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The Distribution Of Attitudinal Attachment To The Male Breadwinner Role: A Quantitative Study Of The Plymouth Travel-To-Work Area, Suzanne E. Chamberlain Jan 2004

The Distribution Of Attitudinal Attachment To The Male Breadwinner Role: A Quantitative Study Of The Plymouth Travel-To-Work Area, Suzanne E. Chamberlain

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This thesis is concerned with men's attitudes towards the breadwinner role. A representative sample of 330 men, aged between 17 and 84, and drawn from the Plymouth Travel-To-Work Area, participated in the study by completing a postal questionnaire. The aim of the study was to explore attachment to the breadwinner role, and to discover if greater or lesser attachment exists among particular socio-demographic or socio-economic clusters. The quantitative approach and the application of a random sample distinguish this study from those in the literature concerned with 'men and masculinities'. The study applies an empirical perspective to overview the trajectory of …

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Designing The Performative Object: A Study In Designing Mindful Interaction Through Artefacts, Kristina Niedderer Jan 2004

Designing The Performative Object: A Study In Designing Mindful Interaction Through Artefacts, Kristina Niedderer

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This thesis investigates the potential of design to intentionally mediate social interaction in ethical (mindful) ways. The subject of the study has evolved from observations and reflections on my own practice. In using the drinking vessel to explore the mediation of human face-to-face interaction through the artefact, the question arose whether some objects can influence interaction more actively than others. In particular, the question was whether and how an artefact can stimulate the user's behaviour by means of its function, and whether this stimulation can cause mindful reflection and interaction. The aim was to understand better the characteristics of this …

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Review Of Presidential Speechwriting: From The New Deal To The Reagan Revolution And Beyond, Steven R. Goldzwig Jan 2004

Review Of Presidential Speechwriting: From The New Deal To The Reagan Revolution And Beyond, Steven R. Goldzwig

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Crisis In American Information Systems Education: Innovations To Address The Threat Of Offshoring, Kate Kaiser, Erran Carmel, Mike Gallivan, Monica Adya, Arkulgud Ramprasad, Amar Gupta Jan 2004

Crisis In American Information Systems Education: Innovations To Address The Threat Of Offshoring, Kate Kaiser, Erran Carmel, Mike Gallivan, Monica Adya, Arkulgud Ramprasad, Amar Gupta

Management Faculty Research and Publications

Our classrooms are nearly empty. The job prospects for our graduates are bleak. Offshoring is reconfiguring the American information technology industry. What are we to do? After years of unprecedented growth, demand, and skill shortages, IT faculty find themselves in a new environment. As a shortterm solution, some faculty are scrambling to develop and redesign courses. This is not enough and will not sustain the fundamental shifts needed in a global economy. How can individual faculty, Information Systems departments, and schools respond to survive the rapidly changing landscape? The situation calls for innovations in academic delivery. Academics must serve as …

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Comparative Study Of Logistics Services In The Container Liner Shipping Market In The U.K. And South Korea, Ki Soon Hwang Jan 2004

Comparative Study Of Logistics Services In The Container Liner Shipping Market In The U.K. And South Korea, Ki Soon Hwang

Plymouth Business School Theses

In line with the dramatic changes of business environment, certain liner shipping companies have claimed that what they are providing is a 'logistics service' rather than a 'traditional shipping service'. It was found that there is a shortage of discussion in existing literature related to the liner shipping industry regarding the introduction of logistics service and no empirical study on how the operation of such a logistics service has been perceived by shippers. The prime objective of the research is to provide a practical clarification to understanding an operation of logistics service in the liner shipping market. The Delphi technique …

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Teacher And Administrator Perceptions Of Teacher Performance Evaluation Systems In Two Georgia Public School Districts, Jane Ford-Brocato Jan 2004

Teacher And Administrator Perceptions Of Teacher Performance Evaluation Systems In Two Georgia Public School Districts, Jane Ford-Brocato

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

Teacher evaluation has the potential for improving teachers' skills and contributing to school improvement. This study was designed to measure and compare the perceptions of teachers and administrators regarding two performance evaluation systems that were in use in two comparable Georgia school districts during the 2001- 2002 school year to determine if teachers and administrators perceived any significant difference between the two systems of teacher evaluation and their impact on improving instruction and promoting professional growth. One of the school district's utilized a locally adopted alternative teacher evaluation system, while the other school district maintained its use of the Georgia …

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Creatress: A Woman's Hand, Susan Isherwood Gibbs Jan 2004

Creatress: A Woman's Hand, Susan Isherwood Gibbs

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

Using stylized and abstracted sculptural interpretations of She—Great Mother, Mother Nature, Earth Goddess, Creatress, Gaia, female sexuality, and the feminine aspects of nature; a wide range of differing chemicals and temperatures for the development of various clay bodies; and a vivid color palette to reflect ideas, feelings, and moods, I present a story of woman as metaphor for Earth and nature, an immense organic, ecological, and conscious whole. Incorporating found objects (natural and manmade) and fibers (organic and synthetic) with my clay imagery, I offer an awareness of the roles ofwomen from around the world in the spiritual and psychological …

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Reconceptualizing Mathematics Education, Melinda Ann Smith Jan 2004

Reconceptualizing Mathematics Education, Melinda Ann Smith

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

This dissertation is to explore theoretically mathematics education in the United States and the need for reconcepualizing mathematics education. Mathematics education needs reconceptualizing because students know very little mathematics by the time they graduate from high school. Mathematics has become a subject to be feared and dreaded for centuries. High school teachers blame middle school teachers, middle school teachers blame elementary teachers, and elementary teachers blame parents for their students' lack of preparedness in mathematics. Elementary teachers express frustration in teaching mathematics because of their own lack of content knowledge and lack of preparation for the mathematics component of their …

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"Creating Power:" Social Mobility And The Transformative Vision In Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry, Jon D. Blackstock Jan 2004

"Creating Power:" Social Mobility And The Transformative Vision In Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry, Jon D. Blackstock

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

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Voices About Choices: The Role Of Female Networks In Affirming Life Choices In The Academy, Karrin Vasby Anderson, Sarah Bonewits Feldner, Kelly C. Mcdorman, Jennifer B. Pierce, Claire Procopio, Kristina K. Horn Sheeler, Helen Tate Jan 2004

Voices About Choices: The Role Of Female Networks In Affirming Life Choices In The Academy, Karrin Vasby Anderson, Sarah Bonewits Feldner, Kelly C. Mcdorman, Jennifer B. Pierce, Claire Procopio, Kristina K. Horn Sheeler, Helen Tate

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This essay addresses the topic of women's professional development in the academy, noting the critical roles fulfilled by support networks. Research and personal narratives explore the diverse choices women make, the resistance they sometimes face, and the need to find validation for those choices. Recognizing the importance of women's achievement of tenure and publication, the authors also challenge the notion that those traditional measures of academic success are the only, or the best, way to assess women's professional development.

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Bird Song As A Basis For New Techniques And Improvisational Practice With The Baroque Flute, Stephen Preston Jan 2004

Bird Song As A Basis For New Techniques And Improvisational Practice With The Baroque Flute, Stephen Preston

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

Subsequent to a period of training as a flautist, I ultimately specialised professionally on the baroque flute. Consequently, a significant part of my research for a PhD was practice-led. My later career; concerned with dance and choreography, represented a widening and diversification of my interest in music in particular, and the allied arts in general. This was (and continues to be) paralleled, however, with a substantial research-interest in aspects of the performance of music and its potential interconnection(s) with modalities of speech. However, my own research commenced with a strong desire to discover new performance techniques on the baroque flute. …

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'Missing Youth' : A Discourse Analysis Of Policy Formulation On 'Child Prostitution', Lyvinia Elleschild Jan 2004

'Missing Youth' : A Discourse Analysis Of Policy Formulation On 'Child Prostitution', Lyvinia Elleschild

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

Contemporary policy critics note that the concept of `youth' is of limited use and is `disappearing as a meaningful social category' (Jeffs and Smith 1999: 46). This thesis argues that although the concept of `youth' is flawed, without `youth' young people may be infantilised in policy formulation through being represented and managed as children. In order to argue that the concept of `youth' is both meaningful and useful recent policy formulation on `child prostitution' will be analysed. Throughout the 1990s Barnardo's, the Children's Society and radical feminists campaigned to redefine acts of prostitution by under-eighteens as `child sexual abuse', and …

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An Examination Of Psychological Variables Affecting Injured Athletes Prior To Returning To Play, Jessica Marie Meyers Jan 2004

An Examination Of Psychological Variables Affecting Injured Athletes Prior To Returning To Play, Jessica Marie Meyers

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

Injury occurs in a variety of different sports and affects athletes in a number of different ways. Following injury, athletic identity is often lost, bringing upon feelings of anger and depression (Brewer, 1993; Fortunato & Marchant, 1999). As athletes begin to re-enter sports, lower levels of sport-confidence are exhibited (Johnston & Carroll, 1998). Social support has been shown to motivate individuals as well as aid in the overall progress of rehabilitation (Ford & Gordon, 1999; Magyar & Duda, 2000). The purpose of the current study was to determine psychological factors that may influence returning to a sport in which injury …

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The Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Referendum And The Financing Of Public School Capital Projects In Georgia, Kathy Cox Peavy Jan 2004

The Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Referendum And The Financing Of Public School Capital Projects In Georgia, Kathy Cox Peavy

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

Although taxes have risen across the nation, funding for public school capital projects still remains a critical need in education. The public outcry for no new taxes has given arise to various types of creative funding for capital projects. The use of a 1-cent sales tax for educational purposes is one type of new funding for capital projects. This study was a mixed-method, descriptive design study gathering quantitative and qualitative data on the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum in Georgia. Fifty-seven school districts in Georgia, with an approved SPLSOT referendum on March 18. 1997, along with four school …

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Weatherford: Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2004

Weatherford: Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Undergraduate Catalogs

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The Moral Foundations Of Modern Libertarianism, Randy E. Barnett Jan 2004

The Moral Foundations Of Modern Libertarianism, Randy E. Barnett

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Libertarians no longer argue, as they once did in the 1970s, about whether libertarianism must be grounded on moral rights or on consequences; they no longer act as though they must choose between these two moral views. In this paper, the author contends that libertarians need not choose between moral rights and consequences because theirs is a political, not a moral, philosophy, one that can be shown to be compatible with various moral theories, which is one source of its appeal.

Moral theories based on either moral rights or on consequentialism purport to be comprehensive, insofar as they apply to …

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Brief History Of Brownsville And Matamoros, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College Jan 2004

Brief History Of Brownsville And Matamoros, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

History Faculty Publications

A list of major historical events that have occured in Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.

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Historical Landmarks Of Brownsville Part 4, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College Jan 2004

Historical Landmarks Of Brownsville Part 4, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

History Faculty Publications

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Historical Landmarks Of Brownsville Part 5, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College Jan 2004

Historical Landmarks Of Brownsville Part 5, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Historical Landmarks Of Brownsville Part 1, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College Jan 2004

Historical Landmarks Of Brownsville Part 1, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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The Effects Of Hydrofluoric Acid Addition On The Hydrothermal Synthesis Of Templated Uranium Sulfates, Michael B. Doran, Ben E. Cockbain, Alexander J. Norquist, Dermot O'Hare Jan 2004

The Effects Of Hydrofluoric Acid Addition On The Hydrothermal Synthesis Of Templated Uranium Sulfates, Michael B. Doran, Ben E. Cockbain, Alexander J. Norquist, Dermot O'Hare

Chemistry Faculty Scholarship

The effects of addition of a second acid source (HF) on the formation of uranium sulfates are described in this article. -- author-supplied description.

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Quantum Gravity And Inflation, Stephon Alexander, Justin Malecki, Lee Smolin Jan 2004

Quantum Gravity And Inflation, Stephon Alexander, Justin Malecki, Lee Smolin

Astronomy Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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The Lawyer's Role(S) In Deliberative Democracy, Carrie Menkel-Meadow Jan 2004

The Lawyer's Role(S) In Deliberative Democracy, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this paper I will explore the idea of a "neutral" lawyer who may have neither "client" (in the conventional sense of client) to represent nor advocacy to perform, yet still be functioning fully as a lawyer or "learned professional" schooled in the law. Indeed, in this paper I will suggest that lawyers may be especially useful in performing a variety of "new" functions that depart from traditional conceptions of the lawyer's role, but which lawyers may be especially well suited to perform. It may be counter-cultural to think of lawyers as "consensus builders," rather than as advocates or makers …

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The Dark Side Of Grutter, Girardeau A. Spann Jan 2004

The Dark Side Of Grutter, Girardeau A. Spann

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Liberals have generally cheered the Supreme Court's decision in Grutter v. Bollinger as validating the continued use of affirmative action in the struggle against racial injustice. But the Supreme Court's modern race cases rest on a misunderstanding of the nature of contemporary racial discrimination. From Brown, to Bakke, to Grutter, the Court has advanced a colorblind conception of racial equality that treats race-conscious affirmative action as constitutionally suspect, because it deviates from an aspirational baseline of race neutrality that lies at the core of the equal protection clause. However, race neutrality is a hopelessly artificial concept in …

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Dampak Struktural Dari Pertumbuhan Sektor Industri Dan Perdagangan Terhadap Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja Di Indonesia: Proyeksi Tahun 2003-2007, Sri Indah Nikensari Jan 2004

Dampak Struktural Dari Pertumbuhan Sektor Industri Dan Perdagangan Terhadap Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja Di Indonesia: Proyeksi Tahun 2003-2007, Sri Indah Nikensari

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

Economic growth give some hope on labor absorbtion in economic sectors. It can be seen from trends after crisis that unemployement is rising overtime. This study tends to look on structural impact of growth in industrial and trade sector to labor absorption in Indonesia. The result is labor absorption projection in economic sectors within 2003-2007.

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2004 Lynn University Women's Volleyball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics Jan 2004

2004 Lynn University Women's Volleyball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics

Athletics Media Guides

The 2004 Lynn University Volleyball Media Guide is a production of the Lynn University Office of Sports Information, Ross Blacker, Director.

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2004-2005 Lynn University Men's Basketball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics Jan 2004

2004-2005 Lynn University Men's Basketball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics

Athletics Media Guides

The 2004-2005 Lynn University Men's Basketball Media Guide is a production of the Lynn University Office of Sports Information, Ross Blacker, Director.

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2004-2005 Lynn University Post-Season Men's Basketball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics Jan 2004

2004-2005 Lynn University Post-Season Men's Basketball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics

Athletics Media Guides

2004-2005 Lynn University Post-Season Men's Basketball Media Guide

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2003-2004 Lynn University Men's & Women's Basketball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics Jan 2004

2003-2004 Lynn University Men's & Women's Basketball Media Guide, Lynn University Athletics

Athletics Media Guides

The 2003-2004 Lynn University Men's and Women's Basketball Media Guide is a production of the Lynn University Office of Sports Information, Ross Blacker, Director.

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Rare, Highly Pyrimethamine-Resistant Alleles Of The Plasmodium Falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase Gene From 5 African Sites, S.J. Bates, P.A. Winstanley, W.M. Watkins, A. Alloueche, J. Bwika, T.C. Happi, P.G. Kremsner, J.G. Kublin, Zul Premji, C.H. Sibley Jan 2004

Rare, Highly Pyrimethamine-Resistant Alleles Of The Plasmodium Falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase Gene From 5 African Sites, S.J. Bates, P.A. Winstanley, W.M. Watkins, A. Alloueche, J. Bwika, T.C. Happi, P.G. Kremsner, J.G. Kublin, Zul Premji, C.H. Sibley

Pathology, East Africa

In eastern and southern Africa, there has been a rapid increase in the prevalence of alleles with mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase gene (dhfr) associated with increased risk of clinical failure of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (S/P). Molecular methods for surveillance of these mutations are now widespread, but the usual analysis detects only the most prevalent allele in a polyclonal sample. We used a yeast-expression system to identify rare, highly pyrimethamine-resistant alleles of dhfr in isolates from 5 African countries-Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Gabon, and Nigeria. Only the isolates from Nigeria yielded significant numbers of novel resistant alleles, and only 1 of …

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