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Educating The Public About Best Practices In English Language Arts, Patricia Dunn

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Opportunities For Advocacy: Making Our Pedagogy Public, W. Douglas Baker, Jonathan Bush

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Delivery Workshop: Writing Notes Of Significance, In Class, Suzan Aiken

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Are Nouns Easier To Learn Than Verbs? Three Experimental Studies, Jane B. Childers, Michael Tomasello

Psychology Faculty Research

A current controversy in the study of word learning is whether it is conceptually easier to learn nouns as compared to verbs early in development. This chapter describes three experiments which address the noun-verb question in different ways. In the first experiment, researchers asked how many times (and on how many days) does a 2-year-old need to hear a word to be able to learn it, and does this differ for nouns and verbs? This second study investigates whether — when nouns and verbs are presented in comparable sentence contexts, controlling the number of exposures, and presenting a dynamic event …

Connecting With Aim: The Search For A Virtual Reference Niche, Lucretia Mcculley, Olivia Reinauer

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Launching virtual chat reference services at Boatwright Library at the University of Richmond has been an interesting challenge of “trial and error” over the years. After trying several different software programs and staffing options, librarians have finally found a niche with AOL’s Instant Messenger service. The first section of the article describes a path of experimentation, including early collaborations with the computing services help desk, staffing patterns within the library, technical and financial challenges with virtual reference software, and attempts to get students to use reference chat services. The second half of the case study will describe the great success …

“Statistical Judo”: The Rhetoric Of Senate Inaction In The Judicial Appointment Process, E. Stewart Moritz

Akron Law Faculty Publications

This article first briefly summarizes the issues that arise in the lower-court judicial confirmation process, and examines how the issues differ from those that arise during the confirmation of Supreme Court justices. The article considers constitutionally-based differences as well as practical differences in Senate and Executive behavior that have developed during more than two centuries of judicial confirmations.

The body of the article offers a chronological history and critique of the rhetoric of both Republican and Democratic senators in discussing lower-court confirmations during the 107th Congress. This congressional session, spanning the years 2001 to 2002, was a particularly interesting one …

Engendering Student Empathy For Disabled Clients With Urinary Incontinence Through Experiential Learning, Karen A. Karlowicz, Kay L. Palmer

Ellmer School of Nursing Faculty Publications

As part of a rehabilitation clinical course for senior baccalaureate nursing students, a disability-incontinence experiential learning activity is required. The assignment is intended to familiarize students with some of the challenges encountered by a client with mobility problems, including continence management issues using disposable undergarments. Wearing the undergarments dry and wet while being confined to a wheelchair provides insight and promotes empathy for patients with bladder control problems.

Personal And Political Bias In The Debate Over Federal Income Taxation Rates And Progressivity, Richard Kovach

Akron Law Faculty Publications

Recently, the Boston College Law Review published a symposium issue containing twelve articles on federal income taxation issues pertaining to rates, progressivity, and budget processes. These articles are well written, copiously researched, and representative of contemporary legal scholarship. For the most part, these articles variously support the idea that our federal taxation system is insufficiently progressive. Often this body of work attributes deleterious social effects to insufficient progressivity caused by tax cuts legislated in 2001 and 2003. Some of the symposium writing advocates for increased federal taxation on wealthy taxpayers without structural limitations beyond those that might be necessary to …

State Action Doctrine And The Principle Of Democratic Choice, Wilson R. Huhn

Akron Law Faculty Publications

The state action doctrine is somewhat of a mystery to law students, legal scholars, lawyers, and judges. It is a key component of the Fourteenth Amendment--a threshold requirement that must be satisfied before triggering protection of our fundamental rights--but the doctrine itself seems to be curiously without purpose, a collection of arbitrary rules that impede constitutional protection of liberty, equality, and fairness for no good reason. Nearly forty years ago, Professor Charles Black called the state action doctrine “a conceptual disaster area” and characterized scholarly commentary upon it as “a torchless search for a way out of a damp echoing …

Front Matter

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Front Matter includes Masthead, advisors, and Table of Contents for the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review Volume 1 (2006).

Putting Lives Back Together: Women Helping Women The Italian Experience Of Women Religious, Eugenia Bonetti

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Remarks by Sister Eugenia Bonetti, Consolata Missionary Sister and Coordinator of the Counter-Trafficking Sector, USMI National (Unione Superiori Maggiori d'Italia), entitled by "Putting Lives Back Together: Women Helping Women the Italian Experience of Women Religious".

U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement: At The Forefront Of The Fight Against Human Trafficking, John P. Woods

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Remarks by John P. Woods, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Investigations, entitled "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: At the Forefront of the Fight against Human Trafficking".

Escape To Freedom: A Former Slave's Story, Francis Bok

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Remarks by Francis Bok, (Former child slave from Sudan. In 2000, Mr. Bok became the first escaped slave to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in hearings on Sudan.) entitled "Escape to Freedom: A Former Slave's Story".

Invisible Chains: Psychological Coercion Of Human Trafficking Victims, Elizabeth Hopper, Jose Hidalgo

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

The terror that grips a victim of abuse can be the same whether physical violence or psychological force is used. Rashi was a victim of modem-day slavery for over ten years. She was brought to the United States as a domestic servant and was forced to work from morning to night, was not paid, and was made to sleep on a mat on the floor. She was forced to beg for her meager portions of food and suffered from untreated tuberculosis because she was not allowed to seek medical care. Rashi had no contact with the outside world because her …

Risk And Consequence : An Exploration In Writing And Recording And Album, Bruce Canham

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored) And The Tuskegee Airment : A Comparative Study, Amanda M. Nagel

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Forming, Implementing And Assessing A Church's Mission Statement, Kari A. Bentz

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Nurse-Patient Relationships In Selected Play Texts, Tiffany K. Doering

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Peoplesoft Implementation In North Dakota : A Study Of Student Satisfaction, Tyler J. Kaye

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Physical And Health Assessment Of A Population Of Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) In Northeastern Florida, Eric C. Munscher

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to study the potential negative effects that mesopredators have on their environment and to promote control of mesopredator populations. Overabundant predatory species such as the raccoons (Procyon lotor) and Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) can have significant pernicious effects on populations of autochthonous prey species, particularly when super predators such as the red wolf (Canis rufus) and Florida panther (Felis concolor coryii) are absent. These overabundant species, coined as mesopredators, are often responsible for extreme levels of predation on prey species and/or their young. The mesopredator release hypothesis involves the "release" or increased density of …

Emotional Intelligence And Conflict Management Style, Laura Noelle Henderson

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and conflict management was investigated using 229 college students and 4 3 participants from organizational settings. A positive correlation was found between emotional intelligence scores and use of the integrating style of handling conflict with one's bosses, one's subordinates and one's coworkers. Of the five styles of handling conflict, emotional intelligence had the highest significant positive relationship with the integrating style; this style is generally considered to be the best approach to handling conflict. High levels of emotional intelligence were associated with high levels of socially desirable responding. Emotional intelligence scores decreased with age, …

Assessing The Impact Of A Visual Arts Family-Focused Pre-Kindergarten Intervention, Gigi M. David

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the effect of a visual arts, family-focused school readiness intervention on the parental efficacy and level of family involvement of low-income families. A second, primary focus of the study was to test the potential of academically focused experiences in the visual arts to increase the basic concept development of young children. To increase accessibility, the intervention was conducted in a neighborhood library.

The research design for this descriptive study included qualitative and quantitative components. Data collection consisted of a non-randomized one group pre-test/posttest design from students on a standardized instrument and from primary caregivers using self-report questionnaires. …

U.S.S. Online Education: Navigating The High Seas Of Large Classes, Jane Lemaster

International Business and Entrepreneurship Faculty Publications

Higher education has incorporated technology to the point of having 100% web-based degree programs composed of classes of geographically dispersed students taught by faculty from different universities that are also geographically dispersed. This kind of flexibility for learning opportunities is well on its way to being a standard option in education. But there are trade-offs and there are problems not yet solved. Increasing numbers of students create difficulties in managing interactions and challenges the quality and rigor that is possible in delivering the course. This paper presents a redesign option to manage the increasing enrollments in an online graduate level …

Caring For Your Lymphedema: A Guide To Everyday Action, Beryl J. Olson

Occupational Therapy Capstones

The purpose of this scholarly project is to present a workbook that assists patients with lymphedema and their therapists to develop a home management program that can successfully be integrated into the patient's daily occupations. The workbook utilizes the principles of the Occupational Adaptation theoretical frame of reference to guide the patient through the steps of making an adaptive response to the occupational challenge of lymphedema management. A review of the literature describes the physical aspects, psychosocial aspects, and the lived experience of the person with lymphedema. The literature review also indicates that currently the preferred method of treatment for …

Moral Messengers: Delegating Prosecutorial Power, Pamela H. Bucy

SMU Law Review

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Do You Want Spam With That - The Can-Spam Act, Preemption, And First Amendment Commercial Speech Jurisprudence Concerning State University Anti-Solicitation E-Mail Policy, Dan Hopper

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Note, Due Process - Habeas Review And Outside Influences On The Jury - The Ninth Circuit Holds That Buttons Depicting The Victim's Photo, Worn By Immediate Family During Murder Trial, Pose An Unacceptable Risk Of Impermissible Influence On The Jury Under Clearly Established Law, S. Brannon Latimer

SMU Law Review

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A Tax Reformer For All Seasons: Charles O'Neill Galvin, Henry J. Lischer Jr.

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Civil Evidence, Kelli M. Hinson, Jennifer Evans Morris, Elizabeth A. Snyder

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Corporations, Glenn D. West, Benton B. Bodamer

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.