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In Case You Missed It: Stephen Mackinnon’S Latest Book On China’S War With Japan

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Everyone’s attention this month has been on the Olympics, and rightly so, but August can also be a time to reflect on China’s War of Resistance against Japan (1937-45). Throughout the entire month of August 1938, Japanese planes bombarded Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Party headquarters in the first provisional capital of Wuhan, a tri-city region in the central Yangzi river region in Hubei province. The fall of Wuhan after a protracted ten-month battle, on October 25th 1938, forced the government to move further inland to its second provisional capital, the city of Chongqing in Sichuan province. This gives us some perspective …

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 03, August 25, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Confidence Intervals For Negative Binomial Random Variables Of High Dispersion, David Shilane, Alan E. Hubbard, S N. Evans

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

This paper considers the problem of constructing confidence intervals for the mean of a Negative Binomial random variable based upon sampled data. When the sample size is large, we traditionally rely upon a Normal distribution approximation to construct these intervals. However, we demonstrate that the sample mean of highly dispersed Negative Binomials exhibits a slow convergence to the Normal in distribution as a function of the sample size. As a result, standard techniques (such as the Normal approximation and bootstrap) that construct confidence intervals for the mean will typically be too narrow and significantly undercover in the case of high …

Gsu View, 2008-08-25, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Razor's Edge, August 25, 2008-October 16, 2008, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College Of Engineering

Razor’s Edge

No abstract provided.

August 25, 2008, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Communiqué, August 25, 2008, Lindenwood University

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, August 25, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Accreditation
• Salary Compression and Inversion
• Nationally Competitive Salaries
• Enrollment
• Executive Committee Orientation
• Senate Calendar
• Vacancies
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee
• Faculty Evaluation Committee
• Interim Appointments
• Code Review Committee
• PRPC
• Graduate Council Report

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, August 25, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

August

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 69, August 25, 2008

Central Florida Future

Alcohol policy revamped over break; Regulations roundup; Moving with a burst of Knightro; UCF facing a possible lawsuit; Pegasus Palooza; Tropical storm Fay disrupts first week; UCF to modify stadium for sway.

Record 3,650 Resident Students On Campus At Lu, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter August 25, 2008, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Physician Assisted Suicide : A Survey Of North Caroline End Of Life Care Workers, Ollie Dooling Walker

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The quantitative study reported here surveyed North Carolina clinicians who perform end of care about their attitudes toward physician assisted suicide (PAS). Twenty-four clinicians, representing varying disciplines from within the field of end of life care, shared their opinions via a 12-item survey. Clinicians were asked to think about PAS in terms of their stance as to when it may or may not be an appropriate practice, and how their own personal, religious, professional, and ethical beliefs influence their views on PAS. Participating clinicians were also surveyed about the recently enacted North Carolina Right to a Natural Death Act. Findings …

The Impostor Phenomenon : An Exploratory Study Of The Socializing Factors That Contribute To Feelings Of Fraudulence Among High Achieving, Diverse Female Undergraduates, Sara E. Wiener

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This two phase study explored what socializing factors contribute to feelings of fraudulence among high achieving, diverse female undergraduates aged 18-22. By means of a questionnaire and the Clance IP Scale, Phase I of the study captured demographic information of participants who self identified as feeling like a fake or fraud in academia and the degree to which their fraudulent feelings affect their lives. During Phase II, 10 participants whose scores on the Scale were 61 and above were interviewed to collect qualitative data pertaining to each participant's social and academic history and their perspectives on what factors contribute to …

"If I Told You What Was Going To Happen, You Wouldn't Do It" : The Breast Cancer Survivor's Experience Of Chemotherapy, Amy Tindall Willson

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

Chemotherapy is a concept that strikes a chord inside many people, conjuring images of nausea, hair loss, and pain. It is synonymous with cancer. The impact of undergoing treatment for a life-threatening diagnosis like cancer can have both seen and unseen impacts on the person, their families, and their loved ones. The effects can reverberate through a person's life, affecting not only their health status, but also their relationships, careers, sense of self, worldview, and spirituality. This study looks more closely at the experiences of women who have undergone chemotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer and considers the full …

The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction And Program Traits For Wilderness Therapists Employed At Outdoor Behaviorial Healthcare Treatment Programs, Lisa Winn

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study was carried out in order to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and program traits for wilderness therapists employed at Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) treatment programs. It was hypothesized that wilderness therapists who work at base camp or in both base camp and expedition type wilderness therapy programs will report higher levels of Job Satisfaction on the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) because their work days are more flexible. Secondly, wilderness therapists who work in expedition type wilderness therapy programs will report lower levels of Job Satisfaction on the JSS because they work under more rigorous conditions. A quantitative …

Dissonance, Development And Doing The Right Thing : A Theoretical Exploration Of Altruistic Action As An Adaptive Intervention, Christopher L. Woodman

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This theoretical exploration was undertaken to give consideration to the phenomenon of altruistic action as a potential focus for therapeutic intervention strategies. The very nature of altruism carries with it a fundamentally paradoxical and discrepant conundrum because of the opposing forces that it activates within us; inclinations to put the welfare of others ahead of self-interest are not experienced by the inner self as sound survival planning, though this has historically been a point of contention. Internal and external discrepancies cause psychological dissonance and inner conflict between self-protective strategies and core value constructs, the reconciliation of which is a driving …

Clinician Gender As A Factor Of Countertransference In The Treatment Of Clients Diagnosed With Borderline Personality Disorder, Alyssa Jayne Wyman

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative study explores the interplay between clinician gender and experiences of countertransference (CT) in treatment of clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The central hypothesis of this study is that constructions of gender will influence experiences of CT in the treatment of BPD clients, therefore having a meaningful effect on the therapeutic relationship and clinical treatment. Utilizing twelve qualitative individual interviews with clinicians who have treated clients diagnosed with BPD, this study examined clinicians' perceptions of treatment, including experiences and management of psychodynamic phenomena. The study also explored clinicians' use of different theoretical and treatment models, their views …

Determining Outcomes And Improving Effectiveness : An Outcome Study Of The East Bay Agency For Children's Therapeutic Nursery School, Elise Geltman

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the East Bay Agency for Children's Therapeutic Nursery School (TNS) in reducing problem behaviors for troubled preschoolers. Seven preschoolers between the ages of 2 ½ and 5 years old were assessed at the start of the study (or at admission date if after) and at 9 months (or at discharge if before 9 months) in a pre-post design. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA; commonly known as the Child Behavior Checklist or CBCL) was used as the measure of problem behaviors. Three ASEBAs were collected for each participant at pre and post …

The Strength Of Muslim American Couples In The Face Of Heightened Discrimination From September 11th And The Iraq War, Brianne Goodman, Brianne Goodman Carter, Brianne Goodman Carter

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This exploratory study examined how Muslim American couples are psychologically and relationally impacted by heightened discrimination in the wake of September 11th and The Iraq War. Utilizing interviews with six Muslim American couples who have been married for at least six years (through September 11th and The Iraq War), the study identified that religious discrimination against Muslim Americans is experienced as pervasive and endemic—existing at multiple levels: attitudinal, interpersonal, structural, institutional, and systemic. The study found that in response to (rather than in spite of) religious discrimination, Muslim American couples exhibit increased resiliency and strength through the tenets of their …

Daily Eastern News: August 25, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

August

No abstract provided.

Bread And Roses : Clinical Social Work With Clients Living In Poverty, Katherine Jane Waggoner

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study was undertaken to explore the possible relationship between future clinical social workers' beliefs about the causes of poverty and their commitment to working with individuals living in poverty. The study was an attempt to respond to concerns that have been raised about a perceived abandonment of the poor by social workers in favor of private mental health practice with middle and upper class clients. One-hundred and two students currently enrolled in the Masters program of the Smith College School for Social Work responded to a questionnaire designed to assess their preferred practice modality, perceptions of the causes of …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, August 25, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Calendar
• Vacancies
• Committee on Committees
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee Chair
• Code Review Committee
• PRPC
• GLBT Code Change Proposal
• Grievance Policies and Procedures
• Graduate Council Report

The Chilean And South African Truth Commissions: A Comparative Assessment, Natalie Minev

Undergraduate Library Research Awards

No abstract provided.

The Bg News August 25, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 25, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 2.

The Collegian (2008-08-25), Isis Lopez

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 61, No. 2

August 25, 2008

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.

Farm Gate Nutrient Balances In South West Western Australia – An Overview, Rebecca Ovens, David Weaver, Nardia Keipert, Simon Neville, Robert Summers, Martin Clarke

Conference papers and presentations

Farm-gate nutrient budgets can be used to identify the efficiency of nutrient use within and between individual enterprises and catchments, and may be used to represent a component of the risk that particular landuses represent to water quality. Over the past 5 years, more than 400 farm-gate nutrient balance audits have been conducted across a range of catchments and landuses in southwest Western Australia (WA). Values for nutrient use efficiency and surpluses across landuses and catchments are reported. Patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus signatures closely reflect one another across landuses, though nitrogen input, output and surplus values are consistently higher …

Membangun Bangsa Yang Sehat Produktif, Does Sampoerno

Kesmas

Peran kesehatan yang dipahami pihak eksekutif dan legislatif di Indonesia masih terbatas pada pengobatan dan penyembuhan penyakit, bukan membangun sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas. Sejak masa penjajahan, kebijakan kesehatan tersebut didominasi oleh kebijakan kuratif dengan fasilitas kesehatan utama Rumah Sakit, Puskesmas dan Balai Pengobat. Upaya kesehatan tersebut melemahkan argumentasi peran penting kesehatan dalam pembangunan bangsa. Konsep tersebut berpengaruh terhadap tujuan upaya kesehatan mencapai keadaan sehat produktif untuk semua yang dapat mengantarkan penduduk mencapai tingkat sehat produktif. Definisi sehat yang baru tersebut berpengaruh terhadap perubahan paradigma penanganan kesehatan dari “Health Program for Survival” ke “Health Program for Human Development”. Tujuan akhir …

Analisis Praktek Bidan Pada Pelayanan Ibu Bersalin Dan Bayi Baru Lahir, Alhafiza Putra

Kesmas

Sekitar tigapuluh persen kematian bayi terjadi pada periode neonatal yang 80 % di antaranya terjadi pada minggu pertama. Hal tersebut mengindikasikan status kesehatan ibu dan bayi baru lahir yang rendah serta akses dan kualitas pelayanan persalinan masih rendah. Tahun 2006, kematian neonatal di Kabupaten Solo adalah 47 dari 8.250 kelahiran hidup dan di Kecamatan Lembah Gumanti adalah 23 kematian neonatal dari 1,091 kelahiran hidup. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh praktek bidan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Alahan Panjang terhadap pelayanan ibu bersalin dan bayi baru lahir pasca persalinan. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode kualitatif diskusi kelompok terarah, wawancara mendalam dan observasi. …