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Culture-Related Strengths Among Latin American Families: A Case Study Of Brazil, Gustavo Carlo, Silvia Koller, Marcela Raffaelli, Maria Rosario De Guzman

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

We provide an analysis of culturally-specific strength characteristics associated with families in Brazil. The focus is on familism and familial interdependence, the role of the extended family, cooperative and prosocial tendencies, a collective orientation, and the closing gender gap. The article is divided into four sections. First, we provide some background information on the demographics and history of Brazil. Second, the family strength characteristics are discussed. Third, case studies are briefly presented to illustrate the protective role of the characteristics. And fourth, we discuss the implications of the strengths-based approach to studying families for theories, research, and program development.

Toward A Human Rights Framework For Intellectual Property, Laurence R. Helfer

Faculty Scholarship

This Article, prepared for a Symposium on Intellectual Property and Social Justice held at the University of California at Davis School of Law in March 2006, addresses the growing intersection of human rights law and intellectual property law. Its principal point of departure is a November 2005 General Comment on "the right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author" - a relatively obscure provision of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Article builds upon the analysis …

Urban Danish Foodways And Ethnic Marketing Strategies In Bien, 1900-1950, Catrine Kyster Christensen Giery

The Bridge

Food culture is an integral part of popular culture. Fabio Parasecoli defines popular culture as “the totality of ideas, values, embodied experiences, representations, material items, practices, social relations, organizations, and institutions that are conceived, produced, experienced, and reciprocally connected within environments influenced by markets and consumption, with or without the specific economic goal of reaping a profit.” When food culture appears in the semi-public sphere—for example, in grocery stores, restaurants, bars, butcher stores, and bakeries, it demarcates a space where the desires and strategies of businessmen and consumers meet. Consumers want the products they need at an affordable price, and …

Building Culture, Community, And Morality: A Case Study Of Constructivist Leadership In The Creation Of A Junior High Football Team., Mark Edward Tankersley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This research focused upon parents, educators, and community members’ ability to influence school culture, build community, and affect student morality while engaged in a constructivist leadership model in the creation of a junior high football team. The research was conducted in one school located in a Mid-Atlantic state. I was a teacher at that school during the time the study was conducted. A qualitative case study method was chosen in order to answer the how and why questions. Multiple sources of data were collected from observations, documents, and interviews with three parents, four educators, and three community members all associated …

Islamic Education In China: Rebuilding Communities And Expanding Local And International Networks, Jackie Armijo

All Works

Over the last twenty years a wide range of Islamic educational opportunities have been developed to meet the needs of China's 20 million plus Muslim population. In addition to mosque schools, government Islamic colleges, and independent Islamic colleges, a growing number of students have gone overseas to continue their studies at international Islamic universities in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, and Malaysia.

Constructing L2-Svm-Based Fuzzy Classifiers In High-Dimensional Space With Automatic Model Selection And Fuzzy Rule Ranking, Shang Ming Zhou, John Q. Gan

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Tracking The Trickster Home: The Animal Nature Of Words In The Writing Of Gerald Vizenor And Barry Lopez, Steven Jubitz Hawley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Becoming American - According To The Jorgensens, Torben Tvorup Christensen

The Bridge

For those who have waited a long time for this article about integration among Danish-American immigrants I can only say that I am sorry. Lack of time has kept me away from my Danish-English dictionary and thus prevented me from writing a more public friendly version of my Masters Thesis. Knowing how difficult it would be to convert more than a hundred pages into a few readable lines-I guess-is the real reason why I have not undertaken this task before now. Another reason is simply that I each time I began thinking about doing something I was being overwhelmed by …

The International Protean Career: Four Women’S Narratives, Marian Crowley-Henry, David Weir

Articles

In this paper, we share individual narratives outlining the experiences of four well-educated western women following a permanent international career in the South of France. By virtue of detailed interview transcripts and contextual information regarding the specificity of the location in question, a comprehensive picture of the experiences and choices of individual women in leadership business positions on an international level is painted. Our aim is not to generalise the findings to a wider population, but to gain an insight into the depth and complexity of career issues for women in general, and particularly for women working in a foreign …

Human Genetics Studies: The Case For Group Rights, Laura S. Underkuffler

Faculty Scholarship

With the importance of genetic information has come bitter battles over its control. In these battles, some principles have emerged that are beyond dispute. The ability of individuals to control the disposition and genetic testing of their own biological materials is (as a matter of theory, at least) beyond question. No one would argue today that an individual could be subject to genetic testing for studies against her will, or that biological samples obtained from individuals under specified conditions could be simply deemed "free" of such conditions by researchers. Although difficult problems remain in the interpretation of research agreements, the …

Mertonianism Unbound?: Imagining Free, Decentralized Access To Most Cultural And Scientific Material, James Boyle

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Faith Of Christ, Gaye Strathearn

Faculty Publications

AT THE 1988 MEETING OF THE Pauline Theology Group, a debate exploded that had been slowly percolating since the time of Martin Luther.¹ The debate focused on the translation and associated theological implications of eight passages (Romans 3:22, 26; Galatians 2:16, 20; 3:22, 26; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9).² Each of these passages consists of a phrase with the Greek word pistis (“faith”) in a genitive construction with a title for Jesus.³ Paul uses seven of them in his discussions of justification, showing how a believer is “made righteous.” The eighth passage, Ephesians 3:12, uses the genitive construction to describe how …

Analogical Modeling: An Update, Deryle W. Lonsdale, David Eddington

Faculty Publications

Analogical modeling is a supervised exemplar-based approach that has been widely applied to predict linguistic behavior. The paradigm has been well documented in the linguistics and cognition literature, but is less well known to the machine learning community. This paper sets out some of the basics of the approach, including a simplified example of the fundamental algorithm’s operation. It then surveys some of the recent analogical modeling language applications, and sketches how the computational system has been enhanced lately to offer users increased flexibility and processing power. Some comparisons and contrasts are drawn between analogical modeling and other language modeling …

What Is A Twentieth-Century Constitution?, Peter E. Quint

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Turning Away, Jacob D. Rawlins

Faculty Publications

From the time of Joseph Smith’s first vision, the concepts of general apostasy and divine restoration have been central to the Latter-day Saint movement. In the Prophet’s account of his vision, he records that after he asked which church he should join, “I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: ‘they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines …

Seeking Protection: Recognition Of Environmentally Displaced Persons Under International Human Rights Law, Brooke Havard

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Preacher-As-Witness : The Homiletical Approach Of E. Stanley Jones, Luke Molberg Pederson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Biblical Model Of Leadership Through The 3l Vision Leader Of Leaders Of Leaders, Eduardo Drachenberg

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Examing Effective Outreach To Boomers, Xers, And Millenials In South-Central Ohio Vineyard Churches, J. Michael Cuckler

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Implementing Task-Based Teaching From The Ground Up: Considerations For Lesson Planning And Classroom Practice, William Comer

Russian Language Journal

In the past twenty years, Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) has become a widely discussed approach to teaching foreign and second languages, and a significant body of literature has grown up around it. The approach has even been implemented on a large scale in some areas; for example, since 1990, instruction in Dutch as a second language in the Flemish areas of Belgium has been organized solely around the principles of TBLT (Van den Branden 2006, 13).

Use Of Mental Health-Related Services Among Immigrant And Us-Born Asian Americans: Results From The National Latino And Asian American Study, Jennifer Abe-Kim, David T. Takeuchi, Seunghye Hong, Nolan Zane, Stanley Sue, Michael S. Spencer, Hoa Appel, Ethel Nicdao, Margarita Alegría

Psychological Science Faculty Works

Objectives. We examined rates of mental health–related service use (i.e., any, general medical, and specialty mental health services) as well as subjective satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of care in a national sample of Asian Americans, with a particular focus on immigration-related factors.

Methods. Data were derived from the National Latino and Asian American Study (2002–2003).

Results. About 8.6% of the total sample (n=2095) sought any mental health–related services; 34.1% of individuals who had a probable diagnosis sought any services. Rates of mental health–related service use, subjective satisfaction, and perceived helpfulness varied by birthplace and by generation. US-born Asian Americans …

Opinions Of Students Enrolled In An Andalusian Bilingual Program On Bilingualism And The Program Itself, Francisco Ramos

School of Education Faculty Works

The Regional Ministry of Education of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia, an autonomous community in the South of Spain, has established several bilingual programs to improve language proficiency of its student population. The programs, which undertake second languages as vehicular languages at the classroom, encourage student’s bilingualism, academic development and positive attitudes toward other groups. The following paper examines opinions given by a group of students enrolled in an Andalusian bilingual program about those matters. Students had different positive opinions on bilingualism as well as the program in general; however, they had some doubts over the intellectual and cognitive benefits …

Programas Bilingües Y Formación De Profesores En Andalucía, Francisco Ramos

School of Education Faculty Works

La Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía está llevando a cabo un extraordinario esfuerzo para lograr la implantación de cuatrocientos programas bilingües en inglés, francés y alemán en todas las provincias de su comunidad autónoma antes de 2008. Estos programas, que usan los idiomas como vehículos de instrucción y comunicación, ayudan a los alumnos a lograr un dominio de las competencias lingüísticas y académicas en las dos lenguas enseñadas, que es muy superior al de los programas tradicionales, lo que ha contribuido a dotarlos de un bien ganado prestigio. A pesar de que son numerosos los factores que …

The Wipo Copyright Treaty: A Transition To The Future Of International Copyright Lawmaking, Graeme Dinwoodie

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Northeastern Illinois University, 2007-2008 Academic Catalog, Northeastern Illinois University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Language We All Understand, Schrag Schrag

Laurus: Undergraduate Literature Journal of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln

An essay examining the importance of language in identity and the creation of individual language in Judith Ortiz Cofer's "A Love Story."

Say What You Mean: Improved Drafting Resources As A Means For Increasing The Consistency Of Interpretation Of Bilateral Investment Treaties, Kelley Connolly

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Following the demise of international recognition of the Hull Rule as the standard governing foreign direct investment, countries throughout the world have turned to bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to govern direct investment relationships. BITs allow countries to bind themselves credibly to commitments by granting substantive rights to investors and offering remedies for violations of those rights, thereby incentivizing new investments and facilitating economic ventures. The recent dramatic increase in disputes arising under BITs has shaken the legitimacy of these agreements. Arbitration panels interpret these documents inconsistently, which disparately impacts developing nations negatively. The inconsistent interpretations rob BITs of clarity and …

Differentiated Educational Strategies In The Elementary Art Classroom, Mary Amber Bush

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis provides elementary art teachers strategies for teaching lessons in a method called "differentiation". The purpose of differentiation is to tailor lesson plans to try and meet unique needs of the students. Lessons can be differentiated through content, process, or product. A teacher may choose one of these three areas and provide different approaches to the lesson to meet different learning needs of the students. To meet different learning needs in an efficient way, students are grouped for lessons based on their readiness, interests, or their learning styles. This thesis provides greater detail on content, process, product, readiness, interests, …

Black Hole: The Role Of Black Aesthetics In Science Fiction, Thomas Leo Johnson

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of this thesis is to answer the question of why the genre of science fiction permits African-American authors to expand their themes beyond African-American concerns and characters. This thesis puts forward the argument that science fiction provides African-American writers with the capacity to craft their works' central conflicts to include or exclude issues that affect the Black community. This thesis answers the question in four points, the first being a brief historical overview of the debate within the Black literary community on the prevalence of Black aesthetics. The overview also gives a summary of the debate over …

Development Of An Intelligent Autonomous Coffee Maker, Nicholas J. Vanderpool

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Using Intelligent Control Methodology Home coffee machines have improved over time with the addition of features such as self-activating timers and crude temperature controlled heating elements. However, home coffee brewer development has stagnated and has yet to achieve full automation status. Present coffee machines leave the user burdened with the mundane and messy task of preparing the coffee maker every time. Also, should the user decide to prepare less than an entire pot, he/she must estimate the correct amount of water and coffee to add. This can lead to a weak or strong brew, giving undesirable results. In order to …