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On Marginalized Multilevel Models And Their Computation, Michael E. Griswold, Scott L. Zeger

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Clustered data analysis is characterized by the need to describe both systematic variation in a mean model and cluster-dependent random variation in an association model. Marginalized multilevel models embrace the robustness and interpretations of a marginal mean model, while retaining the likelihood inference capabilities and flexible dependence structures of a conditional association model. Although there has been increasing recognition of the attractiveness of marginalized multilevel models, there has been a gap in their practical application arising from a lack of readily available estimation procedures. We extend the marginalized multilevel model to allow for nonlinear functions in both the mean and …

Coyote Calls , Shirley Benedick

Trickster's Way

No abstract provided.

Duck Watch: Trickster Meets The Electorate, C. W. Spinks

Trickster's Way

No abstract provided.

Coulrophobia And The Trickster, Joseph Durwin

Trickster's Way

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Untitled Photo #2, Erin Nagel

Westview

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Mary Lafrance, After Her Talk With Sheriff Dennehy, Robert Cooperman

Westview

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Missed Opportunities: The Need For Landmine Survivor Rehabilitation In Rural Areas, Stephen Meyers

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Persons with disabilities in developing countries are "regarded by their own communities as the most disadvantaged," yet poverty alleviation and international aid programs have consistently failed to prioritize their rehabilitation and integration into society. Within the scope of mine action (landmine removal, victim assistance and mine risk education), landmine survivor assistance receives only five percent of all humanitarian mine action funding. Persons with disabilities, whether their disabilities were caused by war, agricultural or industrial accidents, diabetes, infection or other causes, are often ignored.

Comprehensive Action Against Landmines In Ecuador, Guillermo Leal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

During the conflict of 1995 between Ecuador and Peru, a number of minefields were sown along the disputed border area. Although statistics concerning the problem have been difficult to obtain, anti-personnel mines represent a serious threat to the local populations. Many inhabitants have been forced to alter their traditional agricultural lifestyles as well as other daily activities such as cattle ranching, hunting and fishing.

Guatemala, Country Profile

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Tucked among Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras, Guatemala is a country full of history. Farming and fishing villages date back to as early as 2000 B.C. and represent the beginning of the Mayan culture that dominated the area for centuries. In 1583, Pedro de Alvarado, sent by the king of Spain, conquered the lands of the remaining Mayans and took possession of the land. The year 1821 brought independence from Spanish rule but not an improvement in the lives of the Mayans. Various leaders and governments took power, and in the 1950s, Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán carried on the liberal …

Itep Test Trials For Detection Reliability Assessment Of Metal Detectors, Christina Mueller, Mate Gaal, Martina Scharmach, Sylke Bär, A.M. Lewis, T.J. Bloodworth, Dieter Guelle, Peter-Th Wilrich

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The total detection reliability of a mine-searching system is governed by the following three elements:

• Intrinsic capability, which describes the basic physical-technical capability of the method.
• Application factors, which include those due to environment.
• Human factor, which is the effect of human operators on the detection reliability.

Some of these can be determined in simple laboratory measurements in which the effect on detection capability of individual parameters is measured. However, the human factor and some aspects of the effects of environmental conditions on the system need to be treated statistically.

Original Sin, Allison M. Smith

Westview

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Hungry Cancer, Jason Sullivan

Westview

No abstract provided.

Edgar Goodrich, After The Burial Of Reverend Burden, Robert Cooperman

Westview

No abstract provided.

Keeping On, Earl Coleman

Westview

No abstract provided.

Brown Vs. Board Of Education 50 Years Later: , Joseph L. White

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

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Conference Agenda, Wayne A. Babchuk

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

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Have We Moved From The Tokens Of The Desegration Movement To Tokens In Predominantly White Institutions?, Anna Williams Shavers

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

No abstract provided.

Recruitment Of Students Of Color Panel Discussion, Robert K. Page, George A. Jackson, Stephan Reyes

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Minority Student Athletes On Predominantly White Campuses, Paul Miles

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

Perceptions of Minority Student Athletes on Predominantly White Campuses: Life After Sports

What Would "There" Look Like, Teresita Aguilar

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

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What Factors Contribute To The Success Of African American Women In Science And Mathematics: Do Teaching Techniques Matter? , Sheryl Mcglamery

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

The session content will focus on the author's research about effective teaching techniques that engage and assist African American women (and others) in succeeding in science and mathematics courses. Several case studies will highlight the effective practice focus of this session.

Access To Higher Education For Latino Students , Andres Traslavina

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

With the dramatic increase in the Latino population in the United States, it is increasingly important for student affairs personnel to move beyond traditional recruitment and retention approaches when working with these students. This program highlights effective recruitment strategies with Latino students and their families.

Obstacles To Embracing Diversity: Some Psychological Aspects, Jenina S. Lepard

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

This presentation will examine the issue of racial prejudice both within and beyond the schools from a psychological perspective. It will explore insights and illustrations from the field of psychology and related disciplines, and will use these to evaluate the current relevance of the psychological analysis contained in Brown v. Board of Education. Suggestions will be made for how we can monitor and improve our interactions with people of different ethnic origins, so that we may be more confident in our ability to ensure more successful building of diversity in educational settings during the twenty-first century and beyond.

African Americans In Pwls: A Post-Caste Conundrum , Richard Sigwalt

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

This paper proceeds from a historical study in progress of caste in the United States. That study will argue that the distinctive feature of slavery in the United States was that --unlike in Brazil or the Caribbean -servitude in the Anglophone mainland developed a caste ideal, ideologized as "race ". As with dalits in India, people identified as "black" in what became the United States an excluded hereditary caste destined ascriptively to the meanest labor, and excluded systematically and ideologically from the dominant ("white”) group. Slavery ended in the 1830s in most of the North, but because caste and slavery …

Time Capsule Discourse, E. Hughes Shanks

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

The purpose of this presentation is to encourage participants to develop a deeper sensitivity toward different perceptions of historical events. Attendees will participate in a forum that invites free expression of cultural values, and encourages participants to keep an open mind when encountering values and perspectives different from their own.

New Diversity Publishing Outlet: Adult Educators Overcome Exclusionary Policies , Keith B. Armstrong

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

Research strongly supports the notion that publishing houses lack sufficient diversity in both high and middle-level staff members to allow for a diverse philosophical outlook and appreciation to fairly support underrepresented groups wishing to publish their research findings in multiculturalism, gender/sexual orientations studies, race and class. Resultantly, these biases confront both adult educators and other authors writing in the areas of social justice and diversity. This presentation will investigate the historical factors of exclusion in the publishing industry, and more specifically within university presses, to explain an initiative (praxis) launched to open access by way of creating a progressively new …

If Dr. King Were Alive Today, John Leonard Harris

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

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A Diversity Structure And Plan That Works: Successes And Challenges, Samuel R. Hodge, Delia R. Gamble, Wendy C. Naumann, Lisandra Pedraza, Robert Ransom, Janet Rivera, Amaury Samalot-Rivera

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

The intent of this panel discussion is to provide information on: (a) our Diversity Team; (b) the implementation of a Five- Year Diversity Plan; (c) effective recruitment and retention strategies for diversifying student, faculty, and administrative populations," and successes and challenges experienced in our diversification efforts at a predominantly White university.

Feelings And Experiences Of Alienation For Females Of Color At A Predominately White Institution: A Fireside Panel Chat, Be Stoney, Suzanne Mayo-Theus, Marcela Parra, Vera White

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

While the upward progress post Brown v. Board of Education has been a slow movement for People of Color in the K -12 educational system, so has movement for People of Color in higher -education. Faculty and students of Color are under the constant microscope of writing, contributing to research, and participating in the development of future research, are prone to be deal with issues their White peers do not often face. This panel of color will share their feelings and experiences of alienation as well as how to survive on a Predominately White campus.

The View Of One University From Three Lenses, Beverly A. Davis, Lia Richards-Palmiter, Lloyd L. Lyter

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 9th Annual Conference (2004)

The presenters use their PWI University's Diversity Plan as the focus to present their individual perspectives on today and their (hopefully) shared vision for the future. An African American female junior faculty member, an African American female Ph.D. student, and a European American male tenured professor compare perspectives and visions.