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Gangs, "Coups D' Streets," And The New War In Central America, Max G. Manwaring Dr.

Articles & Editorials

Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly newsletter. This is the Op-Ed for the July 2005 newsletter.

Poetic Modernism And The Oceanic Divide: Review On New British Poetry, Kevin Clark

English

No abstract provided.

Interactive Preferences And Decision-Theoretic Planning, Derek Williams, Kyle Bailey, Alex Dekhtyar, Judy Goldsmith, Beth Goldstein, Raphael Finkel, Joan Mazur

Computer Science and Software Engineering

We introduce a suite of interlinked software tools for eliciting preferences, doing decision-theoretic planning, and displaying the plans. The software allows a user to walk through possible trajectories, adjust preferences, and compare potential trajectories. This paper focuses on the elicitation process, the plan display, and interactions between the two.

Kinesiology News, Summer 2005, Kinesiology Department

Kinesiology Department Newsletter

No abstract provided.

On Cue Vol. 18 No. 2 Summer 2005, Jan Delay

On Cue

No abstract provided.

2005 L'Ami Yearbook, George Fox University

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Have Public Finance Principles Been Shut Out In Financing New Sports Stadiums For The Nfl In The United States?, Victor Matheson, Robert Baade

Economics Department Working Papers

Over the past 15 years, new stadiums in the National Football League have been built at an unprecedented rate, and most new facilities have utilized significant public funds. This paper looks at whether the methods used to finance these new facilities honored public finance principles regarding equity, efficiency, and transparency. An examination of the 20 NFL stadiums constructed or refurbished since 1992 reveals a trend towards more voter referendums and an increase reliance on taxation of visitors through hotel and rental car taxes. Although taxation of persons living outside one’s own metropolitan area is appealing, this paper suggests that the …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 1, Summer 2005, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

9 - A MOGUL IN THE MAKING By Larry Sokoloff J.D. '92 While working toward his business degree, SCU sophomore Tyler Dickman runs a multimillion-dollar business based in Florida.

10 - TOP OF THE CLASS: FOUNDATION HONORS INNOVATIVE SCU PROFESSORS By Kim Kooyers. This year's winners of the Louis and Dorina Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence and the Brutocao Family Foundation Award for Curriculum Innovation are examples of the SCU's outstanding teaching scholars.

14 - A GLOBAL ETHIC: A CONVERSATION WITH HANS KUNG By Rita Beamish '74 Hans Kung, scholar, Roman Catholic priest, and author of some 50 books on …

Ua64 Newsletter For The College Of Education And Behavioral Sciences, Wku College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua51/1 Collections & Connections, Haiwang Yuan

Collections & Connections

Collections & Connections is a newsletter of Western Kentucky University Libraries featuring major events of the Libraries periodically. In this Summer 2005 issue, the events highlighted include Appraisal Day the presented Ken Farmer, the successful launch of another Book Fest and Kentucky Writers Conference, the enhancement of Opac system, the collection of Robert Penn Warren stamp, the reception of awards by the Book Fest and Libraries faculty and staff, the story of Debby LaMastus, the announcement of Personnel changes, and a eulogy of the beloved Evelyn Thurman.

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 28, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.

You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2005), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

Commencement Program 2005, Newark State College

Commencement Programs

This Commencement Program is for Newark State Teachers College's Class of 2005. The college created this brochure to showcase the Program, Honorary Degrees, Honorary Graduates, Degree Candidates, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Master of Arts, Class Officers, Psychology Diploma, Academic Costume, Board of Trustees, Battle Hymn of the Republic, and the Alma Mater.

Adult Suicide Attempts In Relationship To Life Experiences And Familial Tendencies, Laura S. Ford

Graduate Research Projects

The purpose of this project was to describe the variables age, gender, child or adult abuse, educational level, family history of suicide, depression, economic level as factors related to adult attempted suicides. The Lazarus framework was used to examine factors contributing to adult attempted suicide. A suicide prevention community education project was developed with Lazarus’s theory of cognition and unconscious processes in mind. Lazarus’s theory focuses on the relationship between development of coping skills learned during childhood and how a person will respond using those skills as an adult. This project explored links between child and adult abuse, education or …

Organizational Assessment: Pathway To Improvement For Teen Challenge Of The Rocky Mountains, Kenneth G. Summers

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This professional project examines the growing focus on organizational evaluation and the use of assessment tools that contribute to organizational development and capacity-building. An extensive literature review addresses the background, framework and various approaches to organizational assessment. Three assessment tools reviewed in this project provided the basis for an organizational assessment of Teen Challenge of The Rocky Mountains. These tools along with interviews and an examination of records and organizational documents resulted in a wide spectrum of recommendations. The core recommendations address the need for sufficient and sustainable assets, deep and broad leadership, and a commitment to learning and self-reflection.

Couples In Treatment: Techniques And Approaches For Effective Practice, Lori L. Ellison

Counseling Faculty Research

Review of the book Couples in treatment: Techniques and approaches for effective practice, 2^nd Ed. By G. R. Weeks & S. Treat.

Book Review: Couples In Treatment: Techniques And Approaches For Effective Practice, Lori L. Ellison

Counseling Faculty Research

Review of the book Couples in Treatment: Techniques and Approaches for Effective Practice. Second Edition (2001). G.R. Weeks and S. Treat. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge. 288 pp.

Tying Odysseus To The Mast: Evidence From A Commitment Savings Product In The Philippines, Nava Ashraf, Dean S. Karlan, Wesley Yin

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

2004-2005 - Graduate Council Annual Report, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Empirical And Behavioral Critiques Of Mandatory Disclosure: Socio-Economics And The Quest For Truth In Lending, Matthew A. Edwards

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Whose Body Is It Anyway - An Updated Model Of Healthcare Decision-Making Rights For Adolescents, Kimberly M. Mutcherson

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders On Measures Of Group Cohesion In Substance Abusers, Sharon Bradford Robbins

Doctoral Dissertations

Substance dependence and treatment have been the focus of research for a number of years. Recently more attention has been directed toward identifying the most appropriate treatments for people with more complicated substance disorders, those with substance dependence and mental illness. The current study examined three aspects of group cohesion, a necessary condition for effective outcomes, in 64 substance abusers with a comorbid mental illness. The rated aspects of group cohesion included overall group climate, individual group members' self-worth, and each member's perception of the relationship with the group leader. Groups were divided according to profiles based on results from …

Gsbs News, Summer 2005, Graduate School Of Biomedical Sciences, University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

GSBS News

No abstract provided.

A Case Study, Initiating A Peer Mentoring Program At A State University With A Diverse Student Body, Frank Andrews

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The focus of this paper is on leading and guiding the change process as it applies to a Peer Mentoring Program begun this semester in the College of Management (CoM) at U.Mass Lowell (UML). Specifically, this paper will discuss the fieldwork with respect to the initiation and adoption of the program. A second case paper will look at the actual implementation and hopefully institutionalization of the program.

In The Beginning, Mack Hines Iii

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Volumes of research have documented the implementation of peer assessment in higher education (Falchikov, 1986; Huba & Freed, 2000). The literature doesn’t denote the impact of peer assessment on teacher education students. This study filled that void by investigating first-year teacher education students’ views of peer assessment.

Uab Nurse Scientist - Summer 2005, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Nursing magazine

No abstract provided.

Renaissance Retirees, Summer 2005, College Of Arts And Sciences

Renaissance Retirees

Newsletter profiling retirees from Illinois State University's College of Arts and Sciences

Wooster Magazine: Summer 2005, Lisa Watts

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the Summer of 2005. The Oak Grove section includes news from the Wooster baseball team, an update on the Kauke renovations, and story on how Wooster students assisted a small village in India following a tsunami. Statistics regarding the class of 2005 and their Independent Studies are on page eleven to twenty-eight. Six students and their Independent Studies are featured. These articles are written by the students, they reflect on the effect that IS has had on them and also explain their projects to readers. The Class Notes section is from …

Role Expectations Of The District Superintendent: Implications For Deregulating Preparation And Licensing, Theodore J. Kowalski, Lars G. Björk

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

At this juncture when policymakers are being asked to choose between deregulation and reform, problems affecting the superintendency need to be framed appropriately and policy decisions need to be based on evidence and not raw politics or emotion. Deregulating a profession clearly is a serious matter that is prudent either when the need for the state to protect the public from practitioners is no longer valid or when the underlying knowledge has been found to be fraudulent or irrelevant (Kowalski, 2004). This paper identifies role expectations and position requirements that have evolved for school district superintendents over the past 100 …

The Bridge Summer 2005 Vol. 46 No. 2, Harding School Of Theology

The Bridge

No abstract provided.