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Focus Emu, November 13, 2007, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Focus Emu, February 13, 2007, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Factor Structure And Clinical Implications Of Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5 Ratings In A Sample Of Girls Adopted From China, Tony Xing Tan, Robert F. Dedrick, Kofi Marfo

Institute for Human Development, East Africa

Objective: This study assessed psychometric properties of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/1.5-5) and explored clinical insights from its use in a sample of adopted Chinese girls.

Methods: Parental ratings were obtained on 707 adopted Chinese girls, ages 1.50-5.92 years (M = 3.24, SD = 1.26). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), employing robust weighted least squares estimation, was used to evaluate the instrument's seven-factor correlated structure. Profiles of scores were analyzed descriptively for clinical insights.

Results: The CFAs indicated that the fit of Achenbach and Rescorla's (2000 Manual for the ASEBA preschool forms & profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Centre …

Evidence-Based Practices And State Sentencing Policy: Ten Policy Initiatives To Reduce Recidivism, Roger K. Warren

Indiana Law Journal

Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators Annual Meeting July 29-August 2, 2006 Indianapolis, Indiana.

To What Extent Can Congress Change The Patent Right Without Effecting A Taking, Jesse S. Chui

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

The Constitution confers upon Congress the power to "promote the ... useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to... Inventors the exclusive Right to their... Discoveries." Since the Patent Act of 1790, Congress has continued to define and redefine the metes and bounds of the patent right. This tradition continues with the Patent Reform Act of 2005, introduced in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2005.

Measuring The Effect Of Intimate Partner Violence On Health-Related Quality Of Life: A Qualitative Focus Group Study, Eve Wittenberg, Manisha Joshi, Kristie A. Thomas, Laura A. Mccloskey

Wayne State University Associated BioMed Central Scholarship

Abstract

Background

Health related quality of life (HRQOL) can be measured by a wide range of instruments, many of which have been designed for specific conditions or uses. "Preference-based" measures assess the value individuals place on health, and are included in economic evaluations of treatments and interventions (such as cost effectiveness analysis). As economic evaluation becomes more common, it is important to assess the applicability of preference-based health related quality of life (HRQOL) measures to public health issues. This study investigated the usefulness of such instruments in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV), a public health concern that that …

Guide To Ms221 Alvarado, Et Al. Vs. El Paso Independent School District Legal Files, Adrian Morales, Carlos Munoz

Finding Aids

Alvarado, et al. vs. El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) involved several families who filed a class action lawsuit against the El Paso Independent School District, accusing the district of discrimination against Mexican-American students and employees. The Alvarado v. EPISD legal files, MS221, date 1910 – 1980, bulk 1970 – 1975. Arranged in five series, the legal files document the class-action lawsuit Alvarado vs. El Paso Independent School District (1971 – 1979).

Lessons In Leadership: Shirley S. Chater, Shirley S. Chater

General Submissions: Nursing as Profession

Lessons in Leadership: The Betty Irene Moore Speaker Series embodies Betty Irene Moore's vision and hope for nurses to lead within their teams, organizations and communities, with the ultimate goal of improving the experience and outcomes of patient care. Through personal experience, Betty recognized that nurses play a critical role in providing safe, high-quality patient care and outcomes. They are caregivers, mentors, teachers and researchers; and they provide 95 percent of direct patient care in hospitals. This recognition gave rise to the Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative, with building leadership skills in nurses as one of its main strategies.

This …

Rescue The Americans With Disabilities Act From Restrictive Interpretations: Alcoholism As An Illustration, Judith J. Johnson

Journal Articles

The Supreme Court has narrowed the doorway into the protected class for the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in virtually every employment case. Taking their cue from the Supreme Court, the lower courts have been concerned principally with who is "disabled" and thus protected by the ADA. The answer today is not many people. The courts generally have been so hostile to ADA plaintiffs that it is difficult now to find a case in which the plaintiff was able to prove that he was disabled. Congress contemplated that some impairments would always be disabling. The Supreme Court, however, …

2007 Panther Football Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--One of FCS's Best --1
--Quick Facts --2
--UNI Administrations --4
--Director of Athletics --5
--Athletic Department Staff --6
--Panther Head Coaches --7
--Traditions --8
--Academics --9
--Strength & Conditioning --10
--Sports Medicine --11
--Facilities --12-13
--UNI-Dome Quick Facts --14
--UNI-Dome Records --14
--Quick Look --16
--A Closer Look --16
--Preseason Depth Chart --17
--Alphabetical Roster --18
--Numerical Roster --19
--2007 Preview --20-22
--Head Coach Mark Farley --24-27
--The Farley File --25
--Farley vs. All Opponents --26
--What Others are Saying About Coach Farley --27
--Associate Head Coach Bill Salmon --28
--Assistant Coach Mario Verduzco --29
--Assistant Coach Rick …

"The Great World Of The Spirits Of The Dead": Death, The Great War, And The 1918 Influenza Pandemic As Context For Doctrine And Covenants 138, George S. Tate

BYU Studies

At the dedication of BYU’s new Joseph F. Smith Building on September 20, 2005, President Gordon B. Hinckley said of President Joseph F. Smith, “It is my opinion that no man, save the Prophet Joseph only, has had a greater and better understanding of the origin and history of the Church and of its doctrines—not only concerning this life but also concerning the eternities.” Of the “Vision of the Redemption of the Dead,” which comprises Doctrine and Covenants 138, he said, “It is a document without parallel. . . . There is nothing quite like it in all of our …

Pandemonium: A Review Essay Of Douglas J. Robinson, Who Translates? Translator Subjectivities Beyond Reason, Daryl R. Hague

BYU Studies

In 1975, Cambridge’s George Steiner published After Babel. That book, now in its third edition, is considered a classic for several reasons. For translation scholars, however, After Babel’s principal contribution is that it legitimized translation studies as a discrete academic field rather than as a mere appendage to comparative literature, linguistics, or language studies. Shortly after Steiner’s work was published, two other influential works on translation appeared: Louis Kelly’s The True Interpreter (1979) and Susan Bassnett-McGuire’s Translation Studies (1980). Together, these three works provided a historical and theoretical foundation on which translation scholars could build.

Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

Syllabi

Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra Management Essentials for Christian Ministries by Michael J. Anthony and James Estep, Jr. (editors) Specific chapters will be assigned to each student for in-class project.

Clustering Of Eating Disorder Symptoms In A General Population Female Twin Sample: A Latent Class Analysis, Alexis E. Duncan, Kathleen K. Bucholz, Rosalind J. Neuman, Arpana Agrawal, Pamela A F Madden, Andrew C. Heath

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Landscape And Geotourism: Market Typologies And Visitor Needs, Catherine Elizabeth Gorman

Conference papers

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore Geotourism (landscape tourism) in the context of the Irish tourism experience, to develop visitor typologies and propose an approach that will ensure greater sustainability by addressing market value and requirements through the use of marketing techniques and tools.

Methodology/Approach: An evaluation of existing geotourism resources and information was undertaken. A gap was identified in terms of marketing the Geotourism product. This gap is identified as a break the delivery of the experience to the most suitable customer and is addressed by identifying specific typologies, their requirements and making suggestions …

John Broderick (1924-89) And The French 'Roman Catholique'., Eamon Maher

Books/Chapters

No abstract provided.

Common Genetic Risk Of Major Depression And Nicotine Dependence: The Contribution Of Antisocial Traits In A United States Veteran Male Twin Cohort, Qiang Fu, Andrew C. Heath, Kathleen K. Bucholz, Michael J. Lyons, Ming T. Tsuang, William R. True, Seth A. Eisen

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

The Neuroendocrine Impact Of Chronic Stress On Cancer, Premal H. Thaker, Susan K. Lutgendorf, Anil K. Sood

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Direct Links: Using E-Mail To Connect Preservice Teachers, Experienced Teachers, And High School Students Within An Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program, Alison Cook-Sather

Education Program Faculty Research and Scholarship

Much of preservice teacher education at the undergraduate level is based on indirect links between those preparing to teach and those who spend their days in schools. This article describes two kinds of direct links based in the culminating courses required for state certification to teach at the secondary level through an undergraduate teacher education program: one between preservice teachers and experienced teachers and one between preservice teachers and high school students. Consisting primarily of weekly e-mail exchanges, these dialogues constitute a unique forum for learning and teaching for all participants. The benefits participants identify-including the creation of a space …

Review Of Thomas Pfau, Romantic Moods: Paranoia, Trauma, And Melancholy, 1790-1840., Aileen Forbes

Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature

Thomas Pfau, Romantic Moods: Paranoia, Trauma, and Melancholy, 1790-1840. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. xii + 572 pp. ISBN 0801881978.

Review Of Marshall Brown, The Gothic Text., Ruth Bienstock Anolik

Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature

Marshall Brown, The Gothic Text. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. 280 pp. ISBN 0804739129.

Review Of Catherine Labio, Origins And The Enlightenment: Aesthetic Epistemology From Descartes To Kant., Jennifer J. Davis

Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature

Catherine Labio, Origins and the Enlightenment: Aesthetic Epistemology from Descartes to Kant. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004. xi +193 pp. ISBN 0801442753.

Dimensions Of Internet Commerce Trust, D. Aiken, Robert Mackoy, B. Liu, Richard Fetter, Gregory E. Osland

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Trust is a central construct and plays a critical role in understanding Internet consumer behavior. This research seeks to directly address the subject of Internet Commerce Trust (ICT) by developing a valid, reliable, and generalizable scale to measure this multifaceted subject. Two separate studies reveal a common five-factor structure. These dimensions are labeled (1) Certification, (2) Resources and Capabilities, (3) Shopping Method, (4) Reliability, and (5) Communication Viability. An accurate measurement of ICT will serve as a viable control factor in future studies of Internet consumer behaviors, segmentation analyses, and in marketing strategy research.

Review Of The Paradoxes Of Art: A Phenomenological Investigation, By Alan Paskow, Robert J. Dostal

Philosophy Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Seasonal Affective Disorder And The Pricing Of Ipos, Steven D. Dolvin, Mark K. Pyles

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Purpose - It has been found that stock market returns vary seasonally with the amount of daylight, and they attribute this effect to seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which is a psychological condition that causes depression and heightened risk aversion during the fall and winter months. The goal of this study is to examine whether this effect also manifests itself in the pricing of initial public offerings (IPOs).

Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct an empirical analysis on IPO data

collected over the period 1986-2000. Specifically, we examine potential pricing differences between IPO that go public during the fall and winter months, …

Synecdoche And Surprise: Transdisciplinary Knowledge Production, Anne Dalke, Elizabeth Mccormack

Literatures in English Faculty Research and Scholarship

Using contemporary insights from feminist critical theory and the literary device of synecdoche, we argue that transdisciplinary knowledge is productive because it maximizes serendipity. We draw on student learning experiences in a course on “Gender and Science” to illustrate how the dichotomous frameworks and part-whole correspondences that are predominant in much disciplinary discourse must be dismantled for innovative intellectual work to take place. In such a process, disciplinary presumptions interrogate and unsettle one another to produce novel questions and answers.

The Transition From Preschool To School For Children In Ireland: Teachers Views, Mary O'Kane

Articles

There is a wealth of international research on the transition from preschool to school from a range of perspectives. Following on from such research, the issue of transition is emerging as an important new construct in early childhood care and education (ECCE), with a transition-to-school framework replacing the construct of school readiness as a focus of research interest. There has been limited research into transition practices in Ireland and this study is the first comprehensive research looking at this area from an Irish perspective1. Phase I of this study involved conducting a questionnaire on the transition from preschool to formal …

Young People And Crime: Research, Policy And Practice, Kevin Lalor, Fergus Ryan, Mairéad Seymour, Claire Hamilton

Conference Papers

These are the full proceedings of a two-day national conference on Young People and Crime, hosted by the Centre for Social and Educational Research.

Play And Technology For Children Aged 4-12, Stella Downey, Noirin Hayes, Brian O'Neill

Reports

Research study commissioned by the Office of the Minister for Children, Government of Ireland, 2007.

Content Analysis Of Computer Conferencing Transcripts, Roisin Donnelly

Papers, presentations and other resources

As conferencing tools become an increasingly common feature in students’ experience, tutors need to have an understanding of how these tools facilitate the formation and maintenance of collaborative learning communities. Inevitably the pursuit of this understanding requires some form of analysis of the interactions involved. This analysis of the written transcripts, created by students during computer mediated conferencing (CMC), invariably takes the form of a systematic content analysis. For small-scale work the analysis can be undertaken manually but when the volume is large, as might arise from courses delivered wholly online or in a blended learning approach for example, some …