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Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Informed Consent As A Clinical Indication For The Chronically Suicidal Patient With Borderline Personality Disorder, Stephen H. Behnke, Elyn R. Saks

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Focus, 1998, Spring, Andrews University

Focus

FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Pain That Opens Our Hearts To Search For God Is Deep (Let's Face It), Jo Ann Davidson

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Does A Child's Entrance Age Effect 2nd And 4th Graders Cat Performance?, Christine Ann Janovec-Poehlman

Student Work

Second and fourth graders NCE reading, math, and language arts scores from the CAT were analyzed using a multiple regressoin and 3-way ANOVA to determine the effects of a child's entrance age on achievement and whether the interaction effect was significant. The study also controlled for SES by using the children's lunch payment status.

Richmond Music Journal (1998-04)

Richmond Music Journal

No abstract provided.

Job Satisfaction Of Vietnamese Social Workers In The Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Minh-Tram Nguyen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

1998 Literary Review (No. 12), Sigma Tau Delta

The Greenleaf Review

No abstract provided.

Could A Classical Theist Be A Physicalist?, William F. Vallicella

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

John Marshall And The Rule Of Law, John V. Orth

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Do Adolescent Smokers Know The Risks?, Paul Slovic

Duke Law Journal

Professor Slovic challenges Professor Viscusi by suggesting that "risk" is a term with varying meanings and the potential for misinterpretation by study participants. He distinguishes between the probability and severity of a risk, and suggests that teens who know the probability of smoking causing cancer are not aware of the severity of the experience of cancer. He goes on to note that people often perceive themselves as being less at risk than others, and observes that Professor Viscusi's study posed questions about others, instead of asking teens to assess their own risks. Thirdly, he argues that teens perceive each individual …

Is Tobacco A Drug? Administrative Agencies As Common Law Courts, Cass R. Sunstein

Duke Law Journal

Professor Cass Sunstein argues that the FDA has the authority to regulate tobacco products. He considers the text of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which supports the FDA assertion, and the context of its enactment, which argues against the FDA. He resolves the tension between text and context in favor of FDA jurisdiction by turning to the emerging role of administrative agencies. In modern government, he contends, administrative agencies have become America's common law courts, with the power to adapt statutory regimes to new facts and new values when the underlying statute is ambiguous. Professor Sunstein's Article, like …

The Convenience Orientation Of Services Consumers: An Empirical Examination, Patricia Kramer Voli

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

The growth of the convenience industry suggests that time-scarce consumers represent an important potential target market for firms that offer time and/or effort saving attributes in their product offerings. The research contained herein addresses a gap in the marketing literature by examining a proposed series of relationships involving household expenditures for "convenient services." These proposed relationships were captured in a "Conceptual Framework of Convenient Services Consumption" which synthesized the various existing theoretical conceptualizations relating to convenience consumption and the number of factors said to influence consumers' convenience orientation. Specifically, this study sought to profile the convenience oriented services consumer by …

Books And Letters Vol. 12, No. 1, University Libraries, John A. Harrison, Anne Marie Candido, Michael J. Dabrishus, Juana R. Young, Ellen C. Shipley, E. Betty Austin

Books and Letters

The David H. Pryor Papers; Director's Column; Agriculture and Rural Life Project; USIA Archive Boon to Researchers

Basics Of Research (Part 12): Qualitative Research, Cheryl Thompson, B. Lee Walker

Journal Articles: College of Nursing

Although both the assumptions and methods of qualitative and quantitative approaches in nursing research are different, both have the goal of furthering the scientific basis for practice. A variety of qualitative approaches are available, and which approach to use depends on the purpose of the research. In general, qualitative investigations address broad questions related to description, discovery, or theory building, and, as a consequence, the researcher is concerned with the entire context surrounding the phenomenon of interest rather than concentrating on specific variables thought to influence that phenomenon. The type of data collected and the methods of analysis differ, but …

Justice In Plea Bargaining, Fred C. Zacharias

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, April 1, 1998

Central Florida Future

Newspapers disappear from campus; UCF limits the amount of friends family members for commencement; Lights...camera...action!; Professor proves that doctors are not always right.

Profile: Approved! Morris Science Project And Regional Fitness Center, University Relations

Profile (1996-)

In these pages: Goodbye, Chancellor Dave; The Bill Stewart Legacy

The Impact Of Foreign Direct Investment On Small Business And Employment Formation In Mexico, Cynthia Ann Jones Brown

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Mexico's economic crisis of the early 1980s eventually led this country to adopt a new economic strategy. Mexico has opted for an export-based development strategy where governmental policies focus on creating an environment attractive to foreign investors. These policies have succeeded in attracting foreign direct investment to Mexico in record levels since 1987, predominately to the U.S.-Mexico border region. I argue in this dissertation, however, that these FDI flows have impeded small business growth and entrepreneurial drive along Mexico's northern border.

I discuss three alternative explanations for this phenomenon. First, FDI flows may not have created sufficient linkages with the …

Predicting Academic Success Of Entering Freshmen At An Urban University Through The Assessment Of Oral And Written Language Competency, Karen D. Cobbs

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

In Moores and Klas' (1989) definitive study on college student retention, postsecondary administrators ranked the maintenance of student enrollment second in importance on a list of twenty critical issues facing higher education. Of particular relevance to college administrators has been the retention and graduation of African-American college students (D. B. Hawkins, 1994; Western Reserve, 1991).

Researchers, in considering the overall problem of student attrition, particularly, among African-Americans, have explored such questions as these: Which students are dropping out (Sherman, Giles and Green, 1994; Robinson, 1992)? Why do they discontinue their studies (Austin, 1982; Bohr et al., 1995; Kraft, 1992; Tinto, …

Men Who Batter: Personality Variables, Relationship Variables, And Treatment Outcome, Lisa M. Petrica

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between the personality characteristics of male batterers and treatment outcome. It also examined a pattern of communication found in violent couples where the male pursues the female and the female withdraws in an argument. The study also compared alcohol use with treatment outcome.

Twenty-one men who attended a group psychoeducational treatment program for batterers completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). The men were divided into three groups based on their scores: non-pathological (normal profile), narcissistic/antisocial (elevated psychopathic deviate scale), and severely disordered (elevations on several scales). Pre and post-test measures were completed: Dyadic Adjustment …

Study Of Human Factors Variables In Battle Outcome Prediction Models, David Andrew Glovier

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Over time there have been many improvements in models that are used to predict the outcome of battles. Currently there is much supposition and speculation surrounding the use of human performance related factors as additional inputs to battle simulation models to improve their accuracy. However there is no conclusive scientific evidence which shows that these factors do make a significant difference. This study investigates the use of factors that may impact on the human performance directly or indirectly in battle prediction models. These factors consist of traditional human factors and external factors that may influence the human performance. The research …

Assessing Child Care Need In Niles, Michigan, Lori L. Mcneil

Masters Theses

Many parents struggle to secure adequate child care while they work and/or attend school. With the passage of welfare reform legislation, which in part requires AFDC parents to enter/reenter the workforce, locating child care options will likely become increasingly more difficult.

This study describes child care needs of one community based on a survey of parents at thirteen different sites. The research measured the discrepancy between existing child care resources and child care demand within the community.

Analysis of the data revealed that the ways in which parents provide care for their children differed considerably in Niles from the most …

Community Leaders’ Perceptions Of Violence Against Women As A Public Health Issue, Deborah J. Bartz

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis was to identify correlates of support for the involvement of local public health departments in the prevention of violence against women. The research is a secondary analysis of data from community leaders in the 50 public health catchment areas throughout Michigan.

A total of 525 community leaders were identified by health officers and were mailed surveys that dealt with a wide range of health policy issues. Three hundred and fifty-one surveys were returned.

The analysis were designed to determine which factors would affect support for treating violence against women as a public health issue. A …

The Social Diffusion Of Safe Sex Behaviors In College Women, Sherry Pagoto

Masters Theses

With the ever rising numbers of people becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 1997) the need for preventing the spread of infection is clear. One promising intervention, based on a theory called social diffusion, involves training popular opinion leaders to act as behavior change endorsers within their community (Kelly, 1991). This study found 25-30% reductions in high-risk behaviors and 16-18% increases in safe sex behaviors in a male homosexual population as a result of this type of intervention. The current study examines the effectiveness of this intervention within a …

Machiavellianism Achievement And Gender Roles, Kathleen M. Gibson

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The focus of the current study was to find a relationship between Machiavellianism and achievement motivation. Gender, gender-role orientation, and college major were also introduced as variables. Two-hundred and forty university students majoring in either business or psychology completed various self-report measures. Results based on correlations and an analysis of variance produced the following results: Women of both majors had higher Machiavellian scores than males of both majors; business majors had a higher desire to work hard and were more competitive than psychology majors (especially males); scores on the Machiavellian scale positively correlated with competitiveness for females. For males, Machiavellianism …

Effects Of Chronic Cocaine Abuse On Verbal Learning And Memory, Elizabeth A. Kamin

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the existence and nature of verbal memory deficits in a group of chronic cocaine abusers. Functional impairment in a control group of recovering alcoholics was also examined. Participants were selected from groups of volunteers enrolled in various drug treatment programs at the Veterans' Hospital in Hampton, Virginia. All participants were at least 30 days abstinent at the time of testing. Twelve cocaine abusers with a mean use time of 10 years served as the experimental group. Ten alcoholics with a mean use time of 25 years served as the control group. Participants …

Collapsing The Philosophy/Rhetoric Disjunct: Nietzsche, Plato And The Perspectival Turn, Ned Vankevich

Institute for the Humanities Theses

Often overlooked within the standard views of academe lie hidden a number of tacit assumptions. Until the time of Nietzsche, the status of rhetoric as a discourse formation in Western intellectual history was often colored by the unflattering view generated by Plato in a number of his dialogues. In this thesis I present a case that revisits Plato and Nietzsche with an eye toward understanding the reasons why these two highly influential figures in contemporary philosophy adopt the views they advocate. In doing so, I attempt to illumine the reason Plato forms a fundamental split between philosophy and rhetoric and …

Current Issues In Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization: How Is The Clinton Administration Handling Hazardous Waste?, Thomas A. Rhoads, Jason F. Shogren

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

The Ethics Of Contact Tracing Programs And Their Implications For Women, Nancy E. Kass, Andrea Carlson Gielen

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

An Hiv Advocate’S View Of Family Court: Lessons From A Broken System, Lauren Shapiro

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.