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Earnings Trends Among Men In Albuquerque - 1979-1989, Selim Demusaj

Historic Publications

This master's thesis analyzes changes in earnings among White and Hispanic men in Albuquerque between 1979 and 1989, finding declines in real earnings alongside growing wage inequality. Using census microdata, the study examines the effects of education, labor market experience, industry, occupation, and demographic factors on earnings trends and disparities.

The People: The Least Accountable Branch, Marci A. Hamilton

Articles

No abstract provided.

Being There: A Qualitative Study Of How Fathers Overcome Obstacles To Intimacy With Their Children, Bradley Thomas Morrison

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The researcher uses a qualitative research methodology to answer the question: “What helps and hinders a man’s relationship with his children?” Men, their partners, and their children are interviewed using a semistandardized interview. Transcribed interviews are coded and data are divided into general categories. The theme “being there” emerges as the descriptive phrase used by men, women and children to describe the task of fathering. “Being there” is contrasted to the parental “otherness” that characterizes unhealthy fathering practices. The researcher presents an understanding of reconciliation as “Downing the Otherness,” the process necessary to nurture intimacy between fathers and their children. …

Asynchronous Distance Learning Technology: The Instructor's Perspective, Earl Alexander Evans

Masters Theses

"Advances in communications, computer technology and human-computer interfaces have enabled concurrent advances in Web-based education. A number of case studies concerning applications of Web-based education for both distance learning and on-campus programs have been published. Primarily, these studies have focused on individual assessments of the Web-based technologies. In addition, these published studies have generally highlighted the successes while little discussion about failed attempts has been presented in the literature.

In contrast, this thesis provides a broad-based assessment of applied Web technology for higher education. This research was conducted via a survey completed by twenty five university and college faculty from …

Harding University Catalog 1997-1998, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Academic catalog for the undergraduate programs at Harding University.

Conservatives, Liberals, Romantics: The Persistent Quest For Certainty In Constitutional Interpretation, Frederick Mark Gedicks

Faculty Scholarship

Despite their considerable ideological differences, "conservative originalists" such as Robert Bork and "progressive originalists" such as Michael Perry both divide the process of understanding into cognitive (or "objective") and normative (or "subjective") aspects. The determination of the original meaning of the Constitution is methodologically separated from the question how this predetermined meaning should be applied in a particular case. This places both conservative and progressive originalists squarely in the tradition of Romantic hermeneutics, which sought to overcome the uncertainty and imprecision of textual interpretation by developing a "science of interpretation" which purported to be as epistemologically reliable as the methods …

Illinois State Today, Volume 31, No. 2, Winter 1997, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Alumni Today (1983-1999)

Illinois State Today: A Publication for Illinois State University Alumni

The Flame, Winter-Spring 1997, Mennonite College Of Nursing

The Flame (1985-present)

The Flame is a newsletter of Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing

Job Satisfaction In Newspaper Ad Departments, James Pokrywczynski, John Crowley

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The results of a study indicate that newspaper advertising employees are not as dissatisfied as their editorial counterparts but that they are the least satisfied of any group in the advertising industry.

The Development Of Baseball Umpires' Uniforms, 1846-1996, Elizabeth K. Martin

Open Access Master's Theses

Organized baseball games, from 1846 on, required the services of one or more umpires to enforce the rules of play. The umpire's formality of dress helped to establish his authority by distinguishing him from both the players and the spectators. Throughout the one hundred and fifty year period of this study the umpire remained one of the most formally and conservatively dressed men at the ball park.

For the first quarter-century of modern baseball, umpires were amateurs who wore their customary clothing when asked to officiate. This consisted of a frock coat, top hat, white linen and matched or contrasting-colored …

Waves Of Change: Women, Work, War, And Wedlock In Colonial Newport, Rhode Island, 1750-1775, Jonathan M. Beagle

Open Access Master's Theses

The intent of this thesis is to explore connections between gender relations and the construction of a local discourse by which residents of late colonial Newport, Rhode Island, interpreted the coming American Revolution. Historians in recent years have documented a relationship between gender and the rhetoric of the Revolution and separately have linked the development of commercial economies to a desire for independence in the colonies. However, relatively unexplored are the possible connections between the nature of gender relations within the emergent economies and the appeal for independence.

The emergence of an urban economy in Newport dominated by commerce and …

The U.S. National Marine Sanctuary Program: Effectiveness Of Diver Education In The Florida Keys, Rebekah Resnick Padgett

Open Access Master's Theses

This thesis examines the educational program of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), and its effectiveness for divers and snorkelers. It was hypothesized that intended educational messages were not reaching divers and snorkelers at the sanctuary. Between late December 1996 and early January 1997, 194 surveys were conducted in person in the Key Largo region. Data was collected regarding the demographics of the divers and snorkelers and their purposes for coming to dive in the Keys. In particular, information was accumulated regarding whether they learned anything about the marine environment of the Florida Keys, what they learned, and how …

L'Industie Du Vin Français Et Ses Concurrents, Lecia Gordner '97

Honors Projects

D'où vient le meilleur Yin du monde? La plupart des connaisseurs répondraient "de France, bien sûr!" Cette association du bon Yin avec la France n'est qu'un simple stéréotype? La France produit du Yin depuis des siècles, mais son Yin est-elle vraiment Ie meilleur du monde? Un certain nombre d'autres pays ont récemment commencé à produire du Yin. Ces pays n'ont pas l'expérience de la France, mais ils ont cependant séduit de nombreux consommateurs. Comment sait-on qu 'un bon Yin fait réellement partie des meilleurs vins? Il n'y a pas de réponse exacte parce que chaque individu a son goût personnel. …

Julius Strandberg And "The Almost White Child", Hans J. Strandberg

The Bridge

Why did more than 50 million people leave Europe for the United States in the second part of the 19th century? To understand the largest migration in history you have to look to the hopelessly poor living conditions which many people in the Old World lived under. To people living in an overpopulated and underpaid. Europe the idea of going to America where nothing was impossible but where "everything" was possible was immensely attractive.

Water Column Stratification And Mixing Events In Narragansett Bay During Winter And Spring, James Emery Andrews

Open Access Master's Theses

We deployed a buoy in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, approximately one km east of Hope Island, within a bathymetric depression of approximately twice the surrounding water depth. The buoy contained an onboard logging computer and had three YSI-600 instruments, each capable of measuring temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and pressure, logging at three different depths in the water column at a 20 minute sampling interval. The first deployment started on 6 January 1997 and lasted 18 days before problems required retrieving the buoy. Additionally, problems with the salinity sensors in this deployment made it impossible to use most …

Aggressive Enforcement Of Rights Involving Internet Abuses, William L. Lafuze, Valerie K. Friedrich

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

The information age, and particularly the development of the Internet and the World Wide Web, has enabled any individual with a personal computer to rapidly acquire information from, and disseminate information to, a worldwide base. Many unlawful activities, such as copyright infringement, may now be practiced in a new environment and manner. Due to several unique aspects of the Internet environment, traditional judicial remedies, such as monetary damages, are ineffectual. Consequently, violations of personal and property rights on the Internet present new challenges for the enforcement of such rights. More aggressive remedies, such as injunction of wrongful activities and impoundment …

The Prevention Of Non-Consensual Access To "Confidential" Health-Care Information In Cyberspace, Howard L. Steele Jr.

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

The latter half of the twentieth century has seen the decline of the industrial revolution and the rapid transition into an information explosion that has continued to expand at an exponential rate. Unlike the political upheavals of days gone by, this revolution appears to have the potential to dramatically change our society. For example, the advent of the computer and its application in the healthcare setting has changed the face of medicine. Today is a day of miracle drugs, laser surgeries, and telemedicine - all of which found their genesis in computers. Despite the clear advantages created by the ever-expanding …

Cutting Edge Issues In Intellectual Property Law, Herbert J. Hammond, Lisa H. Meyerhoff

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

No abstract provided.

Management And Discovery Of Electronically Stored Information, Lawrence R. Youst, Haejung Lisa Koh

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

New technology continuously abuts the aged and tried legal principles set forth decades ago. With information creation at every user's personal computer, with access to instant communication through e-mail systems and with the wide-spread use of the Intemet, the legal standards for discovery of information must continually evolve. It is no longer sufficient for a party requesting discovery to seek paper alone. It is also no longer sufficient for a party responding to discovery to review paper files alone in an attempt to satisfy the discovery requests. As we continue to progress in this age of information, a hard copy …

Feminist Literature: Confessional Writing Beyond National Boundaries, Heather Blaha '98

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

Investigating Role Strain, Coping And Subjective Well-Being In Combining Multiple Roles, Surinderjit Banga

School of Psychology Theses

This thesis investigates some of the salient factors involved in women's experience of combining and coping with multiple roles. A total of four studies are undertaken using both quantitative and qualitative methods to progressively focus on those factors which are identified as particularly relevant. Consequently, data is gathered using diary, interview and questionnaire methods in order to cast light upon the precise nature of the relationship between combining multiple roles, reported life satisfaction, coping and personality. In addition to identifying which particular role combinations lead to the greatest conflict, the research also clarifies the optimum number of role demands associated …

The Use Of Concept Questions To Improve Student Understanding Of Mechanics, And The Formulation Of A Hierarchical Model Of Student Understanding Of Moments Of Forces, Stuart Rowlands

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The aims and objectives of the first part of the thesis are to create and evaluate a teaching package that would enable the teacher to facilitate student conceptual understanding of mechanics. The second part is to create a hierarchical model of student conceptual understanding of moments of forces. The thesis reports on the various conflicting theories and recommended teaching strategies from the research into student misconceptions, and examines the various underlying philosophical trends (for example, radical and social constructivism, the Vygotskian perspective and positivism) that have influenced the research into misconceptions in mechanics. As a result, the philosophical perspective of …

Are Male Sexual Offenders Normal Men, Or Can They Be Viewed As A Deviant Sub-Group Of Men?, Edwin Price

School of Psychology Theses

This study investigated whether sexual offenders were measurably different from nonoffenders on a battery of self-report questionnaires. The study was designed to test four aims: 1. To test the validity of the self-report methodology. 2. To test the effectiveness of the treatment given to sex offenders. 3. To test for differences between the offender's before and after their treatment with the nonoffenders. 4. To test the differences of the psychological profiles between the offender samples and the nonoffenders. The four aims were related to divergent positions held in the literature on sexual offenders. One position in the literature views sex …

Staff Responses To Challenging Behaviour: An Evaluation Of Behaviour Analytic Concepts And Intervention Strategies, Neil Bathurst

School of Psychology Theses

This research project is divided into two studies. Study 1 considers the proposition that where the challenging behaviours of learning disabled people are sensitive to social reinforcement, the responses of unit staff may be counter-habilitative. This was investigated using a questionnaire-based self-report study involving 43 unit staff. The questionnaires covered staff emotional reactions to, attributions for and responses to challenging behaviours. In addition key aspects of the staff sub-culture were considered. Results confirmed the possible counter-habilitative nature of staff responses. These responses appeared to be influenced by both contingency effects related to high levels of stress and counter -habilitative beliefs …

Adaptive Search And The Preliminary Design Of Gas Turbine Blade Cooling Systems, Rajkumar Roy

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

This research concerns the integration of Adaptive Search (AS) technique such as the Genetic Algorithms (GA) with knowledge based software to develop a research prototype of an Adaptive Search Manager (ASM). The developed approach allows to utilise both quantitative and qualitative information in engineering design decision making. A Fuzzy Expert System manipulates AS software within the design environment concerning the preliminary design of gas turbine blade cooling systems. Steady state cooling hole geometry models have been developed for the project in collaboration with Rolls Royce plc. The research prototype of ASM uses a hybrid of Adaptive Restricted Tournament Selection (ARTS) …

The Ability Of Children With Specific Language Impairment To Access And Participate In An Ongoing Interaction, Lee Robinson, Martin Fujiki, Julie Campbell Spencer

Faculty Publications

This study investigated the ability of 6 children with specific language impairment (SLI), ages 8;10 to 12;5 (years;months), to enter and participate in an ongoing dyadic interaction. Performance was compared to that of 6 chronological age-matched (CA) peers and 6 language-similar (LS) peers. All children in the LS and CA groups successfully accessed the interaction, and most did so quickly. Two children from the SLI group did not access, and the 4 remaining subjects required varying amounts of time to access. Following successful access, the triadic interactions of subjects were examined. The accessing children with SU talked significantly less, were …

The Dit Examiner: The Newspaper Of The Dublin Institute Of Technology Students' Union May, 1997, Dit:Students' Union

DIT Student Union

No abstract provided.

The Dit Examiner: The Newspaper Of The Dublin Institute Of Technology Students' Union March, 1997, Dit: Students' Union

DIT Student Union

No abstract provided.

The Dit Examiner: The Newspaper Of The Dublin Institute Of Technology Students' Union April-May, 1997, Dit Students' Union

DIT Student Union

No abstract provided.

The Dit Examiner: The Newspaper Of The Dublin Institute Of Technology Students' Union September, 1997, Dit: Students' Union

DIT Student Union

No abstract provided.