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Debunking: A Role For The Practicing Sociologist, Harris Chaiklin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Individual sociologists have been effective in solving organizational problems. They have been spectacularly unsuccessful in solving persistent social problems such as poverty. These ultimate troubles may never be solved but they must always be worked with. Sociological ideas cannot be the only knowledge system used in working with social difficulties. No reductionistic system has ever been successful. Creating the conditions which will even improve any deleterious social behavior requires a wider perspective and more resources than the sociologist, as sociologist, can muster. Practicing sociologists can make their greatest contribution to ameliorating major social malfunctions by putting increased emphasis on their …

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 20, No 3 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Response: Maria Lepowsky Gender, Egalitarian Societies, And The Writing Of Pacific Anthropology, Maria Lepowsky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Should Environmental Laws Be Integrated?, Robert M. Sussman

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Epa's Proposed Phase-Iii Expansion Of The Toxic Release Inventory (Tri) Reporting Requirements: Everything And The Kitchen Sink, Barbara Ann Clay

Pace Environmental Law Review

This Comment examines the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed expansion of the Toxic Release Inventory (TRl) reporting requirements under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. The TRI program allows the EPA to provide public information pertaining to the release of chemicals by certain industrial facilities into the environment. In October of 1996, the EPA published its intention to expand reporting requirements, including the collection of material accounting (MA) data elements. MA data tracks the lifecycle of chemicals from raw materials to end product; therefore, industry officials oppose MA reporting as unjustifiably extensive. Environmental …

Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria - 1995, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The net flow of foreign private investment into the Nigerian economy increased substantitally by more than twelve-folds from "M1, 907. 2 million in 1994 to N48, 677. 0 million in 1995, reflecting the stable macro-economic conditions during the period. All the components of foreign investment flows contributed to the increase with the contribution of unremitted profit accounting for the highest. Analyses of the investment flows showed that companies of Western Europe accounted for 78. 7 per cent of the total net inflow mainly through firms in the mining and quarrying sector. The survey revealed that the cumulative level of foreign …

Mobilizing Rural Savings In Papua New Guinea: Myths, Realities, And Needed Policy Reform (N.A. Fernando, The Journal Of Institute Of Development Economics, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. Xxix, No. 1, March, 1992), M. Abdulkadir

Economic and Financial Review

A review of the article "Mobilizing Rural Savings in Papua New Guinea: Myths, Realities and Needed Policy Reforms" is imperative considering the efforts of the Federal Government and monetary authorities, especially the Central Bank of Nigeria to mobilize rural savings in Nigeria. This is evidenced by the establishment of the Nigerian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank ( 1973), the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme ( 1977), the Central Bank of Nigeria Rural Banking Programme (1977), the Peoples Bank (1990) and the Community Bank (1990) nationwide.

On Cue Newsflash! Vol. 9 No. 5 September / October 1997, Marianne Flanagan

On Cue

No abstract provided.

1997 Grizzly Football Yearbook, University Of Montana--Missoula. Athletics Department

Grizzly Football Yearbook, 1939-2018

Annual yearbook of the University of Montana’s Athletics Department. This volume covers the period from fall 1997 through spring 1998.

Women's Studies Program Newsletter, Fall 1997, University Of Montana--Missoula. Department Of Women's Studies

Women’s Studies Newsletter, 1993-2003

Newsletter published by the University of Montana Women's Studies Program (now the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department).

Main Hall To Main Street, September 1997, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010

This is volume 3, number 4 of Main Hall to Main Street.

First Graders Solving Problems, Mary H. Burke

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

First graders become good problem solvers when given the opportunity to practice problem solving skills. It is necessary for such practice to take place in a risk-free environment that treats errors as valuable learning experiences rather than something to always avoid. This thesis integrates academic subject matter, school life interactions, and out of school experiences into the first graders' development of critical thinking skills and strategies necessary for them to become good problem solvers. The thesis explains in several different academic subject areas the implementation of critical and creative thinking pedagogy essential for the development of a sound foundation for …

Essays On Monkey: A Classic Chinese Novel, Isabelle Ping-I Mao

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

Monkey is one of the masterpieces in the genre of the classic Chinese novel. It has been immensely popular with the general reading public of China since the sixteenth century. Abridged and translated into English in 1943 by Arthur Waley, it has made its way onto the college campuses in the United States, and has been well appreciated. There is a recent complete and unabridged translation by Anthony Yu, with the title Journey to the West. In this thesis, I offer a series of critical essays on Monkey. The first essay locates the work in the genre. It traces its …

164th Infantry News: September 1997, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

September 1997 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of eight pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

On The Product Of Two Generalized Derivations, Mohamed Barraa, Steen Pedersen

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Two elements A and B in a ring R determine a generalized derivation delta_A,B on R by setting δ_A,B(X) = AX - XA for any X in R. We characterize when the product δ_C,Dδ_A,B is a generalized derivation in the cases when the ring R is the algebra of all bounded operators on a Banach space epsilon, and when R is a C*-algebra U. We use the se characterizations to compute the commutant of the range of δ_A,B.

Edison Communicator Volume Three; Number Two, Edison Community College

Edison Communicator

Edison Communicator: A Publication for the Faculty, Staff and Friends of Edison Community College.

Inside Unf Vol. 3 No. 8, University Of North Florida

25th Anniversary Printed Materials

The monthly publication for faculty and staff of the University of North Florida. This edition includes the following articles:

Birthday Party Planned for Oct. 2

Kelly Inspires Summer Graduates

New Career Development Director Says Internet Key to Career Placements

Institutional Advancement Marks Banner Year

History Department Plans MOSH Program

College of Health Bldg. to be Dedicated to Brown

25th Anniversary Profiles

Noted M.I.T. Researcher to Visit UNF

Secret Service Conducts Computer Crime Course

Osprey Images

Academic Resource Center Expands

Players Scholarships Awarded to Six UNF Students

Taylor Wins Covey Award

National Firm Recognizes UNF Quality

UNF Athlete Awarded NCAA Scholarship …

Books & Bytes Issue No. 12, Thomas G. Carpenter Library

Books & Bytes

Books & Bytes is a forum for communicating library policies, addressing user issues, and marking future directions and present accomplishments of our staff and this institution. This newsletter provides information on how the library functions in fulfilling its role in support of the academic agenda of the University of North Florida.

Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors report the results of a pilot study of environmental risk and sources of environmental information in three socio-economically and culturally distinct communities in Texas.

A Framework For Assessing The Rationality Of Judgments In Carcinogenicity Hazard Identification, Douglas J. Crawford-Brown, Kenneth G. Brown

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Arguing that guidelines for identifying carcinogens now lack a philosophically rigorous framework, the authors present an alternative that draws clear attention to the process of reasoning towards judgments of carcinogenicity.

The Rights Framework In Reproductive Health Advocacy -- A Reappraisal, Bharati Sadasivam

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

No abstract provided.

Environmental Action Learn And Serve Program (Ealsp) Evaluation Report, Pioneer Resa

Evaluation/Reflection

The Pioneer RESA's Environmental Action Learn and Serve Program (EALSP) was designed to enhance middle school math and science programs. This enhancement was accomplished through the application of classroom instruction to real-life situations and the involvement of students in active community service. Begun in the 1994-1995 school year, EALSP has had three highly successful years of providing meaningful service learning projects, extensive curriculum development, and essential professional development activities for 25 schools in 14 systems, 50 teachers, and over 2,000 students.

Experience, Learning And Knowledge, John L. Rury

SCPS Competency-based Education Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Faint Sources In The Euve Survey: Identification Of White Dwarfs, Active Late‐Type Stars, And Galactic Nuclei, Elisha Polomski, Stephane Vennes, John R. Thorstensen, Mihalis Mathioudakis, Emilio E. Falco

Dartmouth Scholarship

We report the classification of 21 new extreme-ultraviolet sources from the recent catalog of Lampton et al. The optical spectra presented identify the objects as 14 active late-type stars (including two double active stars and a possible T Tauri star), three white dwarfs, and six active galactic nuclei (a Seyfert galaxy, the BL Lac object 1ES 1028+511 [=EUVE J1031+508], and four quasi-stellar objects). We have detected Ca II absorption lines in the BL Lac object and measured its redshift. Two of the white dwarfs are unusually massive (M > 1.1 M_☉). Our sample of late-type stars includes five …

Cell Signaling Pathways Elicited By Asbestos, B T. Mossman, S Faux, Y Janssen, L A. Jimenez, Cynthia Timblin, Christine Zanella, Jonathan Goldberg, Eric Walsh, Aaron Barchowsky, Kevin Driscoll

Dartmouth Scholarship

In recent years, it has become apparent that minerals can trigger alterations in gene expression by initiating signaling events upstream of gene transactivation. These cascades may be initiated at the cell surface after interaction of minerals with the plasma membrane either through receptorlike mechanisms or integrins. Alternatively, signaling pathways may be stimulated by active oxygen species generated both during phagocytosis of minerals and by redox reactions on the mineral surface. At least two signaling cascades linked to activation of transcription factors, i.e., DNA-binding proteins involved in modulating gene expression and DNA replication, are stimulated after exposure of lung cells to …

On The Suprema Distribution Of Gaussian Processes With Stationary Increment And Drift, Jinwoo Choe, Ness B. Shroff

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

In this report we study the suprema distribution of a class of Gaussian processes having stationary increments and negative drift using key results from ~Txtrerne Value Theory. We focus on deriving an asymptotic upper bound to the tail of the suprema distribution of such processes. Our bound is valid for both discrete- and continuous-time processes. VVe discuss the importance of the bound, its applicability to queueing problems, and show numerical examples to illustrate its performance.

New Bounds And Approximations Using Extreme Value Theory For The Queue Length Distribution In High-Speed Networks, Jinwoo Choe, Ness B. Shroff

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Statistical multiplexing is very important in high-speed ATM type of networks, since it allows applications to efficiently share valuable network resources. However, statistical multiplexing can also lead to congestion which must be effectively controlled in order to provide users satisfactory quality of service. In this report we study a fundamental measure of network congestion, the tail of the steady state queue length distribution at an ATM multiplexer. In particular, we focus on the case when the aggregate traffic to the multiplexer can be characterized by a Gaussian process. In our approach, an ATM multiplexer is modeled by a fluid queue …

A Comparative Survey Of Job Prospects For The Period 1991-1996, Matthew C. Bell, Adam S. Goodie

Psychology

How discouraging is the job market for young scientists these days? It seems that most scientists who have tried to land a job in· recent years can tell you, unambiguously, "Very." Are prospects bleaker for some experimental psychologists than for others? To us, it subjectively seemed so. In an effort to answer this question more rigorously. we analyzed issues of the APS Observer Employment Bulletin, published by the American Psychological Society, from 1991-1996. Admittedly, the number of classified ads for jobs in a specific category is only one index of the job prospects for that category, but it is a …

Successful Adaptation Of Immigrants From The Former Soviet Union To Project Renewal Neighborhoods: The Influential Factors, Haya Itzhaky

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Migration has been an international phenomenon for centuries. The widespread trend toward migration in recent years has resulted in efforts to examine the factors involved in the adaptation of immigrants to life in the host country. This study examines the factors that effect immigrant adaptation and integration in urban neighborhoods in Israel that are undergoing a process of rehabilitation. Adaptation is defined by the variables: contact with neighbors, participation in community activities, sense of belonging to the community and well-being. These mediator and dependent variables were found to be directly effected by home and host related variables. These variables were …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 24, No. 3 (September 1997)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• EDITORIAL - Bob Leighninger
• ESCAPING POVERTY AND BECOMING SELF-SUFFICIENT - Richard K. Caputo
• SUCCESSFUL ADAPTATION OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION TO PROJECT RENEWAL NEIGHBORHOODS - Haya Itzhaky
• THE FRAMING OF POLITICAL ADVOCACY AND SERVICE RESPONSES IN THE CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Frank J. Weed
• CONCEIVING IDENTITY: BISEXUAL, LESBIAN AND GAY PARENTS CONSIDER THEIR CHILDREN'S SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS - Carrie Yang Costello
• A MAN WITHOUT A JOB IS A DEAD MAN: THE MEANING OF WORK AND WELFARE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG MEN - Kathleen A. Kost
• MOVING ALONG: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF HOMELESS WOMEN WITH …