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An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Teachers’ Psychological Capital And Their Collective Self-Esteem, Charmaine S. Bissessar

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Teachers who possess high levels of psychological capital and collective self-esteem are better able to cope with the spate of school violence, student/student bullying, and other current issues confronting the education system globally, regionally, and nationally. A teacher psychological capital high in hope, optimism, self-efficacy, resilience, and collective self-esteem translates into educators who possess a more positive outlook and can impart and influence how their students perceive themselves. No known research exists in the Trinidadian context linking both psychological capital and collective self-esteem. This study expands the body of research in these two areas, locally, by reporting the findings of …

Rethinking The Right To Vote Under State Constitutions, Michael T. Morley

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Why Wynne Worries Me, Edward A. Zelinsky

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Common And Uncommon Families And The American Constitutional Order, Linda C. Mcclain

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Accommodation, Establishment, And Freedom Of Religion, Richard W. Garnett

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Invisible Women: Why An Exemption For Hobby Lobby Would Violate The Establishment Cause, Mark F. Gedicks, Andrew Koppleman

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Why Wynne Should Win, Dan T. Coenen

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Wynne: Lose Or Draw, Brannon P. Denning, Norman R. Williams

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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The Relationship Between Air Quality Index, Particulate Matter (Pm10) And Respiratory Diseases In The Eight Upper Northern Provinces Of Thailand, An Analysis Of Data In The Years 2010 And 2011, Pibool Issarapan

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Introduction: The aim of this study was to explore whether there was relationship between air quality index (AQI),particulate matter smaller than 10 microns (PM10) and respiratory diseases in Thailand.

Method: An analysis was made using data from respiratory disease sent to the National Health Security Office(NHSO) in the fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Patient admission counts of each day were combined withdaily air quality data obtained from website of the Department of Pollution Control. The joined data wasanalyzed using linear regression model.

Result: A linear relationship was found between numbers of admissions from all respiratory diseases and AQI/PM10 (regression coefficient …

Food Security Of Elderly In Khukot Municipality Lamlukka District And In Na Mai Tambon Administration Lardloomkaew District, Pathumthani Province, Sawanee Tengrungsun

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Introduction: Now Thailand becomes aging society, then, food security is another issue which should be concernedfor this aging society. The objectives of this study were to survey food security of the elderly inmunicipality and tambon administration, to compare the difference of food security in both groups, andto study the correlation between food security with health status and nutrition status of body mass indexin both groups.

Method: It was a cross sectional survey, which studied in 449 of Thai elderly who lived in Khukot municipality,Lamlukka district and 460 of Thai elderly lived in Namai tambon administration, Lardloomkaew district,Pathumthani province. Data were …

Occupational Rhinitis, Asanee Chotipanvithayakul

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Occupational rhinitis is defined as that occurring secondary to exposure in the workplace to causal agents. Nasalitching, sneezing, rhinorrhea, and nasal congestion are the common presentations. Avoidance of exposure and an adequatepharmacotherapy are important measures for the treatment. However, occupational rhinitis is frequently under-diagnoseddue to lack of physician awareness. If exposure to the offending agent persists, occupational rhinitis may develop intooccupational asthma. For this reason, the knowledge of occupational rhinitis is important to help affected workers not tohave reduced work abilities and quality of lives caused by a preventable and curable disease.

The Four Noble Truths Of Hia And Eia, Pornchai Sithisarankul

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

The author shares some views on health impact assessment (HIA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA)using the Four Noble Truths approach. “Suffer” of HIA includes conflicts between industries and people, people and people,people and academia, people and government agencies; HIA being more expensive and difficult; industries moving toother countries; and worst of all, the growing pollution. “Samudaya” of HIA includes social and health inequity resultingfrom developmental projects; consultants conducting EIA directly received money from industries hence having conflict ofinterest; consultants conducting EIA outsourcing health experts from universities to help in health issues; HIA was done on aproject-by-project basis, not on an …

Protest Of Doctors: A Basic Human Right Or An Ethical Dilemma, Imran Naeem Abbasi

Community Health Sciences

Background: Peaceful protests and strikes are a basic human right as stated in the United Nations' universal declaration on human rights. But for doctors, their proximity to life and death and the social contract between a doctor and a patient are stated as the reasons why doctors are valued more than the ordinary beings. In Pakistan, strikes by doctors were carried out to protest against lack of service structure, security and low pay. This paper discusses the moral and ethical concerns pertaining to the strikes by medical doctors in the context of Pakistan. The author has carefully tried to balance …

The Prudential Third Party Standing Of Family-Owned Corporations, Matthew I. Hall, Benjamin Means

Scholarly Works

On November 26, 2013, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether for-profit corporations or their shareholders have standing to challenge federal regulations that implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). At issue in the two cases consolidated for appeal, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, are regulations mandating that employers with fifty or more employees offer health insurance that includes coverage for all contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The plaintiffs assert that providing certain types of contraceptive care would be contrary to their religious beliefs and allege, therefore, that the mandate violates the Religious …

Seeking A Comprehensive Worldview: The Religious Seeker In The Modern World, Michael Gregory

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

Anecdotally, the casual observer of anthropological phenomenon may be led to believe that every human is basically the same. Indeed, many may assume that groups of people possess identical beliefs, religions, and expressions that hardly vary across different cultures and generations. Throughout the plethora of different cultures and the countless varieties of religious expression and experience it may seem that all of humanity is merely following the same lifestyles and worldviews as their parents and ancestors with very little change save for the gradual evolution in society. A religious studies scholar, or any scholar of the humanities, however, may notice …

Seeking A Comprehensive Worldview: The Religious Seeker In The Modern World, Michael Gregory

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

Anecdotally, the casual observer of anthropological phenomenon may be led to believe that every human is basically the same. Indeed, many may assume that groups of people possess identical beliefs, religions, and expressions that hardly vary across different cultures and generations. Throughout the plethora of different cultures and the countless varieties of religious expression and experience it may seem that all of humanity is merely following the same lifestyles and worldviews as their parents and ancestors with very little change save for the gradual evolution in society. A religious studies scholar, or any scholar of the humanities, however, may notice …

A Role For Law In Preparing For Death, Barbara A. Noah

Faculty Scholarship

This Article discusses the limits of how end of life law can address threats to patient autonomy. The reluctance of physicians, patients and family to discuss end of life matters and to confront the certainty of death, together with a culture that actively denies the aging process itself, interferes with a patient’s ability to exercise choice as death approaches. Thus, patients often suffer needlessly from the continuation of treatments and life-supportive measures that they would choose to decline if better informed about their choices and the importance of choosing. Advance directives, as a legal mechanism, often fail fully to protect …

Regulation Of Air Traffic - The D.C. Circuit Holds That The Faa Has Statutory Authority To Alter Flight Routes To Mitigate The Impact Of Aircraft Noise On Residential Areas, Huy Ly

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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The Aviation And Transportation Safety Act And Whisteblowers - How Maclean And The Federal Circuit Sent National Security Into A Nose Dive, Cassie Suttle

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Relaxing Restrictions On Cuba: More Air Travel Now Than Before, Jennifer Smiley

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Applying The Discretionary Function Exception To The Waiver Of Sovereign Immunity In Airport Litigation, James L. Cresswell

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Gambling On Our Financial Future: How The Federal Government Fiddles While State Common Law Is A Safer Bet To Prevent Another Financial Collapse, Brian Mccall

Faculty Articles

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How "Bad Law, Bad Economics And Bad Policy" Positively Shaped Corporate Behavior, Megan Wischmeier Shaner

Faculty Articles

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An Environmental Conversation, William Murray Tabb

Faculty Articles

Federal environmental law and policy ambitiously purports to provide clean air and water, protect endangered and threatened species, clean-up hazardous and toxic waste sites, and infuse environmental considerations into the decision-making process of all federal agencies with respect to major proposals impacting the environment. Despite such lofty goals and an expansion of the regulatory state, certain types of activities and associated risks have eluded statutory coverage. Additionally, these uncoordinated federal environmental statutes typically embody a singular and sometimes myopic focus, leading to unpredictable or undesirable regulatory gaps, constraints, and inefficiencies. Further, limitations on standing and judicial review may significantly limit …

How To Reach Disengaged Adolescents In Physical Education: A Review Of Causes And Solutions To The Crisis In Physical Education, Sam Backstrom

Graduate Research Papers

This paper reviews the current crisis of adolescent disengagement in physical education. Evidence suggests that current practices are not effectively engaging adolescent students in physical education classes, which may have negative consequences. This paper investigates 1 what factors are causing students to become disengaged with physical education. Environmental factors as well as classroom practices are examined to determine what is causing disengagement in students. When disengagement factors are discovered, solutions are offered on how best to engage students in the physical education environment. Solutions involving both practical applications for teachers as well as possible implications for broader school-based solutions are …

Teacher Evaluation: Accessing Evaluation Instruments And Processes For Evaluating, Justin Post

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this review of literature is to investigate instruments and practices used in evaluations of teachers and give research based recommendations advise towards the utilization of these instruments and processes.

Gardasil Uptake In Boys: Barriers And Strategies To Increase Vaccination Rates, Shawna Allyson Haislet

Graduate Research Papers

The human papillomavirus affects over half of sexually active males and females at some point in their lifetime. Fortunately, there is a recommended vaccine, Gardasil, which can help protect both young males and females from acquiring certain strains of the HPV virus (CDC, 201 ld). The American Academy of Family Physicians, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine recommend HPV vaccination (CDC, 2012d). Even with these recommendations from highly trusted medical organizations and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) routine recommendation for use in 11 and …

Ay 2013/2014 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2014-02-19, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

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Ay 2013/2014 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2014-03-19, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

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Ay 2013/2014 Sec Meeting Minutes, 2014-02-05, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.