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How Many Copies Are Enough? Using Citation Studies To Limit Journal Holdings, Kincaid C. Brown Jan 2002

How Many Copies Are Enough? Using Citation Studies To Limit Journal Holdings, Kincaid C. Brown

Law Librarian Scholarship

Mr. Brown introduces the University of Michigan Law Library’s use of citation study literature to develop a new policy regarding the number of duplicate copies of law review titles to be held in the library’s collection. The specifics of the new policy are described

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An Examination Of Collaborative Practice In Anesthesia Care Team Settings And Occupational Stress In Nurse Anesthetists, Steve Louis Alves Jan 2002

An Examination Of Collaborative Practice In Anesthesia Care Team Settings And Occupational Stress In Nurse Anesthetists, Steve Louis Alves

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The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive understanding of the nature of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) scope of practice (SOP), collaboration with anesthesiologists in anesthesia care team (ACT) settings, and occupational stress. A critical philosophy viewpoint serves as a broad perspective in understanding the depiction of domination and conflict between CRNAs and anesthesiologists in ACT environments. The theoretical basis for this study was derived from the quality of nursing practice framework, with an elaboration of the process component to examine CRNA's scope of practice, collaboration between CRNAs and anesthesiologists, and role-related occupational stress. A mailed survey …

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Breast Cancer Experiences: Women's Reflections Years After Diagnosis, Margaret Barton-Burke Jan 2002

Breast Cancer Experiences: Women's Reflections Years After Diagnosis, Margaret Barton-Burke

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Many women diagnosed with breast cancer m the last decade are either living with active treatment for the disease or are classified as cured but living with the sequelae of the disease or treatment. Most research has been on the physical aspects of the disease and conducted during or immediately after active treatment. Information beyond the physical dimension of women's experiences is small and narrowly focused, and research beyond 5 years is almost nonexistent. A full depiction of the multidimensional nature of being diagnosed with, treated for, recovering from, and living with the aftermath of breast cancer is lacking. The …

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A Study Of The Relation Between Reading Achievement And Less-Than-Proficient Urban Adolescent Readers' World View Of Reading, Gerardine Cannon Jan 2002

A Study Of The Relation Between Reading Achievement And Less-Than-Proficient Urban Adolescent Readers' World View Of Reading, Gerardine Cannon

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This study examined the relationship between reading achievement and less-than-proficient urban adolescents' sociocultural, personal, and academic views of reading. Supported by the thinking of Lloyd-Smith and Tarr (2000) that "There is a role for educational research to demonstrate…the value of listening to children in…the promotion of school improvement" (p. 70), this study asked 91 young adolescents from an urban working class/poor community to share their thoughts, attitudes and beliefs about the reading process, themselves, and influences on their views of reading and their reading experiences. Thirteen students, including proficient and less-than-proficient readers, were selected to share their views on literacy …

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Peer Group Instructional Conversation: Collaboration In Context, Linda Greene Capalbo Jan 2002

Peer Group Instructional Conversation: Collaboration In Context, Linda Greene Capalbo

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American schools traditionally have reflected and promoted societal values of autonomy and independence in the development of the individual child. This limited perspective on how humans come to know focuses on the accrued cultural capital of each learner and neglects the role of 'the other' in the construction of meaning. Such a view can be especially debilitating for students who have been identified as marginal learners. This study examines how social interaction organizes participation opportunities and strategies for members of a peer learning group, including a student designated language learning disabled. The study documents the development and negotiation of individual …

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An Exploratory Study Of The Effects Of A Training Program On The Ability To Prepare A Breakfast Meal By Clients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease, Alicia J. Curtin Jan 2002

An Exploratory Study Of The Effects Of A Training Program On The Ability To Prepare A Breakfast Meal By Clients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease, Alicia J. Curtin

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the insidious onset of an array of cognitive deficits that progress over time and lead to changes in an individual's ability to even perform simple tasks, such as preparing meals. Recently, researchers have demonstrated that clients with mild AD have preserved procedural memory function despite significant cognitive deficits. Procedural memory is an automatic, unconscious process, requiring practice and repetition to activate the particular structures involved in learning tasks. Skills training is a strategy using repetition and practice to enhance the client's ability to perform a certain task. An exploratory design using direct observation and …

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A Participant Observation Study Of Experienced Nurses' Presence In Daily Care, Paulette Anne Osterman Jan 2002

A Participant Observation Study Of Experienced Nurses' Presence In Daily Care, Paulette Anne Osterman

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As important as presence is to nursing, it often lacks conceptual clarity and systematic empirical observation in nursing practice. However, in the few qualitative studies with presence as a focus researchers have not considered both nurse and patient in interaction in present time nor included the nature of the patient's perception of the nurse's presence. In an earlier project in a long-term care setting, nurses were observed to be present in more than one way (presence, partial presence, full presence, and transcendent presence). In addition, nurses' employed presence for assessing impending health care changes early in the shift, and used …

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Female Coping With Cardiac Rehabilitation After A Cardiac Event: A Qualitative Study, M. Patricia Burnside Quigley Jan 2002

Female Coping With Cardiac Rehabilitation After A Cardiac Event: A Qualitative Study, M. Patricia Burnside Quigley

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Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women. Cardiac rehabilitation can reduce cardiac risk, but women underutilize cardiac rehabilitation. Research has not described how women who do participate cope with integrating cardiac rehabilitation into their lives. The purpose of this research study was to explore women's coping with a Phase II (12-week) cardiac rehabilitation program by analyzing interview data for common elements and other ways of coping. A secondary purpose was to explore to what extent the women's descriptions in their interviews corresponded with Lazarus' theoretical concepts of appraisal and coping. The purposive sample was comprised …

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Highly Significant Findings In Psychology: A Power And Effect Size Survey, Rose Marie Ward Jan 2002

Highly Significant Findings In Psychology: A Power And Effect Size Survey, Rose Marie Ward

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The quality of current psychological research has been questioned because of perceived flaws in the primary methods of inquiry. As early as the late 1930s researchers began criticizing the methods by which psychological research examines hypotheses. Over the last 50 years, researchers have suggested that the American Psychological Association require additional indices to augment findings of statistical significance. Among the indices suggested are statistical power and measures of magnitude of effect size. While researchers and the APA have suggested utilizing these and other methods to supplement NHST, it seems that researchers are not currently using statistical power and effect size …

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A Proposed Model Of Medical Staff-Family Communication In The Context Of Cancer: Psychometric, Model And Mediational Testing, Dana Anne Gionta Jan 2002

A Proposed Model Of Medical Staff-Family Communication In The Context Of Cancer: Psychometric, Model And Mediational Testing, Dana Anne Gionta

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This dissertation extends our knowledge of the relationships among complex communication variables involved in medical staff-family member communication in the context of adult cancer. It does this in three ways. First, communication variables are quantified using qualitative data from previous studies in the area of cancer, communication and the family to provide a more systematic means of studying these variables. Manuscript 1 examines the psychometric soundness of these instruments with results indicating a single factor structure for each instrument, preliminary evidence for construct and content validity and good to excellent internal consistency (.77, .91, .93., .97). Second, a model of …

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The Relationships Between Teacher Self-Disclosure, Student Motives, Student Affect, Relational Certainty, And Student Participation., Jacob L. Cayanus Jan 2002

The Relationships Between Teacher Self-Disclosure, Student Motives, Student Affect, Relational Certainty, And Student Participation., Jacob L. Cayanus

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The concept of teacher self-disclosure has been studied using a variety of methods. A review of teacher self-disclosure literature found that operationalization of teacher self disclosure had yet to be agreed upon by researchers. This thesis applied a new teacher self-disclosure scale developed primarily for this research. It was hypothesized teacher self-disclosure would be related to (1) the student motives of functional, relational, and participatory, (2) class participation, (3) affect for class, (4) affect for teacher, and (5) relational certainty. Analysis of data collected show teacher self-disclosure mildly correlated with the student motive of relational and student participation, but was …

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The Effects Of Rumination And Emotional Writing On Heart Rate Recovery Following Anger Recall., Danielle H. Hernandez Jan 2002

The Effects Of Rumination And Emotional Writing On Heart Rate Recovery Following Anger Recall., Danielle H. Hernandez

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Recognizing that stress is related to a variety of psychological and physical health consequences, several studies have examined strategies individuals use to cope with life stressors. Two such strategies are rumination and emotional writing. Although on the surface, these two strategies appear to evoke similar goals (e.g., exposure to negative life events), research has shown that rumination is closely associated with delays in cardiovascular recovery and emotional writing is possibly linked to enhanced cardiovascular recovery from stress. This experiment examined the effects of rumination and emotional writing on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) recovery from the recall of …

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The Association Of Selected Personality Traits With Perceived Teaching Program Effectiveness., Mitchell Eugene Bryant Jan 2002

The Association Of Selected Personality Traits With Perceived Teaching Program Effectiveness., Mitchell Eugene Bryant

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This study was an exploratory study of associations between selected personality traits of agriculture teachers and perceived teaching program effectiveness. The twenty male teachers of agriculture who graduated/certified between the years 1981 and 1990, and who had taught agriculture in West Virginia high schools for more than one year were asked to complete the Emotions Profile Index which, when analyzed, provides a percentile score based upon national norms in eight dimensions of personality. Analysis of variance was used to determine if differences existed between quartile rankings and personality traits of participants. Findings indicate that the type of personality exhibited by …

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The Dynamics Of Orality, Language, And Identity In David Huet’S Zaza, La Réunion Des Années 50 And Erna Brodber’S Jane And Louisa Will Soon Come Home, Weena Isabelle Gaulin Jan 2002

The Dynamics Of Orality, Language, And Identity In David Huet’S Zaza, La Réunion Des Années 50 And Erna Brodber’S Jane And Louisa Will Soon Come Home, Weena Isabelle Gaulin

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This study contends that Reunionese and Caribbean identities can be construed in part through an examination of orality and language in the literature of the islands. In preparation for an analysis of the dynamics of Creole and other oral features in Huet`s Zaza, la Réunion des années 50 and Brodber’s Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home, some linguistic preliminaries establish Creoles as full-fledged languages, a step that helps explain the post-colonial subject’s behavior towards a language initially imposed by the colonizer. A comparison of the nature, mechanics, and purposes of oral structural devices in the two literary works leads …

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The Development Of Policies And Procedures For Referring Collegiate Athletes With Eating Disorders., Brooke R. Andrews Jan 2002

The Development Of Policies And Procedures For Referring Collegiate Athletes With Eating Disorders., Brooke R. Andrews

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Objective: To write an institutional policy that outlines a referral plan for collegiate athletes diagnosed with eating disorders. Design: A modified Delphi Technique. Participants: 14 Team Physicians and 14 Head Athletic Trainers from the Big East Athletic Conference. Interventions: Participants received a first round demographic and policies questionnaires followed by a second round policies questionnaire two weeks later. Participants were asked to rate the components on relevance to a written policy. Results: The final policy outlines the medical personnel who should comprise an Eating Disorder Team, what evaluations are mandatory for an athlete suspected of having an eating disorder, and …

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"Plots Have I Laid": An Actor's Descent Into The Role Of King Richard Iii., Michael Rashid Jan 2002

"Plots Have I Laid": An Actor's Descent Into The Role Of King Richard Iii., Michael Rashid

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis, written to fulfill the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting, delves into the mind of an actor obsessed by fictional villainy and consumed by the desire to play the title role of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Richard III. It charts the machinations employed to gain the part, as well as the pop-cultural influences and rehearsal process from which the ultimate performance of the role was forged. And as the legend of Richard III is a confounding pastiche of fact and fiction, so is this thesis a work of unapologetic ambiguity

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The Relations Between Spirituality, Religiosity And Reasons For Living In Older Adults., Andrea Kay Shreve-Neiger Jan 2002

The Relations Between Spirituality, Religiosity And Reasons For Living In Older Adults., Andrea Kay Shreve-Neiger

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The present study examined the relations between measures of religiosity and spirituality and reasons for living in older adults. Participants consisted of 69 community-dwelling older adults. Results revealed that number of reasons for living endorsed was related to degree of religiosity, and that spirituality, or the more covert idiographic aspect of faith, was related to survival and coping. Religiosity and spirituality were found to overlap in areas of prayer fulfillment and universality. In addition, the top ten reasons for living in this population were identified. The implications of the results for suicide assessment and prevention in older adults, and future …

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A Uses And Gratifications Analysis Of Consumer Satisfaction Correlated To Expectations In E-Commerce Retail Shopping., Stacey Ann Torjak Jan 2002

A Uses And Gratifications Analysis Of Consumer Satisfaction Correlated To Expectations In E-Commerce Retail Shopping., Stacey Ann Torjak

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This research is an exploration of how retail is moving from the mall to the Internet. It applies uses and gratifications analysis of consumer satisfaction and ecommerce Web sites. The study compares obtained and sought after e-commerce consumer gratifications. The participants for the study attended West Virginia University in the spring 2002 semester. The study produced 50 valid responses that found consumers sought after gratifications for product display and navigation features were not met. This research also shows that experienced Internet consumers trust e-commerce Web sites privacy/security features. Implications for companies with e-commerce Web sites are explored.

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The Big Three As Related To Receiver Apprehension And Listening Behaviors., Jamie Lynn Hayhurst Jan 2002

The Big Three As Related To Receiver Apprehension And Listening Behaviors., Jamie Lynn Hayhurst

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The current study examined receiver and listening behaviors from a communibiological point of view. Communibiology proposes that particular communication variables are predictable by individual inborn processes. These inborn processes make up our individual temperament. Therefore, the apprehension variables were measured to determine if they were predicted by temperament. Individual temperament was measured using Eysenck’s Big Three measurement of extroversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. The dependent variables were then regressed to determine if they were predictable by all three temperament variables and/or by one of individual variables. College undergraduates (N = 325) voluntarily participated in the study. Results indicate mixed support for …

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The Prevalence Of Eating Disorder Pathology And Inadequate Diets Among Division I Female Collegiate Athletes., Rachel Michele Stewart Jan 2002

The Prevalence Of Eating Disorder Pathology And Inadequate Diets Among Division I Female Collegiate Athletes., Rachel Michele Stewart

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Disordered eating and inadequate nutrient intake are problematic issues concerning females involved in athletics. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of eating disorder pathology and inadequate diet intake among a population of female athletes. A convenience sample of 91 female athletes was recruited from West Virginia University. The subjects were surveyed for the presence of eating pathology via three validated self-report questionnaires. Quantitative nutrient intake was assessed using a food-frequency questionnaire. The results revealed that 23% (n=21) of subjects were classified as having a probable eating disorder, 41% (n=37) of the athletes demonstrated some eating pathology …

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Ground Realities Of Virtual Business. A Look At India And The United States Of America., Gautam Seth Jan 2002

Ground Realities Of Virtual Business. A Look At India And The United States Of America., Gautam Seth

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This study looks at the advertisements and content on Web sites operating in the United States of America and India. The shortcomings of technology & infrastructure and the scope of conducting virtual business in India vis-à-vis the United States is also explored. The research focused on navigational ease, technological shortcomings and business opportunities in the sites covered for the two Countries using content analysis. The findings are similar and different in various contexts, as the level of participation of Government and private sector is varying vis-à-vis its population and the infrastructure.

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Recreation Specialization And The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum: A Study Of Climbers., George Mcclellen, Iii Weekley Jan 2002

Recreation Specialization And The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum: A Study Of Climbers., George Mcclellen, Iii Weekley

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The purpose of this study is to match the appropriate setting opportunities with the level of recreation specialization of selected climbers, using the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) as a model of different setting opportunities. Questionnaires were distributed and analyzed to create a specialization index level. Associations with setting variables were analyzed using Kendall’s tau-b correlation and model selection loglinear analysis. Of the relationships examined, four variables were significant using Kendall’s tau-b and two using model selection (α= .05). These results show that the setting becomes more important as specialization increases and that more specialized climbers tend to go to more …

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Transit Attitudes And Ridership In A Middle-Sized Municipality: Responses From Two Crucial Audiences., W. Daniel Scheuch Jan 2002

Transit Attitudes And Ridership In A Middle-Sized Municipality: Responses From Two Crucial Audiences., W. Daniel Scheuch

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This thesis focuses on the development of public relations and advertising themes derived empirically from attitude measurement. Components of attitudes towards transit in a small city (pop. 25,000) with college campus are studied (student pop. 20,000). Comparisons are drawn between people who ride the bus frequently and infrequent rider. Two samples were compared, one of bus riders, the other of employed professionals found at there workplace. Advertising and public relations media and message strategies appropriate to audience involvement level and attitudes are advanced based on sample demographics and significant differences in the respondent rated performance and importance of 14 transit …

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Spiraling Towards Success: An Africana Artist's Exploration Of The Creative Process Of Writing And Performing A Monodrama., Nina Christine Domingue Jan 2002

Spiraling Towards Success: An Africana Artist's Exploration Of The Creative Process Of Writing And Performing A Monodrama., Nina Christine Domingue

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This thesis fulfills the requirements needed to attain a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. The creative process embodied in this thesis helps to demonstrate the cultural and artistic survival of a black artist in mainstream theatre. The document also contains examples of the research used for playwriting and in the actress’ character development, descriptions of the rehearsal process, photographs from the production, excerpts from the actress’ journal, a review of the performance, and a self-evaluation.

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Developmental Versus Prescriptive Advising: An Investigation Of Advising Delivery At A Major University., Kristi Doniel Wood Jan 2002

Developmental Versus Prescriptive Advising: An Investigation Of Advising Delivery At A Major University., Kristi Doniel Wood

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Academic advising is an essential connection between student and university. Two types of advising, prescriptive and developmental, are examined in relation to the level of advising (pre-major versus major) and type of advisor (full time advisors or parttime graduate student advisors for pre-majors, and faculty or full-time department advisors for majors) in four academic areas selected for contrast in advising approaches at a large land grant institution. Questionnaires were developed, piloted, finalized, and administered to select upper division students and their pre-major and major advisors concerning the types of advising practiced and student perceptions of each. Results showed that full-time …

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Law As A Reflection Of Her/His-Story: Current Institutional Perceptions Of, And Possibilities For, Protecting Transsexuals' Interests In Legal Determinations Of Sex, Jody L. Madeira Jan 2002

Law As A Reflection Of Her/His-Story: Current Institutional Perceptions Of, And Possibilities For, Protecting Transsexuals' Interests In Legal Determinations Of Sex, Jody L. Madeira

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Cultural Diversity And The Police In The United States: Understanding Problems And Finding Solutions, Benjamin J. Goold, Karyn Hadfield Jan 2002

Cultural Diversity And The Police In The United States: Understanding Problems And Finding Solutions, Benjamin J. Goold, Karyn Hadfield

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For over 150 years, there has been a history of tension and conflict between the police and minority communities in the United States. In principle, the police exist to enforce the law and protect all citizens regardless of race or ethnic background, yet police departments across the country have been repeatedly accused of targeting and harassing racial minorities, and of failing to root out racist attitudes and practices within their ranks. Recent, high profile cases of beatings by police have only served to heighten concerns over the mistreatment of minorities by the police, resulting in widespread calls for major legal …

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A History Of Jewish Life In The Central Appalachian Coalfields, 1870s To 1970s., Deborah R. Weiner Jan 2002

A History Of Jewish Life In The Central Appalachian Coalfields, 1870s To 1970s., Deborah R. Weiner

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This study explores the intersection of two historical phenomena. From the 1880s to the 1920s, Central Appalachia experienced rapid industrial development as the entry of railroads into the mountains initiated large-scale coal extraction. At the same time, East European Jewish immigrants streamed into America's eastern seaboard. Some found their way to the coalfields, where they carved out a role as retailers in an expanding rural-industrial economy. This niche enabled them to build several small but vital Jewish communities which lasted late into the twentieth century. Their economic position facilitated the entry of Jews into the coalfield middle class and made …

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Deciding When Hate Is A Crime: The First Amendment, Police Detectives, And The Identification Of Hate Crime, Jeannine Bell Jan 2002

Deciding When Hate Is A Crime: The First Amendment, Police Detectives, And The Identification Of Hate Crime, Jeannine Bell

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This Article adds to the debate a story of how hate crime law is enforced, based on the experiences of the police detectives who are required to enforce hate crime law. Part I of this Article provides a brief description of hate crime laws and argues that the police play an important role in the determination of how hate crime law is enforced and ultimately, whether defendants’ First Amendment rights will be respected. Part II describes critics’ concerns about defendants’ First Amendment rights and the narrow constitutional line that enforcers of hate crime law must walk between enforcing hate crime …

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Bioterrorism, Public Health, And International Law, David P. Fidler Jan 2002

Bioterrorism, Public Health, And International Law, David P. Fidler

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