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Legislating Citizenship In The United States: The Impact Of State Building On Woman Sufferage Legislation, 1848-1918, Eric C. Dahlin Aug 2002

Legislating Citizenship In The United States: The Impact Of State Building On Woman Sufferage Legislation, 1848-1918, Eric C. Dahlin

Theses and Dissertations

This is a state-level analysis of the impact of state building on woman suffrage legislation in the United States. This study examines all states in which state legislatures were conferred the power to submit a constitutional amendment to the electorate for approval. I use a sequential random-effects logistic regression model to estimate the effects of state building on legislative outcome. Legislative outcome is measured in three stages: whether or not a bill is introduced in either the House or the Senate during a legislative session, whether or not a bill is voted on in either the House or the Senate …

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The Relationship Of Corpus Callosum And Cingulate Gyrus Surface Areas With Intelligence Scores In Persons With Early Hydrocephalus, Heather Gerschler Aug 2002

The Relationship Of Corpus Callosum And Cingulate Gyrus Surface Areas With Intelligence Scores In Persons With Early Hydrocephalus, Heather Gerschler

Theses and Dissertations

This study served as a pilot study of cingulate gyrus surface areas and their relation to intelligence in individuals with hydrocephalus. Surface areas of the corpus callosum and cingulate gyrus regions were compared between individuals with early hydrocephalus (n = 9) and controls (n = 7). Subsequently, the surface areas were correlated with full-scale intelligence scores and the verbal and nonverbal discrepancy scores. Corpus collosum surface areas were significantly smaller in participants with hydrocephalus. These areas also robustly correlated with full-scale intelligence scores. Although the cingulate gyrus did not differ significantly between the groups, the cingulate gyrus regions were increasingly …

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Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Jul 2002

Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

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Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 11 Issue 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship Jul 2002

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 11 Issue 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

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Ideas For Assessing The Sustainability Potential Of Human- Environmental Auxiliary Systems - The Case Of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills -, D. J. Lang, Claudia R. Binder, B. Stäubli, Roland W. Scholz Jul 2002

Ideas For Assessing The Sustainability Potential Of Human- Environmental Auxiliary Systems - The Case Of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills -, D. J. Lang, Claudia R. Binder, B. Stäubli, Roland W. Scholz

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Although sustainability is a widely accepted guiding idea for the development of our planet, only a few concepts exist on how to specify this idea in the context of human-environmental systems. We understand sustainability as a combination of system limit management with ethical allegiances. Uncertainties given by large timeframes and vague definitions present a major problem when assessing if an object or circumstance is sustainable or not. However, a sound standing assessment is indispensable if sustainability is to be more than a buzzword. In this paper, we present a systemic method for assessing the sustainability potential of anthropogenic systems. This …

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Modelling Intervention Strategies For Cooperative Environmental Management, Jim Doran Jul 2002

Modelling Intervention Strategies For Cooperative Environmental Management, Jim Doran

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Central to sustainable natural resource management is the achievement of cooperation and collective action amongst stakeholders with initially conflicting short and long-term goals. It is argued that automatically generated agent-based computer models may be used to explore the ways in which external intervention can bring about effective stakeholder cooperation in environmental resource management contexts. The potential advantages of the agent-based modelling approach in this context include objectivity, and the discovery of currently unrecognised intervention strategies of practical value. An experimental procedure is proposed, and, by reference to a detailed design for a class of agent-based models, the technical obstacles that …

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Agent-Based And Integrated Assessment Modelling For Incorporating Social Dynamics In The Management Of The Meuse In The Dutch Province Of Limburg, Jorg Krywkow, Pieter Valkering, Jan Rotmans, Anne Van Der Veen Jul 2002

Agent-Based And Integrated Assessment Modelling For Incorporating Social Dynamics In The Management Of The Meuse In The Dutch Province Of Limburg, Jorg Krywkow, Pieter Valkering, Jan Rotmans, Anne Van Der Veen

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The European project FIRMA (Freshwater Integrated Resource Management with Agents) aims to improve water resource planning by combining agent-based modelling and integrated assessment to describe physical, hydrological, social and economic aspects of water resource management in an integrated way. This paper describes an approach that couples an agent-based model with an integrated assessment model as a conceptual framework. The aspired outcome of the model is to highlight the consequences of agent activities on each other as well as on the environment. The aim is to provide a DSS for decision makers in a water management situation. The case study presented …

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Hoofs - A Multi-Scale, Agent-Based Simulation Framework For Studying The Impact Of Grazing Animals On The Environment, J. A. Beecham, S. P. Oom, C. P. D. Birch Jul 2002

Hoofs - A Multi-Scale, Agent-Based Simulation Framework For Studying The Impact Of Grazing Animals On The Environment, J. A. Beecham, S. P. Oom, C. P. D. Birch

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

An agent based system (HOOFS) has been developed in order to examine the interactions between foraging animals and a spatially explicit description of the environment, including vegetation growth processes. HOOFS makes use of the agent-based approach to develop a model of foraging in which animal decision making processes are explicitly modelled. The model has evolved from one where foraging decisions are based on a simple biased random walk model with an information weighting parameter, through one in which animals decide between direct walking towards an object as against continuous foraging, ending with a model where memory is used. The model …

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Modelling Of The Collective Decision Making Process For Compact Manufacture Organisation, D. N. Svirsky Jul 2002

Modelling Of The Collective Decision Making Process For Compact Manufacture Organisation, D. N. Svirsky

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

This paper addresses the organisation and management of compact (i.e. unsuperfluous resources) systems. The definition of compact manufacturing system (CMS) as well as the basic principles and general algorithms of its design are given. It is shown that the difficult task of designing of a system is effectively solved by a "collective intelligence" system using concurrent engineering. The author offers to use the tensor analogy for collective intelligence system development. Thus, production (its mathematical model) is a semantic invariant of a manufacturing sector of its life cycle. The production information description is mapped into the systems of co-ordinates appropriate to …

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Agent-Based Simulation Of An Environmental Action Campaign: Changing People's Behaviour Via Their Inner Contradictions, Hans-Joachim Mosler Jul 2002

Agent-Based Simulation Of An Environmental Action Campaign: Changing People's Behaviour Via Their Inner Contradictions, Hans-Joachim Mosler

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Everyone has inner contradictions, and particularly in the area of the environment, many people act in ways that contradict their intentions. Measures that make people aware of these discrepancies trigger inner processes that can lead to changes in behaviour. In an action campaign promoting voluntary slower driving speeds in a Swiss municipality, our use of measures that confronted people with contradictions resulted in a remarkable reduction of average driving speeds. The processes triggered in persons during the campaign were simulated by means of an agent-based simulation. To this end, we developed a model based on the social psychological theory of …

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Agent Based Simulation In Integrated Assessment And Resources Management, Claudia Pahl-Wostl Jul 2002

Agent Based Simulation In Integrated Assessment And Resources Management, Claudia Pahl-Wostl

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Resource management problems have become more and more complex. The traditional approach to solving isolated environmental problems with technological fixes and end-of-pipe solutions has started to shift towards a more thoughtful and integrated attitude. Hence it becomes more and more important to develop appropriate means for representing the human dimension in integrated models and in the development of resource management regimes. This involves the development of integrated approaches to problem solving and thus to include as well stakeholder perspectives. Stakeholder should be included in the process of developing and adopting any resource management plan. In order to improve stakeholder-based policy …

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Multi-Agent Simulations As A Tool For The Assessment Of Urban Microclimate And Its Effect On Pedestrian Behaviour, Michael Bruse Jul 2002

Multi-Agent Simulations As A Tool For The Assessment Of Urban Microclimate And Its Effect On Pedestrian Behaviour, Michael Bruse

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The urban canopy layer is characterised by a specific climate which significantly differs from theaverage regional climate conditions. Especially inside urban structures such as street canyons, shopping mallsor public places, the local microclimate depends directly on the physical properties of the surrounding surfacesand objects, producing well-known effects such as wind speed decrease, local jets, increased turbulence orincreased thermal loads. These phenomena can have a strong influence on the comfort of pedestrians usingthese areas for different tasks of urban life or leisure activities. Assessing urban climate means to answer thequestion, how the citizens feel under the given circumstances and to decide, …

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End Matter, Byu Studies Jul 2002

End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Corporeal Resurrection: The Pure Doctrine Restored Through The Prophet Joseph Smith, J. Peter Hansen Jun 2002

Corporeal Resurrection: The Pure Doctrine Restored Through The Prophet Joseph Smith, J. Peter Hansen

Theses and Dissertations

During Jesus' earthly ministry He taught the pure doctrine of corporeal resurrection to His disciples. Some of them became special witnesses to the literal bodily resurrection of Jesus after His death. Over time, men's philosophies perverted the true doctrine of the resurrection. Those teachings became the orthodoxy of the early Christian church and were handed down to modern Christianity. The pure doctrine of corporeal resurrection was weakened, and in some sects, was lost.

The Lord restored the gospel through Joseph Smith. Part of the Restoration qualified him as a special witness of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through him pure …

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Retirements, Lc Cataloging Newsline Jun 2002

Retirements, Lc Cataloging Newsline

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Parental Substance Use Disorder And The Risk Of Adolescent Drug Abuse: An Event History Analysis, John P. Hoffmann, Felicia G. Cerbone May 2002

Parental Substance Use Disorder And The Risk Of Adolescent Drug Abuse: An Event History Analysis, John P. Hoffmann, Felicia G. Cerbone

Faculty Publications

A common observation in the research literature is that children of drug-dependent parents are at significantly heightened risk of adolescent drug use, abuse, and dependence. Recent research indicates that several psychological and interpersonal factors may affect the association between parents’ psychoactive substance use disorder (PSUD) and drug use risks among adolescents, yet studies have failed to examine explicitly whether these factors moderate the association between PSUD and adolescent substance abuse. This paper explores these potential relationships using longitudinal data from a study that has followed three cohorts of adolescents and their families over a 7-year period. The cohorts are defined …

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Legal Theory And The Rule Of Law, Noel B. Reynolds May 2002

Legal Theory And The Rule Of Law, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

In "Legal Theory and the Rule of Law" Noel Reynolds maintains that the rule of law can be understood as a set of conditions that rational actors would impose on any authority they would create to act in their stead in creating and administering legally binding rules. The authority and obligation associated with law derive from this fundamental convention, and the principles of the rule of law are the conditions of that agreement, which become thereby governing principles to which legislatures, judges, and enforcement agencies can be held in their official actions. These generally recognized standards are inherent in this …

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Back Matter, Amcap Journal Apr 2002

Back Matter, Amcap Journal

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

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The Family Dance, James M. Harper Apr 2002

The Family Dance, James M. Harper

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

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Spiritual Perspectives In Marriage And Family Relationships, Douglas E. Brinley Apr 2002

Spiritual Perspectives In Marriage And Family Relationships, Douglas E. Brinley

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

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What Does It Take To Borrow? A Framework For Analysis, Caroline E. Glackin Apr 2002

What Does It Take To Borrow? A Framework For Analysis, Caroline E. Glackin

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Only a few studies so far have focused on the relationship between effective training and technical assistance, and client success at starting, stabilizing, or expanding a business. The Aspen Institute's Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning, and Dissemination (FIELD) project selected five U.S. microenterprise organizations to increase the industry's understanding of what makes for effective training and technical assistance. What follows is a summary of key findings in two categories: those that address the relationship between the characteristics of clients and their business success, and those that address the relationship of business skills training and client success.

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Vol. 04 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance Apr 2002

Vol. 04 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter, Journal Of Microfinance Apr 2002

Front Matter, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

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Lds Counselor Ratings Of Problems Occurring Among Lds Premarital And Remarital Couples, Travis R. Adams, Robert F. Stahmann Apr 2002

Lds Counselor Ratings Of Problems Occurring Among Lds Premarital And Remarital Couples, Travis R. Adams, Robert F. Stahmann

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

A fundamental purpose of this study was to furnish marriage preparation prviders (counselors, educators, and ecclesiastical leaders) with information about specific problem areas that might be encountered in LDS first marriages and remarriages. A structured questionnaire was sent to a national sample of LDS counselors, defined as members of the Association of Mormon Counselors & Psychotherapists (AMCAP). These LDS counslors rated 29 problem areas that couples might encounter in a first marriage or remarriage. Results were analyzed in an attempt to determine the most frequently occuring, most damaging, and most difficult problems to deal with in LDS first marriages and …

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Dealing With Fear And Depression In A 21st-Century Context, Carrie Maxwell Wrigley Apr 2002

Dealing With Fear And Depression In A 21st-Century Context, Carrie Maxwell Wrigley

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Therapy in the 21st century cannot be guided soley by attention to intra-psychic or intra-familial factors. As the surrounding social and cultural environment continues to become more unstable, threatening, and dangerous, fear and depression become increasingly common, reality-based responses. These reponses are not a surprise to those acquainted with ancient and modern scriptures, which predict times of unprecedented trouble with accompanying widespread terror and despair; and which also identifies an alternative, more healthful response to the context of our current social enviroment. Finally, it articulates what AMCAP and its individual members can do to ""public peace"" in these times of …

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Counting In Social Capital When Easing Agricultural Credit Constraints, Jarka Chloupkova, Christian Bjønskov Apr 2002

Counting In Social Capital When Easing Agricultural Credit Constraints, Jarka Chloupkova, Christian Bjønskov

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Successful microfinance institutions (MFIs) ultimately will be those that are "market-driven." A key element of being market driven is the development of client-responsive products. This paper outlines some of the basic questions and issues that MFIs should address prior to embarking on the product development process. Effectively conducted, systematic product development will result in products that are popular with clients and more cost-effective operations for MFIs. It will also contribute systematically to the long-term sustainability of MFIs.

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Full Issue, Marriage &. Families Apr 2002

Full Issue, Marriage &. Families

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

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Impact Assessment Of Microfinance Interventions In Ghana And South Africa: A Synthesis Of Major Impacts And Lessons, Sam Afrane Apr 2002

Impact Assessment Of Microfinance Interventions In Ghana And South Africa: A Synthesis Of Major Impacts And Lessons, Sam Afrane

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

International trade liberalization often implies increased potentials for export production. In order to invest in increasing capacity in agriculture, farmers need to have credit access. However, farmers in Central Europe and East Africa, among other places, are credit constrained, due to collateral reasons. A model illustrates the additional producer gains from having access to credit; the gains are composed of a price effect, an investment effect, and a social-capital externality. The model and empirical findings suggest that improvements of agricultural credit can be achieved by relying on existing social structures, such as farmers' social capital. The paper concludes that such …

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Grief Reactions: A Clinician's Perspective, Christopher M. Layne, William R. Saltzman, Robert S. Pynoos Apr 2002

Grief Reactions: A Clinician's Perspective, Christopher M. Layne, William R. Saltzman, Robert S. Pynoos

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

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Hope For Children Like Betsy, Lynn K. Wilder, Rob Weidmann Apr 2002

Hope For Children Like Betsy, Lynn K. Wilder, Rob Weidmann

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

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