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Empowering Children Living In Poverty In The Huruma Slum, Amy Lepp

Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration

Many children living in poverty around the world are unable to attend school and complete an education. When I Grow Up and the Furaha Community Centre have partnered together to provide children of the Huruma slum with an opportunity to attend school and hopefully escape the life of poverty. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors contribute to student success on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examination, and if the program funded by When I Grow Up is addressing factors that will empower students to succeed in their education. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire …

06 Climatology Of The U.S. Inter-Mountain West, Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, Robert R. Gillies

Modern Climatology

The Inter-Mountain West (IMW) of North America is a region that lies between the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Cascades and Sierra Nevada to the west (Fig. 1). The climate of the IMW is generally semi-arid but this varies by location and elevation. An estimated 50- 80% of the IMW’s streams and rivers are fed by mountain snowpack (Marks and Winstral 2001), while the majority of the streams and rivers flow into desert sinks or closed-basin lakes such as the Great Salt Lake (Fig. 1). These streams and rivers create some agriculturally productive areas in the otherwise dry …

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

March 2012, Volume 5, Issue 1

Alumni Journal - Volume 83, Number 1, Loma Linda University School Of Medicine

Alumni Journal, School of Medicine

Features:
10 | New Directions - The executive director shares her vision for the Alumni Association
12 | APC 2012 | March 1-5 - A preview of homecoming weekend
20 | Kevin Ganis ’14 in Guyana - A student tells about his mission elective
24 | Cover Story: Gilbert Burnham ’68 - An alumni profile of a humanitarian scholar

News:
6 | School of Medicine News
30 | Alumni Activities
32 | In Memoriam

Regulars:
4 | Editorial
5 | The President’s Page
8 | The Dean’s Page
38 | Placement Ads

Post-Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration: Final Report Volume 4 Of 4, Barbara Gage, Melvin Ingber, Laura Smith, Anne Deutsch, Tracy Kline, Jill Dever, Judith Abbate, Richard Miller, Brieanne Lyda-Mcdonald, Cynthia Kelleher, Danielle Garfinkel, Joshua Manning, Christopher M. Murtaugh, Margaret Stineman, Trudy Mallinson

Clinical Research and Leadership Faculty Publications

This is the Final Report for the Post-Acute Care Payment Reform Demonstration (PAC-PRD), authorized by section 5008 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 109-171. The report has 12 sections, which are divided into four volumes: Volume 1: Executive Summary. Volume 2: Sections 1-4 (Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Underlying Issues of the PAC-PRD Initiating Legislation; Section 3: Developing Standardized Measurement Approaches: The Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE); Section 4: Demonstration Methods and Data Collection) Volume 3: Sections 5-6 (Section 5: Framework for Analysis; Section 6: Factors Associated with Hospital Discharge Destination) Volume 4: Sections 7-12; References …

Benchmarking Us Department Of Veterans Affairs Dermatologic Services: Results From A National Survey, L. Kendall Krause, Leilani Townsend, Michael L. Orser, Jennifer Mulhausen, Jodi Duke, Weston T. Waxweiler, Robert P. Dellavalle

United States Public Health Resources

Background: How well Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dermatology services provide clinical care, medical education, and innovative research is a largely unexplored topic in the literature.

Objective: We sought to benchmark VA dermatology services by surveying VA dermatologists about their environment, resources, and the pros and cons of working in the VA.

Methods: Printed surveys were mailed to VA dermatologists and responses were compiled and analyzed.

Results: Of 105 dermatology services surveyed, 48% returned surveys completed by board-certified dermatologists (n = 50); 20 surveys completed by nondermatologists were excluded from the analysis. Most services trained …

The Banner - V. 147, No. 3 - (March 2012), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Can Good Stewards Grow the Economy? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: God the Parent by Joan De Vries / 8 - IMHO: The Belhar: Social Gospel or Confession? by Julian Ross Hudson / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: Michigan Group Responds to Synod’s Decision on Homosexuality / 18 - Changing the World—One Creative Act at a Time by Don Perini / 20 - Frequently Asked Questions / 21 - On the Journey: Celebrating Our Baptism by Dale Melenberg / 22 - A Heart for the World by …

Inside Rankings: Limitations And Possibilities, Kerryann O’Meara, Matthew Meekins

New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications

Americans love ranking systems. Whether we are ranking the hottest celebrities, the top ten singles, the top chef, or the next design star, ranking seems to be built into the American psyche as a symptom of our competitive, aspirational nature, and our desire to quickly understand the value of things.

The purpose of this article is to present our critique of the main weaknesses and contributions of dominant ranking systems, to consider some of the positive and/or neutral roles that they are serving, and to offer three examples of purposes and goals of higher education we think they are not …

Cutr Connections [March 2012], Cutr

CUTR Newsletters

No abstract provided.

An Assessment Of Public Transportation Markets Using Nhts Data, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.

An Approach To Calculate Overall Efficiency Of Rolling Stock For An Urban Rail Transit System, Qamar Mahboob, Thomas Stoiber, Stephanie Gottstein, Antonios Tsakarestos

Journal of Public Transportation

Inefficiency of urban rail transit systems (URTS) results in a lower standard of service than required and has negative economic impacts. Many efforts have been undertaken to calculate the efficiency of URTS or their subunits. Overall equipment efficiency (OEE) as a measure of efficiency is a simple, flexible, and efficient formula. The OEE measure ensures that equipment is available and fully capable of producing quality goods/services for the maximum time of operation and is being used in a proper way. This paper discusses the idea of the OEE from the field of production and how it can be applied to …

Competitive Strategies And Firm Performance: A Comparative Study Of Malaysian And Indonesian Small And Medium Enterprises, M. Mohd Rosli, F. Kuswantoro, A.R. Che Omar

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Increased globalisation process since the conclusion of the Uruguay multilateral trade agreement in 1994 has bought about greater competition in the marketplace and renewed interest in competition theory and empirical work on firm performance. This gives rise to a huge number of theories, frameworks and empirical studies just to describe the relationship between some potential explanatory variables and firm performance. Traditionally, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) confine their activities to the region of their presence, and the fact that most of them remain in their national boundaries. Thus, a majority of the actors in less developed countries give little emphasis …

Forum Choice For Terrorism Suspects, Aziz Huq

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

What forum should be used to adjudicate the status of persons suspected of involvement in terrorism? Recent clashes between Congress and the president as to whether the status of terrorism suspects should be determined via Article III courts or military commissions have revived the debate about this venue question. The problem is typically framed as a matter of legal doctrine, with statutory and doctrinal rules invoked as dispositive guides for sorting suspects into either civilian or military venues. This Article takes issue with the utility of that framing of the problem. It argues that the forum question can more profitably …

Perceptions Of Usability And Usefulness In Digital Libraries, Krystyna K. Matusiak

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship

This paper provides an overview of a case study research that investigated the use of Digital Library (DL) resources in two undergraduate classes and explored faculty and students’ perceptions of educational digital libraries. This study found that students and faculty use academic DLs primarily for textual resources, but turn to the open Web for visual and multimedia resources. The study participants did not perceive academic libraries as a useful source of digital images and used search engines when searching for visual resources. The limited use of digital library resources for teaching and learning is associated with perceptions of usefulness and …

African Poverty, Duncan Kennedy

Washington Law Review

African extreme poverty is probably a function (although not solely) of the balkanized post-colonial geopolitics of Africa. It is also probably a function (although not solely) of the income distribution generated by a typically perverse African political economy, through its effect on the allocation of resources to development. As between these two causes, the second is probably much the more important. This reinterpretation puts considerably more of the blame for African poverty on the Western great powers than does the “poverty trap” analytic that is a common contemporary way of thinking about the African economic situation.

A Case Study Of The Effects On Academic Achievement Of An After School Program In Paterson, New Jersey, Sebastian S. Calabria

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The past decade has seen an increase in the interest in after school programs, especially in urban communities throughout the United States. Community leaders, educational officials, and parents have identified after school programs as one solution to children's unsupervised hours between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Although such school-based programs suggest the transformation of schools into babysitting agencies, research supports the usefulness of structured after school programs in improvement of student achievement especially for socioeconomically deprived, at-risk children. In addition, many after school programs have been designed to reduce violence, crime by youth, and drug use in the community. The …

The Impact Of Weather On Bus Ridership In Pierce County, Washington, Victor W. Stover, Edward D. Mccormack

Journal of Public Transportation

A factor that influences transit ridership but has not received much attention from researchers is weather. This paper examines the effects of weather on bus ridership in Pierce County, Washington, for the years 2006–2008. Separate ordinary least squares regression models were estimated for each season, as weather conditions may have different effects depending on the time of year. Four weather variables were considered: wind, temperature, rain, and snow. High winds negatively affected ridership in winter, spring, and autumn. Cold temperatures led to decreases in ridership in winter. Rain negatively affected ridership in all four seasons, and snow was associated with …

The Potential Role Of Flexible Transport Services In Enhancing Rural Public Transport Provision, Nagendra R. Velaga, John D. Nelson, Steve D. Wright, John H. Farrington

Journal of Public Transportation

This paper explores the existing context of public transport provision in rural and remote areas illustrated with experience from Scotland. A critical review of existing Flexible Transport Services (FTS) in rural areas is provided and illustrated with selected case studies, with the objective of identifying the extent to which FTS can enhance the public transport offer. Findings confirm that FTS offers considerable potential to contribute to and support the public transport system in rural areas; however, the paper also identifies the many challenges in successful development or enhancement of FTS in rural areas.

Map Displays And Exhibits, Katherine Rankin

Library Faculty Research

Many patrons do not even know libraries have map collections, let alone what kinds of maps are in them or how they could use those maps. Map displays and exhibits can help increase interest in map collections. Muriel Strickland wrote an article on casual map displays with the title "Map Displays: a Means of Promoting Map Use" in volume 17, number 3 of the WAML IB (June 1986). One of the purposes of my writing this article is to reprise some of the valuable information in Muriel's article; because it was published so long ago, many of the present WAmL …

When Bigger Is Not Always Better: Making “Cents” Of Illinois School District Reform Proposals, Craig Griffin

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

School district consolidation is a perennial topic in Illinois.  This Comment provides an overview of the school district reform proposals that surfaced during the 97th General Assembly and discusses the merits of each.  In particular, it notes that both the financial savings and academic gains touted by proponents of consolidation as potential benefits are, in fact, claims that are unsupported by evidence and which are likely to be nonexistent in practice.  Instead, the Comment argues that school districts as they are currently formed continue to offer benefits to local residents that oftentimes are not given serious consideration by the state's …

Mother Teresa And The Bodhisattva Ideal: A Buddhist View, Karma Lekshe Tsomo Phd

Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship

The notion of the bodhisattva, the selfless individual who is dedicated to alleviating the sufferings of others, is traditionally articulated within a Mahāyāna Buddhist framework. The question posed here is whether and to what extent this religious ideal can be conceived or, or instantiated by, individuals whose religiosity is framed by a different set of be- liefs and values, taking the Roman Catholic Sister of Charity, Mother Teresa, as an example. The broader question of commensurability arises when the criteria for qualifying as a bodhisattva, set within a specifically Mahāyāna context, are superimposed upon a figure who is solidly grounded …

Empowerment Through Incorporation: The Trouble With Agreement Making And Tribal Sovereignty, Kouslaa Tunee Kessler-Mata

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

Massachusetts Immigrants By The Numbers, Second Edition: Demographic Characteristics And Economic Footprint, Alan Clayton-Matthews, Paul Watanabe

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

With this update to the original groundbreaking study of Massachusetts Immigrants by the Numbers in 2009, we continue to focus on the economic and social contributions that immigrants have made in building the vibrant Massachusetts economy. It shows that, despite heightened public debate, the demographic characteristics and economic trends of the state’s immigrant population have remained largely unchanged. Immigrants continue to have a positive impact on the Commonwealth.

Hip-Hop And Housing: Revisiting Culture, Urban Space, Power, And Law, Lisa T. Alexander

UC Law Journal

U.S. housing law is finally receiving its due attention. Scholars and practitioners are focused primarily on the subprime mortgage and foreclosure crises. Yet the current recession has also resurrected the debate about the efficacy of place-based lawmaking. Place-based laws direct economic resources to low-income neighborhoods to help existing residents remain in place and to improve those areas. Law-and-economists and staunch integrationists attack place-based lawmaking on economic and social grounds. This Article examines the efficacy of place-based lawmaking through the underutilized prism of culture. Using a sociolegal approach, it develops a theory of cultural collective efficacy as a justification for place-based …

Automobility, Matthew Chung

Theses

Cars are machines with which we have complicated and ambivalent relations. Automobility considers the car as vehicle in multiple senses: as a vehicle of mobility and constraint, of representation and rituals, of communication and cultural meaning, of production and power, of desire and destruction. The artwork and research are rooted in an examination of my own relationship to the car, of relations I have observed in other people, and an exploration of the spaces, places, and practices designed for cars.

Full Report- Re-Thinking The Future Of Cleveland's Neighborhood Developers: Interim Report, Norman Krumholz, Kathryn Hexter

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

Mobilizing Mother: From Good Mother To Patriotic Mother In World War I, Ana C. Garner, Karen L. Slattery

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The American press played a key role in the Wilson administration’s effort to craft an image of the Patriotic Mother of the Great War. The Patriotic Mother of a soldier was encouraged to assume the mantle of the Spartan Mother. This monograph contrasts the Spartan Mother archetype used by the government and the press to another wartime maternal archetype, that of Thetis, the mother of Achilles, who objected to her son’s participation in the Trojan War. U.S. mothers of soldiers were socially and politically positioned to assume the role outlined by the Wilson administration and advocated by the news media.

Introducing The Ohio New Establishment Dynamics Data, Joel A. Elvery, Ellen Cyran

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The Ohio New Establishment Dynamics (O-NED) data set tracks the number of establishments that first started employing people between the second quarter of 1997 and the first quarter of 2008 and measures the employment and payroll data for these new establishments. O-NED enables researchers to measure the growth trends of cohorts of new establishments for up to 5 years after the cohort’s birth. These data are the first publicly available data that document the growth rates of new establishments at the substate level. The finest unit of geography O-NED measures is a county. This article describes how O-NED is constructed …

Payday Lending, Bankruptcy, And Insolvency, Richard Hynes

Washington and Lee Law Review

Economic theory suggests that payday lending can either increase or decrease consumer welfare. Consumers can use payday loans to cushion the effects of financial shocks, but payday loans may also increase the chance that consumers will succumb to temptation or cognitive errors and seek instant gratification. Both supporters and critics of payday lending have alleged that the welfare effects of the industry can be substantial and that the legalization of payday lending can even have measurable effects on proxies for financial distress, such as bankruptcy, foreclosure, and property crime. Critics further allege that payday lenders target minority and military communities, …

Congress Protected The Troops: Can The New Cfpb Protect Civilians From Payday Lending?, Creola Johnson

Washington and Lee Law Review

In 2007, Congress enacted a law, commonly referred to as the Military Lending Act (MLA), which placed a 36% interest rate cap on several consumer loans, including payday loans, and prohibits lenders from engaging in several practices considered predatory. However, the MLA grants these protections only to active-duty military members and their dependent family members. In the wake of the mortgage foreclosure crisis, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd–Frank Act), which creates a new federal agency, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB), to focus on …