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Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2006, Wellesley Centers For Women, Rangita De Silva-De Alwis

Research & Action Report

In this issue:

WCW International Programs Reach East

New Staff Examine Risks, Change, Resilience in Relationships

Critical Mass on Corporate Boards: Why Three or More Women Enhance Governance

Synapse, Alabama Health Libraries Association

Synapse - Newsletter of ALHeLa

This is the Fall, 2006 edition of the ALHeLa newsletter - Synapse.

Contents include:

• President's Column
• ALHeLA Librarian's at the southern women's show
• News around the state
• Alabama Health Libraries Association - 2006 Executive Committee
• Utilizing emerging technologies in medical libraries
• ALHeLA 2005 annual business meeting
• Photos from 2006 annual meeting

The Queen City Brew, Library Newsletter, Vol. 3, Issue 2, October 2006, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte

JWU Library Newsletter - Charlotte Campus

No abstract provided.

Lwv Bulletin, October, 2006, League Of Women Voters Of The Huntington Area

League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area Bulletin 2000-2009

The Bulletin is published by the League, which is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Age-Associated Changes In Hearts Of Male Fischer 344/Brown Norway F1 Rats, Ernest M. Walker Jr., Michael S. Nillas, Elsa I. Mangiarua, Sylvestre Cansino, Ryan G. Morrison, Romaine R. Perdue, William E. Triest, Gary L. Wright, Mark Studeny, Paulette Wehner, Kevin M. Rice, Eric R. Blough

MIIR Faculty Research

Aging is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation, and fibrosis of the heart. The Fischer 344/Brown Norway F1 (F344/BNF1) rat is recommended for age-related studies by the National Institutes on Aging because this hybrid rat lives longer and has a lower rate of pathological conditions than inbred rats. However, little is known about age-associated changes in cardiac and aortic function and structure in this model. This study evaluated age-related cardiac changes in male F344/BNF1 rats using ECHO, gross, and microscopic examinations. Rats aged 6-, 30-, and 36-mo were anesthetized and two-dimensional ECHO measurements, two-dimensional guided M-mode, Doppler M-mode, and other …

Communicator, Oct. 2006, San Jose State University, Department Of Kinesiology

Communicator (Kinesiology)

Volume 19, Issue 2

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2006, Volume 12, No. 4

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Chemical Characteristics of Aging Golf Greens by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Can Ecophysiological Characteristics Explain the Success of Woody Species in the Sandhills of Nebraska? by Kathleen Eggemeyer, Tala Awada, F. Edwin Harvey, David Wedin, Xinhua Zhou and Sue Ellen Pegg, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Comparison of a Long Yearling System to Calf-fed Performance and Economics by Will Griffin and Terry Klopfenstein, Department of Animal Science, UNL

A Tale of Two States by Jana Beckman, Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, K-State Research and Extension

2006 Nebraska Grazing Conference Best Yet!

The Outer Limits Of Gang Injunctions, Scott E. Atkinson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Almost a decade ago, the California Supreme Court endorsed the use of public nuisance injunctions as a means to control street gangs. Public nuisance injunctions against gangs ("gang injunctions"), which result from civil suits filed by district or city attorneys, prohibit the nuisance conduct within a prescribed geographical area, focusing on the "turf' claimed by the gang. In People ex rel. Gallo v. Acuna, the California Supreme Court upheld an injunction against thirty-eight named members of a San Jose gang in a four square block area where none of the gang members lived. The court described the neighborhood as "an …

2005-2006 Annual Report, Georgia State University College Of Law, Steven J. Kaminshine

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Actions Memo October 2006, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Action Memos

No abstract provided.

Health Information Technology In The United States: The Information Base For Progress, David Blumenthal, Catherine M. Desroches, Karen Donelan, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Timothy Ferris

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Health information technology (HIT) has the potential to advance health care quality by helping patients with acute and chronic conditions receive recommended care, diminishing disparities in treatment and reducing medical errors. Nevertheless, HIT dissemination has not occurred rapidly, due in part to the high costs of electronic health record (EHR) systems for providers of care—including the upfront capital investment, ongoing maintenance and short-term productivity loss. Also, many observers are concerned that, if HIT follows patterns observed with other new medical technologies, HIT and EHRs may diffuse in ways that systematically disadvantage vulnerable patient populations, thus increasing or maintaining existing disparities …

Irish Law 2006, Notre Dame Law School

About the Law School

Dear Notre Dame Law School Class of 2009,

Welcome as a potential student to Notre Dame Law School! We are thrilled to be among the first

to receive you into our family. We know that this is an exciting time for you and that, if you are

anything like we were just a couple of years ago, you probably have plenty of questions about law

school and Notre Dame. That's why we've prepared the Guide. We hope it will answer many of

your questions and that it will provide a window into Notre Dame Law School. We also hope

that …

What's Happening: October, 2006, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Adulthood: New Terrain, E Michael Brady Phd

Faculty Publications

The article reviews the book Adulthood: New Terrain, edited by Mary Alice Wolf.

Vol. 82, No. 1 | Fall 2006, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Magazine

And Justice for None: Larry McCann, '70, seeks clemency for the Norfolk 4

Fall 2006

Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Volume 30, Issue 2 (Fall 2006)

Transcript

No abstract provided.

The Learning Marketspace, October 2006, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (4/03 - 4/14)

No abstract provided.

Koinonia, Kate Bowman Johnston, James Spiegel, Glen Kinoshita, Todd Ream, Jesse M. Brown

Koinonia

Spotlight Feature
The Cult of Cool: Rejecting Relevance and Pursuing Faithfulness, Kate Bowman Johnston

Reflection
Faith and the Problem of Suffering, James Spiegel

ACSD Summer 2006
Photos from ACSE

Author Interview
Our Place at the Table: The Role of White People in Racial Reconciliation: An Interview with Doug Schaupp, Glen Kinoshita

Thinking Theologically
Thinking Theologically: The Seasons of Hope's Redemption Part I, Todd Ream

Book Review
Skin Games, reviewed by Jessie M. Brown

Features
The President's Corner

Editor's Desk

The Supreme Court And The Federalization Of Corporate Law, Mark J. Loewenstein

2006 - The Fall and Rise of Federal Corporation Law

No abstract provided.

The Policy Foundations Of Delaware Corporate Law, Lawrence A. Hamermesh

2006 - The Fall and Rise of Federal Corporation Law

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments In Delaware Corporate Law, R. Franklin Balotti

2006 - The Fall and Rise of Federal Corporation Law

No abstract provided.

Afterschool Matters Occasional Paper Fall 2006, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time

Afterschool Matters

The Art of Democracy / Democracy as Art: Creative Learning in Afterschool Comic Book Clubs
By Michael Bitz
Over the past three years, hundreds of community-based afterschool comic book clubs have been launched in cities across the United States. These clubs have drawn in thousands of underserved youths in grades 1–12. In these clubs, children plan, write, sketch, design, and produce original comic books and then publish and distribute their works for other children in the community to use as learning and motivational tools. This synthetic and analytic research project explores the dynamics, outcomes, and impacts of afterschool comic book …

Labor Market Shocks And Retirement: Do Government Programs Matter?, Courtney C. Coile, Phillip B. Levine

Economics Faculty Scholarship

This paper examines how unemployment affects retirement and whether the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system and Social Security (SS) system affect how older workers respond to labor market shocks. To do so, we use pooled cross-sectional data from the March Current Population Survey (CPS) as well as March CPS files matched between one year and the next and longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS). We find that downturns in the labor market increase retirement transitions. The magnitude of this effect is comparable to that associated with moderate changes in financial incentives to retire and to the threat of …

Information Please, 2006-10, University Library

Information Please

Newsletter published by the library at Governors State University between 1998-2011.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, October 1, 2006, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2006

No abstract provided.

Women's And Gender Studies Fall 2006, Margaret Jacobs

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

In August of this year I became director of Women’s and Gender Studies. Although it’s been busy, it has been a joy to join this thriving program with its engaged and engaging faculty and students and to be able to work with our dedicated office team: associate director Rose Holz, long-time secretary Glenda Moore, graduate assistant Melissa Swihart, and our work study student worker Chelsey Gallagher. I am very grateful to all the past Women’s Studies directors, particularly Joy Ritchie and Barbara DiBernard, who built such a healthy program.

Organizational Change Of Parking Systems At University Of Colorado Hospital, Sarah S. Kabat

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

During a move from the 9th Avenue campus to the new Fitzsimons campus, University of Colorado Hospital made improvements to the existing parking policies. The new parking policies were met with resistance and complaints by employees. This problem caused employee tardiness, lowered morale, and decreased job satisfaction. Data gathered through secondary data, questionnaires and group interviews provided information establishing the extent and nature of the resistance to the new parking policies. Validity was enhanced through multiple methods. Through action research, underlying reasons were investigated for these parking issues and the researcher proposed a collaborative strategy to improve the systems related …

2006 Homecoming: "There's Room For Everyone Under The Big Top", Otterbein University

Homecoming Weekends

The Program of Events and Activities for the 2006 Homecoming Weekend.

Akron's "Better Half": Women's Clubs And The Humanization Of The City, 1825-1925, Kathleen L. Endres

University of Akron Press Publications

While the men of Akron busied themselves laying the economic, legal, and industrial foundations, their mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters were equally busy weaving the benevolent and cultural fabric of the growing city. It was a pattern replicated in scores of industrial centers across the nation.

This is the story of how it happened in Akron, Ohio. Akron's "Better Half": Women's Clubs and the Humanization of the City, 1825-1925 looks at how women brought much-needed services to the city, created health institutions that continue today, and built Akron's cultural and literary foundations. Akron's women seldom acted alone; they preferred to …