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Gla Team Award For The Kennesaw State University Voyager Consolidation Team (2015)(Regional Level), Li Chen Dec 2014

Gla Team Award For The Kennesaw State University Voyager Consolidation Team (2015)(Regional Level), Li Chen

Li Chen

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Reading Du Bois On East Africa: Epistemological Implications Of Apartheid Constructions Of Knowledge, Jesse Benjamin Dec 2014

Reading Du Bois On East Africa: Epistemological Implications Of Apartheid Constructions Of Knowledge, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

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The Leadership Leap: A New Approach For Homeland Security, Jeffery Maxfield, Rodger Broome, John Fisher Dec 2014

The Leadership Leap: A New Approach For Homeland Security, Jeffery Maxfield, Rodger Broome, John Fisher

Dr. John R. Fisher

This uniquely composed textbook provides a cross-disciplinary introduction to the field of homeland and civil security. It unites U.S. and international scholars and practitioners in addressing both foundational topics and risk- informed priorities in fostering secure societies. The book examines research-related foundations of homeland and civil security across national boundaries, and how those apply to addressing real-world challenges of our time. Representing different disciplines, intellectual styles, and methodological choices in meeting those challenges, chapters provide a comprehensive perspective across different approaches and levels of governance within an all-hazards framework. The book covers international experiences in border management; intelligence for homeland …

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Framing The Issues In Moral Terms Iii: Rights And Right Conduct, Robert Williams Dec 2014

Framing The Issues In Moral Terms Iii: Rights And Right Conduct, Robert Williams

Robert E. Williams Jr.

The development of a global human rights culture has had a profound effect on the way discussions of military ethics are framed. This is most apparent in the development of the “responsibility to protect” norm amid a broader debate concerning military intervention to stop serious human rights abuses. With policymakers and international lawyers, many just war theorists have adopted an understanding of military ethics centered on human rights. This essay describes the development of the rights-based perspective on the use of force and its impact on key questions regarding the resort to war and just conduct in war.

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Turkers, Scholars, "Arafat" And "Peace": Cultural Communities And Algorithmic Gold Standards, Shilad Sen, M. Giesel, R. Gold, B. Hillmann, M. Lesicko, S. Naden, J. Russell, Z. Wang, B. Hecht Dec 2014

Turkers, Scholars, "Arafat" And "Peace": Cultural Communities And Algorithmic Gold Standards, Shilad Sen, M. Giesel, R. Gold, B. Hillmann, M. Lesicko, S. Naden, J. Russell, Z. Wang, B. Hecht

Shilad Sen

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Land Grabbing In Africa: The Race For Africa's Rich Farmland, Fassil Demissie Dec 2014

Land Grabbing In Africa: The Race For Africa's Rich Farmland, Fassil Demissie

Fassil Demissie

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Sistemas Politicos Y Bienestar Social: Brasil, Colombia Y Venezuela 2000-2010, Augusto De Venanzi Dec 2014

Sistemas Politicos Y Bienestar Social: Brasil, Colombia Y Venezuela 2000-2010, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

El presente texto ofrece los resultados de una investigación comparada dirigida a revelar los efectos de la gestión social de los gobiernos de Brasil, Colombia y Venezuela, luego de la llamada década perdida. Si bien entre los años 1980 y 1995, la mayor parte de los países latinoamericanos centraron su atención en temas tales como la apertura económica, la reforma del Estado, la privatización de las empresas públicas, y la racionalización de las sociedades en su conjunto, el final de los años noventa anuncia un cambio de dirección marcado por una reevaluación del papel del Estado en el desarrollo, que …

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Conformity And Conflict: Readings In Cultural Anthropology, D. Mccurdy, Dianna Shandy, J. Spradley Dec 2014

Conformity And Conflict: Readings In Cultural Anthropology, D. Mccurdy, Dianna Shandy, J. Spradley

Dianna Shandy

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Mentoring In The Social Context: Mentors' Experiences With Mentees' Peers In A Site-Based Program, Julia Pryce Dec 2014

Mentoring In The Social Context: Mentors' Experiences With Mentees' Peers In A Site-Based Program, Julia Pryce

Julia Pryce

The primary mechanism by which mentoring promotes positive outcomes is typically considered to be the one- to-one relationship between mentor and youth. However, many mentoring relationships, particularly those in site-based programs, unfold within and are influenced by the larger contexts in which mentoring takes place. In the present study, we examined 161 first-person accounts written by college students serving as Lunch Buddy mentors in an elementary school-based mentoring program. This examination aims to glean insights into mentors' experiences of and responses to their mentees' peers as they carried out the mentoring relationship in a school cafeteria setting, and the ways …

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Aging Out Of Care In Ethiopia: Challenges And Implications Facing Orphans And Vulnerable Youth, Julia Pryce Dec 2014

Aging Out Of Care In Ethiopia: Challenges And Implications Facing Orphans And Vulnerable Youth, Julia Pryce

Julia Pryce

This interpretive study examines the experiences of 54 Ethiopian emerging adults who had aged out of institutional care facilities. Findings are derived from interviews and focus groups in which questions and activities focused on the challenges faced by participants and the supports they relied on throughout the transition process. These young adults reported facing many chal- lenges upon leaving care, including difficulty finding gainful and interesting employment, a lack of many basic life skills, difficulty finding a support network, and significant stigma in the community due to their background in care. These challenges led to problems in creating any security …

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Development And Evaluation Of The Telephone Crisis Support Skills Scale, Taneile Kitchingman, Coralie Wilson, Peter Caputi, Alan Woodward, Tara Hunt Dec 2014

Development And Evaluation Of The Telephone Crisis Support Skills Scale, Taneile Kitchingman, Coralie Wilson, Peter Caputi, Alan Woodward, Tara Hunt

Taneile Kitchingman

Background: Although telephone services continue to play an important role in the delivery of front-line crisis support, published evidence of the standardized assessment of such services does not exist to date. Aims: To describe the development of the Telephone Crisis Support Skills Scale (TCSSS), an instrument to assess workers’ intentions to use recommended skills with callers, and to evaluate its factor structure and reliability.
Method: TCSSS items were mapped to a national telephone crisis support practice model. A national sample of workers (n = 210) completed the TCSSS as part of a larger online survey. Principal axis factoring was used …

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Preventing Suicide Requires More Attention On Technology-Based Crisis Support Services, Taneile Kitchingman, Coralie Wilson, Alan Woodward, Peter Caputi, Ian Wilson Dec 2014

Preventing Suicide Requires More Attention On Technology-Based Crisis Support Services, Taneile Kitchingman, Coralie Wilson, Alan Woodward, Peter Caputi, Ian Wilson

Taneile Kitchingman

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Administrative Research Support Service, Linda Kott, Vickie Mix, Nancy Marshall Dec 2014

Administrative Research Support Service, Linda Kott, Vickie Mix, Nancy Marshall

Vickie Mix

In 2012, South Dakota State University Librarians began an Administrative Research Support Service to provide research expertise to time-strapped administrators. The service was created from a recognition that the university benefits from informed decision making. The University's administrators, while typically experienced researchers in their disciplinary areas, may lack the time or expertise to conduct literature searches in support of institutional decision making. The Administrative Research Support Service provided a mechanism for a quick response research service to supplement other information gathering efforts by university administrators. This paper provides a case study exploring the benefits and challenges of the service.

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Administrative Research Support Service, Linda Kott, Vickie Mix, Nancy Marshall Dec 2014

Administrative Research Support Service, Linda Kott, Vickie Mix, Nancy Marshall

Nancy Marshall

Public services librarians at South Dakota State University (SDSU) piloted a project to provide personalized reference services to university administrators. The goals of the Administrative Research Support Service were to provide quality information results that inform institutional decision making, to assist SDSU administrators in focusing their research questions, to provide a convenient venue for SDSU administrators to request library research, and to highlight the library’s contribution to SDSU’s mission. During a rollout of the service in 2012, five librarians contributed to the service and ten projects were completed. This initial offering of the service fostered connections between librarians and administrators, …

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Business Opportunities (“Biz Opps”) On College Campuses, Stacie Bosley Dec 2014

Business Opportunities (“Biz Opps”) On College Campuses, Stacie Bosley

Stacie Bosley

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Network Analysis Of A Pyramid Scheme, Stacie Bosley Dec 2014

Network Analysis Of A Pyramid Scheme, Stacie Bosley

Stacie Bosley

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Business Opportunity Or Scam: What Every College Student Should Know., Stacie Bosley Dec 2014

Business Opportunity Or Scam: What Every College Student Should Know., Stacie Bosley

Stacie Bosley

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The New Localism: Canadian Urban Governance In The 21st Century, Neil Bradford, Zack Taylor Dec 2014

The New Localism: Canadian Urban Governance In The 21st Century, Neil Bradford, Zack Taylor

Neil Bradford

No abstract provided.

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Research Guide To The Ancient World, John Weeks, Jason De Medeiros Dec 2014

Research Guide To The Ancient World, John Weeks, Jason De Medeiros

John M. Weeks

No abstract provided.

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Invigorating Library Instruction, Andrea Tieman Dec 2014

Invigorating Library Instruction, Andrea Tieman

Andrea Tieman

Invigorating Library Instruction

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Assessing 'Deacon' Mccormick From The Perspective Of The Intelligence Community, Daniel Baldino Dec 2014

Assessing 'Deacon' Mccormick From The Perspective Of The Intelligence Community, Daniel Baldino

Daniel Baldino

F.A. Hayek (1899-1992), the co-leader of the Austrian free market school, embraced the transparently fraudulent assertion made by Donald McCormick, aka Richard Deacon, in The British Connection which accused A.C. Pigou, the co-leader of the Cambridge market failure school, of being a Soviet spy. [Book]

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Social Experiments. In International Encyclopedia Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences, Larry Orr, Rebecca A. Maynard Dec 2014

Social Experiments. In International Encyclopedia Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences, Larry Orr, Rebecca A. Maynard

REBECCA A MAYNARD

This article reviews the history of social experiments, describes their major features, and discusses the nuances of their design. It also discusses the interpretation of findings and the advantages of this study design.

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Ready, Set, Go…Again: Renewing An Academy-Agency Child Welfare Parentership, B. Pierce, Lisa E. Mcguire, P. Howes Dec 2014

Ready, Set, Go…Again: Renewing An Academy-Agency Child Welfare Parentership, B. Pierce, Lisa E. Mcguire, P. Howes

Lisa E. McGuire

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A Test Of Deterrence Theory: Exploring Specific Deterrence Using The National Football League, Sarah J. Greenman Dec 2014

A Test Of Deterrence Theory: Exploring Specific Deterrence Using The National Football League, Sarah J. Greenman

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.

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Lecture: Paris: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Sarah J. Greenman Dec 2014

Lecture: Paris: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Sarah J. Greenman

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.

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The Initiation Of Heroism Science, Scott T. Allison Dec 2014

The Initiation Of Heroism Science, Scott T. Allison

Scott T. Allison

In this article I describe the nascent field of heroism science, as part of a broader movement for the promotion of heroism in 21st century societies. I identify several markers of its emergence and offer reasons why the science is now coalescing into an established and autonomous field of inquiry. Moreover, I discuss the importance of maintaining a dynamic symbiotic relationship between the research and activist wings of the heroism movement. The aims and scope of heroism science are discussed, and reasons are offered for producing a science that is inclusive, transdisciplinary, and risk-taking. I examine all these issues within …

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Book Review, Earthea Nance Dec 2014

Book Review, Earthea Nance

Earthea Nance, PhD (Stanford University, 2004)

Book Review published in the journal Water International (2015) The topic… “The book builds upon Nance’s research and presents a comprehensive account of Brazil’s experience of implementing condominial sewerage.” The topic… “From the very beginning, the author expresses her concerns in escaping from preconceived ideas about conventional and participatory development, positioning her views within a third wave of post-structural development discourse, neither universalist nor relativist, that is neither denying nor overvaluing the social content of development.” Research methods… “Nance manages to do so by integrating different areas of established knowledge and examining her research issue from a privileged historical perspective. …

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The (Somewhat) False Hope Of Comprehensive Planning, Michael Lewyn Dec 2014

The (Somewhat) False Hope Of Comprehensive Planning, Michael Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

Many commentators treat municipal comprehensive planning as necessary (or at least sufficient) for smart growth. This essay argues that comprehensive plans, although desirable, are neither necessary nor sufficient for "smarter" (that is, more nondriver-friendly) development.

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Development, Health And Race Differences In Fertility At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century In The U.S. South, Cheryl Elman, Andrew S. London, Robert A. Mcguire Dec 2014

Development, Health And Race Differences In Fertility At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century In The U.S. South, Cheryl Elman, Andrew S. London, Robert A. Mcguire

Cheryl Elman

Mid-twentieth century demographers were puzzled to find that, between 1880 and 1910, fertility rates had dropped more precipitously among African American than U.S. white women. Since then, demographic research has focused on historical fertility differentials in the South, where most African Americans lived before 1920. Under a multiple causes model, two major sources of race differences have found some empirical support. One stresses that timing differences in voluntary fertility control, due to a high demand for child labor in tenant farming, sustained both high overall southern rural fertility rates and race differences, to about 1940. A second mechanism stresses that …

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The Initiation Of Heroism Science, Scott T. Allison Dec 2014

The Initiation Of Heroism Science, Scott T. Allison

Scott T. Allison

In this article I describe the emergent field of heroism science. I identify several markers of its emergence and offer reasons why the science is now coalescing into an established and autonomous field of inquiry. Moreover, I discuss the importance of maintaining a dynamic symbiotic relationship between the scientific and activist wings of the heroism movement. The aims and scope of heroism science are discussed, and reasons are offered for producing a science that is inclusive, transdisciplinary, and risk-taking. I examine all these issues within the metaphorical framework of initiation.

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