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Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 24, No. 4 (December 1997)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• THE BIOGRAPHY OF A SCALE: CONTEXTUAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE MEASUREMENT OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING - Ludwig Geismar
• LESSONS FROM YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY: WORK AND CUSTODIAL SERVICE AT THE COUNTY POOR FARM, 1889-1935 - Ralph Woehle
• ECO MAPS: A TOOL TO BRIDGE THE PRACTICE-RESEARCH GAP - Rena D. Harold, Lucy R. Mercier, Lisa G. Colarossi
• NEW COMMUNITARIAN THOUGHT AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL POLICY - John McNutt
• TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT POLICIES IN FEDERAL REGION V STATES - Susan Gaffney, Sumati Dubey
• THE PROCESS AND IMPLICATIONS OF DOING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: AN ANALYSIS …

New Communitarian Thought And The Future Of Social Policy, John Mcnutt

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Communitarian thought is an emerging force in American social policy in the 1990s. Communitarians see the breakdown of community and morality as the major problem of our society. They conclude that rampant individualism is the cause of this breakdown. Communitarians propose reforms that will limit rampant individualism and restore our communities and institutions. In these proposals are threats to social justice, as well as positive elements that social workers can endorse. This paper reviews and critiques the communitarian position and suggests ways that social workers can use this new force to advance the cause of social justice.

Time Series Analysis Of The Implementation Of Child Support Enforcement Policies In Federal Region V States, Susan Gaffney, Sumati Dubey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study examines the impact legislation, such as the Family Support Act of 1988, Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 and Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992 had on child support enforcement in Federal Region V states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). These pieces of legislation authorize coercive means to force noncustodial parents to meet their child support obligations. Child support is the money noncustodial parents are obligated to pay for the support of their children on a monthly basis. Child support laws have been enacted to increase the number of noncustodial parents located, paternities established, …

A Measurement Of Total Quality Management In Selected North Carolina Community Colleges, Gene C. Couch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many of the colleges in the North Carolina Community College System have embarked on a "quality" journey to continuously improve the educational programs and services that they provide to their communities. The primary focus of this study was to determine the level of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles implemented in selected North Carolina community colleges and to determine if there was a difference in the perception of its implementation between administrators and faculty. Additionally, this study examined the influence of the following variables on the implementation of TQM in selected North Carolina community colleges: personal factors (age, gender, ethnicity, and …

Lawyer - Winter 1997/1998, Seattle University School Of Law

Lawyer

• A Daughter of Norway Celebrates Independence and Guides Her Group’s Departure
• Research Librarian Kelly Kunsch Tells You Why We Need All Those Books
• San Francisco Attorney is Preeminent Authority on Legal Malpractice
• Remembering Vickie Bunnell: An Exceedingly Good Attorney and Equally Good Person

Digital Science: Electronic Association And Groupware In Facilitating Third Sector Research, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

In thinking about the application of computers and the internet technology to problems of association, collaboration and civil society we need to get beyond the current state of mimicking existing social processes and discover new ways to extend and enhance those social processes.

Living With Chronic Heart Disease: A Pilot Study, Charlene A. Winters

The Qualitative Report

Few studies have addressed the experience of living with chronic heart disease. Understanding how persons appraise and respond to heart disease will foster nurses' ability to provide holistic client care. The purpose of this pilot study was to extend understanding of the experience of living with chronic heart disease and to identify questions for further study. Qualitative inquiry was the interpretive approach guiding this descriptive explorative study. Individuals eligible for participation were (a) 18 years or older, (b) able to read and speak English, and (c) at least 1 year post acute cardiac event and free of chronic illness unrelated …

Critical Thinking Attributes Of Undergraduate Nursing Faculty, Julie A. Coon

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the critical thinking skills of undergraduate nursing faculty to determine how these skills compared with the established critical thinking skill norms for undergraduate nursing students and if the critical thinking skills of nursing faculty were related to the type of program they teach in, their years of experience in nursing education, their level of formal education, their preferred methods of instruction, and their level of formal training in critical thinking. Nursing faculty from 17 Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs and 11 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs in the State of …

Pressure Impulses During Microsecond Laser Ablation, Hanqun Shangguan, Lee W. Casperson, Scott A. Prahl

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

The collapse of laser-induced cavitation bubbles creates acoustic transients within the surrounding medium and also pressure impulses to the ablation target and light-delivery fiber during microsecond laser ablation. The impulses are investigated here with time-resolved flash photography, and they are found to occur whether or not the light-delivery fiber is in contact with the target. We demonstrate that the impulses depend primarily on the energy stored in the cavitation bubble. They are not directly dependent on the mode of light delivery (contact versus noncontact), and they are also not directly correlated to the other acoustic transients. The pressure impulses do …

Otter Realm, December 1997, Vol. 2 No. 21, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Fort Ord Toxic Clean-up Efforts -- CSUMB's Environmental Impact Report Available -- CSUMB Hosts "America Reads" Awards -- An Interim Draft Policy for Responsible Computing? -- John Trudell: Can You Respond? -- 12th Annual Christmas Dinner -- O! Mistletoe! A Symbol of Love -- Kwanzaa: An African-American Celebration -- Chanukah-Festival of Lights -- Christmas Traditions -- Wellness Classes Introduce Foundations For Healthy Living -- BEAM and IMIE Collaborate to Introduce Entrepreneurship -- Black Box Improved

Events Of Interest, Matthew W. Sanidas, Jitendra S. Thaker, Tanja Masson-Zwaan, David Sagar

Journal of Space Law

A. Past Events U.N. Reports Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the COPUOS Holds Thirty-Fourth Session and also Acts as Advisory Committee for Third UNISPACE Conference (Matthew W. Sanidas) U.N. Legal Subcommittee on Space Agrees on New Agenda Item (Jitendra S. Thaker) Establishment of a New Bureau and Elaboration of the Agenda of UNISPACE III Highlight 40th COPUOS Session (Matthew W. Sanidas and Jitendra S. Thaker) Other Report Space Law Colloquium in Turin, Italy (Tanja Masson-Zwaan) Comments Mobile Satellite Communications: Challenging the Regulatory Barriers (David Sagar) Current Space Insurance Market Conditions (Daniel E. Cassidy) The Legal Status of Stratospheric Platforms: An …

Information Outlook, December 1997, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 1997

Volume 1, Issue 12

Parental Involvement In Education, Linda Louise Fletke

Masters Theses

Research has shown that parental involvement is essential to a child’s educational success. This thesis document addresses the important role that parents play in their child’s educational experience.

This paper includes a thorough review of the existing literature regarding parental involvement in education as well as original research conducted by the author. Three questionnaires - one for parents, one for teachers, and one for students - were created and then an average of 100 parents, teachers, and students responded to each respective survey. All of the data were then analyzed and recommendations were made.

There are numerous strategies for teachers …

Altered Trafficking Of Mutant Connexin32, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Jessica L. Walcott, Tamara L. Wexler, Steven S. Scherer, Kenneth H. Fischbeck

Biology Faculty Publications

We examined the cellular localization of nine different connexin32 (Cx32) mutants associated with X-linked Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMTX) in communication-incompetent mammalian cells. Cx32 mRNA was made, but little or no protein was detected in one class of mutants. In another class of mutants, Cx32 protein was detectable in the cytoplasm and at the cell surface, where it appeared as plaques and punctate staining. Cx32 immunoreactivity in a third class of mutants was restricted to the cytoplasm, where it often colocalized with the Golgi apparatus. Our studies suggest that CMTX mutations have a predominant effect on the trafficking of Cx32 protein, resulting …

Inhibition Of Axonal Growth By Brefeldin A In Hippocampal Neurons In Culture, Mark Jareb, Gary Banker

Biology Faculty Publications

The outgrowth of neuronal processes involves a great increase in the surface area of the cell. The supply of membrane material necessarily must be coordinated with the demands for neurite growth. The selective growth of only one or two neurites at any given time during the development of polarity raises the possibility that the production of materials by the soma is limiting for growth (Dotti and Banker, 1987; Dotti et al., 1988; Goslin and Banker, 1990). To examine the role of the availability of membrane components during the development of polarity and axonal elongation, we treated neurons with brefeldin A, …

Victims' Right To Truth, Donald W. Shriver Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Nest Structure And Caste Parameters Of Sympatric Species Of Odontotermes (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) In Kenya, J. P.E.C. Darlington

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Four species of Odontotermes are common in semi-arid grassland around Kajiado. They all build centralised nests consisting of a cluster of discrete chambers housing the fungus combs. In at least one nest of each species all the chambers were measured and mapped, and the fungus combs extracted, dried and weighed. Three species, O. monodon, O. anceps and O. tanganicus, build 'classical' nests with open vertical shafts that link up underground, apparently acting as a ventilation system. The fourth species O. zambesiensis has no open shafts and no ventilation system. Each of the four species has fungus combs that are distinctly …

Professionals In The Health Care Industry: A Reconsideration Of Nlra Coverage Of Housestaff, Hilary Jewett

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pomobabble: Postmodern Newspeak And Constitutional "Meaning" For The Uninitiated, Dennis W. Arrow

Michigan Law Review

A parody of postmodern writing.

Evaluating Purely Reproductive Disorders Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Todd Lebowitz

Michigan Law Review

Approximately 2.8 million American couples suffer from infertility, a condition generally defined by the medical community as the failure to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse. During the past thirty years, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for treating infertility have improved drastically, enabling many previously infertile couples to bear children. These techniques, however, involve considerable expense and inconvenience, frequently requiring patients to take time off from work. Disputes with employers may follow, sometimes resulting in the infertile employee's termination. Some terminated employees, claiming that infertility constitutes a disability, then sue their former employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act of …

Wglt Program Guide, December-January, 1997-98, Illinois State University

WGLT Program Guides

This guide details programming for WGLT, a public radio station owned by Illinois State University.

Moral Dilemmas For The Judiciary At The Millennium: Partial-Birth Abortion And Physician-Assisted Suicide, Laura L. Hirschfeld

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

ระดับของซีรั่มโปรตีนในสุนัขที่มีการติดเชื้อพยาธิหัวใจ หรือ เออร์ริเซีย เคนีส เมื่อตรวจด้วยวิธีอิเล็คโตรโฟรีซีส, สุพจน์ วัฒนะพันธ์ศักดิ์, มีนา สาริกะภูติ, บุญเลิศ ปรีชาตั้งกิจ, อธิภู นันทประเสริฐ

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

ศึกษาการเปลี่ยนแปลงของซีรั่มโปรตีนในสุนัขกลุ่มควบคุม 26 ตัว สุนัขที่มีพยาธิ หัวใจ 51 ตัว และสุนัขที่ติดเชื้อ เออร์ริเชีย เคนีส (Ehrlichia canis) 8 ตัว โดยวิธี Biuret และ Cellulose acetate electrophoresis สามารถแยกส่วนประกอบของซีรั่มโปรตีน ออกเป็น อัลบูมิน อัลฟ่า-1-กลอบูลิน อัลฟ่า-2-กลอบูลิน เบต้า-กลอบูลิน และ แกมม่า- กลอบูลิน ในสุนัขกลุ่มควบคุม เพศต่างกัน ไม่พบความแตกต่างของซีรั่มโปรตีน สุนัข อายุน้อยมีค่า อัลบูมิน อัลฟ่า-2-กลอบูลิน และอัตราส่วน อัลบูมิน:กลอบูลิน สูงกว่าสุนัขอายุมาก (p < 0.05) สุนัขที่มีพยาธิหัวใจปริมาณ อัลบูมิน อัลฟ่า-2- กลอบูลิน และอัตราส่วน อัลบูมิน:กลอบูลิน ต่ำกว่าสุนัขกลุ่มควบคุม แต่มีแกมม่า-กลอบูลิน สูงกว่าสุนัขกลุ่ม ควบคุม (p < 0.05) และพบว่า 40% ของสุนัขที่มีพยาธิหัวใจปริมาณ เบต้า-กลอบูลิน สูงกว่า สุนัขกลุ่มควบคุมมาก สุนัขที่ติดเชื้อ เออร์ริเชีย เคนีส ระดับของ อัลบูมิน และอัตราส่วน อัลบูมิน:กลอบูลิน ต่ำกว่าสุนัขกลุ่มควบคุม แต่มี อัลฟ่า-1-กลอบูลิน สูงกว่า (p < 0.05) และ มีเพียง 2 ตัวที่มีค่า แกมม่า-กลอบูลิน สูงกว่า สุนัขกลุ่มควบคุมมาก การศึกษาครั้งนี้ชี้ให้ เห็นว่ามีการเปลี่ยนแปลงส่วนประกอบของซีรั่มโปรตีนในสุนัขที่มีพยาธิหัวใจหรือมี เออร์ริเชีย เคนีส และไม่พบซีรั่มโปรตีนที่มีความจำเพาะต่อสภาพการมีปรสิตทั้งสองชนิด แต่ในสุนัขที่มี พยาธิหัวใจ มีแนวโน้มที่มีเบต้า-กลอบูลิน สูงกว่าปกติ

Closing The Book On Jusen: An Account Of The Bad Loan Crisis And A New Chapter For Securitization In Japan, Howard M. Felson

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Investigation Of The Extent And Effects Of Sediment Contamination In White Lake Near Whitehall Leather Tannery, Richard Rediske, Gary Fahnenstiel, Tom Nalepa, Peter Meier, Claire Schelske

Scientific Technical Reports

By using a combination of chemistry, toxicological evaluation, ecological analysis, and radiodating, this investigation has defined the ecological effects and the nature and extent of sediment contamination in the Tannery Bay area of eastern White Lake. The sediments in Tannery Bay represent a source of chromium transport for most of the eastern basin of White Lake. The recent deposition of chromium contaminated sediments exceeding 500 mg/kg in down gradient locations shows that export processes are responsible for the movement of this material from Tannery Bay. Arsenic and mercury appear to be less mobile and are retained in the sediments of …

Alcalá View 1997 14.04, University Of San Diego Publications And Human Resources Offices

Alcalá View (1985-2006)

Christmas in the Park; Commuter's Corner; University Ministry Events; Benefits Brief; Service with a Smile; Together They've worked 770 years; Committee Proposes Changes to Tuition Policy; New Hires and Promotions; Passages; Classifieds; Psst…Bits and Pieces from the Readers; Process Redesign Projects: New and Old

Table Of Contents - Cardozo Law Review, Volume 19, Issue 3

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Unjust Laws, Robert F. Utter

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Second Circuit "Estopped": There Is No Promissory Estoppel In New York, Arthur B. Schwartz

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Test Of The Ecological Validity Of The Test Of Variables Of Attention In Screening For Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Kenneth L. Hoffman

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic disorder of childhood. The essential are developmentally inappropriate degrees of tures of it ttention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. The current study tested the ecological validity of a continuous rformance test (CPT) that is commonly used to assess ADHD. Forty-·eiqht children between the ages of 6 and 14 were administered lhc Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A.). The partic ' parents completed The Attention Deficit Di Evaluation Scale-Home Version (ADDES-HV) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The children's teacher completed The Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation ScaleSchool Version (ADDES-SV) and the Teacher's Repo Form (TRF). Pearson …