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Staying In Orbit, Or Breaking Free: The Relationship Of Mediation To The Courts Over Four Decades, Robert A. Baruch Bush

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The acceptance and use of mediation by courts--at the state and federal level-- has grown steadily over the last several decades. Today, mediation is a central element in the overall case-management system of many courts, and this phenomenon continues to grow unabated.At the same time, however, another quite different phenomenon has emerged--the expression of serious criticism from mediation scholars and experts about the way mediation is used by the courts. Indeed, it appears that judges and lawyers in the court system, on the one hand, and mediation experts on the other, understand court-related mediation--and mediation itself--in very different terms. Ironically, …

Connecting Diversity To Management: Further Insights, Tim Zou, La Loria Konata

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

It has long been noted that libraries need more diversity in the professional ranks. This situation is now critical with baby boomers soon to retire leaving millennials, who are more racially and ethnically diverse, as the next majority population. The profession will need to recruit a more significant number of millennials to the profession if libraries are to resemble the communities they serve. To get an idea of the current status of management diversity in libraries, managers/supervisors of ARL libraries—in states that contain the highest number of minorities in population—were randomly selected for a survey. Participants in ARL’s LCDP were …

A Workflow Visual Modeler And Its Interface To Existing Workflow Management Systems, Jyoti Chaturvedi

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The rapid growth and complexity of today's businesses have created a need for business process management approaches that will promote the efficient functioning of these organizations. Users of business process management tools greatly benefit from using visual process modeling capabilities. Cross-business interaction sets forth the need for standardization of notations in designing these models.

The goal of this thesis is to study state of the art business process management notations and state of the art diagramming frameworks associated with building a Visual Modeler that can be easily integrated with existing workflow management systems. This thesis presents a Visual Modeler that …

Enablement Issues Concerning Aggressively Broad Generic Claims, J. Benjamin Bai

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

Meh. The Irrelevance Of Copyright In The Public Mind, Brett Lunceford, Shane Lunceford

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Clinical Education On Law Student Reasoning: An Empirical Study, Stefan H. Krieger

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

During the past thirty years, clinical legal education has become an important component of most law school curricula. In clinics, students, typically in their second or third year of law school, represent clients in actual cases in a legal aid office at the law school, pursuant to a court approved "student practice order."' Under the supervision of faculty members, students interview and counsel clients, investigate facts, research legal rules, negotiate with opposing parties, draft documents, and try and argue cases in court. Proponents of clinical education have urged the development and expansion of clinical programs to train students in the …

On Human Migration And The Moral Obligations Of Business, Linda H. Harris

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This work addresses to what extent businesses in the United States and the European Union have a moral obligation to participate in social integration processes in areas where they operate with the use of migrant laborers. It begins with the presupposition that a common framework as to what constitutes ethical behavior in business is needed and beneficial. It argues that the very industry that creates a need for migrant labor ought to also be involved in merging this labor successfully into the existing community and specifies that a discourse on business ethics and migration is gravely needed. This must be …

Ot 713 Exegetical Studies In Wisdom Literature, John A. Cook

Syllabi

Description This course explores exegetical issues in the books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes, and provides students with opportunities to apply original-language tools to the book’s strategic passages. Particular attention is given to literary and theological characteristics of Israelite wisdom literature and questions of theodicy as raised and answered in these books.

Pr 610 The Theology And Practice Of Preaching, Donald E. Demaray

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Course description (catalog): “The course nurtures a vision of Christian preaching as a theological and pastoral activity of the church in service to the gospel. The core objectives of this course have been established to facilitate critical understanding of and competence in view of (1) preaching as witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ revealed in the Christian Scriptures and (2) preaching as both a gift of the holy Spirit and a human vocation which serves the creation of a community called to worship the Triune God as revealed through the narrative of the whole biblical canon. This course approaches …

The Importance Of "Focusness": Focus Groups As A Means Of Collection Management Assessment, Barbara J. Strauss, Fran Mentch, Carol Zsulya

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

In order to assess the Library's collection, the Collection Development Assessment Team at Cleveland State University used focus groups to complement the information gathered in LibQUAL+™. Groups of undergraduates, graduates, and faculty participated in four separate focus groups. All groups reported they were essentially satisfied with the collection but also wanted better local collections and used OhioLINK to supplement their research; fewer users also utilized the rich resources of the public library systems. In keeping with previous surveys, all groups wanted more full-text available electronically, faster access to materials, and a more navigable website. It appeared that the more sophisticated …

Effects Of Defucosylation On Human Breast Cancer Cells, Kun Yuan

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Poverty And The Multiple Stakeholder Challenge For Global Leaders, C. Reade, Anne Marie Todd, A. Osland, J. Osland

Faculty Publications

The article presents a case study in which business leaders deal with challenging problems related to poverty, involving multiple stakeholders. This emphasizes the importance of training prospective global leaders to manage stakeholder relationships and engage in stakeholder dialogue. The authors highlight the stakeholder role played by nongovernmental organizations and include a simulation that develops stakeholder dialogue skills. They identify practical lessons and assumptions underlying business education that are not shared by all stakeholders in the context of poverty.

The Children Of War, Jennifer Plante

Human Rights & Human Welfare

There are more than 300,000 child soldiers in the world today. Complex economic and psychological factors have contributed to this large number; while some of these child soldiers qualify as slaves, many do not. Although there are several United Nations (U.N.) conventions that protect the rights of the child, many states have had difficulty implementing such protections. This has led to the perpetuation of the child slavery problem. Unfortunately for the children involved, their troubles do not end with the fighting. After the conflict, former soldiers must undergo the oftentimes-painful process of rehabilitation and integration back into society.

Georgia Southern University News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from Georgia Southern University Library.

Fuzzy Content Mining For Targeted Advertisement, Yezhou Wang

Master's Projects

Content-targeted advertising system is becoming an increasingly important part of the funding source of free web services. Highly efficient content analysis is the pivotal key of such a system. This project aims to establish a content analysis engine involving fuzzy logic that is able to automatically analyze real user-posted Web documents such as blog entries. Based on the analysis result, the system matches and retrieves the most appropriate Web advertisements. The focus and complexity is on how to better estimate and acquire the keywords that represent a given Web document. Fuzzy Web mining concept will be applied to synthetically consider …

Non-Canonical Towns: Representation Of Urban Paradigms In Talmudic Understanding Of The Jewish City, Gil P. Klein

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Common Data Set, 2007-2008, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Common Data Set (2001-present)

Common Data Set 2007-2008 for Illinois State University

Review Of Using Xml: A How-To-Do-It Manual And Cd-Rom For Librarians, Kiffany Francis

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Review of Using XML: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians

Cd 615 Discipleship Development In The Home, Chris Kiesling

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Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick, The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1999. Larry Crabb, Connecting: A Radical New Vision. Nashville: Word, 1997. Marjorie Thompson, Family: The Forming Center. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996. Donald Joy, Empower Your Kids to be Adults. Nappanee: Indiana, 2000. Mike Mason, The Mystery of Marriage. Multnomah Press. 1985. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.). Dennis Kinlaw, Sacred Pedagogy. (booklet from Francis Asbury Press). Dick Hardell and Merton Strommen, Youth and Family Ministry: Four Imperatives: A Conceptual Model. Youth and Family Institute – www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org.

Cd 552 Adult Education Seminar, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

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Designing an Older Adult Ministry by Richard H. Gentzler, Jr. (Discipleship Resources, 1999) The Graying of the Church: A Leader’s Guide to Older Adult Ministry in The United Methodist Church by Richard H. Gentzler, Jr. (Discipleship Resources, 2004) Building a Ministry for Homebound and Nursing Home Residents by Marie White Webb (Discipleship Resources, 2003) Winter Grace: Spirituality and Aging by Kathleen Fischer (Upper Room Books, 1998)

Cd 560 The Ministry Of Teaching, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

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Barbara Bruce, Our Spiritual Brain. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002. ISBN: 0-687- 09266-3 Joseph Lowman, Mastering The Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X. Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Mary Elizabeth Moore, Teaching as a Sacramental Act. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8298-1647-X Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9 Robert Pazmino, Basics of Teaching for Christians. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. ISBN: 0-8010-2173-1 Susan Shaw, Storytelling in …

Is 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, And World, Robert A. Danielson

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What is the mission of the church? Behind this question is a cluster of related questions, the most important focused on the nature of God's creative and redemptive purpose (as this is expressed in the biblical story), its ongoing expression in the world, and its consummation in the eschaton. Participants in this course will explore how the church might discern, embrace, and participate in God's own mission. We will consider the following questions, along with others which may arise: 1. What is the Kingdom of God? 2. What is the Church? 3. How is the Kingdom present in the World …

Mb 800 Research Methods In Missiology, Russell W. West

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Course Description This course introduces students to various approaches to research design, research methods and dissertation writing for doctoral students in missiology and intercultural studies. Methods are the link between questions and answers. The problem is finding the appropriate methods that discover data that shed light on the problem at hand. A well-designed research project should provide a door for the researcher to enter the stream of literature being produced about a particular topic. The goal of this course is to introduce students to a variety of research strategies and tools so that the student will be able to contribute …

Co 730 Advanced Issues In Cross-Cultural Counseling, Javier Sierra

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Pedersen, P. B., Draguns, J. G., Lonner, W. J., & Trimble, J. E. (2007). Counseling Across Cultures, (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Sue, D. W., and Sue, D. (2007). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and practice, (5th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons

Co 730 Advanced Issues In Cross-Cultural Counseling, Javier Sierra

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Pedersen, P. B., Draguns, J. G., Lonner, W. J., & Trimble, J. E. (2007). Counseling Across Cultures, (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Sue, D. W., and Sue, D. (2007). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and practice, (5th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons

Ms 625 Dynamics Of Interpersonal Evangelism, Art Mcphee

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Griffin, Em: A First Look at Communication Theory 6th edition Crandell, Ron: The Contagious Witness

Nt 501 Comprehensive Greek, Brad Johnson

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• Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. (BDAG) • Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. (ISGM) • Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. (LRNTG) • Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. (GNT)

Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Garwood P. Anderson

Syllabi

deSilva, David A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2004 [hereafter abbreviated INT]. Longenecker, Bruce W. The Lost Letters of Pergamum. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 2003 [hereafter abbreviated LLP]. Wright, Christopher J. H. Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1992 [hereafter abbreviated KJOT].

Sp 501 Communication As Christian Rhetoric, Carolyn Smith

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“Communication as Christian Rhetoric provides a context for instruction and practice that introduces the art of written and spoken communication within a clearly articulated Wesleyan theological framework for the purpose of Christian ministry. As a core course within the theological curriculum, its purpose does not simply replicate undergraduate speech and communication studies. Students will be provided with appropriate means for cultivating necessary habits of Christian life and speech in light of the Christian rhetorical tradition, classical rhetoric, and contemporary communication studies in preparation for Christian ministry in a multicultural society. This course is designed to integrate theological and scriptural knowledge, …

Cl 553 X1 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, S. Brian Yeich

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The purpose of this class is to provide a thorough study of the polity and discipline of The United Methodist Church. This class, along with DO 690, CH 600, and DO 670, helps participants meet the requirements for United Methodist ordained ministry.