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Examination Of Clinical And Legal Issues Relevant To Child Maltreatment Reporting, Alisha Marie Carpenter Jan 2008

Examination Of Clinical And Legal Issues Relevant To Child Maltreatment Reporting, Alisha Marie Carpenter

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Mental health professionals have evidenced deficiencies in reporting child maltreatment, including knowledge about mandatory reporting laws, ability to accurately identify child maltreatment, child maltreatment reporting intentions, and clinical expertise in reporting child maltreatment (e.g., utilization of best practices in the management of clients throughout the reporting process). Therefore, the purposes of the given study were to develop and initially validate three inventories (i.e., Knowledge of Child Maltreatment Laws Screening Tool, Recognition of Child Maltreatment Screening Tool, and Clinical Expertise in Reporting Child Maltreatment Screening Tool) to assess reporting competence in mental health professionals and graduate students. Multistage validation supports the …

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An Analysis Of The Differential Power Of The Fake Bad Scale Of The Mmpi-2, Nicole Ann Cavenagh Jan 2008

An Analysis Of The Differential Power Of The Fake Bad Scale Of The Mmpi-2, Nicole Ann Cavenagh

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the ability of the Fake Bad Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 to differentiate among individuals who have a traumatic brain injury, individuals with a somatoform disorder, and individuals who are malingering. Participants were chosen from a pool of 283 personal injury and workers compensation cases obtained from an established neuropsychological practice in a major Southwestern city. Each of these participants was involved in litigation and received a diagnosis that included traumatic brain injury, a somatoform disorder, or malingering. Complete neuropsychological and psychological test batteries were conducted on each participant, and the complete medical records for …

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The Neurocognitive Impairment Associated With Comorbid Schizophrenia And Ptsd, Lisa Duke Jan 2008

The Neurocognitive Impairment Associated With Comorbid Schizophrenia And Ptsd, Lisa Duke

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Individuals with severe mental illness report a higher incidence of trauma and PTSD than the general population. A trauma history in individuals with schizophrenia has been associated with more severe psychiatric symptoms including positive symptoms, depression, suicidality, anxiety, somatization and dissociation (Beck & van der Kolk, 1987; Craine, Henson, Colliver & MacLean, 1988; Ross, Anderson & Clark, 1994; Darves-Bornoz, & Gaillard, 1995; Holowka, King, Saheb, Pukall & Brunett, 2003; Strauss et al., 2006); The current study is among the first to examine the influence of comorbid schizophrenia and PTSD by performing comprehensive diagnostic, symptom and neurocognitive evaluations on four groups: …

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The Effects Of Trauma Experiences In Maltreated Adolescents With Respect To Familial And Cultural Variables, Amie Marie Lemos-Miller Jan 2008

The Effects Of Trauma Experiences In Maltreated Adolescents With Respect To Familial And Cultural Variables, Amie Marie Lemos-Miller

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Child maltreatment is a societal problem that affects thousands of youths in the United States. Substantial amounts of youths affected by child maltreatment develop Posttraumatic Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Depression, maladaptive cognitions, dissociation, and anger are symptoms often associated with presentations of PTSD. Specifically, these PTSD-related symptoms may influence development and maintenance of PTSD. This study examined PTSD-related symptoms and PTSD associated with child maltreatment within a culturally competent, ecologically-based framework; The first hypothesis was that family expressiveness, cohesion, control, conflict, and independence would mediate the relationship between (1) PTSD-related symptoms of depression, dissociation, maladaptive cognitions, and anger and (2) PTSD …

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The Conceptualization And Development Of Specifications For A Doctoral Program In Security Studies: A Delphi Study, Barent Nelson Mccool Jan 2008

The Conceptualization And Development Of Specifications For A Doctoral Program In Security Studies: A Delphi Study, Barent Nelson Mccool

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In 1994 there were only four formal "Emergency Management/Security" college degree programs being offered in academic America, of which only one was offered at the baccalaureate level, the others being certificate programs (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2007). This study focused on the following research questions. (1) Is there a current need for a doctoral program in security studies? (2) If so, how should such a program be structured academically? (3) If so, should such a program be offered as a PhD, EdD or an Executive Doctoral degree program?;A review of the literature indicated that a gap exists between current programs …

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Positive Emotion Processing Deficits In Schizophrenia, Gregory P Strauss Jan 2008

Positive Emotion Processing Deficits In Schizophrenia, Gregory P Strauss

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Affective impairments were examined in patients with and without deficit syndrome schizophrenia. A battery of tests designed to measure emotional experience, emotional information processing, and emotional perception were administered to deficit (n = 15) and non-deficit syndrome (n = 26) schizophrenia patients classified according to the Schedule for the Deficit Syndrome, and matched non-patient control subjects (n = 22). As predicted, in comparison to non-deficit patients and controls, deficit syndrome patients reported less frequent and intense experience of positive emotion, recalled significantly fewer positive words, and displayed an impaired ability to accurately identify and judge the valence of pleasant odors. …

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The Treatment Of Selective Mutism: A Case Control Alternating Treatments Design, Jennifer L Vecchio Jan 2008

The Treatment Of Selective Mutism: A Case Control Alternating Treatments Design, Jennifer L Vecchio

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This was the first study to examine the differential effectiveness of two behavioral interventions for selective mutism while employing a single-case alternating treatments design with documentation of treatment outcomes, calculation of effect size, and measures of treatment integrity. Participants were recruited via press release to the local media and the Clark County School District. Interested participants were initially screened over the telephone. If the screening indicated that a child met diagnostic criteria for selective mutism and did not meet exclusionary criteria, an assessment was scheduled. Each participant was assessed by the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children for DSM-IV Child …

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Lodging Capacity Optimization: Application Of An Inventory Model To China's Lodging Industry, Tianshu Zheng Jan 2008

Lodging Capacity Optimization: Application Of An Inventory Model To China's Lodging Industry, Tianshu Zheng

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Since China decided to promote tourism in 1978, the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors has continuously put pressure on China's tourism infrastructure and service facilities. To keep up with the demand, China's hotel industry has been expanding at a growth rate that is faster than that of foreign visitors. In 1990s, the overdevelopment became a problem confronting the China's hotel industry. However, the hotel supply has continuously been increasing beyond the demand. Severe over-capacity is likely to occur in China's hotel industry time series analysis and single-period inventory model, this dissertation estimates the optimal capacity for both China's and …

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Experimental Evaluation Of The Effect Of Minimum Quantity Lubrication In Turning Aisi-4140 Steel, Kalyan Reddy Endapally Jan 2008

Experimental Evaluation Of The Effect Of Minimum Quantity Lubrication In Turning Aisi-4140 Steel, Kalyan Reddy Endapally

Theses and Dissertations

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A Historical Geography Investigation Of The Urban-Rural Fringe Of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Todd A. Fahrni Jan 2008

A Historical Geography Investigation Of The Urban-Rural Fringe Of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Todd A. Fahrni

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Probation Violations In Three Rural Minnesota Counties, Tami Jo Nettum Lieberg Jan 2008

Probation Violations In Three Rural Minnesota Counties, Tami Jo Nettum Lieberg

Theses and Dissertations

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Community Interest In An Assisted Living Facility In Warren, Minnesota, Richelle L. Kruger Jan 2008

Community Interest In An Assisted Living Facility In Warren, Minnesota, Richelle L. Kruger

Theses and Dissertations

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Quality Of Parent-Child Relationships In Native American Suicidality, Jeri Ann Azure Jan 2008

Quality Of Parent-Child Relationships In Native American Suicidality, Jeri Ann Azure

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Mountain Megas: America's Newest Metropolitan Places And A Federal Leadership To Help Them Prosper, Robert E. Lang, Andrea Sarzynski, Mark Muro Jan 2008

Mountain Megas: America's Newest Metropolitan Places And A Federal Leadership To Help Them Prosper, Robert E. Lang, Andrea Sarzynski, Mark Muro

Brookings Mountain West Publications

The Initiative The Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are collaborating to bring Brookings’ high-quality, independent and impactful research to the issues facing the dynamic and fast-growing Mountain West region: the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Every year, Brookings will send scholars from each of its five research programs to spend three weeks at UNLV to conduct research, meet with faculty, and deliver lectures and seminars. The project begins September 8, 2009, with presentations on national and local trends. The new initiative builds upon the work of Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program, which focuses …

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Marriage, Free Exercise, And The Constitution, Mark Strasser Jan 2008

Marriage, Free Exercise, And The Constitution, Mark Strasser

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

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Pressing Forward: Connecticut's Approach To Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Rebekah L. Bailey Jan 2008

Pressing Forward: Connecticut's Approach To Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Rebekah L. Bailey

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Urban Drought Guidebook 2008 Updated Edition, State Of California Jan 2008

Urban Drought Guidebook 2008 Updated Edition, State Of California

Publications (WR)

This guide will help water managers facing water shortages by showing them how to use tried and true methods of the past as well as making use of new tools and methods. Managing water shortages involves using programs to temporarily reduce demand and find alternate water to temporarily increase supply. The guidebook discusses water shortage management programs that belong in water shortage contingency plans. It was first written in 1988, and then updated in 1991 and 2008 to help water suppliers cope with potentially severe drought and other water shortages. The focus of the guide is to provide a step-by-step …

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The Intersection Of Identity Construction & Learning Approach : The Experience Of College Students With Psychological Disorders, Shauna K. Moriarty Jan 2008

The Intersection Of Identity Construction & Learning Approach : The Experience Of College Students With Psychological Disorders, Shauna K. Moriarty

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

College for many adults represents a time for increasing independence, autonomy, and self-exploration. Yet the college experience may also be a time when students discover the presence of a psychological disorder, or navigate how to grapple with an existing disorder in the new and unfamiliar environment of college. An increasing number of students with such disorders are enrolling and participating in higher education yet current literature is often insufficient to adequately guide and inform postsecondary institution personnel regarding this complex student population (Beamish, 2005). Therefore, this phenomenological study aimed to discover the lived experience of a small sample of students …

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Assessment And Device Selection For Vascular Access, Registered Nurses' Association Of Ontario Jan 2008

Assessment And Device Selection For Vascular Access, Registered Nurses' Association Of Ontario

General Submissions: Community and Population-based Materials

This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses providing care to clients requiring infusion therapy in diverse practice settings, both institutional and community. This guideline incorporates best practices related to client assessment and appropriate device selection, which is applicable to all clients requiring vascular access.

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The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn Jan 2008

The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn

Doctoral Dissertations

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Physical Therapist Students As Moral Agents During Clinical Internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom Jan 2008

Physical Therapist Students As Moral Agents During Clinical Internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Effect Of Simulated Clinical Experience On Knowledge, Near Transfer, And Far Transfer In Nursing Education, Shana Ruggenberg Jan 2008

The Effect Of Simulated Clinical Experience On Knowledge, Near Transfer, And Far Transfer In Nursing Education, Shana Ruggenberg

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Effect Of Professional Development Of Nonverbal Communication Behaviors Of Participants' Regognition And Understanding Of These Behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane Jan 2008

The Effect Of Professional Development Of Nonverbal Communication Behaviors Of Participants' Regognition And Understanding Of These Behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane

Doctoral Dissertations

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A Content Analysis Of The Two State-Approved Kindergarten And First Grade Reading Programs In California, Elizabeth Anne Presley Jan 2008

A Content Analysis Of The Two State-Approved Kindergarten And First Grade Reading Programs In California, Elizabeth Anne Presley

Doctoral Dissertations

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An Investigation Of The Quantity And Type Of Female Veterans' Responses To Hepatitis C Treatment Screening And Acceptance, Sue L. Currie Jan 2008

An Investigation Of The Quantity And Type Of Female Veterans' Responses To Hepatitis C Treatment Screening And Acceptance, Sue L. Currie

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Lord And Giver Of Life: The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinitarian Theology Of Colin E Gunton, Michael D. Stringer Jan 2008

The Lord And Giver Of Life: The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinitarian Theology Of Colin E Gunton, Michael D. Stringer

Theses

Colin Gunton was one of the leading figures in a late twentieth century movement which sought to rejuvenate interest in systematic and trinitarian theology. Gunton’s theology was heavily influenced by the trinitarian thought of Karl Barth. As his thought matured, however, he was increasingly drawn to resources found in Irenaeus and the Cappadocian Fathers. Drawing from these patristic sources, Gunton sought to develop a trinitarian theology formulated upon personal and relational categories of thought as a corrective to the over-emphasis upon substantialist conceptuality in the Western tradition. He held that a doctrine of God that desires to remain consistent with …

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Table Of Contents Jan 2008

Table Of Contents

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.

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The Laurels Of Local Public Health, Cathy Raevsky Jan 2008

The Laurels Of Local Public Health, Cathy Raevsky

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.

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The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, Robert E. Mosher, G. Elaine Beane Jan 2008

The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, Robert E. Mosher, G. Elaine Beane

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.

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The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey: Results From Middle School Students, Calvin Trent, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Gary Petroni, William Ridella Jan 2008

The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey: Results From Middle School Students, Calvin Trent, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Gary Petroni, William Ridella

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Background: The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey (DYTS) provided representative data from middle school students, 84.7% of whom were African-American/Black, on self-reported prevalence of tobacco use and awareness, smoking cessation, peer and family influence, environmental tobacco smoke, media exposure and access to tobacco. Results: Over half of the students (53.0%; +/-4.1) used some form of tobacco at least once, with the majority trying cigarettes (47.5%; +/-3.9) and about a quarter (23.1%; +/-3.5) trying cigars. Ten percent (10.2%; +/-2.3) tried bidis or kreteks, and 7.4% (+/-1.4) tried smokeless tobacco. Of middle school students who smoked, nearly one out of four (23.2%; +/-3.1) …

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