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Review Of "Goodness And Justice: A Consequentialist Moral Theory", Brian G. Henning

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

A review of Joseph Mendola's Goodness and Justice: A Consequentialist Moral Theory, published by Cambridge University Press in 2006.

Science Fiction And Postmemory Han In Contemporary Korean American Literature, Seo-Young J. Chu

Publications and Research

In this essay, Seo-Young Chu explores representations of a specifically Korean American type of postmemory that she calls "postmemory han."

2007-2008 Annual Report 年度報告, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

OSL Annual report 年度報告

Service-Learning : An Extraordinary Learning Experience

In this issue, you will find Service-Learning was an extraordinary learning experience for Lingnan students to make a difference in the community.

服務研習 : 非一般的學習體驗

藉閱讀此年報，您將會發現透過提供非一般的學習體驗，服務研習讓嶺大學生得到一個改變社區的機會。

Hong Kong Happiness Index 2008 香港快樂指數 2008, Lok Sang Ho

Hong Kong Happiness Index 香港快樂指數調查

Surprisingly Hong Kong people in 2008 apparently are happier compared with the previous year, despite the Financial Market Tsunami. The overall happiness index, according to a survey conducted by the Lingnan University's Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) over 20-24 October 2008 via randomized phone calls, rose to 69.3 in 2008. This is as compared to 67.2 in 2007.

The research team successfully interviewed 823 Hong Kong residents aged 21 or above. On a scale of 0 to 100, an index above 50 suggests that people are happy. An index below 50 suggests unhappiness.

The rise of the 2008 happiness …

知識生產的場域與村上春樹在香港的傳播 = The Field Of Knowledge Production And The Dissemination Of Haruki Murakami In Hong Kong, Sze Pui, Uganda Kwan

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Study On The Elderly Housing Initiative In Hong Kong, Cheung Ming, Alfred Chan, Kam Wing, Kevin Cheung

APIAS Working Paper 工作論文

The Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) of the Hong Kong Government launched the Senior Citizen Residence Scheme (SEN) in 2001 to provide housing units for the middle-class elders aged 60 and above, who have pre-set limits of asset and guaranteed income (Hong Kong Housing Society, n.d.). As a result, two public estates came into operation one year after in 2002. At present, a total of about 800 elders live in these two estates. The present study is under the auspices of the HKHS to evaluate the satisfaction of the residents in the two estates, to make recommendations on the improvement …

Measuring The Contributions Of Motives And Perceived Barriers To Active Aging, Francis G. Caro, Jeffrey A. Burr, Eilon Caspi, Jan E. Mutchler

Gerontology Institute Publications

General motivation to be active and general perceived barriers to activity may help to explain the overall activity patterns of older persons in the second half of the life course. We report on a project designed to develop and refine measures of motivation and perceived barriers that can be used to examine the relationships between activity motivation, activity barriers, and several forms of actual activities. Four specific activities were considered: working, volunteering, exercising, and taking classes. An opportunity sample of 192 middle-aged and older persons from eastern Massachusetts responded to a questionnaire concerned with motivation, perceived barriers, and activities. Reliable …

Building Local Capacity: Planning For Local Culture And Neighborhood Recovery In New Orleans, Jacob Wagner, Micheal Frisch, Billy Fields

UNOTI Publications

How can successful partnerships for advocacy planning be formed and sustained in a postdisaster environment? What roles can university-community partnerships play to create a more equitable and sustainable city while retaining the qualities of local culture that make New Orleans distinct? This article describes an innovative partnership between The Urban Conservancy and the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that is focused on local culture as the foundation for disaster recovery and economic renewal. Cultural heritage offers an alternative framework for recovery planning that prioritizes local culture and the historic built environment as …

Blood Relations: Collective Memory, Cultural Trauma, & The Prosecution & Execution Of Timothy Mcveigh, Jody Lynee Madeira

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, processes of reconstruction - remembering victims, caring for family members and survivors, and punishing the perpetrators - began even as debris from the Murrah Federal Building was being cleared. Based on conclusions obtained from intensive interviews with 27 victims' family members and survivors, this article explores how memory of the bombing as a culturally traumatic event was constructed through participation in groups formed after the bombing and participation in the legal proceedings against perpetrators Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. These acts cultivated the formation of various relationships - between family members and …

The Rise Of Spanish And Latin American Criminal Theory, Luis E. Chiesa

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Governance Committee Roster, 2008, Office Of The University Secretary

Office of the University Secretary

Roster of the Governance Committee members.

Correlating Health Locus Of Control And Risk For Postpartum Depression, Alyssa Jane Abraham

Master's Theses and Capstones

The potential risk factors and the symptoms of postpartum depression have been identified in the healthcare literature. Literature shows that there is a relationship between perceived self-efficacy and risk for postpartum depression. The identification of health locus of control and self-efficacy in new mothers will allow nurses to create individualized patient care interventions for women at risk of developing postpartum depression, thus potentially improving outcomes. This study sought to determine if a correlation exists between risk for depression, as identified by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and health locus of control, as identified by the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control …

Tolling For The Luckless, The Abandoned And Forsaked: Community Safety, Therapeutic Jurisprudence And International Human Rights Law As Applied To Prisoners And Detainees, Michael L. Perlin, Astrid Birgden

Articles & Chapters

There has been an explosion of interest in therapeutic jurisprudence as both a filter and lens for viewing theextent to which the legal system serves therapeutic or anti therapeutic consequences. However, little attention has been paid to the impact of therapeutic jurisprudence on questions of international human rights law and the role of forensic psychologists. Human rights are based on legal, social, and moral rules. The paper will propose that human rights principles can add to the normative base of therapeutic jurisprudence, and in turn, therapeutic jurisprudence can assist forensic psychologists to actively address human rights. As duty bearers, forensic …

Using Content Analysis Software To Analyze Survey Comments, Bradford W. Dennis, Tim Bower

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

In order to get the most from LibQUAL+™ qualitative data, libraries must organize and classify the comments of their patrons. The challenge is to do this effectively and efficiently. This article illustrates how researchers at Western Michigan University Libraries utilized ATLAS.ti 5.0 to organize, classify, and consolidate the LibQUAL+™ comments.

Experiences Of Mature Age Female Students Studying Psychology: A Phenomenological Account [Thesis], Ruth Ayres

Theses : Honours

The trend towards increasing diversity in university student populations has not come without its problems and one area of concern has been the high attrition rate amongst mature age female students aged between 40 and 49 years. This literature review seeks to summarise and integrate findings on the adjustment of mature age female students into university; on the relationship between expectations and experience of university and how these might impact on attrition for this group. The review indicates a complex relationship around expectations driven by motivations and perceived benefits from return to study, expectations of academic support, ability to cope …

School Counselors Walking The Walk And Talking The Talk: A Grounded Theory Of Effective Program Implementation, Janna L. Scarborough, Melissa Luke

ETSU Faculty Works

Comprehensive, developmental school counseling programming has been associated with numerous benefits for students and is considered current best practice. A qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted to investigate eight professional school counselors employed across grade level, geographic setting, and region within the United States. This article presents this research and the emergent model for successful comprehensive, developmental school counseling program implementation. Implications for school counselor education and practice, as well as future research, are discussed.

Reflections On The Nature Of Legal Scholarship In The Post-Realist Era, Marin Roger Scordato

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Shame On U.S.: The Need For Uniform Open Adoption Records Legislation In The United States, Lauren M. Fair

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Link Between Carolene Products And Griswold: How The Right To Privacy Protects Popular Practices From Democratic Failures, Alan James Kluegel

University of San Francisco Law Review

This Article proposes that there is, in fact, a constitutional doctrine that protects at least some of these anonymous and diffuse interests-the constitutional right to privacy.

Confronting The Crisis Of California Prisons, Thelton Henderson

University of San Francisco Law Review

This is a brief address that is aimed at explaining the history and importance of prison reform and an approach to change the underlying culture in the institution that creates the unconstitutional conditions in prisons.

Toward An Integral Critical Approach To Thinking, Talking, Writing, And Teaching About Race, Rhonda V. Magee

University of San Francisco Law Review

A response and critizism of "Are Law Schools Racist?: A "Talk" with Richard Delgado"

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 05 - January 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the University's 25-year master plan, a collaboration between the University's public radio station and the Institute for Asian American Studies, the dedication of the Boston State College Room, GoKids programming, and other news from UMass Boston.

Insights- October 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

No abstract provided.

Insights- Nov/Dec. 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

No abstract provided.

Exploring (Social) Class In The Classroom: The Case Of Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Miriam A. Cherry

Faculty Publications

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Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (the "Lucy Case") presents a rich teaching vehicle for the first year of contracts for multiple reasons. Another participant in this symposium has discussed the Lucy Case to laud its value in teaching fact analysis or issue spotting. Others have commented upon the case for its doctrinal utility in explaining the concepts of illusory contracts, exclusive dealing and best efforts. The historical background, the opinions of Benjamin Cardozo and the opportunity to introduce feminist jurisprudence and law and economics concepts into the first year course are also fertile ground for discussion. Knowing …

An Interview With Kenneth A. Bruffee, Michele A. Eodice

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

The Blind Leading The Blind: What If They’Re Not All Visual Or Tactile Learners?, Robin A. Boyle, James B. Levy

Faculty Publications

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As legal writing professors, we exalt analysis over intuition and are trained to follow the facts rather than engage in guess-work. We train our students to do the same. Yet when it comes to the pedagogy of legal analysis, we sometimes disregard our training by relying on observations and anecdotal evidence. Specifically, we may be assuming that the vast majority of our students are visual and/or tactile learners because they have grown up using computers, and we see students using computers all the time. Implicit in our assumption is that learning styles are determined by environmental factors alone or …

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Turkish Journal of Botany

No abstract provided.

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Turkish Journal of Botany

No abstract provided.

Poisoners, Larcenists, And The Mad Chambermaid: Villainy In Late Victorian Detective Fiction, Jennifer Filion

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This thesis seeks to identify patterns of villainy in late nineteenth-century detective fiction in order to examine middle class conceptions of criminality and the way those models reflect the values of Victorian society. Through a study of more than sixty pieces of short detective fiction, this study identifies and focuses on six primary categories: the visual depiction of the criminal, the criminal class, the jewelry heist, the colonial subject, the violent female offender, and the domestic villain. The creation of each criminal category and the reinforcement of that “type” in popular literature functions to establish order and to support beliefs …