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Monitoring Social Inequalities In Health: Significance And Strengths Of Information Sources, R Magalhäes

English

Objectives: This article reflects conceptually on social inequalities in health and about the sources of data that are crucial to the decision-making process and institutional changes in the health field in Brazil.

A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Leak Detection And The Potential Of Real Water Savings For New Mexico Water Systems, Shawn Hardeman

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Whereas the demand for safe drinking water increases and the availability of fresh drinking water decreases, it becomes evermore important for water systems to make effective use of the drinking water they produce. As populations grow water systems are increasingly in search of new water sources; however, as the competition for new water sources increases, water systems must look at how water is lost in their distribution systems. Water that never makes it to the consumer, or for which no revenue is received is known as water loss,' and is used to represent the water that a water system produces, …

The Bg News December 12, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 12, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 72.

A Postmodern Look At Modernism: A Review Article Of Books By Pera And López On Modernista Writers In Hispanic Literature, Richard A. Cardwell

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Why Play Sports? How Organized Sports Participation Can Contribute To The Healthy Development Of Adolescent Hispanic Girls, Megan Horst

Journal of Youth Development

This study addressed the research question, “What is meaningful to Hispanic girls about their organized sports participation during the first year of high school?” Purposeful sampling (Maxwell, 1996) was used to select 15 9th-grade girls to participate in individual interviews about their organized sport participation. Transcripts were analyzed via inductive coding. Findings showed that organized sports offered Hispanic girls in this sample a venue for healthy youth development, including opportunities for the “5 C’s” – competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring (Lerner, Fisher, & Weinberg, 2000). This article highlights the salience of connection, caring, and competence in adolescent Hispanic girls’ …

Comedienne Alexandra Mchale To Perform In Hansen Student Center, Allegra Gallian ’09

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Fall 2008 Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Fall Commencement ceremonies.

The Beekeepers, Richard Robinson

Theses and Dissertations

The Beekeepers complements a film/digital video of the same name. It documents my process in creating alternative films/digital videos while pursuing my MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University. It starts with my first film/digital video, “Redemption,” and traces my progression over two years culminating with the 25 minute experimental documentary, “The Beekeepers

Physiological Correlates Of Aggression In Adolescent Females, Ashley Dibble

Theses and Dissertations

Recently, with the development of new technology, researchers have focused on physiological predictors of aggressive behavior, specifically cortisol and alpha amylase. Gordis, Granger, Susman, and Trickett (2006) found the interaction between cortisol and alpha-amylase significantly predicted parent reports of aggression indicating that low levels of physiological reactivity was associated with higher levels of problem behavior. While this research has provided valuable information about aggressive behavior, a major limitation is the majority of research focuses on males, or has not examined gender differences explicitly. This study expanded on work by Gordis et al. (2006) and other researchers on the HPA axis …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University Expert Offers Tips on Reducing Holiday Stress
• Georgia Southern University Releases Retailers Survey Information
• Georgia Southern University Celebrates Fall 2008 Commencement

Naturalism In The Philosophies Of Dewey And Zhuangzi: The Live Creature And The Crooked Tree, Christopher C. Kirby

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation will compare the concept of nature as it appears in the philosophies of the American pragmatist John Dewey and the Chinese daoist Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) and will defend two central claims. The first of these is that Dewey and Zhuangzi share a view of nature that is non-reductive, philosophically liberal, and more comprehensive than the accounts recurrent in much of the Western tradition. This alternate conception of nature is non-reductive in the way that it avoids the physically mechanistic outlook underwriting much of contemporary Anglo-American thought. It is philosophically liberal in that it accepts a more generous and …

Chimes: December 12, 2008, Calvin College

Chimes

Proposal aims to change faculty leave by Griffin Jackson

Monsma leaves campus by Jasmine Wilson

Students win award at Model UN by Elizabeth Eckman

Chimes staff awarded by Allison Graff

Christmas comes to Calvin by Brandon Haan

Saints scorch Calvin by Chaz Amidon

Born to Run by Kelli Ponstein

Atheism isn't the only logical response to science by Brandon Haan

The Effect Of A Reasoning Warning On Faking In Personality Testing For Selection And The Perception Of Procedural Justice, T Ryan Dullaghan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A major concern with using personality tests in the selection process is the prevalence of applicant faking behavior which can influence the rank order of applicants such that fakers are hired at an elevated frequency. This study examined the effects of the detection/consequence warning and a more applicant-friendly warning on faking and perceived procedural justice. I hypothesized that a positive warning (reasoning warning) and a detection/consequence warning would show similar mean personality trait levels compared to honest responses, with all means showing less socially desirable responding than no warning prompt. Results suggested that the detection/consequence warning is more effective at …

Sharing The Power Of Words And Changing Lives Through College-Level Instruction In Grammar And Mechanics, Carol Ann Tillema

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Intrigued by the English language and its far-reaching applications worldwide as a standard means of communication, I begin my disquisition with a focus on the meaning and derivation of grammar and its place in the trivium of ancient and modern study. I stress the need to reemphasize college-level instruction in grammar and mechanics as a complement to rhetoric and logic by studying and teaching editing, which involves semantics, syntax, phonology, morphology, conventions, mechanics (spelling, punctuation and format), in writing centers and classrooms. Noting growing nationwide illiteracy, I research the pedagogies and writing of experts in the field of rhetoric and …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding voting rights, budget, WKU Voice listserv, budget cuts, general education courses, charter revisions and academic complaint committee.

Cal Poly Multicultural Center To Host Poet Gina Loring On Jan. 7, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2008-12-11, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Scholarworks Description, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Publications

ScholarWorks is a collection of services designed to capture and showcase all scholarly output by the Boise State University community. This paper provides a brief description of these services and highlights the major advantages of the project.

Sr-08-09-12 Is, Marshall University

Recommendations

No abstract provided.

Agenda - Thursday, December 11, 2008, Fhsu Student Government Association

SGA - Meeting Agendas

An agenda for a meeting of the Student Government Association in December 2008.

Slides: Idaho Rental Pool: Rules And Procedures, Idaho Water Resource Board, Jerry R. Rigby

Evolving Regional Frameworks for Ag-to-Urban Water Transfers (December 11)

Presenter: Jerry Rigby, Counsel for Fremont‐Madison Irrigation District, Rigby, Thatcher, Andrus, Rigby & Moeller, Idaho

25 slides

Vol.36 N.26 December 11th 2008, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

2008-2009 Dean's Showcase No. 3, Ross Salvosa, Daniel Furtado, Joel Biedrzycki, Chris Tusa, Jessica Willis, Kendra Hawley, Brian Wahrlich, Carlos Felipe Viña, Mario Lopez, Molin Wang, Chien-I Yang, Veroslav Taskov, Joshua Rhodes, Dongfang Zhang, Suvida Neramit-Aram

Dean's Showcase

No abstract provided.

Sga Minutes - December 11, 2008, Fhsu Student Government Association

SGA - Meeting Minutes

Minutes from an SGA meeting in December 2008, covering a variety of topics and announcements.

December 11, 2008: The Firing Of Don Guter, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Firing of Don Guter“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

How Does The 2007 Seattle Decision Affect Arkansas?, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter

Policy Briefs

On December 2, 2008, lawmakers announced that Arkansas’ school choice law would need to be revisited during the upcoming 2009 session. OEP provides this report to summarize the actions of the U.S. Supreme Court in Seattle and an account of Arkansas’ current school choice law, and then provides some suggestions as to what policymakers might do this January.

Greedy Signal Recovery Review, Deanna Needell, Joel A. Tropp, Roman Vershynin

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

The two major approaches to sparse recovery are L1-minimization and greedy methods. Recently, Needell and Vershynin developed Regularized Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (ROMP) that has bridged the gap between these two approaches. ROMP is the first stable greedy algorithm providing uniform guarantees.

Even more recently, Needell and Tropp developed the stable greedy algorithm Compressive Sampling Matching Pursuit (CoSaMP). CoSaMP provides uniform guarantees and improves upon the stability bounds and RIC requirements of ROMP. CoSaMP offers rigorous bounds on computational cost and storage. In many cases, the running time is just O(NlogN), where N is the ambient dimension of the signal. This …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, December 11, 2008, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, December 11, 2008

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Usa V. Grape

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania