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Psychoneuroimmunology And Healing Touch In Hiv Disease, Jo Lynne Wheeler Robins

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effects of Healing Touch (HT) on well-being and neuroendocrine function in individuals living with HIV disease. A total of 27 males completed the 4-week HT intervention. Each weekly HT session lasted 30 minutes and consisted of only the chakra connection, Because of the small sample size and the impact of gender on neuroendocrine and immune function, women were not included in this study Dependent variables included well-being as measured by three well-being and two psychological distress instruments, serum serotonin, salivary DHEA and cortisol, and a variety of enumerative and functional measures …

The Three-Legged Stool Of Corporate Governance Reform, Jayne W. Barnard

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

The Leak And The Craft: A Hard Line Proposal To Stop Unaccountable Disclosures Of Law Enforcement Information, John Q. Barrett

Faculty Publications

The critics of Kenneth W. Starr accused him, in the five-plus years that he served as the multi-tasked Independent Counsel, of many failings, mistakes, and improprieties. One of the most prevalent charges was one that has significance to lawyers and resonates with the general public's sense of bad behavior by prosecutors: the allegation that Starr and/or members of his staff "leaked" information. This general accusation was, of course, imprecise. It also might have been overbroad. Prosecutorial "leaks" include such plain illegalities as disclosing grand jury information to the media or other unauthorized persons, and also the much less regulated practice …

Educational And Occupational Aspirations Of Rural High School Seniors In The Private And Public Schools In Northwest Iowa, Duane Bajema

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Research has suggested that rural youth have lower educational and occupational aspirations than their nonrural counterparts, and they may experience barriers to educational and occupational attainment. Discrepancies and barriers that may exist have implications for educational policy and educational planning.

Seventeen rural high schools in northwest Iowa were examined; thirteen public and four private schools. Rural high school students were studied to examine their perceptions concerning potential educational and occupational barriers. Student characteristics and qualities were examined based on where the student lived and the type of school they attended. Students who had been involved in the agricultural curricula in …

Independent Counsel Law Improvements For The Next Five Years, John Q. Barrett

Faculty Publications

This Article is adapted from remarks made in New Orleans on January 8, 1999, as part of an Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Administrative Law Section panel discussion entitled, "Separation of Powers Revisited: Should the Independent Counsel Law Be Renewed?" Our topic is "Should the Independent Counsel Law Be Renewed?" and my answer is, "Not exactly." I will not be, in other words, defending the status quo. Indeed, the empty chair you see here on the dais nicely contains the only "defender" of the status quo of whom I know. What I would like to do is remind us …

How Children In Cults May Use Emancipation Laws To Free Themselves, Robin A. Boyle

Faculty Publications

The author examines how children who are born into cults or brought into them at a young age can use state emancipation laws to gain independence when they are in their mid-teens, so long as they can demonstrate criteria that their states have established. Commonly, states require a showing that the minor has achieved some level of economic self-sufficiency and can live emotionally and physically independently from his or her parents. There are some difficulties for cultic children in demonstrating these criteria, but the obstacles are not insurmountable.

Sovereignty, Compliance, And The World Trade Organization: Lessons From The History Of Supreme Court Review, Mark L. Movsesian

Faculty Publications

One of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO's) more remarkable and controversial innovations is its mechanism for resolving trade disputes among member states. Traditionally, states have resolved such disputes in "pragmatic" fashion, through negotiation and compromise informed by the relative power of the parties involved. But no longer: the WTO's Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (the DSU) provides that disputes between member states are to be resolved in adversary proceedings before impartial panels of experts." Under the DSU, panels have authority to decide whether members' laws violate international trade norms; panel decisions are essentially binding, though …

Policy Research In Higher Education: Data, Decisions, Dilemmas, And Disconnect, Edward R. Hines

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This address dichotomized academic research and policymaking as two separate, distinct, and often conflicting worlds or cultures. Higher education as a field of study was used as a case example illustrating academic research, and state legislative politics illustrated the world of policymaking. Suggestions were made for finding ways of communicating between the two cultures, and specific recommendations were included.

Academic Careers In The Twenty First Century: New Options For Faculty, Judith M. Gappa

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The faculty career is changing in response to external and internal pressures. Public calls for productivity and accountability, student demands for access and high quality education, faculty workloads, tenure criteria and processes, and the desire for balance in personal and professional lives are all contributing to change. Today less than 50% of all faculty members occupy tenure-track positions; 26% of full-time faculty occupy nontenurable positions. This paper examines these and other pressures for institutional change, describes current faculty demographics, and explores possible institutional responses including modifications to traditional tenure systems and faculty career alternatives outside tenure.

Electronic Or Paper? Comparing Submissions To Mwera–98, Jeffrey B. Hecht

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

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Back Matter, Deborah L. Bainer, Gene A. Kramer, Richard M. Smith

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Back Matter

The Value Of Multimethod Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methodology In An Educational Program Evaluation: A Case Study, Catharine C. Knight, Walter J. Kuleck

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This paper presents the case of an evaluation of a literacy-based public school classroom intervention that had been implemented without initial regard for subsequent evaluation, to examine the value of a multimethod qualitative and quantitative approach. We show how this evaluation challenge was ad-dressed using both techniques, and how they complement each other to create richer understandings. Given the small number of participants in and the brevity of the intervention, the finding of quantitative results that support the very positive qualitative results is encouraging. Thus, the multimethod qualitative/ quantitative approach appears to have been a useful and informative one in …

Time Spent On Higher-Order Tasks In Two Teacher-Apprentice Options, Elizabeth A. Wilkins-Canter, Audrey T. Edwards

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This study investigates the process of assisting a teacher prior to student teaching. Teacher candidates in two certification programs kept a log documenting the tasks they did during their on-site experiences and the time spent on eight types of tasks. A one-way analysis for repeated measures showed that, in both programs, candidates spent a majority of their time on clerical tasks, despite the value they saw in interpersonal contact. A t test for independent measures revealed no significant difference between constant and varied placements in time spent on teaching a whole class and on other highly valued tasks.

Front Matter, Deborah L. Bainer, Gene A. Kramer, Richard M. Smith

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Front Matter

Mentoring: An Introduction, Mary K. Bendixen-Noe, Carmen Giebelhaus

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Special Issue Introduction

Issues In Mentoring Programs For Teachers, Deborah L. Bainer

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

No abstract

Index Of Authors: 1999, Deborah L. Bainer, Gene A. Kramer, Richard M. Smith

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Index of Authors

With A Little Help From My Friends: A Course Designed For Mentoring Induction-Year Teachers, James A. Salzman

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

No abstract

Extending The Vision: Mentoring Through University-School Partnerships, Connie Bowman, Patricia Ward

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

No abstract

Review: Murphy's Law, Arthur Jacobson

Articles

No abstract provided.

Optimal Hidden Markov Models, Bill Frederick Mckee

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

In contrast with training algorithms such as Baum-Welch, which produce solutions that are a local optimum of the objective function, this thesis describes the attempt to develop a training algorithm which delivers the global optimum Discrete ICdden Markov Model for a given training sequence. A total of four different methods of attack upon the problem are presented. First, after building the necessary analytical tools, the thesis presents a direct, calculus-based assault featuring Matrix Derivatives. Next, the dual analytic approach known as Geometric Programming is examined and then adapted to the task. After that, a hill-climbing formula is developed and applied. …

Modelling The Fisheries Of Lake Manzala, Egypt, Using Parametric And Non-Parametric Statistical Methods, Medhat Mohamed Ahmed Abdelaal

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

Much attention has been given to the economic aspects of the fisheries in Egypt, while building a statistical or mathematical model for fish production has received little attention. This study is devoted to a comprehensive assessment of Lake Manzala fisheries; past, present and future. Lake Manzala is one of the main fisheries resources in Egypt, and there is evidence that the fisheries have been over-exploited in recent years. The study objectives were to determine the factors that affect fish catches by individual vessels, to compare between parametric and non-parametric models of the fish catches, and to produce a mathematical model …

Current Legal Intervention Regarding Experimental Treatments Must Be Changed: An Analysis Of High Doses Of Chemotherapy With Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation For Breast Cancer Patients, Emily Smayda

Journal of Law and Health

The specific analysis of HDC-ABMT will help the reader to realize that the medical procedures being dealt with by litigation are not necessarily wildly innovative. Insurance companies are hiding behind the guise of words such as "experimental" to avoid paying for treatments that are both feasible and needed. Further, HDC-ABMT being used for breast cancer patients, suggests a possible discriminatory aspect that cannot be reached with current legal intervention. This Note suggests ways of dealing with insurance coverage denial on a more direct level. Instead of being bogged down by contract language and ERISA preemption, proposals for national standards and …

Cobra Continuation Coverage And The Plain Reading Of The Statute: Geissal V. Moore Medical Corporation , Judith C. Brostron

Journal of Law and Health

This Paper will discuss the relevant statutes, case law and the Supreme Court's opinion in Geissal v. Moore Medical Corp. It concludes that the Supreme Court correctly reversed the Eighth Circuit's opinion in Geissal by applying the plain meaning of the statute and rejecting the "significant gap" theory. James Geissal was entitled to COBRA continuation coverage even though his wife had preexisting group health insurance coverage. The Fifth, Eleventh and Eigth Circuits' significant gap theory is not supported by the plain meaning of the statute or Congress' intent. The employee should have the choice to elect COBRA or decide whether …

Misconceptions And Misleading Information Prevail - Less Regulation Does Not Mean Less Danger To Consumers: Dangerous Herbal Weight Loss Products, Jennifer Sardina

Journal of Law and Health

This Note will examine the dangers associated with current dietary supplement regulation under the DSHEA and the problem of ill-informed consumers. As reflected in the title of this Note, misconceptions about dietary supplement regulation are abundant; consequently, section II of this Note will further discuss and offer illustrations in support of this position. Part III gives an overview of current regulation under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. Also a brief discussion of the legislation that preceded the DSHEA is offered in section VI. Part V of this Note analyzes and defines the dietary ingredients that are …

Erisa Preemption: Will The Elimination Of The Erisa Preemption Clause Help Or Harm America's Ability To Deal With Its Pending Health Care Crisis, Damon Henderson Taylor

Journal of Law and Health

This article explores the arguments surrounding the fate of the preemption clause and argues that Congress must work to preserve self-insured employers' accountability to its employees while concurrently retaining the services of self-insured employers in the health care business. Part II analyzes the federal government's relationship with the health care industry, concentrating selectively on four episodes of federal regulation which helped create the health care crisis that we encounter today - the Hill-Burton Act, the Congressional amendments to the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act, the advent of Medicare, and ERISA. Armed with this understanding, Congress's evaluation of health care issues, …

กลยุทธ์ในการบริหารเวลา, โสภี อุณรุท

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

ประสิทธิผลของโปรแกรมการพัฒนาทักษะชีวิต ต่อพฤติกรรมการป้องกันการมีเพศสัมพันธ์ในวัยเรียน ของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 โรงเรียนในสังกัดกรมสามัญศึกษา ในเขตกรุงเทพมหานคร, นรลักขณ์ เอื้อกิจ, วรัตนา สุขวัฒนานันท์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

การวิจัยครั้งนี้เป็นการวิจัยกึ่งทดลอง (Quasi-Experimental Research) มีวัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อศึกษาประสิทธิผลของโปรแกรมการพัฒนาทักษะชีวิตต่อพฤติกรรมการป้องกันการมีเพศสัมพันธ์ใน วัยเรียนของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 โรงเรียนในสังกัดกรมสามัญศึกษา ในเขตกรุงเทพมหานคร ตัวอย่างประชากรที่ใช้ในการวิจัยคือ นักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 จํานวน 101 คน แบ่งออกเป็นกลุ่ม ทดลอง 51 คน และกลุ่มเปรียบเทียบ 50 คน นักเรียนในกลุ่มทดลองจะได้รับโปรแกรมการพัฒนา ทักษะชีวิต 5 แผน โดยประยุกต์แนวคิดทักษะชีวิตขององค์การอนามัยโลก และ กรมอนามัย กระทรวงสาธารณสุข โดยกำหนดสถานการณ์จำลองและใช้เทคนิคกระบวนการกลุ่ม ซึ่งประกอบด้วย การบรรยายนำสั้น ๆ การระดมสมอง การอภิปรายกลุ่มย่อยและกลุ่มใหญ่ การแสดงบทบาทสมมติ การฝึกทักษะ การสาธิต เพื่อให้นักเรียนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงพฤติกรรมในเรื่องความรู้ ความเข้าใจเกี่ยว กับการมีพฤติกรรมทางเพศที่เหมาะสม ความตระหนักในตนเอง ทักษะการตัดสินใจ ทักษะการ แก้ปัญหา ทักษะการปฏิเสธ ตลอดจนการมีพฤติกรรมการป้องกันตนเอง เพื่อหลีกเลี่ยงการมีเพศ สัมพันธ์ การวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลใช้สถิติ ร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ย ค่าเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน Student's t-test และ Paired samples t-test พบว่าภายหลังการทดลอง 1 สัปดาห์ นักเรียนกลุ่มทดลองมีคะแนน ความรู้ความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับการมีพฤติกรรมทางเพศที่เหมาะสม ความตระหนักในตนเอง ทักษะการ ตัดสินใจ ทักษะการแก้ปัญหา ทักษะการปฏิเสธ และพฤติกรรมการป้องกันตนเองเพื่อหลีกเลี่ยงการ มีเพศสัมพันธ์สูงกว่าก่อนการทดลอง และสูงกว่ากลุ่มเปรียบเทียบอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ จึงควรพิจารณานำโปรแกรมพัฒนาทักษะชีวิตต่อพฤติกรรมการป้องกันการมีเพศสัมพันธ์ในวัยเรียนไป ประยุกต์ใช้กับการจัดการเรียนการสอนในโรงเรียนร่วมกับการจัดกิจกรรมเสริมอื่นๆ

70. Three Rivers Regional Library System, John K. Hadden

Florida Library History Project

A history of the Three Rivers Regional Library System covering Dixie, Gilchrist, and Lafayette Counties in Florida.

A Solomonic Decision: What Will Be The Fate Of Frozen Preembryos?, David H. Fiestal

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The Kass v. Kass case highlights the legal complexities surrounding disputes over frozen preembryos post-divorce, emphasizing the court's reliance on prior agreements and the need for a balanced legal framework that respects individual rights while addressing medical advancements.