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The Lived Experience Of A Group Of Mothers, Geographically Isolated From Their Extended Families, In Establishing Their Social Support Networks, Stephanie Jackiewicz

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study explores the Jived experience of a group of women, geographically isolated from their extended family, as they establish their new support networks. It is based on the assumption that the shape and structure of families are constantly changing and evolving and this change in family structure impacts on both the parents and the children. One of the significant changes families are experiencing is the increasing isolation of the nuclear family from traditional family networks. It is the purpose of this study to explore the experience of this group of women to identify how the members establish their support …

School To Work Transition Experience Of Year 12 School Leavers, Valerie House

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

As a consequence of increased retention rates in post compulsory schooling, educational systems have attempted to expand their curricular offerings. The aims of this study were twofold. The first was to examine a process of transition from school to work and the second considered the implications for improvement of the post compulsory school curriculum in facilitating transition. A semi structured, open ended interview was developed to gain information about the transition experience of seven Year 12 students. Interviews, recorded by audio tape, and the coded transcripts were the major data source. Results indicated that students coped well with the transition …

An Investigation Of Family Literacy Practices Of Eight Families With Preprimary Children And A Family Literacy Program Conducted In A Low Socio-Economic Area, Jennifer A. Jayatilaka

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Study of the research literature showed that literacy skills are socialised in young children along with their learning of oral language. This socialisation process occurs within a child's home environment long before they enter formal schooling. Family literacy has been shown to have the potential to impact powerfully on children's perceptions about literacy use through role models and support provided by various family and community members. Literacy activity is often deeply embedded in daily family practices. For some children, differences between home and school literacy practices can occur. Where this mismatch occurs for children in low socio economic homes the …

Enculturing Nature, William Lloyd Cornett

Dissertations and Theses

Human activity is embedded within a myriad of seldom-acknowledged ecological relationships. Anthropology and ecology, two holistic disciplines concerned with these activities, struggle with the topic of human/nature relationships because both are grounded within larger western discourses separating human behaviors from those of the natural world. This thesis examines the histories of anthropology and ecology in the 20th Century, and the effect these disciplines have had upon the formulation of contemporary urban worldviews that are based upon the separation of humans from nature.

Using A Realistic Job Preview To Communicate Organizational Culture, Johanna Glode

Dissertations and Theses

The present study sought to determine how organizational culture information could best be presented to job applicants for the purpose of attracting employees who will fit into an organization's culture. Attraction to the organization's culture was hypothesized to influence applicant self-selection into the company. Two different types of Realistic Job Previews (RJPs), semantic and episodic, were compared in their ability to convey information accurately about a hypothetical organizational culture. Participant knowledge of the culture was hypothesized to align objective, or actual, fit with subjective perceptions of fit.

Knowledge of the organization's culture, objective fit, subjective fit, attractiveness of the culture, …

The Evaluation Of The Inductive Sermon Structure On The Spiritual Formation Of A United Methodist Congregation, Brian Clay Jones

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

From Jerusalem To Athens: A Model Of Contemporary Evangelistic Preaching , Henry A. Trickey

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

0670: Jean Edward Smith; John Marshall: Defender Of A Nation Manuscript Materials, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains many materials used in the writing of "John Marshall: Defender of a Nation." It also has the original draft for the book written by Jean Edward Smith. Aside from the research material and written work, this collection also holds the book on Diskette and photos and illustrations used in the book.

Foreword In "International Encyclopedia Of Dance", Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Hu-Tucker Alogorithm For Building Optimal Alphabetic Binary Search Trees, Sashka Davis

Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to study the behavior of the Hu- Tucker algorithm for building Optimal Alphabetic Binary Search Trees (OABST), to design an efficient implementation, and to evaluate the performance of the algorithm, and the implementation. The three phases of the algorithm are described and their time complexities evaluated. Two separate implementations for the most expensive phase, Combination, are presented achieving 0(n2) and O(nlogn) time and 0(n) space complexity. The break even point between them is experimentally established and the complexities of the implementations are compared against their theoretical time complexities. The electronic version of "The Complete …

Fencing Cyberspace: Drawing Borders In A Virtual World, Maureen A. O'Rourke

Faculty Scholarship

In the last few years, the Internet has increasingly become a source of information even for the historically computer illiterate. The growing popularity of the Internet has been driven in large part by the World Wide Web (web). The web is a system that facilitates use of the Internet by helping users sort through the great mass of information available on it. The web uses software that allows one document to link to and access another, and so on, despite the fact that the documents may reside on different machines in physically remote locations. The dispersion of data that is …

Bridging The Gap In Forum Selection: Harmonizing Arbitration And Court Selection, William W. Park

Faculty Scholarship

More than one thoughtful international business manager has been haunted by the fear that foreign judges might not always respect Moses' admonition to impartiality., Concern that the other side will have an unfair advantage in its home court has often driven lawyers to include in international contracts one of two forum selection devices:2 an arbitration agreement entrusting the controversy to a private decision-maker or a courtselection clause granting adjudicatory power to courts at a designated location.3 Both mechanisms can enhance political and procedural neutrality, thereby facilitating business ventures when parties have a mutual mistrust of each other's courts and a …

Fragments On The Deathwatch, Louise Harmon

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Between The Peaceful Enlightenment Of Heaven And The Revolutionary Dark Side Of Hell, Herminio J. Rodriguez

Theses

Not included.

Surface Studies Of Metals After Interaction With Hydrogen Isotopes, David Samuel Silver

Dissertations and Theses

The objective of this research is to characterize surfaces of metals after interaction with hydrogen isotopes. Iron, which does not readily bond with hydrogen, and palladium, which strongly bonds with hydrogen, were studied. Observations of surfaces are used to determine the nature of their metamorphosis due to such exposures. An experimental study of pure iron foil (99.99%) exposed to a hot, dense hydrogen and argon gas mixture in a ballistic compressor yielded evidence for new structural and compositional changes of the metal due to the exposure. Atomic force microscope (AFM) studies demonstrated surfaces to be highly uneven, where height variations …

A National Bill Of Patients' Rights, George J. Annas

Faculty Scholarship

In one of the most enthusiastically received proposals in his January State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton called on Congress to enact a national bill of rights in health care. The President said, “You have the right to know all your medical options, not just the cheapest. You have the right to choose the doctor you want for the care you need. You have the right to emergency room care, wherever and whenever you need it. You have the right to keep your medical records confidential.”

Cross-Border Securitization: Without Law, But Not Lawless, Tamar Frankel

Faculty Scholarship

The Article discusses two puzzles posed by cross-border securitization.

First, why do the innovators in this area "give away" their creations through publications and other means rather than attempt to extract licensing fees by registering copyrights, patents, and trade names? The Article shows that innovators benefit from "giving away" their innovations through fees of the first clients or future clients to a greater extent than through licensing fees. Second, how can securitization markets develop under fragmented and unpredictable laws? The Article argues that cross-border securitization is flourishing under a "law merchant," which is later incorporated into domestic laws. In fact, …

On Commodifying Intangibles, Wendy J. Gordon, Sam Postbrief

Faculty Scholarship

It was made clear long ago that property and value are different things. Value exists. It is a fact. It can arise from law, and much of law aims at creating more value in the world. But value can also arise in spite of law (consider, for example, the fortunes that bootleggers made during the Roaring Twenties), or in law's interstices. When a particular value arises despite a lack of explicit legal protection, its possessors often ask courts or legislatures to give them a legal entitlement to preserve and further exploit that value. Typically the holders demand (1) a liberty …

Autopoiesis And The "Relative Autonomy" Of Law, Hugh Baxter

Faculty Scholarship

Recent accounts of the relation between law and other social spheres have emphasized law's "relative autonomy." The intuition behind the "relative autonomy" formula is that law is neither wholly independent of, nor entirely reducible to, political, economic and other social processes. Sensible as this intuition is, however, the idea of "relative autonomy" by itself remains purely negative. It excludes two unpalatable extremes – pure formalism and pure instrumentalism – but it does not by itself characterize, in positive theoretical terms, the relation between law and other social discourses or practices.

This Article examines an attempt in recent German social thought …

Re-Viewing History: The Use Of The Past As Negative Precedent In United States V. Virginia, Deborah A. Widiss

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Poland's 1997 Constitution In Its Historical Context, Daniel H. Cole

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Glacial Deposits, Vol. 26, 1997-1998, Department Of Geography-Geology

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

Biculturalism And Eating Attitudes And Behaviors In Native Americans, Cynthia E. Andrew

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Stress And Stress-Related Disorders Among College Students From A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Dmitri Poltavski

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Effects Of The 1997 Red River Flood On Cognitive Performance And Mental Health In An Elderly Adult Sample, Melissa A. Morton

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Normal Disasters, Jennifer Brugman

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Biculturalism And State-Strait Anxiety In American Indian College Students, Tami J. De Coteau

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Personal Experiences With Discipline And Parenting Beliefs, Kari A. Binstock

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

John Henry Wigmore, Johnny Lynn Old Chief, And "Legitimate Moral Force" - Keeping The Courtroom Safe For Heartstrings And Gore, D. Michael Risinger

UC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Hearsay Hazards In The American Criminal Trial: An Adversary-Oriented Approach, Gordon Van Kessel

UC Law Journal

No abstract provided.