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Domain Names, The Internet, And Trademarks: Infringement In Cyberspace, Gayle Weiswasser

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Winter 2004

University of Richmond Magazine

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Spring 2004

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Fall 2004

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

A Computational Approach To Resolving Certain Issues In Spanish Stress Placement, David Eddington

Faculty Publications

Previous research into Spanish stress assignment suggests that accentuation involves learning and storing individual word tokens along with their inherent stress patterns, and analogizing on stored words when the need arises to determine the stress pattern of an unknown or unavailable word. Exactly what variables are most relevant to stress assignment has been hotly debated. In the present study, a number of analogical simulations were carried out to determine whether elements of the CV tier, syllable weight, phonemic representation, or a combination of these, best accounts for accentuation in Spanish.

Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2004-2005, Grand Valley State University

Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current

Grand Valley State University 2004-2005 undergraduate and/or graduate course catalog published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.

Under The Empirical Radar: An Initial Expressive Law Analysis Of The Ada, Michael Ashley Stein

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Flawed Justice: Limitation Of Parental Remedies For The Loss Of Consortium Of Adult Children, William S. Bailey

Articles

This article presents the inherent contradiction between a parent-child relationship that has steadily evolved from the early 20th Century to the present and the multitude of court decisions on damages that remain studiously ignorant of this shift.

Part I of the article will set forth the common law origins of restrictions on recovery for wrongful death within the context of a shifting view of children from economic units to objects of adoration. Part II will examine the devastating impact that the loss of an adult child has on parents both from their perspectives and from now existing research.

In the …

The Influences Of Family Leisure Patterns On Perceptions Of Family Functioning*, Ramon B. Zabriskie, Bryan P. Mccormick

Faculty Publications

This study conducted a preliminary test of a model of family leisure functioning by examining the relationship of core and balance family leisure patterns to family cohesion and adaptability. We hypothesized that core family leisure patterns address family needs for stability, facilitate the development of cohesive relationships, and are related to perceptions of family cohesion, whereas balance family leisure patterns address family needs for change, facilitate the development of adaptive skills, and are related to perceptions of family adaptability. Findings from 2 multiple regression analyses provided preliminary support for the model. Conclusions and implications are discussed.

Aku Newsletter : January 2004, Volume 5, Issue 1, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Caregivers' Relationship Satisfaction And Perception Of Competency As Predictors Of Quality Of Life For Als Patients , Jessica Stewart Allen

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

In addition to the physiological impact of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), patients and spousal caregivers experience significant emotional and psychological reactions to the disease and its course. As there is no effective treatment and no cure for this debilitating, fatal neuromuscular disease, treatment should include psychological interventions to improve patients' disease experience. External factors impacting psychological well-being of patients must be identified to allow for effective and relevant intervention. The current study examined the relationships between level of care provided to patients, caregivers' relationship satisfaction, and caregivers' perceived competence, and whether these factors predict patient quality of life (QOL). It …

Unf Journal Winter 2004, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida.

The Relationship Between Standardized Test Improvement Instruction And Stanford Nine Achievement Test Scores., Teresa R. Marsh

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the relationship between standardized test instruction programs and Stanford Achievement Test Edition Nine scores. To examine this relationship, total basic skills scores were obtained from a selected high school's class of 2003–2004 as well as total basic skills score means from four other counties' classes of 2003–2004. The data set contained 131 total basic skills scores per grades eight through eleven from the selected high school and a total basic skills score mean from the seventh grade of those students and total basic skills score means from grades 7–11 from the class of 2003–2004 from two high …

Investigating Science Teachers' Beliefs About Science And Science Teaching: Struggles In Implementing Science Education Reform In Saudi Arabia., Saleh A. Al-Abdulkareem

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purposes of this quantitative, descriptive study were to investigate Saudi science teachers' beliefs about science and science teaching, and to determine how do Saudi science teachers view educational reform in science and how do they view change in education. In addition, the study sought to establish whether Saudi science teachers would be able to participate in implementing science education reform in Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was used to collect data, addressing personal characteristics of the participant, teachers' beliefs about science and nature, about school science, about teacher - student relations in the classroom, and environmental factors affecting teaching science. …

A Microbiological And Clinical Assessment Of Orthodontic Patients With Poor Oral Hygiene., Brett Eckley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Hypothesis: There is no statistically significant difference between counts of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Bacteroides forsythus, organism morphotypes, and probing depths and plaque scores in orthodontic patients with poor oral hygiene. Thirteen patients were included in the study. Before orthodontic appliances were placed (as baseline) and for four months a BANA test, plaque score, probing depths, and microscopy analysis were performed. Data were analyzed with ANOVA and Tukey HSD. Significant differences were found among patients for the BANA and plaque score. Significant differences were found among visits for the BANA, plaque score, and probing depth. There was an increase …

Spectral Analysis And Regularity Quantification Of Skeletal Muscle Signals As A Non-Invasive Assessment Of Muscle Activity., Israel Restus Hall

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The research presented here was carried out at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Morgantown, West Virginia. At NIOSH, there is a strong need for modes of analyzing a wealth of biomedical data. In this particular case, that data was comprised of numerous muscleinduced force-time series, derived from two groups of experimental subjects. One group was comprised of rats exposed to vibration similar to that experienced by human workers who work with certain hand-tools or equipment. The other group was a control group, not exposed …

Mediational Tool Use And Strategic Behaviors During Collaborative Online Reading: A Microgenetic Case Study Of Beginning Students Of German, Sabine Siekmann

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated collaborative online reading from a Sociocultural Theory (SCT) perspective. Building on, yet transcending, research into learning strategies, the research focused on the concepts of mediational tool use, strategic behavior, and patterns of dialogic engagement of college student dyads as they completed a series of three collaborative WebQuests in a beginning German as a Foreign Language (GFL) class.

On-screen actions and verbal interaction of six dyads of beginning GFL students were recorded during three short-term, collaborative WebQuests. Full motion screen recordings were transcribed, and relevant episodes were coded for mediational tool use and strategic behaviors.

All dyads used …

The Sounds Of Silence : Music Education And Academic Achievement, Donny Brazile

Graduate Research Papers

This research began with the author's firsthand experience with regard to the value of music education. Very few deny the benefits of music education and its connection to academic achievement. In a recent poll administered by the Gallup Organization, 95 percent of Americans believe music to be a cornerstone of a quality education, and over 75 percent of those polled suggested that music education should be mandated by the schools. However, far too many music education programs are being cut, or are in grave danger of being cut, from the curriculum nationwide. Research clearly shows the importance of music education: …

Students Who Self-Injure : How Can Counselors Help, Martha Watter

Graduate Research Papers

It is estimated that approximately two million Americans self-injure (Nadelson, 2000). Generally, females are most likely to self-injure and usually begin in their teens. Approximately 72 percent of those who self-injure use deliberate cutting (Ng, 1998). Although possibly new to many common civilians, self-injury has been called the addiction of the 90's according to many researchers (Nadelson, 2000). This paper describes what self-injury is, when it usually begins, and the many reasons why an adolescent chooses to self injure himself or herself. Each teen should be treated as an individual, although, most often, self-injurers come from similar family situations and/or …

Banishment From Within And Without: Analyzing Indigenous Sentencing Under International Human Rights Standards, Colin Miller

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Privacy Protections For The Rape Complainant: Half A Fig Leaf, Marah Demeule

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pragmatism And Freedom Of Speech, George R. Wright

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mental Health - Crimes: The United States Supreme Court Sets Guidelines For Forcibly Medicating Incompetent Pre-Trial Detainees Solely For Prosecutorial Purposes - Sell V. United States, Tiffany L. Johnson

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

North Dakota Supreme Court Review

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Implications Of Developmental Cognitive Research On "Evolving Standards Of Decency" And The Imposition Of The Death Penalty On Juveniles, Lucy C. Ferguson

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fundamental Human Rights Compared In Two Progressive Constitutions: Japan And Montana, Fritz Snyder

Faculty Law Review Articles

This article focuses on certain of the fundamental or inalienable rights of the Japan Constitution and compares and contrasts them with their counterparts in the Montana Constitution.

The Campus Crime And Security Report, V. 8 (Fall 2003), Illinois State University Police Department

Clery Act Annual Security Report

Illinois State University Police Department Annual Security Report

Why Do Auditors Over-Rely On Weak Analytical Procedures? The Role Of Outcome And Insensitivity To Precision, Steven M. Glover, Douglas F. Prawitt, T. Jeffrey Wilks

Faculty Publications

Recent evidence from highly publicized frauds and from the Public Oversight Board’s Panel on Audit Effectiveness (2000) indicates that auditors sometimes over-rely on weak evidence supporting a clean audit opinion. In experiment 1 we examine whether a favorable outcome, together with insensitivity to factors relating to the strength of evidence, could lead to over-reliance on weak substantive procedures. In experiment 2 we examine whether an explicit ex ante prompt can sensitize auditors to the weaknesses of an unreliable substantive procedure. Our examination is conducted in the context of substantive analytical procedures that are performed to provide evidence during the substantive …

International Application Of The Uccjea: Scruntinizing The Escape Clause, Marianne Blair

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

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Connecting To Learn: Educational And Assistive Technologies For People With Disabilities, Howard P. Parette, Marcia J. Scherer

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Our fundamental sense of connectedness, our sense of well-being, is usually derived from the quality of interactions we have over time. We need to feel that we're connected with our environment and the people and information that we value. Assistive and educational technologies have already done much to eliminate the challenges and barriers posed by disabilities and they will be even more crucial to the educational and vocational success of this population from the boardroom to the classroom; in the community and in the home.

While there are many benefits to be gained by using assistive technologies, they have the …