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Lanthorn, Vol. 41, No. 54, April 2, 2007, Grand Valley State University

Volume 41, July 13, 2006 - June 14, 2007

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

American Indian Treaties And The Lower Federal Courts: A Guide To Treaty Citations From Opinions Of The Lower United States Federal Court System, Charles D. Bernholz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Reflection In Service Learning, Glenn Bowen

Evaluation/Reflection

Reflection describes the process of deriving meaning and knowledge from experience and occurs before, during, and after a service-learning project. Effective reflection engages both faculty and students in a thoughtful and thought-provoking process that consciously connects learning with experience. It is the use of critical-thinking skills to prepare for and learn from service experiences. (Glossary, National Service-Learning Clearinghouse)

Most Popular Downloads -- March 2007

Institutional Repository Information

The 270 most popular downloads from the UNL institutional repository for March 2007. Includes all documents with 20+ downloads for the month.

Government Public Relations: A Quantitative Assessment Of Government Public Relations Practitioner Roles And Public Relations Model Usage, Joelle Wiley Castelli

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study attempts to identify how public relations are practiced in local governments. Traditional literature has stated that the public information model of public relations is the model of public relations practiced in local governments. This study also attempts to determine which roles are most common for lead communicators in municipal organizations governments. Based on Internet survey research methods, research findings indicated that while most practitioners stated they practiced a two-way communications model, they had the most expertise in the public information and press agentry models. The researcher also found that the role most often held by the highest ranking …

Student Libel, April 02, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

April 02, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7MK6BZN

04-2007 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for April 2007.

Spring 2007, Billington Library

Library Newsletter

Note from Dr. Larry Tyree (interim president of JCCC), a note on National Library Week, feature on the photographs of Mark Daganaar, and a note on donations in memory of Russell Henry Meier. Reviews of Higher Education in the Internet Age (reviewed by Wayne Brown), United We Read selection for 2007 The Final Solution (reviewed by Andrea Kempf), and Pegasus Descending (reviewed by Mary Doherty and Laurie Allen).

Zeroing In On Contemporary, Independent Visual Arts Magazines, Susan E. Thomas

Brooklyn Library Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Among Friends Spring 2007 Vol 7 No 2, Friends Of The Bethel University Library

Among Friends Library Newsletter

Contents:

• Friends Co-sponsor Faculty Presentations
• Confessions of an Audiobook Junkie
• Bethel Faculty Corner
• Retiring to a New Life
• Warm Up America for Women's History Month
• Dear Friends...
• Library Footnotes

April 2007: Stress Awareness Month, Dacus Library

Dacus Docs News

No abstract provided.

The Cresset (Vol. Lxx, No. 4, Easter), Valparaiso University

The Cresset (archived issues)

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Weight-Control Behaviors In African American And Caucasian Women, Rachel A. Annunziato, Janet N. Lee, Michael R. Lowe

Psychology Faculty Publications

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to examine whether there are overall differences in help-seeking, in specific weight control behaviors used, and in predictors of seeking professional help for weight loss between African American and Caucasian women.
Design: Cross-sectional study
Setting: Participants were recruited from community sources in Philadelphia.
Participants: One hundred twenty female participants were studied. Of these, 58% were African American.
Main Outcome Measures: Participants completed a packet of measures assessing weight control behaviors, body mass index, co-morbid medical conditions, socioeconomic status, disordered eating behavior, and body image.
Results: Caucasian women were significantly more likely to …

Spring 2007, Friends Of Dacus Library

Friends of Dacus Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

April 2007: New Pascal Delivers Becomes Reality, Dacus Library

Dacus Focus

No abstract provided.

Volume 13, Number 2: April/May 2007, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 – The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects upon the strides made in the last year.

Page 3 - Ornithologist David Sibley’s Edwin Way Teale lecture is featured.

Page 5 - In a guest column on diversity issues, Professor Hedley Freake examines what UConn is doing to engender cultural understanding in students.

Page 6 - Staff anniversaries and awards.

Page 7 - Finding articles, images, and music easier with new database locator.

Roma In Vojvodina: Expressions Of Cultural Identity Through Performance, Jane Kaufman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper begins to cover some of the ways Roma cultural identity is expressed through performance in Vojvodina. The way Roma music and dance is seen in Vojvodina is highly influenced by the “circus” image and very little scholarly writing on Roma folklore exists to challenge this image. Roma musicians in rap/hip-hop groups incorporate elements of Roma traditional music and Roma language into rap/hip-hop to confront this stereotype and in performance these influences can interact, challenging stereotypes and revealing current values and traditions.

Caring And Treating Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Colleen M. Boley

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a major issue whenever there is a war or natural disaster. From 1992 through 1995, Bosnia and Herzegovina was subject to one of the most destructive wars of the 20th century. The groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina that are working with posttraumatic stress disorder are investigated to see if they are truly helping people with posttraumatic stress disorder. This paper explores the ways in which posttraumatic stress disorder has affected individuals and the societies of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the organizations attempting to help people dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Measurement Of The Market Data For The Ocean And Coastal Economy, Charles S. Colgan

Publications

This paper supplements reports and data released on the Coastal and Ocean Economies of the United States by the NOEP. It provides a discussion of the relevant literature involved in the investigation of the Ocean and Coastal related Economies, the theoretical background of measures such as gross domestic product (GDP) and gross state product (GSP), and provides details on sources, methods, assumptions, and limitations of the data provided by NOEP.

Those concerned with the health of coastal and ocean resources increasingly need to understand the socio-economic context in which changes are occurring. The market data of the National Ocean Economics …

Resistant Cultures: Punk Identity And Anarchist Resistance In Three Yugoslav Successor States, Jeff Lambert

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This project attempts to discover the roots of the anarchist movement and reveal any connections to the punk subculture (both historic and contemporary) that emerged in Slovenia in the late 1970s and propagated throughout the federate republics. Given the unique economic history and geopolitical significance of the SFR Yugoslavia, there is a discussion of how anarchism differs in the Yugoslav successor states today (specifically Croatia) from other countries on the European continent. Punk is discussed as an alternative to nationalism and personal stories of anarchist identification are recorded herein.

Immigrant-Trade Links, Transplanted Home Bias And Network Effects, Roger White

Economics

Macro-level data for the US and 73 trading partners spanning the years 1980 to 2001 is used with a gravity specification to investigate the influence of immigration on bilateral trade. Prior research has identified immigrant stocks as a significant determinant of trade; however, this study indicates that the US immigrant-trade link is driven by immigration from relatively low income countries. A 10% increase in the immigrant stock is found to generate respectively 4.7 and 1.5% increases in domestic imports from and exports to the typical low income home country. The observed link is decomposed into two hypothesized channels – network …

Nota Bene; Volume Xxi, Number I, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

The Politic 2007 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of An Expanded Satellite Based Mobile Communications Tracking System, Maciek A. Novak, Alan L. Erera

Journal of Transportation Management

Since the terrorist events in the United States on September 11, 2001, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been testing and evaluating cargo tracking technologies to improve the safety, security, and efficiency of commercial motor vehicle operations. While satellite-based systems used for tracking vehicles and cargo provide sufficient geographic coverage in the majority of the United States, there remain several vital regions that are uncovered and difficult to monitor. One such region is Alaska, where officials arc particularly concerned with the hazardous materials shipments that are transported parallel to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. This article analyzes the risks and benefits …

The Theory Of Planned Behavior: Predicting Physical Activity In Mexican American Children, Jeffrey J. Martin, Kimberly L. Oliver, Nate Mccaughtry

Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies

Theoretically grounded research on the determinants of Mexican American children's physical activity and related psychosocial variables is scarce. Thus, the purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the ability of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict Mexican American children's self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Children (N = 475, ages 9–12) completed questionnaires assessing the TPB constructs and MVPA. Multiple regression analyses provided moderate support for the ability of the TPB variables to predict MVPA as we accounted for between 8–9% of the variance in MVPA. Attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control accounted for 45% of the …

How Doctors And Patients Get Better, Knowledge@Smu

Knowledge@SMU

In Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande, a surgeon who also is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, examines both the utilitarian and the human sides of medical practice. In the book, he examines what goes right in American medical care, what goes wrong, how things either succeed or fail, and what might be done to improve the system. Among the examples he provides: A polio "mop up" in Karnataka, where Indian health care workers deployed 37,000 vaccinators to immunize 4 million children – in three days.

Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2007, Wellesley Centers For Women, Amy Banks, Judith Jordan

Research & Action Report

In this issue:

The Human Brain: Hardwired for Connections
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute

Still Stuck in Low Wage Jobs: Is It Time That We Solve the Youth Worker Compensation Problem?

Making a Difference with Research

New Expression: April 2007 (Volume 30), Columbia College Chicago

New Expression

April 2007, Volume 30, edition of New Expression, a news publication researched, contributed, written, and edited by Chicago high school journalists

Secondary Markets, Risk, And Access To Credit Evidence From The Mortgage Market, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Stuart A. Gabriel

Economics - All Scholarship

Secondary markets for credit are widely believed to improve efficiency and increase access to credit. In part, this is because of their greater ability to manage risk. However, the degree to which secondary markets expand access to credit is virtually unknown. Using the mortgage market as an example, we begin to fill that gap. Our conceptual model suggests that secondary credit markets have potentially ambiguous effects on interest rates, but unambiguous positive effects on the number of loans issued. We focus our empirical analysis on the latter using 1992-2004 HMDA files for conventional, conforming, home purchase loans in conjunction with …

April 2007, Syracuse Department Of Economics

Economics - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.