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Sec Risk Management Review Of Consolidated Supervised Entities (May 31, 2007), United States: Securities And Exchange Commission: Office Of Prudential Supervision And Risk Analysis (Opsra)

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Incarceration : A Rising Population Dilemma, Lessie Smith Jr.

Master's Theses

The nation's incarceration growth continues to soar, having negative economic and societal effects. This research explores continued growth causes and possible answers to prevent, intervene, and slow down incarceration. Hampton Roads institutions' offenders and professional staff were surveyed. The survey focuses on preventive and intervention programs and their effectiveness, sociological and economical factors leading to imprisonment, and statistics supporting incarceration growth. The research goal is to validate program contents and components factoring into imprisonment. The study of others and information generated through this study are used to determine program needs and current effectiveness. This study explores reasons offenders frequent the …

Glacier Funding V Cdo Pitchbook, Merrill Lynch International

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Homeless At Home: The Communication Effects Of The 'One Homeless Night' Program On Participants’ Attitudes And Perceptions Of Homelessness In Canada, Sarah Grace Neff

Masters Theses

Experiential learning provides an opportunity for participants to engage with their respective subject matter in an interactive, effective way. One Homeless Night, an experiential learning event, communicates the nature, causes, and complexity of homelessness through a street walk, facilitated orientation, interactions with the homeless, a service learning component, and finally, an overnight experience at an organization that works with the homeless. This study endeavored to ascertain the extent to which One Homeless Night is effective in the communication of the true nature of homelessness to participants. Key findings of One Homeless Night included increased understanding of the complexity of homelessness, …

Sec Risk Management Review Of Consolidated Supervised Entities (April 26, 2007), United States: Securities And Exchange Commission: Office Of Prudential Supervision And Risk Analysis (Opsra), Lori H. Bettinger, Michelle A. Danis, James Giles, Michael J. Hsu, Kevin D. Silva, Steven M. Spurry, P.C. Venkatesh, Heather Wong

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Sec Memo Re Risk Management Reviews Of Consolidated Supervised Entities, Lori H. Bettinger, Michelle A. Danis, James Giles, Michael J. Hsu, Kevin D. Silva, Steven M. Spurry, P.C. Venkatesh, Heather Wong

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Bridging The Critical Chasm Between Service And Research: The Cancer Information Service’S Collaboratory, Linda Squiers, Nigel Bush, Robin C. Vanderpool, Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel, Cecilia Fabrizio

Health, Behavior & Society Faculty Publications

As a collaboratory for cancer communication and education research, the National Cancer Institute's (NCIs) Cancer Information Service (CIS) is in an ideal position to bridge the critical chasm that exists between service and research. This article describes the CIS' current research program as well as the CIS Research Agenda launched in 2005. The CIS' progress in developing and supporting recently funded studies that address this agenda is detailed. The unique resources and opportunities available to researchers, public health practitioners, health care providers, and community-based organizations interested in developing collaborative cancer communication and cancer education studies with the CIS are identified …

Droughtscape, Spring 2007, National Drought Mitigation Center

DroughtScape: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Drought Mitigation Center (2007–2023)

2007 Spring Drought Outlook & Winter Summary

VegDRI Expands to 15 States, Refines Views

DroughtScape

State Spotlight: Utah

International Panel Foresees Drought as Part of Climate Change

NIDIS Portal Advancing

Situating The Georgia Performance Standards In The Social Studies Debate: An Improvement For Social Studies Classrooms Or Continuing The Whitewash, Michael K. Barbour, Mark Evans, Jason Ritter

Education Faculty Publications

After approximately two decades of using the Quality Core Curriculum, in 2005 the State of Georgia began the process of implementing the new Georgia Performance Standard. In this article the authors examine the strengths and weaknesses of this new curriculum, along with the proposed model of implementation. In this examination, the authors will attempt to situate both the standards and their implementation within the current political struggle over curriculum in the United States.

Journal Of Cave And Karst Studies, Volume 69, No. 1, April 2007, Table Of Contents, National Speleological Society

KIP Articles

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Chronic Disease Prevention In Adolescence, Hatim A. Omar, Joav Merrick

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

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The Politics Of Identity: History, Nationalism, And The Prospect For Peace In Post-Cold War East Asia, Sheila Miyoshi Jager Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Both the Taiwan Strait and the Korean peninsula harbor real dangers for the Northeast Asian region. The clash between an increasingly divergent nationalist identity in China and in Taiwan represent a new challenge for U.S. policy in this area. Similarly, the rise of pan-Korean nationalism in South Korea, and an unpredictable North Korean regime that has succeeded in driving a wedge between Seoul and Washington, has created another highly combustible zone of potential conflict. The author explores how the United States might respond to the emerging new nationalism in the region in order to promote stability and peace. Offering a …

Scientific Advice To The House : Who Has The Congressional Ear?, Kristen Greenholt

Honors Theses

In 2001, President George W. Bush remarked, "Science and technology have never been more essential to the defense of the nation and the health of the economy." The responsibility for formulating science and technology policy primarily falls into the hands of Congress. However, since few members of Congress possess a broad base of knowledge in either science or technology, they must rely on external sources of information. I examine the sources of information on which they rely, or the question "Who has the Congressional Ear?"with regard to science and technology issues. Using the downfall of the Office of Technology Assessment …

Sec Risk Management Review Of Consolidated Supervised Entities (March 30, 2007), United States: Securities And Exchange Commission: Office Of Prudential Supervision And Risk Analysis (Opsra)

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Testimony Of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Before The U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government, Henry M. Paulson Jr.

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Sociodemographic Characteristics And Diabetes Predict Invalid Self-Reported Non-Smoking In A Population-Based Study Of U.S. Adults, Monica A. Fisher, George W. Taylor, Brent J. Shelton, Sara M. Debanne

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Nearly all studies reporting smoking status collect self-reported data. The objective of this study was to assess sociodemographic characteristics and selected, common smoking-related diseases as predictors of invalid reporting of non-smoking. Valid self-reported smoking may be related to the degree to which smoking is a behavior that is not tolerated by the smoker's social group.

METHODS: True smoking was defined as having serum cotinine of 15+ng/ml. 1483 "true" smokers 45+ years of age with self-reported smoking and serum cotinine data from the Mobile Examination Center were identified in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Invalid non-smoking was …

Memo Detailing The March 2 Financial Stability Briefing, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors: Staff Umbrella Group On Financial Stability

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In addition to the staff Financial Stability Report, this memo also includes 4 background memos as attachments. Each background memo provides additional information on topics to be discussed in the March 7, 2007 FOMC Meeting.

Echelon's Effect: The Obsolescence Of The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Legal Regime, Matt Bedan

Federal Communications Law Journal

The technological progress of the past thirty years has vastly increased the surveillance capabilities of the global intelligence community. At the same time, the law governing the use of this technology and its consequent information has remained largely static. This lack of adjustment, for better or worse, has rendered federal foreign intelligence surveillance law irrelevant in many respects.

Countrywide Form 10-K, Countrywide Financial Corporation

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Use Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine For Weight Control In The United States, Patricia A. Sharpe, Heidi M. Blanck, Joel E. Williams, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Joan M. Conway

Faculty Publications

Objectives: The purpose was to assess the prevalence and correlates of complementary and alternative medicine use for weight control.

Design: A list-assisted random-digit-dialed telephone survey of adults was conducted in the fall of 2002 (n = 11,211). The focus of the study was complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use, other than dietary supplements, in the previous 12 months.

Settings/location: The sample of respondents was drawn from the total noninstitutionalized U.S. adult population residing in telephone-equipped locations.

Subjects: The sampling procedures were designed to obtain adequate representation of Hispanic and non-Hispanic black respondents. Data from the total sample of 11,211 …

Fidelity In Sensory Integration Intervention Research., L Diane Parham, Ellen S. Cohn, Susan Spitzer, Jane A. Koomar, Lucy Jane Miller, Janice P Burke, Barbara Brett-Green, Zoe Mailloux, Teresa A. May-Benson, Susanne Smith Roley, Roseann C. Schaaf, Sarah A. Schoen, Clare A. Summers

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess validity of sensory integration outcomes research in relation to fidelity (faithfulness of intervention to underlying therapeutic principles).

METHOD: We identified core sensory integration intervention elements through expert review and nominal group process. Elements were classified into structural (e.g., equipment used, therapist training) and therapeutic process categories. We analyzed 34 sensory integration intervention studies for consistency of intervention descriptions with these elements.

RESULTS: Most studies described structural elements related to therapeutic equipment and interveners' profession. Of the 10 process elements, only 1 (presentation of sensory opportunities) was addressed in all studies. Most studies described fewer than …

Goal Attainment Scaling As A Measure Of Meaningful Outcomes For Children With Sensory Integration Disorders., Zoe Mailloux, Teresa A. May-Benson, Clare A. Summers, Lucy Jane Miller, Barbara Brett-Green, Janice P. Burke, Ellen S. Cohn, Jane A. Koomar, L Diane Parham, Susanne Smith Roley, Roseann C. Schaaf, Sarah A. Schoen

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

Goal attainment scaling (GAS) is a methodology that shows promise for application to intervention effectiveness research and program evaluation in occupational therapy (Dreiling & Bundy, 2003; King et al., 1999; Lannin, 2003; Mitchell & Cusick, 1998). This article identifies the recent and current applications of GAS to occupational therapy for children with sensory integration dysfunction, as well as the process, usefulness, and problems of application of the GAS methodology to this population. The advantages and disadvantages of using GAS in single-site and multisite research with this population is explored, as well as the potential solutions and future programs that will …

Bear Stearns 2006 10-K, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

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Talk To Antioch College Course On The Black American Contribution To World Revolutionary Processes, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech to the Antioch College course on the Black American Contribution to World Revoluntionary Processess in the spring semester. 15 pages.

Testimony Of Treasury Assistant Secretary Clay Lowery Before The House Financial Services Committee, Clay Lowery

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Goldman Sachs 2006 10-K, Goldman Sachs

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New Developments In Clearing And Settlement Arrangements For Otc Derivatives, Bank For International Settlements (Bis): Committee On Payment And Settlement Systems

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In response to the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) request for a follow up on the 1998 report, this report revisits issues identified in that report and identifies and analyzes any new issues raised by changes since 1998 in risk management practices or the post-trade processing infrastructure for OTC derivatives. Three new issues raised by developments since 1998: (1) the implications of OTC derivatives prime brokerage (2) the risks associated with unauthorised novations of contracts (3) the potential for significant market disruptions from the closeout of OTC derivatives transactions following the default of one or more.

104 Publ L 208 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, U.S. Congress

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U.S. Flag And National Anthem, Fort Hays State University

Democracy/Government

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Fort Hays State University, Kansas.

Native Communities And Climate Change: Protecting Tribal Resources As Part Of National Climate Policy: Executive Summary, Jonathan M. Hanna, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Western Water Assessment (Program)

Books, Reports, and Studies

7 p. : col. ill., maps