community Development" January 7-8 in Kearney.

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Omaha Focus, 91-1, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar) Jan 1991

Omaha Focus, 91-1, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This issue of Omaha Focus features "The Omaha Housing Authority's Scattered Site Housing Program: Nearby Residents' Perceptions" by William T. Clute from UNO's Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

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Criminal Justice Policy Focus, Number 91-1, Criminal Justice Policy Research Group Jan 1991

Criminal Justice Policy Focus, Number 91-1, Criminal Justice Policy Research Group

Publications

This issue of Criminal Justice Policy Focus features "Patterns in Omaha's Homicide Rate" by Obie Clayton, Jr. and Vincent Webb from UNO's Department of Criminal Justice.

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Intimate Colonialism: The Imperial Production Of Reproduction In Uganda, 1907-1925, Carol Summers Jan 1991

Intimate Colonialism: The Imperial Production Of Reproduction In Uganda, 1907-1925, Carol Summers

History Faculty Publications

British concern over the reproduction of the population and society of Uganda intensified from 1907 through 1924. Institutions and ideologies were developed to cope with an epidemic of STDs, to promote the family as a unit of reproduction, and to reform motherhood. The British colonizers and the African elite of Uganda built a population crisis from a collection of beliefs and data. The perceived severity of this crisis - and the response it evoked - changed over the years. That response began as a straightforward medical attempt to treat the ill. After the World War, though, "social hygiene" became an …

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Honecker’S Legacy, Stephen R. Bowers Jan 1991

Honecker’S Legacy, Stephen R. Bowers

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

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Lectures, Essays, And Publications, 1991, Steven Alan Samson Jan 1991

Lectures, Essays, And Publications, 1991, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

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Research Proposal, Steven Alan Samson Jan 1991

Research Proposal, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

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American Political Thought Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 1991

American Political Thought Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

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Analysis Of The United States Trustee Program, M. Shannon Goetsch Jan 1991

Analysis Of The United States Trustee Program, M. Shannon Goetsch

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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A Strategic Analysis Of Budgeting For Integrated Logistical Support Of Defense Systems, Bruce Richard Suchomel Jan 1991

A Strategic Analysis Of Budgeting For Integrated Logistical Support Of Defense Systems, Bruce Richard Suchomel

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Making The Invisible Visable : An Analysis Of The Home And Community Care Program : A Socialist-Feminist Perspective, Daniela Anna Stehlik Jan 1991

Making The Invisible Visable : An Analysis Of The Home And Community Care Program : A Socialist-Feminist Perspective, Daniela Anna Stehlik

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

As the population of Australia ages, social policy and human service practice in the field of aged care is increasingly important and relevant. The Home and community Care (H.A.C.C.) Program was established in 1985 by the Labor Government as a response to a demand for more community services for the frail aged and was designed to reduce the incidence of institutionalisation by increasing home care services. In this way the Home and Community Care Program is seen as linchpin in the Federal Government's initiative to create an efficient and cost-effective aged care policy to contend with the future growth of …

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Carrying A Big Carrot: Linking Multilateral Disarmament And Development Assistance, David A. Koplow, Philip G. Schrag Jan 1991

Carrying A Big Carrot: Linking Multilateral Disarmament And Development Assistance, David A. Koplow, Philip G. Schrag

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article proposes, as a new element of the "liberal internationalism" that should characterize the post-Cold War world, a simultaneous solution to these three problems. The nations of the world should negotiate a series of multilateral agreements to stop the spread of advanced weaponry, and include in each of them, as an overt incentive for developing states to accept the disarmament and verification obligations, provisions that explicitly require the affluent, developed states to make specified monetary and in-kind transfers to the third world parties. The new regime should also provide stronger-than-customary treaty procedures for clarifying ambiguities, adjudicating claims, and resolving …

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An Alternative Public Health Vision For A National Drug Strategy: "Treatment Works", Lawrence O. Gostin Jan 1991

An Alternative Public Health Vision For A National Drug Strategy: "Treatment Works", Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article returns to a war waged virtually throughout this century--a war between the theories of punishment and rehabilitation in curtailing the drug epidemic. Today, the terms of the war are recast as supply-side policies based upon law enforcement; destroying crops in source countries; interdiction and increased sentencing; and demand reduction based upon prevention, education, and treatment. The war on drugs has reached a feverish pitch. New policies and statutes have tightened the grip of supply-side policies, with images of battle and hate mongering which go beyond the vilified drug lords and governments which harbor them, to the middle men, …

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The Interconnected Epidemics Of Drug Dependency And Aids, Lawrence O. Gostin Jan 1991

The Interconnected Epidemics Of Drug Dependency And Aids, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Drug dependence and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are America's two most pressing epidemics, interconnected by a cycle of urban poverty, physical dependence and a culture of sharing needles and syringes. Extant political strategies to curb these interconnected epidemics involve two traditional approaches. The first--law enforcement and interdiction--is designed to limit the supply of illicit drugs to the marketplace. This strategy is advanced by broad criminal sanctions against importing, selling, distributing, medically prescribing, or possessing illicit drugs or drug paraphernalia. The second strategy to combat the drug and HIV epidemics involves reducing the demand for illicit drugs. Education, counseling, and treatment …

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Genetic Discrimination: The Use Of Genetically Based Diagnostic And Prognostic Tests By Employers And Insurers, Lawrence O. Gostin Jan 1991

Genetic Discrimination: The Use Of Genetically Based Diagnostic And Prognostic Tests By Employers And Insurers, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper analyzes the law, ethics and public policy concerning "genetic discrimination," defined as the denial of rights, privileges or opportunities on the basis of information obtained from genetically based diagnostic and prognostic tests. The Human Genome Initiative will enhance the ability to gather and organize information that may predict a person's future potential and disabilities. Enormous human benefits may ensue from understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of genetic disorders, including disease prevention through genetic counseling, and treatment of the disorders through genetic manipulation. This information will help clinicians understand and eventually treat many of the more than 4,000 diseases …

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Ethical Principles For The Conduct Of Human Subject Research: Population-Based Research And Ethics, Lawrence O. Gostin Jan 1991

Ethical Principles For The Conduct Of Human Subject Research: Population-Based Research And Ethics, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper provides a halting first step in organizing a set of ethical guidelines for the conduct of population-based research, surveillance and practice. These principles are not distinct from, but an expansion of, traditional ethics. Research ethics, which matured significantly from the Nuremberg Code through to the Helsinki IV and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) guidelines, nourished the individual human spirit. Ethical principles should have a similarly profound impact in the development of science and the protection of human populations in the 1990s and beyond.

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The Black Surrogate Mother, Anita L. Allen Jan 1991

The Black Surrogate Mother, Anita L. Allen

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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News Media Functions In Policy Making, John Fisher Dec 1990

News Media Functions In Policy Making, John Fisher

Dr. John R. Fisher

This paper describes a study of news media functions in the policymaking process. The study relates policy stages to mass media functions, a list of which is developed through a content analysis of news items about education. Propositions are then developed about the effect of mass media functions on policy decisions.

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