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No. 1: Towards The Harmonization Of Immigration And Refugee Law In Sadc, Jonathan Klaaren, Bonaventure Rutinwa

Southern African Migration Programme

The MIDSA project on legal harmonization of immigration and refugee law in the Southern African Development Community had four main objectives: (a) to collect and collate information on national legislation in a single publication as a resource for policy-makers; (b) to identify points of similarity and difference in national immigration law between SADC-member states; (c) to investigate the possibilities for harmonization of national immigration policy and law; and (d) in the interests of good governance and regional cooperation and integration to make specific recommendations for harmonization. A second, parallel, SAMP study is investigating the issue of harmonization of migration data …

The Natural History And Morphology Of The Eastern Cricket Frog, Acris Crepitans Crepitans, In West Virginia, Kimberly Ann Bayne

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Two subspecies of cricket frogs, Acris crepitans blanchardi and Acris crepitans crepitans, historically have occurred in West Virginia. The range of Acris c. blanchardi, Blanchard’s Cricket Frog, begins along the Ohio River extending into West Virginia. The Eastern Cricket Frog, Acris c. crepitans, is found in counties located in the eastern panhandle. The Eastern Cricket Frog is a species of great concern. Two sites where Acris c. crepitans historically occurred, two sites that never contained A. c. crepitans, one historical site that currently has A. c. crepitans, and two new sites that have A. c. crepitans were studied by auditory …

Modernization And Divorce In Japan, Motonobu Mukai

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Divorce rates in Japan have increased since the mid-1960s, and even more rapidly since the 1990s. Divorce rates decreased throughout the period of industrialization, although modernization theory has argued that economic development brings pervasive cultural changes (including higher divorce rates). However, values regarding family are also influenced by the persistence of traditional values. Before WWII in Japan, a decreasing divorce rate was influenced by political ideology, which deliberately intended to change traditional ways of marriage and divorce. After WWII, however, this ideology diminished, and material affluence has led to an individualistic view that in turn has led to higher divorce …

Explore, Spring 2004, Vol. 7, No. 2: Balancing Work And Family, Ignatian Center For Jesuit Education

explore

Contents: Work-Family Balance: Problems and Prospects; My Juggling Act; A Delicate Balance; What Is a Life Well Led?; The Decline of Community and Growth of Hidden Work; Grading on the Curve; Bannan Grant Report: œBarred From Life; Coming Events; Next Issue

2004-05 Bulletin Of Information - Undergraduate, Seattle University

Bulletin of Information

No abstract provided.

Northwest Yearly Meeting Of Friends Minutes, 2004, George Fox University Archives

Northwest Yearly Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, previously known as the Oregon Yearly Meeting.

Student Handbook, 2004-2005, George Fox University Archives

Student Handbooks

Student Handbook of George Fox University.

2004 Roster, George Fox University Archives

Baseball

2004 Men's Baseball Roster, George Fox University

George Fox University Graduate Catalog, 2003-2004, George Fox University Archives

Catalogs

Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog of George Fox University. 121 pages, color.

The Appearance Of Impropriety: Making Agreements To Arbitrate In Health Care Contracts More Palatable, Kathrine Kuhn Galle

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

2004 Press Release, George Fox University Archives

Men's Track and Field

2004 Men's Track and Field Press Releases, George Fox College.

Surprises In Caregiving, Charles D. Dolph

Alumni Publications

No abstract provided.

A Processed Pseudogene Contributes To Apparent Mule Deer Prion Gene Heterogeneity, Kelly A. Brayton, Katherine I. O'Rourke, Amy K. Lyda, Michael W. Miller, Donald P. Knowles Jr.

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

Pathogenesis and transmission of the prion disorders (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, TSEs) are mediated by a modified isoform of the prion protein (PrP). Prion protein gene (PRNP) alleles associated with relative susceptibility to TSE have been identified in sheep, humans and possibly elk. Comparable data have not been derived for mule deer, a species susceptible to the TSE chronic wasting disease (CWD). Initial analysis of the open reading frame (ORF) in exon 3 of the mule deer PRNP gene revealed polymorphisms in all 145 samples analyzed, with 10 potential polymorphic sites. Because 144/145 (99.3%) of the samples were heterozygous …

Resistance To Scrapie In Prp Arr/Arq Heterozygous Sheep Is Not Caused By Preferential Allelic Use, P. A. Caplazi, Katherine I. O'Rourke, T. V. Baszler

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

Scrapie is a prion disease in sheep that, similar to Kuru or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), requires both prion exposure and a genetic susceptibility. Susceptibility is defined by amino acid polymorphisms in the single copy prion protein (PrP) gene, Prnp. Specifically, in sheep homozygous for A at position 136 and R at position 154, susceptibility is defined by R or Q at position 171. The genotype ARQ/ARQ confers susceptibility, whereas (apart from a few reported exceptions) genotypes ARR/ARQ and ARR/ARR confer resistance. Similarly, a M/V polymorphism at Prnp codon 129 determines susceptibility to vCJD and Kuru,4 with partial resistance conferred …

Polymorphisms In The Prion Precursor Functional Gene But Not The Pseudogene Are Associated With Susceptibility To Chronic Wasting Disease In White-Tailed Deer, Katherine I. O'Rourke, Terry R. Spraker, Linda K. Hamburg, Thomas E. Besser, Kelly A. Brayton, Donald P. Knowles

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) status and PrP genotypes were determined for a group of 133 wild white-tailed deer in a 780 acre enclosure in western Nebraska, USA. Approximately half of the deer tested showed evidence of PrP^d in the brainstem or lymphoid tissues. Four PRNP alleles encoding amino acid substitutions were identified, with substitutions at residues 95 (Q→H), 96 (G→S) or 116 (A→G), each with serine (S) at residue 138. In addition, a processed pseudogene with two alleles encoding five or six copies of the octapeptide repeat was identified in 26% of the deer. Both alleles encoded asparagine (N) …

Transmission Of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy To Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) By Intracerebral Inoculation, Amir N. Hamir, Janice M. Miller, Katherine I. O'Rourke, Jason C. Bartz, Mick J. Stack, Melanie J. Chaplin

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

To determine the transmissibility of transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) agent to raccoons and to provide information about clinical course, lesions, and suitability of currently used diagnostic procedures for detection of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in raccoons, 4 raccoon kits were inoculated intracerebrally with a brain suspension from mink experimentally infected with TME. One uninoculated raccoon kit served as a control. All 4 animals in the TME-inoculated group showed clinical signs of neurologic disorder and were euthanized between 21 and 23 weeks postinoculation (PI). Necropsy examinations revealed no gross lesions. Spongiform encephalopathy was observed by light microscopy, and the presence of …

Variable Patterns Of Distribution Of Prpcwd In The Obex And Cranial Lymphoid Tissues Of Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus Elaphus Nelsoni) With Subclinical Chronic Wasting Disease, T. R. Spraker, A. Balachandran, D. Zhuang, Katherine I. O'Rourke

Zoonotics and Wildlife Disease: Publications

Sections of medulla oblongata. taken at the level of the obex, palatine tonsil and medial retropharyngeal lymph node from 10,269 captive Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), were examined by immunohistochemical staining with monoclonal antibody for the prion protein associated with the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids, chronic wasting disease (PrP^CWD). The protein was detected in 226 of them. On the basis of the anatomical location of the deposits in the brainstem of 183 elk, four distinct patterns of distribution of PrP^CWD within the parasympathetic region of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve …

Caregiver Education And Service Utilization In African American Families Dealing With Dementia, Constance L. Coogle

Virginia Center on Aging Publications

For more than a decade attention has been focused on Alzheimer’s family caregivers in African American communities. The Fourth Report of the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer’s Disease to the U. S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calls for “…public education and outreach efforts specifically targeted to ethnic elders and their families and communities through the development and dissemination of culturally relevant materials emphasizing both the established facts about [Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders] and the efficacy of seeking treatment.” (Advisory Panel on Alzheimer’s Disease, 1993, p. 50). While federal financing and state initiatives have addressed …

Focus On: News Of Interest In The Photochemical Sciences, Volume 17 Issue 1, Spectrum Editors

The Spectrum

Includes: First Observations of CIOOCI; Aerosol Photochemistry; Molina Heads West; Immersion Lithography: Clear Path Ahead; Commercial Liquid Immersion Tools; Photodynamic Therapy; Microfabrication With Two-Photon Technology; New Year's Resolution; Finally a Foveon for Consumers; Laser Safety Guide; Photochemistry on Mars

An Investigation Into The Actual Transfer Efficiency Of High Volume Low Pressure Spray Guns, William R. Zimmerle Jr.

Graduate Student Work

With the past research in pollution prevention for the painting and coatings industry the Iowa Waste Reduction Center has established a solid reputation of being unbiased and a leader in progressive thinking. At this point, no research has been preformed to specifically verify the TE of HVLP spray guns. The IWRC currently is preforming research and training to determine and improve spray technicians TE. In the past, research to verify other pollution prevention equipment has been performed. One example of such activity is the Environmental Technology Verification for the Laser Touch® Beta Model research project. This project verified that a …

Love Of Learning, K. Ann Renninger, C. Sansone, J. L. Smith

Educational Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Challenges For Reducing Inequities In Health And Healthcare For The 21st Century, Osman Galal, Roberto De Vogli

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Human life expectancy during the time of the Roman Empire was approximately 28 years. In 1990, global life expectancy had increased to 65 years. The advances in life expectancy in the 20th century were remarkable by any standard. Although many factors contributed to this enhanced life expectancy, including medical technologies, by far the largest proportion of the increase occurred as a consequence of economic growth, rising living standards and nutrition. Despite the large improvements in terms of life expectancy, significant health variations still remain between countries and across different socioeconomic classes with in countries. As the 20th century proceeded, a …

Breast Feeding And Childhood Obesity, Ashley R. Mckenna

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Obesity is an epidemic in today's "obesogenic" society, a society that encourages excess food consumption but also idealizes thinness (Golan & Crow, 2004). One at-risk population that is gathering much attention, and much concern, is children. Obesity is the most frequent nutritional disorder in children (von Kries et al., 1999). Recent numbers indicate that the prevalence of obesity in children (ages six-11) has doubled, from seven percent in 1980 to 15.3 percent in 2000; the prevalence for adolescents (ages 12-19) has tripled, from five percent in 1980 to 15.5 percent in 2000 (AOA, 2004).

Socioeconomic Status And Domestic Violence, Disa K. V. Lubker

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Domestic violence is pandemic and affects women and families all over the world. It involves the "systematic use of violence and abuse to gain power over and to control a partner of ex-partner (DVIP)." Forms of domestic violence include any physical or sexual contact, aggression or violence that is unwanted and may take the form of threats, harassment, verbal abuse, hitting, kicking, etc. (DVIP). It is estimated that 20 to 50 percent of the world's female population will be victims of domestic violence (Feminist Majority), and in the United States, it is estimated that at some point in their lives, …

Teenagers Who Plan Parenthood, Julie A. Quinlivan

Medical Conference Papers

It is clear that a variable number of teenage mothers have, to some extent, planned parenthood. From an evolutionary perspective, it could be argued that teenage childbearing may in fact be a positive adaptive mechanism for humans raised in a hostile environment. Life history theory suggests that in risky and uncertain environments the optimal reproductive strategy is to reproduce early in order to maximise the probability of leaving any descendents at all. If some teenagers are planning or hoping for pregnancy, it is possible that some positive behavioural changes may be observed. This has proven to be the case with …

Traits, Skills, And Knowledge Required Of Successful Human Resource Leaders, Susan R. Madsen, Anita Musto

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

One challenge for institutions of higher learning is developing and redesigning programs and curriculum that will prepare graduates to meet the current and ongoing demands of the workplace. Partnerships between academia and business working together for this purpose are imperative. Human resource management is one of the fastest changing areas in business. This article reports qualitative data collected to explore the general areas of knowledge, skills, traits, and characteristics most important for successful human resource leadership. The results of this study will assist practitioners and academia in the development of cutting-edge human resource leadership programs and curriculum.

Training And Development In Public Health: An Adult Learning Guide For Public Health Professionals, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

As a public health professional, have you ever been asked to...

• Present an idea or concept at a meeting?
• Show a co-worker how to complete a task?
• Present at a conference?
• Develop directions or instructions for a procedure?

Many of us in the category of "reluctant trainer."

A common sentiment may be that, "I will train others because I was asked to, but I'd rather be at the dentist." If a person is reluctant to train, it will become evident to the trainee. Knowledge and practice of good training techniques is key to shedding a reluctant outlook on training. This …

What I Believe About Leadership And Education : A Reflective Essay, Todd M. Coulter

Graduate Research Papers

The key to leadership is confidence: not only in yourself, but those around you to get the job done to your satisfaction. Good leaders surround themselves with good people to whom they can delegate responsibility to and trust that it will be done satisfactorily. Leaders must not only bask in the glow of success, but also bathe in the spotlight of failure, readily admitting fault when necessary.

A quality leader possesses good motivational skills and is adept at "handling" people. In my experiences, good leaders remain calm under pressure and are constantly striving to improve not only themselves, but also …

The Brook Fall 2004, V. 5, N. 01, Stony Brook University Office Of Communications.

The Brook

v.: ill. ; 30 cm (original analog pub.),Brook

The Brook Winter 2004, V. 5, N. 02, Stony Brook University Office Of Communications.

The Brook

v.: ill. ; 30 cm (original analog pub.),Brook