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Self‐Consistent Diffusive Lifetimes Of Weibel Magnetic Fields In Gamma‐Ray Bursts, C. H. Jaroschek, H. Lesch, R. A. Treumann

Dartmouth Scholarship

Weibel filamentation in relativistic plasma shell collisions has been demonstrated as an efficient and fast mechanism for the generation of near-equipartition magnetic fields in self-consistent particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. In generic γ-ray burst (GRB) models with kinetically dominated plasma outflow, sufficient strength and lifetime of magnetic fields are essential to validate synchrotron emission as the source of radiative outbursts. In this article we report on self-consistent PIC simulations of pair-plasma shell collisions in the highly relativistic regime with particle ensembles up to 5 × 10⁸. Energy dependence of magnetic field generation in the Weibel process is discussed, and for …

The Differences In Performance Between Large And Small Organizations In Mental Health Settings, Randy Parker

Dissertations

The quantitative part of this study examined the relationship between organizational size and staff performance in mental health group home settings.The data from two hundred and sixty-two group homes from small, medium, and large umbrella organizations were examined. The results of independent third party evaluations were compared across these umbrella organizations. Evaluations measured compliance and performance mandated by federal health and safety regulations.

The qualitative part of this study involved on-site interviews with group home staff from various organizations at various professional levels which scored either a low or a high number of errors. A qualitative analysis was conducted to …

Property As Legal Knowledge: Means And Ends, Annelise Riles

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This article takes anthropologists’ renewed interest in property theory as an opportunity to consider legal theory-making as an ethnographic subject in its own right. My focus is on one particular construct – the instrument, or relation of means to ends, that animates both legal and anthropological theories about property. An analysis of the workings of this construct leads to the conclusion that rather than critique the ends of legal knowledge, the anthropology of property should devote itself to articulating its own means.

Why We Write: Reflections On Legal Scholarship, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Changing Patterns Xi: Mortgage Lending To Traditionally Underserved Borrowers & Neighborhoods In Greater Boston, 1990-2003, Jim Campen

Gastón Institute Publications

The present study is the latest in a series of annual updates of the original report, Changing Patterns: Mortgage Lending in Boston, 1990-1993. Beginning in 1998, the reports’ geographic scope was expanded t o include an examination of mortgage lending patterns in 27 cities and towns surrounding the city of Boston. In last year’s report, the geographic coverage was further expanded to include a total of 108 communities.

The text that follows this introduction highlights some of the most significant findings that emerge from the extensive set of tables and charts that constitute the bulk of the report. The …

Changing Patterns Xi: Mortgage Lending To Traditionally Underserved Borrowers And Neighborhoods In Greater Boston, 1990-2003, Jim Campen

Gastón Institute Publications

The present study is the latest in a series of annual updates of the original report, Changing Patterns: Mortgage Lending in Boston, 1990-1993. Beginning in 1998, the reports’ geographic scope was expanded t o include an examination of mortgage lending patterns in 27 cities and towns surrounding the city of Boston. In last year’s report, the geographic coverage was further expanded to include a total of 108 communities.

The text that follows this introduction highlights some of the most significant findings that emerge from the extensive set of tables and charts that constitute the bulk of the report. The …

Underrepresented Doctoral Students: The Cultural And Institutional Barriers That Hinder Their Ability To Graduate, Nancy Greer-Williams

Dissertations

African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian doctoral students continue to have attrition rates substantially higher than their White counterparts (Lovitts, 2001). Attrition was defined as the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack (Merriam-Webster, 2004). Research todate on this topic has focused on causes and barriers that can be attributed to mainstream groups, not on particular cultural barriers that may adversely affectdoctoral persistence among underrepresented groups. This study collected the lived experiences of these students at three separate university settings and turned them into conceptualized statements in an effort to understand the meaning of their experiences …

Edwardsville Senior H.S. Graduate Elected Student Senate President At Illinois Wesleyan University, Leslie Boelter

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Normal Community West H.S. Graduate Elected Student Senate Vice President At Illinois Wesleyan University, Leslie Boelter

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Suitcase Social Sends Two Iwu Students To Mystery Locale, Anna Deters

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Reimagining The Learned Intermediary Rule For The New Pharmaceutical Marketplace, Timothy S. Hall

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Collective Security With A Human Face: An International Legal Framework For Coordinated Action To Alleviate Violence And Poverty, Jennifer Moore

Faculty Scholarship

Part I of this article will explore some of the diverse theoretical and cultural roots of the human security concept set forth in the U.N. Charter, as well as the limited historical impact of the human security concept in global affairs since the United Nation's birth. Part II confronts the negative impact of the "War against Terrorism" on the war against poverty by linking recent developments in Iraq and the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Finally, Part III analyzes the international law arguments supporting a legal obligation to promote human security in the U.N. Charter, various human fights instruments, and …

Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This study uses national data from the 1996 Life History and Social change in Contemporary China survey (N = 3,087) to gauge the effect of the economic transition on parent-adult child coresidence in urban China. Previous studies find that, thanks to state actions, traditional patterns in coresidence persisted in post-Mao urban China. This study still finds high levels of coresidence. China's aging population, coupled with an underdeveloped social security system, means that the traditional role of family will remain strong. It also uncovers three new patterns, however, best explained as caused by changes in the economic realm. First, the coresidence …

自殺防治與醫學教育, 明濱 李

Journal of Medical Education

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台灣醫學教育改革中的“醫學人文”概念與實踐初探, 介修 劉, 克明 劉

Journal of Medical Education

近年來，「醫學人文教育」在台灣醫學院校成為一種時代性的「政治正確」企圖重新「把人帶回醫學」，期許新世代的醫療人員能具備更豐富的「人文素養」。本文試圖以台灣「醫學人文教育」為主軸，擬定幾組研究問題，從文獻回顧的歷程描繪台灣醫學教育改革中，關於「醫學人文」的主要論述形成背景、轉變歷程，以及實踐風貌。我們期盼這樣的研究探索，能在各種教改方案研擬之外，開啓台灣醫學教育研究的新取向。本文提出了台灣醫學教育改革中，關於「醫學人文」的主要三個論述與實踐的主軸，包括(1)「醫學人文教育」成為醫學教育改革和通識教育發展趨勢的聯繫，(2)「醫學人文教育」作為醫界社會運動的路徑，(3)「醫學人文教育」與「美感經驗」和「藝術鑑賞」的聯繫。此外，本文提出目前關於「醫學人文教育」改革的三個主要的爭議，分別是(1)「貧穿」與「淨空」的爭議，(2)「一般性」與「特殊性」的辯論，(3)「認知」與「態度」的取捨。

台灣當前醫學人文課程之實施現況與推展困境, 美英 高, 碧鴻 呂, 齡霙 褚

Journal of Medical Education

為了詳盡呈現和比較台灣正在全面進行的醫學人文課程改革之實施與內涵，以及各校在實施如此重大變革時所面臨的問題與困境，本研究採用深入訪談的方式，針對全國十一所醫學院校的課程主要決策和執行者，以及相關之專家學者，總計32位進行面對面的訪談，以探討與比較目前台灣各醫學院校之醫學人文相關課程，包括實施內涵與過程中所面臨的相關問題子。此外為了希望對當前臺灣的醫學人文教育課程有深入而全面的瞭解和比較，也進行了醫學人文課程實施之調查，搜集所有醫學院校醫學系91學年度上下學期的開課課表，並加以分析。研究的結果發現在課程方面，從各校所開的課程中可以歸類為由醫學系特別為醫學生所開設，與醫學相關的非醫學專業課程，以及一般通識課程。在第一及第二部分課程的分類上，有不少重疊的灰色地帶。而各校在雅行醫學人文課程時，遭過到不少的困難，不同的學校所面臨的困境也不盡相同。根據受訪者所提出的問題，約略可以分為老師和學生兩方面。在老師方面，主要的問題是師資不足和老師認同兩者。而在學生方面，主要的問題則包括對醫學人文課程的認同不夠、缺乏主動學習的精神，和學生人數太多等。

Table Of Contents (V. 46, No. 3)

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished? Establishing A Self-Evaluating Privilege For Corporate Internal Investigations, Theodore R. Lotchin

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

"I Ne Sey Noght Is In Despyt Of Women": Antifeminism In Robert De Gretham's Mirror, Kathleen Blumreich

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Pride In Our Progress: An Examination Of The John F. Kennedy Administration's Record Concerning Civil Rights And Environmentalism, Benjamin Mudrick

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Sigma: Journal Of Political And International Studies Studies

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Staff Bios, Sigma: Journal Of Political And International Studies Studies

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

The Precedent Of A President: Theodore Roosevelt And Environmental Conservation, Hilary Jan Izatt

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Theories Of Money In Politics: The 2002 Missouri Senate Race, John J. Nielsen

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Ukrainian Political Party Development: A Case Study Of Ukrainian Elections 1994-2002, Clifford Blair

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Images Of Migration And Change In The German-Language Poetry Of Galsan Tschinag, Richard Hacken

Faculty Publications

Presented March 25, 2004, at the European presentation for Migrations in Society, Culture, and the Library held in Paris. Migration in the works of Galsan Tschinag could be discussed on a number of levels. The first is an actual geographic migration documented in the published diaries of Tschinag. The next level of migration could be a linguistic migration of ideas and words from Tschinag's native Tuvan language which has no written script sometimes to Mongolian, but most often to German. The main focus is on the diverse images of migration in his German-language poetry, often illustrating transmigration of spirits between …

Ebxml: Global Standard For Electronic Business, Sujatha Babu

Student Work

Business-to-business integration is transforming the market and has already begun to increase the efficiency of those companies involved. EDI (Electronic Document Interchange) became very popular during 1970’s; Today EDI transactions total about $750 billion year. EDI is being used by 90% of Fortune 1000 companies. It has indeed become a dominant technology for the largest companies, on the other hand it has been adopted by less than 5% of small and medium sized companies in general and, of these, many use EDI only because their larger customers require it. The reason behind is that EDI is a difficult, complex technology …

The Impact Of Explanations In Rejection Letters On Perceptions Of Fairness And Accountability, Troy A. Romero

Student Work

The present study was designed to test Folger and Cropanzano’s (1998) Fairness Theory as it pertains to perceptions of fairness and accountability in rejection letters. This study was a partial replication of Gilliland, Groth, Baker, Dew, Polly and Langdon (2001), which examined the impact of Fairness Theory variations in rejection letters on perceptions of fairness, recommendation intentions, and reapplication behavior. Participants in this study were applicants rejected in the first stage of the selection process with a large, Midwest corporation. Perceptions of fairness and accountability were collected after receiving one of four versions of a rejection letter: the company’s standard …

Telecommunication, Regulation And Economic Development In Botswana: A Quantitative Analysis, Thapedi Kgodungwe

Student Work

This study is a quantitative analysis of the relationship between telecommunication infrastructure and economic development in Botswana from 1995 to 2003. The study used Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as a measure for economic development and telephones per 100 people as a measure for telecommunications. A statistical correlation test was used to analyze the relationship between telecommunications and economic growth. The results of the analysis found that the two are significantly related. Looking at the results of this study, they reaffirmed the claim made by numerous previous researchers that indeed telecommunications is positively linked to economic development. However, it …

Emotional Intelligence As A Moderator Of Problem Based Arousal On Solution Quality And Quantity, Anne E. Herman

Student Work

The study examined the interactive influence o f the affective qualities of a problem and a problem solver’s emotional intelligence (El), an individual difference in the ability to perceive, express, integrate, understand, and regulate emotion, on the quality and quantity of solutions generated to two different ill-structured problems. The general hypothesis was that emotional intelligence would moderate the effect of the negative emotional arousal of a problem controlling for the influence of cognitive intelligence, such that the discrepancy between those higher and lower in emotional intelligence would be greater for the problem which is high in emotional arousal than for …