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Lower Extremity Motion Analysis Patterns During Various Foot-Landing Styles, Nelson Cortes

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

Walking, running, and jumping are considered essential human movement activities that occur on a daily basis. In every landing task, the lower extremity needs to dissipate and absorb the energy that is created by the landing height. In addition, more dissipation is normally needed when landing from higher jumps, which increases the work that needs to be done by joints, muscles, and bones in order to prevent injury. Great amounts of load during a landing have the potential to induce injuries, particularly in the ankle and knee complex. In many sports, such as soccer, basketball, football, and volleyball, there is …

The Determinants Of Academic Performance Of African American Males, Marvin K. Hall

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

In this research on the academic performance of African American males I used data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study: Base Year 1988 to examine the factors that effect academic performance of one small group, the African American male. Independent variables that were used were SES, self-efficacy, self-esteem, two cultural variables, marital status of parents, and discipline. After controlling for SES two variables were related to GPA. The higher the self-efficacy of African American males the higher their GPA and the more discipline problems they had the lower their GPA. Results of this research identify the need to address cultural …

Mind Over Matter: The Coming Revolution In The Natural Sciences, William H. Eddy Jr.

Natural Resources Journal

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The 2030 Spike: Countdown To Global Catastrophe, By Colin Mason, Andrea Gomez

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

A Dangerous Experiment: The Lynching Of Rafael Benavides, William D. Carrigan, Clive Webb

New Mexico Historical Review

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Full Issue, New Mexico Historical Review

New Mexico Historical Review

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Verhaltensbeurteilung Durch Gleichaltrige. Uebersetzung Und Evaluierung Der Adjustment Scales For Sociometric Evaluation Of Secondary-School Students (Assess-D) [Peer Rating Of Behavior. Translation And Evaluation Of The Adjustment Scales For Sociometric Evaluation Of Secondary-School Students (Assess-D)]., Patrick Pössel, Ulrike Von Dellemann, Martin Hautzinger

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Beurteilungen durch Gleichaltrige gelten als valide und reliable Informationsquelle, dennoch gibt es im deutschen Sprachraum kein methodisch bewährtes Erhebungsinstrument zur Beurteilung des Verhaltens von Jugendlichen durch Gleichaltrige. Um diese Lücke zu füllen wurden die „Adjustment Scales for Sociometric Evaluation of Secondary-School Students“ (ASSESS) von Prinz, Swan, Liebert, Weintraub und Neale (1978) übersetzt und evaluiert. Die an 301 Jugendlichen faktorenanalytisch ermittelten fünf Skalen klären 66.77 % der Gesamtvarianz auf. Die Internen Konsistenzen (Cronbachs Alpha) der 34 Items umfassende ASSESS-D liegen zwischen a = .81 und .95 und die Retest-Reliabilität über drei Wochen liegt zwischen r = .84 und .95. Die Korrelationen …

Loma Linda Nurse - Vol. 14, No. 01, Loma Linda University School Of Nursing

Loma Linda Nurse

Contents

2 | A message from the dean

4 | Loma Linda NURSE news

6 | The First 100 Years: how providence started our first century

12 | LLUSN development report

19 | Letter from the alumni president

20 | Alumni Homecoming

26 | Centennial Research Conference

27 | Near and far

29 | In memory

30 | Special event planned

K-12 Service Learning In Argentina, Maria Nieves Tapia, Alba González, Pablo Elicgeui

Center for Social Development Research

K-12 Service Learning in Argentina

Mishlavim Project - The Inclusion Of Youth With Special Needs Into National Youth Service In Israel: Program Evaluation Research (2003-2004), Karin Amit, Nicole Fleischer

Center for Social Development Research

Mishlavim Project - the Inclusion of Youth With Special Needs Into National Youth Service in Israel: Program Evaluation Research (2003-2004)

Service-Learning And Civic Outcomes: From Suggestive Research To Program Models, Suzanne Pritzker, Amanda Moore Mcbride

Center for Social Development Research

Service-learning has been identified as an intervention that may address low levels of youth civic engagement. Service-learning is compared to two other interventions that have been associated with civic outcomes: community service and civic education curricula. Studies of these three types of interventions are systematically reviewed and compared, taking into account rigor of designs and methods. Across a range of civic indicators, no clear pattern was found regarding the impact of each intervention. This review highlights the need for increased rigor and sensitivity of measurement in future research on civic development among school-age students.

International Service: History And Forms, Pitfalls And Potential, Amanda Moore Mcbride, Dolly Daftary

Center for Social Development Research

International voluntary service represents the contribution of one’s time to some cause, which is largely uncompensated and spent in a country other than one’s home country. The forms of international service have evolved from roots in missionary service to a focus on development of the host communities and the volunteers. Current trends emphasize mutuality, accountability, and participation by host communities, but against a historical and contemporary backdrop, inequality remains between the volunteers and hosts. This paper speculates a range of possible positive and negative developmental outcomes, programmatic strategies to mediate negative effects, and research to inform program and policy development.

Add Implementation Assessment: Design, Implementation, And Administration Of Individual Development Account Programs In The American Dream Demonstration, Deborah Adams

Center for Social Development Research

ADD Implementation Assessment: Design, Implementation, and Administration of Individual Development Account Programs in the American Dream Demonstration

Educational Status And Savings Performance In Individual Development Accounts, Min Zhan, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Center for Social Development Research

This study examines the relationship between education and savings performance in Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), a matched savings program for the poor. We also investigate whether the relationship between education and savings is mediated by income, intended uses of IDAs, and program (or institutional) factors. The data of this study is from the American Dream Demonstration (N = 2,50), the first national demonstration of IDAs. The results indicate that, compared to the participants without a high school degree, those with some college education, especially those with a 4-year college degree, had higher savings, after controlling for program factors and other …

Financial Services And Savings: Theory And Evidence From The American Dream Demonstration, Michael S. Barr

Center for Social Development Research

Financial Services and Savings: Theory and Evidence From the American Dream Demonstration

From Individual Development Accounts To Community Asset Building: An Exploration In Bridging People- And Place-Based Strategies, Solana Rice

Center for Social Development Research

From Individual Development Accounts to Community Asset Building: An Exploration in Bridging People- and Place-Based Strategies

Increasing Life Chances For Orphaned Children In Africa: Testing An Asset-Based Development Strategy, Fred Ssewamala, Jami Curley

Center for Social Development Research

Increasing Life Chances for Orphaned Children in Africa: Testing an Asset-Based Development Strategy

Way To Give: A Guide To Connecting, Giving And Asset Building, Stephanie C. Boddie, Prema Thirupathy

Center for Social Development Research

Way to Give: A Guide to Connecting, Giving and Asset Building

What Does An Ida Cost? Some Measures From Add, Mark Schreiner

Center for Social Development Research

What Does an IDA Cost? Some Measures From ADD

Inclusion In Asset Building: Testimony For Hearing On "Building Assets For Low-Income Families” Subcommittee On Social Security And Family Policy Senate Finance Committee, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Inclusion in Asset Building: Testimony for Hearing on "Building Assets for Low-Income Families” Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy Senate Finance Committee

Institutions And Savings In Low-Income Households, Jami Curley, Fred Ssewamala, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Institutions and Savings in Low-Income Households

Saving In Add: Measures From Mis Ida, Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Saving in Add: Measures From MIS IDA

Saving In Low-Income Households: Evidence From Interviews With Participants In The American Dream Demonstration, Michael Sherraden, Amanda Moore Mcbride, Elizabeth Johnson, Stacie Hanson, Fred M. Ssewamala, Trina R. Shanks

Center for Social Development Research

Saving in Low-Income Households: Evidence From Interviews With Participants in the American Dream Demonstration

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (Tanf) And Individual Development Accounts (Idas): A Good Match?, Karen Edwards

Center for Social Development Research

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs): A Good Match?

The Korean Language And The Effects Of Its Honorifics System In Advertising: Deferential Vs. Informal Speech As Regulatory Prime On Persuasive Impact, Jin K. Han, Yong Seok Sohn, Kun Woo Yoo

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

A very prominent feature of the Korean language is its extensive honorifics system, where the speaker is obliged to adopt a level of speech (deferential vs. informal) befitting the status of the target audience. As the context for using deferential (informal) speech parallels the setting for prevention (promotion) focus, we set out to examine whether the Korean honorifics system itself functions as a natural prime for regulatory orientation. In Study 1, we find that deferential (informal) speech style activates prevention (promotion) focus in the addressee. Accordingly, we show that ad copies in deferential (informal) speech style resulted in regulatory fit …

Pathways To Ptsd, Part Ii: Sexually Abused Children, Julie B Kaplow, Kenneth A Dodge, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Glenn N Saxe

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this research was to develop and test a prospective model of posttraumatic stress symptoms in sexually abused children that includes pretrauma, trauma, and disclosure-related pathways.

METHOD: At time 1, several measures were used to assess pretrauma variables, trauma variables, and stress reactions upon disclosure for 156 sexually abused children ages 8 to 13 years. At the time 2 follow-up (7 to 36 months following the initial interview), the children were assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

RESULTS: A path analysis involving a series of hierarchically nested ordinary least squares multiple regression analyses indicated three direct …

Instructions In Inequality: Development, Human Rights, Capabilities, And Gender Violence In Schools, Erika George

Faculty Scholarship

This Article argues that the international community's gender equality targets will not be realized by 2015 because the problems associated with sexual violence against girls in schools are situated at an intersection of contested conceptual divides between human rights (civil and political liberties) and development aims (social and economic needs). Cracks in the conceptual foundations of both the liberal and utilitarian theories of justice and equality, which support traditional human rights advocacy and economic development plans, respectively render each approach inadequate to fully identify and address the grave danger sexual violence and harassment in schools pose to educational equality. In …

Psychometric Properties Of The Self-Efficacy For Exercise Questionnaire In A Diverse Sample Of Men And Women, Sarah Wilcox, Patricia A. Sharpe, Brent E. Hutto, Michelle L. Granner

Faculty Publications

Background: Self-efficacy is a consistent correlate of physical activity, but most self-efficacy measures have not been validated in diverse populations. This study examined the construct, criterion-related, and convergent validity and internal consistency of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise Questionnaire. Methods: African American and Caucasian adults (N = 1919) from two adjacent counties in South Carolina were identified through a list-assisted random digit-dialed telephone survey. Psychometric properties of the measure were assessed by gender, race, age, education, and body weight subgroups. Results: Across all subgroups, a single-factor solution explained 93 to 98% of the common variance in an exploratory factor analysis, …

A Review Of Pharmacological And Educational Approaches For Tobacco Cessation, Angela L. Monson, John A. Romas

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Assisting patients to quit smoking continues to be critical for all health care providers as the Surgeon General’s report in 2004 reported a significant increase in the number of diseases caused by smoking. Awareness of the extreme addictiveness of nicotine may help health care providers increase empathy for patients attempting to quit. Health care providers can identify the patient’s stage of change, according to the Transtheoretical Model, and incorporate appropriate pharmacological and educational methods to aid in the quit attempt.

Helpful Organizational Features Of A Community-Linked Research Unit: A Qualitative Study, Gillian King, Mary Law, Peter Rosendum, Melissa Currie, Nancy Plews, Dianne Russell, Susanne King, Cheryl Missiuna, Stephen D. Walter

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

There is a growing number of research units and alliances whose purpose is to link researchers and community partner groups. Little has been published about the benefits of these research organizations, the characteristics that assist them to function, and how they evolve over time. This article describes the findings of a survey of 13 investigators and research coordinators from CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, a multidisciplinary research unit founded in 1989. The article describes this group’s perceptions of CanChild as an organization, including major helpful factors, lessons learned, and changes over time to the Centre’s approach to research. The …