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The Meter April 4, 2000, Tennessee State University

The Meter Documents in 2000s

No abstract provided.

Unequal Before The Law: Men, Women And The Death Penalty, Andrea Shapiro

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

2000-2003 Supplementary Materials, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Contains supplementary materials from Board of Regents meetings from 2000 to 2003 that were scanned and saved by the President's Office on a computer compact disc. The records include resolutions, reports, budgets, statistics, policy and procedure changes and other documents presented to the Board.

The Impact Of A Peer-Led Program On The Peer Leaders' Leadership-Related Skills, Christopher J. Hogan

Theses and Dissertations

Leadership and goal setting skills were examined for 49 high school students who implemented a peer-led health and life skills program for sixth grade students. Participants completed surveys that included a leadership scale and a goal setting scale constructed for this study. and an adapted version of the Goals Inventory. Surveys were administered to the participants prior to a 3-day training (Time Point I), immediately following the training (Time Point 2). and at the completion of leading 12. 1-hour workshops (Time Point 3). The results indicate that high school peer leaders perceived an increase in both their leadership and goal …

The Determinants Of Post-Discharge Healthcare Utilization And Outcomes For Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Social Ecological Perspective, Shyuemeng Luu

Theses and Dissertations

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has a persistent nature: PTSD troubles patients

even decades after the occurrence of traumatic events. The “health behavioral model” is

adopted to examine the effects of external environmental, predisposing, enabling, and

need for care factors on the use of VA post-discharge ambulatory care and readmissions.

Data were obtained from the Patient Treatment File (PTF) and the Outpatient Care File

(OPT), the Area Resource File (ARF), American Hospital Association data sets (AHA), and the Uniform Crime Report (UCR).

The use of VA post-discharge ambulatory care is analyzed by using structural equation modeling (SEM). The readmission to VAMCs …

The World Trade Constitution, John O. Mcginnis, Mark L. Movsesian

Faculty Publications

Conventional wisdom holds that the World Trade Organization (WTO) necessarily poses a threat to sovereignty and representative government within its member nations. Professors McGinnis and Movsesian refute this view. They argue that the WTO can be understood as a constitutive structure that, by reducing the power of protectionist interest groups, can simultaneously promote international trade and domestic democracy. Indeed, in promoting both free trade and accountable government, the WTO reflects many of the insights that inform our own Madisonian Constitution. Professors McGinnis and Movsesian reject recent proposals to grant the WTO regulatory authority, endorsing instead the WTO's limited adjudicative power …

How To Improve Education: Don’T Get Tough; Just Get Connected, Thomas S. Parish

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Presidential Address

Front Matter, Mary K. Bendixen-Noe, Kim Metcalf

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Front Matter

Development Of Attitude Toward Teaching Career, Fred L. Pigge, Ronald N. Marso

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate whether selected academic ability indices and personal characteristics of 117 teachers were associated with changes in their attitude toward teaching as a career measured upon the commencement of teacher preparation, the end of student teaching, and upon completion of their fifth year of teaching. Mixed model two-way ANOVA procedures revealed that the attitude toward teaching of the neophyte teachers remained stable and positive during teacher preparation but were less positive near the end of their fifth year of teaching; that ACT scores, Rotter’s locus of control, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator preferences, gender, …

Reading Ability As A Predictor Of Student Success In Business School, Robert E. Pritchard, George C. Romeo

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

For several years accounting faculty at a regional university observed that some of their students exhibited difficulty reading. This study of 235 sophomore, junior, and senior business majors enrolled in accounting classes examines the relationship between their reading abilities as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and their cumulative grade point averages (GPAs). The results indicate that students who have higher levels of reading comprehension and reading vocabulary have higher cumulative GPAs. Furthermore, the results indicate that about 16 percent of the students tested could not read at the first-year college level. This paper describes the testing and recommends that …

Culture And Strategy In Business Schools: Links To Organizational Effectiveness, Christopher Clott, Nancy Fjortoft

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The purpose of this study is to examine the independent and conditional effects of organizational culture type and managerial strategy on the organizational effectiveness of higher education schools of business. While significant differences are found for both culture type and managerial strategy on the effectiveness measures, there were no significant interactive effects between the two independent variables. The implications of these findings for efforts to enhance the effectiveness of professional and pre- professional collegiate programs are discussed.

Index Of Authors: 2000, Mary K. Bendixen-Noe, Kim Metcalf

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Index of Authors

Is Hiv Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act: Unanswered Questions After Bragdon V. Abbott, Connie Mayer

Journal of Law and Health

Prior to the passage of the ADA in 1990, the term "individual with a handicap" had been clearly established under federal disability laws to include all people with HIV. Every reported decision under the Rehabilitation Act and the Fair Housing Amendment Act had determined that asymptomatic HIV was protected as a per se disability. Prior to 1997, only a few Courts had faced the issue of whether a plaintiff with asymptomatic HIV was disabled under the ADA. In 1997, the Fourth and First Circuit Courts of Appeal decided cases in direct conflict with one another, opening the door for the …

The Tobacco Industry And The First Amendment - An Analysis Of The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, Lori Ann Luka

Journal of Law and Health

This Note discusses and assesses the Government's likelihood of passing constitutional scrutiny with the Master Settlement Agreement's restrictions in light of the First Amendment case law. A majority of the restrictions will likely pass constitutional scrutiny because they meet the demanding requirements of Central Hudson and its progeny. The author believes that a few of the restrictions need to be more narrowly tailored in order to pass constitutional scrutiny. Suggestions on how to narrowly tailor the restrictions to comport with Central Hudson are proffered by the author. Section II provides an overview of the history of First Amendment commercial speech …

2000-2001 Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog

The Development Of A Performance Appraisal System For True-Value Hardware, Dave M. Skelek

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

A developmental performance appraisal system was designed, implemented, and evaluated for TRUE- VALUE HARDWARE. The developmental performance appraisal system was designed to clarify job expectations and job-related tasks for each employee's job and to provide employees with developmental job performance feedback. With employee and management input, the five performance dimensions on which the employees would be rated were determined. The 5 performance dimensions evaluated were customer service, quality, judgment/problem solving, team work and collaboration, and work management. The evaluative standards and rating scale anchors were communicated to employees and direct observation of employee work behaviors occurred over a 6-month time …

Remembering Societal Trauma : Catastrophic Events Of The Twentieth Century In The Soviet Union And The Shaping Of Cultural Memory In Soviet Children's Political Literature, Sean Ozzie Simpkins

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, there have been several waves of interest in establishing more contemporary relations with Russia, punctuated by failure and frustration. Many who would deal with the Russians have little factual information concerning Russian history, and are guided largely by some combination of good will, self interest, and outmoded structural assumptions concerning Russia and the Russian experience (Wedel 1998). This ignorance, in turn, contributes to negative perceptual and behavioral responses on the part of the Russians to these overtures, and any that may follow. The result can lead to a misreading of intent and …

A Multivariate Approach To The Dynamic Of Violence Within Intimate Relationships: An Application Of Theory Of Coercive Power In Exchange, Giovanna Gianesini

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study, drawing from theories of structural power and exchange, verified the hypotheses that the mechanisms, dynamics, and direction of violence in intimate relationships depends on the resources of each partner, the ratio of such resources, and their summative effects. Specifically, this study developed a framework that integrates the factors found related to domestic violence and defined as resources, and took into account their reward power, with reference to the status quo of the partners, to determine each partner's power within the relationship. The resources considered have included variables from four domains, individual, relational, social structural, and sociocultural. Existing gender-based …

Year 9 Student Attitudes Toward Social Studies In A Western Australian Government High School : A Case Study, Leah Elizabeth Anne Hansberry

Theses : Honours

This study identifies the status of social studies in one metropolitan Government secondary school in Western Australia. This was achieved by investigating the attitudes of Year 9 students, at the case study school, toward the subject and by identifying the factors responsible for influencing these attitudes. A focus of the study was to explore the impact of student gender on attitudes toward the learning area. The underlying theoretical basis for the study contends that attitude toward social studies is a function of the interrelationship of student, teacher and learning environment variables. The empirical database for the study was quasi-experimental in …

The Relationship Of Filipino Entrepreneurial Styles And Firm Performance In Small And Medium Manufacturing Firms In Metro Manila, Gloria S. Chavez

DLSU Business & Economics Review

A major factor in the growth of economies is the presence of a large number of entrepreneurs who have started small and medium enterprises. In an era of liberalization and globalization, small and medium entrepreneurs are facing stiff competition. Will the Filipino entrepreneur be able to withstand the pressure of competition brought about by the entry of foreign products? Is he ready to venture into foreign markets? It is imperative that the quality of Filipino entrepreneur be enhanced for him to respond to the challenges ahead of him.

Image Post-Processing Technique For Extending The Microscope Depth Of Focus, Taufiq Widjanarko

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Peering Into The Bedrooms Of The Province: An Examination Of The Different Definitions Of Spouse In The Family Law Act And The Ontario Works Act, 1997, Tamara D. Barclay

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Baker V. Canada (Minister Of Citizenship And Immigration) And The Rights Of Children, Sharryn Aiken, Sheena Scott

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Panhandling For Change In Canadian Law, Dina Graser

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

New Brunswick (Minister Of Health And Community Services) V. G.(J.): En Route To More Equitable Access To The Legal System, Patricia Hughes

Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Ambition's Playground, Paul E. Mcgreal

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Trend Toward Specialized Domestic Violence Courts: Improvements On An Effective Innovation, Betsy Tsai

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Federal Juvenile Waiver Practices: A Contextual Approach To The Consideration Of Prior Delinquency Records, Randie P. Ullman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ethics In Criminal Advocacy, Symposium, Forword: Ethics, Truth, And Justice In Criminal Litigation, Monroe H. Freedman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Waging A War On Drugs: Administering A Lethal Dose To Kendra's Law, Jennifer Gutterman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.