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An Outreach Support Group For International Students, Timothy B. Smith, Li-Chen Chin, Arpana Inman, Jennifer Hudson

Faculty Publications

International students often face challenges in adjusting to their new environment without the use of available local supports, such as counseling. Suggestions are provided for forming an outreach support group that enhances international student participation by minimizing stigma associated with mental health services and by addressing both practical and emotional issues.

The Economic Impact Upon Modern U.S. Elections, James Jackson

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

Economic voting has been blamed for Bush’s loss in 1992, Carter’s loss in 1980, and attributed to Clinton’s win in 1996. I intend to dispel the myths against economic voting by showing that it does occur, and examining the four different manners in which it occurs: retrospective, prospective, pocketbook and sociotropic voting.

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Comparative Analysis Of Max-Planck Gesellschaft And Akademie Der Wissenschften In The Years 1945-1989, Victoria Kats

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

The Realm of Science claims to be an autonomous entity, governed by its own rules and institutions. In practice it is difficult to test the extent to which different enveloping political systems affect economics of basic research, as too many cultural and historical differences would distort such a comparison. Unique historical circumstances make East and West Germany the best available ground for setting up an experiment with both experimental and control groups within societies and organizations. Testing the influence of socialistic pressure on economic performance of scientific institutions, the analysis of East German Academy of Sciences and West German Max …

User-Responsivity And Environment-Sensitivity Consideration For State-Funded Housing In Alain City, Nassra Saif Al Daheri

Theses

Massive housing projects have shown that prospective users are rarely given the opportunity to participate in the design decisions. Subsequently, such schemes commonly fail to accommodate all their needs. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the housing projects that aim at resettling of Bedouin into newly developed urban communities are state-funded. Many of these houses that were built in the late seventies and early eighties were transferred back to the state (in a very bad condition due to the users random modifications and additions) in exchange of newer better houses. The lack of an adaptive design concept that can accommodate …

Creating High-Quality Marriages: A Qualitative Study Of Religious Couples, Jerry Lyman Redd

Theses and Dissertations

This study is a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with thirty-two couples who have been married for eight years. Although the couples in this sample have similar religious, economic, and cultural backgrounds, the quality of each marriage is quite different. Ten couples have exceptionally high-quality marriages, eighteen have average-quality marriages, three are struggling, and one couple has been divorced. The purpose of this study was to better understand what the ten couples with high-quality marriages are doing to create successful relationships. I conclude that high-quality marriages are created by a couple's participation in a particular process with a specific paradigm …

The Impact Of Religiosity On Coping Among Lds Adolescents, Matthew P. Roper

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the impact of religiosity on coping in a group of Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) youth. Longitudinal data were gathered from detailed questionnaires administered to 2852 male and female adolescents in 1990 and 1993. Coping was conceptualized as four general dimensions (self-concept, public activities and service, deviance and future plans). Religiosity was also conceptualized multi-dimensionally (religious belief, public religiosity, private religious behavior, and religious experiences). Multiple regression analysis was used to investigate the unique effects of each of the dimensions of religiosity on each dimension of coping. It was hypothesized that religiosity was positively …

Religious Couples' Reported Effects Of Prayer In Conflict Situations, Julie Ann Stout

Theses and Dissertations

For religious couples, the spiritual domain stands alongside the biological, psychological, and systemic domains as an influence upon interaction and mechanism for change. This study is a quantitative expansion of Butler, Gardner, and Bird's (1998) qualitative study, of the change dynamics of prayer. This study attempted to improve the generalizability of the Butler et al. (1998) study through its use of a larger, and religiously and geographically more diverse sample. This study investigated the effects of prayer during times of marital conflict through a quantitative methodology with a survey design. The researchers developed a survey based on the findings of …

Kajian Tahap Kebimbangan Atlit Dalam Sukan Berpasukan Sebelum Pertandingan / Omar Md. Salleh, Omar Md Salleh

Pre-2000 Student Works

No abstract provided.

The Ever-Widening Gap Between The Science Of Artificial Reproductive Technology And The Laws Which Govern That Technology, Weldon E. Havins, James J. Dalessio

Law Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Gaya Pembelajaran Dan Pencapaian Akademik Di Kalangan Pelajar-Pelajar Tingkatan Empat Sekolah Menengah Teknik Juaseh, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus / Asiah Binti Haji Pariekutty., Asiah Haji Pariekutty

Pre-2000 Student Works

No abstract provided.

Interactive Story Telling Package For Children (Bahasa Malaysia Version) / Hasnani Mohd Izazi, Mohd Izazi Hasnani

Pre-2000 Student Works

Interactive Multimedia Storytelling Package is an interactive educational storytelling CD-ROM in Bahasa Malaysia meant for children aged 4 to 7 years old. It comprises of an interesting story suitable for preschools and can be beneficial teaching tool for parents and teachers in educating the young children. The story is written in simple Bahasa Malaysia to make it easier and comprehensible to local children. The story narrated aims to give them a lesson on humanity and morality with the characters playing a big role in influencing the children’s characteristics. To keep the children entertained as well as educated, this package also …

University Of San Diego Football Media Guide 1999, University Of San Diego Athletics Department

Football (Men)

44 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21.5 x 28 cm

Family Roles In The Selection Of Schools In Multiracial Singapore: An Examination Of Demographic Differencesographic Differences, Ashok K. Lalwani, Subhash C. Mehta, Chin Tiong Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Family roles in deciding household purchases have intrigued marketers for a long time, with researchers calling for more studies on the subject - especially those which look into the roles played by children and others in the decision process. This paper investigates the relative influence of the husband, wife, children, and others in 5 sub-decisions involved in the choice of a school, and distinguishes families reporting different roles on their demographic characteristics. Cluster analysis was used to develop segments on the basis of family roles. Results indicate that children and others have negligible influence in this particular service and that …

Board Of Podiatric, Michael A. Stone

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Board Of Psychology, Jonathan Steer

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Local Coherence And Its Limits: A Second Look At Second Sentences, Desmond Allison, Susheela Varghese, Siew Mei Wu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Our article takes up Joy Reid's (1996) proposal that second sentences deserve a second look in academic writing research and pedagogy. Reid's data and commentaries indicate that second sentences, the sentences following topic sentences, make important but generally underrated contributions to the (in)coherence of students' written paragraphs. Her study, in a U.S. university, found that English as a second language (ESL) student writers often developed paragraphs that did not meet the expectations of experienced native English speaker (NES) readers. We offer a contextualized critique and partial replication of Reid's exploratory study. Our research, in Singapore, investigates second sentence writing by …

University Of San Diego Men's Basketball Media Guide 1998-1999, University Of San Diego Athletics Department

Basketball (Men)

44 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21.5 x 28 cm

Rehabilitating The Medical Board's Diversion Program, J. D. Fellmeth

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Department Of Corporations, Athanasia Economy, J. D. Fellmeth

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Students' Perceptions Of Teachers' Communication And Its Effects On Students' Learning., Patricia Ann Burant

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This investigation examines the perceptions that students have of teachers' argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness to determine if these trait behaviors in conjunction with a student's perceptions of their teacher's socio-communicative style (being their level of assertiveness and responsiveness) have an effect on the student-teacher relationship. In addition, this investigation attempts to create a model of teachers communicative behaviors which lead to students' feelings of learner empowerment and student learning. The findings of the study indicate that teacher responsiveness has significant positive impact on students, feelings of learner empowerment, students' reports of affective learning, and students' reports of less cognitive learning …

Suffolk University Beacon Yearbook, 1999, Suffolk University

Undergraduate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Law School Announcements 1999-2000, Law School Announcements Editors

Announcements

• Officers and Faculty
• The Law School - History
• Programs of Instruction
• Curriculum
• Student Activities and Organizations
• Funds and Endowments

Usd President's Report 1999, University Of San Diego

President's Reports (1985- )

Letter from the President, Justice: Advocating in Word and Deed, Leadership: Influence With Responsibility, Health Care: Aging in Transition, Commerce: The New Economy, Psychology: The Expanding Role of the Psychologist, Social Change: History Through the Looking Glass, The Year in Review, 1998-99 Giving Summary, Financial Operations, Leadership Donors, Planned Giving

Ngg Notes Graphics User Interface Gallery / Leong Pek Ling, Pek Ling Leong

Pre-2000 Student Works

Nowadays, the user interfaces for most system involves graphics. Notes Graphics User Interface Gallery (NGG) is a toolkit developed to support interactive user interface design for the applications of Lotus Notes. This toolkit is used in Lotus Notes application to assist the programmers to design interfaces or menus for their application. The development of NGG proves that it is more attractive to apply graphics on user interface. Before developing NGG, researches about all the features for user interface in Lotus Notes was done. Notes GUl Gallery consists of two components, where the first component is a library of graphics, such …

Toni Morrison: Rethinking The Past In A Postcolonial Context, Hanan Abdullatif

Open Access Dissertations

Recovering submerged histories is instrumental in counteracting colonial cultural hegemony and its persistent attempts to erase the past that subject peoples had prior to the epoch of colonial rule. In Toni Morrison's novels reclaiming the past is a necessary condition of subjectivity since it restores a voice and history to those who were deprived of the awareness of both. In other words, it is a restoration of subjectivity. In a postcolonial context, reclaiming the past means more than a linear or literal recording of historical facts. Rather the process of redeeming a past requires that victims of oppression recover their …

Environmental Ethics And Our Moral Relationship To Future Generations: Future Rights And Present Virtue, Jeffrey M. Gaba

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

A central issue in environmental ethics is characterization of our “moral relationship” to future generations. What, if any, obligations do we owe to the future? How should our present actions be influenced by their impact on the future?

The purpose of this article is to characterize and hopefully clarify certain aspects of this “moral relationship.” First, the article identifies those distinctive qualities that distinguish a moral analysis of our relationship to future generations from the moral analysis that will apply to an assessment of our actions on our own generation. It suggests that the issue of our moral relationship to …

Self-Efficacy In Women Following Myocardial Infarction: An Investigation Into The Effects Of A Cognitive-Interactive Nursing Intervention On Efficacy Enhancement, Joanne F. Roy

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

By Whom And How Is Service-Learning Implemented In Middle-Level Schools Involved In Documenting School Improvement: A Quantitative Study Of Opportunity-To-Learn Conditions And Practices, Anne M. Seitsinger

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

How Diverse Is Ethnic Diversity In Books For Young Children, Jacque Lynne Washkwich

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Comparing The Achievement Of Eighth-Grade Boys And Girls On Norm Referenced And Performance Tests In Language Arts, Reading And Mathematics, Helen Christina Barboza

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.