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Annual Report Fiscal Year 2012-2013, Tennessee. Department Of Human Services.

Annual Report

No abstract provided.

External Recognition Of The Ecological Value Of The Gordon Natural Area, Gerard Hertel

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

No abstract provided.

The Contribution Of The Therapist’S Competence In The Treatment Of Adolescents With Generalized Social Phobia, José Olivares, Pablo J. Olivares-Olivares, Ana I. Rosa-Alcázar, Luis Montesinos, Diego Macià Anton

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Background: The purpose of this study was to explore which of the outcomes attained by the application of the psychological program Intervención en Adolescentes con Fobia Social (Intervention in Adolescents with Social Phobia) can be attributed to the therapist’s competence. Method: The experimental study consists of three conditions: Waiting list control, Group treated by expert psychologists, and Group treated by inexperienced psychologists, with a sample of 110 Spanish adolescents whose mean age was 15.42 years (SD = 0.97, range: 14-18). All participants met the criteria for diagnosis of Generalized Social Phobia) and most of them were female (65.45%). Results: (i) …

Developing Capabilities, Not Entrepreneurs: A New Theory For Community Economic Development, Rashmi Dyal-Chand, James V. Rowan

Hofstra Law Review

This Article presents a contemporary and compelling American context in which entrepreneurship is not a good solution. Despite the enormous potential that entrepreneurship seems to hold for community economic development, it has thus far failed as a framework for widespread and reliable local economic development and poverty alleviation. The reasons for this failure are grounded both in theory and empirical data. This Article takes up the theoretical question. It examines why entrepreneurship theory is a weak foundation for the work of community economic development practitioners. Arguing that the important work of these practitioners is best understood and measured using a …

Show Me The Mediation!: Introducing Mediation Prior To Salary Arbitration In Major League Baseball, Sam B. Smith

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulation, Prohibition, And Overcriminalization: The Proper And Improper Uses Of The Criminal Law, Paul J. Larkin, Jr.

Hofstra Law Review

The function of the criminal law is to effectively enforce the moral code that every person knows by heart — to enforce the minimum substantive content of the social compact by bringing the full moral authority of government to bear on violators. By contrast, the function of the regulatory system is to efficiently manage components of the national economy using civil rules, rewards, and penalties to incentivize desirable behavior without casting aspersions on violations attributable to ignorance or explanations other than defiance. Treating regulatory crimes as if they were no different than “street crimes” ignores the profound difference between the …

A Return To Coercion: International Law And New Weapon Technologies, Jeremy Rabkin, John Yoo

Hofstra Law Review

In recent years, the U.S. has threatened air strikes against Syria and insisted on the possibility of air strikes against Iran, in both cases to deter development of weapons of mass destruction. Such threats represent a return to the idea that international law allows states to impose punitive measures by force. Most academic specialists claim that the UN Charter only authorizes force in immediate self-defense. Many commentators embrace the related doctrine that lawful force can only be exercised against the opposing military force. But there remains more logic in the older view, that international law authorizes force for a wider …

Repealing Physician-Only Laws: Undoing The Burden Of Gestational Age Limits, Ada Kozicz

Hofstra Law Review

The article discusses a proposal to undo the burden of gestational age limits in state abortion laws in America by repealing physician-only laws, and it mentions the possible establishment of an undue burden legal standard, as well as information about several abortion-related legal cases such as Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania v. Casey. U.S. constitutional laws and bans on abortion are examined, as well as the qualifications of non-physician clinicians.

Making Gun Offender Registries Available To The Public: A Safety Practice Or Target Practice, Aaron Zucker

Hofstra Law Review

The article discusses the structure and purpose of America's gun offender registry as of 2014, and it mentions public safety in the country, the development of a sex offender registry in the U.S., and the nation's criminal laws. According to the article, criminal registries were made available to the public in 1996 with the purpose of promoting public awareness and protection. Gun control and firearms laws in the U.S. are examined, along with the history of criminal registries in America.

Human Rights, Freedom Of Expression, And The Rise Of The Silver Screen, Lawrence M. Friedman

Hofstra Law Review

The article discusses human rights and the rule of law in America in relation to a freedom of expression right involving exhibitions and presentations of motion pictures. Historical sociology is addressed, along with the concept of absolute equality involving genders, races, and ethic groups. American constitutional rights are examined, along with the United Nations General Assembly's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the films "The James Boys in Missouri" and "The Night Riders."

The Merging Of Black And Gray: International Copyright Infringement In The Post-Kirtsaeng Era, Addie T. Katz

Hofstra Law Review

The article discusses several aspects of international copyright infringement in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the 2013 copyright infringement case Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc. which deals with a student-run business which sold imported foreign-made textbooks to customers in America. Intellectual property rights in places such as the U.S. are examined, along with the laws governing gray market goods and the responsibilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

The Knowledge Police, David Orozco

Hofstra Law Review

This article provides an in depth analysis and critique of the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s (IPEC’s) efforts to date. This is an important subject since the IPEC has, under the Pro-IP Act, a mandate to serve as an effective interagency coordinator and strategic advisor to the Legislature and the President in all areas related to intellectual property enforcement. Intellectual property enforcement has risen to the highest levels of policy making, and national public discourse. As discussed in this article, the IPEC has failed to adequately coordinate the various federal agencies that have overlapping authority in this area. …

Legal Osmosis: The Role Of Brain Science In Protecting Adolescents, Cheryl B. Preston, Brandon T. Crowther

Hofstra Law Review

In the last decade, the Supreme Court relied on scientific findings presented in amicus curiae briefs filed by various medical and psychological organizations and health professionals in three juvenile justice cases, Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, and Miller v. Alabama. Theresearch showed that the structure and function of adolescent brains are distinct from those of adults, which supports the position that adolescents, as a class, are generally immature in three separate, but related, ways. First, adolescents are more likely to engage in risky behavior than adults; second, adolescents are less able to control their impulses than adults; and finally, …

Confronting Chaos: The Fiscal Constitution Faces Federal Shutdowns And (Almost) Debt Defaults, Charles Tiefer

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

“Rebuilding Our Community”: Hearing Silenced Voices On Aboriginal Youth Suicide, Melissa L. Walls, Dane Hautala, Jenna Hurley

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper brings forth the voices of adult Aboriginal First Nations community members who gathered in focus groups to discuss the problem of youth suicide on their reserves. Our approach emphasizes multilevel (e.g., individual, family, and broader ecological systems) factors viewed by participants as relevant to youth suicide. Wheaton’s conceptualization of stressors (1994; 1999) and Evans-Campbell’s (2008) multilevel classification of the impacts of historical trauma are used as theoretical and analytic guides. Thematic analysis of qualitative data transcripts revealed a highly complex intersection of stressors, traumas, and social problems seen by community members as underlying mechanisms influencing heightened levels of …

Songs You Know By Heart: Alcohol, Promiscuous Sex, Drugs, And Escape In Jimmy Buffett’S Music, Eve M. Brank, Kathleen A. Fox, Victoria Kaspar

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Some researchers argue singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett’s lyrics focus on alcohol, promiscuous sex, and drugs, while others say Buffett’s music has changed since he sold out to corporate sponsorship. Results from a systematic coding of all 386 of his songs released since 1969 indicate Buffett’s music is more about escape and irony than deviant behaviors. Furthermore, lyric themes remain largely unaltered even through an increase in his popularity and corporate sponsorship.

Environment, Energy, And Resources Law, Amanda Leiter

Contributions to Books

This chapter from The Year in Review, published by the ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, covers developments during 2013 in the areas of standing, Commerce Clause, political question doctrine, preemption, takings, due process, First Amendment, Tenth Amendment, and state constitutional law.

Peer Victimization And Child Physical Health: The Moderating Role Of Pessimism, Tori R. Van Dyk, Timothy D. Nelson

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Objective—Involvement in peer victimization has been associated with numerous negative consequences, including poor physical health. The purpose of this study is to improve on previous research evaluating the victimization– health relationship by examining the health (i.e., health-related quality of life [HRQoL], medical service utilization) of both victims and aggressors and examining individual variation in this relationship through the moderating effect of pessimism.

Method—Sample included 125 ethnically diverse youth aged 8–11 years recruited from a low-income medical practice. Child-report of involvement in peer victimization and pessimism was assessed along with parent-report of HRQoL. 2-year medical service utilization was extracted from medical …

Multiple Motherhoods: The Effect Of The Internalization Of Motherhood Ideals On Life Satisfaction, Kayla M. Pritchard, Lisa Kort-Butler

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Purpose – This study examined whether life satisfaction varied among women who occupy different motherhood statuses, and if these variations were influenced by differences in women’s internalization of cultural motherhood norms. We distinguished among women as biological mothers, stepmothers, and “double mothers,” who were both biological and stepmothers. We also included two groups of women without children: voluntary childfree and involuntary childless women.

Design/methodology/approach – Data were drawn from the National Study of Fertility Barriers and analyzed using OLS regression.

Findings – Biological mothers reported greater life satisfaction than women in other motherhood statuses. Accounting for the internalization of motherhood …

Crossing The Interspecies Barrier: Opening The Door To Zoonotic Pathogens, Christian Gortazar, Leslie A. Reperant, Thijs Kuiken, Jose De La Fuente, Mariana Boadella, Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, Francisco Ruiz-Fons, Agusitn Estrada-Pena, Christian Drosten, Graham Medley, Richard Ostfeld, Townsend Peterson, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Christian Menge, Marc Artois, Constance Schultsz, Richard Delahay, Jordi Sierra-Cobo, Robert Poulin, Frederic Keck, Alonso A. Aguirre, Heikki Henttonen, Andrew P. Dobson, Susan Kutz, Juan Lubroth, Atle Mysterud

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The number of pathogens known to infect humans is ever increasing. Whether such increase reflects improved surveillance and detection or actual emergence of novel pathogens is unclear. Nonetheless, infectious diseases are the second leading cause of human mortality and disability-adjusted life years lost worldwide [1,2]. On average, three to four new pathogen species are detected in the human population every year [3]. Most of these emerging pathogens originate from nonhuman animal species. Zoonotic pathogens represent approximately 60% of all known pathogens able to infect humans [4]. Their occurrence in humans relies on the human-animal interface, defined as the continuum of …

Movement Characteristics Of American Beavers (Castor Canadensis), Lance F. Mcclintic, Guiming Wang, Jimmy D. Taylor Ii, Jeanne C. Jones

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Physiological states and foraging behaviors may shape movement patterns of animals. Optimal foraging theory and what we term the deliberate movement hypothesis predict that, to reduce predation risk, central place foragers should move faster with smaller turning angles the further they are from their central place. The complementary bimodal foraging trip hypothesis predicts that the distribution of foraging distances exhibited by central place foragers should be bimodal due to a trade-off between provisioning offspring and self-feeding. We used radio-telemetry to test these hypotheses for American beavers (Castor canadensis) in northern Alabama, United States. American beavers moved faster with …

Organisational Culture And Workplace Corruption In Government Hospitals, Ma. Regina M. Hechanova, Isabel Melgar, Patrick Z. Falguera, Mario Villaverde

Psychology Department Faculty Publications

This study examines corruption attitudes and norms in government hospitals in the Philippines. It tests a culture-building model that advocates communication of desired values, leadership role modelling, employee role modelling, alignment of systems and structures, training and evaluation, and reinforcement. Results reveal components that influence corruption attitudes and norms. Communication predicted individual attitudes or acceptability of corrupt acts. Leadership, systems, and controls predicted the prevalence of corrupt acts. Employee role modelling predicted both acceptability of and the prevalence of corrupt acts. In addition, there is a positive relationship between individual attitudes and organisation norms reinforcing the dyadic relationship between the …

The Impact Of Texting On Committed Romantic Relationships, Danielle M. Maurer

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The availability and affordability of mobile phones has increased dramatically in the last decade and continues to increase. Short-message service (texting), a popular feature of the mobile phone, has become a widely accepted phenomenon in today's society, and is beginning to dominate the landscape of interpersonal communication, used as a primary medium in romantic and sexual correspondence. There is minimal academic research focusing on the effects of texting on communication and social behavior within romantic relationships; research is lacking with regard to how mobile phone communication changes throughout the romantic relationships. The current study explores how texting practices are related …

Posters From The 2014 Michigan Epidemiology Conference, Talat Danish

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Poster session presenters from the annual Michigan Epidemiology Conference were invited to submit their posters for publication in the Michigan Journal of Public Health. Submissions were accepted from two authors on subjects much in health news and very relevant to public health. One poster looks at NHANES data for use of energy drinks with interesting recommendations for future research, and the other poster attempts to predict health care costs associated with hospital acquired Methicillin Resistant Staph. Aureus and Clostridium Difficile infections.

Posters included:

The MDCH SHARP MRSA?CDI Prevention Initiative: A Cost Analysis

Noreen Mollon, MS, Bryan Buckley, MPH, Gail Denkins, …

Edison State College General Catalog 2013-2014, Edison State College

FSW Course Catalogs

Edison State College General Catalog Volume Fifty Two. 2013-2014. Scanned by Internet Archive.

Responding To Infant Sleep-Related Crying : A Theoretical Exploration Of Caregiver Response From Attachment And Object Relations Perspectives, Casey L. Zandoná

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

How to respond to infant sleep-related crying is a ripe debate in much of the current parenting literature. This theoretical thesis explores how certain caregiver responses affect infants' psychological development. Particular attention is paid to the popular sleep-training technique—letting a baby "Cry It Out"—as there is an alarming lack of consideration within empirical and theoretical literature of the psychological impact of this parenting strategy on an infant. This thesis begins with an overview of current empirical research on infant sleep and crying behavior, and proceeds to include an in-depth look at attachment and object relations (mostly Winnicottian) theories, specifically in …

How To Be An Authentic Indian, M. Alexander Pearl

Faculty Articles

The mascot and team name of the Washington, D.C. professional football team is making headlines. What do Authentic Indians really think about it? This essay clears the air by replacing the liberal media talking points with an actual viewpoint from Indian Country. This perspective gives an inside view into the significant efforts to maintain longstanding traits of “Indian-ness” against an onslaught of political correctness gone mad.

The (Un)Enforcement Of Corporate Officers' Duties, Megan Wischmeier Shaner

Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Trans-Personal Procedures, Roger Michalski

Faculty Articles

Recent court decisions have reignited a national debate about corporate personhood. This debate recognizes that the legal status of artificial persons is of great importance to the fabric of society, law, and politics. Questions about the status of artificial persons are typically raised in the context of substantive law, where corporate personhood has triggered strong reactions and important scholarship. But there is another, completely neglected side to this debate. The status of artificial entities is not solely negotiated in the context of substantive law. Procedure, similarly, must also choose whether to treat natural and artificial entities alike or not. This …

The Cultural Influences Which Motivate Countertransference For The Collectivist-Oriented Clinician Working With Clients In The United States, Janet Namono

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This theoretical thesis explores the phenomenon of the collectivist-oriented clinician and the cultural influences that motivate countertransference while working with clients in the United States. This project explores the cultural influence of difference in the cultural orientations of the clinician, and the clients' in two internship placements as contexts of the work in the United States. The cultural experiences in the dyad are related to differences in the issues of sense of self, differentiation, separation-individuation, autonomy, and self-determination. In particular, these influencing cultural differences are analyzed through structural drive theory and relational theory. Ethnocultural countertransference literature (Comas-Diaz and Jacobsen) informing …