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Women In Prison: Planning The Getaway: Vocational Education In A Southern Women's Correctional Institution, Aimee Michelle Burgdorf

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this research was to examine the vocational programs available to female inmates incarcerated in the only female prison in a southern state, to explore these inmates' thoughts, feelings, and perspectives about the programs available to them, and to determine whether these programs are unintentionally gender-biased or gender-stereotypical. Additionally, data were collected reflecting the vocational education instructors' thoughts, feelings, and perspectives on their programs as well as on the the inmate students enrolled in their programs. Additionally, detailed vocational program descriptions were obtained from the facility. These documents provided information about the kinds of jobs available for each …

Encouraged By A Little Progress: Voting Rights And The Contests Over Social Place And Civil Society In Tennessee's Fayette And Haywood Counties, 1958-1964, Richard Lavell Saunders

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Between 1958 and 1964 the citizens of black-majority populations in adjoining West Tennessee counties struggled to claim and exercise citizens' rights to participate in civil society. Voting rights activism amon the black community was answered with an economic embargo conducted by county officials and the busines community. Voting rights were the fracture point in civic society as both counties made the change from tenant to mechanized agriculture and wrestled over the civil and economic position of a no-longer-necessary laboring population. This study examines voter registration as a catalyst of socioeconomic change and social discourse in rural America. During the 1960s …

Investor Disagreement On Corporate Spin-Offs News, Daewon Kim

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study analyzes temporal trading volume surge associated with a firm's public announcement of its spinoff divesture. Combining Miller's (1977) static difference-of-opinion (DO) model with Banerjee and Kremer's (2010) dynamic DO model, this study investigates the effects of investors' differential interpretations of spinoff announcements on price changes for 221 corporate spinoffs in the U.S from 1964 to 2005. We measure the ex-ante level of DO as the degree of DO about a firm's value in a typical trading day prior to a spinoff announcement, and the event level of DO as the changed level of DO triggered by investors' differential …

Phase Iii Archaeological Excavations At The Woodlyn Site (22ds517): A Preliminary Report On Ams Dates And Associated Materials, Amanda Leigh Brock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The University of Memphis conducted field school excavations at the Woodlyn archaeological site (22DS517) during the summers of 1997 and 1998. Seventeen units were excavated yielding a multitude of artifacts, data, and features. AMS dates wee obtained from radiocarbon samples collected during the excavations. To better understand the extent of the temporal occupation at Woodlyn and to further refine the age range and cultural markers of the Walls Phase, I examined the artifacts and features associated with the dated radiocarbon samples. During the mid-sixteenth century, Woodlyn was a town included in the polity known as Quizquiz based on the Hernando …

Washington State Dependency Best Practices Report, Justice Bobbe J. Bridge, Michelle Ressa, Jacob D'Annunzio, Hathaway Burden, Dr. Sheri L. Hill, Lisa Kelly, Rose Wentz

Books

The judge's work in child abuse and neglect cases is among the most challenging of any judicial proceeding. The complexities are substantial. Such cases depend upon the exercise of discretion and good judgment together with the application of sound legal principles. The judge must call upon his or her most cherished skills—objectivity, wisdom, patience, and foresight—in circumstances of acute stress. Lives are literally at stake—the lives of the most vulnerable children and youth in our communities and the lives of families wracked by generations of poverty and despair. Families, children, and youth who have experienced intense trauma; who may be …

The Principal Genetic Determinants For Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma In China Involve The Hla Class I Antigen Recognition Groove, Minzhong Tang, J. A. Lautenberger, Xiaojiang Gao, Efe Sezgin, Sher L. Hendrickson, Jennifer L. Troyer, Victor A. David, Li Guan, Carl Mcintosh, Xiuchan Guo, Yuming Zheng, Jian Liao, Hong Deng, Michael Malasky, Bailey Kessing, Cheryl Winkler, Mary Carrington, Guy De The, Yi Zeng, Stephen J. O'Brien

Biology Faculty Articles

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial malignancy facilitated by Epstein-Barr Virus infection. Here we resolve the major genetic influences for NPC incidence using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), independent cohort replication, and high-resolution molecular HLA class I gene typing including 4,055 study participants from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangdong province of southern China. We detect and replicate strong association signals involving SNPs, HLA alleles, and amino acid (aa) variants across the major histocompatibility complex-HLA-A, HLA –B, and HLA -C class I genes (P_{HLA-A-aa-site-62}= 7.4×10⁻²⁹; P _{HLA-B-aa-site-116}= 6.5×10⁻¹⁹; P _{HLA-C-aa-site-156} = 6.8×10 …

The Genomes Of The Fungal Plant Pathogens Cladosporium Fulvum And Dothistroma Septosporum Reveal Adaptation To Different Hosts And Lifestyles But Also Signatures Of Common Ancestry., Pierre J.G.M. De Wit, Ate Van Der Burgt, Bilal Ökmen, Ionnis Stergiopulos, Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Andrea L. Aerts, Ali H. Bahkali, Henriek G. Beenen, Pranav Chettri, Murray P. Cox, Erwin Datema, Ronald P. De Vries, Braham Dhillon, Austen R. Ganley, Scott A. Griffiths, Yanan Guo, Richard C. Hamelin, Bernard Henrissat, M Shahjahan Kabir, Mansoor Karimi Jashni, Gert Kema, Sylvia Klaubauf, Alla Lapidus, Anthony Levasseur, Erika Lindquist, Rahim Mehrabi, Robin A. Ohm, Timothy J. Owen, Asaf Salamov, Arne Schwelm, Elio Schijlen, Hui Sun, Harrold A. Van Den Burg, Roeland C.H.J. Van Ham, Shuguang Zhang, Stephen B. Goodwin, Igor V. Grigoriev, Jérôme Collemare, Rosie E. Bradshaw

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

We sequenced and compared the genomes of the Dothideomycete fungal plant pathogensCladosporium fulvum (Cfu) (syn. Passalora fulva) and Dothistroma septosporum (Dse) that are closely related phylogenetically, but have different lifestyles and hosts. Although both fungi grow extracellularly in close contact with host mesophyll cells, Cfu is a biotroph infecting tomato, while Dse is a hemibiotroph infecting pine. The genomes of these fungi have a similar set of genes (70% of gene content in both genomes are homologs), but differ significantly in size (Cfu >61.1-Mb; Dse 31.2-Mb), which is mainly due to the difference in repeat content (47.2% …

The Cowl - V.77 - N.11 - Nov 29, 2012

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 77 - No. 11 - November 29, 2012. 28 pages.

Self-Construal Priming Affects Speed Of Retrieval From Short-Term Memory, Justin A. Macdonald, Joshua Sandry, Stephen Rice

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We investigated the effects of collective or individual self-construal priming on recall in a short-term memory (STM) task. We primed participants to either their individual or their collective self-construals or a neutral control condition. Participants then completed a STM retrieval task using either random or patterned digit strings. Findings revealed that priming an individual self-construal resulted in faster retrieval of information from STM for both stimulus types. These results indicate that individual self-accessibility improves retrieval speed of digits from STM, regardless of set configuration. More broadly, the present findings extend prior research by adding further evidence of the effects of …

Scott V. Google, United States District Court For The Northern District Of Florida

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Kimsey V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39412

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Hoffman V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39553

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

"Being Certain": Moral Distress In Critical Care Nurses, Marian Baxter

Theses and Dissertations

Published literature has focused on understanding moral distress from a descriptive standpoint. Missing from the literature is an exploration of the role a nurse can play in his/her/own moral distress.A qualitative study with an interpretive design incorporated Clandinin and Connelly' narrative methodology. Results highlighted assumptions were made by participants in the absence of resources, which led them to" know the right action to take" from their own perspective.

Usa V. Marion;Balice

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

The Pacifican November 29, 2012, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Development Of A Closed-Loop Force Reduction Mechanism In A Gait Rehabilitation Device, Jeffrey Frankart

Theses and Dissertations

Elliptical trainers are prescribed in rehabilitative exercise but difficult to implement in populations with significant functional gait deficits. Typical elliptical machines do not mimic normal gait and therefore require modifications for clinical rehabilitation. This research builds on previous modifications of an elliptical trainer designed to simulate level-surface walking. This design differed from a commercial version. It included articulated footplates and an electromechanically-driven virtual-cam to control footplate position. Ankle dorsiflexion elicited lower-extremity muscle spasticity which produced an unwanted gait variant during stroke patient testing. Spasticity is a hyperexcitable stretch reflex causing inefficient gait. This project’s purpose was to develop an autonomous …

Student Fee Review Board Application Workshop, Asunm, Gpsa

Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM)

No abstract provided.

November 29, 2012, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Women's Parliament Representation In Africa, Christopher Kayumba

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Free, Fair And Transparent Elections In The Building Process Of Peace And Security: The Case Of Rwanda, Pierre Damien Habumuremyi

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Nexus Between Unity/Reconciliation And Security: The Case Of Rwanda, Mrs. Fatuma Ndangiza

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Mission

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

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The Responsibility To Protect And Preventing Genocide In The Twenty-First Century, Herbert Hirsch

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

As the new century rolls on, as genocide continues in places such as Darfur and the old slogans such as “never again” and others retain the ring of insincerity, new prescriptions emerged as to how genocide is to be prevented in this 21st century. Already, however, the century is not so new and neither are the prescriptions. In order to fully understand the newest of the new ideas, The Responsibility to Protect, it must be placed within the context of international politics and a brief history of prevention in the late Twentieth Century.

Back Matter

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

No abstract provided.

The Question Of The Recent Expulsion Of Rwandans From Tanzania, Charles Gasarasi

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

From 2000 to 2006, more than 33,000 Rwandan immigrants were expelled from Tanzania. Most of them were expelled without regard to international conventions on rights and duties of countries that host legal or illegal immigrants. Tanzanian authorities accused the expelled persons of illegal settlement and implication in various crimes. The expelled immigrants, on the other hand, deplore acts of injustice, corruption, humiliation and theft of their goods perpetrated against them by Tanzanian local and regional authorities of Kagera Region. A correct diplomacy, facilitated by the Joint Technical Team, set up to resolve the expulsion related problems, has helped to moderate …

Darfur: After The Genocide Comes To An End, Then What?, Samuel Totten

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

Eventually, killing, fighting and rape between the various actors will come to a halt. Black Africans, the Government of Sudan and the international community will still be confronted to 7 main challenges: Arabs are now beginning to settle on land that the black Africans were forced off of by the GOS and Janjaweed; the inexorable desertification of more and more land in Darfur; the ever-increasing lack of adequate water sources in Darfur; the issue of reparations; the plight of females raped during the genocidal period, the status of the original complaints by the black Africans and the issue of bringing …

International Conference On The Great Lakes Region (Ic/Glr): Inception, Process And Achievements, Richard Sezibera

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

The Nairobi Pact of October 15th, 2006 on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region is achieved through long effort and process in the framework of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. This paper attempts to highlight the conditions of its inception and formulation process. However, in order to go beyond the achievements in policy formulations, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region requires a great commitment of leaders and peoples of the region as well as the international solidarity.

The Relationship Of Food And Academic Performance: A Preliminary Examination Of The Factors Of Nutritional Neuroscience, Malnutrition, And Diet Adequacy, Allison Woodhouse, Mark A. Lamport, Ph.D.

Christian Perspectives in Education

This article examines the extent of food’s impact on children’s academic achievement. The purpose of this study is to summarize existing research concerning the food-learning correlation and to synthesize studies regarding nutritional needs of the brain, malnutrition during development, and overall diet quality as related to academic achievement. Data finds a fundamental link between nutrition and cognition. Results suggest to the extent the brains of many United States schoolchildren do not receive the nutrients needed for optimal cognition, that academic performance may be consequentially reduced. Finally, a discussion of related learning theory and current debate, and practical implications for educational …

Student Government Association Constitution, Rollins College Student Government Association

SGA Governance Documents

No abstract provided.