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Toward An International Standard Of Abortion Rights: Empirical Data From Africa, Chad M. Gerson Sep 2006

Toward An International Standard Of Abortion Rights: Empirical Data From Africa, Chad M. Gerson

Pace International Law Review

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Difficulties Implementing The Hague Convention On The Protection Of Children And Co-Operation In Respect Of Intercountry Adoption: A Criticism Of The Proposed Ortega's Law And An Advocacy For Moderate Adoption Reform In Guatemala, Katherine Sohr Sep 2006

Difficulties Implementing The Hague Convention On The Protection Of Children And Co-Operation In Respect Of Intercountry Adoption: A Criticism Of The Proposed Ortega's Law And An Advocacy For Moderate Adoption Reform In Guatemala, Katherine Sohr

Pace International Law Review

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Transcultural Considerations In Teaching The Gospel, Roydon Olsen Sep 2006

Transcultural Considerations In Teaching The Gospel, Roydon Olsen

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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A Hybrid Thermal Video And Ftir Spectrometer System For Rapidly Locating And Characterizing Gas Leaks, David J. Williams, Winthrop Wadsworth, Carl Salvaggio, David W. Messinger Sep 2006

A Hybrid Thermal Video And Ftir Spectrometer System For Rapidly Locating And Characterizing Gas Leaks, David J. Williams, Winthrop Wadsworth, Carl Salvaggio, David W. Messinger

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Undiscovered gas leaks, known as fugitive emissions, in chemical plants and refinery operations can impact regional air quality and present a loss of product for industry. Surveying a facility for potential gas leaks can be a daunting task. Industrial leak detection and repair programs can be expensive to administer. An efficient, accurate and cost effective method for detecting and quantifying gas leaks would both save industries money by identifying production losses and improve regional air quality. Specialized thermal video systems have proven effective in rapidly locating gas leaks. These systems, however, do not have the spectral resolution for compound identification. …

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Church-State Relations In The European Court Of Human Rights, Carolyn Evans, Christopher A. Thomas Sep 2006

Church-State Relations In The European Court Of Human Rights, Carolyn Evans, Christopher A. Thomas

BYU Law Review

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Religious Freedom And Human Rights In South Africa After 1996: Responses And Challenges, Cornel W. Du Toit Sep 2006

Religious Freedom And Human Rights In South Africa After 1996: Responses And Challenges, Cornel W. Du Toit

BYU Law Review

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The Questionable Grounds Of Objections To Proselytism And Certain Other Forms Of Religious Expression, Paul M. Taylor Sep 2006

The Questionable Grounds Of Objections To Proselytism And Certain Other Forms Of Religious Expression, Paul M. Taylor

BYU Law Review

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Defining One's Own Concept Of Existence And The Meaning Of The Universe: The Presumption Of Liberty In Lawrence V. Texas, Mitchell F. Park Sep 2006

Defining One's Own Concept Of Existence And The Meaning Of The Universe: The Presumption Of Liberty In Lawrence V. Texas, Mitchell F. Park

BYU Law Review

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The Eastern Echo, September 1, 2006, Welcome Back Edition, Section F, Eastern Michigan University Sep 2006

The Eastern Echo, September 1, 2006, Welcome Back Edition, Section F, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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The Eastern Echo, September 1, 2006, Welcome Back Edition, Section D, Eastern Michigan University Sep 2006

The Eastern Echo, September 1, 2006, Welcome Back Edition, Section D, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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Catholic Education And Social Justice, James L. Heft Sep 2006

Catholic Education And Social Justice, James L. Heft

Journal of Catholic Education

Catholic institutions of higher learning compete mightily for students, faculty, and research dollars with other colleges and universities. Yet, the history and tradition of many Catholic institutions offer a unique faith perspective from which to understand and appreciate the role of the Catholic university as serving the common good. Catholic social teaching is an essential part of the Catholic intellectual tradition and is indispensable for fulfilling the Church’s mission through higher education.

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Responses From The Field, Daniel F. Curtin, Gwen Byrd, Dominica Rocchio Sep 2006

Responses From The Field, Daniel F. Curtin, Gwen Byrd, Dominica Rocchio

Journal of Catholic Education

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The Effects Of Prolonged Job Insecurity On The Psychological Well-Being Of Workers, Cynthia Rocha, Jennifer Hause Crowell, Andrea K. Mccarter Sep 2006

The Effects Of Prolonged Job Insecurity On The Psychological Well-Being Of Workers, Cynthia Rocha, Jennifer Hause Crowell, Andrea K. Mccarter

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Job insecurity has been increasing since the 1980s. While researchers have found job insecurity to be negatively associated with multiple indicators of well-being for workers and their families in cross sectional studies, less is known about the long term effects of prolonged job insecurity. Specifically, there is a need to collect measures of both insecurity and its consequences at multiple time periods. The current study followed workers for 3 1/2 years to assess the effects of chronic job insecurity on psychological distress. Results indicate that while workers reported increased feelings of security over time, there were longer term negative effects …

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The Poet/Practitioner: A Paradigm For The Profession, Rich Furman, Carol L. Langer, Debra K. Anderson Sep 2006

The Poet/Practitioner: A Paradigm For The Profession, Rich Furman, Carol L. Langer, Debra K. Anderson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article explores a new paradigm or model for the professional social worker: The poet/practitioner. The training and practice of the poet are congruent with many aspects of social work practice. An examination of the practice of the poet, and the congruence of these practices to social work, reveals a paradigm with the capacity to focus social workers on the essential values of our profession. This paradigm, which highlights the humanistic, creative, and socially conscience role of the social work practitioner, may be particularly important today given the medicalization of social problems and the conservitization of society.

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"Put Up" On Platforms: A History Of Twentieth Century Adoption Policy In The United States, Michelle Kahan Sep 2006

"Put Up" On Platforms: A History Of Twentieth Century Adoption Policy In The United States, Michelle Kahan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Adoption is closely intertwined with many issues that are central to public policy in this country-welfare and poverty, race and class, and gender. An analysis of the history of adoption shows how it has been shaped by the nation's mores and demographics. In order to better understand this phenomenon, and its significance to larger societal issues, this analysis reviews its historyfocusing on four key periods in which this country's adoption policy was shaped: the late Nineteenth Century's 'orphan trains'; the family preservation and Mothers' Pensions of the Progressive Era; World War II through the 1950s, with secrecy and the beginnings …

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Altruism Or Self-Interest? Social Spending And The Life Course, Debra Street, Jeralynn Sittig Cossman Sep 2006

Altruism Or Self-Interest? Social Spending And The Life Course, Debra Street, Jeralynn Sittig Cossman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The primacy of self-interested individuals is often regarded as the appropriate basis for US social spending decisions. One thread of this argument has advanced age-based self-interest and politically powerful elderly to explain why Social Security and Medicare have thrived in a policy environment that has seen retrenchment in other programs. We argue that crude self-interest and individual programs considered in isolation are insufficient to understand social spending preferences. We use General Social Survey data to contrast conventional and critical explanations for understanding the role of age in preferences for social spending. Factor analyses demonstrate that social spending preferences cluster into …

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Job Satisfaction Among Tanf Leavers, Jeff Scott Sep 2006

Job Satisfaction Among Tanf Leavers, Jeff Scott

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Using means tests, ANOVA, contingency methods and polytomous logistic regression techniques, I analyze job satisfaction survey data provided by former welfare recipients in Illinois. Mean job satisfaction in the sample is high. Wages, work hours, professional status, having employer sponsored health care and being in good health have sign ficant positive effects on job satisfaction. Contrary to popular assumptions regarding welfare dependency, time on welfare positively affects post- TANF job satisfaction. I discuss implications of these findings in the context of policy debates regarding TANF reauthorization.

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The Practice Of Research In Social Work. Rafael J. Engel And Russell K. Schutt., Edward Cohen Sep 2006

The Practice Of Research In Social Work. Rafael J. Engel And Russell K. Schutt., Edward Cohen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt, The Practice of Research in Social Work. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, 2005. $74.95 papercover.

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Irresistible Empire: America's Advance Through 20th Century Europe. Victoria De Grazia. Sep 2006

Irresistible Empire: America's Advance Through 20th Century Europe. Victoria De Grazia.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Victoria de Grazia, Irresistible Empire: America's Advance Through 20th-century Europe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. $ 29.95 hardcover.

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Charity, Philanthropy, Public Service Or Enterprise: What Are The Big Questions Of Nonprofit Management Today?, Roger A. Lohmann Sep 2006

Charity, Philanthropy, Public Service Or Enterprise: What Are The Big Questions Of Nonprofit Management Today?, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This essay takes a birds-eye view of the topic of nonprofit management, looking at what I see as the big issues of nonprofit management.

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Federalism R.I.P.?: Did The Roberts Hearings Junk The Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revolution?, Simon Lazarus Sep 2006

Federalism R.I.P.?: Did The Roberts Hearings Junk The Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revolution?, Simon Lazarus

DePaul Law Review

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Platelet-Activating Factor Is Crucial In Psoralen And Ultraviolet A-Induced Immune Suppression, Inflammation, And Apoptosis, Peter Wolf, Dat X Nghiem, Jeffrey P Walterscheid, Scott Byrne, Yumi Matsumura, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Cora Bucana, Honnavara N Ananthaswamy, Stephen E Ullrich Sep 2006

Platelet-Activating Factor Is Crucial In Psoralen And Ultraviolet A-Induced Immune Suppression, Inflammation, And Apoptosis, Peter Wolf, Dat X Nghiem, Jeffrey P Walterscheid, Scott Byrne, Yumi Matsumura, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Cora Bucana, Honnavara N Ananthaswamy, Stephen E Ullrich

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Psoralen plus UVA (PUVA) is used as a very effective treatment modality for various diseases, including psoriasis and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. PUVA-induced immune suppression and/or apoptosis are thought to be responsible for the therapeutic action. However, the molecular mechanisms by which PUVA acts are not well understood. We have previously identified platelet-activating factor (PAF), a potent phospholipid mediator, as a crucial substance triggering ultraviolet B radiation-induced immune suppression. In this study, we used PAF receptor knockout mice, a selective PAF receptor antagonist, a COX-2 inhibitor (presumably blocking downstream effects of PAF), and PAF-like molecules to test the role of PAF …

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Effekte Und Kosten Universaler Prävention Von Internalisierungsstörungen Bei Kindern Und Jugendlichen (Effects And Costs Of Universal Prevention Of Internalization Disorders In Children And Adolescents)., Patrick Pössel, Silvia Schneider, Simone Seemann Sep 2006

Effekte Und Kosten Universaler Prävention Von Internalisierungsstörungen Bei Kindern Und Jugendlichen (Effects And Costs Of Universal Prevention Of Internalization Disorders In Children And Adolescents)., Patrick Pössel, Silvia Schneider, Simone Seemann

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Internalisierungsstörungen gehören zu den häufigsten Störungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters und stellen bedeutende Risikofaktoren für das Auftreten von psychischen Störungen des Erwachsenenalters dar. Nach einer Begriffsbestimmung der verschiedenen Ansätze zur Prävention psychischer Störungen wird in dem vorliegenden Beitrag der internationale Forschungsstand zur universalen Prävention von Internalisierungsstörungen zusammengefasst. Um die Wirkung der Präventionsprogramme untereinander vergleichbar zu machen und die Kosten-Nutzen-Relation zu berechnen wurde Hedge’s g für die verfügbaren Vergleiche über die Zeit berechnet. Anschließend wurde Hedge’s g der Kontrollgruppe von dem g der Interventionsgruppe subrahiert um so die Nettoeffektstärke des Präventionsprogramms zu erhalten. Außerdem wurde die Anzahl der Gruppenleiter mit der …

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Incorporating Endoscope In Middle Ear Surgery, Shehzad Ghaffar, Mubasher Ikram, Ahsan Raza Sep 2006

Incorporating Endoscope In Middle Ear Surgery, Shehzad Ghaffar, Mubasher Ikram, Ahsan Raza

Section of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

We conducted a study to evaluate the use of a pediatric rigid otoendoscope for determining the extent of middle ear disease and for assessing ossicular integrity and mobility during tympanoplasty. Our study population was made up of 132 patients who were undergoing surgery for the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media; of this group, 41 patients underwent otoendoscopy and 91 underwent scutum lowering for purposes of visualization. In the otoendoscopy group, the ossicles were successfully visualized and their mobility assessed in 34 patients; the remaining 7 patients subsequently underwent scutum lowering. A 30° endoscope allowed for complete visualization of the …

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Democracy At Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation And What We Can Do About It (Book Review), Jack Van Der Slik Sep 2006

Democracy At Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation And What We Can Do About It (Book Review), Jack Van Der Slik

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Democracy at Risk: how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it, by Stephen Macedo, et al, Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2005. 228pp.

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Historical Overview Of The American Land Use System: A Diagnostic Approach To Evaluating Governmental Land Use Control, John R. Nolon Sep 2006

Historical Overview Of The American Land Use System: A Diagnostic Approach To Evaluating Governmental Land Use Control, John R. Nolon

Pace Environmental Law Review

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The Appropriate Monetary Policy Coordination For The Gcc Monetary Union, Bassem Kamar, Damyana Bakardzhieva Sep 2006

The Appropriate Monetary Policy Coordination For The Gcc Monetary Union, Bassem Kamar, Damyana Bakardzhieva

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

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Services Liberalization And The Role Of Natural Resources, Hatem Samman, Sheikh Shahnawaz Sep 2006

Services Liberalization And The Role Of Natural Resources, Hatem Samman, Sheikh Shahnawaz

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

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George W. Bush And The Rhetoric Of Chief Legislator: The First Term, Donna R. Hoffman, Alison D. Howard Sep 2006

George W. Bush And The Rhetoric Of Chief Legislator: The First Term, Donna R. Hoffman, Alison D. Howard

Collected Faculty Scholarship

Near the beginning of a congressional session, the president will present key pieces of his legislative agenda to both Congress and the American public in the State of the Union address (SUA). He will couch his requests in a way that seeks to persuade his audiences he has the legislative solution to a problem he details. Effective political communication between the president and Congress is essential since each play key roles in the legislative process. While Congress comprises the legislative branch, the moniker we attach to one of the multiple jobs with which presidents are charged is that of chief …

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Social Environment And Depression Among Pregnant Women In Urban Areas Of Pakistan: Importance Of Social Relations., Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Juanita Hatcher, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Unaiza Niaz, Gail A. Wasserman Sep 2006

Social Environment And Depression Among Pregnant Women In Urban Areas Of Pakistan: Importance Of Social Relations., Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Juanita Hatcher, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Unaiza Niaz, Gail A. Wasserman

Community Health Sciences

Aspects of the social environment, including social conditions (socio-economic status, household situations, chronic illnesses) and social relations (attitude and behaviors of relations) are major determinants of depression among women. This study evaluates the relative power of social relations and social conditions in predicting depression among pregnant women in Pakistan. In the qualitative phase of the study, social environmental determinants were identified through literature search, and experts' opinions from psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, sociologists and researchers. Along with this, 79 in-depth interviews were conducted with pregnant women drawn from six hospitals (public and private) and two communities in Karachi, Pakistan. Identified determinants …

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