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Messages, No.40 2005

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

E-Government Capabilities And Crisis Management: Lessons From Combating Sars In Singapore, Shan Ling Pan, Gary Pan, Paul R. Devadoss

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The city-state of Singapore has been highly ranked for its e-government services. Over the past two decades, it has leveraged its IT infrastructure for economic development and transformed its public services. The SARS outbreak in 2004 turned into a national health crisis because it spread rapidly and the medical community had little knowledge of how to treat the new mutation of the corona virus. Yet, several Singaporean government agencies utilized the e-Government infrastructure and related resources to quickly bring the outbreak under control. In particular, the government?s IT infrastructure streamlined communications, information exchange, and data flow, and significantly eased collaboration …

Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of A Diabetes Managment Training Program For Unlicensed Assistive Personnel In Schools, Elaine M. Gomer

Master's Projects

This study evaluated the diabetes management-training program for unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). The purpose of the program was to prepare UAP to recognize and respond to the health care needs of students diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Twenty UAP participated. Teaching strategies were based on Albert Bandura' s social learning theory~ Two instruments were administered before and after the program. One was a 1 0-question survey addressing self-efficacy; the other was a 10 question multiple-choice test measuring knowledge of diabetes. Results of paired t tests indicate consistent and significant improvement in both perceptions of self-efficacy and knowledge (p < .05). This program provides a framework for school nurses training UAP that assist in the health care of students with diabetes. It is important that school nurses capitalize on the contribution that informed confident UAP might contribute to the provision of safe quality care to students with diabetes.

Familiar Battles For Bioethics: Facing Off Over Transplantation, Paul A. Lombardo

Faculty Publications By Year

No abstract provided.

Television And Politics In The Former East Germany, Claudia Dittmar

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "Television and Politics in the Former East Germany," Claudia Dittmar analyzes how in the former East Germany (GDR) while television audience was restricted severly by government, at the same time West German broadcasts acquired a substantial audience and what the impact of these broadcasts had on the audience. West German television programs enjoyed a high level of popularity with the East German population, thereby posing the greatest competition to the GDR's own television stations. As a result, GDR television was forced to counteract the impact of West German television. Dittmar discusses how the West German media were …

The Canonization Of German-Language Digital Literature, Florian Hartling

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "The Canonization of German-language Digital Literature," Florian Hartling discusses "Net Literature," a relatively young phenomenon, that has its roots in experimental visual and concrete poetry and hypertext. With the use of new media technology, this new genre of literature has acquired much interest and is now considered to be one of the most important influences in contemporary art. Not only does Net Literature connect sound, video, and animation with interactivity and allows new forms of artistic expression, it also impacts significantly on the traditional functions of the literary system. Hartling suggests that, in relation to Net Literature, …

A New Look At Robert J. Flaherty's Documentary Art, Gerhard Lampe

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "A New Look at Robert J. Flaherty's Documentary Art," Gerhard Lampe challenges the general view of documentary film director Robert J. Flaherty's work. In film studies, it is generally assumed that Flaherty ignored cinematographic developments and kept repeating himself by telling his stories of mythical battles of the individual against the powers of nature in always the same old-fashioned way. He is said to have improved his "photographic eye" with the help of improved lenses and more detailed shots; nevertheless, he did not show any interest in editing problems and sound recording. By comparing Flaherty's Nanook of …

Mental Models Of Communication And Television Advertising, Detlev Nothnagel, Gilda Vera Aguirre

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In their paper, "Mental Models of Communication and Television Advertising," Detlev Nothnagel and Gilda Vera Aguirre discuss the question whether and if so, how and to what extent television advertisement spots differ cross-culturally. In contrast to the majority of studies on this topic, Nothnagel and Aguirre concentrate on a protocol-based formal analysis that is statistically oriented. In a more general perspective, the relation between face-to-face communication and communication mediated by technology is scrutinized. Provided that there are important differences, one hypothesis would be that they originate in habits of communication older than those found in technically-mediated communication. That would, at …

A Methodology For Efficiently Sampling The Conformation Space Of Molecular Structures, Audrey Lee, Ileana Streinu, Oliver Brock

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Motivated by recently developed computational techniques for studying protein flexibility, and their potential applications in docking, we propose an efficient method for sampling the conformational space of complex molecular structures. We focus on the loop closure problem, identified in the work of Thorpe and Lei (2004 Phil. Mag. 84 1323-31) as a primary bottleneck in the fast simulation of molecular motions. By modeling a molecular structure as a branching robot, we use an intuitive method in which the robot holds onto itself for maintaining loop constraints. New conformations are generated by applying random external forces, while internal, attractive forces pull …

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2005, Issue 4, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Nancy Ehrenreich, Welcome to Our New SALT Board Members, at 1.

Beto Juarez & Holly Maguigan, Co-Presidents' Column, at 1.

Kent Greenfield, Solomon Amendment Litigation Update, at 4.

Beto Juarez, SALT and Pipeline Programs, at 4.

Margaret Martin Barry, Affirmative Action Committee Report, at 5.

Margaret Martin Barry, Follow-Up on Revised ABA Standards for Law Clinic Faculty, at 6.

Camille A. Nelson & Adele M. Morrison, Report on SALT's Third Annual Junior Faculty Development Workshop, at 6.

Jane Dolkart, SALT Annual Awards Dinner to Honor Cole, CCR, and Yamamoto …

Construction Law, Henry L. Balkcom Iv, Dana R. Grantham, Devin H. Gordon

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys construction law decisions handed down by Georgia courts and construction-related legislation enacted by the Georgia General Assembly between June 1, 2004 and May 31, 2005. As in prior years, the selected cases primarily fall within five categories: (1) contracts, (2) torts, (3) mechanics' and materialmen's liens, (4) arbitration, and (5) miscellaneous. Recent legislation is highlighted in Section VI.

Zoning And Land Use Law, Dennis J. Webb Jr., Marcia Mccrory Ernst, Victor A. Ellis

Mercer Law Review

This Article provides a succinct and practical analysis of the significant judicial decisions in the area of zoning and land use law pronounced by the United States Supreme Court and Georgia appellate courts between June 1, 2004 and May 31, 2005. The cases surveyed fall primarily within six categories: (1) condemnation; (2) nuisance and environmental; (3) zoning and related ordinances; (4) easements; (5) annexation; and (6) restrictive covenants.

Drs Quarterly Council Report: Issue 13, Alec Robertson

Quarterly Council Reports

This issue features the Lifetime Achievement Award of Professor Nigel Cross. (This is a shortened version of the address given by Professor David Durling, Chair of Design Research Society, in making the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award). ICM's contributions from Terry Love -Australia (West), Daniela Buchler of Brazil and Eduardo Corte-Real of Portugal.) are included with Council member reports.

Contents

DRS Lifetime Achievement Award, Professor David Durling: Award Address

International Reports

• Australia (West), Terence Love
• Brazil, Daniela Büchler
• Portugal, Eduardo Corte Real

Other Reports

• Sue Walker
• Bob Jerrard (DRS Membership Secretary)

Miscellaneous

Database Support For Research In Public Administration, J. Cory Tucker

Library Faculty Research

This study examines the extent to which databases support student and faculty research in the area of public administration. A list of journals in public administration, public policy, political science, public budgeting and finance, and other related areas was compared to the journal content list of six business databases. These databases included ABI/INFORM, Business Source Premier, General Business File, Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic Index, and International Academic Research Library. The results show that Expanded Academic Index, Business Source Premier, and International Academic Research Library have the most comprehensive holdings of public administration journals.

Resolving The Shocks In Radio Galaxy Nebulae: Hst And Radio Imaging Of 3c 171, 3c 277.3, And Pks 2250-41, Avanti Tilak, Christopher P. O'Dea, Clive Tadhunter, Karen Willis, Rafaella Morganti, Stefi A. Baum, Anton M. Koekemoer, Daniele Dallacasa

Articles

We present the results of HST/WFPC2 medium and narrow band imaging and VLA and MERLIN2 radio imaging of three powerful radio galaxies: 3C 171, 3C 277.3, and PKS 2250-41. We obtained images of the rest frame [OIII] 5007 and [OII] 3727 line emission using the Linear Ramp Filters on WFPC2. The correlations between the emission line morphology and the [OIII]/[OII] line ratios with the radio emission seen in ground based observations are clarified by the HST imaging. We confirm that the radio lobes and hot-spots are preferentially associated with lower ionization gas. 3C 171 exhibits high surface brightness emission line …

The Acs Virgo Cluster Survey. X. Half-Light Radii Of Globular Clusters In Early-Type Galaxies: Environmental Dependencies And A Standard Ruler For Distance Estimation, Andrés Jordán, Patrick Côté, John P. Blakeslee, David Merritt, Et Al.

Articles

We have measured half-light radii, rh, for thousands of globular clusters (GCs) belonging to the one hundred early-type galaxies observed in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey and the elliptical galaxy NGC 4697. An analysis of the dependencies of the measured half-light radii on both the properties of the GCs themselves and their host galaxies reveals that, in analogy with GCs in the Galaxy but in a milder fashion, the average half-light radius increases with increasing galactocentric distance or, alternatively, with decreasing galaxy surface brightness. For the first time, we find that the average half-light radius decreases with the host galaxy …

The Opinion Volume 44 Issue 4 – December 1, 2005, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated December, 1, 2005

New Bodies, Ancient Blood: “Purity” And The Construction Of Zápara Identity In The Ecuadorian Amazon, Maximilian Viatori

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

In this article, I explore how the Zápara in Amazonian Ecuador stress the biological side of their bodies, particularly the “purity” of their blood, as an indicator of the uniqueness of their identity. In order to imagine themselves as distinct from their Kichwa neighbors—with whom they share similar cultural and linguistic practices—Zápara assert that the essence of their difference resides in their blood, which links them in an unbroken continuum to their precontact ancestors. I argue that this new focus on blood purity represents a shift from cultural practices—speaking Zápara—to bodily attributes—having “pure” Zápara blood—as the primary basis for Zápara …

Women’S Representation And Status In Law Enforcement: Does Calea Involvement Make A Difference?, David Burlingame, Agnes L. Baro

Peer Reviewed Publications

This study’s objective was to determine if involvement in the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) accreditation process will have a significant, positive effect on the representation of sworn women in large police agencies at all organizational levels and on the representation of women of color as a percentage of the total workforce. This study compared 193 large (100 or more sworn personnel) non-CALEA agencies with 201 large CALEA agencies. Results of this research suggest that there are significant differences between CALEA and non-CALEA agencies and that involvement in the CALEA accreditation process appears to encourage and facilitate …

Sooty Tern: A Potential First Ohio Record, Donald Morse

Ohio Cardinal

No abstract provided.

How Common Are Wintering Long-Eared Owls In Ohio?, Bill Whan

Ohio Cardinal

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

Species Index To Volume 76, 2005, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

Minutes Of The Tos 2005 Spring Directors Meeting, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

Noti-Fealc, No. 22, Diciembre 2005, Carlos Benedetto

Noti-FEALC

Contents: Editorial -- VII Asamblea de la F.E.A.L.C. -- 14º Congreso Internacional de Espeleología -- Letter of Protest -- Primera Reunion del Nuevo Bureau de la UIS -- Modificaciones en el Sistema de Informaciones de la U.I.S. -- Novedades de las Comisiones FEALC -- Novedades Nacionales

Uis Commission On Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 46, December 2005, Jan Paul G. Van Der Pas

Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) Commission on Volcanic Caves

Contents: Chairman & editorial address -- Giuseppe Licitra -- Re: Previous page -- Information on current work in Japan -- New Address list -- Misc. News -- Volcano for sale -- Sediment Deposition and Reworking in Lava Tube Caves -- Old Hawaii is revisited -- Exploration and Discovery of new Lavatubes -- Mission Statement

Encouraging A 'Barrier-Free Built Environment' In A Malaysian University, H. Hussein

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

A good pedestrian network around the campus should be accessible and friendly for all users including disabled persons. The environment should offer some activity nodes to ensure that the learning and working in campus is more pleasant. The paper will clarify the importance of collaborative development among various professionals and organisations in order to achieve a 'barrier-free built environment', focusing on the University of Malaya as a case study. It will share experience on the education of inclusive design for students who will become professionals and responsible in implementing the legislation relating to safety, accessibility and usability of the built …

Argentina Subterránea, Volume 4, No. 13, December 2005, Carlos Benedetto

Argentina Subterránea

Contenido: Editorial - Escuela Argentina de Espeleología - Expedición Madre de Dios (Chile) 2006 - Noticias Internacionales. - Espeleología en Internet - FAdE. Información institucional.

Some Joe Style Points: Confusing Article & Research, Laura Hoelscher

Journal of Extension

"Some JOE Style Points" talks about the confusion between articles about research and the research, itself. "December JOE" highlights two articles in this issue and one in the October issue and also points to a number of recurring themes among the other articles.

The Craft Of Cross-Cultural Engagement, Craig A. Hassel

Journal of Extension

How might Extension professionals become proficient in engaging communities with knowledge that does not correspond to our own scientific understandings? Cross-cultural engagement (CCE) requires a commitment toward building trust as a foundation for greater relationship and asks us to think within other worldviews in order to understand divergent knowledge. This is quite different from learning about other worldviews from a familiar or scientific perspective. CCE brings diversity of perspective and with it new possibilities for innovation at land-grant universities.