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La Educacion Chilena: ¿Derecho Humano O Bien De Consumo?, Simone Nicole Henry

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

El tema de este proyecto es el sistema educativo chileno, en términos de los Derechos Humanos y, particularmente, el derecho a la educación del niño. Se busca información sobre el sistema educativo chileno por su historia, su evolución, sus métodos actuales, sus fortaleces y sus debilidades para encontrar el origen de la desigualdad profunda que el sistema sufre y también perpetua. Para obtener esa información, se usaron fuentes primarias y secundarias además de entrevistas de varias personas que participan, directamente o indirectamente, en la educación chilena primaria. Aunque la educación superior en Chile es también un desafío actual, como un …

Tibetan Guozhuang In Diqing Autonomous Prefecture: A Comparative Musical Analysis, Christina Du Breuil

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The song and dance traditions of the Tibetan peoples of Diqing Prefecture are numerous and varied. Of these traditions, Guozhuang is cited as one of the oldest and most centrally traditional pieces of folk heritage. However, Guozhuang varies even within Diqing Prefecture. This paper addresses the basic form and structure of Guozhuang as well as variations between Benzilan and Shangri-la Guozhuang, two places separated not only by geographical distance but also the encroachment of development on traditional culture.

Perceptions Of Wealth And Poverty In Samoa, William Glass

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The current literature on perceptions of wealth and poverty is lacking. There is a growing need to understand the current state of wealth and poverty in Samoa. Globalization has brought foreign values that are in stark contrast to those of traditional Samoan culture and issues surrounding wealth and poverty which are creating new challenges. This research is looking at the traditional concepts of wealth and poverty in Samoa from traditional and contemporary perspectives, while also providing new insights to the current state of wealth and poverty in Samoa. Research was conducted using interviews with ten informants from various backgrounds. Along …

Perspectives Of Print Media In Samoa: Considering Varying Viewpoints On Its Role In Society, Grace Elkus

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research investigates the role of the print media in Samoa by identifying several elements that affect peoples’ perception of the industry. The paper examines how the changes in Samoa’s society have influenced the industry, evaluates the impact of culture and considers the issue of press freedom. It looks into the need for stronger investigative reporting and the lack of enthusiasm in young people to pursue journalism as a profession. It concludes by providing insight into the future of print media in Samoa. The research draws upon personal interviews as well as print and online secondary sources. Surveys were also …

Cpaf Updates Vol. 13 Issue No. 4, Cristeta A. Foronda, Aida O. Grande, Stoix Nebin S. Pascua, Francisca O. Tan, Flordeliza A. Sanchez

CPAf Updates

In this issue:

• CPAf conducts 1st Students-Faculty-REPS Research Conference, 1
• CPAf Dean, Directors participate in public affairs conference in USA, 2
• Compendium of extension and technology transfer in AFNR in process, 3
• CPAf project team on biotechnology attends conference in China, 4
• CPAf staff participate in the International Conference on Conservation Agroforestry in SE Asia, 4
• CSPPS holds seminar on Philippine agriculture and fisheries status in the ASEAN region, 5
• Climate change project team joins research writeshop in Thailand, 6
• Climate change researcher participates in a workshop in Thailand, 6
• CPAf team coordinates trainor’s training on local CPAf team coordinates …

Swimways: Protecting Paddlefish Through Movement-Centered Management, Brenda M. Pracheil, Mark A. Pegg, Larkin A. Powell, Gerald Mestl

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Attempts to mitigate lack of formal interjurisdictional paddlefish management have been made in the United States through the Mississippi River Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA). We used 1988–2009 data from the MICRA paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) stock assessment database—a database containing mark–recapture and biometric information on more than 30,000 individually marked wild paddlefish and more than 2 million hatchery-origin paddlefish—to estimate survival and movement across large and potentially biologically relevant spatial scales. Paddlefish frequently moved between political jurisdictions with differing conservation strategies and harvest regulations and showed differences in survival parameter estimates throughout their range. We argue that the degree of …

Gallaudet Today Volume 42 Number 2 Fall 2012, Todd Byrd

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.

Is Complementarity The Right Approach For The International Criminal Court’S Crime Of Aggression - Considering The Problem Of Overzealous National Court Prosecutions, Jennifer Trahan

Cornell International Law Journal

At the first Review Conference on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC adopted an amendment defining the crime of aggression and conditions for the ICC's exercise of jurisdiction over the crime. Because the definition will be incorporated into the existing framework of the Rome Statute, the crime will be subject to the "complementarity" provision contained therein. That provision specifies that a case is "inadmissible" before the ICC if there are national investigations and/or prosecutions, unless the state demonstrates an unwillingness or inability to investigate or prosecute the case. By …

[Accepted Article Manuscript Version (Postprint)] Track Me To Track Us: Leveraging Short Range Wireless Technologies For Enabling Energy Efficient Wi-Fi-Based Localization, Mohamed Abdellatif, Abderrahmen Mtibaa, Khaled Harras

Computer Science Faculty Works

Given the success of outdoor tracking via GPS and the rise of real-time context-aware services, users will soon rely on applications that require higher granularity indoor localization. This need is further manifested in countries like Qatar, where various social and business activities occur indoors. Wi-Fi-based indoor localization is one of the most researched techniques due to its ubiquitous deployment and acceptable accuracy for a wide range of applications. However, we do not witness such techniques widely deployed mainly due to their high demand on energy, which is a precious commodity in mobile devices. We propose an energy-efficient indoor localization system …

Is Chivalry Really Dead? – An Exploration Of Chivalry And Masculinity In Medieval And American Literature, Darcy Egan

Senior Honors Projects

"By first examining prominent scholarship concerning definitions of chivalry, this paper will seek a functional definition of the notion, and then draw a larger connection between its application in both medieval and twentieth-century American texts."

Analysis Of Music Note Patterns Via Markov Chains, Ala'a Wadi

Senior Honors Projects

This is a presentation of a novel method for measuring the distance between two seemingly analogous fragments of music, as deemed by human perception. This is an approach entirely based on coarse-grained and primitive representations of the order of the notes that make up the songs. Through the use of a simplified Markov chain analysis, transition matrices are derived for each music piece and compared through linear algebraic techniques.

We begin by applying the method to two distinctive, intrinsic, and familiar compositions, “Row Your Boat” and “Happy Birthday”. We will advance to more complicated compositions that have garnered attention for …

Shaping Ourspace, Becky Becker, Amanda Rees

Columbus Community Geography Center

The Shaping OurSpace program was developed over five, half-day meetings at the Girls Inc. site at Booker T. Washington Homes (BTW), in Columbus, Georgia. Approximately 12 summer camp girls (ages between 7 and 15) took part in the program (this varied from meeting to meeting). Two faculty from Columbus State University developed the weekly program to support the girls’ involvement in the planning process to envision a future for the neighborhood: Dr. Becky Becker (Department of Theatre) and Dr. Amanda Rees (Department of History and Geography).

Activities

The program was a mix of theatre activities designed to support listening and …

Orientation And Residence Life: Legal Considerations, Cady Denton, Samuel Earls, Nikki N. Eversole, Robin Hume, Stephanie Lott, Kathryn Looft

Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)

No abstract provided.

Map-Works® Making Achievement Possible [Presentation With Audio], Tiffany Polite

Assessment & Accountability in Student Affairs & Higher Education (CNS 610)

No abstract provided.

African Americans In Honors Programs, Sarah Rigsby, Destiny Savage, Jorge Wellmann

Research & Program Evaluation (CNS598)

This qualitative study aims to explore the reasons why African American students have low involvement in the Western Kentucky University Honors College program and its’ initiatives. Findings show that this low level of involvement is the consequence of a perceived lack of diversity within the Honors College, a lack of diversity in Honors College recruitment initiatives and materials, a feeling of not being accepted by their Caucasian peers, high levels of participation in and commitment to activities outside the Honors College community, and no minority community within the Honors College. Accordingly, African American Honors College students do not have high …

[Sabbatical Report], Youn Kim

Sabbatical Reports

I commenced the research as proposed in my application in collaboration with Keith McLaren of Monash University, Australia and Gary Wong of the University of Macau, China. I had worked with them on a related project which will be published in a journal this year. The new project is titled "Consumer Demand, Consumption, and Asset Pricing: An Integrated Analysis."

Improving Library Services For International Students, Lauren Marshall, Mina Chercourt

Grasselli Library

Inspired by the book, International Students and Academic Libraries: A Survey of Issues and Annotated Bibliography, we decided to investigate ways to improve library services for the international students at John Carroll University.

Population Forecast For Yamhill County Oregon, Its Cities And Unincorporated Area 2011-2035, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Risa S. Proehl, Vivian Siu, Kevin Rancik

Oregon Population Estimates and Reports

This report presents the results of a study conducted by the Population Research Center (PRC) to address the long-range planning needs of Yamhill County and produce population forecasts at the county and sub-county level. This report considers recent and historical demographic changes experienced within the County and provides forecasts from 2010 to 2035 in 5-year intervals and for years 2012 and 2032. Expected future populations that result from the most-likely demographic trends throughout Yamhill County are presented in this report. Sub-county populations and forecasts in this study represent the area within each city's urban growth boundary with the exception of …

Serotonin System Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated With Impulsivity In A Context Dependent Manner, Scott F. Stoltenberg, Christa C. Christ, Krista B. Highland

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Impulsivity is a risk factor for adverse outcomes and characterizes several psychiatric disorders and risk for suicide. There is strong evidence that genetic variation influences individual differences in impulsivity, but the details are not yet understood. There is growing interest in better understanding the context dependency of genetic effects that is reflected in studies examining gender specificity, gene × environment interaction and epistasis (gene-gene interaction). In a cross-sectional study we examined whether polymorphisms in six serotonin system candidate genes and the experience of early life trauma (age 0–12) were associated with individual differences in impulsivity in a nonclinical sample of …

Urinformed October 2012, Urinformed

URInformed: The URI Employees' Newsletter

No abstract provided.

An Organ To Enlarge Prayer: Music’S Unique Nature And Its Contributions To Worship, Luke Dahn

Faculty Tenure Papers

No abstract provided.

Csusb Magazine (Fall 2012), Csusb

CSUSB Magazine

Update......Page 3
Innovation and leadership are two of the qualities that made CSUSB on of five colleges nationwide to receive a prestigious community engagement award.

College News......Page 6
A professor emeritus in geography recounts the university's efforts to improve city development standards and capitalize on the natural beauty of San Bernardino.

Contributions......Page 12
Albert Karnig's retirement gala proves to be scholarship gold.

Pack Tracks......Page 16
A former CSUSB All-American point guard is now in paradise as the head coach for a NCAA Division 1 women's basketball team.

Student Scapes......Page 18
Britney inspires confidence for young …

Premier, Bo Bernhard, Afsha Bawany, Bobbie Barnes, Elle House, John Fitts, Elijah Tredup, Gael Hancock

Premier: The Magazine of the UNLV Harrah Hotel College

No abstract provided.

Basketball Market Efficiency And The Big Dog Bias, Ladd Kochman, Randy Goodwin

Faculty Articles

A betting rule is devised to profit from an alleged unwillingness of strong favorites in the National Basketball Association to cover large point spreads. Imaginary wagers placed on NBA underdogs awarded 10+ points by Las Vegas oddsmakers produced a significantly nonrandom wins-to-bets ratio of 53.4 percent during the five consecutive seasons ending in 2007. The failure to generate a W/B ratio of at least 55.4 percent over the 758 games meeting our point spread constraint precludes any claim of profitability.

Queering “Happily Ever After”: Queer Narratives Expose Heteronormalcy In Fairy Tales, Barbara Curatolo

Senior Honors Projects

Excerpt:

"I will use the idea of queer temporality, the techniques of feminist writers like Angela Carter, and the works of Feinburg and Broumas as the theoretical foundation to explain and analyze Winterson’s “queered” fairy tale in order to explore her critique on the “happily ever after” ending."

Editor's Note, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Student Right To Know & Campus Security, Lindenwood University

Security Reports

2012-2013 Clery Report

Dipl 6134 Na Nuclear Weapons In International Relations, Edward A. Friedman Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course provides a knowledge base and background for understanding contemporary international relations in which nuclear weapons play a central role. Currently, nuclear weapons policy is of critical importance in U.S. relations with Iran, Pakistan and North Korea. Questions of stockpiles, safety, proliferation and deployment have been ongoing with the Russian Federation since 1991 and with the previous Soviet Union dating back to the dawn of the Atomic Age. In addition, the real but often unacknowledged, nuclear strike capabilities of Israel play a critical role in shaping the dynamics of Middle East affairs. Since the Al Qaeda attack of 9/11, …

Dipl 4106 Na Human Rights Law And Policy, Edislav Manetovic Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

Human rights is a powerful idea and, hence, a source of numerous controversies. Some controversies, although not all, stem from the fact that human rights is not only an ideal, but also a political tool which different forces try to bend to their own ends. We will look at selected intellectual and political puzzles involved in human rights theory and practice and explore central institutions of the international human rights regime.

Endeavor to actively engage the texts. These debates concern essential issues on which you must decide. We will devote most of our time dissecting and debating the readings. Ideally, …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet October 2012, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The October 2012 Monthly packet includes the October agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held June 2012