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Are Rural North Dakota Hospitals Prepared For A Disaster? An Exploratory Study, Melissa Beth Walter Jan 2009

Are Rural North Dakota Hospitals Prepared For A Disaster? An Exploratory Study, Melissa Beth Walter

Sociology and Anthropology

This study examined the disaster preparedness plans within selected rural North Dakota hospitals. The ultimate goal was to explore rural North Dakota hospitals' disaster preparedness plans, gathering information that would provide answers to some key disaster preparedness questions. This study looked at the steps these hospitals have taken, but also what they have planned for in terms of surge capacity, plan activation, and implementation of the disaster plan and training that goes along with it. Several themes emerged from the data that brought new light to the research. These themes included reviewing and revising the disaster preparedness plans, memoranda of …

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Grasses For The Northern Plains: Growth Patterns, Forage Characteristics And Wildlife Values. Volume Ii-Warm-Season, Kevin K. Sedivec, Dwight A. Tober, Wayne L. Duckwitz Jan 2009

Grasses For The Northern Plains: Growth Patterns, Forage Characteristics And Wildlife Values. Volume Ii-Warm-Season, Kevin K. Sedivec, Dwight A. Tober, Wayne L. Duckwitz

R Series – Range

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Developing, Planting, And Multiplying An Adventist House Church Using Principles Of Missiology In The Florida Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists, W. Milton Adams Jan 2009

Developing, Planting, And Multiplying An Adventist House Church Using Principles Of Missiology In The Florida Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists, W. Milton Adams

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem Church attendance is steadily declining throughout North America. Nevertheless, people are still seeking God, but it is occurring outside the church walls. The same trend is occurring in Florida where church attendance is below the national average. In response to this trend this project was to establish an Adventists house church within the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to assess a house church model’s front-line missionary viability. Method Following pre-launch work, one house church was launched in the North West Orlando area with two families (four adults and five small children). The project was evaluated for health, using Natural …

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Of Sterile Promontory And Infinite Space: The Creation Of The Scenic Design For Shakespeare's "Hamlet"., April Beiswenger Jan 2009

Of Sterile Promontory And Infinite Space: The Creation Of The Scenic Design For Shakespeare's "Hamlet"., April Beiswenger

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This document is an account of the design process for the West Virginia University Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It is written in partial fulfillment of a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. This document will describe the process of the creation of the scenic design, the construction, and the work that culminated in the production.

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Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: The Effects Of Parental Attention Components On Children's Verbalizations And Attending-To-Task Behaviors., Ashley B. Tempel Jan 2009

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: The Effects Of Parental Attention Components On Children's Verbalizations And Attending-To-Task Behaviors., Ashley B. Tempel

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Various evidence-based behavioral parent training programs are theoretically designed to target parenting skills that enhance parent-child interactions. Many similarities exist across the empirically-supported interventions, however programs also include unique components (e.g., use of reflections in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy). Empirical examination of individual components is necessary to inform components that promote or deter intervention effectiveness and efficiency. An empirically established association among language delays, behavior difficulties, and poor longitudinal outcomes further supports a need for identification of facilitative components. Currently, examinations of individual components have largely targeted the effects of praise and time-out. Despite clinical assertions that additional components serve important …

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Building Intellectual Property Coalitions For Development, Peter K. Yu Jan 2009

Building Intellectual Property Coalitions For Development, Peter K. Yu

Faculty Scholarship

The adoption of the WIPO Development Agenda in October 2007 has provided less developed countries with a rare and unprecedented opportunity to reshape the international intellectual property system in a way that would better advance their interests. However, if these countries are to succeed, they need to take advantage of the current momentum, coordinate better with other countries and nongovernmental organizations, and more actively share with others their experience, knowledge, and best practices.

Commissioned by the EDGE (Emerging Dynamic Global Economies) Network of the University of Ottawa, this paper begins by explaining how building intellectual property coalitions for development (IPC4D) …

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The Illusion Of Sanity: The Constitutional And Moral Danger Of Allowing States To Medicate Condemned Prisoners In Order To Execute Them, Lyn Entzeroth Jan 2009

The Illusion Of Sanity: The Constitutional And Moral Danger Of Allowing States To Medicate Condemned Prisoners In Order To Execute Them, Lyn Entzeroth

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

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Ca 660 Song Lyrics And Theology, Lester Ruth Jan 2009

Ca 660 Song Lyrics And Theology, Lester Ruth

Syllabi

The student should purchase the following books: 1) St. Ephrem the Syrian. Hymns on Paradise. Translated by Sebastian Brock. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2) Lawson, John. A Thousand Tongues: The Wesley Hymns as a Guide to Scriptural Teaching. Atlanta: Paternoster Press, 2007. 3) Wybrew, Hugh. Orthodox Lent, Holy Week and Easter: Liturgical Texts with Commentary. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

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Essay: Conventions In Science And In The Courts: Images And Realities, Jerome R. Ravetz Jan 2009

Essay: Conventions In Science And In The Courts: Images And Realities, Jerome R. Ravetz

Law and Contemporary Problems

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Science, Law And The Expert Witness, Joseph Sanders Jan 2009

Science, Law And The Expert Witness, Joseph Sanders

Law and Contemporary Problems

Expert witnessing is a particularly useful place to observe the clash of legal and scientific conventions because it is here that one group of people (scientific experts) who are integrated into one set of conventions are challenged by the expectations of a different set of conventions. Here, Sanders looks at how legal conventions affect the behavior of expert witnesses when they appear in court in both criminal and civil cases. He also reviews differences in scientific and legal conventions as they apply to expert knowledge and discusses two central reasons for these differences: adversarialism and closure.

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How Much Evidence Is Enough? Conventions Of Causal Inference, David Kriebel Jan 2009

How Much Evidence Is Enough? Conventions Of Causal Inference, David Kriebel

Law and Contemporary Problems

One of the most important issues for science in the courtroom is the determination of causality. Like science in the courtroom, science in the regulatory arena can also bring a clash of cultures, misunderstanding, and controversy--especially when decisions must be made with some urgency with interested parties watching closely. Here, Kriebel discusses some conventions in the conduct of science and in the ways that scientific information is communicated to nonscientists that can make it difficult for judges, lawyers, regulators, and politicians to do their jobs making decisions about complex environmental and health issues.

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Trials And Tribulations: What Happens When Historians Enter The Courtroom, David Rosner Jan 2009

Trials And Tribulations: What Happens When Historians Enter The Courtroom, David Rosner

Law and Contemporary Problems

In recent years, historians have been brought into legal cases in unprecedented numbers. As the courts have tried to adjudicate responsibility for environmental and occupational diseases, history has played an increasingly central role in decisions that affect the cases themselves and in social policy regarding risk. In suits over tobacco-related diseases, asbestosis, radiation, and other toxic substances, more historians of technology and science, social history, and public health are being sought to provide testimony aimed at assessing responsibility for damages that have arisen years--sometimes decades--after exposure. Here, Rosner traces the use of historians as experts in litigation.

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Merton And The Hot Tub: Scientific Conventions And Expert Evidence In Australian Civil Procedure, Gary Edmond Jan 2009

Merton And The Hot Tub: Scientific Conventions And Expert Evidence In Australian Civil Procedure, Gary Edmond

Law and Contemporary Problems

Recently in Australia, common-law judges began to modify the way expert evidence is prepared and presented. Judges from a range of civil jurisdictions have conscientiously sought to reduce expert partisanship and the extent of expert disagreement in an attempt to enhance procedural efficiency and improve access to justice. One of these reforms, concurrent evidence, enables expert witnesses to participate in a joint session with considerable testimonial latitude. This represents a shift away from an adversarial approach and a conscientious attempt to foster scientific values and norms. Here, Edmond describes how changes to Australian civil procedure, motivated by judicial concerns about …

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Rethinking Visitation: From A Parental To A Relational Right, Ayelet Blecher-Prigat Jan 2009

Rethinking Visitation: From A Parental To A Relational Right, Ayelet Blecher-Prigat

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

[...] visitation rights are considered to arise from the very fact of parenthood, so that parents are entitled to this right simply by being legally recognized as parents. [...] visitation rights are subject to the general rule of parental exclusivity: only a child's legal parents have rights considered parental, and non-parents cannot acquire them.

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What’S Love Got To Do With It? A Proposal For Elevating The Status Of Marriage By Narrowing Its Definition, While Universally Extending The Rights And Benefits Enjoyed By Married Couples, James L. Musselman Jan 2009

What’S Love Got To Do With It? A Proposal For Elevating The Status Of Marriage By Narrowing Its Definition, While Universally Extending The Rights And Benefits Enjoyed By Married Couples, James L. Musselman

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

[...] opposite-sex couples desiring a traditional marriage could choose the option that generally adopts portions of the covenant marriage law enacted thus far by three states. According to Professors Jennifer Drobac and Antony Page, [b]efore the late eighteenth century, marriage typically only served one or more of three goals: (1) to consolidate wealth and resources, (2) to forge political alliances, and (3) to consummate peace treaties.

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In The Wake Of Ledbetter V. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: Applying The Discovery Rule To Determine The Start Of The Limitations Period For Pay Discrimination Claims, Nancy Zisk Jan 2009

In The Wake Of Ledbetter V. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: Applying The Discovery Rule To Determine The Start Of The Limitations Period For Pay Discrimination Claims, Nancy Zisk

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

"14 These laws include Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,15 Section 1981 of the Civil War Reconstruction statutes,16 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA),17 the Equal Pay Act (EPA),18 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).19 While the statutes define different types of discrimination, each addresses discrimination in employment and defines a limitations period in which an employee can bring a claim.20 With Title VII defining the "paradigm," the first step in determining whether a claim is timely under any statute is determining when the discriminatory act takes place.21 To do that, …

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Pathways For Women To Obtain Positions Of Organization Leadership: The Significance Of Mentoring And Networking, Cindy A. Schipani, Terry M. Dworkin, Angel Kwolek-Foll, Virginia G. Maurer Jan 2009

Pathways For Women To Obtain Positions Of Organization Leadership: The Significance Of Mentoring And Networking, Cindy A. Schipani, Terry M. Dworkin, Angel Kwolek-Foll, Virginia G. Maurer

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

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Mb 745 Ethnicity, Race, And The Church, Steven Ybarrola Jan 2009

Mb 745 Ethnicity, Race, And The Church, Steven Ybarrola

Syllabi

Chacour, Elias 2003 Blood Brothers. Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen Books. ISBN: 0800793218. Eriksen, Thomas Hyland 2002 Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives. Second Edition. London: Pluto Press. ISBN: 0745318878 Hays, J. Daniel 2003 From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 0830826165. Hutchinson, John and Anthony D. Smith 1996 Ethnicity. New York: Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN: 0192892746 Volf, Miroslav 1996 Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation. Nashville: Abingdon Press. ISBN: 0687002826

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Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Allan Coppedge Jan 2009

Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Allan Coppedge

Syllabi

Thomas Oden, The Living God. ________, The Word Of Life. ________, Life In The Spirit. John Oswalt, Call To Be Holy. Mildred Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology. Allan Coppedge, The God Who is Triune Allan Coppedge, “Relational Life” (in mss. form)

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Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, D. Allen Tennison Jan 2009

Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, D. Allen Tennison

Syllabi

Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church. (London: Oxford University Press, 1967). Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 and 2. (New York: HarperColins, 1985). Hugh T. Kerr, editor. Readings in Christian Thought (Nashville: Abingdon, 1990). Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).

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Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Richard Hunter Jan 2009

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Richard Hunter

Syllabi

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2004. Frank, Thomas Edward. Polity, Practice, and the Mission of The United Methodist Church, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006. Optional Tuell, Jack M. The Organization of the United Methodist Church 2005-2008, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. Recommended Resources/Books

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Is 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church And World, Brian G. Edgar Jan 2009

Is 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church And World, Brian G. Edgar

Syllabi

John Wesley, A Plain Account of the People Called Methodist, also currently available at http://www.godrules.net/library/wesley/274wesley_h6.htm John Wesley, An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion also currently available at http://www.godrules.net/library/wesley /274wesley_h2.htm John Wesley, A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion also currently available at http://www.godrules.net/library/wesley /274wesley_h3.htm . John Wesley, Thoughts on Methodism John Wesley, The Character of the Methodist also currently available at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/character/ John Wesley, The General Spread of the Gospel (Sermon 63) also currently available at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley /sermons/63/

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A Trellis-Coded Modulation Scheme With A Novel Expanded 16-Dimensional Constant Envelope Q2psk Constellation, Milton I. Quinteros, Edit J. Kaminsky, Kenneth V. Cartwright Jan 2009

A Trellis-Coded Modulation Scheme With A Novel Expanded 16-Dimensional Constant Envelope Q2psk Constellation, Milton I. Quinteros, Edit J. Kaminsky, Kenneth V. Cartwright

Electrical Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a TCM scheme that uses a new expanded 16-Dimensional Constant Envelope Q2PSK constellation along with a simple convolutional encoder of rate 2/3. An effective gain of 2.67 dB over uncoded CEQ2PSK is achievable with low complexity, and without suffering from constellation expansion penalty. Larger coding gains are easily achieved with encoders of higher rates. In addition, an optimal hardware implementation of the required decoders is described.

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Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Sandra Richter Jan 2009

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Sandra Richter

Syllabi

Richter, Sandra, The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008) LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids:Eerdmans, 1996). James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997). Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions in the Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans/Livonia: Dove Book Sellers, 1997). W. J. Dumbrell, The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002).

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Ph 501 Philosophy Of Christian Religion, Joseph B. Onyango Okello Jan 2009

Ph 501 Philosophy Of Christian Religion, Joseph B. Onyango Okello

Syllabi

1. Hasker, William. Metaphysics. Downer’s Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1983. 2. Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief,4th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 3. Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 3rd Edition. New York. Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Co 670 Marriage And Family Counseling, Virginia Todd Holeman Jan 2009

Co 670 Marriage And Family Counseling, Virginia Todd Holeman

Syllabi

Friedman, E. (1985). Generation to Generation. New York: Guildford Press. Gottman, J. M. & Silver, N. (1999) The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. New York: Three Rivers Press. Guerin, P.J., Jr., Forgarty, T. F., Fay, L.F., Kautto, J. G. (1996). Working with Relationship Triangles. New York: Guilford Press. McGoldrick, M. et al. (1999). Genograms in Family Assessment (3nd Ed.). New York: Norton. Stanley, S., et al. (1998). The Lasting Promise. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0-7879-3983-

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Reflections On Loving And Children's Rights, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, Kelly Reese Jan 2009

Reflections On Loving And Children's Rights, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, Kelly Reese

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

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Collaborative Law: A New Tool For The Lawyer's Toolkit, Susan Daicoff Jan 2009

Collaborative Law: A New Tool For The Lawyer's Toolkit, Susan Daicoff

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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What's So Great About Sograt?: An Analysis Of The Ethical Issues Created By Tax Patents And A Patently Strict Dilemma, Jason Pill Jan 2009

What's So Great About Sograt?: An Analysis Of The Ethical Issues Created By Tax Patents And A Patently Strict Dilemma, Jason Pill

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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Internet-Television, Peer-To-Peer Technology And Free Speech: Lessons From Web 1.0, Mark R. Caramanica Jan 2009

Internet-Television, Peer-To-Peer Technology And Free Speech: Lessons From Web 1.0, Mark R. Caramanica

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

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