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The Station Nightclub Fire And Federal Jurisdictional Reach: The Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act Of 2002, Peter Adomeit

Faculty Scholarship

The Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 2002 has great potential for expediting The Station fire cases. The object of the Act is to place all of the cases from a mass disaster before a single judge, who can supervise discovery, then try the issue of liability, and either try or remand the issue of damages. How this new procedural tool will function is uncertain. The Act consolidates the power in one court to either urge the parties to accept a global settlement, or send the unresolved cases to trial. There are many unanswered questions. It is up to judges …

Global Changes In Scholarly Communication, Suzanne E. Thorin

Librarian Publications

For more than a decade, the cost of print and electronic journals, particularly in the sciences, has increased rapidly at the same time that the amount of research being reported via published articles has grown exponentially. With academic libraries being less and less able to purchase the journals needed for their communities, the use of the term scholarly communication has evolved to illustrate the breakdown of the process of traditional scholarly publication; that is, as a means to disseminate research results, the present system of scholarly communication can no longer meet the needs of the scholarly community at large.

When …

Strategic Analysis Of The Alabama Nursing Home Industry., Martha Mariah Perryman Starkey

All ETDs from UAB

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An Innovative Approach To Training Hospital -Based Clinicians For Bioterrorist Attacks., Camille Hartong Filoromo

All ETDs from UAB

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Leadership Styles Of Select Inner -City Principals Who Administer Schools Categorized As Clear, Caution, Or Alert: Practices And Actions Of Nine School Leaders., Coradean Carson Bishop

All ETDs from UAB

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The Lifework Of D. W. Hewes: A Phenomenological Study Of Pedagogy., Catherine Alice Grubb

All ETDs from UAB

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Why Won’T Someone Help Me?: The Unspeakable Epidemic Of Domestic Violence: An Annotated Bibliography, Therese A. Clarke Arado

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

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Genetic Testing For Hemochromatosis: Attitudes, Interest, And Outcomes And Implications For Population Screening., Bret Loosle Hicken

All ETDs from UAB

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Parameter Estimation For A Proposed Joint Distribution Of Correlated Bernoulli Trials., Yufeng Li

All ETDs from UAB

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The Predictors Of Exercise Participation And Physical Fitness Levels In Firefighters In Birmingham, Alabama., Yothaka Pakapong

All ETDs from UAB

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The Smoking -Attributable Risk (Sar) For Low Birth Weight Infants Of Medicaid Patients In Alabama., Wendy Juanita Sykes Horn

All ETDs from UAB

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Student Reflections And Critical Pedagogical Strategies In An Early Childhood Education College Classroom., Nina Marrs King

All ETDs from UAB

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The Relationship Among Ownership, Board Compensation, Venture Capitalists, And The Quest For Value Within Healthcare Ipos: An Agency Perspective., David Raymond Williams

All ETDs from UAB

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Internet Support And Information For Women With Breast Cancer., Jason Edward Owen

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Predictors Of Exercise Participation Among Thai Female Hospital Nurses., Thanee Kaewthummanukul

All ETDs from UAB

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Living The Coming Of Osteoporosis: Health Promotion Behaviors Of Women At Risk For Osteoporosis In Mississippi., Cynthia Hardy Luther

All ETDs from UAB

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Genetic Markers Associated With Levels Of Visceral Adipose Tissue In Women From A Bi-Ethnic Population., Cristina Lara-Castro

All ETDs from UAB

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Predictors, Associations, And Impacts Of Condom Use Errors Among Std Male Clinic Patients., Mingwei Xu

All ETDs from UAB

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Social Capital And Adolescent Violent Behavior: Correlates Of Fighting And Weapon Use Among Secondary School Students., Darlene Romania Wright

All ETDs from UAB

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Understanding Countertransference With Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder : An Exploratory Quantitative Investigation, Michelle Saxen Hunt

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The present study surveyed 58 psychologists regarding their countertransference (CT) behaviors, CT management ability, empathy, and working alliances when treating patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Common positive and negative CT behaviors were identified when treating their typical patient with BPD. As predicted, results yielded negative correlations between therapists' CT behaviors and their CT management ability, working alliance, and empathy, as well as a positive correlation between therapists' CT management and working alliance, linking CT management to positive treatment outcomes. Therapists' level of experience and theoretical orientation were also examined, finding no significant impact on CT behaviors, CT management, or …

Avoiding A Death Dance: Adding Steps To The International Law On The Use Of Force To Improve The Search For Alternatives To Force And Prevent Likely Harms, Brian J. Foley

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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Ay 2002/2003 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2002-10-16, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

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A Problem Of "Virtual" Proportions: The Difficulties Inherent In Tailoring Virtual Child Pornography Laws To Meet Constitutional Standards, Jasmin J. Farhangian

Journal of Law and Policy

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Insider Trading: Why To Commit The Crime From A Legal And Psychological Perspective, Emily A. Malone

Journal of Law and Policy

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The Status Of Same Sex Adoption In The Keystone State Subsequent To The State Supreme Court's Decision In Adoption Of R.B.F. And R.C.G., Martha Elizabeth Lieberman

Journal of Law and Policy

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Family Connectedness And Sexual Risk-Taking Among Urban Youth Attending Alternative High Schools, Christine M Markham, Susan R Tortolero, S Liliana Escobar-Chaves, Guy S Parcel, Ronald Harrist, Robert C Addy

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

CONTEXT: Youth in alternative high schools engage in risky sexual behavior at higher rates than do their peers in regular schools, placing themselves at an increased risk of sexually transmitted disease and unintended pregnancy. Family connectedness is associated with reduced adolescent sexual risk-taking, although this association has not been tested among alternative school youth.

METHODS: A sample of 976 urban, predominantly minority alternative high school students in Houston, Texas, were surveyed in 2000-2002. Survey data were analyzed using logistic regression to determine whether family connectedness is related to sexual risk-taking.

RESULTS: Overall, 68% of students reported ever having had sex. …

A Trial Of The Effects Of Intercessory Prayer On Student Performance, Christopher Clark

Masters Theses

The purpose of the present study is to test the efficacy of intercessory prayer on academic performance. One hundred and four students enrolled in a college business class and 63 regular church attendees volunteered to participate in the study. Design for the study was a matched groups reversal design. The students were paired according to their GPA's and randomly assigned to one of two groups. The first test of the semester constituted a baseline measure. For the first four-week period of the class and the first test, neither of the groups received prayer. Next, the church goers each received the …

The Effect Of Choice Order On Off Task Behavior In A Child With Autism, Lisa R. Cole

Masters Theses

This research project was designed to examine the effects of child-choice versus clinician-choice over the ordering of activities during speech-language therapy sessions. The dependent variables included disruptive/inappropriate behavior, non-task related verbal behavior, and redirection to the task. The independent variable was the presentation of choice over the ordering of activities within a therapy session.

The subject in this case study was a nine-year-old boy diagnosed with autism. At the beginning of each therapy session either the child or the clinician decided on the ordering of activities. A picture board and picture cards showed the activities that would be completed in …

The Effects Of Social Fields On The Telepathic Reception Of Information, Jamie A. Yarnall

Masters Theses

Field theories are increasingly used as explanations for extrasensory perception, suggesting the existence of some form of collective mind or social field. These theories imply that groups of individuals create fields that can contain and transfer information. The current study explored the telepathic transfer of information regarding randomly selected target locations. Groups of participants "sent" target locations to individuals, observed on close circuit television, who were either members of the group (ingroup) or not members (outgroup). We hypothesized that ingroup members would achieve above chance hit rates while outgroup members would score below chance. Approximately 30 senders sent 16 trials …

A Qualitative Analysis Of Coping Strategies And The Coming Out Process Of Gay Males In College Fraternities, Jack R. Trump

Masters Theses

Purpose

The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to identify existing themes in the lived experiences of five gay males who disclosed their sexuality to some or all of their fraternity brothers while still an undergraduate member. Interviews with the participants were conducted to identify (1) their perceptions of the environment within the fraternity in regard to sexuality, (2) coping strategies used to conceal their sexuality, (3) variables that facilitated coming-out to their fraternities, and ( 4) their approach to coming-out to their fraternities.

Methodology

Participants were obtained by means of a Call for Participants Email sent over a …