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Volume 104 Issue 15, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Dec 2012

Volume 104 Issue 15, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

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Management Training In Hospitality Schools: A Comparative Study Of Instructional Methods, Dana V. Tesone Dec 2012

Management Training In Hospitality Schools: A Comparative Study Of Instructional Methods, Dana V. Tesone

Rosen Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The article examines management education for Tourism and Hospitality students in higher learning institutions. It provides the findings of a comparative study of two instructional methodologies—traditional classroom and online courses. The study compared cognitive retention learning outcomes of a sample of students in both modalities over a single academic year. The overall results indicate similar efficacy between the two instructional techniques for participants within the sample.

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 30, 2012, Barry Strassler Dec 2012

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 30, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2012

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Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 30, 2012, Barry Strassler Dec 2012

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 30, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2012

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How To Avoid Solipsism While Remaining An Idealist: Lessons From Berkeley And Dharmakirti, Jeremy E. Henkel Dec 2012

How To Avoid Solipsism While Remaining An Idealist: Lessons From Berkeley And Dharmakirti, Jeremy E. Henkel

Comparative Philosophy

This essay examines the strategies that Berkeley and Dharmakirti utilize to deny that idealism entails solipsism. Beginning from similar arguments for the non-existence of matter, the two philosophers employ markedly different strategies for establishing the existence of other minds. This difference stems from their responses to the problem of intersubjective agreement. While Berkeley's reliance on his Cartesian inheritance does allow him to account for intersubjective agreement without descending into solipsism, it nevertheless prevents him from establishing the existence of other finite minds. I argue that Dharmakirti, in accounting for intersubjective agreement causally, is able to avoid Berkeley's shortcoming. I conclude …

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The Effect Of Using A Psychological Soothing Program With Some Soothing Medicinal Herbs On Some Physiological Variables To Reduce Psychological Stress, Rawia Abdel Fattah Atouf Dec 2012

The Effect Of Using A Psychological Soothing Program With Some Soothing Medicinal Herbs On Some Physiological Variables To Reduce Psychological Stress, Rawia Abdel Fattah Atouf

Modern Sport

The study included the introduction, the importance of the research, and the research problem, which was identified as the limited use of modern techniques such as deep breathing, herbal medicine, muscle relaxation, massage, and similar methods in addressing psychological anxiety in athletes. The objectives of the research were: (1) to identify the level of psychological anxiety by using selected physiological indicators (blood pressure and pulse rate) among Iraqi elite handball players, and (2) to develop and implement a mental calmness program incorporating the use of medicinal herbs to reduce anxiety levels among these athletes. The researcher employed the experimental method …

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Psychological Fluency Of Volleyball Players In Palestine And Its Relationship To Some Variables, Ramzi Rasmi Jaber Dec 2012

Psychological Fluency Of Volleyball Players In Palestine And Its Relationship To Some Variables, Ramzi Rasmi Jaber

Modern Sport

The study aimed to identify the level of fluency mental for volleyball players in Palestine according to some of the following variables (classification of the player, center player) To achieve this, the study was conducted on a sample of (80) players from the volleyball players in Palestine, representing a growth (41.6%) of the community study, the original of their number (192) players. and to collect data of the study and the achievement of its objectives was to use descriptive method and standard fluency mental for volleyball players of the design Hoveyda Ismail (2005). The results of the study that the …

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The Contributions Of Teaching By Approaching Competencies On The Skill Of Self-Confidence Among Secondary School Students, Zamali Mohamed Dec 2012

The Contributions Of Teaching By Approaching Competencies On The Skill Of Self-Confidence Among Secondary School Students, Zamali Mohamed

Modern Sport

Self-confidence is considered one of the important psychological skills that often affect the performance and level of students, especially during their physical activities in physical education and sports classes. Although there are various factors and sources for developing this psychological skill, many researchers link it to the contributions of the teaching style used in educational curricula, which relies on the pedagogical approach of competencies, also known as competency-based teaching. This is done by emphasizing the achievement of goals and reaching competencies that may lead to either an increase or decrease in self-confidence. Main Objective of the Study: To identify the …

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Omar Khadr: Domestic And International Litigation Strategies For A Child In Armed Conflict Held At Guantanamo, Richard J. Wilson Dec 2012

Omar Khadr: Domestic And International Litigation Strategies For A Child In Armed Conflict Held At Guantanamo, Richard J. Wilson

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

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Women In The Post-Conflict Process: Reviewing The Impact Of Recent U.N. Actions In Achieving Gender Centrality, Dina Francesca Haynes, Naomi Cahn, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Dec 2012

Women In The Post-Conflict Process: Reviewing The Impact Of Recent U.N. Actions In Achieving Gender Centrality, Dina Francesca Haynes, Naomi Cahn, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

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Exploring Cybercultures: Critical And Constructivist Studies On The Internet, Rhoderick Nuncio Dec 2012

Exploring Cybercultures: Critical And Constructivist Studies On The Internet, Rhoderick Nuncio

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The essay lays the sociological grounds in understanding the phenomenon of cyberculture in the age of information and communication technology. The frame of the paper is limited to constructivist and critical studies found in books and other journals. This essay particularly examines the debate on defining Internet culture and the many possible worlds and spaces it occupy in the lives of Internet users. It describes the beginning of research on the Internet and thus explains the dearth of materials in other paradigms. The paper recommends exploring other domains of interrogating the Internet as it evolves and matures through the years.

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China’S One-Child Policy And Implementation, Xiaofei Li Dec 2012

China’S One-Child Policy And Implementation, Xiaofei Li

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Though China had been plagued by famines since ancient times, it was not until the Great Chinese Famine in the late 1950s and early 1960s that the state became proactive against future famines. In 1979, under the conviction that overpopulation was threatening China’s existence, Deng Xiaoping implemented the “one-child policy,” a coercive population control (CPC) measure intended to reduce the country’s fertility rate. However, because of the harsh nature of CPC, the disparate gender ratio that has developed, the imminent aging of China’s population, and a number of other critical enforcement concerns, CPC has proven to be far from an …

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Perceived Discrimination In Ancestral Homeland: Filipino Nikkeijins And The Dynamics Of Migrant Resistance, Ron Bridget Vilog Dec 2012

Perceived Discrimination In Ancestral Homeland: Filipino Nikkeijins And The Dynamics Of Migrant Resistance, Ron Bridget Vilog

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The Immigration Control Act of 1990 formally allowed the nikkeijins or descendants of Japanese nationals who were born in foreign countries to enter Japan and work without restriction. Following the rapid migration of Latin American nikkeis, thousands of Filipino nikkeijins had taken advantage of their “ethnic right” by working in Japanese factories. In spite of the privileges bestowed upon them, issues about discrimination, prejudice, and even exploitation had been reported in various fora. This paper examines the reconfiguration of ethnic self-identification as Filipino nikkeijins face social discrimination in Japan. The narratives of second and third generation Filipino nikkeijins reveal that …

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Functional α7β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Expressed In Hippocampal Interneurons Exhibit High Sensitivity To Pathological Level Of Amyloid β Peptides, Qiang Liu, Yao Huang, Jianxin Shen, Scott Steffensen, Jie Wu Dec 2012

Functional α7β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Expressed In Hippocampal Interneurons Exhibit High Sensitivity To Pathological Level Of Amyloid β Peptides, Qiang Liu, Yao Huang, Jianxin Shen, Scott Steffensen, Jie Wu

Translational Neuroscience

Background: β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation is described as a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aβ perturbs a number of synaptic components including nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing α7 subunits (α7-nAChRs), which are abundantly expressed in the hippocampus and found on GABAergic interneurons. We have previously demonstrated the existence of a novel, heteromeric α7β2-nAChR in basal forebrain cholinergic neurons that exhibits high sensitivity to acute Aβ exposure. To extend our previous work, we evaluated the expression and pharmacology of α7β2-nAChRs in hippocampal interneurons and their sensitivity to Aβ.Results: GABAergic interneurons in the CA1 subregion of the hippocampus expressed functional α7β2-nAChRs, which were characterized …

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Identifying Significant Changes In Serials With Title Changes In The Recognition Of New Works, Mavis B. Molto Dec 2012

Identifying Significant Changes In Serials With Title Changes In The Recognition Of New Works, Mavis B. Molto

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

The purpose of the study was to develop a means for identifying significant subject and function changes in serials with title changes and then to recommend ways to recognize new serial works in cataloging. A sample of serials with title changes was used to classify the underlying subject and function changes found into thirty-five subcategories, which were then each assigned a level (high, medium, or low) according to the evidence provided for a new work. The FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) concept of a work and other FRBR guidelines were used in assigning the levels. It was determined that …

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Students’ Science Knowledge As A Constraint In Developing Interests In Science Studies Among Secondary School Learners In Tanzania, John F. Kalolo, Eugenia J. Kafanabo Dec 2012

Students’ Science Knowledge As A Constraint In Developing Interests In Science Studies Among Secondary School Learners In Tanzania, John F. Kalolo, Eugenia J. Kafanabo

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The paper examines how students’ science knowledge is a constraint in developing interests in science studies. There are three objectives that guided the study on which this paper is based: examining student’s background knowledge about science and its related careers; assessing student’s awareness on science related professions; and examining the availability of various sources of science knowledge in schools for developing interest in science subjects in secondary schools. A total of 246 respondents participated in the study; and these included 60 teachers, 180 students and 6 heads of schools. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion, and …

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Src Activation By Β-Adrenoreceptors Is A Key Switch For Tumor Metastasis, Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, Julie K. Allen, Anthony Cruz, Rebecca L. Stone, Alpa M. Nick, Yvonne G. Lin, Liz Y. Han, Lingegowda S. Mangala, Gabriel J. Villares, Pablo Vivas-Mejia, Cristian Rodriguez-Aquayo, Archana S. Nagaraja, Kshipra M. Gharpure, Zheng Wu, Robert D. English, Kizhake V. Soman, Mian M. K. Shazhad, Maya Zigler, Michael T. Deavers, Alexander Zien, Tom Young Dec 2012

Src Activation By Β-Adrenoreceptors Is A Key Switch For Tumor Metastasis, Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, Julie K. Allen, Anthony Cruz, Rebecca L. Stone, Alpa M. Nick, Yvonne G. Lin, Liz Y. Han, Lingegowda S. Mangala, Gabriel J. Villares, Pablo Vivas-Mejia, Cristian Rodriguez-Aquayo, Archana S. Nagaraja, Kshipra M. Gharpure, Zheng Wu, Robert D. English, Kizhake V. Soman, Mian M. K. Shazhad, Maya Zigler, Michael T. Deavers, Alexander Zien, Tom Young

Publications and Research

Norepinephrine (NE) can modulate multiple cellular functions important for cancer progression; however, how this single extracellular signal regulates such a broad array of cellular processes is unknown. Here, we identify Src as a key regulator of phosphoproteomic signaling networks activated in response to beta-adrenergic signaling in cancer cells. These results also identify a new mechanism of Src phosphorylation that mediates beta-adrenergic/PKA regulation of downstream networks, thereby enhancing tumor cell migration, invasion and growth. In human ovarian cancer samples, high tumoral NE levels were correlated with high pSrcY419 levels. Moreover, among cancer patients, the use of beta blockers was significantly associated …

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Measuring Population Transmission Potential For Hiv: An Alternative Metric Of Transmission Risk In Men Who Have Sex With Men (Msm) In The Us, Colleen F. Kelley, Eli S. Rosenberg, Brandon M. O'Hara, Paula M. Frew, Travis Sanchez, John L. Peterson, Carlos Del Rio, Patrick S. Sullivan Dec 2012

Measuring Population Transmission Potential For Hiv: An Alternative Metric Of Transmission Risk In Men Who Have Sex With Men (Msm) In The Us, Colleen F. Kelley, Eli S. Rosenberg, Brandon M. O'Hara, Paula M. Frew, Travis Sanchez, John L. Peterson, Carlos Del Rio, Patrick S. Sullivan

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Background Various metrics for HIV burden and treatment success [e.g. HIV prevalence, community viral load (CVL), population viral load (PVL), percent of HIV-positive persons with undetectable viral load] have important public health limitations for understanding disparities. Methods and Findings Using data from an ongoing HIV incidence cohort of black and white men who have sex with men (MSM), we propose a new metric to measure the prevalence of those at risk of transmitting HIV and illustrate its value. …See full text for complete abstract.

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Variation In Job Satisfaction Between Public And Private Secondary School Teachers In Tanzania: A Comparative Study At Kinondoni District, Faustine B. Masath Dec 2012

Variation In Job Satisfaction Between Public And Private Secondary School Teachers In Tanzania: A Comparative Study At Kinondoni District, Faustine B. Masath

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

In improving the quality of education in secondary schools, teachers’ job satisfaction is vital and an inevitable component. In Tanzania, however, the level of job satisfaction of secondary school teachers is not clear; and so is how public and private secondary schools differ in their level of job satisfaction. This paper aims to compare the level of job satisfaction between public and private secondary school teachers. The paper is based on a descriptive cross-sectional survey research design, which employed a sample of 275 respondents from 10 selected secondary schools in Kinondoni district. Teacher Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSS) and documentary review …

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Percy Shelley’S Prose Fiction: Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne, The Assassins, The Coliseum, Diane Hoeveler Dec 2012

Percy Shelley’S Prose Fiction: Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne, The Assassins, The Coliseum, Diane Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

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Integrated Services Post (Posyandu) As Sociocultural Approach For Primary Health Care Issue, Oedojo Soedirham Dec 2012

Integrated Services Post (Posyandu) As Sociocultural Approach For Primary Health Care Issue, Oedojo Soedirham

Kesmas

Kelahiran posyandu pada tahun 1980-an merupakan usaha pemerintah Indonesia untuk meningkatkan status kesehatan masyarakat, mengikuti panggilan internasional, Deklarasi Alma Ata (Kazakhstan) tentang kesehatan masyarakat tahun 1978. Konsep kunci deklarasi tersebut adalah partisipasi masyarakat. Di Indonesia, partisipasi masyarakat disebut “gotong royong”. Masyarakat memainkan peran penting dalam meningkatkan kesehatan masing-masing. Untuk melibatkan masyarakat dalam kesehatan masyarakat, relawan harus direkrut dan dilatih untuk mengenal isu-isu kesehatan masyarakat dasar. Gagasan mengenai relawan yang disebut kader (village health worker) tersebut diajukan agar relawan sebagai bagian dari masyarakat dapat lebih mudah menyampaikan program-program kesehatan karena lebih dekat dibandingkan pejabat kesehatan masyarakat. Di dalam artikel ini dibahas …

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Understanding Affordances: History And Contemporary Development Of Gibson’S Central Concept, Dobromir Dotov, Lin Nie, Matthieu M. De Wit Dec 2012

Understanding Affordances: History And Contemporary Development Of Gibson’S Central Concept, Dobromir Dotov, Lin Nie, Matthieu M. De Wit

Journal Articles

Gibson developed the affordance concept to complement his theory of direct perception that stands in sharp contrast with the prevalent inferential theories of perception. A comparison of the two approaches shows that the distinction between them also has an ontological aspect. We trace the history and newer formalizations of the notion of affordance and discuss some competing opinions on its scope. Next, empirical work on the affordance concept is reviewed in brief and the relevance of dynamical systems theory to affordance research is demonstrated. Finally, the striking but often neglected convergence of the ideas of Gibson and those of certain …

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A Grounded Theory Of Inductive Qualitative Research Education: Results Of A Meta-Data-Analysis, Robin Cooper, Ronald J. Chenail, Stephanie Fleming Dec 2012

A Grounded Theory Of Inductive Qualitative Research Education: Results Of A Meta-Data-Analysis, Robin Cooper, Ronald J. Chenail, Stephanie Fleming

The Qualitative Report

This paper reports on the first stage of a meta-study conducted by the authors on primary research published during the last thirty years that focused on discovering the experiences of students learning qualitative research. The authors carried out a meta-analysis of the findings of students’ experiences learning qualitative research included in twenty-five published articles. Using constructivist grounded theory to analyze the experience of those seeking to learn qualitative research, including factors that appear to support or interfere with their learning experiences, the authors identified three key dimensions of qualitative research students’ learning experiences—affective, cognitive, and experiential. Based on this analysis, …

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Two Teachers In Dialogue:Understanding The Commitment To Teach, Philip Evan Bernhardt Dec 2012

Two Teachers In Dialogue:Understanding The Commitment To Teach, Philip Evan Bernhardt

The Qualitative Report

In this study the author explores two educators’ understandings about their commitment to the teaching profession. The following question sits at the heart of this investigation: How do two teachers understand the manifestation of commitment within their teaching practices. Hermeneutic inquiry, which quietly situates this work, provides a unique lens to explore the significance of personal and professional experiences, interpret how to make sense of these experiences, and reflect on the meaning of these revelations within the context of one’s life narrative. Findings reveal that while both the participant and researcher both have a deep commitment to positively influence the …

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Synthesizing Multicultural, Global, And Civic Perspectivesin Theelementary School Curriculum And Educational Research, Steven P. Camicia, Juanjuan Zhu Dec 2012

Synthesizing Multicultural, Global, And Civic Perspectivesin Theelementary School Curriculum And Educational Research, Steven P. Camicia, Juanjuan Zhu

The Qualitative Report

Social networks and communities are rapidly expanding and changing due to the accelerating pace of globalization. In this article, we examine new possibilities for the reform of curriculum and educational research in a way that is responsive to increasingly multicultural and global communities. Drawing on literatures in the areas of multicultural, global, and civic education, we conducted a critical qualitative case study of four elementary school teachers. The teachers, two in the United States and two in the United Kingdom, are known to be exemplary at synthesizing multicultural, global, and civic education. We, the two authors, one a female from …

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 23, 2012, Barry Strassler Dec 2012

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 23, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2012

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Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 23, 2012, Barry Strassler Dec 2012

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 23, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2012

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Chronic Stress Elevates Telomerase Activity In Rats, Annaliese K. Beery, Jue Lin, Joshua S. Biddle, Darlene D. Francis, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Elissa S. Epel Dec 2012

Chronic Stress Elevates Telomerase Activity In Rats, Annaliese K. Beery, Jue Lin, Joshua S. Biddle, Darlene D. Francis, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Elissa S. Epel

Neuroscience: Faculty Publications

The enzyme telomerase lengthens telomeres—protective structures containing repetitive DNA sequences at chromosome ends. Telomere shortening is associated with diseases of ageing in mammals. Chronic stress has been related to shorter immune-cell telomeres, but telomerase activity under stress may be low, permitting telomere loss, or high, partially attenuating it. We developed an experimental model to examine the impacts of extended unpredictable stress on telomerase activity in male rats. Telomerase activity was 54 per cent higher in stressed rats than in controls, and associated with stress-related physiological and behavioural outcomes. This significant increase suggests a potential mechanism for resilience to stress-related replicative …

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Far From A Harmonious Society: Employment Discrimination In China, Crystal Roberts Dec 2012

Far From A Harmonious Society: Employment Discrimination In China, Crystal Roberts

Santa Clara Law Review

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"Got Milk?" A Petrine Metaphor In 1 Peter 2.1-3 Revisited, Karen H. Jobes Dec 2012

"Got Milk?" A Petrine Metaphor In 1 Peter 2.1-3 Revisited, Karen H. Jobes

Leaven

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