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Government Information Research, Susie Skarl Jan 2006

Government Information Research, Susie Skarl

Library Faculty Research

Prior to the mid-1990s, much government information lay outside the mainstream of library catalogs and core indexes and, consequently, was greatly underutilized. Finding government information required negotiating cumbersome search tools, specialized indexes, and separate call number systems. By the end of the 1990s, government information had become more accessible on the World Wide Web. Although the Internet has made searching and finding government information less taxing for patrons, most still require instruction from library staff in order to satisfy their needs in the best possible manner.

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Biodiversity And Conservation Of Sierra Chinaja: A Rapid Assessment Of Biophysical Socioeconomic And Management Factors In Alta Verapaz Guatemala, Curan A. Bonham Jan 2006

Biodiversity And Conservation Of Sierra Chinaja: A Rapid Assessment Of Biophysical Socioeconomic And Management Factors In Alta Verapaz Guatemala, Curan A. Bonham

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Progress Of Peace : How Amnesty International Promotes And Protects Human Rights In Guatemala, Jennifer F. Hathaway Jan 2006

Progress Of Peace : How Amnesty International Promotes And Protects Human Rights In Guatemala, Jennifer F. Hathaway

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Development Of The Notion Of Kalos Kagathos From Homer To Aristotle, Geoffrey Coad Jan 2006

A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Development Of The Notion Of Kalos Kagathos From Homer To Aristotle, Geoffrey Coad

Theses

In this thesis, I shall attempt to show that the Greeks believed in the ideal of a marriage between the beautiful and the good. This important philosophical ideal rests upon the premise that beauty depends upon function, behaviour and the intention of the agent. It is the anti-modernist position. This notion known to the ancient Greeks as kalos kagathos, which dates back to the times of Homer, seems to have been forgotten in our times. This study will trace the development of this ideal from Homer to Aristotle. This world view differs from the one we have come to understand …

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A Grounded Theory: Realising Family Potential Through Choice Of Schooling, Angela Mccarthy Jan 2006

A Grounded Theory: Realising Family Potential Through Choice Of Schooling, Angela Mccarthy

Theses

This study was designed to develop a substantive theory that would explain the process through which a family makes educational choices in Western Australia. The grounded theory method was chosen for this research. The participants in the study were mainly parents of children in Catholic schools who were invited to assist in the research through purposive sampling. Further theoretical sampling extended the parental informant group to include parents of children in the government sector as well as in non-government schools other than Catholic schools. The data were primarily obtained through formal interviews. The analysis of the data was conducted through …

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Land Use Controls In Montana: An Analysis Of Factors Affecting Policy Adoption Of Countywide Zoning, Kristin N. Smith Jan 2006

Land Use Controls In Montana: An Analysis Of Factors Affecting Policy Adoption Of Countywide Zoning, Kristin N. Smith

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Family Environment Alexithymia And Adolescent Substance Abuse, Donna J. Ryngala Jan 2006

The Family Environment Alexithymia And Adolescent Substance Abuse, Donna J. Ryngala

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Prediction In The Panel Data Model With Spatial Correlation: The Case Of Liquor, Badi H. Baltagi, Dong Li Jan 2006

Prediction In The Panel Data Model With Spatial Correlation: The Case Of Liquor, Badi H. Baltagi, Dong Li

Center for Policy Research

This paper considers the problem of prediction in a panel data regression model with spatial autocorrelation in the context of a simple demand equation for liquor. This is based on a panel of 43 states over the period 1965-1994. The spatial autocorrelation due to neighboring states and the individual heterogeneity across states is taken explicitly into account. We compare the performance of several predictors of the states demand for liquor for one year and five years ahead. The estimators whose predictions are compared include OLS, fixed effects ignoring spatial correlation, fixed effects with spatial correlation, random effects GLS estimator ignoring …

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The Asymptotics For Panel Models With Common Shocks, Chihwa Kao, Lorenzo Trapani, Giovanni Urga Jan 2006

The Asymptotics For Panel Models With Common Shocks, Chihwa Kao, Lorenzo Trapani, Giovanni Urga

Center for Policy Research

This paper develops a novel asymptotic theory for panel models with common shocks. We assume that contemporaneous correlation can be generated by both the presence of common regressors among units and weak spatial dependence among the error terms. Several characteristics of the panel are considered: cross sectional and time series dimensions can either be fixed or large; factors can either be observable or unobservable; the factor model can describe either cointegration relationship or a spurious regression, and we also consider the stationary case. We derive the rate of convergence and the distribution limits for the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates …

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Committee Chairman's Handbook: Tshl Training Committee 2006, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation Jan 2006

Committee Chairman's Handbook: Tshl Training Committee 2006, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Committee chairman's handbook prepared by the TSHL training committee of 2006.

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Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation, Jim Hine, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation, Texas Silver-Haired Legislature, Jim Hine Jan 2006

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation, Jim Hine, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation, Texas Silver-Haired Legislature, Jim Hine

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

These documents are from the Texas Silver-Haired Legislation Foundation folder titled Jim Hine. Included are Financial Recommendations from September 8, 2006 for the TSHL Foundation and the TSHL; a letter from A. Campbell, TSHL Comptroller/Strategic Planning, to Members of the Texas Silver-Haired Executive Committee; and a proposal dated 15 July 2005 about the funding of the TSHL Resolution Book.

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Occupational Nepotism Among Law Firms: A Study Of Nepotism Beyond Anecdotal Evidence, Tracy L. Stout Jan 2006

Occupational Nepotism Among Law Firms: A Study Of Nepotism Beyond Anecdotal Evidence, Tracy L. Stout

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Although nepotism is not a new subject, there are not many studies addressing the psychological issues associated with the phenomenon, particularly in the workplace. The idea of “new nepotism” has emerged with the notion that some offspring have chosen the same profession as their parents, and have not been forced into a career decision or made an opportunistic decision regardless of their ability to perform. The purpose of this study was to explore workplace nepotism using an empirical research approach. Using a career choice and self-determination theory framework, a survey was devised and sent to 673 practicing attorneys in a …

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Medical Practice Variations Over Time In The United States., Charles Norman Saunders Jan 2006

Medical Practice Variations Over Time In The United States., Charles Norman Saunders

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Bike Messengers And The Really Real: Effervescence, Reflexivity, And Postmodern Identity, Jeffrey L. Kidder Jan 2006

Bike Messengers And The Really Real: Effervescence, Reflexivity, And Postmodern Identity, Jeffrey L. Kidder

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Out of more than two thousand bike messengers in New York City, a few hundred participate in alleycats—illegal races held in open traffic. Surrounding this racing scene is a vibrant messenger community. Messengers who race in or attend alleycats carry their messenger identity into all aspects of their lives. Through direct participant observation, this article proposes that alleycats function as Durkheimian rituals for these messengers. Alleycats express the central values of the social world. Lost in collective effervescence, the individual confronts these values as objectified truths, which allow messengers to form stable identities. Further, bicycles, messenger bags, and other objects …

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Technology In The Classroom -- Is It Efficient?, Brent Olsonawski Jan 2006

Technology In The Classroom -- Is It Efficient?, Brent Olsonawski

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Pro-Ana Movement : A Qualitative Look At The Positive And Negative Functions Of One Website, Angela M. Marquart Jan 2006

The Pro-Ana Movement : A Qualitative Look At The Positive And Negative Functions Of One Website, Angela M. Marquart

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Volunteerism To Professionalism : The Dakota And North Dakota National Guard, 1885-1916, David L. Betz Jan 2006

Volunteerism To Professionalism : The Dakota And North Dakota National Guard, 1885-1916, David L. Betz

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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"Change Based On What Students Say": Preparing Teachers For A Paradoxical Model Of Leadership, Alison Cook-Sather Jan 2006

"Change Based On What Students Say": Preparing Teachers For A Paradoxical Model Of Leadership, Alison Cook-Sather

Education Program Faculty Research and Scholarship

This article discusses how a radical approach to teacher education encourages both pre‐service teachers and high school students to embrace a paradoxical model of leadership. A project that positions high school students as teachers and learners in an undergraduate secondary teacher certification course challenges pre‐service teachers to learn to teach by listening to high school students, and it challenges students to learn to speak and take action within their school lives. As participant reflections illustrate, this project enacts the paradoxical model it advocates: it contradicts received notions of leadership as hierarchical, top‐down, and synonymous with a single person—in this case, …

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2006-2007 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale Jan 2006

2006-2007 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

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Exponent Vol. 37, No. 18, 2006-01-15, University Of Alabama In Huntsville Jan 2006

Exponent Vol. 37, No. 18, 2006-01-15, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

2006

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Exponent Vol. 37, No. 21, 2006-03-08, University Of Alabama In Huntsville Jan 2006

Exponent Vol. 37, No. 21, 2006-03-08, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

2006

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Catalog 2006-07, Dmacc Jan 2006

Catalog 2006-07, Dmacc

Catalogs

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Promoting Gender Equity Among Young Brazilian Men As An Hiv Prevention Strategy, Julie Pulerwitz, Gary Barker, Marcio Segundo, Marcos Nascimento Jan 2006

Promoting Gender Equity Among Young Brazilian Men As An Hiv Prevention Strategy, Julie Pulerwitz, Gary Barker, Marcio Segundo, Marcos Nascimento

HIV and AIDS

There is growing evidence that social norms that promote unequal gender roles increase young men and women’s risk of HIV/STIs and partner violence. Thus, changing gender norms is increasingly recognized as an important strategy to prevent the spread of HIV infection. Few interventions to promote gender-equitable norms and behaviors among young men have been systematically implemented or evaluated, and little is known about how best to measure changes in gender norms and their effect on HIV/STI protective and risk behaviors. To address these gaps, the Horizons Program and Instituto Promundo examined the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve young men’s …

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Understanding The Hiv/Sti Prevention Needs Of Men Who Have Sex With Men In Kenya, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Harriet Birungi, Scott Geibel Jan 2006

Understanding The Hiv/Sti Prevention Needs Of Men Who Have Sex With Men In Kenya, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Harriet Birungi, Scott Geibel

HIV and AIDS

Understanding the sexual behaviors of populations who are vulnerable to HIV is an important component in the battle against AIDS. Yet policymakers in developing countries, particularly in Africa, have often overlooked men who have sex with men (MSM) as a vulnerable group because of stigmatization of homosexual behavior and denial of the existence of MSM and the role they may play in HIV transmission. A growing body of literature not only documents the presence of this population in Africa but also the importance of reaching them with information and services to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In …

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Public Sector Corruption In Mexico: Social Representations Among The Legal Community Of The Federal District, José C. García González, Rosa O. González Robles, Adolfo Mir Araujo, Araceli García Del Soto Jan 2006

Public Sector Corruption In Mexico: Social Representations Among The Legal Community Of The Federal District, José C. García González, Rosa O. González Robles, Adolfo Mir Araujo, Araceli García Del Soto

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Cardiovascular Disease And Associated Risk Factors In Cuba: Prospects For Prevention And Control, Richard S. Cooper, Pedro Orduñez, Marcos D.Iraola Ferrer, Jose Luis Bernal Munoz, Alfredo Espinosa-Brito Jan 2006

Cardiovascular Disease And Associated Risk Factors In Cuba: Prospects For Prevention And Control, Richard S. Cooper, Pedro Orduñez, Marcos D.Iraola Ferrer, Jose Luis Bernal Munoz, Alfredo Espinosa-Brito

Faculty Publications

Objectives. An adequate description of the trends in cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not available for most of the developing world. Cuba provides an important exception, and we sought to use available data to offer insights into the changing patterns of CVD there. Methods. We reviewed Cuban public health statistics, surveys, and reports of health services. Results. CVD has been the leading cause of death since 1970. A 45% reduction in heart disease deaths was observed from 1970 to 2002; the decline in stroke was more limited. There are moderate prevalences of all major risk factors. Conclusions. The Cuban medical care …

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School Of Renewable Natural Resources Newsletter, Fall 2006, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Jan 2006

School Of Renewable Natural Resources Newsletter, Fall 2006, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Research Matters & RNR Newsletters

The annual newsletter from the School of Renewable Natural Resources was a publication which aimed to update and entertain interested readers with the news and research from RNR faculty, students and staff.

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Thinking Outside The Box The Non-English Speaking World In The First Decade Of 1650-1850, Theodore E. D. Braun Jan 2006

Thinking Outside The Box The Non-English Speaking World In The First Decade Of 1650-1850, Theodore E. D. Braun

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.

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Hume, Comte, And The Religion Of Le Grand Etre, Darian C. Debolt Jan 2006

Hume, Comte, And The Religion Of Le Grand Etre, Darian C. Debolt

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.

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Book Reviews Jan 2006

Book Reviews

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.

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