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The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn Jan 2008

The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn

Doctoral Dissertations

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Warrior Women : A Qualitative Content Analysis Of The Perceptions Of The Experiences Of Native American Women In The Academy, Onllwyn Cavan Dixon Jan 2008

Warrior Women : A Qualitative Content Analysis Of The Perceptions Of The Experiences Of Native American Women In The Academy, Onllwyn Cavan Dixon

Doctoral Dissertations

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Imagining And Creating New Possibilities For Self And Society : Narratives Of Nepalese University Students Gone Abroad, Kristine Nelson Jan 2008

Imagining And Creating New Possibilities For Self And Society : Narratives Of Nepalese University Students Gone Abroad, Kristine Nelson

Doctoral Dissertations

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Physical Therapist Students As Moral Agents During Clinical Internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom Jan 2008

Physical Therapist Students As Moral Agents During Clinical Internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Effect Of Simulated Clinical Experience On Knowledge, Near Transfer, And Far Transfer In Nursing Education, Shana Ruggenberg Jan 2008

The Effect Of Simulated Clinical Experience On Knowledge, Near Transfer, And Far Transfer In Nursing Education, Shana Ruggenberg

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Effect Of Professional Development Of Nonverbal Communication Behaviors Of Participants' Regognition And Understanding Of These Behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane Jan 2008

The Effect Of Professional Development Of Nonverbal Communication Behaviors Of Participants' Regognition And Understanding Of These Behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane

Doctoral Dissertations

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An Exploration Of Self-Reflection And Critical-Thinking Exhibited In Visual-Arts Students' Portfolios At The Secondary Level, Barbara Ellen Hughes Jan 2008

An Exploration Of Self-Reflection And Critical-Thinking Exhibited In Visual-Arts Students' Portfolios At The Secondary Level, Barbara Ellen Hughes

Doctoral Dissertations

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A Content Analysis Of The Two State-Approved Kindergarten And First Grade Reading Programs In California, Elizabeth Anne Presley Jan 2008

A Content Analysis Of The Two State-Approved Kindergarten And First Grade Reading Programs In California, Elizabeth Anne Presley

Doctoral Dissertations

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An Investigation Of The Quantity And Type Of Female Veterans' Responses To Hepatitis C Treatment Screening And Acceptance, Sue L. Currie Jan 2008

An Investigation Of The Quantity And Type Of Female Veterans' Responses To Hepatitis C Treatment Screening And Acceptance, Sue L. Currie

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Lord And Giver Of Life: The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinitarian Theology Of Colin E Gunton, Michael D. Stringer Jan 2008

The Lord And Giver Of Life: The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinitarian Theology Of Colin E Gunton, Michael D. Stringer

Theses

Colin Gunton was one of the leading figures in a late twentieth century movement which sought to rejuvenate interest in systematic and trinitarian theology. Gunton’s theology was heavily influenced by the trinitarian thought of Karl Barth. As his thought matured, however, he was increasingly drawn to resources found in Irenaeus and the Cappadocian Fathers. Drawing from these patristic sources, Gunton sought to develop a trinitarian theology formulated upon personal and relational categories of thought as a corrective to the over-emphasis upon substantialist conceptuality in the Western tradition. He held that a doctrine of God that desires to remain consistent with …


Liberation At The Crossroads: Where Divinity And Humanity Embrace, Gregory J. Watson Jan 2008

Liberation At The Crossroads: Where Divinity And Humanity Embrace, Gregory J. Watson

Theses

This dissertation critically examines the concerns of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in relation to the methodological presuppositions in the works of Jon Sobrino, SJ. In the context of the poor of El Salvador, Sobrino formulates his Christology through the Jesus of history who preached the liberating praxis of the kingdom of God. By focusing on a low Christology, Sobrino intends to correct that high Christology, often favoured in comfortable places, that tends to ignore the truly historical and kenotic aspects of the mystery of the Incarnation. The study highlights the view that all theology is contextual …


The Relationships Between Ethical Climates, Ethical Ideology, And Organisational Commitment, Martinus P. Putranta Jan 2008

The Relationships Between Ethical Climates, Ethical Ideology, And Organisational Commitment, Martinus P. Putranta

Theses

A critical problem which faces higher education institutions in Indonesia is that of being able to generate staff’s commitment notwithstanding the inability of the institutions to provide their staff with comparable remuneration. This research sought to ascertain the potential of alternatives to extrinsic rewards in facilitating staff’s commitment in the Indonesian Catholic higher education institutions context. Two ethics-related variables, namely, institutional ethical climates and staff’s ethical ideology were chosen as the possible predictors. The choice was deemed relevant in respect of the endeavours of the institutional leaders to introduce codes of ethics to their institutions. A conceptual model delineating the …


Socialisation Of The Islamic Terrorist: The Case Of Indonesia, Joshua Snider Jan 2008

Socialisation Of The Islamic Terrorist: The Case Of Indonesia, Joshua Snider

Theses

As the world's largest Muslim country, the resurgence of Islamist religiosity in Indonesia over the past 10 years has been a source of great concern for security and terrorism analysts. In an effort to shift away from the sort of discourse the explains violent Islamist religiosity in Indonesia as an offshoot of Middle East politics and the policy demands of the Global War on Terror, my specific field of interest in this thesis surrounds processes of political socialization and what exactly drives the transformation process from those nominally influenced by various kinds of revisionist conservative theology to those that become …


Conservation And Status Of Markhor (Capra Falconeri) In The Northen Parts Of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Sajjad Ali Jan 2008

Conservation And Status Of Markhor (Capra Falconeri) In The Northen Parts Of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Sajjad Ali

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Pakistan is blessed with a great variety of wild flora and fauna, including a rich diversity of wild Caprinae (sheep and goats) represented by 7 species divided into 12 subspecies. These animals are found in Balochistan and Sindh in the south and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Northern Areas in the north. Markhor is a wild goat which belongs to the family Bovidae and sub family Caprinae. In 1992, it was transferred from Appendix II to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). The inclusion of markhor in …


Table Of Contents Jan 2008

Table Of Contents

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.


The Laurels Of Local Public Health, Cathy Raevsky Jan 2008

The Laurels Of Local Public Health, Cathy Raevsky

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.


The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, Robert E. Mosher, G. Elaine Beane Jan 2008

The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, Robert E. Mosher, G. Elaine Beane

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.


The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey: Results From Middle School Students, Calvin Trent, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Gary Petroni, William Ridella Jan 2008

The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey: Results From Middle School Students, Calvin Trent, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Gary Petroni, William Ridella

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Background: The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey (DYTS) provided representative data from middle school students, 84.7% of whom were African-American/Black, on self-reported prevalence of tobacco use and awareness, smoking cessation, peer and family influence, environmental tobacco smoke, media exposure and access to tobacco. Results: Over half of the students (53.0%; +/-4.1) used some form of tobacco at least once, with the majority trying cigarettes (47.5%; +/-3.9) and about a quarter (23.1%; +/-3.5) trying cigars. Ten percent (10.2%; +/-2.3) tried bidis or kreteks, and 7.4% (+/-1.4) tried smokeless tobacco. Of middle school students who smoked, nearly one out of four (23.2%; +/-3.1) …


Front Matter Jan 2008

Front Matter

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.


Mpha Matters, Robert Glandon Jan 2008

Mpha Matters, Robert Glandon

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.


Compliance With Hygiene Recommendations For Human-Animal Contact At Petting Zoos, Kathleen E. Werden, Paul C. Bartlett Jan 2008

Compliance With Hygiene Recommendations For Human-Animal Contact At Petting Zoos, Kathleen E. Werden, Paul C. Bartlett

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Background: Most children at petting zoos are at least somewhat naïve with respect to animal contact, which is probably why they are being taken to a petting zoo. Unfortunately, their immune systems may be equally naïve, thereby putting these children at high risk of contracting one of several enteric zoonotic diseases. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine public and organizational compliance with current recommendations for hygiene and public safety for human-animal contact at permanent and temporary petting zoos. Methods: A single investigator visited 17 petting zoos across Michigan to evaluate both facilityrelated and visitor-related risk factors for zoonotic enteric …


Response To Reader Comments On The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan, Robert Mosher, G. Elaine Beane Jan 2008

Response To Reader Comments On The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan, Robert Mosher, G. Elaine Beane

Michigan Journal of Public Health

No abstract provided.


First-Year Learning Of Novice Emergency-Hire Clinical Nursing Faculty : A Qualitative Study, Ingrid Sheets Jan 2008

First-Year Learning Of Novice Emergency-Hire Clinical Nursing Faculty : A Qualitative Study, Ingrid Sheets

Doctoral Dissertations

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Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2008-2009, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Jan 2008

Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2008-2009, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.


Tunneling Phase Gate For Neutral Atoms In A Double-Well Lattice, Frederick W. Strauch, Mark Edwards, Eite Tiesinga, Carl Williams, Charles W. Clark Jan 2008

Tunneling Phase Gate For Neutral Atoms In A Double-Well Lattice, Frederick W. Strauch, Mark Edwards, Eite Tiesinga, Carl Williams, Charles W. Clark

Physics & Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We propose a two-qubit phase gate for ultracold atoms in a tilted double-well optical lattice. Such a lattice is capable of confining pairs of atoms in a two-dimensional array of double-well potentials where both the barrier height and the energy difference of the minima of the two wells (known as the “tilt”) can be controlled. The four lowest single-particle motional states can be used to form spatially separated qubits. We present a time-dependent scheme to manipulate the tilt to induce tunneling oscillations which produce a collisional phase gate. Numerical simulations demonstrate that this gate can be performed with high fidelity.


Opportunities For Network Development In Kazakhstan - Wimax, Zhanibek Dossybayev Jan 2008

Opportunities For Network Development In Kazakhstan - Wimax, Zhanibek Dossybayev

Theses

The purpose of this paper is to discuss Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax) technology-based network deployment opportunities in Kazakhstan. To be widely adapted and be profitable, even the very promising technology with advantageous features must experience market testing and meet user needs. This project consists of two parts; the first part consists of analysis while the second part focuses on implementation. In the first part, the telecommunications industry of Kazakhstan is divided into three main segments: fixed communication, mobile communication, and internet & data communication. Some market characteristics are viewed based on data from National Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, …


A Representative Modern. Edward Kanterian: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Matthew J. Moore Jan 2008

A Representative Modern. Edward Kanterian: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Matthew J. Moore

Political Science

No abstract provided.


Don’T Gamble With New York’S Lottery, John Yinger Jan 2008

Don’T Gamble With New York’S Lottery, John Yinger

Center for Policy Research

It’s Elementary is a series of essays on topics in education and education policy. The main focus is on education finance in New York State, but general research findings in education and education policy issues in several other states are also discussed. John Yinger, Professor of Economics and Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University is the author of most of these essays, although a few are written by or co-authored with other scholars.


Fixed Or Flexible: The Effect Of Negative Feedback On One's Religious Identity, Erika Brown Jan 2008

Fixed Or Flexible: The Effect Of Negative Feedback On One's Religious Identity, Erika Brown

Modern Psychological Studies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of negative feedback on self-reported religious identity among Christian students. After initially rating themselves on a computer-administered continuous scale ranging from as religious as possible to not at all religious, participants completed a difficult Bible trivia quiz and received negative feedback regarding their performance. The participants were then made to believe that their initial computer ratings had been lost, and were asked to rate themselves a second time. Individuals also completed the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale and were divided into high and low religiosity groups. Statistical analyses revealed that …


Changes In Breast Cancer Survivors' Prayer From Before Diagnosis To Currently: A Pilot Study, Jean C. Bilger, Jennifer Eldridge-Houser, Carol Cox Jan 2008

Changes In Breast Cancer Survivors' Prayer From Before Diagnosis To Currently: A Pilot Study, Jean C. Bilger, Jennifer Eldridge-Houser, Carol Cox

Modern Psychological Studies

The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the frequency, length, types, and experiences of prayer for breast cancer survivors before they were diagnosed and currently. Using the Cancer Survivor Prayer Scale (CSPS), survivors had a statistically significant (p < .05) increase in types of prayer, prayer experiences, and the closeness in their relationship with God. The main themes in the written responses were feelings of permanence regarding God's love, strong trust in God, feeling comforted during treatment by God and people, and requesting specific answers to prayers. The significant findings of this study demonstrate a need for further research into the prayer practices of breast cancer survivors and expansion of the study to a larger, more diverse sample.