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2004 Legislative Review, Joshua D. Hodes Jan 2005

2004 Legislative Review, Joshua D. Hodes

Animal Law Review

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Looking For A Nexus Between Trust, Compassion, And Regulation: Colorado's Search For Standards Of Care For Private, Non-Profit Wildlife Sanctuaries, Katherine A. Burke Jan 2005

Looking For A Nexus Between Trust, Compassion, And Regulation: Colorado's Search For Standards Of Care For Private, Non-Profit Wildlife Sanctuaries, Katherine A. Burke

Animal Law Review

In 2004, the Colorado legislature amended its wildlife statutes, formally recognizing the existence of private, nonprofit wildlife sanctuaries under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW). Opponents to the 2004 amendments and CDOW staff have repeatedly expressed concerns that private sanctuaries should not be authorized in the absence of regulations and enforcement mechanisms sufficient to protect the animals and the people who come into contact with them. In implementing the sanctuary statute, CDOW has followed a familiar pattern, relying on the accreditation program of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AZA) to provide the basis of …

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2004 Annual Survey: Recent Developments In Sports Law, Jenna Merten Jan 2005

2004 Annual Survey: Recent Developments In Sports Law, Jenna Merten

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Many Faces Of Power: An International Law Response To Robert Kagan's Of Paradise And Power, Jason Morgan-Foster Jan 2005

The Many Faces Of Power: An International Law Response To Robert Kagan's Of Paradise And Power, Jason Morgan-Foster

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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The Impact Of Hearing Loss On Deaf, Hard-Of-Hearing, And Hearing Family Members, Kara Brooks Jan 2005

The Impact Of Hearing Loss On Deaf, Hard-Of-Hearing, And Hearing Family Members, Kara Brooks

Honors Capstones

No matter what area of communicative disorders a student chooses to pursue (speech-language pathology, audiology, rehabilitation counseling, etc.), he or she will undoubtedly be a provider of services to those who have impairments/disabilities and their families. Recommended practice supports the participation of a multitude of family members. This serves to benefit the individual with the impairment/disability. The study began with basic research. Information was gathered from books, professional websites, and other sources on the topic of interest. This served to provide a basic understanding of the deaf and hard of hearing populations and their families, and to learn data gathering …

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Fundraising Techniques For Non-For-Profits, Jenny Justis Jan 2005

Fundraising Techniques For Non-For-Profits, Jenny Justis

Honors Capstones

This binder contains a wealth of information for non-for-profit organizations on what fundraising techniques are used and what works. The purpose of this project was to provide an overview of what non-for-profits use to gain funding. This was accomplished through reviewing and summarizing current published academic and trade literature on the matter as well as using first hand interviews ofthose in the DeKalb/Sycamore Community. The emphasis is on two major findings: the first being that relationships are what drive funding and the second that to better understand what works industry specific research needs to be done. This binder is a …

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Compassion Fatigue, Amanda Jackson Jan 2005

Compassion Fatigue, Amanda Jackson

Honors Capstones

This paper addresses the issue of compassion fatigue as a symptom of the stress and strain induced upon individuals working with the field of social services. The purpose of this paper is to make individuals aware of the issue of compassion fatigue and its' implications upon workers in this field and related helping fields. Among the literature presented, job-burnout, countertransference, secondary traumatic stress disorder and vicarious traumatization are defined as issues relating to and synonymous with compassion fatigue. It has been found, through the literature and research available, that individuals working within the helping field can prevent the occurrence of …

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Kenya : A Closer Look At Culture And Early Childhood Education, Sarah Sparrow Jan 2005

Kenya : A Closer Look At Culture And Early Childhood Education, Sarah Sparrow

Honors Capstones

This project is a study of the culture of South Eastern Kenya and its effects on the education system in those regions. Cultural issues such as religion, gender perceptions, and community are covered. The research for this project was compiled from magazines, journals, and books written by professionals who have experienced life in Kenya. Informational also came from personal contact with a native of Kenya. In this paper it can be seen that early childhood education has changed greatly and gained higher importance recently. It shows that Kenyan's are working very hard, in cooperation with several United States groups, to …

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Grappling With Scholarship On Pro Wrestling: Comparative Media Studies Inside The Ring., Sam Ford Jan 2005

Grappling With Scholarship On Pro Wrestling: Comparative Media Studies Inside The Ring., Sam Ford

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

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Handbook Of Field-Based Training Experiences In School Psychology, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2005

Handbook Of Field-Based Training Experiences In School Psychology, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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Linguistics As A Tool In Teaching Fiction Writing, Donna Jo Napoli Jan 2005

Linguistics As A Tool In Teaching Fiction Writing, Donna Jo Napoli

Linguistics Faculty Works

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Charter Schools In An Arena Of Competitive Educational Reforms: An Analysis Of The 1999-2000 Schools And Staffing Survey, Zeng Lin, Dianne C. Gardner, W. Paul Vogt Jan 2005

Charter Schools In An Arena Of Competitive Educational Reforms: An Analysis Of The 1999-2000 Schools And Staffing Survey, Zeng Lin, Dianne C. Gardner, W. Paul Vogt

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Accountability, choice, equity, and social cohesion are core parts of the public debates over the charter school movement. To examine these important issues, we utilize the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey to estimate the possible charter effect on public and private schools. Analyses of charter, public, and private schools suggest that they may co-exist in a competitive education system because each type of school demonstrates different advantages that present potentially attractive conditions for children. The charter movement has changed the landscape of competitive education reform in the United States. It is premature, however, to claim that the charter movement has …

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The Right To Reject: The First Amendment In A Media-Drenched Society, Patrick Garry Jan 2005

The Right To Reject: The First Amendment In A Media-Drenched Society, Patrick Garry

Faculty Publications

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Evaluation Of A Savings And Micro-Credit Program For Vulnerable Young Women In Nairobi, Annabel Erulkar, Erica Chong Jan 2005

Evaluation Of A Savings And Micro-Credit Program For Vulnerable Young Women In Nairobi, Annabel Erulkar, Erica Chong

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) was a four-year initiative undertaken by the Population Council and K-Rep Development Agency to reduce adolescents’ vulnerabilities to adverse social and reproductive health outcomes by improving livelihoods options. The project targeted out-of-school adolescent girls and young women aged 16–22 residing in low-income and slum areas of Nairobi. TRY used a modified group-based micro-finance model to extend integrated savings, credit, business support, and mentoring to out-of-school adolescents and young women. A longitudinal study of participants was conducted with a matched comparison group identified through cross-sectional community-based studies, undertaken at baseline and endline to enable an assessment …

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Women's Participation In Disaster Relief And Recovery, Ayse Yonder, Sengul Akcar, Prema Gopalan Jan 2005

Women's Participation In Disaster Relief And Recovery, Ayse Yonder, Sengul Akcar, Prema Gopalan

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Too little attention has been given to the gender-differentiated effects of natural disasters, that is, women’s losses relative to men’s, how women’s work time and conditions change (both in terms of care-giving and income-generating work), or how disaster-related aid and entitlement programs include or marginalize affected women. The detailed case studies from three earthquake-stricken areas in India and Turkey that are contained in this issue of SEEDS help fill this information gap. They provide examples of how low-income women who have lost everything can form groups and become active participants in the relief and recovery process. Readers learn how women …

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Reciprocal Effects Of Health And Economic Well-Being Among Older Adults In Taiwan And Beijing, Kristine R. Baker, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Zachary Zimmer, Zhe Tang, Yi-Li Chuang Jan 2005

Reciprocal Effects Of Health And Economic Well-Being Among Older Adults In Taiwan And Beijing, Kristine R. Baker, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Zachary Zimmer, Zhe Tang, Yi-Li Chuang

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The objectives of this Population Council study are threefold: 1) to examine whether socioeconomic status disparities in health are found in non-Western settings; 2) to assess whether socioeconomic status gradients in health endure into older ages; and 3) to evaluate the direction of causality between health and socioeconomic status. Findings provide evidence for reciprocal effects of economic well-being and health among older adults in both Taiwan and Beijing. Those with higher levels of economic well-being have lower levels of functional limitation over time, and those with higher levels of functional limitation have lower levels of economic well-being over time. Consistent …

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The Impact Of Childhood Mortality On Fertility In Six Rural Thanas Of Bangladesh, Mian Bazle Hossain, James F. Phillips, Thomas K. Legrand Jan 2005

The Impact Of Childhood Mortality On Fertility In Six Rural Thanas Of Bangladesh, Mian Bazle Hossain, James F. Phillips, Thomas K. Legrand

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This Population Council working paper examines the causal structure of the relationship between child mortality events and subsequent fertility during a time of rapid decline in fertility in Bangladesh. Results lend support to the hypothesis of an insurance effect, while demonstrating that its demographic significance is likely to be less prominent than that of replacement behavior. Findings indicate that the insurance motive remains intact even after total fertility declined to fewer than three children per woman. The well-documented role of gender bias as a determinant of child health and survival is also a factor in child-replacement decisionmaking. Although the rapid …

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The Changing Context Of Sexual Initiation In Sub-Saharan Africa, Barbara Mensch, Monica J. Grant, Ann K. Blanc Jan 2005

The Changing Context Of Sexual Initiation In Sub-Saharan Africa, Barbara Mensch, Monica J. Grant, Ann K. Blanc

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This working paper investigates the links between changing age at marriage and premarital sexual behavior in 27 sub-Saharan African countries in which Demographic and Health Surveys were conducted between 1994 and 2003. Using multiple-decrement life tables to examine the competing risks of premarital sex and marriage without prior sexual experience, we answer the largely unaddressed question of how reductions in the prevalence of early marriage have affected the likelihood of initiating premarital sex. Our analysis reveals that although the age of first sexual activity has either remained the same or increased, a shift in the context of sexual debut from …

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The Quantum And Tempo Of Life-Cycle Events, John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney Jan 2005

The Quantum And Tempo Of Life-Cycle Events, John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This Research Division working paper develops and applies a general framework for the analysis of the period quantum and tempo of life-cycle events, extending methods developed previously by the authors. The existence of tempo distortions is demonstrated in selected period quantum measures such as the total fertility rate and in period tempo measures such as life expectancy. A tempo distortion is defined as an undesirable inflation or deflation of a period quantum or tempo indicator of a life-cycle event, such as birth, marriage, or death, that results from a rise or fall in the mean age at which the event …

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Kutibu Majeraha, Kutia Matumaini: Ushirikiano Wa Watanzania Dhidi Ya Fistula Obstetrikia, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Erica Chong Jan 2005

Kutibu Majeraha, Kutia Matumaini: Ushirikiano Wa Watanzania Dhidi Ya Fistula Obstetrikia, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Erica Chong

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This edition of Quality/Calidad/Qualité describes a partnership formed to combat obstetric fistula in Tanzania. The Bugando Medical Center, the Women’s Dignity Project, the Tanzania Midwives Association, and the government cooperated on an extensive program for surgical repair, prevention, and policy research and activities. Lessons learned: 1) Fistula programs need to address social as well as medical issues. 2) Most repairs are successful, making an enormous difference in women’s lives. 3) Relatively little funding is necessary to start up a fistula program. 4) Fistula programs are vehicles for broader conversations about gender and poverty.

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How Many Years Of Life Could Be Saved If Malaria Were Eliminated From A Hyperendemic Area Of Northern Ghana?, Ayaga A. Bawah, Fred N. Binka Jan 2005

How Many Years Of Life Could Be Saved If Malaria Were Eliminated From A Hyperendemic Area Of Northern Ghana?, Ayaga A. Bawah, Fred N. Binka

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

For some time, Chinese government policies have treated rural and urban areas very differently, and a by-product of China’s rapid development seems to be an even greater differentiation between urban and rural social and economic life. Over the next several decades, in part because of rapid fertility declines and in part as a result of mortality declines at older ages, China and other developing countries will experience enormous increases in the proportion of older adults and the proportion of the “oldest-old.” It is reasonable to expect that these age structure changes will alter the provision of health care, making an …

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Using Trusts To Settle Lawsuits, Thomas Simmons Jan 2005

Using Trusts To Settle Lawsuits, Thomas Simmons

Faculty Publications

Special considerations come into play when a plaintiff poised to recover money is a child or an individual with a disability. In the context of settling a lawsuit or receiving judgment proceeds, cash cannot simply be delivered to such a person because of the plaintiff's legal incapacity. Instead, recovered funds must be delivered to a third party for the plaintiff's benefit. This third party can be a trustee, a custodian, or a conservator. In most circumstances, the use of a trust offers greater flexibility and better protections of the plaintiff/client's interests. Not uncommonly, however, attorneys select a conservator or simply …

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City Of West Richland V. Dep't Of Ecology, 103 P.3d 818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004), Lukas Staks Jan 2005

City Of West Richland V. Dep't Of Ecology, 103 P.3d 818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004), Lukas Staks

Water Law Review

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The Pericentrion: Identification, Characterization, And Function Of A Novel Cpkc-Dependent Compartment, Kevin P. Becker Jan 2005

The Pericentrion: Identification, Characterization, And Function Of A Novel Cpkc-Dependent Compartment, Kevin P. Becker

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Members of the protein kinase C (PKC) superfamily transduce a myriad of transmembrane signals initiated by the formation of sn-l ,2-diacylglycerol (DAG). As the primary physiological agonist for C] domain containing PKC isoenzymes, DAG functions to regulate the spatial and temporal parameters of PKC activity. It is now recognized that cellular DAG levels can vary from minutes to hours and even days. These observations have suggested a division of PKC functions that correlate to the duration of the cellular DAG signal. In their classical role, cPKCs respond acutely to the short-lived (1-2 min) DAG generated at the plasma membrane by …

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Doubtful Sex In Civil Law: Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Century Proposals For Ruling Hermaphroditism, Geertje Mak Jan 2005

Doubtful Sex In Civil Law: Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Century Proposals For Ruling Hermaphroditism, Geertje Mak

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article examines 19th and early 20th-century proposals in France and Germany to introduce a "doubtful sex" category in civil law to address hermaphroditism. While French scholars focused on moral and social order, Germans emphasized humanitarian concerns, ultimately leading to increased medical control over sex determination.

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U.S. V. Parker: Will Those With Standing Please Stand Up, Douglas G. Bechtel Jan 2005

U.S. V. Parker: Will Those With Standing Please Stand Up, Douglas G. Bechtel

Denver Law Review

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Challenges In Meeting The Disability Qualification Under The Ada: The Tenth Circuit's Analysis In Mason V. Avaya Communications, Inc., Patrick Rogers Jan 2005

Challenges In Meeting The Disability Qualification Under The Ada: The Tenth Circuit's Analysis In Mason V. Avaya Communications, Inc., Patrick Rogers

Denver Law Review

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Powers V. Harris: How The Tenth Circuit Buried Economic Liberties, Jim Thompson Jan 2005

Powers V. Harris: How The Tenth Circuit Buried Economic Liberties, Jim Thompson

Denver Law Review

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Erisa's Silence: Standards Of Review In Deemed Denial Employment Benefit Claims, Sandra J. Weiland Jan 2005

Erisa's Silence: Standards Of Review In Deemed Denial Employment Benefit Claims, Sandra J. Weiland

Denver Law Review

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Nicholson V. Williams: The Case, Jill M. Zuccardy Jan 2005

Nicholson V. Williams: The Case, Jill M. Zuccardy

Denver Law Review

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