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December 1, 1999, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Is Trade Liberalization An Important Cause Of Increasing U.S. Wage Inequality? The Interaction Of Theory And Policy, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

The majority of mainstream economists believe that globalization and trade liberalization have had a minor role in increasing U.S. wage inequality. A minority argues that capital mobility and outsourcing indicate a larger effect. This paper first surveys these views, and then argues that how we understand the policy consequences of trade liberalization helps determine the character of our analysis of the issue itself. Thus, a shift in policy perspective, to consider the "equity costs" of trade liberalization in terms of eroded U.S. labor market institutions, produces a larger framework for analyzing the consequences of globalization and trade liberalization than is …

Strategic Planning For Research Use In Nursing Practice, Chris Van Mullem, Laura Burke, Kari Dohmeyer, Marie Farrell, Sue Harvey, Laura John, Carolyn Kraly, Fran Rowley, Margaret Sebern, Kerry Twite, Roberta Zapp

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Background/Objective:

To prepare for a culture change to integrate research utilization into daily nursing practice, the authors conducted a descriptive survey of all registered nurses (RNs) in an integrated healthcare delivery system. The purposes of this study were to assess RNs' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nursing research activities, assess factors that support a research environment, and determine facilitating and challenging factors related to conducting regional nursing research.

Methods:

A 33-item survey based on the Iowa Model for Evidence-Based Practice was developed, validated, and determined to be reliable by the authors. Site coordinators organized and managed the orientation, administration, …

Development Of A Construction Safety Program, Christopher Haux

Theses and Dissertations

In the mid to late 1990's the United States has been experiencing a thriving economy which has spurred increased amounts of construction. During this time of prosperity, the quality of work and the safety of workers can often be forgotten. Each of these areas becomes important to those involved, and to the ability to continue a strong and prosperous economy. Safety to those who produce and those who buy is a sign of a strong economy and a strong community; because construction of communities is what we are really doing.

Cultivating Literacy For Reluctant Readers, Melissa L. Hiltner

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Farm Bureau News - December 1999/January 2000, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation

Tennessee Farm Bureau News

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents And Masthead (V. 8, No. 1)

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Enclave Districting, Henry L. Chambers

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Congressional districting has historically fostered single-member, geographically compact districts consisting of contiguous territory and has resulted in common representation for those who live near each other. Underlying compact districting is the assumption that people living relatively close together share political interests that can be adequately served by common representation. When the United States was a sparsely populated agrarian nation and only the propertied were the enfranchised, providing common representation based on residential proximity was sensible. Over time, however, the connection between residence and political interests has diminished.

In the wake of the Supreme Court's suggestion that representation should focus on …

The Role Of Suspicion In Federal Equal Protection, Paul E. Mcgreal

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Recently, Professor Jed Rubenfeld wrote an essay arguing that the Supreme Court's strict scrutiny test for equal protection works best to "smoke out" the purpose of laws to determine whether they were enacted because of racial bias or preference. Professor Rubenfeld criticized the Court's most recent affirmative action decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena for departing from this "smoking out" approach.

In this Essay, Professor McGreal explores how this "smoking out" process is applied in federal equal protection cases. Counter to Professor Rubenfeld's view, he argues that the Supreme Court did use a "smoking out" approach in Adarand. His …

Commercial Slogans: The First Amendment Should Shield Their Use In Campaign Speech, Raena L. Smith

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Commercial slogans and trademarks are increasingly finding their way into every aspect of the American vernacular, including speech by political officials and candidates. A previous published Note in the Journal of Law and Politics has argued that such speech should be restricted as it infringes upon the copyright or trademark holder's rights established both under federal and state law. This Note takes the opposing view, arguing that, even if campaign speech falls under the purview of federal or state statutes, the First Amendment prevents the application of laws to restrict campaign speech.

A Qualitative Study Of A Team-Teaching Classroom And A Traditional One-Teacher Classroom In An Elementary School Setting, Johnny D. Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study describes two heterogeneously grouped second-grade classrooms during the 1998-99 school year. One class featured collaborative team teaching, and the second class was taught by a traditional single teacher. There were 33 regular education students and nine at-risk students in the team classroom and 14 regular education students and eight at-risk students in the one-teacher classroom. One hundred three interviews were conducted with 21 students in the team classroom and 18 students in the one-teacher classroom, with 13 parents, with three teachers, and with the school principal. The researcher observed the two classes 61 times from September to May. …

An Analysis Of Teacher And Student Leadership And Gender Differentiation Within Academic Divisions At Three Virginia And Tennessee Liberal Arts Colleges, Mary L. Cole

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This quantitative study investigated a range of leadership behaviors by teachers (teacher characteristics) and students (student characteristics) inside their higher education classrooms and various aspects of those environments (classroom characteristics). The behaviors and environmental aspects examined are those determined by research findings to foster and enhance participant growth and development. Cluster sampling was used for this study of 25 classes representing 5 divisions of the curriculum at 3 institutions. The instruments were administered to 277 students and 25 teachers during the spring of 1999. The null hypotheses for main effects of teacher, student, and classroom characteristics were tested on the …

Service Quality In Higher Education: Expectations Versus Experiences Of Doctoral Students At State-Supported Universities In Tennessee, James H. Lampley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if a gap analysis model (SERVQUAL) of service quality measurement could be appropriately applied to higher education. The researcher asked doctoral students from six doctoral-granting, state-supported universities in Tennessee to complete a service quality survey, comparing their experiences with their expectations, thereby giving a measure of gaps in educational service quality at their institution. The research design included five research questions, with five null hypotheses testing the relationship between students' expectations and experiences, between overall satisfaction and service gaps, and between overall satisfaction and certain demographic variables (age, gender, ethnicity, type of …

An Environmental History Of The 19th Century Marquette Iron Range, Doug Ottke

Theses and Dissertations

The history of the Marquette Iron Range in the upper peninsula of Michigan is integrally linked to the environment. The natural features of the Marquette Range defined the mode of production on the Range, and conversely, as human systems became more adept in these modes of production they became the most important modifiers of the natural systems.

Settlement on the Marquette Iron Range was closely related to two factors of natural environment: the iron ore formations and the hardwood forest. The distribution of three iron ore formations—principally the Negaunee, but also the Bijiki and other Iron- formations within the Michigamme …

Racial Encounters In The American Theatre: Whiteness And Eugene O'Neill, Blackness And August Wilson, C̦Iğdem Üsekes

Theses and Dissertations

Relatively few scholars have investigated racial representations in modern American drama. Even fewer scholars have undertaken to analyze depictions of whiteness in American letters, although “white studies” is slowly assuming legitimacy in the academy in the 1990s. “Racial Encounters in the American Theatre” therefore attempts to bridge this gap in literary and critical studies by examining the black portraiture of Eugene O'Neill and the white portraiture of August Wilson. The work of both playwrights attests to their deep and consistent involvement with their Racial Other, who resurfaces in play after play. Maintaining that the United States resembles a postcolonial society, …

It's Happening At State: December 01, 1999

It's Happening at State

Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.

What Else Do We Forget To Tell Our Teachers?: A Response To Dancis, Stephen Sproule

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 30, 1999

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

We Are…Marshall, November 30, 1999, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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Ua35/1 Happenings, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter published by the WKU Provost's office regarding faculty and organizational events and accomplishments.

Um Student Earns Hearst Journalism Award, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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November 30, 1999, Faculty Senate

Minutes

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Daily Eastern News: November 30, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

November

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Vol. 17, No. 14 (November 30, 1999)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, November 30, 1999, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 113, Issue 61

Counselor, Vol. 20, No. 13, November 30, 1999, New York Law School

New York Law School Community Newsletter

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Interior-Point Methods And Modern Optimization Codes, Goran Lesaja

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

During the last fifteen years we have witnessed an explosive development in the area of optimization theory due to the introduction and development of interior-point methods. This development has quickly led to the development of new and more efficient optimization codes. In this paper, the basic elements of interior-point methods for linear programming will be discussed as well as extensions to convex programming, complementary problems, and semidefinite programming. Interior-point methods are polynomial and effective algorithms based on Newton 's method. Since they have been introduced, the classical distinction between linear programming methods, based on the simplex algorithm, and those methods …

Acute Liver Failure In Children:Etiology, Clinical Manifestation, Outcome, Alyaa Yass, Mohammad Ibraheem, Magid Mohamed

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is a complex, rapidly progressive clinical syndrome that is the final common pathway for many disparate conditions, some known and others yet to be identified. Acute liver failure was first defined by Trey and Davidson as a potentially reversible condition caused by severe liver damage accompanied by encephalopathy onset and in the absence of preexisting liver disease. OBJECTIVE: To assess the etiology, prognosis and outcome of FHF in a sample of Iraqi child patients PATIENTS AND METHODS: A prospective study was done on (50) patients diagnosed with acute hepatic failure admitted to the …

Ventilation Tube Insertion: Oto-Endoscopy Versus Surgical Microscopy (Comparative Study), Omar Hussein, Muhammed Ahmed

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: At the last years, oto-endoscopy have been used for ventilation tubes insertion procedure in cases of otitis media with effusion. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study to evaluate the endoscopic myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion as        a valid alternative of using the surgical microscope regarding: safety and time.  PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study involved (42) patients diagnosed with chronic otitis media with effusion, divided in to tow groups regarding type of procedure was performed. The first group consist of (23) patients, ventilation tube was inserted by using oto-endoscopy, while the second one involved of (19) patients operated by using …

Ponseti Method In The Management Of Syndromic And Arthrogrypotic Clubfoot: Outcome Of Treatment In Iraqi Patients, Ali Al-Hilli

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

  BACKGROUND: Clubfoot is one of the most common congenital birth defects, most occuras an isolated birth defect and are considered idiopathic. The Ponseti method of serial casting has gained widespread popularity in recent years for the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot.Non-idiopathic clubfeet are thought to be too rigid to correct by casting alone, it is often treated primarily with surgical extensiveSoft tissuereleases, and the use of Ponseti method for the treatment of non-idiopathic clubfoot has not been extensively reported. AIM OF THE STUDY: To study the effectiveness of Ponseti method to achieve correction in non-idiopathic clubfoot, and to follow the patient …