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Serving The "Hard-To-Serve": The Use Of Clinical Knowledge In Welfare Reform, Rufina Lee, Laura Curran

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This critical analysis of recent research and evaluations of welfare reform efforts describes how states have increasingly drawn on clinical knowledge in their efforts to move "hard-to-serve" recipients into the labor force. It argues that a clinical perspective is helpful as it brings attention to the mental health needs of low-income women. At the same time, however, this article suggests that states' use of a clinical framework is problematic in so far as it based on limited knowledge, dampens a broad discussion of the relationship between poverty and mental health, contributes to policy ambiguity, and increases recipient oversight.

Prevalence Of Child Welfare Services Involvement Among Homeless And Low-Income Mothers: A Five-Year Birth Cohort Study, Jennifer F. Culhane, David Webb, Susan Grim, Stephen Metraux, Dennis Culhane

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper investigates the five-year prevalence of child welfare services involvement and foster care placement among a population-based cohort of births in a large US city, by housing status of the mothers (mothers who have been homeless at least once, other low-income neighborhood residents, and all others), and by number of children. Children of mothers with at least one homeless episode have the greatest rate of involvement with child welfare services (37%),followed by other low-income residents (9.2%), and all others (4.0%). Involvement rates increase with number of children for all housing categories, with rates highest among women with four or …

Spousal Abuse: Vietnamese Children's Reports Of Parental Violence, Yoko Baba, Susan B. Murray

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This exploratory study used mailed questionnaires completed by 131 Vietnamese students to examine domestic violence patterns in parents' marital relationships. Research objectives included: (1) gaining an understanding of spousal abuse among Vietnamese couples; and (2) assessing which variables (demographic characteristics, decision-making power, and cultural adaptation, beliefs in traditional gender roles, and conflicts in the family) are correlated with spousal abuse. Findings suggest that although both parents used reasoning, mental abuse and physical abuse in their marital relationships, Vietnamese fathers were more likely to be physically abusive than mothers. Additional variables associated with family conflicts are also examined. Research implications and …

The Social Problem Of Depression: A Multi-Theoretical Analysis, Rich Furman, Kimberly Bender

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the social problem of depression from a multi-theoretical perspective. It explores depression through the lens of two psychologically based theories of human behavior, existential theory and cognitive theory, as well as through the vehicle of two sociological theories, Marxist theory and the theory of oppression. By understanding how each of these theories explains depression, social workers may be helped to see the complexity of treating the problem. It is the belief of the authors that social work literature, which is often dominated by reductionist, quantitativelybased research studies, has increasingly ignored theoretical explorations …

Review Of The Making Of The Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution And Labor Management. Mark W. Frazier. Reviewed By M. K. Lee., M. K. Lee

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Mark W. Frazier, The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution and Labor Management. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. $60.00 hardcover.

Eeoc V. Luce And The Mandatory Arbitration Agreement, Nicole Karas

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Monsters At The Patent Office: The Inconsistent Conclusions Of Moral Utility And The Controversy Of Human Cloning, Andrew R. Smith

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Unbarring The Bar Of Justice: Standing In Environmental Suits And The Constitution, Philip Weinberg

Pace Environmental Law Review

This article traces the evolution of standing as a federal court requirement rooted in the Constitution, its expansion during the 1960s and 1970s as environmental laws were enacted, and the Supreme Court's recent jurisprudence seeking to rein in standing in environmental cases.

European Environmental Law And The Constitution, Alexandre Kiss

Pace Environmental Law Review

The author describes how the European Union sought to institute environmental protection through the development of the constitution and the rights it guarantees such as the right to a healthy environment.

Nadia Yakoob On Best Practices For Social Work With Refugees And Immigrants By Miriam Potocky-Tripodi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. 538 Pp., Nadia Yakoob

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants by Miriam Potocky-Tripodi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. 538 pp.

Female Labor Force Participation, Fertility And The Timing Of Marriage In Morocco, Sami Zouari, Ragui Assaad

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Legislative Representation And The Environment In African Constitutions, Carl Bruch, Elana Roffman, Eugene Kim

Pace Environmental Law Review

Many African nations are in the nascent stages of implementing constitutions. This article explores the development of those constitutions, the different forms of legislative representation, and the powers embodied in those constitutions to implement and enforce environmental laws.

Constitution And Environment In Relation To Sustainable Development, Daniel A. Sabsay

Pace Environmental Law Review

The author explores the development of Argentine environmental law, sanctioned by the Argentine Constitution, and the likely effect it will have on sustainable development.

Now For The Hard Part, Kevin Hamlin, Assif Shameen

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Investors, and Pakistani citizens, might be forgiven for adopting a similar refrain today. Pakistan's leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has held power for four years following his ouster of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup in October 1999.

Volume 28, No. 1

The Weldon Times

A student-run newspaper published at the School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editors: Cheryl Woznica, Shawn Tock, Jon Krashinsky, Andrea Huckins

Sexuality Education And The Catholic Teenager: A Report, Gail S. Risch, Michael G. Lawler

Journal of Catholic Education

This article reports on findings of a study of sexuality education in a Catholic diocese. The sample included seniors enrolled in either Catholic high schools or parish religious education programs. The range of findings include data about students’ knowledge of sexuality, their understanding of Catholic Church teaching about sexuality, their attitudes and values in regard to sexuality, who and what influences their attitudes and values, their sexual behaviors, and their experience of sexuality education. Recommendations for parents and formal sexuality education programs are offered.

Spectrum Of Cutaneous Appendage Tumors At Aga Khan University Hospital, N Yaqoob, Z Ahmad, S Muzaffar, M S. Gill, I N. Soomro, S H. Hasan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objective: To determine the frequency of various types of cutaneous appendage tumors in our practice.
Method: This is a partly retrospective and partly prospective study conducted at the Department of Pathology, Histopathology Section, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi between 1st January 1997 and 31st December 2001.
Results: One hundred sixty six skin appendage tumors were diagnosed during the study period. 87.3% were benign, while 12.6% were malignant. Male female ratio was almost equal. Mean age was 41.72 years. 37.34% showed eccrine differentiation, 14.45% showed apocrine differentiation and 41.56% showed pilosebaceous differentiation, 6.62% exhibited mixed differentiation. The 5 commonest tumors …

Radiation Effects On Dopamine-Mediated Prepulse Inhibition In The C57bl/6 Mouse, Cara Nicole Zuccarelli Miller

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study examined the effects of proton and gamma radiation on a dopamine-dependent sensory gating mechanism: prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex. The purpose of this research was to describe potential hazards of proton radiation to the central nervous system in long-term space fight and for proton therapy patients. Results from previous research indicate that startle behavior is modified by proton and iron radiation. Forty-eight 10-½ week old, male C57BL/6 mice were used to characterize the optimal parameters for the model (prepulse duration, probe duration, and stimulus-onset-asynchrony). Three hundred and fifty two mice were used to characterize the time course …

Wglt Program Guide, September-October, 2003, Illinois State University

WGLT Program Guides

This guide details programming for WGLT, a public radio station owned by Illinois State University.

Quantitation Of Contacts Among Sensory, Motor, And Serotonergic Neurons In The Pedal Ganglion Of Aplysia, Han Zhang, Marcy Wainwright, John H. Byrne, Leonard J. Cleary

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Present models of long-term sensitization in Aplysia californica indicate that the enhanced behavioral response is due, at least in part, to outgrowth of sensory neurons mediating defensive withdrawal reflexes. Presumably, this outgrowth strengthens pre-existing connections by formation of new synapses with follower neurons. However, the relationship between the number of sensorimotor contacts and the physiological strength of the connection has never been examined in intact ganglia. As a first step in addressing this issue, we used confocal microscopy to examine sites of contact between sensory and motor neurons in naive animals. Our results revealed relatively few contacts between physiologically connected …

Women's Voice, September/October 2003, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Program

Women's Voice (1991-2006)

No abstract provided.

2003 September, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for September of 2003.

Functional Disability In Patients Of Right Hemisphere Lesions With And Without Hemineglect, Her-Cherng Wang, Chau-Peng Leong, Jui-Kun Chang, Hsiu-Juan Lin, Kwo-Shieng Tuo, Kai-Lan Chang, Sheng-Hsiang Su

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Hemineglect is a common symptom and sign in patients with right hemisphere lesion. These patients usually have problems of reduced awareness of stimuli from left side. This study aims to evaluate the correlation between presence of hemineglect and functional disability in patients with right hemispheric stroke or traumatic brain injury. Forty patients who were diagnosed as right hemispheric stroke or traumatic brain injury as verified by computed tomography scan or magnetic resonance image participated in the study. Based on the criteria on Schekenberg test (line bisection test), patients were divided into two groups: 20 with hemineglect and 20 without hemineglect. …

The Effect Of Pulmonary Function Training In Chronic Tetraplegic Patients: Pilot Study, Tai-Ann Chen, Yu-Xang Huang, Wai-Keung Lee, Yau-Wai Wai

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Pulmonary complication is the main cause of death in the persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if pulmonary function training can improve lung function in chronic (onset more than 1 year) tetraplegic patients. There are 14 subjects (9male and 5 female), including C4 to C7 (11 complete; 3 incomplete), mean duration of injury is 5.14 years. They were arranged the rehabilitation training including respiratory muscle training for 4 weeks. Spirometry records such as vital capacity (VC), tidal volume (TV), inspiratory reserve volume (IRV), expiratory reserve volume (ERV), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced …

Assessment Of Physical Fitness To Age And Sex In Middle And Older Persons With Independent Activities Of Daily Living, Kai-Hua Chen, Shi-Wei Chou, In-Chou Lin, River S. H. Su, Wei-Shun Huang, Alice M. K. Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Previous studies have investigated the relationship between impaired physical fitness and the decline of living function in the elderly population. This study is to investigate the fitness profile in the middle and older persons, and to observe the effect of age on fitness.This study recruited 108 subjects, with independent ambulation skills in a Taipei community. There were 59 males and 49 females. The average age was 70.0±6.2 year-old in male and 65.9±8.9 year-old in female, respectively. The fitness components, including body composition, muscle fitness, flexibility, cardiopulmonary fitness, balance, and reaction time, were measured by either field or laboratory methods. The …

An Investigation Of Age, Causes And Locations Associated With Moderate To Severe Burns In Infants And Young Children, Chin-Mao Chen, Jen-Yu Schoung, Chwen-Yng Su, Chun-Sheng Hsieh

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The purposes of this study were to investigate the circumstances of occurrences in 53 patients with moderate to severe burns under 12 years of age, who were admitted to the burn center of the Armed Forces Tsoying Hospital in Kaohsiung from June 1998 to May 2000. The subjects were further divided into three age groups: 0-3 years, 3-6 years, and at least six but less than twelve years old for pairwise comparisons purpose.The results showed that the overall ratio of male to female was 2.3. Scalds accounted for 75.5% of all burns, whereas the remaining 24.5% were ascribed to flame …

Sequential Myofascial Trigger Point Injection To Treat A Patient With Myofascial Pain Syndrome Associated With Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Casereport, Ta-Shen Kuan, Chang-Zern Hong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

A patient with traumatic rotator cuff tear of right shoulder developed severe myofascial pain syndrome with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) involving the right upper extremity. She was unable to take any type of manual therapy or needle treatment due to severe allodynia in the whole right upper limb. She visited our pain clinic about 2 months after the onset of trauma. She received myofascial trigger point (MTrP) injection beginning with injection into the MTrP of the right first dorsal interosseous muscle, followed by injecting MTrPs of the right wrist-finger extensors and right anterior deltoid muscles. The allodynia was remarkably reduced. …

Posttraumatic Pelvic Lymphocele: A Casereport, Nai-Chiung Huang, Sen-Yung Liu, I-Ru Chen, Ta-Sen Wei

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The development of pelvic lymphocele is usually a complication following renal transplantation as well as pelvic lymphadenectomy for gynecologic or urologic cancers. Pelvic lymphocele after blunt trauma is rare described before. Asymptomatic patients are managed with observation and follow-up imaging studies. Symptomatic lymphoceles need to be treated by means of percutaneous needle aspiration or drainage. We reported a case of low back pain after a fall with delayed onset of ispilateral thigh swelling. Computed tomography revealed a fluid-filled mass in the pelvis. After treatment by CT-guided percutaneous aspiration, all symptoms rapidly resolved without recurrent symptoms in 6 months follow-up.

Traumatic Dissection Of Axillary Artery And Brachial Plexopathy After Motorcycle Accident: A Casereport, Wen-Chy Hou, Chen-Liang Chou, Tcho-Jen Liu, Rai-Chi Chan, Cheng-Hsiung Huang

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

At present time, motorcycle accident can be found frequently. It not only can lead to abrasion, and fracture, thrombosis and nerve injury as well. This casereport presented with a 23 year-old male suffered from a motorcycle accident, with multiple abrasion wound over body. He was first sent to emergency room at LMD with x-ray taken and revealed no fracture. This patient presented with inability to raise his right arm, thus the doctor attributed the condition to his pain. After five hours at observation room, patient and his family found his right upper limb was cold and pulseless. The emergency angiography …

A Narrative Approach To Exploring Responsible Involvement Of Fathers With Their Special-Needs Children, David C. Dollahite

Faculty Publications

This chapter briefly summarizes the main findings from research employing narrative methodologies on fathers of children with special needs conducted by me and my students (Brotherson & Dollahite, 1997; Dollahite, 2003; Dollahite, Marks, & Brotherson, 1998; Dollahite, Marks, & Olson, 2002; Marks & Dollahite, 2001; Olson, Dollahite, & White, 2002). This research is consistent with recent emphasis on narrative methods in the social sciences generally (Dollahite, Hawkins, & Brotherson, 1996; Josselson & Lieblich, 1993; McAdams, 1993; Riessman, 1993; Sarbin, 1986) and with recent narrative studies of fathers of special-needs children (Brotherson, 1995) and fathers and religion, (Latshaw, 1998; Marshall, Olsen, …