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The Utilization Of Spirituality In Occupational Therapy: Beliefs, Practices, And Barriers, Jennifer S. Collins

Masters Theses

Spirituality has become an increasingly important topic in healthcare and specifically in occupational therapy. Previous studies of spirituality in occupational therapy indicated that while therapists believed spirituality was important to health and rehabilitation potential, few therapists reported incorporating spirituality into treatment (Engquist, Short-DeGraff, Gliner, & Oltjenbruns, 1997; Howe, 1996; Rose, 1999). This study utilized a survey design to examine occupational therapists' current beliefs and practices regarding spirituality, as well as asking therapists to identify barriers to the use of spirituality in treatment.

The results of this study indicate that beliefs and practices regarding spirituality in occupational therapy may be changing. …

The Affordability Of Bay Area Housing, Victoria Willcox

Master's Projects

Residents of the Bay Area face many challenges, these include an increasing employment and population growth, the shortage of market rate and affordable housing, and a decreasing quality of life for both its residents and workforce. The purpose of this project is to explore the current housing crisis in the Bay Area, by reviewing housing, economic, population growth, and employment data. As part of the housing assessment in Santa Clara County, an overview of the Section 8 Housing Program will be discussed, and this project will be concluded by an informational survey, which was conducted in two San Jose Neighborhoods.

Defensible Space In East Palo Alto: University And Bay Mixed-Use Development, Thanicha Niyomwan

Master's Projects

University and Bay Mixed-use Development will be planned based mainly on the defensible space concept. The concept of a pedestrian-friendly environment would be a secondaiy concept to be applied to the development plan. Since the defensible space concept deploys residents themselves as the key players to ensure their own security, the success of the proposed development depends on residents. Only when the residents choose to adopt the intended role, the proposed development becomes defensible (Newman, 1975).

Residents’ cooperation plays a vital role not only in this proposed development but also in any neighborhood revitalization. Attempts to save a declining neighborhood …

Housing Policies In Santa Clara County: Are They Solving The Housing Crisis?, Bryan Briggs

Master's Projects

Trying to evaluate complex activities involves one in a series of difficult problems that have not yet been solved. It is particularly difficult to deal with public policymaking, which not only is complex, but also involves many values. Nevertheless, we can develop a rigorous approach to analyzing, evaluating, and improving public policymaking if we start by developing explicit criteria and standards that will replace the implicit assumptions, one-sided views, and halo effects we all use for lack of anything better.

Eustasy Determination From Borehole Data, Onshore New Jersey: New Boreholes And New Porosity Estimates, William Alan Van Sickel

Masters Theses

Backstripping analysis of detailed stratigraphic data from the Bass River and Ancora boreholes on the New Jersey Coastal Plain (Ocean Drilling Project Leg 17 4AX) was conducted to test and refine previous eustatic estimates (Kominz et al., 1998) and provide new Upper Cretaceous estimates. Porositydepth relationships required by the backstripping method were estimated to supplement those from the Cost B-2 well (Rhodehamel, 1977). Sand and mud porosity at shallow depths (<500 m) obtained here are higher than was seen at the Cost B-2 well.

The Bass River and Ancora boreholes targeted older sequences of the Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene. This new data allow for more accurate estimate of the magnitude of long-term sea-level …

Biomedical Research Leaders: Report On Needs, Opportunities, Difficulties, Education And Training, And Evaluation, Samuel H. Wilson, Deborah Brown, Jay Moskowitz, Dan Hurley, David Brown, David Brown, Byron J. Bailey, Michael Mcclain, Marilyn Misenhimer, Judith Buckalew, Thomas Burks

Faculty Publications

The National Association of Physicians for the Environment (NAPE) has assumed a leadership role in protecting environmental health in recent years. The Committee of Biomedical Research Leaders was convened at the recent NAPE Leadership Conference: Biomedical Research and the Environment held on 1–2 November 1999, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. This report summarizes the discussion of the committee and its recommendations. The charge to the committee was to raise and address issues that will promote and sustain environmental health, safety, and energy efficiency within the biomedical community. Leaders from every important research sector (industry laboratories, academic health …

Interview With Thomas Lickona, Mary Peter Travis

Journal of Catholic Education

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University As Church: Fides Et Ratio As A Source For Ecclesiology, M. J. Iozzio

Journal of Catholic Education

John Paul II’s Fides et Ratio has taken a back seat in scholarly literature due to the attention given the juridical norms surrounding Ex Corde Ecclesiae. This article dissects the message of Fides et Ratio, calling for a new relationship between the disciplines of theology and philosophy. Collegiality is discussed not as a characteristic of persons but as the quality that should animate university departments in order to sustain cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary pursuits. The article concludes by articulating a functional ecclesiology: university as church.

Organizing The Unorganizable: Private Paid Household Workers And Approaches To Employee Representation, Peggie R. Smith

North Carolina Law Review

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Freezing The Company Charter, Eric Kades

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Collecting Sales And Use Tax On Electronic Commerce: E-Confusion Or E-Collection, Brian S. Masterson

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Advance Directives And Communication Styles In A Lower Rio Grande Valley Health Facility, Armando G. Dominguez

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This study explores physicians' decision-making communication styles at end-of-life and advance directives in a hospital. Participant observation, case studies and a survey questionnaire are used. Egalitarian communication style is found to have moderate reliability. A .6969 coefficient, is measured by Cronbach's Alpha model. Authoritative communication style, yields a less than moderate alpha coefficient of .4278. Regression analysis using these two variables as the independent variables obtains insignificant results. However, sixty-three percent of the respondents speak Spanish moderately or very little. Eighty percent of the surveyed sample do not have training to administer advance directives. Twenty-two percent of the respondents have …

Patriarchy And Pragmatism: Ideological Contradictions In State Policies, Lily Kong, Jasmine S. Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Theories concerning the state sometimes treat it as a rational system. This paper raises questions about this assumption by examining the coherence of the ideological frameworks underlying state policies in Singapore. The contradictions are shown most clearly when state policies deal with gender issues, especially where they concern women. Through an examination of such policies, we show that, under some conditions, state patriarchy may be subverted by the state's capitalistic developmental considerations. We are aware that patriarchy does not stand or fall by state policies alone, but the following article illustrates how such policies can limit the space for negotiation …

The Idea Of The Common Law In West Virginia Jurisprudential History: Morningstar V. Black & Decker Revisited, James Audley Mclaughlin

West Virginia Law Review

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Principles Of Forum Selection, Antony L. Ryan

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Alternative Solutions For The Use Of Outdated Computer Hardware, Benjamin Erickson

Theses and Dissertations

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Who Wants To Be Healthy?, Joyce V. Fetro, David W. Hey

Kinesiology and Public Health

No abstract provided.

Risk Factors And Gender Differentials For Death Among Children Hospitalized With Diarrhoea In Bangladesh, Amal K. Mitra, Mohammad M. Rahman, George J. Fuchs

Faculty Publications

To identify risk factors for death among children with diarrhoea, a cohort of 496 children, aged less than 5 years, admitted to the intensive care unit of a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh, was studied during November 1992-June 1994, Clinical and laboratory records of children who died and of those who recovered in the hospital were compared, Deaths were significantly higher among those who had altered consciousness, hypoglycaemia, septicaemia, paralytic ileus, toxic colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, invasive or persistent diarrhoea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, and malnutrition, Females experienced a 2-fold higher risk of death than males (p=0.003). Several indices of …

International Information Transactions: An Essay On Law In An Information Society, Raymond T. Nimmer

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The European Approach To E-Commerce And Licensing, Francois Dessemontet

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Commentary: The Public Choice Of Choice Of Law In Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition And The Dim Prospects For Uniformity, Ted Janger

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Commentary: Territorialism, National Parochialism, Universalism And Party Autonomy: How Does One Square The Choice-Of-Law Circle?, Amos Shapira

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Commentary: Choice Of Law And Its Consequences: Constitutions For International Transactions, Paul B. Stephen

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Harmonization Of International Adequacy Rules For Securities Firms: An Argument To Implement The Value At Risk Approach By Adopting Basle's Internal Model Methodology, Elene Spanakos

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Commentary: The Emerging Law Of The Digital Domain And The Contract/Ip Interface: An Antipodean Perspective, Samuel K. Murumba

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Commentary: Copyright, Contract And Code: What Will Remain Of The Public Domain, P. Bernt Hugenholtz

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Choice Of Law And Software Licenses: A Framework For Discussions, Kathleen Patchel

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Competition Policy And The Stimulation Of Innovation: Trips And The Interface Between Competition And Patent Protection In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Shankar A. Singham

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Will Convergence Of Financial Disclosure Standards Change Sec Regulation Of Foreign Issuers?, Roberta S. Karmel

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

After Seattle: Is There A Future For Trade And Competition Policy Rule-Making?, Mark A. A. Warner

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.