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A Hybrid Model For Reducing Ecological Bias, Ruth Salway, Jon Wakefield

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

A major drawback of epidemiological ecological studies, in which the association between area-level summaries of risk and exposure are used to make inference about individual risk, is the difficulty in characterising within-area variability in exposure and confounder variables. To avoid ecological bias, samples of individual exposure/confounder data within each area are required. Unfortunately these may be difficult or expensive to obtain, particularly if large samples are required. In this paper we propose a new approach suitable for use with small samples. We combine a Bayesian non-parametric Dirichlet process prior with an estimating functions approach, and show that this model gives …

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Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review

No abstract provided.

Governança Corporativa, Estratégia E Desempenho Da Gestão De Supreminetos: Uma Análise Empírica Com Indústrias Listadas Na Bovespa

Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review

No abstract provided.

Mwp Newsletter: Extended News Items, 2005, University Of Mississippi. Department Of English

MWP News and Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 20, 2005, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Mis Students Get Boost Toward Cisa Designation, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A management information systems curriculum in accountancy at the University of Mississippi has been approved by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, giving graduates of the program an advantage in the job market.

National Institute Recognizes Two Accountancy Profs' Research, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi School of Accountancy faculty have been honored by the Institute of Management Accountants for their research.

Guest Worker Programs: Problem Or Solution?, Erin Mckenna

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

Should unauthorized immigrants be allowed to legally work within the borders of the United States? This question is at the heart of the debate over the use of guest worker programs in America. Many believe guest worker programs that include these undocumented immigrants would actually be harmful. They fear these immigrants would not leave the country after their legal status has expired and that the conditions for many American workers would diminish.

Out Of Sync: How Japanese International Students And American Students Misread Each Other, Jennifer Sousa

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

The effects of cultural values and perceptions of cultural values on social support and acculturative stress are examined in this study. Japanese international students and American students completed several instruments to facilitate both the comparison and perception of each other’s cultural values and whether the accuracy of Japanese students’ perception of American students’ values was related to self-reported stress in the Japanese students. There were 11 Japanese international students and 46 American students from Salve Regina University participating in the study. Somewhat surprisingly, Japanese and American participants were shown to have similar individualist cultural values, and the American participants scored …

Americanizing The American Woman: Symbols Of Nationalism In The Ladies Home Journal, 1890-1900, Kaithlyn Kayer

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

When the Ladies’ Home Journal began in 1883, its creator, Mr. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, could not have possibly dreamed that the magazine would grow to be the most influential woman’s journal of all time. A material culture analysis of American nationalistic emblems published in the Ladies’ Home Journal between 1890 and 1900 will determine how Edward Bok, editor, controlled nationalism in the feminine market, displaying the openness of women to nationalism in the late 19th century. It will also reveal how Bok created and controlled an educational tool he deemed “Americanization”, establishing a technique that magazines would replicate in …

The Dust Cloud Around The White Dwarf G29-38, William T. Reach, Ted Von Hippel, Et Al.

Publications

We present new observations of the white dwarf G29-38 with the camera (4.5 and 8 μm), photometer (24 μm), and spectrograph (5.5-14 μm) of the Spitzer Space Telescope. This star has an exceptionally large infrared excess, amounting to 3% of the bolometric luminosity. The spectral energy distribution (SED) has a continuum peak around 4.5 μm and a 9-11 μm emission feature 1.25 times brighter than the continuum. A mixture of amorphous olivine and a small amount of forsterite in an emitting region 1-5 R☉ from the star can reproduce the shape of the 9-11 μm feature. The SED …

Whither The Doha Round?, Michael L. Jensen

Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review

No abstract provided.

A Preliminary Investigation Of Acceptance And Commitment Therapy As A Treatment For Chronic Skin Picking, Michael P. Twohig, Steven C. Hayes, Akihiko Masuda

Psychology Faculty Publications

The effectiveness of a deliberately limited version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for chronic skin picking was evaluated in a pair of multiple baseline across participants designs. Self-monitoring of skin picking showed that four of the five participants reached near zero levels of picking by post-treatment, but these gains were not fully maintained for three of the four participants at follow-up. The findings of the self-reported skin picking were generally corroborated by ratings of photographs of the damaged areas and by ratings on a validated measure of skin picking severity. All participants rated the intervention as socially acceptable, and …

Marc Vs Xml, Peter A. Zuber

Faculty Publications

Some of the issues in discussion between MARC and XML deal with the desire to expand the content of the bibliographic record. An often-cited example is the library that wishes to enrich the current electronic record with a table of contents. Although a table of contents inclusion is actually possible with the MARC record, it is certainly not an ideal platform for such content. The MARC record is described as being a "flat" record, meaning it does not have a hierarchal nature. As such, it is a poor candidate for hierarchal structures such as a table of contents. A discussion …

Winning Wirzburger And Defeating The Blaine Amendments: Arguing Present Efficacy Instead Of Past Intent, Brendan Michael Groves

ExpressO

The case of Wirzburger v. Galvin, currently on a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, may set the tone for all religious discrimination cases in the future. Massachusetts’ constitutional amendments that proscribe any citizen initiatives from either dealing with religion in general or attempting to repeal the states Blaine Amendment are at issue in the case. Petitioner’s counsel, the Becket Fund, rightly views this case as paramount in the long-march to victory over the anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments still codified in 37 state constitutions. However, they have lost almost every stage of the case.

This article argues that Wirzburger and …

Monitor Newsletter December 19, 2005, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 33, December 19, 2005

Central Florida Future

The time flies by: Success in 2005 only makes 2006 seem much more exciting; Alumni mourn loss of dear friend; Early decision on rise: College applicants make quick choices, experts believe it could be bad; Completion of FDLE investigation leads to arrest for battering officer in Jenkins melee.

Public Health Practitioner Expert Opinion For Recommending Revisions To A Community Nutrition Mph Curriculum

Florida Public Health Review

No abstract provided.

December 19 2005 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 19, 2005, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, December 18, 2005, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

USF St. Petersburg Graduations and Commencements

Distinguished Citizen Award: Russell Sloan

Far Reaches Of The Holiday Bowl Lineup, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Several years ago the good people at the Miller Brewing Company put together the Miller Lite Survey of Sport in America. The survey, greeted by many with a roar of disbelief, found that bowling was the most popular participatory sport in the nation. We are now about to enter the Bowling Zone, a sixteen-day run of college football games with little or no meaning except to close family and friends of the participants, with a few notable exceptions. This is not the kind of bowling that was found in the Miller Lite Survey. These are not events featuring a hard …

Letter To Secretary Of Energy Bodman And Report, David J. Bardin

Leigh Price Papers

Letter to Secretary of Energy Bodman and report – December 18, 2005. Regards Bakken crude oil resource of the Williston Basin and calling for a fresh look at resources in place, recovery factors, state-of-the-art best practices, and how to push them forward to the next logical step.

The Law And Economics Of Wardrobe Malfunction, Keith Brown, Adam Candeub

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

December 17, 2005 (Pages 6727-6882), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 35 (2005)

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 17, 2005, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Debra Kay Pelaez and Stanislav Zlatiev Ivanov; Outstanding Senior - Jayme Price; Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters - Leland Hawes, Jr.; Distinguished Citizen Award - Stella Ferguson Thayer

Education And Integration: Partnering The Community With Adults With Developmental Disabilities For St. Madeline Sophia's Center, Patty Cowan, Kelly Mitchell, Wendy Morris, Ileana Ovalle

Program Design and Evaluation

Student research project for St. Madeline Sophia's Center which includes a needs assessment, program design & methodology, social marketing plan, cultural competency plan, evaluation plan and budget.

Observations Of Sand Waves, Megaripples, And Hummocks In The Dutch Coastal Area And Their Relation To Currents And Combined Flow Conditions, Sandra Passchier, Maarten Kleinhans

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

[1] This paper aims to investigate the distribution and stability of large‐scale bed forms in response to storm and fair‐weather conditions in a shallow marine environment. Multibeam and side‐scan sonar data off the Dutch coast (median grain size 0.25–0.35 mm) were collected to monitor sand waves (λ = 100–800 m) and superimposed megaripples (λ = 1–40 m) through multiple storm and fair‐weather events. Box cores were used to observe the vertical bed structure and grain size. In the Dutch coastal area, two‐dimensional (2‐D) megaripples (λ = 1–15 m) are the dominant bed forms in current‐dominated (>0.4 m/s) tidal flow …

St. Vincent Surgery Department Reorganization, Mark Lawley, Yuehwern Yih, Charles Spry

RCHE Presentations

Help make the best choices while redesigning the instrument processing and case cart systems. Analyze current and future use of: Equipment – How many machines? Space – How best to use storage space? Staff – How to schedule staff hours? Cart / tray flow – Is there sufficient time and space? Volume – Can system handle expected growth?