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Congkak, A Game That Connects Us With The World, Margaret Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

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Climate Change, Dead Zones, And Massive Problems In The Administrative State: A Guide For Whittling Away, J.B. Ruhl, James Salzman

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Mandates that agencies solve massive problems such as sprawl and climate change roll easily out of the halls of legislatures, but as a practical matter what can any one agency do about them? Serious policy challenges such as these have dimensions far beyond the capacity of any single agency to manage effectively. Rather, as the Supreme Court recently observed in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, agencies, like legislatures, do not generally resolve massive problems in one fell swoop, but instead whittle away over time, refining their approach as circumstances change and they develop a more nuanced understanding of how best …

The Effect Of Payer Status On The Quality Of Diabetes Care: Results From A Reach 2010 Project, Charles Hossler, Carolyn Jenkins, Marilyn Givens King

Faculty Articles

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of payer status on indicators of the quality of diabetes care delivered in four health care systems that participated in a REACH Coalition’s efforts to eliminate health care disparities for African Americans with diabetes.

Design and Methods: Secondary analyses of data from 899 health care records of people who received diabetes care were conducted to determine differences in quality of care by payer status. Extracted information included process information related to frequency of A1C, lipid, and kidney tests, foot examinations, and blood pressure measurements, as well as intermediate health …

Community Strategic Visioning As A Method To Define And Address Poverty: An Analysis From Select Rural Montana Communities, Paul Lachapelle, Eric Austin, Daniel Clark

Journal of Extension

Community strategic visioning is a citizen-based planning process in which diverse sectors of a community collectively determine a future state and coordinate a plan of action. Twenty-one communities in rural Montana participated in a multi-phase poverty reduction program that culminated in a community strategic vision process. Research on this process was guided by alternative definitions of poverty and place attachment literature. Results from the qualitative survey data show many descriptions of poverty outside of traditional economic definitions and illustrations on the significance of place. Implications and recommendations on the use of visioning in other contexts in Extension are discussed.

Ethical Reforms, The Budget Crisis, And Perceptions Of Quality Of Life In Illinois: Results And Analysis Of The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute 2009 Statewide Poll, Charles W. Leonard

The Simon Review (Occasional Papers of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute)

The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale conducted its second annual statewide public opinion survey in the fall of 2009. As in the inaugural survey in 2008, the Institute asked Illinoisans about their quality of life and about ways to deal with the state’s crippling budget deficits—whether cutting government spending or enhancing revenues. We also asked their opinions on a number of political and electoral reform ideas that had been well publicized over the summer of 2009 by the Illinois Reform Commission, appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn’s takeover from the impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed …

The Link, Vol 4, No. 1, February 2010, Illinois State University, Center For Teaching, Learning, And Technology

The Link

Newsletter for the Illinois State University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Patterns Of Nonresident Father Contact*, Jacob E. Cheadle, Paul R. Amato, Valarie King

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (NLSY79) from 1979 to 2002 and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (CNLSY) from 1986 to 2002 to describe the number, shape, and population frequencies of U.S. nonresident father contact trajectories over a 14-year period using growth mixture models. The resulting four-category classification indicated that nonresident father involvement is not adequately characterized by a single population with a monotonic pattern of declining contact over time. Contrary to expectations, about two-thirds of fathers were consistently either highly involved or rarely involved in their children’s lives. Only one group, …

World Heritage In A Changing Climate; The Potential For A Global Laboratory, Caithleen Daly

Conference papers

This paper presents ongoing research, partly undertaken on behalf of ICOMOS Ireland’s Sub-Committee on Climate Change and the Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government, into the effects of climate change on World Heritage (and proposed World Heritage) in Ireland. World Heritage sites in Ireland have been key to the formation of a cutting edge climate change monitoring project. The outlined monitoring scheme should form a legacy for the future, producing quantifiable data over the coming century, vital in the assessment of climate change impacts on cultural heritage. In turn this will enable the development of appropriate and sustainable management …

The Margin And The Center: A Study In Selected Works From Contemporary Egyptian Novels, Linda Istanbulli

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a study of the margins and the centers of Cairo as viewed through the lens of modern and contemporary Egyptian novels. I trace how these and other Egyptian writers map the main forces that shape centers of power, how centers of power see and use the marginalized, how the marginalized themselves picture these centers. The marginalized, by conceptual necessity, are defined by two cultures and two societies at the same time; the margin and the center. I explore how Egyptian writers locate and represent these two forces, and how this duality creates relationships that keep these two …

The Scale Of Population Structure In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Alexander Platt, Matthew Horton, Yu S. Huang, Yan Li, Alison E. Anastasio, Ni Wayan Mulyati, Jon Agren, Oliver Bossdorf, Diane Byers, Kathleen Donohue, Megan Dunning, Eric B. Holub, Andrew Hudson, Valerie Le Corre, Olivier Loudet, Fabrice Roux, Norman Warthmann, Detlef Weigel, Luz Rivero, Randy Scholl, Magnus Nordborg, Joy Bergelson, Justin O. Borevitz

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

The population structure of an organism reflects its evolutionary history and influences its evolutionary trajectory. It constrains the combination of genetic diversity and reveals patterns of past gene flow. Understanding it is a prerequisite for detecting genomic regions under selection, predicting the effect of population disturbances, or modeling gene flow. This paper examines the detailed global population structure of Arabidopsis thaliana. Using a set of 5,707 plants collected from around the globe and genotyped at 149 SNPs, we show that while A. thaliana as a species self-fertilizes 97% of the time, there is considerable variation among local groups. This level …

The Salt Shaker (Vol. 6, Issue 3), Valparaiso University

SALT Shaker

No abstract provided.

The Geography Of Undocumented Mexican Migration, Douglas S. Massey, Jacob S. Rugh, Karen A. Pren

Faculty Publications

Using data from Mexico’s Matrícula Consular program, we analyze the geographic organization of undocumented Mexican migration to the United States. We show that emigration has moved beyond its historical origins in west-central Mexico into the central region and, to a lesser extent, the southeast and border regions. In the United States, traditional gateways continue to dominate, but a variety of new destinations have emerged. California, in particular, has lost its overwhelming dominance. Although the geographic structure of Mexico-U.S. migration is relatively stable, it has nonetheless continued to evolve and change over time.

Sourcing Reform Competency And Effective Collaboration: A Resource Based View, Sudhi Seshadri

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Firms in the Asia Pacific region are rapidly globalizing their sourcing processes and effective collaboration with suppliers across borders is necessary for superior sourcing performance. Recent work in Resource Based View calls for business process level research into the resource-performance link and for survey research into global sourcing. We report on a survey research study with managers in the region, and develop measures that link practices to the goals of De-Constraining, Re-Branding and Re-Optimizing. We develop a model and test hypotheses based on predictions of RBV. We find that a latent sourcing resource Reform Competency is positively associated with these …

Journal Of The Book Of Mormon And Other Restoration Scripture Volume 19 Issue 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of The Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Ruang-Ruang Sosial Pekerja Ekonomi Bawah Tanah (Underground Economy), Erna Ermawati Chotim

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Price Manipulation In Indonesian Capital Market: Empirical Analysis On Stockbroker’S Behavior And Interaction Pattern Between Domestic Investors And Foreign Investors, Buddi Wibowo

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

Price manipulation in stock market transaction is an important issue when developing investor conidence and market integrity is a priority. Price manipulation is prevalent in emerging markets, which still have institutional problems and lack regulations. A stock market as a mutual company has an institutional problem when a stock broker instead of being an intermediary, behaves like a dealer and a principal for some stocks. A stock broker has strong incentives to give a signal to public investors about price of some stocks in order to get an unfair proit. A usual pattern of manipulation done by stock broker is …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for January 28-February 3, 2010. Vol. 84, No. 3.

The Daily Egyptian, January 28, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2010

No abstract provided.

Western News, Jan. 28, 2010, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Nonprofit leadership program named best in nation; John Wheeler appointed to lead education college; Students take first in national competition; On Campus with Lisa Knutson.

The Scarlet - Volume Xc, No. 12 (January 28, 2010), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet Archive (Student Newspaper) (1939-2011) (In Progress)

The January 28, 2010 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

The cover story for this issue is "Alexander Diaz's dream: The '100,000 Shoes to Make 200,000 Feet Happy Campaign'". Other headlines and coverage include David Angel appointment as Clark's ninth President, Dr. Melinda Boone speaks at Clark in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., new Massachusetts senator Scott Brown, the end of the 2000s, top albums of 2009, post-Avatar depression, and more.

Every issue of The Scarlet from the 2011-2012 academic year to the …

The Alestle - Vol. 62 No. 20 - 01/28/2010, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 62 No. 20

Gender And Species Use In Amazonian Home Gardens: The Social And Economic Context Of Biodiversity Conservation, Leigh Ann West, David S. Salisbury, Ana I. Ríos-Sanchez, Jorge Vela Alvarado

Geography and the Environment Poster Presentations

Home gardens, “the peridomestic area belonging to the household where members plant and/or tend useful plants” (Perrault-Archambault and Coomes 2008), are found throughout the world. However, their use and importance vary from region to region. In the Peruvian Amazon, owners use home gardens for a domestic supply of foods, craft materials, medicines, condiments, and shade (Miller and Nair 2006). With this wide range in function, reflected in species content, home gardens are very biodiverse.

Home garden biodiversity may be increasingly important in a rapidly changing Amazonia (Betts et al. 2008). Thus, the sociocultural and economic factors contributing to home garden …

The Changing Contexts And Transboundary Dynamics Of Reconciling Conservation And Development In The Amazon Borderlands, David S. Salisbury, Jorge Vela Alvarado, Cloe R. Franko

Geography and the Environment Poster Presentations

The 12,000 kilometers of international boundaries within the Amazon’s lowland rainforest biome form the axis of a borderland region shared by the nine states of Amazonia (Figure 1). These Amazon borderlands contain high concentrations of conservation units and indigenous territories to preserve the transboundary region’s rich ecological and cultural diversity (Figures 2 & 3). However, this biocultural diversity is increasingly threatened by advancing development frontiers and a growing global demand for Amazonian resources.

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The Cord (January 27, 2010)

The Cord

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The Utah Statesman, January 27, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Daily Eastern News: January 27, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

January

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Volume 47, Number 23: January 27, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Peter Solomon Follow Up From Thomas Greene, Thomas Greene, Peter J. Solomon

Documents

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The Identification Of Rana Ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural Impact On The Species Currently Known As Leptodactylus Ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) And Osteopilus Brunneus (Gosse, 1851) (Hylidae), Esteban O. Lavilla, José A. Langone, Ulisses Caramaschi, W. Ronald Heyer, Rafael O. De Sá

Biology Faculty Publications

The usage of the name Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758, is plagued by misidentifications and misinterpretations. After an exhaustive bibliographic review, we conclude that the Linnaeus 1758 name refers to Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851) from Jamaica, while the taxon currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus corresponds to Rana latrans Steffen, 1815. Herein, we designate and provide descriptions of the neotypes of Leptodactylus latrans (Steffen, 1815), revalidated, new combination, and Osteopilus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758), new combination, as a senior synonym of Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851).