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Factors Related To Physical Activity Behaviors In Young People, Julie Simonson

Graduate Research Papers

Physical activity behaviors in young people are complex and multi-dimensional in nature. The number of children meeting minimum physical activity standards is low, and the prevalence of overweight among youth in the United States is rapidly increasing. This is true in spite of published research showing the positive psychological and physical health benefits of regular physical activity. Reasons for the declining number of children meeting minimum physical activity standards vary widely, and include both demographic and environmental factors. Subsequent knowledge gained through additional research on these determinants and improved educational programs could prove beneficial in increasing physical activity levels in …

A Historical Review Of The School-Based Health Center In Black Hawk County, Diane Lemon Weliver Hoffman

Graduate Research Papers

School-based health centers can provide primary and preventive health care services to students and families while reducing lost school and work time, removing barriers to health care, and promoting family involvement. The research indicates by utilizing a multidisciplinary staff, with interest in prevention and expertise in adolescent health care, anticipatory guidance and appropriate interventions can increase efficiency and effectiveness of preventive health care (Brindis, Kapphahn, McCarter, & Wolfe, 1995; Brindis & Sanghvi, 1997; Key, 2002; Santelli, Morreale, Wigton, & Grason, 1996; Shuler, 2000; Wang, 2000). In addition to staff, the location of the health center also helps to promote and …

Using Computer Software To Enhance Instruction Of Early Literacy Skills In The Kindergarten Classroom, Janann Dostal

Graduate Research Papers

This review investigates skills vital to early literacy instruction, technology use in early childhood classrooms, and software available to enhance early literacy skills of kindergarten students. Letter naming, phonological awareness, concepts about print, and language development are early literacy skills vital to a student's future reading success. Studies have shown that technology has been used in early childhood classrooms as an effective teaching tool, to promote active student involvement, and as a tool for motivation, showing that computers can be utilized successfully with young students. Research indicates that early literacy software used to supplement teacher instruction has great potential to …

Enhancing Student Learning Styles Through The Use Of Technology, Mark A. Dugger

Graduate Research Papers

The multiple learning styles of students have in the last few years become a major topic of concern for all educators. Experience and time are valuable learning tools assisting teachers in developing an understanding of these learning styles. This review pursues the importance of considering student learning styles when incorporating technology within an existing curriculum. Research studies provide supporting evidence that a technology-rich environment promotes collaborative, project-based learning, which in tum has a positive effect on learning styles.

Adolescent Depression : Implications For The High School Counselor, Mary C. Zierke

Graduate Research Papers

For many teenagers, today depression is more thanjust a case of the blues. An estimated 6 - 30% percent of teenagers suffer from clinical depression. Life is not always happy and carefree, and for many adolescents, these are not the best years of their lives. Given the prevalence and seriousness of adolescent depression, it is important that teenagers suffering from this disorder receive quick and effective treatment. Since most teenagers spend a majority of their day in schools, school counselors play a critical role in addressing teenage depression. The importance of this paper was to examine the causes for depression …

On Researching Music In Everyday Life:Assessing The Musician As Producer Of Commercialised Music, Alan Bradshaw, Roger Sherlock, Pierre Mcdonagh

Articles

Adorno & Horkheimer (1998) argue that the Culture Industry generates cultural artefacts that fail to develop human consciousness and hence support the domination of the capitalist system. Steinert (2003) states that the pressures facing musicians to negotiate between the demands of the culture industry and the traditional role of the artist generates a fundamental contradiction within art which is symbolically enacted through artistic production. This study, which draws on on-going postgraduate research aims to develop a research framework that investigates how musicians negotiate this contradiction. The study considers if a more reflexive approach to art exists, typified by the Pop …

A Textual Analysis Of The Portrayal Of Parents In Young Adult Literature, Kathryn L. Reisetter Houck

Graduate Research Papers

This research examined the way in which parents are portrayed in young adult literature. Textual analysis was the methodology used to sort and code the 24 books that met the researcher's criteria, which were that books had to be published within the last decade and characters had to be from two-parent, intact families. By looking at the themes, the researcher attempted to interpret the information and draw inferences. The research yielded some surprising results as to how parents are portrayed. in the majority of young adult novels, parents are present at least to some degree. They are typically portrayed in …

On Virtue And Peace: Creating A Workplace Where People Can Flourish, Caryn L. Beck-Dudley, Steven H. Hanks

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Article, Professors Beck-Dudley and Hanks explore the virtues necessary for individuals to flourish within a business organization. Through this exploration, they conclude that modern discussions of business ethics fail to account for the value and virtue of peaceableness. Then, focusing on the freedom from conflict aspect of peaceableness, they use Champion Paper Products, Sartell Minnesota Paper Mill, as a case study in the significant improvements in human flourishing and organizational performance that can occur when management and labor choose peaceable solutions to labor conflicts.

My Father Is A Woman, Oh No: The Failure Of The Courts To Uphold Individual Substantive Due Process Rights For Transgender Parents Under The Guise Of The Best Interest Of The Child, Helen Y. Chang

Santa Clara Law Review

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Privileged Justice Under Law: Reinforcement Of Male Privilege By The Federal Judiciary Through The Lens Of The Violence Against Women Act And U.S. V. Morrison, Jennifer R. Johnson

Santa Clara Law Review

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Reflections On The Myth Of Icarus In The Age Of Information, Allen S. Hammond Iv

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Defining Religion, James M. Donovan

Law Faculty Books and Chapters

The charge of this essay was to review definitional trends of "religion." Four major types were discussed: content, behavior, mental, and functional. While each type has considerations that suggest its relevance, all are incomplete when examined in isolation. Consequently, two approaches combining these types were briefly discussed: conjunctive and generative. Judging the former inferior to the latter, it was suggested that only the functional definitions are capable of being truly generative. The most inclusive definition of religion, therefore, will be one that is generative functional. Clues as to what such a definition might look like are found first in the …

Reflections [Complete Issue : First Quarter 2003], Sigma Theta Tau International, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Lynne Lancaster, David Stillman, Jennifer L. Hobbs, Fjola Hart-Wasekeesikaw, Mary Pattock, Roselin Ang, Long Chooi Fong, Agnes A. Oggot, Bridget Linehan Logan

Sigma Past Publishing - Reflections Magazine

Publishing History: Print issues of Reflections magazine were published from 1975 to 1999 and its successor, Reflections on Nursing Leadership (RNL) began publication in 2000. RNL migrated to an online format, http://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org, in 2006 and continues today.

RNL is a member benefit of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The historical print issues have been made openly available.

Publishing Frequency: Quarterly until its transition to online. It’s now updated virtually every day.

Format: Print, 1975 - 2005; Online, 2006 - present

Feature Articles in this Issue:

The Case for the Clinical Doctorate in Nursing

Tips …

Excellence In Nursing Administration [Complete Issue - Digital Origin: Second Quarter 2003, Vol. 4, 2], Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Past Publishing - Excellence Newsletters

Publishing History: Nursing Excellence published yearly in 1998 and 1999. The publication became Excellence in the first quarter 2000. It transitioned to Excellence in Nursing Education, Excellence in Nursing Administration, and Excellence in Clinical Practice in the second quarter 2000 with volume 1, number 2. Excellence in Nursing Education transitioned to Excellence in Nursing Education & Research in the first quarter 2002.

Publishing Frequency:

Yearly 1998, 1999; Quarterly 2000 - 2004.

Format: Print 1999 - third quarter 2002; Online fourth quarter 2002 - first quarter 2004. Ceased publishing in 2004.

Select features in this issue:

Inside the Rush Model: Leading …

Expert Testimony And The Opinion Rule: Conforming The Evidence Code To The Federal Rules, Miguel A. Mendez

University of San Francisco Law Review

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Be Prepared: Unsuspecting Employers Are Vulnerable For Title Vii Sexual Harassment Environment Claims, Jeffrey S. Lyons

University of San Francisco Law Review

CONGRESS ENACTED TITLE VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19641 ("Tide VII") to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. 2 Over the past three decades, however, Title VII hostile work environment actions have expanded potential liability for employers to the point that the employers must take preventive measures or be susceptible to unexpected Title VII suits. An unprepared employer could be caught off guard in situations where, over the course of an employee's tenure, the employee endures occasional pranks, or is exposed to occasional sexual epithets, or coarse or vulgar language. While each of these situations clearly exposes …

Toward A Just Model Of Alienability Of Human Tissue, Brian Budds

University of San Francisco Law Review

As the body becomes the stuff of which products are made, the issue of its ownership becomes paramount. To date, the most widely significant authority on the subject is the California Supreme Court case Moore v. Regents of the University of California.4 That controversial, and influential, decision held that use by researchers of cells removed from a patient's body did not support an action for conversion-the wrongful taking and use of another's property. 5 The court stated that a patient who unknowingly has cells harvested does not retain a property interest in those cells."

Restoring Power To The Powerless: The Need To Reform California's Mandatory Mediation For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Alana Dunnigan

University of San Francisco Law Review

In California, the intersection of mandatory mediation with domestic violence poses significant dangers on two levels. On a societal level, California's requirement that victims of domestic violence mediate with their abusers has placed a hurdle in the battered women's movement by reprivatizing domestic violence, impeding the progress that is driven by public discourse and scrutiny. On an individual level, mandatory mediation leaves victims in a disadvantageous position, fending for themselves at a bargaining table that fails to promote the safety and welfare of victims and their children.

The Spillikin (Vol. 20), Valparaiso University

The Spillikin - The Christ College Newsletter

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Vol. 07, No. 05 - January 2003, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

2003-2004 Bgsu Catalog, Bowling Green State University

Course Catalogs

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Insights- March 2003, Erika Malek

Insights

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Insights- May 2003, Erika Malek

Insights

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Insights- August 2003, Erika Malek

Insights

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Focus- Special Edition 2003, Newsletter Staff

Focus on Student Affairs

No abstract provided.

Insert Coins To Slay - Regulating Children's Access To Violent Arcade Games, Elizabeth A. Previte

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

Parental Rage And Violence In Youth Sports: How Can We Prevent Soccer Moms And Hockey Dads From Interfering In Youth Sports And Causing Games To End In Fistfights Rather Than Handshakes, Dianna K. Fiore

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

Who Are The Real Victims Of Cild Pornography - After United States V. Sherman, The Answer Is Becoming Clear, Elias Manos

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

Retribution For Rats: Cooperation, Punishment, And Atonement, Michael A. Simons

Faculty Publications

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To mobsters, he is a "rat"; to drug dealers, a "snitch." To school children, he is a "tattletale"; to corporate executives, a "whistleblower." To cops, he is an "informant"; to prosecutors, a "cooperator." By whatever name he is known, the person who betrays his associates to the authorities is almost universally reviled. In movies, on television, in literature, the cooperator embodies all that society holds in contempt: he is disloyal, deceitful, greedy, selfish, and weak.

The cooperator, though, has long been a mainstay of our criminal justice system. For centuries, criminal defendants have received leniency in return for testimony …

Toward A Framework Of Audience Studies In Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

No abstract provided.