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Disabled Women’S Attendance At Community Women’S Groups In Rural Nepal, J. Morrison, T. Colbourn, B. Budhathoki, A. Sen, D. Adhikari, J. Bamjan, S. Pathak, A. Basnet, J. F. Trani, A. Costello, D. Manandhar, N. Groce

Brown School Faculty Publications

There is strong evidence that participatory approaches to health and participatory women’s groups hold great potential to improve the health of women and children in resource poor settings. It is important to consider if interventions are reaching the most marginalized, and therefore we examined disabled women’s participation in women’s groups and other community groups in rural Nepal. People with disabilities constitute 15% of the world’s population and face high levels of poverty, stigma, social marginalization and unequal access to health resources, and therefore their access to women’s groups is particularly important. We used a mixed methods approach to describe attendance …

Novel Loci Associated With Usual Sleep Duration: The Charge Consortium Genome-Wide Association Study, D. J. Gottlieb, K. Hek, T. H. Chen, N. F. Watson, G. Eiriksdottir, E. M. Byrne, M. Cornelis, S. C. Warby, S. Bandinelli, John Blangero

School of Medicine Publications

Usual sleep duration is a heritable trait correlated with psychiatric morbidity, cardiometabolic disease and mortality, although little is known about the genetic variants influencing this trait. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of usual sleep duration was conducted using 18 population-based cohorts totaling 47 180 individuals of European ancestry. Genome-wide significant association was identified at two loci. The strongest is located on chromosome 2, in an intergenic region 35- to 80-kb upstream from the thyroid-specific transcription factor PAX8 (lowest P=1.1 × 10 -9). This finding was replicated in an African-American sample of 4771 individuals (lowest P=9.3 × 10 -4). The strongest …

The Constitutionality Of Lengthy Term-Of-Years Sentences For Juvenile Non-Homicide Offenders, Rebecca Lowry

St. John's Law Review

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Part I discusses the development of the Court's ' kids are different" decisions. Part II argues that the rationale behind Graham applies not only to life-without-parole sentences but also to lengthy term-of-years sentences for juvenile non-homicide offenders. Part III suggests a constitutional mandate as to when states must provide a meaningful opportunity for release and explores other legislative action states can employ to comply with Graham.

Constitutional Remedies: Reconciling Official Immunity With The Vindication Of Rights, Michael L. Wells

St. John's Law Review

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Part I makes the crucial point that compensation is a tool and not a distinct goal of tort liability. With civil recourse theory as a guidepost, Part II argues that one of the aims of constitutional tort law is vindication of the plaintiffs rights. Civil recourse principles teach that vindication may be at least partly achieved even when immunity blocks compensation. Part III shows how the Court's failure to distinguish vindication from compensation has unnecessarily impeded the vindication of rights. Two important official immunity cases-Camreta v. Greene and Pearson v. Callahan -illustrate the missed opportunities and show how …

Ensuring Protection Of Juveniles' Rights: A Better Way Of Obtaining A Voluntary Miranda Waiver, Yekaterina Berkovich

St. John's Law Review

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Part I provides background information about the evolution of judicial treatment of juveniles and the admissibility of confessions. Part II analyzes the different approaches applied by federal and state courts to determine whether a juvenile's waiver of rights was voluntary and examines the flaws in those approaches. Part III proposes a new approach to remedy the problems courts have faced with the existing approaches and to provide consistent outcomes at the federal level.

Autism And The Criminal Defendant, Christine N. Cea

St. John's Law Review

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Part I discusses autism spectrum disorders, including the diagnosis and characteristics of autism, and whether autism is linked to criminal behavior. Part II examines whether autism should be an affirmative defense to a crime, and concludes that it should not. However, Part II does propose that autism should be an affirmative defense to specific minor crimes. Part III analyzes potential prejudicial demeanor evidence that might occur when autistic defendants testify in their own defense at a trial. This Part argues that evidence of autism should be admitted in a trial to explain to the jury why an autistic individual …

Y.E.S. 4 Health: A Peer Education Approach To Prevention Of Diabetes In African American Adolescents, Imani Ma'at, K.A. Harris, G.A. Harris, P. Rodney

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of New York City Sports Outcomes On The Stock Market, Nir Levy

Undergraduate Economic Review

This thesis investigates whether sports outcomes for New York City based teams affect the daily returns, volatility or trading volume of major stock indexes in the United States. I research whether events that affect local mood in a major financial center can influence national stock indexes by swaying the sentiment of workers in the financial sector. By performing an event study I found evidence that returns are abnormally high following championships won by New York City professional sports teams. Returns are abnormally low and volume is abnormally high following elimination from a championship round.

The Influence Of Negative Information On Trust In Virtual Teams, Tiffany T. Lee

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Organizational work is characterized by positive as well as often negative work behaviors from employees. The same may be said of work done in virtual teams, where computer-mediated communication among team members can be particularly uncivil and inflammatory (Wilson, Straus, & McEvily, 2006). Accordingly, trust has been theorized as more difficult to develop in these types of teams compared to traditional face to face teams. Using a computer simulation of a collaborative team task, this study examined how individuals in virtual teams integrate conflicting pieces of positive and negative information about a teammate into one overall rating of trust. Data …

Getting Ahead: Socio-Economic Mobility, Perceptions Of Opportunity For Socio-Economic Mobility, And Attitudes Towards Public Assistance In The United States, Alissa Klein

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this research I first examine how Americans’ perceptions of what it takes to get ahead are influenced by their income and then compare those perceptions to measured levels of intergenerational socio-economic mobility. By better understanding these relationships I hope to gain insight into the paths people see to upward mobility, how this varies by income, and to what extent this belief is reflected in past mobility measurements. Additionally, I compare perceptions of what it takes to get ahead with responses regarding attitudes towards public assistance. The results of such a comparison could have important implications for public policy.

The …

Employee Retaliation Against Abusive Supervision: Testing The Distinction Between Overt And Covert Retaliation, Derek Michael Hutchinson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study attempted to expand previous research on employee retaliation against abusive supervision by evaluating both overt and covert retaliatory behaviors and the different mechanisms behind these behaviors. Initial confirmatory factor analysis did not find substantial support for a two-factor retaliation construct, but this may have been a result of the nature of behavioral retaliation items that composed the measures. Correlational analyses did not demonstrate clear discriminate validity between overt and overt retaliation; additionally, regression analyses did not find support for high performing or highly political skilled employees retaliating primarily through one form of retaliation. Highly political skilled and high …

2015 October 28 -- Agenda And Attachments

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Volume 107 Issue 8, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Libqual+ 2015 Survey: Old Dominion University, Association Of Research Libraries, Texas A&M University

Libraries Reports and Documents

Full results of the 2015 LibQUAL+ Survey of Old Dominion University Libraries -- provided by Association of Research Libraries.

The Lumberjack, October 28, 2015, The Lumberjack Staff

2015

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Citizen-Sourcing And Reframing Environmental Discourse: An Analysis Of Frances Moore Lappé’S Ecomind, Emilie O. Falc

Communication Studies Faculty Works

This is a Selected papers and posters from the 12th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment, Participation Revisited: Openings and Closures for Deliberations on the Commons, held in Uppsala, Sweden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, June 6-11, 2013. Theme: Communication for the Commons: Revisiting Participation and Environment, for the Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Communication and Environment.

A Panel Discussion Of The Redefined Roles Of Dissertation Chairs/Members: Entering A New Benchmark System For The Doctoral Student; And Understanding The Institutional Review Board (Irb): A Joint Venture Process Between The Principal Investigator (Doctoral Student) And Co-Investigator (Faculty Advisor), David B. Ross

Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Collegian: October 28, 2015, The Collegian Staff

The Collegian, 2015-2016

Volume 131
Issue 9

We Are...Marshall, October 28, 2015, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

2015 Program, Office Of Academic Affairs

Programs

A university is more than an amalgamation of several colleges. It also is an organization which celebrates the full richness of faculty contributions including those vital and exciting contributions in research, scholarship and creative activity within their disciplines. These contributions come in many forms: journal articles, book chapters, monographs, art works, music compositions, performances of many varieties and a host of others. Funded research contributions are similarly varied. Through such activities, faculty members stay at the growing edges of their fields, and in so doing, they enrich their intellectual lives as well as those of their students.

Once again, I …

Interdisciplinary Workshop Using Applied Models To Increase Collaboration And Satisfaction Between Medical Students And Standardized Patient Instructors, Tanakorn Kittisarapong, Benjamin Blatt, Jennifer Owens, Karen Lewis, Larrie Greenberg

E-Learning Modules

In an article published in 1993 by Shulman about higher education it was stated that, "Teaching takes practice. It takes feedback. It takes instruction." More and more we are becoming aware of that. There has been increasing recognition of the need to prepare medical students for their future teaching roles as intern/residents and physicians. There have been numerous publications addressing peer teaching in undergraduate education, but sparse literature addressing how medical students co-teach physical diagnosis to pre-clinical students in lieu of faculty. Traditionally in North America, full-time faculty members have assumed the major responsibility for teaching first- and second-year medical …

Center For The Humanities Announces 2016-2017 Faculty Fellows, Katie Umans

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The Diamond, October 28, 2015, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Sioux Center: Growing Bright or Just Growing Highways?; Syria to Sioux Center: Bethel CRC Making Plans for Refugees; Politically Packed Weekend on Dordt Campus
• News: Ag Ambassadors Represent Dordt at The World Food Prize Conference; Professors Divulge Commonly-Heard Excuses; Engineering Scholarships Result of Healthy Relationship with Professional Engineers; Defender Days Recap; Dordt Prepares Warm Embrace for Language Lovers; Presidential Chemistry Lab Uncovered in Virginia Leads to Dordt Campus Speculation; Campus Discussion Continues on Gun-Control; Freshman Van Eps Takes the Godspell Stage; Winery CEO Puts Fresh Spin on Stewardship
• Opinion: The Improvised Life: Guide to Building a Robotic Glitter …

Grad Student Helps Schoolteachers Learn Classroom Management, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Depression Screening In Heart Failure Patients, Amee Siegel Bsn, Rn, Alyx Howard Bsn, Rn, Miranda Carter Bsn, Rn, Kristina Koble Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Income On Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From The 2008 Economic Stimulus Tax Rebates, Marta Lachowska

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This paper uses tax rebate payments from the 2008 economic stimulus to estimate the effect of a one-time change in income on three measures of subjective well-being: life satisfaction, health satisfaction, and affect. The income effect is identified by exploiting the plausibly exogenous variation in the payment schedule of the rebates. Using both ordinary least squares and two-stage least squares estimators, I find that the rebates had a large and positive impact on affect, which is explained by a reduction in feelings of stress and worry. For life satisfaction and health satisfaction, there is weaker evidence of a positive impact. …

Daily Eastern News: October 28, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Brooke Robinson, Petitioner - Appellant, Vs. Juan Pablo Matas-Vidal, Respondent - Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

APPEAL FROM THE FINAL ORDER OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF UTAH COUNTY, THE HONORABLE CHRISTINE S. JOHNSON

Positive Parenting And Children's Prosocial Behavior In Eight Countries, Concetta Pastorelli, Jennifer E. Lansford, Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri, Patrick S. Malone, Laura Di Giunta, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Arnaldo Zelli, Maria Concetta Miranda, Marc H. Bornstein, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Kenneth A. Dodge, Paul Oburu, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring

Psychology Department Faculty Publications

Background

Research supports the beneficial role of prosocial behaviors on children's adjustment and successful youth development. Empirical studies point to reciprocal relations between negative parenting and children's maladjustment, but reciprocal relations between positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior are understudied. In this study reciprocal relations between two different dimensions of positive parenting (quality of the mother–child relationship and the use of balanced positive discipline) and children's prosocial behavior were examined in Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

Methods

Mother–child dyads (N = 1105) provided data over 2 years in two waves (M …

Spectator 2015-10-28, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.