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The Frat Volume 103 Number 02 April, May & June 2005, The National Fraternal Society Of The Deaf (Nfsd)

2001-2006

The Frat was the official member publication of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf (NFSD). First established in 1902, the publication ran for just over a century, until its closure in 2006.---NFSD was an insurance business established in 1901. Its purposes were to provide insurance to mainly Deaf members, to serve as an advocate for the Deaf, and to provide community service and recreational opportunities through divisional activities. The existing insurance coverage was transferred to the Catholic Order of Foresters in 2005. The NFSD disbanded in 2007.---The Frat's main purpose was to keep members apprised of the activities of …

Photoinduced One-Electron Reduction Of Alkyl Halides By Dirhodium(Ii,Ii) Tetraformamidinates And A Related Complex With Visible Light, Dean Johnston

Chemistry Faculty Scholarship

Various substituted dirhodium tetraformamidinate complexes, Rh(2)(R-form)(4) (R = p-CF(3), p-Cl, p-OCH(3), m-OCH(3); form = N,N'-diphenylformamidinate), and the new complex Rh(2)(tpgu)(4) (tpgu = 1,2,3-triphenylguanidinate) have been investigated as potential agents for the photoremediation of saturated halogenated aliphatic compounds, RX (R = alkyl group). The synthesis and characterization of the complexes is reported, and the crystal structure of Rh(2)(tpgu)(4) is presented. The lowest energy transition of the complexes is observed at approximately 870 nm and the complexes react with alkyl chlorides and alkyl bromides under low energy irradiation (lambda(irr) > or = 795 nm), but not when kept in the dark. The metal-containing …

Deaf Dialogue, June, July, August 2005

Deaf Dialogue

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL

Deaf Dialogue Finding Aid

Microcredit In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Symposium, Terry F. Buss

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The stark reality is that most poor people in the world still lack access to sustainable financial services, whether it is savings, credit, or insurance. The great challenge before us is to address the constraints that exclude people from full participation in the financial sector. The International Year of Microcredit offers a pivotal opportunity for the international community to engage in a shared commitment to meet this challenge. Together, we can and must build inclusive financial sectors that help people improve their lives. structure, and scope of activities. Informal finance has not been very attractive for

When Policy Trumps The Text: How Ambiguous Statutes Allow The Courts An Opportunity To Further Congressional Intent. Cooper Industries, Inc. V. Aviall Services, Inc., Ben Mcintosh

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Federal Preemption Under The Clean Air Act: A Loss For The Environment But Not Necessarily A Victory For Diesel. Engine Manufacturers Association V. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Joshua N. Corman

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Value Of Additional Years Of Schooling For The Non Academically Inclined, Alfred Dockery

LSAY Research Reports

This paper seeks to assess the benefits of additional years of schooling for those Australian youth who are not well suited to further education. This has a very important policy context as school retention rates have increased markedly over recent decades and many traditional VET pathways have disappeared. Raising the compulsory schooling age is regularly put forward as a policy response to high youth unemployment rates. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence available to show how this may impact on those affected. If, for some segments of a cohort, schooling does largely serve as a signalling mechanism, then …

Course Change And Attrition From Higher Education, Julie Mcmillan

LSAY Research Reports

This report examines the pathways of recent school leavers who enter the higher education sector in Australia. The focus is on the first three years after completing senior secondary school. The report has four broad aims: to provide estimates of the proportions of entrants who change courses or leave the higher education sector before completing a course; to identify factors associated with course change within the higher education sector; to identify factors associated with attrition from the higher education sector; and to examine the initial education, training and labour market destinations of those who leave the higher education sector before …

The First Year Experience : The Transition From Secondary School To University And Tafe In Australia, Kylie Hillman

LSAY Research Reports

This report examined the experiences of young people during their first year of tertiary education. The data used in this report are drawn from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), which study the progress of cohorts of young Australians as they make the transition from secondary school to work and further education and training, beginning in Year 9. The group of young people who were in Year 9 in 1998, and who first entered tertiary education during 2002, are the focus of this report. Three sets of questions form the basis of the report. How satisfied are university and …

Cpa Client Bulletin, June 2005, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Vol. 07 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

Microcredit And Households Coping With Hiv/Aids: A Case Study From Zimbabwe, Carolyn Barnes

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

This study seeks to better understand the ways chronic illness and death, possibly associated with HIV/AIDS, negatively affect households and the impact microcredit has had in helping affected households. This is achieved through analyzing data from clients of Zambuko Trust and from nonclient microentrepreneurs, using proxy indicators of HIV/AIDS affected households. It also investigates the vetting of members by loan guarantee groups and the ways these groups deal with individuals affected by illness and death. Since members of loan groups serve as gatekeepers to loans, the internal dynamics of these groups as well as the MFI's policies and loan terms …

Outcomes Of An Ethiopian Microfinance Program And Management Actions To Improve Services, Shannon Doocy, Dan Norell, Shimeles Teffera, Gilbert Burnham

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Management decision making in MFIs is becoming increasingly tied to collecting information about social performance. This paper examines the impact of participation in an Ethiopian microfinance program on indicators of socioeconomic status including wealth, income, and home or land ownership.A survey assessing these outcomes was conducted in May 2003 in two predominantly rural sites in Southern Ethiopia and included 819 households. The article discusses management decisions made as the result of survey findings about socioeconomic status and food security to increase retention rates and to facilitate client savings. Additionally, the management was prompted to increase the number of female clients …

An Assessment Of The Impact Of Microfinance: A Case Study From Uganda, Gayle Morris, Carolyn Barnes

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

This paper reports the results of an impact study of three microfinance programs in Uganda—FINCA, FOCCAS, and PRIDE. Program clients and nonclient groups in three places—rural Mbole district, Kampala, and Masaha town—were studied in an initial survey and a follow-up two years later. The study found numerous positive impacts on program clients: addition of new products and services, improved or expanded enterprise sites and markets, reduced costs of inventory purchases, and increases in sales volume. Household-level impacts included new enterprises begun, increased amount spent on durable assets and agricultural inputs, increased amount of cultivated agricultural land, and increased amount of …

Microcredit, Social Capital, And Politics: The Case Of A Small Rural Town—Gossas, Sendgal, Jainaba M. L. Kah, Dana L. Olds, Muhammadou M. O. Kah

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Through an exploratory approach, we studied the evolution, sustainability, and management of ten microcredit institutions located in Gossas, a small town in Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa. Prevailing ideas about social capital, in the form of social relationships within and between microcredit institutions and financing NGOs, donors, and governments, are examined using both rational choice and Marxist social capital theories to highlight the social struggles in social capital. This study goes beyond a microcredit impact analysis by including an exploratory institutional study to examine broader social and economic changes, including the new institutional changes brought about by neoliberal reforms, the emerging roles …

Cpa Client Tax Letter, July/August/September 2005, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes - June 2005, Faculty Senators

Minutes 2005-2006

This is the archived record of the June 2005 faculty senate meeting minutes. Please contact the Faculty Senate president or JagWorks Repository Administrator to request access to this document.

Model Choice In Time Series Studies Of Air Pollution And Mortality, Roger D. Peng, Francesca Dominici, Thomas A. Louis

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Multi-city time series studies of particulate matter (PM) and mortality and morbidity have provided evidence that daily variation in air pollution levels is associated with daily variation in mortality counts. These findings served as key epidemiological evidence for the recent review of the United States National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM. As a result, methodological issues concerning time series analysis of the relation between air pollution and health have attracted the attention of the scientific community and critics have raised concerns about the adequacy of current model formulations. Time series data on pollution and mortality are generally analyzed …

Distant Neighbours? : Japan-Korea Relations Revisited, Brian Bridges

CAPS Working Paper Series

Japan’s relations with the two Koreas have remained complicated and controversial, as recent anti-Japanese protests in South Korea demonstrate. This paper discusses the progress in bringing reconciliation between Japan and South Korea through an examination of four elements in the bilateral relationship: the historical legacies, the economic competition, the security imperatives (including the relationship with North Korea), and the flows of popular culture and people. It argues that the slowly improving bilateral Japan-South Korea relationship, to which growing economic interdependence, heightened interest in popular culture, and shared beliefs in peace and stability in North-east Asia all contribute, is nonetheless still …

The Scarab (2005-06)

The Scarab, 1952-2010

From the cover: "Official Organ of the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia."

Family Affairs Newsletter 2005-06-01, Jean Vermette

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Information Outlook, June 2005, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2005

Volume 9, Issue 6

Remote Estimation Of Crop Health [Abstract], Anatoly A. Gitelson, Andrés Viña, Donald C. Rundquist

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

First sentence of abstract: In this paper we discuss developed techniques to remotely assess the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by green vegetation [fAPAR-GREEN=fAPAR*(green LAI/total LAI)], fractional green vegetation cover (FGVC), green leaf area index (GLAI) green leaf biomass (GLB) and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange (NEE) in crops.

Gaze-Shift Patterns Of Young Children With Developmental Disabilities Who Are At Risk For Being Nonspeaking, Kelli Arens, Cynthia J. Cress, Christine Marvin

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Children with developmental disabilities often have difficulty with joint attention that can affect more advanced communication skills. This study evaluated the complexity of child engagement behaviors demonstrated by twenty-five pre-intentional children (age 9 to 25 months), who had developmental disabilities and were at risk for being nonspeaking. During free play with their parents, these children demonstrated infrequent and simple gaze shifts and focused more on individual objects or people than shared attention with parents during play. These children seldom engaged in coordinated attention behaviors such as shifting gaze back and forth between people and objects during their play with parents. …

Checkouts By Institution: June 2005 Helin/All Locations, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Borrowing by institution – June 2005

Pacific Review Summer 2005, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Front Matter/ Editors' Notes, Marriage &. Families

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Marriage &. Families

Marriage and Families

No abstract provided.

Grass Patch-Salmon Gums Area : Catchment Appraisal 2005, Angela Alderman

Resource management technical reports

Rapid catchment appraisal to assess the condition of, and future risks to, agricultural and natural resources within the Grass Patch-Salmon Gums area in Western Australia.

Water Quality And The Landscape: Long-Term Monitoring Of Rapidly Developing Suburban Watersheds, New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center (Nh Wrrc)

NH Water Resources Research Center Scholarship

No abstract provided.