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Kentucky’S Structural Deficit, Michael T. Childress, William Hoyt

Issue Brief on Topics Affecting Kentucky’s Economy

No abstract provided.

A Profile Of Kentucky Medicaid Mental Health Diagnoses, 2000‐2010, Michael T. Childress

CBER Research Report

Good policy is dependent upon good data. This is especially true in health policy. Here we provide data on the number of Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries who have received a mental or behavioral health diagnosis from 2000 to 2010. A Profile of Kentucky Medicaid Mental Health Diagnoses, 2000‐2010 provides information on the total number of individuals who have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder as well as a year‐by‐year count of the 15 broad categories used to classify these diagnoses. Presented for children (age 18 and younger) and adults (19 and older), these data are organized at the state, regional, …

An Empirical Examination Of The Associations Between Social Tags And Web Queries, Kwan Yi, Chan Yun Yoo

Journalism and Media Faculty Publications

Introduction. We aim to discover the associations between social tags for a Web page and Web queries that would retrieve the same Webpage in three major search engines.

Method. 4,827 query terms were submitted to the three major search engines to acquire search engine results pages. A series of Perl scripts were written to read search engine results pages and to identify, analyse, and extract organic links

Analysis. Web pages from the organic links in search engine results pages were examined to see whether and how they had been tagged in Delicious. Only the Webpages tagged by …

The Difficulties Of Psychologcal Adjustment For Female Rape Victims: A Literature Review, Jackie Castille, Carolyn Barry

Modern Psychological Studies

In this literature review we explore the various factors that can affect how well college-aged female rape victims adjust psychologically following a rape incident. Such factors include the following: how a victim cognitively labels the incident (i.e., as rape or something else); society's reaction to the victim's story, and subsequent identification of the victim as stigmatized or not; the prevalence of rape myths that impact stigmatization; and the presence of a support system in the form of friends who are willing to listen receptively to the victim. These factors together affect how well a victim is able to adjust psychologically …

The Crisis Of The American Law School, Paul Campos

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The economist Herbert Stein once remarked that if something cannot go on forever, it will stop. Over the past four decades, the cost of legal education in America has seemed to belie this aphorism: it has gone up relentlessly. Private law school tuition increased by a factor of four in real, inflation-adjusted terms between 1971 and 2011, while resident tuition at public law schools has nearly quadrupled in real terms over just the past two decades. Meanwhile, for more than thirty years, the percentage of the American economy devoted to legal services has been shrinking. In 1978 the legal sector …

Put The Town On Notice: School District Liability And Lgbt Bullying Notification Laws, Yariv Pierce

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Congress could mitigate the problem of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) student bullying by requiring that teachers and school officials report all bullying incidents to their school district administrators. Many school districts are not aware of the prevalence of LGBT bullying and the extent to which each school protects, or fails to protect, its LGBT students compared to other harassed students. LGBT students often encounter difficulty demonstrating that their school district has a policy or custom of deliberate indifference toward their equal treatment when a school does not equally protect an LGBT student from peer-to-peer bullying because of the …

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Student Affairs Newsletter, September 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Division Of Student Affairs.

Student Affairs News

Inside this issue:

-- Frederick to lead community college relations effort
-- Diversity Team seeks more members
-- Payne represents Student Affairs in NCBI initiative; new opportunities available
-- Office space changes in the works
-- Student Health 101 launched by WRS
-- Student support functions find temporary locations
-- Counseling Center to host speaker
-- Healthy Campus Coalition launched
-- Cedar Falls and UNI aim to be Blue Zone Communities
-- Employee wellness survey available
-- Welcome to new Registrar staffers Carol Squires, Joy Thorson
-- Academic Learning Center celebrates 5th Anniversary
-- Murra helps Women's Rugby excel

Peak Flow Meter กับผู้ป่วยเด็กโรคหืด (Peak Flow Meter And Childhood Asthma), นวลจันทร์ ปราบพาล

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Absence Of Antiretroviral Therapy And Other Risk Factors For Morbidity And Mortality In Malaysian Compulsory Drug Detention And Rehabilitation Centers, J.J. Fu, A.R. Bazazi, F.L. Altice, M.N. Mohamed, A. Kamarulzaman

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Background: Throughout Asia, people who use drugs are confined in facilities referred to as compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers. The limited transparency and accessibility of these centers has posed a significant challenge to evaluating detainees and detention conditions directly. Despite HIV being highly prevalent in this type of confined setting,direct evaluation of detainees with HIV and their access to medical care has yet to be reported in the literature. Methods: We evaluated the health status of 100 adult male detainees with HIV and their access to medical care in the two largest Malaysian compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers …

Establishing Relationship Between Characteristics Of Preventive Maintenance And Cost Performance, Cheong Peng Au-Yong, Azlan Shah Ali, Faizah Ahmad

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The building maintenance costs are rising rapidly from time to time due to poor maintenance in the past. In UK, total spending on building maintenance had a dramatically increase of 66% in the past 10 years. In Malaysia, the development plan allocation for repair and maintenance works in building sector increased from RM296 million during the Eighth Malaysian Plan to RM1,079 million during the Ninth Malaysian Plan. However, the development plan allocation for repair and maintenance works in the Tenth Malaysian Plan has decreased to RM500 million. The decrease of resource allocation for building maintenance activities urges the professions to …

Prospect And Sustainability Of Property Development On Highland And Steep Slope Areas In Selangor-Malaysia: Reexamining Of Regulations And Guidelines, A. Alias, K.N. Othman

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Governing property development has always requires a holistic approach in decision making. The legislations for property development that are in placed still could not ensure the sustainability of development pertinently on highland and steep slope areas. These areas need more detail consideration and approaches specifically in the development process, implementation as well as the monitoring aspect. In lieu of that, the current planning, development guidelines and regulations have been evaluated as to examine the effectiveness of the current development mechanism in ensuring sustainable highland and steep slope development. Evidences from the case study have shown that the weaknesses lie in …

Roi And Library Governance Which Is The Key Indicator: Satisfaction, Value And Loyalty?, K. Kaur

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

No abstract provided.

The Evolving Landscape Of Scholarly Publishing, K.H. Ng

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

No abstract provided.

The Need For Energy Efficiency Legislation In Malaysian Building Sector. A Comparative Study Of South East Asian Policies, S. Zaid, P. Graham

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The Malaysian building sector approximately consumes 53% of national electricity generated, and emits 5,301 ktons of greenhouse gases (GHG) with an annual growth rate of 6.4%. While voluntary codes of practice for energy efficiency and use or renewable energy exist for non-residential buildings, Malaysia has yet to adopt mandatory energy efficiency legislation for its building sector. Mandatory building energy performance codes have been shown to be the most cost-efficient and effective policy instruments for reducing building energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, without mandatory and comprehensive energy efficiency policy, Malaysia faces locking in substantial inefficiencies, and higher than necessary climate change …

Training And Development Of Building Surveyors In Malaysia, A.S. Ali, J.W. Chen

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The Building Surveyor (BS) is a qualified person who performs Building Control works and other activities related to construction which involves an organised preparatory process of physical development, supervision of construction quality and Physical conditions of the building. BS plays a vital role in the building industry, especially in developed countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia. However, the awareness on the importance of BSs in Malaysia is still low. Most of the BS graduates work in various fields after they have graduated. The competencies and professional level of BS graduates has always been debated by other professionals in …

The Growth And Prospects For The Oil Palm Plantation Industry In Indonesia, H. Varkkey

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

This article provides a historical political economy perspective of the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector. It aims to shed light on the process of how Indonesia took over from Malaysia in becoming the world’s current largest producer of palm oil. This article argues that the regional trend of state-led development that relied on agribusiness as a major sector played a major role in the development of oil palm as an important crop in the region, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia. Indonesia specifically promoted and encouraged the expansion of oil palm as a way to fulfill state developmental aims; identifying it …

Age, Period And Cohort Effects On Social Capital, Philip Schwadel, Mike Stout

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Researchers hypothesize that social capital in the United States is not just declining, but that it is declining across generations or birth cohorts. Testing this proposition, we examine changes in social capital using age-period-cohort intrinsic estimator models. Results from analyses of 1972–2010 General Social Survey data show 1) that informal association with neighbors declined across periods while informal association with friends outside of the neighborhood increased across birth cohorts; 2) that formal association was comparatively stable with the exception of relatively high levels of formal association among the early 1920s and early 1930s birth cohorts; and 3) that trust declined …

Mundos Subterráneos, No. 22-23, September 2012, José G. Palacios-Vargas

KIP Articles

Contents: Pinturas rupestres en tres simas de la región de Ocozocautla, Chiapas / Enrique Méndez Torres y Guillermo Acosta Ochoa -- Distribución y contexto de las pictografías de Kanun Ch'e'en, Homún / Fátima del Rosario Tec Pool -- Manifestaciones rupestres en la Cueva de Chicomeatl, Zacatal Grande, Veracruz / América Malbrán Porto y Enrique Méndez Torres -- Un viaje en la Cueva del Río la Venta / Francesco Sauro -- Las exploraciones en Cuevas Mayas-Lacndonas de Metzabok, Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico / Gabriel Merino Andrade, Camilo Thompson Poo, Juan Carlos Franco Guillén y Kaleb Zárate Gálvez -- Normas editoriales

An Analysis Of The Changing Demographics Of Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Who Received State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Between 2004 And 2008, Barbara A. Schoen, Michael J. Leahy

School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling Faculty Publications

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is considered to be a complex disability; impacting far more than mobility and creating several barriers to employment. To better understand dynamic factors related to employment over time this study analyzed the changing demographics of consumers with spinal cord injury (SCI) who received state vocational rehabilitation services between 2004 and 2008. The entire population of 23,135 individuals with an SCI who closed in status 26 (employment outcome) or 28 (no employment outcome) between 2004 and 2008 were included in the study. Several changes were observed. There was a disproportionate decline in the number of consumers with …

Otterbein Towers Fall 2012, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

ISSUES OF THE DAY Cultivating an open dialogue. Features: College Affordability; The Job Market; Health Care; Undocumented Students; Students Get the Vote Out; An Outside Look Inside American Politics; The Day Cochran Burned — A Rescue Remembered;Otterbein dedicates The Austin E. Knowlton Center for Equine Science; Common Book Looks at Ethics, Race in Medicine;

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-T, No. 9, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

¡Just Stop!

Logo Contest

College Guild

Excerpt from the: Agreement to End Hostilities Called For by Prisoners in the Short Corridor of the SHU at Pelican Bay State Prison in CA.

Attica Anniversary Commemoration

Soliciting Holiday Card Design

¡Adelante!

American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 2010, David J. Nordloh, William Rossi, Andrew M. Smith, Elizabeth J. Wright, Christopher Sten, Amanda Gailey, Jane Donahue Eberwein, Alan Gribben, Sarah B. Daugherty, Carol J. Singley, Robert Thacker, Alec Marsh, Matthew Hofer, Ted Atkinson, Joseph Furscione, Reiner Smolinski, Michael L. Burduck, Nicolas S. Witschi, Sally E. Parry, Catherine Calloway, Jerome Klinkowitz, Barry Ahearn, Frank J. Kearful, David K. Sauer, Markus Heide, Daniela Ciani Forza, Keiko Beppu, Thomas Ærvold Bjerre, Jenny Bonnevier, Jena Habegger-Conti, Jopi Nyman, Elżbieta H. Oleksy

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Title Page, Table of Contents

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life. Review., Gerald A. Notaro

Emeritus Scholars

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Experiences Of Former Alternative Education Participants: Case Studies, Shirley L. Washington-Cobb

Dissertations

Alternative education has become an integral program, in one form or another throughout most school districts in the United States. Alternative education is a very complex and controversial issue that is best understood through the stories of former alternative education students looking back on their lived experiences. Children in the alternative education program studied here were generally those who did not fit into a general education program due to behavior problems or lack of academic success. The purpose of the study was to investigate alternative education primarily through in-depth interviews and case studies of 18 previous alternative education students who …

Review Of Howard's "God And The Atlantic: America, Europe, And The Religious Divide", Benjamin Hartley

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Review of God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide. By Thomas Albert Howard. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.) xiv, 256 pp. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199671304

Section 2: Roberts Court, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

No abstract provided.

Risk Factors For Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis In Urban Pakistan: A Multicenter Case-Control Study, Ahsan M. Ahmad, Saeed Akhtar, Rumina Hasan, Javaid A. Khan, Syed F. Hussain, Nadeem Rizvi

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To evaluate risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in an urban setting of Pakistan.DESIGN AND Methods: In this multicenter case-control study, patients aged 15years old or older with sputum culture and sensitivity (C/S) diagnosed with pulmonary MDR-TB were defined as cases, whereas patients aged 15years old or older with sputum C/S diagnosed and susceptible to pulmonary TB were regarded as controls. Fifty cases and 75 controls were enrolled from three tertiary-care hospitals in Karachi.Results: Multivariable logistic regression models showed that cases were more likely to have had a TB patient in the house prior to the diagnosis of MDR-TB …

Book Review - Critical Voices In Teacher Education: Teaching For Social Justice In Conservative Times, Ivan Snook

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Barry Down & John Smyth (eds). New York, London: Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg, 2012.

The central theme of this volume is that, in recent decades, education in Australia (and many other countries) has been taken over by a managerialist ideology which has “damaged the profession of teaching by reducing teacher autonomy, deskilling teachers’ work, standardising curricula and introducing prefab lessons and scripted curricula”(p 3).

Professional Pathways Of Aboriginal Early Childhood Teachers: Intersections Of Community, Indigeneity, And Complexity, Alma Fleet, Kerrie Wechmann, Ryan Whitworth

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Little information is available about the employment trajectories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples pursuing university professional qualifications. This article describes a context in which cultural space, issues of identity, pragmatics of employment, family and community and a bureaucratic regulatory environment intersect to create scenarios that are multi-facetted and layered in complexity. As has been demonstrated clearly in other arenas (Richardson & Watt, 2006), the move towards professional teacher education qualification is not linear or straightforward. To add to the knowledge base in this area, the focus in this study is on university graduates of a teacher education degree …