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Overreaction To Fearsome Risks, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard Zeckhauser

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Fearsome risks are those that stimulate strong emotional responses. Such risks, which usually involve high consequences, tend to have low probabilities, since life today is no longer nasty, brutish and short. In the face of a low-probability fearsome risk, people often exaggerate the benefits of preventive, risk-reducing, or ameliorative measures. In both personal life and politics, the result is damaging overreactions to risks. We offer evidence for the phenomenon of probability neglect, failing to distinguish between high and low-probability risks. Action bias is a likely result.

The Many Faces Of Fault In Contract Law: Or How To Do Economics Right, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Modern law often rests on the assumption that a uniform cost/benefit formula is the proper way to determine fault in ordinary contract disputes. This Article disputes that vision by defending the view that different standards of fault are appropriate in different contexts. The central distinction is one that holds parties in gratuitous transactions only to the standard of care that they bring to their own affairs, while insisting on the higher objective standard of ordinary care in commercial transactions. That bifurcation leads to efficient searches. Persons who hold themselves out in particular lines of business in effect warrant their ability …

Impulsivity And Trauma Exposure In Adolescents, Lisa B. Greene

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Trauma exposure is prevalent among adolescents and may have a negative impact on social, educational, and occupational functioning. Research indicates that individual-level variables, such as impulsivity, may be risk factors for exposure to traumatic events but the findings have been mixed. This study examined the relation between impulsivity and accidental trauma exposure using a multi-method, multi-informant procedure with a community sample of 48 adolescents. Mean age was 15.2 (SD = 1.38) and the sample was predominantly female (62.5%) and predominantly Caucasian (87.5%). No significant difference was noted between genders in terms of number of traumatic events reported. As a whole, …

Practices And Knowledge Of Schoolchildren Regarding Chhaalia/Paan Masala In Mahmoodabad And Chanesar Goth, Karachi, Sameena Shah, Riaz Qureshi, Iqbal Azam Syed

Department of Family Medicine

OBJECTIVE: To determine the practices and knowledge about chhaalia and paan masala chewing among school children in Mahmoodabad and Chanesar Goth, Karachi, Pakistan.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three government schools of Mahmoodabad and Chanesar Goth, Jamshed Town, Karachi. Students of either gender were interviewed using a pre-coded structured questionnaire. In addition to the demographic data, questions included frequency of use, practices among friends and family and procurement of these substances. Knowledge about harmful effects, source of the knowledge and practices in relation to knowledge were also assessed.

RESULTS: A total of 370 students, ages between 10 to …

The Effect Of Classroom Experiences On Future Success, Jennifer R. Presson

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis explores the impact that classroom experiences have upon students’ academic and future success. It begins by discussing Charles Dickens’ criticism of education in his works, specifically in the novel Hard Times. Next, the thesis examines a number of studies that have sought to identify the factors that determine students’ academic success. Finally, the careers of Erin Gruwell and Rafe Esquith are described as ‘real life’ examples of the way that teachers can impact students’ success.

A Three-Dimensional Pattern-Space Representation For Volumetric Arrays, William C. Barott, Paul G. Steffes

Publications

A three-dimensional pattern-space representation is presented for volumetric arrays. In this representation, the radiation pattern of an array is formed by the evaluation of the three-dimensional pattern-space on a spherical surface. The scan angle of the array determines the position of this surface within the pattern-space. This pattern-space representation is used in conjunction with a genetic algorithm to minimize the sidelobe levels exhibited by a thinned volumetric array during scanning.

The National Study On Carless And Special Needs Evacuation Planning: Government And Non-Profit Focus Group Results, John L. Renne, Pamela Jenkins, Thomas W. Sanchez, Robert C. Peterson

Planning and Urban Studies Reports and Presentations

This report summarizes focus groups, conducted during the fall of 2007 on the topic of carless and special needs evacuation planning, each with government officials and non-profit organizations in Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, New York and San Francisco. Groups were asked questions on challenges, strengths and resources; cross-jurisdictional relationships; and evacuation training and planning.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 19, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Regalos 2
Regalos de Vida 3
Una Actividad: Regalos para las Familias 4
Fiestas Mexicanas, Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Navidad 5
Nuevo México: A New Mexico History Anthology 1
Más de Dos Billones de Años de la Historia Geológica en Nuevo México por el Dr. Spencer Lucas 6
Educación 3
Gladys Ruiz Guzmán de Oaxaca 7
Joe Vigil from Colorado 8
Vigilosophy: Words from Joe Vigil 9
Gobierno 1
Más Comités de la Legislatura en Nuevo México 10
Juegos/Idioma 1
Juegos para aprender el español: El Comprador Quiere 11
Literatura 2
Más Aventuras de …

New Mexico Musician Vol 56 No 2 (Winter 2008)

New Mexico Musician

No abstract provided.

2008-12-01 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2008

No abstract provided.

Teacher And Technology: How Faculty Resource Centers Can Enhance Higher Education Teaching And Learning, John T. Freden

Theses and Dissertations

As many classrooms around the world utilize instructional technology to attempt to enhance student learning, the faculty resource centers that support this instructional technology are sometimes left out of the equation. This study asks the question "What can faculty resource centers do to help teachers integrate instructional technology to improve student learning?" To help answer this question surveys were sent out to educators at two different higher education institutions. Questions were asked in a survey about the educators' background information, instructional technology, and faculty resource centers. The , information gathered from this survey is useful to faculty resource centers as …

Organizational Change In A Higher Education Institution: The Impact Of Increasing International Student Enrollment On University Of Services, Glenda Kim Cousins

Theses and Dissertations

Using a grounded theory approach, this study explored organizational change in higher education, the research examined how direct service staff, directors, and administrators perceived and responded to changes created by increasing international student numbers, and how the organization of Academic and Student Affairs adapted to these changes. The data supported that every person perceived having a certain level of power to influence change but the amount of power depended on an individual's understanding of a situation, persuasiveness in motivating people, relational dynamics with others, and participation within the flow of communication. The study found two processes operating simultaneously as individuals …

Table Of Contents, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Chebyshev Collocation Method For The Effect Of Variable Thermal Conductivity On Micropolar Fluid Flow Over Vertical Cylinder With Variable Surface Temperature, Nasser S. Elgazery, Nader Y. Abd Elazem

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

An analysis is performed to study the role of a variable thermal conductivity on unsteady free convection in a micro-polar fluid past a semi-infinite vertical cylinder with variable surface temperature in the presence of magnetic filed and radiation. The surface temperature is measured to vary as a power of the axial coordinate measured from the leading edge of the cylinder. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are transformed into a linear algebraic system utilizing Chebyshev collocation method in spatial and Crank-Nicolson method in time. Numerical results for the velocity, angular velocity and temperature profiles as well as for the local …

Bis(Μ-N-Acetyl-N-Phenyl-Glycinato-K2 O:O′)Bis- [Dinitrato-K4 O,O′-Bis-(1,10-Phenanthroline-K2 N,N′)Lanthanum(Iii)], Xiaonan Gao

ETSU Faculty Works

In the title complex, [La2(C10H10NO3)2(NO3)4(C12H8N2)4], each La III ion is ten-coordinated by four N atoms from two bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and by six O atoms, two from the N-acetyl-N-phenyl-glycinate ligands and four from two nitrate anions. Two LaIII cations, which exhibit a distorted bicapped square-anti-prismatic coordination, are bridged by two N-acetyl-N-phenyl- glycinate ligands into a dimeric structure, generated by inversion symmetry. There is a π-π contact between the benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.409 (3) Å].

Cannabinoid (Cb2) Receptor Deficiency Reduces The Susceptibility Of Macrophages To Oxidized Ldl/Oxysterol-Induced Apoptosis, Natalie Freeman-Anderson, Theresa G. Pickle, Courtney D. Netherland, Alicia Bales, Nancy E. Buckley, Douglas P. Thewke

ETSU Faculty Works

Macrophage apoptosis is an important process in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. Oxidized low-density lipoproteins (OxLDL) are a major component of lesions and potently induce macrophage apoptosis. Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2), the predominant macrophage cannabinoid receptor, modulates several macrophage processes associated with ongoing atherosclerosis; however, the role of CB2 in macrophage apoptosis is unknown. To determine if CB2 influences a macrophage apoptotic pathway relevant to atherosclerosis, we examined the effect of CB2 deficiency on OxLDL-induced macrophage apoptosis. In situ terminal transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) analysis of resident peritoneal macrophages detected significantly fewer apoptotic CB2-/- macrophages than CB2+/+ macrophages after …

Los Expedientes De La Censura Teatral Como Fuente Para La Investigación Del Teatro Español Contemporáneo, Berta Muñoz Cáliz

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

En este artículo se analiza el papel que han jugado hasta el momento los expedientes de la censura teatral del Archivo General de la Administración como fuente para el estudio del teatro español del franquismo y se ofrece una bibliografía con los trabajos publicados a partir de esta documentación.

This article examines the role played so far by the files of theatrical censorship preserved in the General Archive of the Administration as a source for the study of the Spanish theatre during Franco´s regime. The author also presents a bibliography with the works published from these files.

Prólogo, Ángel Berenguer

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.

Brasil E Portugal - Afinidades Eletiva No Trato Da Política E Da Cultura, Maria Cristina Castilho Costa

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Este trabajo trata de las afinidades que han existido entre Portugal y Brasil en la primera mitad del siglo XX, cuando al amparo del Estado Novo instalado en ambos países, por Antonio de Oliveira Salazar y Getúlio Vargas, respectivamente, se crearon condiciones de amplia cooperación cultural y de control de la producción artística y de la libertad de expresión.

This article examines the relations between Portugal and Brasil on the first half of the XXth Century, when «Estado Novo» was established in both countries by Antonio de Oliveira Salazar and Getúlio Vargas respectively with close cultural cooperation and similar ways …

La Censura Del Teatro Republicano De Pedro Muñoz Seca Y Pedro Pérez Fernández, Carlos Alba Peinado

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

El artículo compila la información existente en los expedientes de censura sobre las catorce obras estrenadas por Pedro Muñoz Seca en colaboración con Pedro Pérez Fernández durante la II República (1931-1936). Este material está compuesto principalmente por las tachaduras efectuadas en los textos, las Guías de Censura y las solicitudes de las compañías.

This article compiles the information from the censorship files regarding the fourteen plays premiered by Pedro Muñoz Seca along with Pedro Pérez Fernández over Spain’s Second Republic (1931-1936). This documentation is made up of erasures on the texts, Censorship’s Guides and Applications by the Companies.

Estrategias Léxico-Grammaticales De Los Censores En La Manipulación De Dos Comedias De Jardiel Poncela, José Suárez-Inclán

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

En el artículo se analizan y comentan cambios y modificaciones estilísticas realizadas por los censores en dos obras de teatro de humor de Enrique Jardiel Poncela. Tales intervenciones conllevan una intencionalidad que pretende modificar otros elementos en el terreno del contenido.

In this article we analyse and comment the changes and stylistic modifications made by the censors in two of the humour plays written by Enrique Jardiel Poncela. These alterations entail an intentionality that seeks to modify other thematic elements.

La Reescritura Dramática En Época Franquista: El Teatro De Manuel Y Antonio Machado Visto Por Los Censores, Rosa Sanmartín Pérez

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

El artículo aborda la importancia que tuvo la censura durante los años del franquismo en la obra dramática de Manuel y Antonio Machado. Cómo la manipulación de esos textos dio lugar a nuevas escrituras que deformaban la esencia de la escritura teatral original.

This paper focuses on the censorship’s prominent role throughout Francoism and its impact on both Manuel and Antonio Machado’s work. Special attention will be paid to the manipulating of their texts.

La Censura En El Teatro Venezolano (1900-1960), Luis Chesney-Lawrence

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

El presente artículo analiza la situación de la censura, en su acepción más amplia, en el teatro venezolano durante el período comprendido entre 1900 y 1960. Su desarrollo se realiza teniendo presentes las premisas metodológicas basadas en la Teoría de los motivos y estrategias. En este sentido se presentan los orígenes de la censura, las normas que se establecieron, se reseñan diversos casos donde se observan sus efectos a lo largo del tiempo y se exponen los motivos y estrategias que llevaron a sus autores a plantearse estrategias creativas para efectuar una ruptura y denunciar su presencia en escena.

This …

La Censura Y La Crítica Teatrales: Correpondencia Y Documentos Entre Fernando Lázaro Carreter Y José María Rodríguez Mendez, Jorge Herreros Martínez

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

El presente artículo pretende un doble propósito: por un lado, presentar ocho cartas hasta ahora inéditas que Fernando Lázaro Carreter envió a José María Rodríguez Méndez entre los años 1972 y 1976, y un pequeño artículo a modo de respuesta a toda esa correspondencia escrito recientemente ex profeso para esta publicación por el dramaturgo madrileño; por otro lado, partiendo de los anteriores documentos, el estudio pretende mostrar las evidentes relaciones entre la crítica y la censura teatrales en un momento bastante convulso de la historia reciente de España.

This article has been written with a double purpose: on the one …

Ocho Cartas De Fernando Lazaro Carreter, José María Rodríguez Méndez

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.

La Censura Teatral Bajo El Franquismo: La Vicesecretaría De Educación Popular (1941-1945), Emeterio Diez

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

El nombramiento de Gabriel Arias Salgado como Vicesecretario de Educación Popular en 1941 introduce un importante cambio en el ejercicio de la censura franquista. En primer lugar, Arias Salgado decide volver a censurar todo lo que antes habían censurado los sospechosos falangistas radicales protegidos de Serrano Suñer. En segundo lugar, su prevención contra las «pasiones» del público y su recelo contra los artistas conllevan un aumento del número de obras prohibidas o con tachaduras.

In 1941 Gabriel Arias Salgado arrives to Subsecretary of Popular Education. Arias Salgado introduces an important change in the theatrical censorship. In the first place, Arias …

Reseñas

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.

Transcripción De La Correspondencia Personal De Fernando Lázaro Carreter Enviada A José María Rodríguez Méndez, José María Rodríguez Méndez

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

No abstract provided.

Ak Y La Humanidad: Una Obra Bajo Sospecha, Pedro Cataslán García

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

A principios de septiembre de 1938, a los nueve días de su estreno en el Español y en plena Guerra Civil, la obra teatral Ak y la Humanidad, original de la escritora Halma Angélico, y adaptación del cuento del mismo título del autor ruso Jefim Sosulia, fue suspendida por orden gubernativa tras una tensa polémica desatada en la prensa anarquista contra la obra y su autora.

At the beginning of September 1938, nine days after its premiere at the Teatro Español and in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, the theatre performance Ak and Mankind, written originally by Halma …

El Teatro Universitario Durante Los Años 50: La Presencia De José Martín Recuerda Dentro Del Teu De Granada, Antonio César Morón Espinosa

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

José Martín Recuerda (1922-2007) fue director del TEU de Granada durante los años 1952-1959. Esta es una de las etapas fundamentales de su carrera, en la que el autor granadino inicia sus primeros contactos con el teatro y estrena, además, tres de sus primeras obras. De modo que se podría decir que es en estos años donde se configura la que luego será una de las escrituras dramáticas más importantes del siglo XX.

José Martín Recuerda (1922-2007) was director in the TEU of Granada during the 1952-1959 period. This is one of the fundamental stage in his career, because it’s …