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Review Of The Future Of Europe: Reform Or Decline. Alberto Alesina And Francesco Gianvassi. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Alberto Alesina and Francesco Gianvassi, The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. $ 24.95 hardcover.

Humanitarian Aid Work: A Critical Approach. Carlos Martin Beristain., David K. Androff

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Carlos Martin Beristain, Humanitarian Aid Work: A Critical Approach. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. $ 59.95 hardcover.

Deadly Worlds: The Emotional Costs Of Globalization. Charles Lemert And Anthony Elliott.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Charles Lemert and Anthony Elliott, Deadly Worlds: The Emotional Costs of Globalization. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. $ 19.95 paperback.

Solving The Health Care Problem: How Other Nations Succeeded And Why The United States Has Not. Pamela Behan., Krista Drescher Burke

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Pamela Behan, Solving the Health Care Problem: How Other Nations Succeeded and Why the United States Has Not. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006. $ 60.00 hardcover.

American Families: Past And Present. Susan M. Ross, Editor., Lorelei Mitchell

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Susan M. Ross (Ed.), American Families: Past and Present. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2006. $25.95 papercover.

Index Of Volume Xxxiv, Issues 1-4

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

No abstract provided.

Motions 2007 Volume 43 Number 3, University Of San Diego School Of Law Student Bar Association

Newspaper, Motions (1987-2019)

No abstract provided.

Contributors, Tricia Mcclam

International Education

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Contributors, Tricia Mcclam

International Education

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Moving Horizons: Exploring The Role Of Stories In Decolonizing The Literacy Education Of White Teachers, Teresa-Strong Wilson

International Education

Part of a special issue on international perspectives on education and decolonization. A study examined teachers' constructions of difference derived from reading and discussing children's literature. Participants were 18 white teachers in Canada, who read and discussed children's stories once a month in teacher literature circles. Findings revealed the role of stories in participants' educational formation and decolonization. Other findings of the study are discussed.

Subaltern Social Movement Learning And The Decolonization Of Space In India, Dip Kapoor

International Education

Part of a special issue on international perspectives on education and decolonization. A study examined subaltern agency as expressed through social movement learning and decolonization of physical/material space in south Orissa, India. Results revealed how learning within Adivasi—original dweller—movements in south Orissa framed a process of Adivasi activism that reasserted itself over forest and land spaces necessary for reproducing Adivasi lives in accordance with their material and existential rationalizations.

Colonialism, Education And Rural Buddhist Communities In Bangladesh, Bijoy Barua

International Education

Part of a special issue on international perspectives on education and decolonization. The writer examines the nature of colonial domination in education in Bangladesh and the related efforts of the country's Buddhist communities at cultural and educational decolonization.

Using Non-Fiction Conventions To Improve Expository Reading In 6* Grade History, Annie Whitlock

Masters Theses

Students often have very little experience with textbooks before they reach the middle and upper grades. Teachers of content areas in these grades also have very little resources available to help these students. In this study, a curriculum was developed to teach specific non-fiction conventions to 6th grade students in a history classroom. The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that this developed curriculum would positively impact these students’ abilities to use non-fiction conventions while reading their textbook. The results of the study revealed that after being taught the developed curriculum, the students made improvements and showed …

Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Tony Allen, Mamie Peers, Allison Miller

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Variability In Compression Strength And Deflection Of Corrugated Containers As A Function Of Positioning, Operators, And Climatic Conditions, Jay A. Singh, P. Bainbridge, S. P. Singh, Eric Olsen

Industrial Technology and Packaging

ASTM D642 is a commonly used standard for measuring the ability of containers to resist external compressive loads applied to its faces, to diagonally opposite edges, or to corners. The procedure recommends testing by centering the specimen on the lower platen of the testing machine in the desired orientation, so as not to incur eccentric loading. It is also recommended by the standard that the load be applied with a continuous motion of the movable platen of the testing machine at a speed of 0.5 ±0,1 in. (12.7 ± .25 cm)/min until failure or a specified load, has been reached. …

An Examination Of The Variables Affecting Rfid Tag Readability In A Conveyer Belt Environment, Jay A. Singh, C. Deupser, Eric Olsen, S. P. Singh

Industrial Technology and Packaging

There is a growing list of companies implementing radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to help optimize their supply chain processes. These companies realize that a successful RFID system can potentially lead to lower supply chain inventory levels, reduced operating expenses, and greater visibility throughout the supply chain. However, since RFID technology is still relatively immature, a majority of the applications experience less than perfect read rates for tagged items moving through the supply chain. This paper reports the results for a variety of different arrangements of variables that may influence the readability of the RFID tags in a conveyer belt …

Fluxes Of Iron And Manganese Across The Sediment-Water Interface Under Various Redox Conditions, Svetlana V. Pakhomova, Per O.J. Hall, Mikhail Yu Kononets, Alexander G. Rozanov, Anders Tengberg, Andrei V. Vershinin

Faculty Publications

Fluxes of dissolved forms of iron and manganese across the sediment-water interface were studied in situ in the Gulf of Finland and the Vistula Lagoon (Baltic Sea), and in the Golubaya Bay (Black Sea) from 2001 to 2005. Fluxes were measured using chamber incubations, and sediment cores were collected and sliced to assess the porewater and solid phase metal distribution at different depths. Measured and calculated benthic fluxes of manganese and iron were directed out of sediment for all sites and were found to vary between 70-4450 and 5-1000 μmole m- 2 day- 1 for manganese and iron, respectively. The …

Impact Of Energy Intake, Physical Activity, And Population-Wide Weight Loss On Cardiovascular Disease And Diabetes Mortality In Cuba, 1980-2005, Manuel Franco, Pedro Orduñez, Benjamín Caballero, José A. Tapia Granados, Mariana Lazo, José Luís Bernal, Eliseo Guallar, Richard S. Cooper

Faculty Publications

Cuba's economic crisis of 1989-2000 resulted in reduced energy intake, increased physical activity, and sustained population-wide weight loss. The authors evaluated the possible association of these factors with mortality trends. Data on per capita daily energy intake, physical activity, weight loss, and smoking were systematically retrieved from national and local surveys. National vital statistics from 1980-2005 were used to assess trends in mortality from diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer, and all causes. The crisis reduced per capita daily energy intake from 2,899 calories to 1,863 calories. During the crisis period, the proportion of physically active adults increased from 30% …

Redemption: The Last Battle Of The Civil War, Barton A. Myers

Civil War Book Review

The Battle after the War

Understanding Reconstruction and Redemption

Markov Semigroups And Estimating Functions, With Applications To Some Financial Models, Jerome A Goldstein, Rosa Maria Mininni, Silvia Romanelli

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Cold Seeps And Associated Communities Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Charles Fisher, Harry Roberts, Erik Cordes, Bernie Bernard

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Monitoring The Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Sky Using Earth Occultation With Glast Gbm, G. L. Case, C. A. Wilson-Hodge, M. L. Cherry, R. M. Kippen, J. C. Ling, R. G. Radocinski, W. A. Wheaton

Faculty Publications

Long term all-sky monitoring of the 20 keV - 2 MeV gamma-ray sky using the Earth occultation technique was demonstrated by the BATSE instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The principles and techniques used for the development of an end-to-end earth occultation data analysis system for BATSE can be extended to the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM), resulting in multiband light curves and time-resolved spectra in the energy range 8 keV to above 1 MeV for known gamma-ray sources and transient outbursts, as well as the discovery of new sources of gamma-ray emission. In this paper we describe the application …

The Barbarous Voice Of Democracy: American Captivity In Barbary And The Multicultural Specter, Jacob Rama Berman

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Building Swift Clan Control In Complex It Projects, Cecil Eng Huang Chua, Wee-Kiat Lim, Christina Soh, Siew Kien Sia

CCX Research

Clan control is often essential in complex multi-stakeholder projects for project success. Furthermore, clan control is especially important during requirements analysis which occurs at project inception. How can controllers quickly institute clan control in complex IT projects? Through the case analysis of a large IT project, we observed that clan control can be accelerated by the purposeful application of formal controls to build social capital. Our findings corroborate the notion that, properly structured, clan control can emerge quickly in a multi-stakeholder project to improve the likelihood of IT implementation success.

From The Editor, Richard A. Walter

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Sharing Tacit Knowledge Among Expert Teaching Professors And Mentees: Considerations For Career And Technical Education Teacher Educators, Han Sik Shim, Gene L. Roth

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

This case study provides viewpoints of knowledge sharing by expert teaching professors and their mentees. Professors who were recognized as expert teachers with an annual award at a mid-western USA university were the units of analysis of this study. Expert teaching professors had difficulty articulating much of their teaching expertise. The difficulty was rooted in three characteristics of teaching expertise. Sharing tacit knowledge was also noted as a difficult task because the nature of tacit knowledge prevented it from being articulated. Methods of sharing tacit knowledge were categorized in two ways: observation and “bringing it to surface.” Recommendations for additional …

Under Review: Leadership In Career And Technical Education: Beginning The 21st Century By James Gregson And Jeff Allen (Eds.), Michael Kroth

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Developing Research And Scholarship At Aku-Ied: Possibilities And Challenges, Anjum Halai

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Molecular Testing Of Human Papillomavirus In Cervical Specimens, Fatensalah B. Gazzaz

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To improve the diagnosis of cervical neoplasia by early detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in uterine cervix, by adding molecular testing of HPV using hybrid capture 2 (HC2) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to Papanicolaou (Pap) test. METHODS: One hundred women were enrolled in this study. The mean age (mean ± SD) was 41.97 ± 8.76 years and the range was 27-65 years. All women had undergone cervical cytological screening with cervical cytology, HPV DNA testing by HC2 and PCR, during the period from January - December 2006, at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAAUH) and King Fahd Research …

Beaus Lines, Mohammed A. Yassin, Ibrahim A. Alhijji, Hanadi R. Elayoubi, Kamal R. Abbodi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.