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Complete V.4 Number 2 Dec 2011

Complete V.4 Number 2

Journal of Civil Law Studies

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Extract The Knowledge Structure Of Medical Problem Solving: Learning From Cognitive Science, Der-Fang Chen, Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai Dec 2011

Extract The Knowledge Structure Of Medical Problem Solving: Learning From Cognitive Science, Der-Fang Chen, Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai

Journal of Medical Education

Medical diagnosis is a central component of medical competency, while being considered a challenge for young physicians. Teaching the ways that medical experts solve clinical problems will enhance students' learning gains. However, medical problems are often dealt differently across cases, physicians, and expertise levels. In order to extract expertise from experts, this study is to review and summarize the techniques for expertise extraction in the field of cognitive science, and explored the relevancy for studying medical problem-solving. Methods: The literature and books on ”extracting expertise” in medicine or in other fields are retrieved. The expertise extraction techniques included those being …

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Problem-Based Learning Curriculum: Problems And Possible Solutions, Robert M. K. W. Lee Dec 2011

Problem-Based Learning Curriculum: Problems And Possible Solutions, Robert M. K. W. Lee

Journal of Medical Education

The use of problem-based learning (PBL) approach in education by medical schools around the world is still evolving based on local environmental factors, such as the willingness and ability of the teachers to adjust to this style of learning, and government regulations. In this article, I will present my personal views on the problems and challenges teachers/tutors may face in different components of a PBL medical education, and suggest some solutions or approaches PBL teachers may wish to consider in confronting or solving these problems. I will focus on lectures, tutorial process, teaching of clinical skills, and evaluation. In the …

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Educating Medical Students To Appreciate The Value Of Life: Implementing Practices For Teaching Empathy At The Medicaluniversity Level, Yu-Hua Liu, Wing P. Chan Dec 2011

Educating Medical Students To Appreciate The Value Of Life: Implementing Practices For Teaching Empathy At The Medicaluniversity Level, Yu-Hua Liu, Wing P. Chan

Journal of Medical Education

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess our teaching the value and meaning of life to our freshman medical students before they received their medical education, using a two stage approach known as ”Life Gardener.” Methods: We prospectively recruited 165 Year-1 medical students. In the first stage (”Sapling Care Operations”), which started at the beginning of the semester, students looked after a small flowering houseplant commonly known as the ”African violet” for sixteen weeks. The purpose of the care process was to inspire students to observe the life and death struggle and to contemplate factors affecting quality of …

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The Relationship Among Personality Traits, Perceived Emotional Intelligence, Andphysician Empathy In Medical Students, Molly Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Wang Dec 2011

The Relationship Among Personality Traits, Perceived Emotional Intelligence, Andphysician Empathy In Medical Students, Molly Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Wang

Journal of Medical Education

Objectives: Empathy is an essential factor for physician-patient communication. Personality traits and emotional intelligence can enhance the quality of one's empathic relating. This study explored the relationships among personality traits, perceived emotional intelligence (PEI), and physician empathy in medical students. Methods: Three hundred and twenty-three Taiwanese medical students completed a survey packet consisting of three standardized instruments: the Mini-Marker Scale, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), and the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy ‒ Student Version (JSPE-S). Results: Male medical students had higher scores in ”Neuroticism” than did the female respondents. Students in Years 2 and 3 had higher ”Neuroticism” scores …

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Students' Perception And Acceptance Of Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) In A Hybrid Traditional-Pbl Curriculum, Si Mui Sim, Lay Hoong Lian, M. S. Kanthimathi, Meow Keong Thong, Nget Hong Tan Dec 2011

Students' Perception And Acceptance Of Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) In A Hybrid Traditional-Pbl Curriculum, Si Mui Sim, Lay Hoong Lian, M. S. Kanthimathi, Meow Keong Thong, Nget Hong Tan

Journal of Medical Education

Even though there are several variants in its implementation, problem-based learning (PBL) is essentially a form of student-centred learning that involves enquiry-based discussion triggered by a problem and facilitated by a tutor in small groups. In a hybrid traditional-PBL curriculum where PBL runs parallel with conventional didactic teaching, there is always a concern that such curricular arrangement may produce undesirable learning behaviour. Therefore, this paper evaluated the students' perception and acceptance of PBL in such a learning environment. PBL was introduced in a gradual manner into the first three years of a revised undergraduate medical curriculum at the University of …

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Student Self Assessment On Acquiring Competencies Through Problem-Based Learning In The Preclinical Years Of Medical Education, Tan Chay-Hoon, Matthew Gwee, Dujeepa D. Samarasekera Dec 2011

Student Self Assessment On Acquiring Competencies Through Problem-Based Learning In The Preclinical Years Of Medical Education, Tan Chay-Hoon, Matthew Gwee, Dujeepa D. Samarasekera

Journal of Medical Education

Aims: This 2 part-study was to determine student self assessment on acquiring competencies for effective future learning through Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the first 2 years of medical education in the National University of Singapore. Methodology: Part 1 was a faculty-initiated study using questionnaire with 4 point Likert scale to survey all the students in 3rd, 4th and 5th year of their study. Part 2 was a student-initiated peer questionnaire survey on the same cohort of students. Results: Part 1: The response rate was 186/232 (80%) for year 3, 162/211 (76%) for year 4 and 182/202 (90%) for year 5. …

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Editorial: Press Release: African Criminology And Justice Association Policy Proposal On Black Unemployment, Biko Agozino Dec 2011

Editorial: Press Release: African Criminology And Justice Association Policy Proposal On Black Unemployment, Biko Agozino

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

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How States Facilitate Small Arms Trafficking In Africa: A Theoretical And Juristic Interpretation, Dawn L. Rothe, Jeffrey Ian Ross Dec 2011

How States Facilitate Small Arms Trafficking In Africa: A Theoretical And Juristic Interpretation, Dawn L. Rothe, Jeffrey Ian Ross

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

Small arms’ trafficking is complex and involves a host of actors. As numerous court documents, transcripts, United Nations and NGO reports have revealed, many state institutions play a prominent role in the facilitation of, complicity in, and implicit involvement in black and grey arms trafficking. We suggest that if we are to consider the vast number of actors involved in the trafficking of small arms, the issue of controls is highly problematic, given the extent of limited applicable international legal doctrines, such as joint criminal enterprise, criminal organization, or collective criminality. Furthermore, there are broader political issues that hinder efforts …

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Role Of Tobacco Promotions On Smoking, George Thomas, Rani George Dec 2011

Role Of Tobacco Promotions On Smoking, George Thomas, Rani George

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

The major goal of the study was to examine the impact of tobacco promotions on smoking among African American college students. The study was conducted among undergraduate students (N=257) and incoming freshmen (N=287) in a Historically Black University. The variables in this study include gender, membership in athletic teams; membership in Greek organizations; staying in residence halls; tobacco promotion, cigarette smoking among family members; and cigarette smoking among close friends. Results of the logistic regression analyses indicate that predictors vary with the status of the students (undergraduates versus incoming freshmen) and nature of smoking (lifetime versus current smoking). The results …

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Public Criminology: The Death Penalty In Trinidad News, Biko Agozino Dec 2011

Public Criminology: The Death Penalty In Trinidad News, Biko Agozino

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

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Re-Visiting The May 2008 Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa, Jephias Matunhu Dec 2011

Re-Visiting The May 2008 Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa, Jephias Matunhu

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

Xenophobia is a latent or obtrusive dislike of foreigners. It is anti-social and destructive of property and life. Xenophobic attacks in South Africa, which started around mid May in 2008 in the informal settlements of Alexandria claimed 62 lives. Thousands of foreigners were left homeless. What triggered the xenophobic attacks on foreigners? Better still, what can be done to stop xenophobia and xenophobic attacks in South Africa? This desktop research provides responses to these questions.

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Criminal Liability Of The Police In Cameroon: Prospects And Challenges, Ebai Eban Dec 2011

Criminal Liability Of The Police In Cameroon: Prospects And Challenges, Ebai Eban

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

This paper looks at the institutional framework and the procedural mechanisms involved in rendering police accountable through the criminal trial process in Cameroon. The difficulties involved in getting a police agent answer for his criminal misconduct as a result of the coexistence of the civil and common-law legal systems will be of particular interest. Challenges facing the criminal trial process prior to and after the enactment of a single criminal procedure code in Cameroon are also examined and recommendation offered with the view to enhancing the criminal trial of police officers in Cameroon without hampering the smooth running of their …

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The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian, By Robert E. Howard. Reviewed By Harley J. Sims., Harley J. Sims Dec 2011

The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian, By Robert E. Howard. Reviewed By Harley J. Sims., Harley J. Sims

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

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High Temperature Thermodynamic Properties Of Znte(S), Robert F. Brebrick Dec 2011

High Temperature Thermodynamic Properties Of Znte(S), Robert F. Brebrick

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

We have gathered the partial pressure, Knudsen cell, and emf measurements on ZnTe(s) from which the Gibbs energy of formation can be calculated. Published partial pressures of diatomic tellurium have been adjusted to take account of a subsequently published third law analysis of tellurium. The equation used to calculate the total pressure from the rate of mass loss from an extensive set of Knudsen cell measurements has been corrected to give a 5% increase in total pressure and the Gibbs energy of formation has been recalculated. A high temperature heat capacity for ZnTe(s) has been selected from the published data. …

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Funding Continuum For Private Business Owners: Evidence From The Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project Survey, Maretno A. Harjoto, John K. Paglia Dec 2011

Funding Continuum For Private Business Owners: Evidence From The Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project Survey, Maretno A. Harjoto, John K. Paglia

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

The Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project survey for business owners, administered during the spring of 2010, reveals an increasingly important role of friends and family (Friends/Family) to provide capital for privately-held businesses. Examining business owners’ perceptions of their sources of capital reveals that, overall, business owners prefer Friends/Family and angel financing as well as asset-based lenders and banks (ABL/Bank). Business owners consider Friends/Family financing to be the least costly. However, business owners also believe venture capital (VC), private equity (PE), and angels provide more benefits than friends/family and ABL/Bank. This study unveils a detailed spectrum of the funding continuum for …

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Putting Ratios Into A Firm Value Context For Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship Students, Tom Arnold Dec 2011

Putting Ratios Into A Firm Value Context For Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship Students, Tom Arnold

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Ratio analysis is generally presented as something that has to be calculated after completing other financial statements and is generally viewed, particularly by students, as busy-work with little value. This paper changes the context of ratio analysis in order to demonstrate how a focus on the information provided by ratios adds to the value of the firm. By dissecting the valuation of a publicly traded firm using a price to earnings ratio multiplier, value generating factors in the form of ratios, can be inferred for smaller non-publicly traded ventures.

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Brand Reputation And The Cost Of Capital: Evidence Of Adopting A Brand Name As The Corporate Name, Yilin Wu Dec 2011

Brand Reputation And The Cost Of Capital: Evidence Of Adopting A Brand Name As The Corporate Name, Yilin Wu

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This paper studies how the capital market perceives brand name adoption. I distinguish between brand adoption and radical type of corporate name change. A brand adoption name change occurs when the firm adopts one of its well-established brands as its new corporate name and a radical type occurs when the new name is semantically unrelated to firm history. Improved profitability and increased net investment accompany brand name adoption. After controlling for changes in the competing information sources, the accompanying improved economic performance, and the endogeneity of the decision to adopt a brand name, I find that, while there are no …

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Exploratory Study Of Their Behavior, Ali Fatemi, Iraj Fooladi, Nargess Kayhani Dec 2011

Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Exploratory Study Of Their Behavior, Ali Fatemi, Iraj Fooladi, Nargess Kayhani

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Sovereign wealth funds have recently moved to the front and center of discussion, both within the investment world and the political arena. In this paper we evaluate the differences and common features of these funds. Utilizing an ownership database, we probe the ownership, geographic, and industry concentration of the funds deployed by these entities. We also compare and contrast the main features of two of the largest sovereign wealth funds.

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E-Readiness And Entrepreneurship: A Cross Country Study Of The Link Between Technological Infrastructure And Entrepreneurial Activity, Richard L. Constand, Arthur H. Gilbert, Jr. Dec 2011

E-Readiness And Entrepreneurship: A Cross Country Study Of The Link Between Technological Infrastructure And Entrepreneurial Activity, Richard L. Constand, Arthur H. Gilbert, Jr.

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This current study focuses on the relationship between a country’s e-readiness environment and entrepreneurial activities. Many government policies assume there is a direct causal relationship between e-readiness and entrepreneurial activity and some past studies have reported evidence supporting such a link. In this paper, a cross country panel data analysis using three different measures of entrepreneurial activity and different measures of e-readiness examines this relationship. The results of this study provide only weak support for the hypothesized relationship. Furthermore, the results appear to be very sensitive to the choice of proxy variables chosen to represent entrepreneurial activity and the different …

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A Review On Convolutions Of Gamma Random Variables, Baha-Eldin Khaledi, Subhash C. Kochar Dec 2011

A Review On Convolutions Of Gamma Random Variables, Baha-Eldin Khaledi, Subhash C. Kochar

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Due to its wide range of applications, the topic of the distribution theory of convolutions of Gamma random variables has attracted the attention of many researchers. In this paper we review some of the latest developments on this problem.

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Keeping It Real: Teaching And Learning In The Harry Potter Series, Mary E. N. Vaughn Dec 2011

Keeping It Real: Teaching And Learning In The Harry Potter Series, Mary E. N. Vaughn

Honors Theses

Scholars have noted that embedded in the plot of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series are representations of teaching and learning in and outside of the classroom. In fact, much study has been dedicated to analyzing pedagogical techniques present in the series, some of which studies I will be discussing below. The novels also reflect real problems and issues in the classroom. How people react to the educational process depicted in the text grows out of popularized conceptions or misconceptions of real-world education. Considering that Rowling was an educator before becoming established as a writer, she probably has some ideas …

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A Critical Edition Of Madison Cawein: Examining The Effects Of Modernism On Regional Poetry, Kristin Teston Dec 2011

A Critical Edition Of Madison Cawein: Examining The Effects Of Modernism On Regional Poetry, Kristin Teston

Honors Theses

When I first began this project, I had hopes of discovering that long forgotten poet, Madison Cawein, was one of America’s early Modernist writers. However, as time progressed and as I became intimate with Cawein’s work I realized that he was, in fact, not a Modernist. Rather, Cawein’s writing reveals interesting insight on how poets steeped in traditional form were affected by the shift to the Modernist ways thinking and writing. Although, as this project will later reveal, Cawein was much opposed to the free verse style of Modernist writing his concerns about the ever changing modern world closely relate …

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Reading Ability Of Third Grade Southern Dialect, Katelynn Gibson Dec 2011

Reading Ability Of Third Grade Southern Dialect, Katelynn Gibson

Honors Theses

Fourth grade is a critical time period because the reading style changes from learning to read to reading to learn. Studies have shown that if a student does not have proficient reading skills, they will struggle throughout the rest of school and have a higher risk of high school dropout (“Early Warning: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters, 2010). The Southern dialect can have an effect on reading. Goodman and Buck (1997) have stated that “the speakers of the low-status dialects of English have much higher rates of reading failure than high status dialect readers” (p. 455). …

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You Make Me Feel: A Study Of The Gay Rights Movement In New Orleans, Jelisa Thompson Dec 2011

You Make Me Feel: A Study Of The Gay Rights Movement In New Orleans, Jelisa Thompson

Honors Theses

This document is an examination of all the elements that made the social and cultural emergence of the gay community in New Orleans that I am going to term as the Gay Rights Movement. In addition to these I will examine the three events listed above and explain how each of these events and the subsequent responses from the gay community all constitute the city’s Gay Rights Movement. Furthermore I will examine how the gay community in New Orleans successfully and unsuccessfully established itself as a modern gay community in the wake of the Gay Rights Movement. In doing each …

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Attitudes And Perceptions Of Early Childcare Professionals In Community-Based Programs In Regard To Inclusion Of Children With Disabilities, Catherine Parker Dec 2011

Attitudes And Perceptions Of Early Childcare Professionals In Community-Based Programs In Regard To Inclusion Of Children With Disabilities, Catherine Parker

Honors Theses

The purpose of the study was to determine why early care and education facilities are not identified as inclusive. This study compared the differences in attitude toward inclusive programming among directors, preschool teachers, and infant/toddler teachers in early care and education facilities. This study addressed two questions in regard to the attitudes and perceptions of early childhood professionals. First, what are the attitudes of early childhood professionals toward advantages and disadvantages of inclusive classrooms and how their attitudes may differ depending on staff position? Second, what are the major obstacles identified by early childhood professionals to inclusive programming and how …

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Legislative Effects On The Morbidity Rates Of Meningococcal Disease Within The United States, Ashley Brown Dec 2011

Legislative Effects On The Morbidity Rates Of Meningococcal Disease Within The United States, Ashley Brown

Honors Theses

The main focus of this research is to compare the different methods used to control the outbreak of meningococcal disease and determine which one has the greatest effect on the morbidity rates by comparing the number of annual cases before and after the passing of the law. I hypothesize that the variation in state requirements will result in a difference in the incidence of meningococcal disease in each state. I predict that states requiring the vaccine will show a significant decrease in morbidity rates after the passing of the legislation.

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A Study Of John Piper’S Sermon Preparation: A Model For Pastors Who Emphasize The Supremacy Of God In Expository Preaching, Sunghyun J. Pae Dec 2011

A Study Of John Piper’S Sermon Preparation: A Model For Pastors Who Emphasize The Supremacy Of God In Expository Preaching, Sunghyun J. Pae

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation aims to answer the question, How can the preacher complete the process of his expository sermon preparation to manifest God's glory and exalt His supremacy in preaching by studying Piper's life and methods? Based on an analysis of Piper's writings and selected sermons, this project investigates Piper's background and influences on his God-centered life and theological system. It then discuses Piper's principles and skills of biblical exegesis, and it looks into the major influence on Piper's biblical exegesis. It also describes Piper's philosophy of preaching: Piper's motivation and purpose of preaching, and it investigate great preachers who impacted …

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Single Parenting And Faith: Does It Have An Influence On Their College-Aged Children's Life Outcomes?, Starla Kay Quinn Dec 2011

Single Parenting And Faith: Does It Have An Influence On Their College-Aged Children's Life Outcomes?, Starla Kay Quinn

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Nearly 60 percent of America's children will spend part of their childhood in a single parent family in one form or another. Past research has examined correlations between spirituality and mental as well as physical health. In addition, there is a marginal amount of study regarding the parental influence of faith on child outcomes in two-parent families. A quantitative study utilizing a cross-sectional design was employed. Data analysis was completed employing a series of multiple regressions to ascertain the correlations of the aforementioned constructs. The study revealed that parental religious commitment to faith was significantly correlated with the development of …

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Don't Argue With The Members, Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein Dec 2011

Don't Argue With The Members, Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Mel Pollner regularly cautioned researchers not to argue with the members of settings under consideration. He warned against substituting the researcher’s meaning for the meanings of those being studied. This article discusses facets of the caution as they relate to the research process. Seemingly simple, the tenet is nuanced in application. The article adds to the nuance by distinguishing what is called the “replacement” of meaning with the “displacement” of meaning, providing a way of understanding what members could mean if the contexts and settings of their accounts were taken into consideration.

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