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Child Marriage And Guardianship In Tanzania: Robbing Girls Of Their Childhood And Infantilizing Women, Aparna Polavarapu

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Is "Civil Religion" Helpful, Possible?, Kevin Lewis

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

2006 Aapp Monograph American Series, John Mcfadden, Dayna Ann Campbell, A. Taquesa Mcclain, Winnifred W. Thompson, Alvoy L. Bryan Jr., Adrian D. Addison, Nancy Brown, Vida Mingo, Toby L. Nelson, Melissa B. Pearson, Valarie A. Mingo, Alexanderia Smith, D. Samuel Deutsch, Larry Edward Jones Jr., Tracy Harrell Dunn

Monograph Series

The African American Professors Program (AAPP) at the University of South Carolina is proud to publish the sixth edition of its annual monograph series. The program recognizes the significance of offering its scholars a venue for engaging actively in research and for publishing papers related thereto. Parallel with the publication of their refereed manuscripts is the opportunity to gain visibility among scholars throughout institutions worldwide.

Scholars who have contributed manuscripts for this monograph are to be commended for adding this additional responsibility to their academic workloads. Writing across disciplines adds to the intellectual diversity of these papers. From neophytes, relatively …

Future Foreign Language Teachers' Social And Cognitive Collaboration In An Online Environment, Nike Arnold, Lara Ducate

Faculty Publications

Discussion boards provide an interactive venue where new and future language teachers can reflect, evaluate, solve problems or simply exchange ideas (e.g., Bonk, Hansen, Grabner-Hagen, Lazar, & Mirabelli, 1996; DeWert, Babinski, & Jones, 2003; Kumari, 2001; Pawan, Paulus, Yalcin, & Chang, 2003). In addition, encouraging future teachers to learn with technology before teaching with it allows them to become comfortable using various computer applications.

This article examines transcripts from a semester-long asynchronous discussion between foreign language methodology classes at two different universities. Social and cognitive presence in the discussions was analyzed using Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's Framework of a Community …

Nephrology Social Work: History In The Making, Teri Browne

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Ancillary Service And Self-Referral Arrangements In The Medical And Legal Professions: Do Current Ethical, Legislative, And Regulatory Policies Adequately Serve The Interests Of Patients And Clinets?, Benjamin P. Falit

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Freud’S “On The Universal Tendency To Debasement In The Sphere Of Love” As A Lens For Thomas’S “When, Like A Running Grave”, Christina Braswell

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

“Passions That Were Not My Own”: Critique And Preservation Of True Pastoral Life In Wordsworth’S “Michael”, Katie Homar

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 8 Fall 2006

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.

The Medical Library Association's Professional Development Progam: A Look Back At The Way Ahead, Fred W. Roper

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

December 7, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

November 2, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

October 5, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

The Rehnquist Court: Nineteen Years Of Tax Decisions, F. Ladson Boyle

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Preliminary Test Of A Student-Centered Intervention On Increasing Physical Activity In Underserved Adolescents, Dawn K. Wilson, Alexandra E. Evans, Joel Williams, Gary Mixon, John R. Sirard, Russell R. Pate

Faculty Publications

Background - Previous studies have shown that choice and self-initiated behavior changes are important for increasing intrinsic motivation and physical activity (PA), however, little of this research has focused on underserved adolescents.

Purpose - This study examined the effects of a 4-week student-centered intervention on increasing PA in underserved adolescents.

Methods - Twenty-eight students in the intervention school were matched (on race, percentage on free or reduced-price lunch program, gender, and age) with 20 students from another school who served as the comparison group (30 girls, 18 boys; ages 10-12 years; 83% African American; 83% on free or reduced-price lunch). …

Articles, Notes And Commentary - Primary And Secondary - Law Review Digests

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Struggling With Deliberative Secrecy, Jury Independence, And Jury Reform, Diane E. Courselle

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.3 N.4 10/2005

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.3 n.4 10/2005

Recruitment And Retention Of Emergency Medical Technicians: A Qualitative Study, P. Daniel Patterson, Janice C. Probst, Katherine H. Leith, Sara J. Corwin, M. Paige Powell

Faculty Publications

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are critical to out-of-hospital care, but maintaining staff can be difficult. The study objective was to identify factors that contribute to recruitment and retention of EMTs and paramedics. Information was drawn from three focus groups of EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, and EMT-Paramedic personnel recruited from participants at an annual conference. Thoughts and feelings of EMTs and paramedics were investigated using eight questions designed to explore entry into emergency medical services, what it is like to be an EMT or paramedic, and the EMT educational process. Data were analyzed at the group level for common themes using NVivo. For …

September 7, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

The Emergence Of The Social Brain Network: Evidence From Typical And Atypical Development, Mark H. Johnson, Richard Griffin, Gergely Csibra, Hanife Halit, Teresa Farroni, Michelle Dehaan, Leslie A. Tucker, Simon Baron-Cohen, John E. Richards

Faculty Publications

Several research groups have identified a network of regions of the adult cortex that are activated during social perception and cognition tasks. In this paper we focus on the development of components of this social brain network during early childhood and test aspects of a particular viewpoint on human functional brain development: “interactive specialization.” Specifically, we apply new data analysis techniques to a previously published data set of event-related potential ~ERP! studies involving 3-, 4-, and 12-month-old infants viewing faces of different orientation and direction of eye gaze. Using source separation and localization methods, several likely generators of scalp recorded …

Psychometric Properties Of The Self-Efficacy For Exercise Questionnaire In A Diverse Sample Of Men And Women, Sarah Wilcox, Patricia A. Sharpe, Brent E. Hutto, Michelle L. Granner

Faculty Publications

Background: Self-efficacy is a consistent correlate of physical activity, but most self-efficacy measures have not been validated in diverse populations. This study examined the construct, criterion-related, and convergent validity and internal consistency of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise Questionnaire. Methods: African American and Caucasian adults (N = 1919) from two adjacent counties in South Carolina were identified through a list-assisted random digit-dialed telephone survey. Psychometric properties of the measure were assessed by gender, race, age, education, and body weight subgroups. Results: Across all subgroups, a single-factor solution explained 93 to 98% of the common variance in an exploratory factor analysis, …

Charter Schools And Gifted Education: Legal Obligations, Suzanne E. Eckes, Jonathan A. Plucker

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Beyond Women And Economics: Rereading "Women's Work", Drucilla K. Barker

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

June 22, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Official Indiscretions: Considering Sex Bargains With Government Informants, Susan S. Kuo

Faculty Publications

This article addresses an alarming new investigatory practice employed by law enforcement officials: requiring arrestees to carry out sexual tasks as confidential informants. Requiring arrestee informants to engage in sexual activities in exchange for a reduction or possible elimination of criminal penalties they might otherwise incur raises constitutional concerns. Informants can and do accept a variety of investigative assignments. But, as this article shows by drawing on sociological research, sex tasks differ fundamentally from more conventional informant undertakings. The importance of this distinction is that while adult individuals undoubtedly can provide consent to sexual matters, the validity of such consent …

Credit Cards As Lifestyle Facilitators, Matthew J. Bernthal, David Crockett, Randall L. Rose

Faculty Publications

Credit cards are an increasingly essential technology, but they carry with them the paradoxical capacity to propel consumers along lifestyle trajectories of marketplace freedom or constraint. We analyze accounts provided by consumers, credit counselors, and participants in a credit counseling seminar in order to develop a differentiated theory of lifestyle facilitation through credit card practice. The skills and tastes expressed by credit card practice help distinguish between the lifestyles of those with higher cultural capital relative to those with lower cultural capital. Differences in lifestyle regulation practice are posited to originate in cultural discourses related to entitlement and frugality.

April 26, 2005 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Correlates Of Physical Activity In Persons With Arthritis: Review And Recommendations, Sarah Wilcox, Cheryl Der Ananian, Patricia A. Sharpe, Jennifer Robbins, Theresa Brady

Faculty Publications

Background: Physical activity (PA) is important for arthritis self-management. A better understanding of the PA correlates in persons with arthritis will help inform interventions. Methods: Computer searches were conducted on PubMed, PsychInfo, Current Contents, and Cinahl databases. Reference lists of extracted articles were also searched. Thirty-six studies published between 1976 and February 2004 met inclusion criteria. Results: PA correlates are presented for sociodemographic, psychological, health-related, social, and environmental categories. Self-efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers, mental well-being, prior PA, and pain received the most consistent support as PA correlates, whereas sociodemographic, social, and environmental variables were the least studied. Too few …

Reflections - Spring 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Thomas Cooper Library Special Collections Wings Project Expands..... p.1
USC Libraries Choose New Integrated Library Service..... p.1
New Music Library Special Collections Room..... p.2
Library 100: A New Information Literacy Course..... p.2
Exhibits at Thomas Cooper Library..... p.2
Joyce Carol Oates Is Thomas Cooper Society Speaker..... p.3
USC Libraries Acquire New Databases..... p.3
Libraries Launch New Digital Activities Department..... p.3
South Caroliniana Library Receives Ball-Gilchrist Family Papers..... p.4
In Memoriam: Alexander MacGregor (Sandy) Gilchrist..... p.4
“An Afternoon with Donald Russell”..... p.5
Bilderback Named Archivist of the Year..... p.5
New Faces: Jeffrey Makala, Douglas King, and Greg Wilsbacher..... p.5
“Two …