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Trade Dress, The "Likelihood Of Confusion," And Wittgenstein's Discussion Of "Seeing As": The Tangled Landscape Of Resemblance, Stephen C. Root Jan 2000

Trade Dress, The "Likelihood Of Confusion," And Wittgenstein's Discussion Of "Seeing As": The Tangled Landscape Of Resemblance, Stephen C. Root

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.


New Jersey Jurors Are No Longer Color-Blind Regarding Eyewitness Identification, Joy L. Lindo Jan 2000

New Jersey Jurors Are No Longer Color-Blind Regarding Eyewitness Identification, Joy L. Lindo

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.


Attention Deficits As Measured By Conners' Cpt And Children's Performance On Neuropsychological Measures Of Learning And Exectutive Function, Kristin A. Kirlin Jan 2000

Attention Deficits As Measured By Conners' Cpt And Children's Performance On Neuropsychological Measures Of Learning And Exectutive Function, Kristin A. Kirlin

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Agroecology Hydrology And Conservation Of Ephemeral Streams And Alluvial Fans Zuni Pueblo New Mexico, Jay B. Norton Jan 2000

Agroecology Hydrology And Conservation Of Ephemeral Streams And Alluvial Fans Zuni Pueblo New Mexico, Jay B. Norton

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.


Plaintiff's Exhibit 0178a: Emanuel Tanay Curriculum Vitae, Emmanuel Tanay Jan 2000

Plaintiff's Exhibit 0178a: Emanuel Tanay Curriculum Vitae, Emmanuel Tanay

Sheppard 2000 Trial Plaintiff's Exhibits

No abstract provided.


Becoming Long-Term Caregivers: A Qualitative Study Of Meaning-Making And Transformation In Families Of Persons With Mental Retardation Or Other Developmental Disabilities, Beatrice Rose Guilbault Jan 2000

Becoming Long-Term Caregivers: A Qualitative Study Of Meaning-Making And Transformation In Families Of Persons With Mental Retardation Or Other Developmental Disabilities, Beatrice Rose Guilbault

Open Access Dissertations

This is a study of the process by which families make meaningful and adapt to mental retardation or other developmental disability in a family member. Learning that a child has disabilities which will require long-term caregiving is a disorganizing event which precipitates a shift in a family's self-defining paradigm, a reframing of what it means for this group of people to call themselves "family." In order to become long-term caregivers, family members must first make meaningful the event which will transform their lives. Next, they must revise their definition of family so that it includes long-term caregiving. Seventeen families contributed …


Can The Influence Of Base Rate Information Be Distinguished From The Influence Of Gender Stereotypes In The Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision Making Process?, Maureen Mccormick Jan 2000

Can The Influence Of Base Rate Information Be Distinguished From The Influence Of Gender Stereotypes In The Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision Making Process?, Maureen Mccormick

Open Access Dissertations

A correct diagnosis may be critical to the implementation of an appropriate treatment plan for a patient. Many factors contribute to the difficulty of assigning a correct psychiatric diagnosis, including misuse, or less than optimal use, of information. Many studies have documented underutilization of base rate data in prediction. Research into the use of stereotypes has demonstrated that too much reliance on an individual's membership in a group may also affect decision making. What is the appropriate use of base rate data and group membership in psychiatric diagnosis? It was hypothesized that participants would underutilize base rates in a low …


To Parcel Or Not To Parcel: The Effects Of Item Parceling In Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Brett A. Plummer Jan 2000

To Parcel Or Not To Parcel: The Effects Of Item Parceling In Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Brett A. Plummer

Open Access Dissertations

When testing confirmatory factor analysis (CF A) models, the researcher may either utilize individual items as the manifest variables for the model, or use item parcels or composites, i.e., the sum or average of a set of individual items. Utilizing parcels instead of items may affect the chance of obtaining a proper solution, the fit of the model, and model parameter estimates. Unfortunately there is little previous research to guide the decision to choose between a parcel-level analysis and an item-level analysis. This investigation examined the current status of parceling in the literature and the impacts of parceling through three …


Paving The Road: A Charles Hamilton Houston Approach To Securing Trans Rights, Jennifer L. Levi Jan 2000

Paving The Road: A Charles Hamilton Houston Approach To Securing Trans Rights, Jennifer L. Levi

Faculty Scholarship

This Article argues that securing the rights of transgender people requires a comprehensive and long-term litigation strategy and suggests Charles Hamilton Houston as the architect of the modern Civil Rights movement and the inspiration for a trans rights litigation strategy. Section II briefly details the life of Charles Hamilton Houston and focuses on the legal strategy he designed and carried out to overturn Plessy. It continues by drawing some conclusions about what Houston's plan teaches about the struggle for trans rights and a trans litigation strategy. Section III examines the reasons certain cases challenge assumptions about sex and gender, such …


Maternal And Neonatal Predictors Of Psychomotor And Physical Development Of 5-Year-Old Children, M Aminul Islam Jan 2000

Maternal And Neonatal Predictors Of Psychomotor And Physical Development Of 5-Year-Old Children, M Aminul Islam

All ETDs from UAB

We evaluated the long-term effects of small for gestational age (SGA) and preterm birth on psychomotor and physical development of children. We followed 857 singleton newborns to assess their physical growth at 5 y of age using z Scores of weight-for-age, weight-for-height, and height-for-age. Of the 857 infants, 740 children were assessed at age 5 y for intelligence quotient (IQ) using Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence-Revised. A subset of 740 (68%) children was also evaluated at 1 y of age for mental development index (MDI) and psychomotor development index (PDI) measured by Bayley Scales for Infant Development. After …


Self -Reports Of Reasons For Hospitalization By Young Adults: Validity And Risk Factors For Discordance With Medical Records, S M Atiqur Rahman Jan 2000

Self -Reports Of Reasons For Hospitalization By Young Adults: Validity And Risk Factors For Discordance With Medical Records, S M Atiqur Rahman

All ETDs from UAB

Two studies were undertaken focusing on the validity of young adults' self-reports of reasons for hospitalization and factors affecting validity. The first study assessed the concordance of self-reports by young adults of reasons for hospitalization with their medical records, and the second examined factors associated with discordance between self-reports and medical records. The first study demonstrated that although concordance or accuracy of self-reports was more than 90% overall, for specific disease categories it ranged from 80% for infections to 100% for injuries/fractures and procedures including surgeries. There was no significant difference in degree of concordance by method of collecting self-reported …


Econlit: Light On The Dismal Science, Jim Millhorn Jan 2000

Econlit: Light On The Dismal Science, Jim Millhorn

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

The article examines the weaknesses and strengths of the economics database, EconLit. Comparison is made with other social science databases with especial emphasis on the alphanumeric classification and indexing system unique to EconLit. The general conclusion is that, despite the high value of its information content, EconLit would benefit by adhering closer to the indexing practices of other mainline social science databases.


Rights Of Passage: A Cross -Cultural Study Of Maroon Novels By Black Women., Randi Gray Kristensen Jan 2000

Rights Of Passage: A Cross -Cultural Study Of Maroon Novels By Black Women., Randi Gray Kristensen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigates the use and implications of the trope of marronage, the African-American practice of self-emancipation to forge alternative New World communities, in selected novels by Black women writers of North America and the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean. It draws on theories of liminality to posit a theory of liberatory practice that deconstructs hegemonic narratives, both personal and historical. Postmodern approaches are deferred in favor of locating these texts and their concerns as deriving from the epistemological consequences of modernity. Cross-cultural Black women's texts were chosen to illuminate the recognition of shared subjugations across national and linguistic borders, as …


Organizational Cognitive Complexity: Determinants And Consequences., Stern Parker Neill Jan 2000

Organizational Cognitive Complexity: Determinants And Consequences., Stern Parker Neill

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Marketing strategy formation is a complex process. Strategic decision-making involves participation by multiple organizational members with diverse and sometimes conflicting viewpoints. Beyond the cognitive capacity of individual decision-makers, marketing strategy develops through an emergent process that engages the collective efforts and interpretive capabilities of various representatives of the organization. This study examines the relationships among organizational context, processes, and outcomes. Specifically, organizations are examined as cognitive units stimulated by perceived environmental turbulence, team functional diversity, and an open-minded culture. These factors enhance cognitive complexity, which is the organization's capacity to perceive its environment in a multidimensional way. With greater cognitive …


Personal Factors Affecting Sales Performance: Modeling The Effects Of Experience, Competitiveness, Self -Efficacy, Effort, And Creativity., Guangping Wang Jan 2000

Personal Factors Affecting Sales Performance: Modeling The Effects Of Experience, Competitiveness, Self -Efficacy, Effort, And Creativity., Guangping Wang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Sales performance represents an important ongoing research stream to both academicians and practitioners. It is widely recognized that personal/individual factors affect how salespeople perform. Despite the numerous studies, the search for the most powerful determinants of salesperson performance has largely been unsuccessful (Churchill et al. 1985). This dissertation makes another attempt to understand the effects of select personal factors on salespeople's performance. In particular, a neglected personal factor, salesperson creativity, is introduced as a direct predictor of performance. Based on the social psychological research on creativity and the in-depth personal interviews with sales managers in various industries, the author defines …


A Narrative Study Of Selected Introductory College Biology Students' Struggles To Gain An Understanding Of Scale And Measurement., Juliana Guillory Hinton Jan 2000

A Narrative Study Of Selected Introductory College Biology Students' Struggles To Gain An Understanding Of Scale And Measurement., Juliana Guillory Hinton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Case studies, developed with criteria from Yin's Case Study Research: Design and Methods (1994), probed single mental constructs of four introductory college biology students who were recent high school graduates. Data sources included autobiographical essays, interviews, coconstructed concept maps (Wandersee & Abrams, 1993), a videotape questionnaire, and graphics. A multisensory microscopy experiment provided the setting for the construction of shared meanings by the participants. Concept maps were used then to explore the existing cognitive framework of the participants. This research affirmed the value of supporting graphic organizers for understanding science (Good & Berger, 1998; Hyerle, 1996; Trowbridge & Wandersee, 1998). …


Understanding The Biological Concept "Bird": A Kindergarten Case Study., Dilek Buchholz Jan 2000

Understanding The Biological Concept "Bird": A Kindergarten Case Study., Dilek Buchholz

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study of 14 students in a metropolitan public school in the Deep South was to find out, during a period of three months, what these kindergarten-aged children knew about birds, whether this knowledge represented current scientific thought, if such science instruction meaningfully affected their prior knowledge, and if so, what the factors during instruction that seemed to influence their understanding of the concept of bird were. The research was conducted in three phases; preinstruction interviews, instruction, and postinstruction interviews. The theoretical framework for this research was based on the Human Constructivism theory of …


Workplace Whining: Antecedents And Process Of Noninstrumental Complaining., Anita Konieczka Heck Jan 2000

Workplace Whining: Antecedents And Process Of Noninstrumental Complaining., Anita Konieczka Heck

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation was to develop a conceptual scheme that advances understanding of workplace whining. It reports an investigation into eight theoretically relevant antecedents to workplace whining, classified into four categories (i.e., dispositional, attitudinal, relational, behavioral). Additionally, it explores the role of organization-based self-esteem in mediating the link between each antecedent and workplace whining. Kowalski's (1996) theory of complaining and self-esteem theory (Coopersmith, 1967, Epstein, 1973; Jones, 1973; Leary & Downs, 1995, Mruk, 1995; Pierce et al., 1989) provided the primary theoretical underpinnings for a series of hypothesized relationships. Data on 471 schoolteachers and their immediate supervisors from …


The Relationship Between Perceived Stress Levels And Expectancies Of Mindfulness Meditation, Christina A. Qualls Jan 2000

The Relationship Between Perceived Stress Levels And Expectancies Of Mindfulness Meditation, Christina A. Qualls

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.


Depression And Potentially Lethal Ventricular Arrhythmias., Martha M. Phillips Jan 2000

Depression And Potentially Lethal Ventricular Arrhythmias., Martha M. Phillips

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Establishing Reliability Of The Impaired Driving Assessment., Stuart Lawrence Usdan Jan 2000

Establishing Reliability Of The Impaired Driving Assessment., Stuart Lawrence Usdan

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Self -Regulated Learning In Junior Baccalaureate Nursing Students In Selected Southern Schools Of Nursing., Kelly Anne Mcgarvey Goudreau Jan 2000

Self -Regulated Learning In Junior Baccalaureate Nursing Students In Selected Southern Schools Of Nursing., Kelly Anne Mcgarvey Goudreau

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Psychological Well -Being In Pediatric Professionals., Ivette Andrea Alvarado Jan 2000

Psychological Well -Being In Pediatric Professionals., Ivette Andrea Alvarado

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Couples' Health Beliefs Regarding Postpartum Contraception: Congruence Or Disparity?, Stephanie Marie Chisolm Jan 2000

Couples' Health Beliefs Regarding Postpartum Contraception: Congruence Or Disparity?, Stephanie Marie Chisolm

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Neuromodulators On Synaptic Transmission And Excitability In Frontal Neocortex., Zhiguo Chu Jan 2000

Effects Of Neuromodulators On Synaptic Transmission And Excitability In Frontal Neocortex., Zhiguo Chu

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


An Assessment Of Special Education Services Provided For Juvenile Offenders With Disabilities In Alabama., Rebecca Ann Wilson Seales Jan 2000

An Assessment Of Special Education Services Provided For Juvenile Offenders With Disabilities In Alabama., Rebecca Ann Wilson Seales

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Role Of Negative Affectivity On Abnormal Pain Perception And Functional Brain Activity In The Limbic System Of Women With Fibromyalgia (Fm)., Kristin Renee Alberts Jan 2000

An Investigation Of The Role Of Negative Affectivity On Abnormal Pain Perception And Functional Brain Activity In The Limbic System Of Women With Fibromyalgia (Fm)., Kristin Renee Alberts

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Estimating The Probability For Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation In Medicare Recipients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery., Judy Lynea Bezanson Jan 2000

Estimating The Probability For Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation In Medicare Recipients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery., Judy Lynea Bezanson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention: Affecting Maternal Alcohol Consumption Behavior Through Nurse Supportive-Educative Intervention., Larry Ward Eustace Jan 2000

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention: Affecting Maternal Alcohol Consumption Behavior Through Nurse Supportive-Educative Intervention., Larry Ward Eustace

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Differences In Diagnostic Category, Symptoms, And Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Patients Presenting To Emergency Departments With Symptoms Of Acute Myocardial Infarction., Mary Janice Gilliland Jan 2000

Differences In Diagnostic Category, Symptoms, And Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Patients Presenting To Emergency Departments With Symptoms Of Acute Myocardial Infarction., Mary Janice Gilliland

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.