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Factors Affecting Environmental Concern In Bloomington-Normal Residents, Divya Soni '04, Katie Wehr '04

The Park Place Economist

This study focuses on what actions residents of Bloomington and Normal Illinois are taking to lessen their impact on the environment. These actions demonstrate their concern for the environment. Finding out what influences environmentally friendly actions is a difficult process because of the complexity and the number of factors that contribute to these decisions. Not only are the factors numerous, but they also vary in intensity. This study uncovers a few of the contributing factors to environmental concern of Bloomington-Normal residents.

Animal Ethics And The Scientific Study Of Animals: Bridging The “Is” And The “Ought”, David Fraser, Rod Preece

General - Ethics

From ancient Greece to the present, philosophers have variously emphasized either the similarities or the differences between humans and nonhuman animals as a basis for ethical conclusions. Thus animal ethics has traditionally involved both factual claims, usually about animals’ mental states and capacities, and ethical claims about their moral standing. However, even in modern animal ethics the factual claims are often scientifically uninformed, involve broad generalizations about diverse taxonomic groups, and show little agreement about how to resolve the contradictions. Research in cognitive ethology and animal welfare science provides empirical material and a set of emerging methods for testing the …

Reenchanting The Law: The Religious Dimension Of Judicial Decision Making, Mark C. Modak-Truran

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Raising The Bar Too High: Moseley V. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. And Relief Under The Federal Trademark Dilution Act, Amy E. Pulliam

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Chavez V. Martinez: Do You Really Have A Right To Silence?, Kimberly Cain Khomani

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Media Coverage On Rape Shield Laws In High-Profile Cases: Is The Victim Receiving A "Fair Trial"?, Megan Reidy

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Study Of The Impacts On Gardening To Older People : Case Study To "Tsuen Wan Golden Organic Farming Project", Asia-Pacific Institute Of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University, Produce Green Foundation

APIAS Working Paper 工作論文

Aims

This was an exploratory study to investigate how gardening could enhance and strengthen the physical health, psychological well-being and social networks of older participants.

Design and participants

Qualitative research methodology was adopted in this study. Interviews were conducted on ten elderly people. In order to check and confirm the information collected in the in-depth interviews and provide more useful information for our study, four older participants and four volunteer workers were invited to join our two focus group discussions (N=8) upon the completion of the in-depth interview. Data was collected between March and July of 2004.

Findings

In this …

The War On Terrorism: Peru’S Past And Present, A Legal Analysis (2004), Ralph Ruebner, Et Al.

Faculty White Papers

No abstract provided.

The Future At Risk: Child Labour, Bernadette L. Dean

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

Review Of Marion's "Ebbing & Flowing Springs: New And Selected Poems And Prose, 1976-2001", William Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.

When Vitalism Is Dead Wrong: The Discrimination Against And Torture Of Incompetent Patients By Compulsory Life- Sustaining Treatment, Alicia R. Ouellette

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Reading The Jurors Their Rights: The Continuing Question Of Grand Jury Independence, Gregory T. Fouts

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Growth No. 4 (2004) - Full Issue

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the fourth edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

Intellectual Humility And The Art Of Disagreement At The Christian College, James S. Spiegel

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

Education at a Christian college properly features both honest inquiry and unwavering allegiance to core theological standards, such as those embodied in the classical creeds. This combination of commitments can create tension for the Christian educator, as insistence upon doctrinal allegiance can inadvertently reinforce dogmatic attitudes so common among late adolescents. In this paper I discuss the virtue of intellectual humility and its importance for combating student dogmatism in an atmosphere of steadfast Christian commitment. After distinguishing between theological essentials and disputable matters, I discuss philosophical and theological grounds for being intellectually humble. And I illustrate ways in which faculty …

Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates For Lives Of Moral And Civic Responsibility, Pedro Villarreal Iii

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

Commitment And Connection: Service-Learning And Christian Higher Education, Monica L. Mullins

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

A Quantitative Methodology For Determining The Need For Exposure-Prompted Medical Monitoring, Christopher P. Guzelian, Bruce E. Hillner, Philip S. Guzelian

Indiana Law Journal

Some toxic exposures to drugs or other environmental chemicals may create an increased risk of future disease for which periodic preventive medical screening might be desirable. However, many of these risks, even if unacceptable as a matter of public health policy, might still not be significant enough for medical monitoring (periodic diagnostic screening for latent illnesses or medical conditions) to be an appropriate medical intervention. This somewhat unintuitive, but statistically certain, conclusion can be demonstrated in relatively simple mathematical terms. Accordingly, we introduce Bayes's Rule and decision analysis, a quantitative methodology commonly employed by medical practitioners. A review of current …

Health Educators In Florida’S County Public Health Departments: Frequency Of And Perceived Confidence In Performing Entry-Level Competencies, Gwendolyn Matthews, Michele Johnson Moore, Chudley Werch

Public Health Faculty Research and Scholarship

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the activities of health educators in Florida’s county health departments concur with the responsibilities and competencies for health educators that have been established by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC, 2003). Fifty-three (68.8%) county public health department health educators completed a modified version of the Self-Assessment for the Health Education Specialist instrument (National Task Force, 1987) to determine the frequency and perceived confidence in performing entry-level health educator responsibilities. The data indicated that the entry-level responsibilities reflect the current health education practice in this group of health educators. The …

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Report To The Community And The Blue Foundation Annual Report, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Annual company report to the community for 2004 detailing Blue Cross of Florida's The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida's charitable initiatives, community involvement, business operations, financial assets and expenditures, and executive leadership.

University Of South Carolina Discovery Day 2004 Abstracts, University Of South Carolina

Discovery Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Keynote Address, Ronald Dworkin

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Gender, Negotiating Gender And (Free And Equal) Citizenship: The Place Of Associations, Linda C. Mcclain

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Gender, Democratic Citizenship V. Patriarchy: A Feminist Perspective On Rawls, Marion Smiley

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Implications Of Early Marriage For Hiv/Aids Policy, Judith Bruce, Shelley Clark

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This brief is based on a background paper prepared for the WHO/UNFPA/Population Council Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents, held in Geneva, Switzerland, December 9–12, 2003. The final paper is entitled “Including married adolescents in adolescent reproductive health and HIV/AIDS policy.” The consultation brought together experts from the United Nations, donors, and nongovernmental agencies to consider the evidence regarding married adolescent girls’ reproductive health, vulnerability to HIV infection, social and economic disadvantage, and rights. The relationships to major policy initiatives—including safe motherhood, HIV, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive rights—were explored, and emerging findings from the still relatively rare programs …

Including Married Adolescents In Adolescent Reproductive Health And Hiv/Aids Policy, Judith Bruce, Shelley Clark

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The majority of sexually active girls aged 15–19 in developing countries are married, and married adolescent girls tend to have higher rates of HIV infection than their sexually active, unmarried peers. Married adolescent girls represent a sizable fraction of adolescents at risk and experience some of the highest rates of HIV prevalence of any group. Nonetheless, married adolescents have been marginal in adolescent HIV/AIDS policies and programs and have not been the central subjects for programs aimed at adult married women. This paper offers a partial explanation for why married adolescents have so often been overlooked, the reasons why marriage …

Socioeconomic Disadvantage And Unsafe Sexual Behaviors Among Young Women And Men In South Africa, Kelly Hallman

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This study investigates how relative socioeconomic status influences the sexual behaviors of young women and men aged 14–24 years in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa—an environment characterized by high HIV prevalence and high rates of poverty and inequality. Relative economic disadvantage is found to significantly increase the likelihood of a variety of unsafe sexual behaviors and experiences. Poorer young people, especially females, also have significantly lower access to media sources for family planning information. Without sufficient attention in the design and placement of HIV prevention programs to the economic and social conditions in which individuals live, the potential effectiveness of the …

Popular Perceptions Of Emerging Influences On Mortality And Longevity In Bangladesh And West Bengal, Sajeda Amin, Alaka Malwade Basu

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Although new environmental and pathological threats to human survival and longevity have been documented, relatively little is known about how these threats are perceived in the popular imagination. During fieldwork in rural Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, researching the changing costs of and motivations for reproduction, the authors included survey questions on respondents’ perceptions of changing mortality. Child-mortality levels were perceived to have fallen drastically in recent times, but for the middle-aged and the elderly, the past was seen as a better time in terms of health and survival. The decline in adult health is attributed to environmental deterioration and …

Gender Differences In Time Use Among Adolescents In Developing Countries: Implications Of Rising School Enrollment Rates, Amanda Ritchie, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Monica J. Grant

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Researchers at the Population Council have been involved in the collection of data on time use from adolescents in India, Kenya, Pakistan, and South Africa. Three questions are addressed in this working paper: (1) How does time use change during the transition to adulthood? (2) Does gender role differentiation intensify during the transition? (3) Does school attendance attenuate gender differences? The data document differences in time use patterns between students and nonstudents. Although female adolescent students still work longer hours than male adolescent students, the gender division of labor that typically develops during adolescence is greatly attenuated among students when …

Differentials In Life Expectancy And Active Life Expectancy By Socioeconomic Status Among Older Adults In Beijing, Toshiko Kaneda, Zachary Zimmer, Zhe Tang

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This Population Council working paper compares estimates of life expectancy and active life expectancy across indicators of socioeconomic status for a cohort of older adults in Beijing Municipality. The aim is to determine whether associations are consistent across indicators and with those typically observed in Western industrialized countries. The research finds that men of higher status experience advantages with respect to life and active life expectancies. Among women, only active life expectancy is significantly greater for those of higher status, but the difference by income is not statistically significant. With respect to the proportion of life spent in an active …

Unraveling The Labyrinth: A Proposed Revision Of The Nebraska Juvenile Code, Mark Ells, Robert B. O'Neal, Victoria Weisz, Jennifer Conner

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction . . . . . 1128

II. Terminology . . . . . 1132

A. Child in Need of State Protection . . . . . 1137

1. Current Statute . . . . . 1137

2. Proposed Changes . . . . . 1137

3. Meaning of the Changes . . . . . 1138

4. Rationale . . . . . 1138

5. Legal Issues . . . . . 1139

6. National Perspective . . . . . 1139

7. International Perspective . . . . . 1140

8. Social Science Research . . . …