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Brief Of Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents, Summers V. Earthisland Inst., No. 07-463 (U.S. June 27, 2008), Amanda Leiter

Amicus Briefs & Court Filings

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Jacobus Tenbroek, Participatory Justice, And The Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities, Michael Ashley Stein, Janet E. Lord

Articles

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Giving Birth In Shackles: A Constitutional And Human Rights Violation, Dana L. Sichel

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Born To No Mother: In Re Roberto D.B. And Equal Protection For Gestational Surrogates Rebutting Maternity, Emily Stark

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

You Are Not The Father: How State Paternity Laws Protect (And Fail To Protect) The Best Interests Of Children, Sarah Mcginnis

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

"Protecting" Women's Health: How Gonzales V. Carhart Endangers Women's Health And Women's Equal Right To Personhood Under The Constitution, Martha K. Plante

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

A Shot Heard 'Round The District: The District Of Columbia Circuit Puts A Bullet In The Collective Right Theory Of The Second Amendment, Amanda C. Dupree

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Regulating Pregnancy Behaviors: How The Constitutional Rights Of Minority Women Are Disproportionately Compromised, Joanne E. Brosh, Monica K. Miller

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Save Me From Harm: The Consequences Of The Ordinary Remand Rule's Misapplication To Gao V. Gonzales, Brenna Finn

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Differential Criterion Functioning Of Alcohol Use Symptomatology In Major Depressive Disorder?, M. T. Lynskey, A. Agrawal

Open Access Publications

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Validity And Reliability Of A System To Measure Passive Tissue Characteristics Of The Lumbar Region During Trunk Lateral Bending In People With And People Without Low Back Pain, Sara P. Gombatto, Joseph W. Klaesner, Barbara J. Norton, Scott D. Minor, Linda R. Van Dillen

Open Access Publications

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Do Risk Factors For Suicidal Behavior Differ By Affective Disorder Polarity?, J. G. Fiedorowicz, A. C. Leon, M. B. Keller, D. A. Soloman, J. P. Rice, W. H. Coryell

Open Access Publications

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A Process Plan For Consensus Building In The Evaluation Of Nsgc & Epscor Native American Outreach Program, Jocelyn S. Nickerson, Brent D. Bowen, Henry R. Lehrer

Publications

The NASA Nebraska Space Grant (NSGC) & EPSCoR Programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha have embarked on a unique educational journey known as the Nebraska Native American Outreach program (NNAOP). The NNAOP’s main objective is to encourage and motivate Native American students to be more competitive in mathematics and science. This program has allowed for a variety of educational and public outreach activities to take place. However, in order to continually provide effective support to Nebraska’s Native American community, NSGC & EPSCoR sought an evaluation technique for the NNAOP. To execute such an evaluation, NSGC organized the first …

Effect Of Statute Changes On Admission Trends At A New Jersey State Psychiatric Hospital , Monica Malone

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The impact of changes in New Jersey civil commitment laws on admission patterns at a New Jersey state psychiatric hospital was studied using an interrupted time series design. The target years were 1965, 1988, 1994, and 1998, years when significant changes in the commitment law took effect. The data studied were the total number of admissions per month. There were no significant changes in admission trends at any of the target dates. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.

Development And Validation Of A Scale Of Subjective Well-Being For Cambodian Refugees , Gertha Anne Sicobo

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

This is a study of the Subjective Well-Being (SWB) of refugees from Cambodia. A correlational study design composed of questionnaires was used to assess subjective well-being in a Cambodian population in the USA. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a newly constructed Scale of Subjective Well-Being for Khmer Refugees (SSWB-KR), to be used with Cambodian refugees living in the US. The scale is a 49-item, 4-pt. Likert -Type scale that was administered to a sample of 20 Cambodian refugees in Philadelphia, PA. It was administered along with three other measures, the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), …

Impact Of Participation In A Community Based, Even Start Literacy Program On School Achievement And Parent Involvement For English Language Learners (Ell), Elvira I. Zuazo-Legido

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The family literacy model underlying the national Even Start Family Literacy Program has not fared well in large-scale evaluation studies, with outcomes showing minimal or no positive impact on later school achievement. However, the results of these studies have not been replicated in smaller studies, which hold the possibility of yielding richer and possibly more valid data using appropriate research design, methods, and techniques. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an Even Start Family Literacy Program on the academic progress of a homogeneous group of ELL (English Language Learners) Hispanic immigrant elementary school-age children. Twenty-nine …

An Analysis Of Survey Data On Student Perceptions Of Adolescent Counseling Needs, Jane Ellen Santo

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The school counseling needs of adolescents have often
been assessed through the perceptions of school personnel
and other adults. This study provides an alternative
perspective and reports the results of a mental health/life
stress counseling needs’ assessment, conducted directly
with middle school and high school students’ grades 7
through 12. The results of this student-centered survey
are reported with relation to literature pertaining to the
potential counseling needs of adolescents and the
deleterious consequences of not meeting these needs. Data
pertaining to each area of the survey: awareness of
counseling services, participation in counseling services,
perceived counseling needs, and perceived …

2008 - 91st Lectureship Summit, "The Righteousness Of God", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

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Juvenile Crime And Criminal Justice: Resolving Border Disputes, Jeffrey Fagan

Faculty Scholarship

Rising juvenile crime rates during the 1970s and 1980s spurred state legislatures across the country to exclude or transfer a significant share of offenders under the age of eighteen to the jurisdiction of the criminal court, essentially redrawing the boundary between the juvenile and adult justice systems. Jeffrey Fagan examines the legal architecture of the new boundary-drawing regime and how effective it has been in reducing crime.

The juvenile court, Fagan emphasizes, has always had the power to transfer juveniles to the criminal court. Transfer decisions were made individually by judges who weighed the compet­ing interests of public safety and …

“She Called Me A Mexican!”: A Study Of Ethnic Identity, Simona Florentina Boroianu

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Ethnic identity is a dynamic construct whose conceptualization has raised ongoing controversy among researchers. It has been suggested that ethnic identity includes several components that can be examined individually or in combination.

The purpose of this paper is to study ethnic identity in Mexican-origin children, as one of the multifaceted aspects of the adaptation process that immigrant children experience in their transition to becoming a part of the United States' mainstream culture.

No formal assessment of ethnic identity in Mexican-origin children in Iowa has been conducted yet, therefore this study is meant to fill a gap and bring in knowledge …

Women Chief Information Officers In Higher Education: Voices From The Field, Marilyn J. Ziesman Drury

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The lived experiences of women higher education Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were investigated and documented in this qualitative study. Three women higher education CIOs provided their perspectives on the opportunities and obstacles encountered as they pursued and achieved their current positions. These women's stories were gathered under a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection of applicable elements from gendered organizational theory, feminist standpoint theory, and occupational jurisdiction. Methods of overcoming obstacles and facilitating opportunities were discussed in relation to their lived lives and experiences. Examining institutional gendered norms accentuated the thoughts, values, practices, and processes that lead to muted women's …

School Counselors' Perceptions Of The Needs Of Children Of Incarcerated Parents, Sarah Wakefield

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Children of incarcerated parents are a population that have specialized needs. While previous research has explored the effects of parental incarceration on children and their needs, the current study evaluated schools' awareness of such effects and the resources they have to meet those needs. Because the majority of children attend school, schools are an appropriate setting for such interventions and services. The current study showed that school counselors are not aware of all of the students affected by parental incarceration, they need additional information concerning specific issues and needs associated with parental incarceration, and they believe their schools lack the …

Annual Economic Outlook Conference_Jan 2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

This report documents New Mexico's economy during the onset of the national recession, presenting forecasts for employment, income, industry performance, exports, tourism, manufacturing, and demographic change. It also includes detailed county and community profiles, labor force statistics, and comparative state economic indicators.

Statistical Abstract And Data Sources _2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

This report provides a comprehensive overview of New Mexico's economy in 2008, including economic forecasts, employment trends, population change, exports, manufacturing, tourism, county profiles, and comparative state data. Prepared for the Annual Economic Outlook Conference, it serves as a reference resource for researchers, planners, businesses, and policymakers seeking current demographic and economic information on New Mexico.

Statistical Abstract Data Sources_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, Economic Development Department Of New Mexico

BBER Publications

This report compiles statewide and county-level data on population, employment, industry performance, exports, manufacturing, tourism, wages, and economic development trends. The volume also includes economic outlook analyses, state comparisons, and extensive guidance on data sources available for New Mexico research.

Integrating Accommodation, Elizabeth F. Emens

Faculty Scholarship

Courts and agencies interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally assume that workplace accommodations benefit individual employees with disabilities and impose costs on employers and, at times, coworkers. This belief reflects a failure to recognize a key feature of ADA accommodations: their benefits to third parties. Numerous accommodations – from ramps to ergonomic furniture to telecommuting initiatives – can create benefits for coworkers, both disabled and nondisabled, as well as for the growing group of employees with impairments that are not limiting enough to constitute disabilities under the ADA. Much attention has been paid to how the integration of …

Titling And Untitled Housing In Panama City, Jorge L. Esquirol

Faculty Publications

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Trouble Counting Votes - Comparing Voting Mechanisms In The United States And Selected Other Countries, Frank Emmert, Christopher Page, Antony Page

Faculty Publications

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List Composition Effects For Masked Semantic Primes: Evidence Inconsistent With Activation Accounts, Jennifer C. Major

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Priming is the benefit that an event receives when its processing has been preceded by the processing of a related or identical event. Context effects on priming are evident when priming changes as a function of some feature of experimental trials. The most commonly explored context effect is that of relatedness proportion (RP), where it has often been shown that the magnitude of priming (semantic or repetition) is directly related to the proportion of related trials: Increasing the related trials results in greater priming. Although previously thought to depend on strategic processing, recent evidence of context effects from designs using …

An Expression Profile Of Cadherin-11 In Developing Chicken Embryos, Kacie Flaherty

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The properties of cadherin-11 adhesiveness allow it to play a dynamic role in development. Known primarily as a mesenchymal cadherin, cadherin-11 expression may be correlated with morphogenetic events in developing embryos. Although cadherin-11 expression has been studied in the mouse and Xenopus, its expression pattern in the important avian model has not been described. We investigated cadherin-11 's expression profile using a monoclonal antibody in fluorescence immunolocalization, assisted by microwave antigen retrieval; in Hamburger-Hamilton stages 13-22 chicken embryos (approx. 46-96 hrs). Cadherin-11 was expressed in mesenchymal tissue surrounding the eye, pharynx and aortic arches, auditory vesicles, lung buds and stomach, …