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Program Evaluation Principles & Practices, Northwest Health Foundation

Evaluation/Reflection

This handbook is provided by the Northwest Health Foundation as a framework for community organizations to use to evaluate and understand the effectiveness of their programs. It provides an overview of basic program evaluation principles and practices, and offers an approach to evaluation that will assist organizations in documenting their work -for themselves, for funders, and for others who are interested in issues of program impact and outcomes. The handbook is designed to complement the content of a Foundation-sponsored workshop on program evaluation, and can be used as a "stand-alone" guide for evaluation design and implementation.

Mirror Lake, Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

The Greeks Have A Word For It (Bookcover), Sky Bergman, Archie Ferguson

Art and Design

Cover photograph © Sky Bergman 2001 Cover design by Archie Ferguson

Summer 2001

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Patients' Perceptions Of Blood Transfusion Risks In Karachi, Pakistan, S P. Luby, Q Niaz, S Siddiqui, S A. Mujeeb, S Fisher-Hoch

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To evaluate the understanding of and attitudes toward risks of blood transfusions among transfusion recipients in Karachi.Methods: One hundred forty-one transfusion recipients from 13 major Karachi hospitals were interviewed. Indications for transfusion were obtained by reviewing the patients' medical records.Results: The most common indications for transfusion were surgical complications (n = 77, 55%), anemia (n = 34, 24%), and generalized weakness (n = 15, 11%). Most recipients (n = 103, 80%) had never heard of viral hepatitis, and 44 (31%) had never heard of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ninety-four recipients (66%) believed that generalized weakness was a valid indication …

Burakin Focus Catchment Report, Mike Clarke

Natural resources published reports

The Burakin Focus Catchment Project was developed between farmers and Agriculture _ Western Australia. The project was designed to give farmers an understanding of the salinity processes occurring within the Catchment and suggestions on appropriate management.

Work began in the Catchment early in 1999 and was complete at the end of 2000. Intensive hydrological investigations formed the basis of the study, which was complemented by surface water control and revegetation strategies. Agronomic issues associated with sandplain soils were raised by the farmers at the initial meeting and this led to a soil survey to determine the pH status of the …

Farming Systems To Manage Salinity. Farmer Directed Research, Development And Extension. Research Results 2001, Richard Olive

Natural resources published reports

More and more of Western Australia's agnicultural lands are becoming saline. Currently it is estimated that about 18 milliion ha of land are affected to a greater or lesser degree by salinity causing production losses estimated at about $70 million a year.

Unless ways are found to halt and reverse the salinisation of land it is estimated that another 4.4 million ha could become saline over the next 50 years.

Grain growers and the Federal Government, through the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). are investing $12 4 million in R&D across Australia to develop productive solutions to the salinity …

Soilguide (Soil Guide) : A Handbook For Understanding And Managing Agricultural Soils, Geoff Allan Moore

Bulletins 4000 -

This handbook integrates the current knowledge of soils in south-western Australia in a user-friendly form. It describes how to assess which soil properties influence production and land degradation in the agricultural area and summarises management options to remedy or minimise soil limitations. The potential for growing a large range of crops and pastures can be assessed. In particular, the links between soil morphology, soil properties, management and agronomy are emphasised. The manual is designed for use at the paddock scale or for site assessment, but it can also be used at a catchment or regional scale. It is specifically designed …

Bulletin 4475 - Exotic Diseases - Poultry, Agriculture Western Australia

Bulletins 4000 -

An exotic disease is a disease that is not present in Australia.

If an exotic disease did occur in Australia it would cause production losses, stock deaths and stop exports of primary production. When export markets are lost they can only be re-established once it is proven the disease is eradicated.

Academic Advisement For Education Majors In The College Of Education And Human Development At The University Of North Dakota : A Student Needs To Study, Philip David Parnell

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Gas Pipeline Safety Enforcement In Four Contiguous States, Susan Wefald

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Education And Assistance Given To Smokers By Health Care Professionals Piror To Surgery To Help Them Stop Smoking, Derek Dennis

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Topological Lattice Model Of An Electron Coupled To A Classical Polarization Field, Scott Crockett

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Between Dolasetron And Ondansetron In The Incidence Of Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Outpatient Gynceological Patients, Eileen Channel

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Transition Metal Catalysis For Synthesis Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Nucleoside Adducts, Yen Q. V Dinh

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effects Of High Pressure On Mercury And Thallium Cuprate Superconductors, Thomas M. Clemens

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Alcohol And Speech Perception, Charlene D. Cyr

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Alcohol Effects On Laboratory-Induced Aggression Among Participants With And Without Mcmi-Ii Aggressive-Sadistic High-Point Profiles, Matthew D. Bailly

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Determination Of The Anaerobic Threshold By Salivary Alpha-Amylase And Blood Lactate, Ulf Gunnar BronäS

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Preemptive Intramuscular Narcotic In The Operating Room On Postoperative Pain, Ann M. Baumeister

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Mapping The Feminist Self, Erin Elizabeth Ceynar

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Global Schoolyard Bully: The Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development's Coercive Efforts To Control Tax Competition, Alexander Townsend, Jr.

Fordham International Law Journal

This Comment seeks to analyze the OECD's effort to curb tax competition. Section I of this Comment provides background information of the emergence of international taxation and the remedial measures historically enacted to address global fiscal issues, notably double taxation. This section will also outline the OECD's emergence and role in international taxation issues. Furthermore, this section will discuss globalization and its contribution to the growth of preferential tax regimes, thus facilitating the OECD's remedial effort. Section II analyzes the OECD's reports, "Harmful Tax Competition: An Emerging Global Issue" ("1998 Report") and "Towards Global Tax Co-operation: Progress in Identifying and …

Homogenized Law: Can The United States Learn From African Mistakes?, Beverly I. Moran

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay is an attempt to make sense of the author's experiences working with legal reform in Eritrea. Specifically, what might drive people who are intelligent and informed to create statutes that: (a) probably will not work (the problem of "legal absorption" or "legal transplants"); or (b) if applied will have adverse consequences. In this Essay, the author: Gives a brief introduction on Eritrea; uses an Eritrean intellectual property example to illustrate why countries adopt laws that seem opposed to their interests; gives a brief history of Africa and the transplantation of Western law; gives a brief history of Tax …

Issues On Ethnicity And Governance In Nigeria: A Universal Human Rights Perspective, Ema I. Orji

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article focuses on the plight of the Igbo ethnic group of southeast Nigeria. It traces the historical and political evolution of Nigeria with emphasis on ethnic relations. In arguing that the Igbo are victims of fundamental human rights violations, references are made to relevant international human rights instruments, as well as to the various constitutional guarantees entrenched in various Nigerian constitutions. The marginalization of the Igbo is discussed, particularly with regard to disparities in national education programs. This Article also discusses the Igbo right to self-determination and the failure of the international community to intervene on behalf of the …

Promise Unfulfilled: Law, Culture, And Women's Inheritance Rights In Ghana, Jeanmarie Fenrich, Tracy E. Higgins

Fordham International Law Journal

This Report presents the findings of a Fordham delegation. It consists of three parts. Part I sets out Ghana's obligations under international law as they relate to issues of women's equality generally and inheritance rights specifically. Part II describes the sources of Ghanaian law relevant to the issue. Part II begins with a very general description of the Ghanaian family. It then proceeds to analyze in some detail customary law governing marriage and property, including the customary law of intestate succession, which governed estates prior to 1985. Part II then describes both constitutional and statutory law relevant to intestate succession, …

International Criminal Justice From Paper To Practice - A Contribution From The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda To The Establishment Of The International Criminal Court, Adama Dieng

Fordham International Law Journal

The international society's pursuit of international criminal justice entails the creation of a stateless jurisdiction with international scope that holds individuals, rather than States, responsible. As the institutions mandated to exercise international criminal jurisdiction begin to develop their operations, it becomes clear that the execution of justice entails a wide range of policy decisions normally undertaken by the State, in terms of legal aid, policing, education, and information, to mention but a few areas. The International Criminal Court may draw upon the wealth of operational experience of the Tribunals in these areas, but will nonetheless continue to develop its own …

The International Criminal Court: Alive, Soon Kicking!, Harry Verwij

Fordham International Law Journal

In this brief essay, I will give an overview of my insights as to what urgent practical steps need to be taken by the Preparatory Commission ("Prepcom"), the Assembly of States Parties ("ASP"), and the Host State, the Netherlands, in order to guarantee the early establishment of the Court. I assume that my readers have a high level of understanding of the Rome Statute, the Prepcom, and other related documents.

The Case Against The International Criminal Court , Lee A. Casey

Fordham International Law Journal

This article argues against participation by the United States in the International Criminal Court. The article attempts to show that participation in the ICC regime would be inconsistent with American democracy, inimical to American national interests and would violate the Constitution. Were the United States to become a State party to the Rome Statute, it would, for the first time since July 4, 1776, acknowledge the superior authority of an institution neither elected by the American people, nor accountable to them for its actions. Not surprisingly, ratification of the Rome Statute also would violate the Constitution

The Preparatory Commission For The International Criminal Court, Philippe Kirsch, Valerie Oosterveld

Fordham International Law Journal

As it becomes increasingly clear that the International Criminal Court will be set up in the near future, it is important to reflect on the work of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court. When the Rome Statute was being negotiated, it became very clear that additional documents would be necessary in order to create a fully functioning ICC. At the time, eight such documents were identified and included in Resolution F of the Final Act of the Rome Diplomatic conference. As work on these documents nears completion, States have begun to consider the practicalities of setting up the …

The Draft Budget For The First Financial Period Of The Court , Rolf Einar Fife

Fordham International Law Journal

The preparatory work before the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“Rome Statute” or “Statute”) is nearing completion. Basic normative structures governing the establishment and work of the future International Criminal Court (“Court”) have been negotiated. With the discussions on the first draft Budget (“Budget”) and other issues related to the administrative and financial operation of the Court, preparations have taken a significant “practical turn.” The fundamental aim of the Budget is to translate the objectives of the Court in monetary terms and to provide the resources needed by the Court's organs and the …