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Contact With Nature, Sense Of Humor, And Psychological Well-Being, Thomas R. Herzog, Sarah J. Strevey

Peer Reviewed Articles

We administered a questionnaire measuring contact with nature, sense of humor, and psychological well-being. Factor analysis of the humor items yielded four factors: humor production, humor appreciation, coping humor, and humor tolerance. Factor analysis of 14 well-being measures yielded three factors: emotional well-being, personal development, and effective functioning. The best sense-of-humor predictor of the well-being measures and factors was humor appreciation. Regression models for each of the well-being factors as dependent variables with humor appreciation and contact with nature as independent variables showed that additive models with both predictors were appropriate for personal development and effective functioning and that a …

Liability For Divided Performance Of Process Claims After Bmc Resources, Inc. V. Paymentech, L.P., Joshua P. Larsen

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Dialogue: November 2008, Staff And Writers Of Dialogue

Dialogue

2 Ryan Weberling and Miranda Brouwer Editorial; 4 sean vrieland avocado and tomato on knackebrod Jack Kielstra and Amanda Pheeney A Bit About My Friend, Garlic; 5 Jacob Eizenga An Overripe Catharsis, Hope Velthouse Peanut Butter Chex Mix; 8 Jirn Hayes Food, Food, Everywhere, and Not a Bite to Eat; 9 Arielle Fischer Untitled Diptych; 11 Asa Forsythe The Doughnut Not Eaten; 12 Ryan Weberling The Ingredients (Found Poem); 14 Students for Compassionate Living Vegan Veggie Burgers "a la Brooks"; or, how to feed a lot of people with a little money …

What Story Got Wrong - Federalism, Localist Opportunism And International Law, Paul B. Stephan

Missouri Law Review

I first explain the theoretical underpinning of the argument against the inevitability of localist opportunism. I then illustrate the general theory with three examples where the international obligations of the United States can be met without the strong federal supervision that Story deemed necessary and that latter-day nationalists embrace. I first discuss the body of law that was the subject of Swift v. Tyson, namely the rules governing negotiable instruments. Story thought that developing a federal common law was necessary to thwart idiosyncratic, and presumably opportunistic, state decisions. Yet both before and after the overthrow of Swift v. Tyson in …

Does It Make A Difference - Granting Public Employees The Right To Collectively Bargain, Amanda Stogsdill

Missouri Law Review

In Independence-National Education Ass'n v. Independence School District, the Missouri Supreme Court granted public employees the right to collectively bargain. This holding breathed new life into an argument more than sixty years old: that the Missouri Constitution grants both public and private sector employees the right to collectively bargain. However, a close reading of this seemingly landmark case shows that Missouri's highest court smothered the numerous possibilities afforded by this holding before they could be tested by both public employers and public employees. This Note will argue that the Missouri Supreme Court's holding was unnecessary and affords no new rights …

The Quiet Revolution Revived: Sustainable Design, Land Use Regulation, And The States, Sara C. Bronin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Thirty-seven years ago, a book called The Quiet Revolution in Land Use Control argued that states would soon take over localities' long-held power over land use regulation. In the authors' view, this quiet revolution would occur when policymakers and the public recognized that certain problems - like environmental destruction - were too big for localities to handle on their own. Although the quiet revolution has not yet occurred, this Article suggests that it will, and should, occur alongside the ever-growing green building movement. This movement presents practical and ideological challenges to our current system of regulating land use. This Article …

Direct Threat Defense Under The Ada: Posing A Threat To The Protection Of Disabled Employees, The, Rene L. Duncan

Missouri Law Review

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed with intentions of eliminating stereotypes and fear towards disabled individuals and their ability to function and contribute to society. In the employment context, the Act will not permit an employer to refuse to hire an individual solely because of that person's disability. However, it will permit the employer to defend such action when limitations caused by an individual's disability rise to the level of a direct threat to the safety of others. When an employer raises such a defense, circuit courts are split as to whether the burden of proving the existence or …

Internationalism Of American Federalism: Missouri And Holland, The, Judith Resnik

Missouri Law Review

This Earl F. Nelson Lecture, given at the University of Missouri School of Law's Symposium, Return to Missouri v. Holland: Federalism and International Law, developed from and overlaps with a series of articles including Ratifying Kyoto at the Local Level: Sovereigntism, Federalism, and Translocal Organizations of Government Actors (TOGAs), 50 ARIZ. L. REV. 709 (2008) (with Joshua Civin and Joseph Frueh); Lessons in Federalism from the 1960s Class Action Rule and the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act: "The Political Safeguards'" ofAggregate Translocal Actions, 156 U. PA. L. REv. 1929 (2008); Law as Affiliation: "Foreign " Law, Democratic Federalism, and the …

Federalism And International Law Through The Lens Of Legal Pluralism, Paul Schiff Berman

Missouri Law Review

In this brief Essay, then, I wish to engage in a thought experiment by looking at both federalism and international law through a pluralist rather than a sovereigntist lens. First, I summarize the pluralist literature and some of its core insights and suggest that scholars interested in international law (and its relationship with domestic law) would do well to consider this literature. Second, I provide a few examples of jurisdictional redundancy operating in the transnational, international, and federalist realm and show how the existence of multiple fora can both empower voices that might otherwise be silenced and effect changes of …

First Amendment And Specialty License Plates: The Choose Life Controversy, The, Stephanie S. Bell

Missouri Law Review

This summary will examine the models of specialty license plate creation, the history of "Choose Life" specialty license plates, the litigation surrounding the controversy, and the two differing standards courts have used to distinguish government and private speech: the Fourth Circuit's four-factor test and the Johanns test.

Cumulative Subject Index For Volumes 72-73

Missouri Law Review

Cumulative Subject Index for Volumes 72-73

Improving Oral Health In Pakistan Using Dental Hygienists, Musarrat Anjum Shah

Dental Hygiene Master's Papers and Projects

This document presents a review of the literature addressing education, healthcare, healthcare delivery and finance in Pakistan and the oral health status of the Pakistani people. Considering the enormous unmet oral health needs, the insufficient supply of dental professionals and the current unstructured dental hygiene curriculum in Pakistan, this document offers a mission, vision, and goals for the new dental hygiene theoretical framework for Pakistan. Moreover, it offers recommendations for competency-based dental hygiene education and practice, professional licensing, a practice act, and a dental hygiene scope of practice to help protect the welfare of the Pakistani public, i.e., increasing the …

A Study Of Efficacy Of Turbutaline In Inhibition Of Labour And Glucocorticoid Therapy For The Improvement Of The Lungs Of The New Born In Preterm Premature Rupture Of The Membranes At Sawanpracharak Hospital, A. Nittinawarat

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Neonatal Outcome Of Infants With 1-Minute Apgar Score < 7, S. Punnahitananda, P. Thaithumyanon

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Quality Of Sleep Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses In Thailand, J. Tupsangsee, W. Jiamjarasrangsi, S. Tangwongchai

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Beneath The Forest, Volume 1, No. 1, Fall 2008, Johanna L. Kovarik

Beneath the Forest

Contents: Welcome from Courtney Cloyd - Tongass cave Geomicrobiology Investigations - Transforming Files into Caves - On your Knees Cave Human Remains Reburial - Show Cave Management at Blanchard Springs Cavern - Cave Research Foundation on the Mark Twain NF - Karst Hydrologic Investigations in South Carolina - MOU with Cavers on the Ozark-St Francis NF

Installments, Issue 25, November 2008, Renee Montgomery

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Beaverton School District: Population And Enrollment Forecasts 2009-10 To 2025-26, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Kenneth Radin, Vivian Siu

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

This report presents Enrollment Forecasts prepared by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) exploring three possible scenarios for BSD enrollment during the next 17 years based on different assumptions about future net migration and fertility rates. The study includes analysis of population, housing and enrollment trends affecting the District in recent years and forecasts of district-wide enrollments by grade level for the 2009-10 to 2025-26 school years.

In This Issue…, Stephen J. Langendorfer

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Animal Rescuers: A Review, Stathis Avramidis, Eleftheria Avramidou

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Nemo News, Volume 5, Issue 2, Uno Library Science Education

NEMO Newsletter

This issue of NEMO News features Announcements, Advice from the Frontlines from Becky Baker, Student Spotlight on Sandra Meyer, NLA/NEMA Conference Reflections, and Contact Info.

Uno Aqip Systems Portfolio 2008, Steve Bullock

Accreditation

This is the UNO Systems Portfolio document submitted to AQIP in 2008.

Centralized College Client Database Creation From Diverse Interrelated Sources, George Hogan

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

This "Centralized College Client Database Creation from Diverse Interrelated Sources" project was undertaken as a solution for a requirement that exists for the college that I am employed. This requirement was to provide a complete (technology asset wise) profile of college employees, administrative and faculty, which I have called "clients". This is due to the fact that they are clients for the services of the Information Technology Department, for which this system was designed. The main problem to address is that there is no concise information readily available to the Help Desk and Technical Support areas, for which I am …

The Persistence Of Sleep Disturbance In Children Evaluated For Autism Spectrum Disorders: Predictive Factors And The Impact Of Co-Occurring Diagnoses, Celeste Elana Flachsbart

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Mounting research suggests that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other clinical diagnoses demonstrate a higher prevalence of sleep problems than typically-developing children. Additionally, sleep problems are related to a number of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral concerns in pediatric populations. Limited research exists comparing sleep problems in children with ASDs with sleep problems in other clinical populations, or exploring the length of these sleep problems.

The current study sought to explore the development and improvement of sleep problems over one year, as well as predictors to help identify children at high risk for persistent sleep problem. Impact of age, …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 6, Issue 21, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Russian Economic Report, World Bank/World Bank Group

Documents

No abstract provided.

Hungary: Request For Stand-By Arrangement, International Monetary Fund (Imf)

Documents

No abstract provided.

Mortgage Finance: Final Report And Recommendations, James Crosby

Documents

No abstract provided.

Bar-Gill And Warren, Making Credit Safer, Oren Bar-Gil, Elizabeth Warren

Documents

No abstract provided.

Frbny Staff Report- The Federal Home Loan Bank System The Lender Of Next To Last Resort, Adam Ashcraft, Morten L. Bech, W. Scott Frame

Documents

No abstract provided.