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Women & Video Games, Johanna Weststar, Marie-Josee Legault

Management and Organizational Studies Presentations

This is a presentation that was given as part of the Industry Panel on Women`s Experiences in the Screen-Based Industries at the International CRIMT conference on Union Futures in Montreal, Quebec Oct 25-27, 2012

Vocational Rehabilitation Service Delivery Using Telecommunication, Rebecca Goe, Catherine Ipsen, University Of Montana Rural Institute

Employment

Telecommunication offers a low cost solution to increasing client and counselor contact during the vocational rehabilitation (VR) process, particularly for clients at a distance from the VR office. Despite the advantage telecommunication provides, however, counselors report using email with fewer rural as compared to urban clients (Ipsen, Rigles, Arnold, & Seekins, 2012). In part, this may relate to counselor perceptions that rural clients have less Internet access than their urban counterparts (Ipsen et al., 2012). This disparity may be diminishing, however. Government incentives and public access in libraries and community centers are improving telecommunication infrastructure across the country, especially in …

The Effects Of Writing Pedagogy Education On Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Approaches To Teaching Composition, E. Shelley Reid, Heidi Estrem, Marcia Belcheir

English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations

The authors report the initial results from a three-year, two-site, multimodal study of the relationship between formal pedagogy education and teaching practices for graduate teaching assistants (TAs) in first-year writing. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of data from 88 multiple-choice and short-answer surveys and 41 semi-structured interviews demonstrates uneven integration of key composition pedagogy principles into TAs’ views of teaching writing; additional analysis reveals very few differences between first- and beyond-first-year TAs or between TAs at the two sites. The authors recommend that on a national level, TA writing pedagogy education be routinely and robustly extended into at least the second …

Participation, Representation, And Social Justice: Using Participatory Governance To Transform Representative Democracy, Brian Wampler

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The direct incorporation of citizens into complex policymaking processes is the most significant innovation of the "third wave" of democratization in the developing world. Participatory governance (PG) institutions are part of a new institutional architecture that increases the connections among citizens and government officials. This article draws from a single case of participatory governance to explore how its particular mechanisms work to transform representative democracy. In the cases examine here, PG institutions are grafted onto representative democracy and existing state institutions. These are state-sanctioned venues that require the intense involvement of citizens and government officials, without which the programs would …

A Legacy Of Respect

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Connection Starts Here

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Happy Birthday, Road Dawg!

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Brightening The Lights Of Madison

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Welcome To Madison

Madison Magazine

Alumni Association president's column

Sparkling Events & Designs

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Local Matters: Public Policy In Complex Times, Neil Bradford

Data and Test Instruments

No abstract provided.

Civilian Trauma Care - Learning From The Military Experience, Vivian Mcalister

Data and Test Instruments

In the 21st century, military and civilian trauma surgeons bring similar solutions to similar problems, learning one from another. The objective of this presentation is to review military trauma care in Afghanistan for aspects that may influence civilian practice at home. • Comprehensive trauma care system: guidelines, registry, review • Protocols for care: damage control; massive blood transfusion policy; mass casualty care • Techniques: resuscitative thoracotomy; decompressive craniectomy; pelvic-gluteal hemorrhage control • Rehabilitation: Mild traumatic brain injury • Delegated medical acts: medics / PAs

A Science-Based Endeavor: Interpreting Contamination Prevention In The Food Safety Modernization Act, Shauna Manion

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

Abolishing The Shelter Of Ambiguity: A New Framework For Treasury Regulation Deference Clarifying Chevron And Brand X, Sebastian Watt

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

Physical Therapy News, Volume 2, Issue 1, College Of Health Professions

Physical Therapy News

No abstract provided.

Dispositional Depression And Hostility Are Associated With Inflammatory Markers Of Cardiovascular Disease In African Americans, Michael Lipscomb

Department of Biology Faculty Publications

Prior research has demonstrated that state depressive symptoms and hostility can modulate inflammatory immune responses and directly contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) onset and development. Previous studies have not considered the contribution of dispositional depressive symptoms to the inflammatory process. They have also largely excluded African Americans, despite their disproportionate risk for CVD. The first aim of the study was to examine the impact of state and dispositional depression and hostility on CVD-associated inflammatory biomarkers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in an African American sample. The second aim was to examine synergistic influences of hostility and state and dispositional …

A Geospatial Modeling Framework For Assessing Biofuels-Related Land-Use And Land-Cover Change, Ruopu Li, Qingfeng (Gene) Guan, James W. Merchant

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

With the increasing biofuel demands in recent years, the cultivated lands for biofuel crops, i.e., corn and soybeans, the major sources of ethanol and biodiesel, have been greatly expanding in the northern Great Plains states of the United States. Simulating the spatio-temporal dynamics of biofuel croplands can provide critical information required for assessing the impacts of land-use change on wildlife conservation and water quality. But, yearly agricultural practices such as crop rotations often complicate the spatially explicit modeling of specific crops’ expansion. Our research focused on developing a geospatial modeling framework that is able to distinguish long-term, regional changes in …

Periodizing Pretoria’S Cold War, Ryan Irwin

History Faculty Scholarship

An article review of "Things Fall Apart: South Africa and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire, 1973-74." by Jamie Miller.

Health And Human Trafficking: The Role Of Health Care Professionals From Prevention To Aftercare, Katherine Welch Md

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 4th (2012)

Until very recently, the global health care community has lagged behind in identifying human trafficking as a health care issue. Globally, there is a great gap health care for most survivors of human trafficking today. Health, or rather the lack of it, is a huge factor in addressing trafficking in persons at all stages of the process. Trafficking is a health care issue because addressing the physical and mental health of a survivor is central to the restoration of his or her well-being. Counter-trafficking work is a multi-disciplinary effort and health care professionals can participate in a variety of roles. …

Estimating The Effect Of Advertising In Bringing Victims To Rehabilitation, Ron Hampton, Dwayne Ball, Julie Pennington, Anh Nguyen

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 4th (2012)

This study, done in Ukraine, tested the relationship between various methods of encouraging victims of trafficking to visit rehabilitation centers and ask for help, and the number of such victims that, in fact, asked for help. Using governmental administrative units (oblasts) as the unit of analysis, secondary data regarding the intensity of various types of publicity efforts over several years was collected. These effort intensities were such things as the number of persons reached by speeches to community groups, the number reached by radio ads, the number reached by outdoor advertising, and so forth. In addition, the number of victims …

Communications Connection - Fall 2012, Nova Southeastern University

Communications Connection

No abstract provided.

Caring For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transsexual Parents And Their Children, Gary J Burkholder, Pat Burbank

College of Nursing Faculty Publications

Estimates indicate that about 1% of all households are headed by gay and lesbian parents and that about 19.4% of these households report having children under the age of 18 years at home. There are a number of social, legal, and health care issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families and their children. The purpose of this article is to provide information to health care professionals that can help them to better address the health care needs of LGBT families. Included are resources that nurses can use to understand the complex issues facing LGBT families.

Developing A Restorable Wetland Index For Rainwater Basin Wetlands In South-Central Nebraska: A Multi-Criteria Spatial Analysis, Zhenghong Tang, Xu Li, Nan Zhao, Ruopu Li, F. Edwin Harvey

Community and Regional Planning Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

It is always challenging for decision makers to prioritize wetland conservation programs at the landscape scale. This study employed a GIS-based multi-criteria spatial decision support tool that identified locations with the highest restoration potential for wetland conservation programs in the Rainwater Basin in south-central Nebraska. Five indicators were considered to assess wetland restoration potential: (1) Vegetation characteristics; (2) Soil characteristics; (3) Water volume released from hydrological modification of agricultural irrigation pits; (4) Topographical depression status; and (5) Habitat condition. The results suggested 192 (1.6% of the total) hydric soil footprints as the highest prioritized locations for future wetland restoration programs. …

Ken Beatrice: A Volunteer For All Seasons, Peg Vanpatten

Wrack Lines

"It was really interesting, and as I read, I wondered how I could personally get involved in efforts to conserve the Sound," Ken said. One of the listings in the box titled "What Can I Do to Help?" was the NOAA volunteer Phytoplankton Monitoring Network.

Relationships Among Young Adults’ Marital Messages Received, Marital Attitudes, And Relationship Self-Efficacy, W Matthew Shurts, Jane E. Myers

Adultspan Journal

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Celebrating Faculty Scholarship: Bibliography - 2011, University Libraries

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A bibliography of faculty publications submitted for inclusion in the fourth annual 'Celebrating Faculty Scholarship' event sponsored by Loyola University Libraries. The event, which took place on October 24, 2012 in the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons on the university's Lake Shore Campus, featured articles, books, creative works, and other materials authored by Loyola University Chicago faculty in 2011.

Lister Hill Letter - October 2012, Lister Hill Library

Lister Hill Letter (2011-2015)

No abstract provided.

Directions - Fall 2012, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Drinking Water Resource Directory, New England Environmental Finance Center

Sustainable Communities Capacity Building

This document is intended to help local and regional planning agencies, and their constituent water utilities, integrate drinking water infrastructure planning and investments into plans for sustainable development. Resources listed here provide guidance on making land use decisions that protect water resources, setting adequate and sustainable drinking water rates, controlling water loss, funding water infrastructure projects, and managing water utilities.

The directory was developed by the Environmental Finance Center Network through the Capacity Building for Sustainable Communities program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency. Through this program, EFCN is providing capacity …