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The Micro Consequences Of Macro -Level Social Transition: A Survival Analysis Of Russians Who Died During The 1990s., Xuanping Zhang

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The Economic Performance Of For-Profit And Not-For-Profit Hospitals, Virginia Wilcox-Gök

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

This research examines whether for-profit status or system membership is significantly related to the financial performance of hospitals. Panel data containing 573 observations of Florida hospitals for 1984 through 1987 are used in a fixed-effects regression model. The results indicate that it is system membership rather than forprofit status that is significantly related to better financial performance. For-profit status is unrelated to overall financial performance. System hospitals have higher revenues per admission, but not higher expenditures per admission than independent hospitals. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that expanding hospital systems target locations and services that are potentially profitable.

The Regulatory Sequences Of The Secretory Leukoprotease Inhibitor Gene As A Tissue -Specific Promoter For Gene Therapy Of Ovarian Carcinoma., Shannon Doyle Barker

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Adrenergic And Possibly Nitric Oxide-Ergic Modulation Of Mouse Lacrimal Gland Function., Chuanqing Ding

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Regulation Of Gaba Transporter 1 By The Presynaptic Release And Trafficking Machinery., Scott Louis Deken

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The Impact Of Performance Feedback On Handwashing Behaviors., Vera Benita Brock

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Effects Of Age -Related Changes In Visual Function On Visual Attention And Simulated Driving., David James Edwards

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Measurement Of Fatigue In Myasthenia Gravis Patients., Waraluk Kittiwatanapaisan

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Health Promotion Behaviors Of Rural Women With Heart Failure., Carolyn S. Pierce

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Health Risk Behavior Correlates Among Incarcerated Youth., Theodore Charles Morrison

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I'Ve Been In The Storm Too Long: Religiosity And Distress In High-Poverty Neighborhoods., Godfrey Fuji Noe

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Evaluation Of Effects Of An Educational Program On Knowledge About Infant Behaviors And Characteristics And Self -Confidence Of First-Time Fathers In Lampang Province, Thailand., Prissana Naunboonruang

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Clinical Management Of Adults With Group A-Beta Hemolytic Streptococci -Suspected Pharyngitis: A Cost -Effectiveness Analysis., Matthew David Rousculp

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Predictors Of Spontaneous Lacerations In Primigravidae., Mary Alice Huss Poe

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Negligent Actions Arising From Violent Acts In The Public And Private Schools., Joseph Winfield Redcross

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The Role Of The Superior Colliculus In Saccade -Vergence Interactions., Mark Merryday Glenn Walton

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Cloning And Functional Characterization Of Bk Channels Expressed In Human Glioma Cells., Xiaojin Liu

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Health Status And Coping Behavior In Lupus Patients., Lynn B. Overman

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Physicians' Perceptions Of Medical Errors., Nir Menachemi

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Inhibitory Neurotransmitter Receptors And Synapses On Alpha Ganglion Cells Of The Rabbit Retina: Physiological And Immunocytochemical Evidence., Thomas Christopher Rotolo

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Sexual Behavior Of Adolescents In Two Caribbean States: Cuba And Jamaica., Joana Magdalena Dodson Stallworth

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Oncostatin-M Production And Functions In The Central Nervous System., Pavle Repovic

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A Social Space Approach To The Health Lifestyles Of Persons After Spinal Cord Injury., Louise R. Thibodaux

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The Effect Of A Multidimensional Stress Management Intervention On Worker Anxiety, Perceived Occupational Stress, And Coping., Dannylu J. Wilson

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The Effectiveness Of Communication By Women Inmates In Florida With The Outside World, George A. Manning

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of women inmates in maintaining communication with the outside world. Specifically, the investigator sought to determine how certain independent variables affect particular dependent variables. The independent variables used in the study were, (1) race/ethnicity, (2) remaining time to serve in prison, (3) age, (4) number of children, if any, the inmate has, and (5) education. The dependent variables used in the study were, (1) number of people on the outside world, (2) volume of correspondence, (3) number of visitations, and (4) volume of telephone calls.

A statistical design was employed …

How To Construct An Underclass, Or How The War On Drugs Became A War On Education, Eric D. Blumenson, Eva Nilsen

Faculty Scholarship

The war on drugs has spawned a second front-a war on education. The casualties of this war are all poor or lower-income people who cannot afford to buy a private education. This article details the consequences of this other war, and explores some legislative and litigation strategies for reclaiming educational opportunity for all Americans. First, however, we must set out in more detail the laws and policies that now deploy educational privation as punishment in public schools, colleges, and prisons.

A Comprehensive Mass Balance Of A Watershed Under Steady State Conditions, Oran Joseph Viator Jr.

Open Access Dissertations

Blackstone River water quality data collected during three dry weather surveys of the river was used in a comprehensive mass balance of selected water quality constituents for the river under steady state conditions, and to develop a method that can be applied to separate point and non-point source loads to the river. Mass balances for the river reaches between each dry weather sampling station were completed which isolated point sources, resulting in the identification of those reaches that were major contributors of pollutant loads to the river. These non-point sources, and the point sources, were ranked according to their dry …

An Alternate To Chromate Conversion Coatings For The Corrosion Protection Of Aluminum 2024-T3, Ruiguang Guo

Open Access Dissertations

Corrosion of high-strength aluminum alloys used for airspace application is an expensive and serious problem. The most significant environmental factor contributing to the corrosion of these alloys is water condensed from humid air and contaminated with soluble chloride salts. The Al 2024 series used for aircraft are particularly susceptible to corrosion in aqueous chloride solutions due to alloying constituents such as copper and other impurities. Chromates are efficient inhibitors of corrosion of aluminum in near neutral aqueous environments containing aggressive anions such as chlorides. Usually, aluminum alloys are initially protected by chromate conversion coatings. Additional polymer coatings are sometimes added …

Validity Of The Mizes Anorectic Cognitions Questionnaire-Revised With A Racially Mixed, Nonclinical Population Of 14- To 19-Year-Old Adolescents, Robert P. Guillard, Jr.

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

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Sex, Gender, And September 11, Hilary Charlesworth, Christine M. Chinkin

Articles

The October 2001 issue of the American Journal of International Law contained several editorials on the international law implications of the hijackings of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath. In one respect these editorials resemble other writings on these events in academic and popular media: questions of sex and gender are largely overlooked.' In our view, however, concepts of sex and gender provide a valuable perspective on these devastating actions.' We use the term "sex" here to refer to issues about women as distinct biological beings from men, and the term "gender" to encompass social understandings of femininity and masculinity. …