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Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2005-2006, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications Jan 2005

Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2005-2006, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern Washington University's course catalog for the 2005-2006 academic year.

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Perspective, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 2005, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations. Jan 2005

Perspective, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 2005, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue focuses on "Eagles in Uniform." There are articles on alumni who serve as nurses, police, firefighters, or the army. It also includes articles on Eastern Washington University students in uniform, such as the cheerleading squad, student athletes, and teachers.

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Yarborough V. Alvarado: At The Crossroads Of The Unreasonable Application Provision Of The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act Of 1996 And The Consideration Of Juvenile Status In Custodial Determinations, Jennifer Park Jan 2005

Yarborough V. Alvarado: At The Crossroads Of The Unreasonable Application Provision Of The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act Of 1996 And The Consideration Of Juvenile Status In Custodial Determinations, Jennifer Park

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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The Ethics Of Cause Lawyering: An Empirical Examination Of Criminal Defense Lawyers As Cause Lawyers, Margareth Etienne Jan 2005

The Ethics Of Cause Lawyering: An Empirical Examination Of Criminal Defense Lawyers As Cause Lawyers, Margareth Etienne

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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Avoiding The Shameful Backlash: Social Repercussions For The Increased Use Of Alternative Sanctions, Brian Netter Jan 2005

Avoiding The Shameful Backlash: Social Repercussions For The Increased Use Of Alternative Sanctions, Brian Netter

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Reliability Generalization Of The California Psychological Inventory, Helen Zaikina Jan 2005

Reliability Generalization Of The California Psychological Inventory, Helen Zaikina

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The present study examined the reliability of the scores of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). The reported reliability coefficients were located via PsycInfo and recorded into a data set. A multiple regression analysis was performed on the coefficients for the Socialization scale as well as on the three factors of the CPI. No predictors were found to be significant. The test retest reliabilities were significantly higher than the internal consistency reliabilities across all scale factors. A lack of significant results may be explained by the fact that the CPI is a multi-subscale instrument and not all of the scales are …

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Using Archival Data For I-O Research: Advantages, Pitfalls, Sources, And Examples, Kenneth S. Shultz, Calvin C. Hoffman, Roni Reiter-Palmon Jan 2005

Using Archival Data For I-O Research: Advantages, Pitfalls, Sources, And Examples, Kenneth S. Shultz, Calvin C. Hoffman, Roni Reiter-Palmon

Psychology Faculty Publications

Two particular sets of experiences sparked our interest in writing this TIP article. The first was our increasing difficulty getting access to “new” organization- based samples. Depending on the topic and commitment involved, many organizations appear too leery and/or too strapped these days to allow for primary data collection. In addition, we have all experienced the disappointment of spending numerous hours on research proposals and meetings with organizational personnel, only to have the “plug pulled” at the last minute on a promising line of data collection. Conversely, we have also had experience with researchers in organizations who are willing and …

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The Pedagogical And Practical Issues Of Using Ict In Post-Primary Schools, Kay O'Sullivan Mc Carty Jan 2005

The Pedagogical And Practical Issues Of Using Ict In Post-Primary Schools, Kay O'Sullivan Mc Carty

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This study was an investigation into some of the pedagogical and practical issues that need to be considered when using ICT, with particular reference to post-primary schools. This investigation was prompted by the introduction of broadband into Irish schools in the next twelve months. Resources need to be developed that are subject specific and relevant to the Irish curriculum. The principle learning theories were examined and their pedagogical implications for post-primary teachers were discussed. The definition of learning styles was explored, different measurements were looked at and several internet based inventories were examined. The VARK questionnaire was administered to a …

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Is The Concept Of The Person Necessary For Human Rights?, Jens David Ohlin Jan 2005

Is The Concept Of The Person Necessary For Human Rights?, Jens David Ohlin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The concept of the person is widely assumed to be indispensable for making a rights claim. But a survey of the concept's appearance in legal discourse reveals that the concept is stretched to the breaking point. Personhood stands at the center of debates as diverse as the legal status of embryos and animals to the rights and responsibilities of corporations and nations. This Note analyzes the evidence and argues that personhood is a cluster concept with distinct components: the biological concept of the human being, the notion of a rational agent, and unity of consciousness. This suggests that it is …

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Expert Testimony In Capital Sentencing: Juror Responses, John H. Montgomery, J. Richard Ciccone, Stephen P. Garvey, Theodore Eisenberg Jan 2005

Expert Testimony In Capital Sentencing: Juror Responses, John H. Montgomery, J. Richard Ciccone, Stephen P. Garvey, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia (1972), held that the death penalty is constitutional only when applied on an individualized basis. The resultant changes in the laws in death penalty states fostered the involvement of psychiatric and psychologic expert witnesses at the sentencing phase of the trial, to testify on two major issues: (1) the mitigating factor of a defendant’s abnormal mental state and (2) the aggravating factor of a defendant’s potential for future violence. This study was an exploration of the responses of capital jurors to psychiatric/psychologic expert testimony during capital sentencing. The Capital Jury Project is …

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Who Chooses Who? : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Ethnicity, Gender, And Peer Nominations Of Aggression, Karen Hammack Petty Jan 2005

Who Chooses Who? : An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Ethnicity, Gender, And Peer Nominations Of Aggression, Karen Hammack Petty

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Stereo Propaganda : Re-Imagining The South Through Stereographic Photography And The History And Photographs From The African-American Community Of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier Jan 2005

Stereo Propaganda : Re-Imagining The South Through Stereographic Photography And The History And Photographs From The African-American Community Of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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City On A Hill : John Mccrady's Oxford, Mississippi, Teresa Parker Jan 2005

City On A Hill : John Mccrady's Oxford, Mississippi, Teresa Parker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Irish In Rural Mississippi : A Sample Of The 1850 Census / By Rankin Sherling, Rankin Sherling Jan 2005

The Irish In Rural Mississippi : A Sample Of The 1850 Census / By Rankin Sherling, Rankin Sherling

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Anger And Social Problem Solving Style As Predictors Of Burnout In Mental Health Workers, Jerri L. Maroney Jan 2005

Anger And Social Problem Solving Style As Predictors Of Burnout In Mental Health Workers, Jerri L. Maroney

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

This study examined how the variables of anger and social problem-solving style affect the dimensions of burnout in a sample of 99 mental health workers. To assess these constructs, the State-Trait Anger Scale-2, and the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised were utilized. The Maslach Burnout Inventory for Human Services Staff was used to measure job burnout. Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and a decrease in the sense of Personal Accomplishment are the core dimensions of burnout on this measure. Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization correlated significantly with State Anger, Trait Anger, and Negative Problem Orientation. Significant inverse correlations were demonstrated for State Anger, Trait …

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Assessing Mental Health Literacy Of First- And Third-Year Medical Students : Knowledge And Beliefs About Mental Disorders, Patricia A. Cheslock Jan 2005

Assessing Mental Health Literacy Of First- And Third-Year Medical Students : Knowledge And Beliefs About Mental Disorders, Patricia A. Cheslock

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Mental health literacy is the knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that influence their identification, treatment, and prevention. It is highly pertinent for the primary care physician to possess appropriate mental health literacy, because it is in that sector that the majority of individuals first seek treatment. As many as 90% of individuals who experience symptoms of a mental disorder are first seen by their primary care physician. However, general practitioners often do not detect or diagnose the presence of a mental disorder, and as many as 50% of these disorders remain unidentified and untreated. This study explored the mental …

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Exploratory Study Of Anger And Behavior In An Incarcerated Offender Population Utilizing The Mahan And Ditomasso Anger Scale, Robert John Marsh, Jr. Jan 2005

Exploratory Study Of Anger And Behavior In An Incarcerated Offender Population Utilizing The Mahan And Ditomasso Anger Scale, Robert John Marsh, Jr.

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The present study proposed to advance the treatment and assessment of anger disorders by exploring the properties of the Mahan and DiTomasso Anger Scale (MAD-AS). Previous research of the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the MAD-AS was conducted with inpatient (Mahan, 2001) and outpatient participants (Beardmore, 2003) . In the present study a psychometric investigation was undertaken utilizing 300 male incarcerated offenders. The MAD-AS correlated positively with the presence of antisocial and borderline personality disorders and with violent offenses. Those inmates with a history of violent offenses scored significantly higher than those convicted of nonviolent offenses on the MAD-AS. …

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Medical Malpractice Crisis: A Problem With No Answer, The, Chandler Gregg Jan 2005

Medical Malpractice Crisis: A Problem With No Answer, The, Chandler Gregg

Missouri Law Review

The current “medical malpractice crisis” can be solved by examining and solving the several factors that are the root cause. This Comment looks at the changes that have been made in the way of tort reform and will analyze the problems that past tort reform efforts have ignored. It will also suggest alternative remedies to get the health care system on its way to becoming a system where fewer medical mistakes are made, injured plaintiffs are adequately compensated, and doctors can most effectively and efficiently operate.

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Testing An Intervention To Address The Sociocultural Influence Of Mass Media On Body Image: Can We Reverse The Curse?, Janet Derosier Murray Jan 2005

Testing An Intervention To Address The Sociocultural Influence Of Mass Media On Body Image: Can We Reverse The Curse?, Janet Derosier Murray

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The adverse effects of exposure to unrealistic ideals in the media are well documented, however, this is the first study to explore the possibility that women may experience improvement in body image and affect via social comparison to women with realistic, non-ideal body shape and size. Using material from The Century Project©, the impact of exposure to nude, non-pornographic photographs of women of varied shape, size, age, and physical condition, and the photographed women's personal commentaries about how they successfully cope with body image concerns was tested using an experimental design. It was hypothesized that exposure to the photographs and …

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Warning Compliance: Effects Of Stress And Working Memory, Jessica Helmick-Rich Jan 2005

Warning Compliance: Effects Of Stress And Working Memory, Jessica Helmick-Rich

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of cross-modality warning presentation and retention in a dual-task paradigm in a simulated military environment under various task-induced stress levels. It was also intended to determine what role working memory played in the mode of warning presentation that resulted in the highest retention and subsequent compliance. An all within participant design was created in order to determine if scores on working memory span tasks predicted performance across the varying forms of warning presentation. Furthermore, task-induced stress levels were varied over the course of the experiment to identify if workload transitions affected performance. Results revealed that …

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Navigating Diverse Identities: Building Coalitions Through Redistribution Of Academic Capital--An Exercise In Praxis, Aya Gruber Jan 2005

Navigating Diverse Identities: Building Coalitions Through Redistribution Of Academic Capital--An Exercise In Praxis, Aya Gruber

Publications

No abstract provided.

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Virginia Quality Institute's Conflict Management Training, Marguerite Inscoe Jan 2005

Virginia Quality Institute's Conflict Management Training, Marguerite Inscoe

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of this study was determine if Virginia Quality Institute's conflict management training attendees were successful in using the recommended conflict strategies and verbal techniques to mitigate difficult conversations and conflict situations at their job.

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Electronically Posted Course Materials And Classroom Attendance, Shawnda Bentley Jan 2005

Electronically Posted Course Materials And Classroom Attendance, Shawnda Bentley

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to determine the attitudes of Old Dominion University undergraduates enrolled in OTS 102, Advertising and Promotion, who receive instructor's electronically posted course material and their attendance in class.

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Healthwise Spring 2005, Steven Adelsheim, Ernest Coletta, Christine Hollis, Christopher Schuler, Kris Carillo, Delfy Pena Roach Jan 2005

Healthwise Spring 2005, Steven Adelsheim, Ernest Coletta, Christine Hollis, Christopher Schuler, Kris Carillo, Delfy Pena Roach

Newsletters

The Spring, 2005 Issue of HealthWise. This issue features articles on mental health screening in New Mexico, preventing youth suicide, school behavioral health programs, and stigma and mental illness.

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Fuzzy And Neutrosophic Analysis Of Women With Hiv/Aids, Florentin Smarandache, W.B. Vasantha Kandasamy Jan 2005

Fuzzy And Neutrosophic Analysis Of Women With Hiv/Aids, Florentin Smarandache, W.B. Vasantha Kandasamy

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Fuzzy theory is one of the best tools to analyze data, when the data under study is an unsupervised one, involving uncertainty coupled with imprecision. However, fuzzy theory cannot cater to analyzing the data involved with indeterminacy. The only tool that can involve itself with indeterminacy is the neutrosophic model. Neutrosophic models are used in the analysis of the socio-economic problems of HIV/AIDS infected women patients living in rural Tamil Nadu. Most of these women are uneducated and live in utter poverty. Till they became seriously ill they worked as daily wagers. When these women got admitted in the hospital …

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Fuzzy And Neutrosophic Analysis Of Periyar’S Views On Untouchability, Florentin Smarandache, Vasantha Kandasamy, K. Kandasamy Jan 2005

Fuzzy And Neutrosophic Analysis Of Periyar’S Views On Untouchability, Florentin Smarandache, Vasantha Kandasamy, K. Kandasamy

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

“Day in and day out we take pride in claiming that India has a 5000 year old civilization. But the way Dalits and those suppressed are being treated by the people who wield power and authority speaks volumes for the degradations of our moral structure and civilized standards.” Ex-President of India, the late K. R. Narayanan The New Indian Express, Saturday, 12 Nov. 2005 K.R.Narayanan was a lauded hero and a distinguished victim of his Dalit background. Even in an international platform when he was on an official visit to Paris, the media headlines blazed, ‘An Untouchable at Elysee’. He …

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Managing The Transformation Of System Of Systems Engineering, Samuel F. Kovacic, Andres Sousa-Poza Jan 2005

Managing The Transformation Of System Of Systems Engineering, Samuel F. Kovacic, Andres Sousa-Poza

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

SOSE methodologies exist that support engineering difficult and disparate systems with a technical solution. However, from literature it is apparent that there is a need for a formal methodology and methods that govern engineering of System of Systems (SOS) beyond the technical solution. This paper presents some of the current thinking being undertaken at NCSOSE (National Centers for Systems of Systems Engineering), on what is driving the development of SOSE, and a hypothesized solution to this problem. The purpose is to offer a different approach for resolving complexity within a situation. The paper concludes with an initial derivative of a …

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What Is New In The New Toefl-Ibt 2006 Test Format?, Alla Zareva Jan 2005

What Is New In The New Toefl-Ibt 2006 Test Format?, Alla Zareva

English Faculty Publications

In recent years TOEFL has become one of the most popular high-stakes tests affecting not only what and how English language teachers teach but also what and how students learn (e.g. Johnson, Jordan, & Poehner, 2005; Alderson & Wall, 1993). The new 2006 TOEFL–iBT exam is on its way; yet, until now, information about the new test format and test preparation materials is scarce. Above and beyond interest in the test alone, the burning question is what demanded the revision of the current test, given that the latest computer-based TOEFL was introduced fairly recently worldwide. The paper elaborates on some …

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Using A Web-Based Supply Chain Management Simulation As An Experiential Learning Tool Across The Business Curriculum, Russell Haines, Jill Hough, Douglas Haines, Scott Metlen Jan 2005

Using A Web-Based Supply Chain Management Simulation As An Experiential Learning Tool Across The Business Curriculum, Russell Haines, Jill Hough, Douglas Haines, Scott Metlen

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

A web based version of the common "Beer Distribution Game" that facilitates experiential learning was developed and tested for use across the business curriculum. While the fundamental elements of the original paper based game were preserved, the web-based on-line multiplayer version offers refinements to game play, administration and debriefing that allow more focus on the learning experience and open possible applications beyond the traditional one-time demonstration of the bullwhip effect. The web-based supply chain management simulation was tested and refined in Strategic Management courses and Integrated Business Curriculum courses at two widely separated universities. Students responded favorably to the on-line …

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The Faux Pas Of A Vert Galant: The Historiography Of Henry Iv's Military Leadership, Annette Finley-Croswhite Jan 2005

The Faux Pas Of A Vert Galant: The Historiography Of Henry Iv's Military Leadership, Annette Finley-Croswhite

History Faculty Publications

Even though many modern historians agree that Henry IV was less than a brilliant military commander, a small but growing body of revisionist historians believe that his reputation deserves to be reassessed. While acknowledging his military innovations and battlefield successes, his critics see him primarily as an opportunist with a reckless streak who failed time and again to take full advantage of his victories. The revisionist school, however, believes that these interpretations are based on an inaccurate assessment of early modern warfare and its unique political, religious, and social components. Henry's modern defenders further note that his reputation has suffered …

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