Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

From The Executive Director, Paisley Currah

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

CLAGS joins other LBGT groups in condemning the sexual humiliation and other forms of torture inflicted on Iraqi detainees by US military forces. As the AI-Fatiha Foundation for LGBTIQ Muslims noted in a press release last month, "forcing men to masturbate in front of each other and to mock same-sex acts or homosexual sex is perverse and sadistic, in the eyes of many Muslims."

Is Your Child’S Brain Potential Maximized? Mothering In An Age Of New Brain Research, Glenda Wall

Sociology Faculty Publications

Claims about the potential of early education and stimulation to enhance brain capacity have recently gained a prominent place in child rearing advice. This paper places the discourse that surrounds the new imperatives in its historical and sociological contexts and examines its implications for the experience and social expectations of mothers. In this light, the connections to the trend of increasingly child-centred and intensive parenting are explored as is the way in which these current claims fit within a neoliberal rationality where individual self-management, self-enhancement, and personal responsibility are seen as key.

The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence In The American South, 1940-2000, Jacob L. Vigdor

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

The black-white earnings gap has historically been larger in the South than in other regions of the United States. This paper shows that this regional gap has closed over time, and in fact reversed during the last decades of the twentieth century. Three proposed explanations for this trend focus on changing patterns of selective migration, reduced discrimination in Southern labor markets, and lower levels of school segregation and school resource disparities in the modern South relative to the North. Evidence suggests that reductions in Southern labor market discrimination explain rapid regional convergence in racial wage gaps between 1960 and 1980. …

Summer 2004, Billington Library

Library Newsletter

Book donations are discussed by Mark Daganaar and staff, progress on campus construction is briefed, Susan Grundy reviews Elling, wireless internet and the Opposing Viewpoints reference tool are listed as services, and library aides Doug Roberts, Miguel Morales, and Renee Daniels Stuart are congratulated for their recognitions.

Nursing News: July 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

St. Cloud Hospital Becomes a Magnet Hospital

Latex Allergy Emergencies

IV Therapy

Muscle-Sparing Procedure Provides Alternative for Hip Replacement Surgery

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Media Economics And Media Policy: The Good And The Bad, Philip M. Napoli

McGannon Center Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

July 2004: Pascal To Receive $2 Million From S.C. Legislature, Dacus Library

Dacus Focus

No abstract provided.

Automated E-Mail Messaging As A Tool For Improving Quit Rates In An Internet Smoking Cessation Intervention, John E. Perez

Psychology

Objective: The aim of this study waS to determine whether an automated e-mail messaging system that sent individually timed educational messages (ITEMs) increased the effectiveness of an INternet smoiking cessation intervention.

Design: Using two consecutive series of particiapnts, the authors compared two Web-based style smoking cessation interventions a single-poin-in-time educational intervention and an enhanced intervention that also sent ITEMs timed to participants' quit efforts. outcomes were compared in 199 participants receiving the one-time intervention and 286 receiving ITEMs.

Measurements: Demographic factors, number of cigarettes smoked, nicotine additiction, depressive symptoms, and confidence in ability to quit were measure at entry. Twenty-four-hour …

Consideration Of Protective Legislation On Family And Residential Care For Older Persons In Hong Kong, Cheung Ming, Alfred Chan, Chao Li

APIAS Working Paper 工作論文

Older persons, like all members of any society, have the right to be free from mistreatment at family care and residential care. Furthermore, older persons are the special collectiveness, different from children or other adults, so elder abuse or neglect is a more complicated issue. Protective legislation aiming at protecting older persons from possible mistreatment as one of the various intervention approaches is essential. By analyzing the pros and cons in applying the legislation on institutional care (i.e. family and residential places) in Hong Kong, for three case examples, plus referencing to China’s experience, the goals and contents of the …

Serials Unit Statistics 2003-2004

Serials Unit Statistics

No abstract provided.

A Call For Standardization In Content Analysis Reliability, Matthew Lombard, Jennifer Snyder-Duch, Cheryl C. Bracken

Communication Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 14.02: Summer 2004, Diana Rosenhagen, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Aaec Editorial Cartoon Digitalcollection At Mccain Library And Archives, Nadia Nasr

Staff publications, research, and presentations

Vic Runtz’s spontaneous and charming feline character symbolizes the unique role of the editorial cartoonists who are the eagle-eyed observers, documenters, and reporters of current events. This unique perspective is one feature in particular that is so special about the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) Editorial Cartoon Collection housed in the McCain Library and Archives at the University of Southern Mississippi. The collection, part of the University Library’s special collections, consists of the original artwork of approximately 6,500 editorial cartoons from over 200 cartoonists who have been or still are members of the AAEC.

Globalization’S Effects On The Environment – Boon Or Bane?, Jo Kwong

Center for Applied Economics

In recent years, globalization has become a remarkably polarizing issue. In particular, discussions about globalization and its environmental impacts generate ferocious debate among policy analysts, environmental activists, economists and other opinion leaders. Is globalization a solution to serious economic and social problems of the world? Or is it a profit-motivated process that leads to oppression and exploitation of the world’s less fortunate?

This paper examines alternative perspectives about globalization and the environment. It offers an explanation for the conflicting visions that are frequently expressed and suggests elements of an institutional framework that can align the benefits of globalization with the …

Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- July 2004, Leonard Lardaro

The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index

No abstract provided.

Workflow Management Systems And Erp Systems: Differences, Commonalities, And Applications, Jorge Cardoso, Robert P. Bostrom, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

Two important classes of information systems, Workflow Management Systems(WfMSs) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, have been used to support e-business process redesign, integration, and management. While both technologies can help with business process automation, data transfer, and information sharing, the technological approach and features of solutions provided by WfMS and ERP are different. Currently, there is a lack of understanding of these two classes of information systems in the industry and academia, thus hindering their effective applications. In this paper, we present a comprehensive comparison between these two classes of systems. We discuss how the two types of systems …

Two Men At The Met, Michael C. Vocino

Technical Services Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Summer 2004, School Of Information Studies

iSchool Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Translation Of Classifications: Issues And Solutions As Exemplifies In The Korean Decimal Classification., Barbara H. Kwasnik, You-Lee Chun

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

The aim of this study was to describe how the Korean Decimal Classification (KDC), which is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), accommodated translation and adaptation issues in making the scheme culturally hospitable. We made a concept-by-concept comparison of terms in selected sections of the KDC with the analogous terms or sections in the DDC, noting the differences and similarities of terms and structure. Our analysis suggests that, overall, the KDC succeeded in this endeavor, and that the process of adaptation made good use of several adaptive strategies identified in previous work: adjustments to term specificity and term location …

Equality News (Summer 2004), Maggie Allen

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

No abstract provided.

服務研習計劃簡訊第一期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 1, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

SLant 嶺召

今期通訊重點介紹屯門一家親多元智能研習計劃 (只有中文)

In this issue, we highlight Tuen Mun as a family-Multiple Intelligence Learning Project (Chinese ONLY)

Linking Health, Secondary Conditions And Employment Outcomes, Catherine Ipsen, University Of Montana Rural Institute

Employment

Health is important to securing and maintaining employment, but for many low-income or unemployed people access to health promotion programs is limited. This is a problem for many people with disabilities who do not work and who rely on Medicare or Medicaid to cover their healthcare costs. Without access to programs that promote health and reduce secondary conditions, people with disabilities may find it difficult to get a job or stay employed. This may be a factor in this group’s persistently high unemployment rates. Participation in worksite health promotion programs has been shown to (1) increase employee productivity through reduced …

Tidings, Volume 6, Number 3 - Summer 2004, Nova Southeastern University Libraries

Tidings: A publication of Nova Southeastern University Libraries

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, July 2004, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2004

Volume 8, Issue 7

Placing Arkansas School Funding Data In The National Context, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter

Policy Briefs

In November 2002, the Arkansas Supreme Court found the Arkansas school funding system to be unconstitutional. The decade long court battle, Lake View v Huckabee, concluded when the Supreme Court determined that the state needed to develop a new system to provide a “general, suitable and efficient system of free public schools equally available to all" as called for by the Arkansas Constitution (Article 14, § 1). Arkansas, however, is not alone in being taken to court over the equity and adequacy of its school funding system. Since 1960, over 40 states’ educational funding systems have been legally challenged. Since …

เยาวชนไทยกับหนังสือบันเทิงคดีที่ได้รับรางวัลระดับชาติ, สุพรรณี วราทร

วารสารบรรณารักษศาสตร์ (Library Science Journal)

No abstract provided.

ผลกระทบของการออกแบบอาคารที่มีต่อบรรณารักษ์ห้องสมุดมหาวิทยาลัยเอกชน, กันยา วสุธารัตน์

วารสารบรรณารักษศาสตร์ (Library Science Journal)

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 View Of The Hill, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald, includes articles:

• Ransdell, Gary. View: Welcome from the President
• Warren, Brandy. There Are Some Things You Just Have to Do While at Western
• Getting Around Campus
• Names & Places You Need to Know to Get Around the Hill
• Reed, Lindsey. Greek Life Can Offer Friends, Support
• College Movies
• Clark, Katie. Yearbooks Capture Memories, Excitement of Campus Life
• Reed, Lindsey. Safety a Crucial Part of Campus Life
• Warren, Brandy. Laundry Tips from My Mother
• Learning to Study the College Way
• Warren, Brandy. Bowling Green on a Budget
• Things You Need to Know

The Eu And The Npt: Testing The New European Nonproliferation Strategy, Clara Portela

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Only a few years ago, the idea that the European Union (EU) could become a significant actor in the nuclear nonproliferation regime would have met with great scepticism. An organisation comprising nuclear weapon states (NWS) along with non-nuclear weapons states (NNWS) - some of who are disarmament-minded - would have been considered incapable of framing any common response to nuclear proliferation. And yet, today we find that the EU is establishing itself as an actor in the field of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and that it has even developed a Strategy to guide its endeavours.This article will …

Bayesian Herders: Asymmetric Updating Of Rainfall Beliefs In Response To External Forecasts, Travis J. Lybbert, Christopher B. Barrett, John G. Mcpeak, Winnie Luseno

Economics - All Scholarship

Temporal climate risk weighs heavily on many of the world's poor. Model-based climate forecasts could benefit such populations, provided recipients use forecast information to update climate expectations. We test whether pastoralists in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya update
their expectations in response to forecast information and find that they indeed do, albeit with a systematic bias towards optimism. In their systematic optimism, these pastoralists are remarkably like Wall Street's financial analysts and stockbrokers. If climate forecasts have limited value to these pastoralists, it is due to the flexibility of their livelihood rather than an inability to process forecast information.