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November Post 25, Christine Magula

Digital Folklore Project 2014

No abstract provided.

December Post 1, Jeannie Thomas

Digital Folklore Project 2014

No abstract provided.

Teaching Strategies Gold®: Assessment For Development And Learning Of Young Children, Shamah Md-Yunus

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Mirrored Externalities, Lisa Grow Sun, Brigham Daniels

Notre Dame Law Review

A fundamental but underappreciated truth is that positive and negative externalities are actually mirror reflections of each other. What we call “mirrored externalities” exist because any action with externalities associated with it can be described as a choice to do or to refrain from doing that particular action. For example, if a person smokes and thereby creates a negative externality of more secondhand smoke, then her choice not to smoke creates a positive externality of less secondhand smoke. Conversely, if a person’s choice to get an immunization confers a positive externality of reducing vectors for disease transmission, then a choice …

Community

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

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Using Storytelling (Including Image, Metaphor And Narrative) In Cross-Generational, Cross-Cultural Twenty-First Century Evangelism, Rick D. Mckinney

Doctor of Ministry

Generational and cultural diversity within twenty-first century society has created great challenges to both professional clergy and laypersons in communicating the gospel. In addition, a postmodern, post-Christian culture has created a hostile environment for those sharing the message of Christ using the formulaic, propositional evangelism methods of the Twentieth century. Section One of this dissertation will elaborate on the problem. Section Two discusses why these methods, written primarily for a period of time when Judeo-Christian absolutes and regard for the sacred were staples in society, are increasingly ineffective. As the church struggles with a steady decline in its membership, the …

Uni Grad Student News, V11n8, November 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this issue:

-- Message from the Dean
-- Demystifying the GRE Recap
-- Current Student Profile: Aunna McDowell
-- Graduate Faculty Profile: Chris Larimer
-- Graduate Alumni Profile: Lata D'Mello
-- Graduate Alumni Profile: Matthew Cooney
-- Upcoming Brown Bag Lecture
-- Eighth Annual UNI Graduate Student Symposium Registration Now Open!
-- UNI Graduate College Facebook Photo Contest
-- Commencement Ceremony: Fall 2014
-- Master of Public Policy Club Raises More Than $3,000 for the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
-- School Counseling Student Attends Star Training
-- Making the Most of Thanksgiving Break
-- Gradfest 2014
-- UNI …

Understanding And Taming Public And Private Corruption In The 21st Century (November 2014)

Conferences and Workshops

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Parental Factors That Influence Swimming In Children And Adolescents, Jennifer R. Pharr, Carol Irwin, Richard Irwin

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Managed Care And Accountable Care Organizations, David P. Paul, Diego Arroyo, Bethany Daniel, Heather Graves, Krisitn Neal, Alberto Coustasse

Management Faculty Research

Managed care generally, and more specifically, accountable care organizations (ACOs) have attempted to provide coordination of patient care in order to eliminate or reduce unnecessary procedures and or test redundancy. The purpose of this research was to study the effects of managed care in accountable care organizations by decreasing health care costs by increasing efficiency in health care.

In & Out In The Workplace: An Lgbtq Alumni Career Panel, Center For Career Development, Outfront, Pride

LGBTQIA Archive: Posters

Poster announcing a career development workshop that features LGBTQ alumni of the College of the Holy Cross. The event was sponsored by the College's Center for Career Development, Oufront and Pride.

Volunteers In America: How Volunteerism And American Civil Society Shape Our Museums, Sarah C. Crocker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the intersection of volunteerism, museum studies, and American civil society, using these frameworks to examine volunteer motivations within two Denver area art museums. Additionally, there is much current scholarship that focuses on the relationship between museums and community, yet does not often address the role of museum volunteerism within such a context. This thesis therefore also examines the intersection of community and museum volunteerism, presenting a starting point for future researches to continue studying museum volunteerism within the context of civic engagement. This thesis finds that, while the ideology of American civil society plays a role in …

The Transnational Political Involvement Of Nigerian Immigrants In New York City: Motivations, Means And Constraints, Leila Rodriguez Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Africans represent a small but rapidly growing immigrant population in the United States. Nigerians, who constitute the largest group, form a well-organized community with numerous ethnic, hometown and social associations. Through some of these organizations, many Nigerians have successfully intervened in the economic and social development and the political processes of their hometowns. Their political involvement in the U.S. is less. In this article I use quantitative and qualitative data to analyze the motivations that Nigerian immigrants have for political involvement in Nigeria or the U.S., the means that enable this participation, and the constraints to participating. Findings suggest the …

2014 Byu Law School Annual Report, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The BYU Advocate (& Annual Reports)

No abstract provided.

Research & Strategic Partnerships: Quarterly Review, Volume 2, Issue 1, Portland State University. Research & Strategic Partnerships

Portland State Research Magazine

This Review describes connections among Portland State University, society's needs, and innovation: engineer Evan Thomas’s public health program in Rwanda, chemist Steve Reichow's protein research in the Collabo­rative Life Sciences Building, environmental historian Catherine McNeur's look back at urban agriculture in New York City, the "My Life" mentoring program for foster teens, and "Reclaiming Futures" interventions that help at-risk kids avoid incarceration.

It also focuses on EXITO. EXITO, Portland State University's largest-ever federal grant, awarded by the NIH to a team headed by Professors Carlos Crespo and Tom Keller. In the next decade, EXITO will help hundreds of underrepresented students …

Maternal Perception Of Child Body Weight And Physical Activity Behavior Patterns: Interactions With Gender And Ethnic Minority Status Of Preschool Children, Kayla F. Brooks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Childhood overweight and obesity is a complex disease that requires early identification and intervention. Little research has investigated the influence of maternal perception of child body weight on reported child physical activity behaviors and importance to change these behaviors. Using parent survey and child body mass index (BMI) data, the current study evaluated the difference between maternal perception of child weight status and reported physical activity and sedentary behavior levels amongst preschool-aged children. Reported child physical activity and sedentary behavior levels were not significantly different depending on maternal misperception. A significant interaction, however, between maternal perception of child body weight …

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 19: November 2014, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• University to honor its top four staffers for 2013-14 • WMU wins $779,072 grant, partners with Oxford in Web project • Constitution Day at WMU • Donald Southwell, 2014 Distinguished Alumnus • WMU taps alum, former K'zoo Public Safety officer as next police chief • Student Feature: Ted Carter • Student Recalls French Semester Abroad

Anorexia/Bulimia, Transcendence, And The Potential Impact Of Romanticized/Sexualized Death Imagery, Heather D. Schild

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented November 10, 2014. Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University

Using A Public Health Approach To Understand “Skipping” Snowmobiles In Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada, Audrey R. Giles, Meghan Lynch, Gwenyth S. Stadig, Michelle Doucette Issaluk, Francine Darroch, Shaelyn Strachan

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Imerit Technology Services: Impact Assessment Report, Rosella Chapman

Miller Center Fellowship

In 2005, a group of social entrepreneurs created Anudip Foundation with the goal of providing IT, life skills, and livelihood training for the rural poor in India, focusing primarily on women and youth. Since Anudip’s inception in 2005 the organization has trained over 15,000 people who have been placed with over 400 different employers. Anudip’s success is based on its teaching of Market Aligned Skills Training, also known as M.A.S.T., which is a set of curriculum that covers English, workplace readiness, and IT, equipping students with the skills they need to succeed in the modern day workforce. Following the success …

Creating Digital Comics In Response To Literature: Aesthetics, Aesthetic Transactions, And Meaning Making, Kelly Wissman, Sean Costello

Literacy Teaching & Learning Faculty Scholarship

This article explores how eighth-grade students in a reading support class responded to the novel The Outsiders with the software program Comic Life. Rather than viewing this work from a new technologies or digital literacies perspective, we argue that unique insights can be gained by analyzing students’ digital compositions with lenses attuned to the arts, the aesthetic transaction, and student perspectives. In our presentation of four case studies, we are informed by two conceptualizations of aesthetics. First, we consider the aesthetic qualities of students' comics by analyzing the presence and impact of image selection, color choice, and overall design on …

Peaks Island Star : November 2014, Vol. 34, Issue 11, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2014

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

Wrl Newsletter November 2014, Rebecca Seipp

WRL Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Leadership Lessons From Women University Presidents, Karen A. Longman, Susan R. Madsen, Mary E. Lyons, Constance M. Carroll, Carolyn J. Stefanco

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

There is no question that more women are needed as leaders in all sectors worldwide. Yet, women are often faced with unique challenges and opportunities that drive the need for continued conversations. This engaging session will move forward a dialogue started at the June 2013 conference at Asilomar; it will that bring together three distinguished panelists—present female university presidents—who will discuss intriguing issues around their experiences in leading and the continued work needed to build, bridge, and blaze pathways for women and leadership.

Sherlock's Admonition: Vindicatory Contempts As Criminal Actions For Purposes Of Bankruptcy Code Sec. 362, Amir Shachmurove

DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Occupational Self-Perceptions Of Hotel Employees: An Exploratory Study, Arie Reichel, Galia Fuchs, Abraham Pizam, Yaniv Poria

Rosen Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This study aimed to reveal the occupational self-perceptions of rank-and-file employees in the Israeli hotel industry. Due to the exploratory nature of the study a qualitative research approach was adopted. The findings are based on 40 semistructured interviews with current and former Israeli hotel employees. The results revealed that almost all participants had disconcerting negative perceptions of rank-and-file occupations in the Israeli hotel industry. The themes emerged as relevant to the understanding of employees' occupational self-perception were classified into four groups: working conditions, occupational profile, job characteristics and requirements, and moderating factors linked with the reputation of the hotel and …

Trade And Divergence In Education Systems, Fali Huang, Pao-Li Chang

Research Collection School Of Economics

This article presents a theory on the endogenous choice of education policy and the two-way causal relationship between trade and education systems. A country’s education system determines its talent distribution and comparative advantage; the possibility of trade by raising the returns to the sector of comparative advantage in turn induces countries to further differentiate their education systems and reinforces the initial pattern of comparative advantage. Specifically, the Nash equilibrium choice of education systems by two countries interacting strategically are necessarily more divergent than their autarky choices, and yet less than what is socially optimal for the world.

An Approach For Actions To Prevent Suicides On Commuter And Metro Rail Systems In The United States, Mti Report 12-33, Jan L. Botha, Marissa K. Neighbour, Satnam Kaur

Mineta Transportation Institute

The primary goals of this report are to discuss measures to prevent suicides on commuter and metro rail systems, and to outline an approach for suicide prevention on rail systems. Based on existing literature and analysis of data obtained from the Metrolink system in Southern California, it was found that most suicides occur near station platforms and near access points to the track. Suicides occurred most frequently when relatively more trains were in operation and in areas of high population density. There do not appear to be suicide “hot spots” (e.g., linked to mental hospitals in the proximity, etc.), based …

November 2014 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Of Pornography Pirates And Privateers: Applying Fdcpa Principles To Copyright Trolling Litigation, Henry D. Alderfer

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.