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2008-2009 Annual Report 年度報告, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

OSL Annual report 年度報告

Uniting Social Capitals for the Global Society

With the theme of “Uniting Social Capitals for the Global Society”, this issue will let you know how we connected the community with care and sincerity through various Service-Learning programs.

凝聚社會資本

此年報以「凝聚社會資本」為主題，讓您感受到我們如何從心出發，透過各類型服務研習計劃表達對社區的關心。

E-Health In International Networks: New Opportunities For Collaboration, Shariq Khoja, Azra Naseem

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

Patterns Of Commodity Food Use Among American Indians, Michelle Chino, Darlene R. Haff, Carolee Dodge Francis

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Objectives: To better understand risks for obesity and diabetes among American Indians.

Methods: Adults from tribes across the country surveyed to explore commodity food use patterns and food choice.

Results: Respondents reported second and third generation commodity food use. Current commodity users stated preferences for canned and packaged meals and were more likely to participate in other federal food programs.

Conclusions: Low-income, nutritionally stressed families relying on federal food programs may be at increased risk of obesity and diet-related chronic conditions due to long-term use of foods that are high in fat and calories and low in fiber.

The Making Of The Kenya Sexual Offenses Act, 2006: Behind The Scenes, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Njoki Ndung'u, Nancy Baraza, Harriet Birungi

Reproductive Health

Kenya’s enactment of the Sexual Offenses Bill in 2006 was a milestone in dealing with sexual offenses and gender-based violence. The bill is Kenya’s first legal recognition of the many sex crimes that occur in the country. Among other things, the law criminalizes deliberate transmission of HIV/AIDS and provides rape victims with free medical care and counseling in public institutions. Convicted rapists will now face a minimum sentence of ten years, while a maximum penalty will be life imprisonment. A retrospective study was conducted to document the process leading to the enactment of the law. The objective was to document …

Parents Do Matter: A Longitudinal Two-Part Mixed Model Of Early College Alcohol Participation And Intensity, Mark D. Wood, Theodore A. Walls, Anne M. Fairlie

Psychology Faculty Publications

Objective:

We hypothesized that etiologically relevant parental, peer, and demographic variables would predict both the transition into alcohol use and consequences and the increase in intensity of these outcomes from prematriculation to the sophomore year of college.

Method:

College students (N = 388) at a midsized northeastern public university were assessed during the summer before matriculation and during the spring semesters of their freshman and sophomore years. A recently developed mixed model for analyzing longitudinal response patterns with predominating zeros was employed to examine categorical transitions (binary portion) and growth (intensity portion).

Results:

As expected, there were …

Common Ground: An Investigation Of Environmental Management Alcohol Prevention Initiatives In A College Community, Mark D. Wood, William Dejong, Anne M Fairlie, Doreen Lawson, Andrea M Lavigne, Fran Cohen

Psychology Faculty Publications

Objective:

This article presents an evaluation of Common Ground, a media campaign-supported prevention program featuring increased enforcement, decreased alcohol access, and other environmental management initiatives targeting college student drinking.

Method:

Phase 1 of the media campaign addressed student resistance to environmentally focused prevention by reporting majority student support for alcohol policy and enforcement initiatives. Phase 2 informed students about state laws, university policies, and environmental initiatives. We conducted student telephone surveys, with samples stratified by gender and year in school, for 4 consecutive years at the intervention campus and 3 years at a comparison campus. We did a …

Oncolog Volume 54, Number 01, January 2009, John Lebas, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Redefining Cancer Care
• Early-Stage Laryngeal Cancer
• House Call: Trouble Sleeping? Getting Help Can Improve Your Health

Information In Isolation: Gossip And Rumor During The Uk 2001 Foot And Mouth Crisis – Lessons Learned, Christine Hagar

Faculty Publications

The 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak con stituted the biggest crisis ever to affect the UK farming system; it was one of the worst epidemics of its kind in the world. Farmers and rural communities were disrupted and traumatized as FMD spread rapidly through the whole of the country. The crisis unfolded as a series of information and communication problems, primarily from government to farmers, with consequences for action in a time of crisis. Farmers needed information at the different stages of the crisis to inform them about the various processes and procedures that had to be carried …

The Practice Of Law As Response To God's Call, Susan J. Stabile

Seattle University Law Review

Legal practice, like all human work, is a religious calling, a vocation. Section I of this Article will focus on work as a calling. Although I refer in my title to the practice of law as a response to God's call, I suggest that even those who are uncomfortable with the use of religious language can share a notion of law as a calling. Section II will address the need to discern one's place in the legal profession. Implicit in the notion of a calling is that our professional decisions are not merely internally driven, but are in response to …

The Unabomber Revisited: Reexamining The Use Of Mental Disorder Diagnoses As Evidence Of The Mental Condition Of Criminal Defendants, Adam K. Magid

Indiana Law Journal

This Article revisits a longstanding debate concerning the appropriateness of diagnostic evidence in criminal cases in which a defendant’s mental condition is at issue. As illustrated through a case study of Theodore Kaczynski, more widely known as the “Unabomber,” a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia poses a risk of confounding a judge or jury attempting to ascertain an accurate picture of the mental state of a criminal defendant, specifically by (i) suggesting symptoms not actually present, (ii) creating a distorted picture of symptoms that are present, and (iii) suggesting organic, determinative factors as the mechanism behind a defendant’s actions, even where …

Immobilization Method For Producing Active Α1-Acid Glycoprotein, David S. Hage, Hai Xuan

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

A method and kit for immobilization of a glycoprotein. The method may include activating an affinity Support. The affinity Support may be activated by reacting the affinity Support with a compound that is reactive with one or more functional groups included within the glycoprotein. The method may also include oxidizing the glycoprotein in which oxidation conditions are selected to yield an oxidized glycoprotein that is biologically active and contains a Sufficient number of reactive aldehyde groups for coupling to a Support. For example, the oxidized glycoprotein may include five reactive aldehyde groups. In addition, the method may include reacting the …

Delinquent Of Distracted - Attention Deficit Disorder And The Construction Of The Juvenile Offender, Rashmi Goel

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

The Small College Dean: New Directions For Student Services, No. 116, Mark J. Troyer

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

Midwestern Juvenile Drug Courts: Analysis & Recommendations, Nicole A. Kozdron

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Why And How This Act Applies To Child Custody Proceedings, Sara Estrin

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

What We Learn In Troubled Times: Deregulation And Safe Work In The New Economy, Susan Bisom-Rapp

Faculty Scholarship

Reviews of how federal agencies functioned during George W. Bush’s presidency reveal many instances of regulatory capture by industry. One prototypical example is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency responsible for occupational safety and health (OSH) standard setting and enforcement. In contrast, a broad array of stakeholders during the Bush years gave good marks to an entirely separate agency, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which conducts research and develops recommendations to prevent workplace injury and illness. By reviewing the disparate performance of OSHA and NIOSH during the Bush administration, this article sheds light …

What About The Children? A Call For Regulation Of Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cahterine A. Clements

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Myth Of Home Ownership And Why Home Ownership Is Not Always A Good Thing, A. Mechele Dickerson

Indiana Law Journal

Home ownership is viewed as key to achieving the "American Dream " and is now an essential element of the American cultural norm of what it means to be a success. The metastasizing mortgage crisis suggests, however, that our home ownership policies are out-dated, misguided, and largely ignore the actual market realities many potential homeowners now face. After briefly describing the current home ownership crisis, this Article argues that the United States should radically revise and restrict home ownership subsidies. Rather than encouraging universal home ownership, the Article argues that the government should replace existing home ownership subsidies with targeted …

Collaboration -- No Better Time For Libraries: An Interview With Dr. Camila Alire, President-Elect, 2008-2009, American Library Association

Collaborative Librarianship

An Interview with Dr. Camila Alire.

Hegemony Of The West And The Librarian’S Role In The Struggle Against Hiv/Aids In Africa, Emy Nelson Decker

Collaborative Librarianship

Africa needs information about HIV/AIDS. Librarian activists have a duty to organize, repackage, and circulate HIV/AIDS information. Unfortunately, this has led in some cases to an unintentional assertion of cultural hegemony, which operates invisibly to those who are part of the “dominant” or “dominating” culture. Unexamined assumptions of “superiority” have led to a bias that the West possesses the only correct method for codifying knowledge. The West cannot appropriately evaluate the successes or failures of HIV/AIDS education in Africa if it employs only American or Western ideas, categories, and sensibilities. This is detrimental to African people and cultures lacking the …

Tough Economic Times Call For More Library Cooperation: Report On A Wyoming And Colorado Alliance Conference, Jeffrey Bullington, Janet Lee

Collaborative Librarianship

On April 10, 2009, the Alliance, a consortium of academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming, convened a conference on “Cooperation: How to Thrive Despite Reduced Funding.” Drawing on the expertise of national and state leaders in the fields of education and economics, conference participants heard from two keynote speakers about the changing environment of libraries and educational institutions. Referencing these changes, then, various local librarians explored ways collaboratively to advance library resources and services. An overview of these conference presentations perhaps may help libraries and their partners in other regions of the United States and elsewhere gain …

Open Access, Sustainability And Helping The Kids, Mitchell Davis

Collaborative Librarianship

At the end of the day, all we really have are words and language. In the field of human endeavor, anything starts with words -- spoken or thought -- that form the concepts of what we want to do (typically succeed, survive, etc.) or avoid (typically pain, failure, etc.). We live entirely within the context of the language we choose to use.

Event Program: United Way’S Campaign & Leadership Recognition Event, United Way Of Northeast Florida

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Form: The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida Sapphire Award Recognizing Community Health Excellence 2009 Nomination Information, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Booklet: Investing In America's Health, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Report: Investing In America's Health, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

2009 Blue Foundation Report To The Community, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

2009 Blue Foundation Report to the Community.

Sapphire Award Program: Grants And Awards Given, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

An informational document about grants and awards given through the Sapphire Award Program.

Garbage On The Green - Public Waste Audit/Recycle Education Event - University Of North Florida, 2009, Colleen Herms, April Moore

Garbage on the Green Reports

Garbage on the Green is an event organized to provide education and awareness of recycling practices on campus at UNF while performing a public waste audit. The purpose of the waste audit is to supply faculty and staff with a representative analysis of waste and recycling practices of representative buildings through the efforts of the Environmental Center and Physical Facilities. Students, faculty and staff are involved in the waste audit process to ensure campus community integration during the event.

New Gene Therapy To Repair Damaged Lungs For Transplantation, Timmy Wang

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

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