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Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2012, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Bobby Fong, Paul Dempsey, Carlin Romano, Abbie Cichowski, Zeba Hussaini

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Center for Science and the Common Good • On traditions and history: A bright note • New Chair and Trustees named • Service and learning abroad • Ursinus bear gets a face-lift • The Boren Scholarship brings Buchele one step closer to "making a difference" • Generous giving • New coaches for Ursinus athletic department • The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art exhibitions on view • Center for Science and the Common Good seminars • Roamin' fever: Conference on Edith Wharton celebrates a great American writer • A new semester begins • Ursinus alumni and faculty work to …

Beyond The Core: Incorporating Transnational Crimes Into The Rome Statute, Regina Menachery Paulose

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The article argues that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should expand its jurisdiction to include transnational organized crime, such as drug trafficking, counterfeiting, and arms trade, to address the growing global threat posed by these crimes. While the Rome Statute currently excludes such crimes, the ICC’s role as a court of last resort and its independence make it an ideal institution to prosecute transnational organized crime, fostering international cooperation and enhancing deterrence. The article advocates for a unified definition of transnational organized crime and the inclusion of select crimes from the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (CATOC) and …

Home Games: Legal Issues Concerning The Displacement Of Property Owners At The Site Of Olympic Venues, Jessica Blumert

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The Olympics, as the world's largest mega event, often lead to human rights violations, particularly regarding the right to adequate housing, as host cities displace residents and businesses. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has the unique ability to address these issues by incorporating binding human rights protections into its contracts with host countries, yet it has failed to enforce such standards effectively. The article argues that the IOC should amend its Charter to include specific housing rights criteria, drawing on international law and precedents from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), to ensure compliance and protect vulnerable populations.

Newsletter Fall 2012, University Libraries

Annual Reports & Newsletters

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Turning Counseling Students Into Researchers: Enhancing Quantitative Research Courses With An Experiential Learning Activity, Mark C. Rehfuss, Dixie D. Meyer

Counseling & Human Services Faculty Publications

Research methods and application are crucial aspects of most counseling practitioners and scholars’ lives, yet practical experience with development and implementation of research projects is usually limited to doctoral level dissertations. This article describes an experiential research project that has been integrated into counseling research methods courses at both the master’s level and the doctoral level. In this mentored research activity, students move through the entire research process in one semester. They begin with a notion and finish with a submission for publication. Based on student responses, implementing this process in a research methodology course is recommended.

Development Of A Procedure To Measure The Effectiveness Of N95 Respirator Filters Against Nanoparticles, Fariborz Haghighat, Ali Bahloul, Jaime Lara, Reza Mostofi, Alireza Mahdavi

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les risques pour la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs exposés à l’inhalation de nanoparticules (NP) soulèvent de plus en plus d’inquiétudes. Parmi les sources d’émission de nanoparticules en milieu de travail figurent les effluents et les émanations de divers procédés, tels l’ablation et le fraisage laser. Les nanoparticules ont des propriétés potentiellement toxiques, à savoir une surface totale, une concentration en nombre et une réactivité surfacique élevées. Il a été démontré que l’inhalation – la voie d’exposition la plus courante aux nanoparticules – a des effets nocifs sur les fonctions pulmonaires, et que les particules déposées dans les poumons …

Judicial Review In Louisiana: A Bicentennial Exegesis, Paul R. Baier, Georgia D. Chadwick

Journal of Civil Law Studies

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The Case For An Action In Tort To Restrict The Excessive Pumping Of Groundwater In Louisiana, John B. Tarlton

Journal of Civil Law Studies

No abstract provided.

Complete V.5 Number 1

Journal of Civil Law Studies

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Negotiating Federalism Past The Zero-Sum Game, Erin Ryan

Scholarly Publications

Countless instances of intergovernmental bargaining offer a means of understanding the relationship between state and federal power that differs from the stylized model of “zero-sum” federalism that has come to dominate political discourse. The zero-sum model sees winner-takes-all jurisdictional competition between the federal and state governments for power, emphasizing sovereign antagonism within the federal system. Yet real-world interjurisdictional governance show that the boundary between state and federal authority is really an ongoing project of negotiation, taking place on levels both large and small. Reconceptualizing the relationship between state and federal power as one heavily mediated by negotiation reveals just how …

Predictive Value Of Alpha-Fetoprotein In The Long-Term Risk Of Developing Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Patients With Hepatitis B Virus Infection--Results From A Clinic-Based Longitudinal Cohort., Hie-Won Hann, Xiaoying Fu, Ronald E. Myers, Richard Hann, Shaogui Wan, Su Hee Kim, Natalie Au, Jinliang Xing, Hushan Yang

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Although serum level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has long been used to complement imaging tests in the screening and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), whether it can be used as a predictive marker of long-term risk for developing HCC in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) has not been extensively evaluated and thus remains controversial.

METHODS: We retrospectively conducted a clinic-based longitudinal cohort study including 617 Korean American patients with HBV who had been followed for up to 22 years (median follow-up time, 6.2 years) to evaluate the association between baseline serum AFP level and the long-term risk of HCC. …

The Determinants Of Helminth Infection In Baboons, Rita Monfort

Publications and Research

THE DETERMINANTS OF HELMINTH INFECTION IN BABOONS

Summary Paragraph:

Intestinal parasitic helminths are common in wild primate populations [1, 2] and can impose a significant burden on their host’s fitness. Numerous factors can affect the prevalence and diversity of intestinal parasites in natural populations including environmental factors [3, 4], the host’s behavior and genetics [5, 6]. How these different factors interact in natural populations remains unclear. This is in all probability due to the fact that previous studies have seldom looked at the prevalence and diversity of parasitic helminths in the same species but in different habitats over periods longer …

There's No Place Like Home: Realizing The Vision Of Community-Based Mental Health Treatment For Children, Yael Cannon

Faculty Scholarship

On the heels of the recession, the recent U.S. Census data reveals that the percentage of children living in poverty in the United States has grown to almost a quarter. Because children from low-income families are more likely to be exposed to high levels of stress, violence, abuse, overcrowding and other risk factors, they are far more likely to develop a mental health disorder--and to have their mental health needs go unmet. Rather than receive the necessary educational and mental health services, these children are often suspended and expelled, funneled through the school-to-prison pipeline' into the juvenile and criminal justice …

About My Father's Business: Pastoral Succession From Father To Son, Clifford Hartley

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

A son who follows in his fathers' footsteps is not unique to many situations but it is to the office of pastor of the local church. Such a succession raises several questions: Is this a call of God, or the passing on of a dynasty? Is this a healthy transition for a church to consider? What are the associated problems and benefits? What biblical foundations should be considered? Are there common factors that make this transition successful? It is evident that unique planning and caution is necessary that is different from other successions patterns of pastoral ministry. This paper will …

The Long Term Effect Of Parental Involvement In A Child's Education: A Ten-Step Approach, Eraina Ross-Aseme

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Parental Involvement in a child's education is very important to the child becoming a productive citizen. Some parents find themselves getting in at the start of their child entering elementary school; parental involvement should begin before the school age years. Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of establishments such as schools, churches and businesses partnering in a child's education. The goal of this project is to empower parents to build stronger support systems with schools, neighborhoods, churches and communities. Its aim is to show parents, school systems and businesses that collaboration in the education arena can be strengthened to achieve a …

Single-Sex Education Versus Coeducation In North Georgia Public Middle Schools, Catherine Blake

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The U.S. Department of Education is giving more liberties to school districts to offer single-sex schools in order to adequately serve the needs of students. The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative study was to test the theory of students' performances based on their educational environment by comparing students who received instruction in a single gender classroom in a public middle school compared to students who received instruction in a mixed gender classroom in a public middle school. The achievement test, Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Test, was used with each site school. There were two years of data collected with the …

The Effect Of Implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports On Student Misbehavior In A Large Urban High School, John Power

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effect that implementing School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) had on student misbehavior as determined by Office Discipline Referrals, chronic student misbehavior, In School and Out of School Suspensions assignments, and student tardy referrals in a large urban high school. School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports is a systematic, proactive, preventive, research-based approach that has shown to reduce student misbehavior when implemented with fidelity. The study focused on the Primary Prevention Tier of SWPBIS to prevent and reduce student misbehavior. The study attempted to answer the question is School-wide …

A Reflection On The Galileo Knowledge Repository (Gkr) Virtual Internship, Changwoo Yang

Georgia Library Quarterly

The Galileo Knowledge Repository (GKR) internship is designed to provide service to GKR sites needing assistance and to give students hands-on experience using a modified version of Dublin Core in a digital repository environment. The student interns work virtually from any remote location that has internet access. Selected student interns are assigned to the GKR partner institutes and work as content submitters. Interns are required to complete a minimum of 120 hours of work during the summer semester to earn three credit hours (MLIS 7960 Supervised Fieldwork) in the Master of Library and Information Science Program at Valdosta State University. …

Returning Counselor Education Doctoral Students: Issues Of Retention, Attrition, And Perceived Experiences, David Burkholder

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

A phenomenological research design was utilized to illuminate the experiences of counselor education doctoral students who had voluntarily departed from study and successfully returned. No studies exist in the counselor education literature examining this phenomenon. Themes derived from the data suggest a common experience across participants, including the salient nature of leaving and returning to study, the importance of faculty-student interactions, and that departure is informed by personal factors and academic culture. The findings have implications for student retention and attrition, as well as counseling departments, counseling faculty, and counselor education doctoral students.

Increasing Academic Achievement And College-Going Rates For Latina/O English Language Learners: A Survey Of School Counselor Interventions, Amy Cook, Rachelle Pérusse, Eliana D. Rojas

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

This study was conducted to identify the extent to which school counselors use various intervention strategies to promote college attendance for Latina/o English Language Learners (ELLs). Specifically, school counselors across the Northeast (n = 198) were asked to identify activities they implement on behalf of Latina/o ELLs to increase college-going rates. The results suggested the importance of the following: collaborating with multiple school and community stakeholders, addressing the inadequacy of resources through advocacy and leadership, and keeping track of dropout, graduation, and college-acceptance data for Latina/o ELLs to ensure equitable access to educational opportunities.

The Application Of Ethical Decision-Making And Self-Awareness In The Counselor Education Classroom, Amanda M. Evans, Dana Heller Levitt, Stacy Henning

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

The authors provide an overview of ethical decision-making models and address the role of counselor self-awareness in the process. The manuscript examines the importance of self-awareness in ethical decision-making and provides considerations for infusing this approach in counselor education and supervision. Practical recommendations for counselor educators to incorporate self-awareness and ethical decision making into the classroom are included.

Turning Counseling Students Into Researchers: Enhancing Quantitative Research Courses With An Experiential Learning Activity, Mark C. Rehfuss, Dixie D. Meyer

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Research methods and application are crucial aspects of most counseling practitioners and scholars’ lives, yet practical experience with development and implementation of research projects is usually limited to doctoral level dissertations. This article describes an experiential research project that has been integrated into counseling research methods courses at both the master’s level and the doctoral level. In this mentored research activity, students move through the entire research process in one semester. They begin with a notion and finish with a submission for publication. Based on student responses, implementing this process in a research methodology course is recommended.

The Journal Of Counselor Preparation And Supervision Volume 5, Number 2, Edina Renfro-Michel, Larry D. Burlew

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Cognitive Ability Measures As Explanatory Variables In Regression Analysis, B. Junker, Lynne Steuerle Schofield, L. J. Taylor

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Works

Cognitive ability measures are often taken as explanatory variables in regression analysis, e.g., as a factor affecting a market outcome such as an individual’s wage, or a decision such as an individual’s education acquisition. Cognitive ability is a latent construct; its true value is unobserved. Nonetheless, researchers often assume that a test score, constructed via standard psychometric practice from individuals’ responses to test items, can be safely used in regression analysis. We examine problems that can arise, and suggest that an alternative approach, a “mixed effects structural equations” (MESE) model, may be more appropriate in many circumstances.

Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Annual Report 2011, Philippines: Deposit Insurance Corporation (Pdic)

Documents

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Handling Of Systemic Crises, International Association Of Deposit Insurers

Documents

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The Financial Hazards And Risks Entailed In Extending Unlimited Federal Guarantees For Deposits In Transaction Accounts, Robert J. Shapiro, Doug Dowson

Documents

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Orsp Research Newsletter - Fall 2012, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs

ORSP Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

F12rs Sgr No. 8 (Evac Plan), Campbell, Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the reevaluation of the emergency evacuation plan on campus and in its surrounding areas when the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) orders a mandatory evacuation of campus

Changing And/Or Funding Opeb Promises: A Typology Of Local Government Responses To Gasb 45 And The Realization Of Opeb Liabilities, Juita-Elena Yusuf, Thomas Musumeci

School of Public Service Faculty Publications

GASB Statement No. 45 addresses how governmental units account for employees' other post-employment benefits (OPEB), requiring government employers to replace OPEB reporting on a pay-as-you-go basis with an accounting of the cost of current and future benefits. This requirement and the resulting OPEB liability may prompt government employers to reconsider key questions regarding their OPEB provision. The size of the OPEB liability depends on both the benefit promises made to employees and the assets to fund these promises. We propose a typology that defines four approaches for governments to respond to GASB 45 and their OPEB liabilities. These approaches represent …