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Examining Yard Sales In Fayetteville, A Rural West Virginia Town, Kimberly Dawn Wood

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The informal economy has been a widely studied topic as the economy has changed with a shift from primary to secondary industries. The informal economy is a particular topic of interest in West Virginia, a state with a depressed economy where many citizens participate in informal activities to supplement their income. Yard sales are an understudied informal activity, and one the researcher saw occurring often in rural Fayetteville, West Virginia. A study utilizing in-depth interviews was completed and sought to answer who participated in yard sales, how extensively they participated, and why. It was found that reasons for participation were …

Child Support Enforcement In West Virginia, Amy Ellen Hendershott

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The intent of this research is an exploratory examination of trends in child support enforcement before and after the implementation of The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and to determine whether West Virginia is keeping up with the national average of child support enforcement. Using a time-trend analysis, this study examined five variables that constitute child support enforcement: total money distributed; paternities established; support orders established; absent parents located; and total caseload. This research found that the PRWORA of 1996 significantly improved paternities established and absent parents located in the state of West Virginia. All …

Faculty Interests - Faculty Needs: Creating Meaningful Critical Thinking Training, Patricia Wilber

Theses and Dissertations

Helping students improve their critical thinking and writing abilities is a challenge for university instructors. Although they are experts in their specific disciplines, most of them struggle when it comes to developing appropriate and successful critical thinking activities for their students. They have limited knowledge of instructional methods that improve student thinking, and often rely on professional development programs on their campuses to assist them. The Writing Across the Curriculum Program at a mid-western university offered assistance to faculty and provided a place to examine this process.

A qualitative study employing workshop observations and follow-up interviews was used to determine …

Collection Development Annual Report 1999-2000, William T. O'Malley

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Annual report of collection development activities for 1999-2000 in the University Library, University of Rhode Island.

Centenary Of A Giant, Journal Of Book Of Mormon M. Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

It has been 100 years since George Reynolds published his massive work, A Complete Concordance of the Book of Mormon. Reynolds worked on this project, begun while serving a prison sentence for polygamy, over 21 years of his life. He tabulated virtually every word used in the Book of Mormon except a few of the most common words, and gave a portion of the sentence in which each cited word appeared. He himself paid all the printing costs.

Out Of The Dust: Finding Things Where They Are Not Supposed To Be, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Archaeological discoveries that challenge previously accepted theories of the history of civilization are found all over the world.

July 31, 2000 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Last-Ditch Warfare In Ancient Mesoamerica Recalls The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Warfare is a constant theme in the Book of Mormon. Conflicts with varying motivations erupted between the Nephites and Lamanites from the beginning of their sojourn in the New World. Ultimately, the Nephites as a sociopolitical group were exterminated in one climactic battle when hundreds of thousands died in a single day. Have Mesoamerican archaeologists detected an intensity and scale of warfare great enough to account for the extermination of a people like the Nephites? Yes, there is now good reason to believe that the period when the Nephites were being destroyed by their enemies was characterized in southern Mexico …

Was There Hebrew Language In Ancient America? An Interview With Brian Stubbs, Brian Stubbs

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

In an interview with John L. Sorenson, linguist Brian Stubbs discusses the evidence he has used to establish that at least one language family in Mesoamerica is related to Semitic languages. Stubbs explains how his studies of Near Eastern languages, coupled with his studies of Uto-Aztecan, helped him find related word pairs in the two language families. The evidence for a link between Uto-Aztecan and Semitic languages, or even Egyptian or Arabic, is still tentative, although the evidence includes all the standard requirements of comparative or historical linguistic research: sound correspondences or consistent sound shifts, morphological correspondences, and a substantial …

What's In A Name?: Nephi, Paul Y. Hoskisson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Though the name Nephi conforms in some ways to common Semitic patterns, none of the possible consonantal roots that appear in Hebrew can be applied to the name. Other possible sources such as Ugaritic or Egyptian may be considered.

The Problematic Role Of Dna Testing In Unraveling Human History, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 52 July 30, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

No abstract provided.

Pvc-Cat-004-C-055-001-Fwo, Alicia Ebbitt

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

We Are…Marshall, July 28, 2000, Office Of Marshall University Communications

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

No abstract provided.

Soundings 2000-07-28 (V.13 No.15), N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Western News, July 27, 2000, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New indoor athletic center will be named for Don Seelye, Lansing Regional Center moves to new home next week, Diversity is focus of Aug 16-17 program.

Pvc-Cat-008-B-034-001-Mte, Anna Novotny

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 51 July 23, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

No abstract provided.

Volume 37, Number 41: July 21, 2000, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 3, No. 1), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: July 17, 2000, Eastern Illinois University

July

No abstract provided.

July 17, 2000, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 50 July 16, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

No abstract provided.

The Import Of Political Psychology For Global Health And Security: The Case Of Aids, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a number of applied research areas that political psychologists can explore to help manage the threat to global health and security from acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Stony Brook Press, V. 21, N. 15, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 21, n. 15, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

Illinois State University Report, July 13, 2000, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Professor Helps Educate Delta Children About Pesticide Dangers, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Simple sock puppets are easy and inexpensive to make, but a University of Mississippi health researcher is turning them into powerful tools to help Delta residents avoid possible health problems.

Innovator, 2000-07-10, Student Services

Innovator

The Innovator was a student newspaper published at Governors State University between March 1972 and October 2000. The newspaper featured student reporting, opinions, news, photos, poetry, and original graphics.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 025, Number 01, July 10, 2000, Grand Valley State University

2000-2001, Volume 25

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 4, No. 49 July 9, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

No abstract provided.