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Calligraphy Paintings In Malaysia: Clarification As An Art Tradition, N.A. Hamidon, D.H. Md. Zain, R. Bujang, M. Janeri

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

From the perspective of history and tradition, the art of calligraphy painting is seen to co-exist from two distinct traditions of the arts, that of the west and east traditions. Both traditions converge to form a new phenomenon via the assimilation process of the modern era. The phenomenon led to the formation of an art tradition - a premise both assumed and proven - wherein the form is indicative of the times seen in the light of conflicting cultural and ideological knowledge vis-a-vis the Islamic and secular values. However this phenomenon can be seen as an integrative element between various …

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied?: Divorce Case Management In Malaysian Shariah Court, S.Z. Ismail, I. Abdul Ghani Azmi, Z. Yasoa

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

One of the problems that influence the quality of administering justice is the duration of court proceeding. This problem has been significantly recognized in many countries. In Malaysia, the lengthy duration of court proceedings pertaining to divorce cases of Muslim couples is particularly considered to be a problem in Malaysian shariah court. In fact, this is the most prevalent complaint ever lodged by the public to Shariah Judiciary Department (JKSM) every year. While it is true that delay indicates inefficiency in management, the interpretive standard used by the JKSM concerning delay is applied for cases which reach settlement after 360 …

Bibliography Of Scholarship On Indigenous Literatures And Cultures, Angeline O'Neill, Albert Braz

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Who Am I And Who Do You Want Me To Be? Effectively Defining A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Social Group In Asylum Applications, Keith Southam

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Asylum law provides an area within immigration law that is unexpectedly friendly to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender persons. Persons who suffer persecution on account of "membership in a particular social group" are eligible to live and work in the United States. This encompasses lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender persons who suffer persecution. However, United States law does not clearly define applicable standards in this area. As a result, different adjudicators in the asylum process focus on different methodological approaches and sometimes inject bias into the process. In addition, because the terms "lesbian," "gay," "bisexual," and "transgender" are …

Chd Knowledge And Risk Factors Among Filipino-Americans Connected To Primary Care Services, Alona Dalusung-Angosta

Nursing Faculty Presentations

Problem:

Despite growing numbers of FAs in the U.S. and high CHD prevalence, only limited studies are available in the the literature.

Contributing factors?

• Lack of knowledge
• Sociodemographic (SD)/Socioeconomic (SE) variables

La Máscara Afro-Puertorriqueña: Una Auto-Re-Presentación A Través De La Búsqueda De La Identidad Racial, Étnica Y Nacional En Down These Mean Streets, Forrest Blackbourn

The Coastal Review

This article analyzes the textual elements of Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean Streets that demonstrate, in addition to the continual problematization of closed racial categories, the problems that are associated with static categorizations of ethnicity and nationality. This article calls into question traditional definitions of race, yet it also challenges definitions of Puerto Rican and Nuyorican identities. Race, nationality, and ethnicity are all vital elements to the human experience, and we will discover who is/are responsible for the protagonist Piri’s lack of racial recognition in the United States.

Family Environment Externalizing And Internalizing Behaviors Among Adolescents In St. Lucia, St. Clair P. Alexander

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The family is uniquely positioned either to positively or negatively influence the well-being, development, and adjustment of adolescents. There is a considerable body of research in the general literature associating the family environment with adolescent externalizing and internalizing behaviors of adolescents. St. Lucia, and the rest of the Caribbean, have distinctive cultural and familial habits and patterns that may influence adolescents' behavior. However, little or no attention has been given to assessing empirically the role that family dynamics may play in adolescents' behavior on the island of St. Lucia. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between …

Imagining Europe In Postsocialist Cities, Maya Nadkarni

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Embeddedness And New Idea Discussion In Professional Networks: The Mediating Role Of Affect-Based Trust, Roy Y. J. Chua, Michael W. Morris, Paul Ingram

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This article examines how managers' tendency to discuss new ideas with others in their professional networks depends on the density of shared ties surrounding a given relationship. Consistent with prior research which found that embeddedness enhances information flow, an egocentric network survey of mid-level executives shows that managers tend to discuss new ideas with those who are densely embedded in their professional networks. More specifically, embeddedness increases the likelihood to discuss new ideas by engendering affect-based trust, as opposed to cognition-based trust. Implications for network and creativity research are discussed.

Unlv Stars Unabridged Report, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Reports (USI)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, by earning a 2011 Silver Rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Ratings System (STARS), is ahead of the curve among public universities – and improving.

STARS is a voluntary, self–reporting framework developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) to help measure sustainability performance over time and among colleges and universities nationwide. The UNLV Sustainability Council oversaw STARS, which by measuring sustainability can help UNLV to reduce energy consumption and waste, improve education, attract research, and generate jobs.

A rating of Silver puts UNLV in great company – with …

The Classroom Environment: The Silent Curriculum, Brittany Allen, Katie Hessick

Psychology and Child Development

This senior project focused on the physical environment of elementary school classrooms, with a particular emphasis on how environmental factors influence behavior and academic achievement. Such environmental factors included lighting, color, acoustics, temperature, seating arrangements, space and crowding, and living kinds such as plants and animals. Previous research has demonstrated a connection between student behavior and the classroom environment. Taylor and Vlastos (2009) developed a theory regarding the relationship between environment and design within the classroom. They referred to the physical environment of the classroom as the “silent curriculum” and hold strongly to the belief that understanding the physical environment …

Celebrity Environmentalists: The Effects Of The Rich And Famous On Conservation Efforts, Lauren Ashley Brown

Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

'Mai Pen Rai': A Cultural Ecology Of Thailand, Darcie Plocher

Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Urbanization, Obesity, And The Protective Effect Of Traditional Food Behaviors In Fiji, Danielle Christine Krause

Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Intergenerational Crime From A Sociological Standpoint, Anna Robosson

Social Sciences

The focus of this project will be the patterns and causes of intergenerational crime within the United States.  Ultimately, the goal of the project is to explain the phenomenon, as it is becoming a rising problem in the country.

Assessing The Park Visitor Behavior At Los Osos Skate Park, Kristen Mcclay

Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration

Skateboarding began in California over 50 years ago and has grown internationally.  The purpose of this study was to assess the behavior of park visitors at Los Osos Skate Park.  This park was fully supervised and this study can serve as a tool for park management.  The researcher observed the skate park during operating hours throughout April 2011.  The subjects of this study were park visitors actively skateboarding, or passively watching.  The dominant demographic for skateboarders were adolescent males.  This study found peak times were weekdays afterschool, adult park visitors display the most positive behavior, and middle school park visitors …

Managing Risk In A Failing It Project: A Social Constructionist View, Wee-Kiat Lim, Siew Kien Sia, Adrian Yeow

CCX Research

Why do IT projects continue to stumble, despite the proliferation of risk management methodologies and a growing body of knowledge on project risk assessment and mitigation? In this paper, we propose an alternative theoretical perspective that views project risk as a social construction process shaped by the risk accounts of social groups and actors within an implementation context. Risk management is embedded in the social processes where risks are negotiated and contested, with some risk accounts amplified and some attenuated. Through the analysis of a large IT implementation in an Asian logistics firm and its trajectory of successive crises, we …

Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs: Relevance For Persons With Dementia, Nina M. Silverstein, Alison S. Gottlieb

Gerontology Institute Publications

The context for this study is the work of the Healthy Brain Initiative. The CDC has established a cooperative agreement with the Alzheimer’s Association to develop and implement a multifaceted approach to look at cognitive health as a public health issue. Late in 2010, the Association commissioned a review of the major chronic disease prevention programs from a systems approach to begin to understand the source of findings that Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s and related disorders are much higher cost than those simply with a single chronic disease and no AD. This led to the conclusion that Chronic Disease Self‐Management …

Integrating Information Literacy Into Technology Literacy Classes, Rory Patterson, Elizabeth Ann Rowlette

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Korean Ethnic Identity In The United States 1900-1945, Thomas Dolan, Kyle Christensen

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

Although Koreans and Korean Americans are ubiquitous in contemporary American society, the migration of Koreans to the United States did not begin until long after other East Asians (Japanese and Chinese) were brought to Hawaii and the West Coast. In 1900 only 31 Koreans were in the entire United States, but by 1910 over 4,000 had come. These fIrst Koreans corning to America differed from Chinese and Japanese immigrant workers primarily in that they were Christians, and many of the early Koreans also came as families instead of single men. As their numbers increased, the Koreans set up communities in …

Global Sex Trade And Women Trafficking In Nigeria, Rasheed O. Olaniyi

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

Academic discourses and policy debates on the phenomenon of women trafficking have focused on the threat of illegal migration, migration management, and the stereotypical linkages between criminality and migration. Such themes neglected the perspectives of trafficking victims and the social context, most especially closed borders and poverty. Obviously, women trafficking constitute one of the anxieties and disruptive effects of globalization. For many women, migration across the polarized economy under the regime of globalization is associated with exploitation, criminalization, and insecurity. This paper argues that trafficking in women reflects inequality on a global scale: transfer of resources from depressed economy to …

Ghanaians In Amsterdam, Their "Good Work Back Home" And The Importance Of Reciprocity, Ton Dietz, Valentina Mazzucato, Mirjam Kabki, Lothar Smith

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

This paper discusses the particular and strategic roles, which migrants play in the development of their country of origin, notably their rural "hometowns." It is based on a multi-sited, contemporaneous study in cultural economics that explores the influence of transnational ties between Ghanaian migrants in Amsterdam with individual and collective actors in Ghana, notably in rural Ashanti communities. This paper highlights the role of institutions, linking communities living abroad to their people back home, or broader: in the home country. In this contribution two of these, inter-linked institutions get special attention: community development, and funerals.

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Analyzing Democratization With A Social Network Approach, Steffen Mohrenberg

Working Papers

External factors of democratization are variables on the international level which are assumed to influence democratization within countries. It is plausible to describe some of these factors as relational concepts. From this relational perspective, methods of social network analysis can contribute to the understanding of changes in the level of democracy in countries around the globe.

First, the terms regime, democracy, and democratization are clarified. Second, explanations of democratization are presented as internal and external factors. Third, the basic ideas and principles behind the quantitative analysis of social networks are sketched. Fourth, a list of external factors of democratization with …

Who Killed The Inner Circle? The Breakdown Of The American Corporate Elite Network, 1999-2009, Johan S. G. Chu, Gerald F. Davis

2011

This paper analyzes the properties of the board interlock network connecting the largest American corporations between 1999 and 2009. We find that the former stability of the network—in which a handful of banks and multinationals held positions at the center, a few dozen directors served on a large number of boards, and thus the distance between any two companies or directors was short—has largely collapsed during the past decade. There is no longer a stable core of companies that reliably occupies a center, and the mean geodesic has gone up continuously since 2002. The proximal cause is that no cohort …

Soci 101s.30: Introduction To Sociology, Teresa R. Sobieszczyk

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Soci 355.30: Population And Society, Teresa R. Sobieszczyk

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Publishing In Amj: Part 1: Topic Choice: From The Editors, Jason A. Colquitt, Gerard George

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The authors reflect on the criteria of effective topics that get published in the journal. They state that effective topics allow researchers to pursue an interesting direction that ignites and maintains curiosity, uncovers actionable insights, and builds an ambitious study. They talk about several topics that had an ambitious scope, such an an examination of social capital and career success, and topics that touch upon multiple perspectives. They recommend against topics that are too familiar.

Relation-Specific Creative Performance In Voluntary Collaborations: A Micro-Foundation For Competitive Advantage?, Terence Ping Ching Fan, Duncan Robertson

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

A fundamental question in the strategy literature is how sustainable competitive advantage can be generated within one firm and yet difficult to copy by another. We offer one solution to this conundrum by way of relation-specific performance that is developed in creative projects – where the individuals involved have significant latitude on the intended objectives as well as their collaborators on these projects. Because higher-level cognition is involved in navigating such projects from conception to implementation, there is heightened relation-specificity in their performance – as measured by how widely they are adopted by third-party users. This relationspecificity means that any …

Data Note: Job Seekers With Disabilities At One-Stop Career Centers: An Examination Of Registration For Wagner-Peyser Funded Employment Services, 2002 To 2009, David Hoff, Frank A. Smith

Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

The Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 established a nationwide system of public employment services, known as the Employment Service. Via the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Employment Service was made part of the One-Stop Career Center service-delivery system. Wagner-Peyser is a primary source of funding for these centers, which make employment services available to all people, including those with disabilities. There are currently 1,800+ comprehensive One-Stop Career Centers throughout the United States, as well as satellite and affiliate centers.