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Examining The Relationship Between Criticism And Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomotology In Collegiate Men, Lauren M. Menees
Examining The Relationship Between Criticism And Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomotology In Collegiate Men, Lauren M. Menees
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The goal of the current study was to examine the relationship between critical comments that men can recall others making about their bodies and their current level of Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) symptomotology. Participants (N = 118) were recruited via study board from a mid-Western university with a population of 20,674 students. The hypothesis of the current study was that men who can recall critical comments about their bodies will report more MD symptomotology than those who remembered no such comments. In addition, it was expected that out of those who recall critical comments, the more severe or threatening they remember …
Fathers And Child Welfare: Stories Of Men’S Everyday Life Experiences, Gary Cameron
Fathers And Child Welfare: Stories Of Men’S Everyday Life Experiences, Gary Cameron
Partnerships for Children and Families Project
This report explores the life experiences of fathers involved with child welfare services and acts as both a stand-alone document and a companion document to the research report on father’s service experiences with child welfare. This report is intended for multiple audiences including child welfare service providers, community organizations working with men, students and instructors interested in men’s issues, and fathers. A summary of all the men's stories that were analyzed for these two reports are captured in the Fathers and Child Welfare (Story Volume).
Looking Back: Growing Pains For The Bowling Green Public Library, 1950-1961, Jonathan J. Jeffrey
Looking Back: Growing Pains For The Bowling Green Public Library, 1950-1961, Jonathan J. Jeffrey
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Budgeting, Brian K. Strow, Claudia W. Strow
Sustainable Budgeting, Brian K. Strow, Claudia W. Strow
Economics Faculty Publications
At the forefront of current discussion and social conscience is the importance of ecological sustainability. An also important but often overlooked issue is the importance of sustainable budgeting practices for our various levels of government. Governments often provide social services such as food, clothing, shelter, education, public safety, or health care. If the money to pay for the social services comes from additional government debt, social services to future citizens become imperiled. In this paper, the authors set forth a theoretical framework for sustainable government decision making with special emphasis on sustainable governmental budgeting. The authors outline the intricacies of …
To Walk The Earth In Safety 9th Edition (Fy2009), Us Dos Pm/Wra
To Walk The Earth In Safety 9th Edition (Fy2009), Us Dos Pm/Wra
Global CWD Repository
In 2009, the Department of State continued to lead the international donor community in providing assistance for the clearance of landmines and other explosive remnants of war, as well as the destruction of at-risk and unsecured weapons and munitions, by providing $130 million in aid to 32 countries. Although significant progress has been made over the last decade, including several countries which have been declared mine impact-free, there still remains much to do to make the world a safer place for everyone.
This ninth edition of our annual report, To Walk The Earth In Safety, describes the programs and achievements …
The Cartagena Summit Outcome Documents, Apmbc
The Cartagena Summit Outcome Documents, Apmbc
Global CWD Repository
A valuable reference manual about the Convention has been released by the Implementation Support Unit (ISU).
The brochure serves as a valuable reference tool, as it contains the Convention’s text and the main outcome documents from the Cartagena Review Conference.
From The Editor: Top Five Reasons To Be The Alki Editor, Julie Miller
From The Editor: Top Five Reasons To Be The Alki Editor, Julie Miller
Scholarship and Professional Work
The Alki editor is by definition a member of the core constituency - "writers and editors of scholarly books and journals" - of the Chicago Manual of Style, adept at the placement of commas before the conjunctions of compound sentences and after items in a series (see Section 6.18 through 6.56 of the 15th edition). Not sure whether a pronoun agrees with its antecedent? Section 5.35 has the answer. Unclear about the capitalization of a position title? Section 8.21 covers it.
Smu Celebrates Its 7th Batch Of 1,514 Graduates, Singapore Management University
Smu Celebrates Its 7th Batch Of 1,514 Graduates, Singapore Management University
SMU Press Releases and News
No abstract provided.
Dairy Farmer Attitudes And Empathy Toward Animals Are Associated With Animal Welfare Indicators, Camilla Kielland, Eystein Skjerve, Olav Østerås, Adroaldo José Zanella
Dairy Farmer Attitudes And Empathy Toward Animals Are Associated With Animal Welfare Indicators, Camilla Kielland, Eystein Skjerve, Olav Østerås, Adroaldo José Zanella
Societal Attitudes Toward Animals Collection
Attitudes and empathy of farmers influence human–animal interaction, thereby affecting their behavior toward animals. The goal was to investigate how measures of attitude and empathy toward animals were associated with animal welfare indicators such as milk yield, mastitis incidence, fertility index, and the prevalence of skin lesions on cows. To assess empathy toward animals, a photo-based pain assessment instrument was developed depicting various conditions that could be associated with some degree of pain in cattle and included questions aimed at assessing attitudes toward animals. Photos of painful conditions are useful in eliciting measurable empathic responses to pain in humans. A …
A Tutorial For Today: Researchpath, Dianna E. Sachs
A Tutorial For Today: Researchpath, Dianna E. Sachs
Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter
No abstract provided.
The Effectiveness Of Suicide Terrorism, Jibey Asthappan
The Effectiveness Of Suicide Terrorism, Jibey Asthappan
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
Killing more than 21,000 and injuring 50,000 between the years of 1981 and 2008, suicide bombs have proven to be an effective tactic and seem to be a growing trend. Terrorism is designed to cause panic, chaos and, optimally, publicity for a cause. Suicide terrorism is effective not only because of its lethal outcome; it also sends the message that the cause is so dire that death is a better outcome than life for the bomber. The level of commitment is astounding and largely considered rational.
การใช้และความต้องการใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัยของอาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัยทักษิณ, ขวัญชนก วิริยกุลโอภาศ
การใช้และความต้องการใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัยของอาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัยทักษิณ, ขวัญชนก วิริยกุลโอภาศ
วารสารบรรณารักษศาสตร์ (Library Science Journal)
การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษา การใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัยของอาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัยทักษิณ วิทยาเขตสงขลา ในด้านวัตถุประสงค์การใช้ ประเภทของบริการ ช่องทางใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัย การนำไปใช้ประโยชน์ ปัญหาในการใช้ ความต้องการใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัยในด้านประเภทของบริการ ความถี่และช่องทางที่ต้องการ โดยใช้แบบสอบถามเป็นเครื่องมือในการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากอาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัยทักษิณ รวมทั้งสิ้น 201 ชุด ได้รับแบบสอบถามกลับคืนมาจำนวน 143 ชุด คิดเป็นร้อยละ 71.14 การวิจัยได้ทำการศึกษาจากบริการข่าวสารทันสมัย 5 ประเภท ได้แก่ รายชื่อทรัพยากรสารนิเทศใหม่ข่าวสารห้องสมุด บริการหน้าสารบัญวารสาร บริการดรรชนีบทความ และบริการจัดแสดงทรัพยากรสารนิเทศใหม่ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า อาจารย์ส่วนใหญ่ใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัยทุกประเภทเพื่อประกอบการสอน เพื่อติดตามข่าวที่สนใจ และเพื่อการวิจัย โดยใช้บริการจากเว็บไซต์ห้องสมุดและไปใช้ด้วยตนเองที่ห้องสมุด ใช้ประโยชน์จากบริการข่าวสารทันสมัยในการรวบรวมบรรณานุกรมเพื่อผลิตเอกสารประกอบการเรียนแก่นิสิต และใช้ในการรวบรวมบรรณานุกรมที่เกี่ยวข้องเพื่อผลิต ผลงานทางวิชาการ สำหรับปัญหาในการใช้บริการข่าวสารทันสมัย 5 ประเภทที่มีค่าเฉลี่ยสูงสุด มีดังนี้ ปัญหาบริการรายชื่อ ทรัพยากรสารนิเทศใหม่ออกให้บริการล่าช้า ปัญหาความไม่สะดวกในการอ่านข่าวสารห้องสมุดบนป้ายนิเทศ ปัญหาสารบัญวารสารมีไม่ครบทุกฉบับ ปัญหาดรรชนีบทความวารสารไม่ครอบคลุมหัวเรื่องที่ต้องการ และปัญหาการจัดแสดงทรัพยากร สารนิเทศใหม่มีกำหนดไม่แน่นอน ส่วนปัญหาอื่น ๆ ที่ มีค่าเฉลี่ยสูงสุด คือ ไม่ทรายว่าสำนักหอสมุดมีบริการนี้ บริการข่าว สารทันสมัยที่อาจารย์ต้องการใช้สูงสุด คือ บริการชื่อทรัพยากรสารนิเทศใหม่ อาจารย์ส่วนใหญ่ต้องการให้จัดบริการข่าวสาร ทันสมัยเป็นรายเดือน ต้องการบริการส่งตรงถึงอาจารย์ทางไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ในระดับมาก ต้องการเนื้อหาความรู้ทั่วไป และเนื้อหาด้านการศึกษา และไม่ต้องการให้จัดเก็บค่าใช้บริการ The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate the uses of current awareness services of Thaksin University faculty members at Songkhla Campus, in terms of purposes of use, types of services, service usage channels, utilization of services, …
การรู้สารนิเทศของนิสิตระดับปริญญาตรีชั้นปีที่ 1 มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม, ภนิดา แก้วมณี
การรู้สารนิเทศของนิสิตระดับปริญญาตรีชั้นปีที่ 1 มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม, ภนิดา แก้วมณี
วารสารบรรณารักษศาสตร์ (Library Science Journal)
การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษา การรู้สารนิเทศของนิสิตระดับปริญญาตรีชั้นปีที่ 1 มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม ในด้านการกำหนดสารนิเทศที่ต้องการ การเข้าถึงสารนิเทศ การประเมินสารนิเทศ และการใช้สารนิเทศ รวมถึงปัญหาในการ เข้าถึงสารนิเทศของนิสิตระดับปริญญาตรีชั้นปีที่ 1 มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม โดยใช้แบบสอบถามเป็นเครื่องมือในการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากนิสิตระดับปริญญาตรีชั้นปีที่ 1 มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม รวมทั้งสิ้น 540 ชุด ได้รับแบบสอบถามกลับ คืนมาซึ่งสามารถนำมาวิเคราะห์ได้จำนวน 522 ชุด (ร้อยละ 96.67) ผลการวิจัยพบว่า นิสิตปริญญาตรีชั้นปีที่ 1 มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม ในปีการศึกษา 2551 มีการรู้สารนิเทศโดย รวมในระดับมาก เมื่อพิจารณาความสามารถตามเกณฑ์ 4 ด้าน พบว่า นิสิตมีความสามารถในระดับมากทั้ง 4 ด้าน คือ ด้านการกำหนดสารนิเทศที่ต้องการ ด้านการเข้าถึงสารนิเทศ ด้านการประเมินสารนิเทศ และด้านการใช้สารนิเทศ สำหรับปัญหาในการเข้าถึงสารนิเทศ พบว่า นิสิตประสบปัญหาในระดับปานกลางและระดับน้อย โดยปัญหาที่มีค่าเฉลี่ยสูงสุดคือ นิสิตค้าหาหนังสือบนชั้นไม่พบ แต่ผลการสืบค้นแจ้งสถานะว่าหนังสืออยู่บนชั้น The objectives of this research were 1) to study information literacy of Mahasarakham University’s first year undergraduate students, in terms of information need identification, information access, information evaluation, and information use; and 2) to investigate problems in information access of Mahasarakham University’s first year students, in which data was collected …
รายชื่อวิทยานิพนธ์ ปีการศึกษา 2552, คณะอักษรศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย
รายชื่อวิทยานิพนธ์ ปีการศึกษา 2552, คณะอักษรศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย
วารสารบรรณารักษศาสตร์ (Library Science Journal)
No abstract provided.
Library Services For Great Plains Idea Consortial Students, Kate E. Adams, Mary Cassner
Library Services For Great Plains Idea Consortial Students, Kate E. Adams, Mary Cassner
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications
The Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (Great Plains IDEA) is a multistate alliance of 11 universities that offer online master’s degrees and certificate programs in human sciences. The authors surveyed librarians at Great Plains IDEA institutions to learn how each library provides distance services to students enrolled in Great Plains IDEA courses offered through this interinstitutional alliance.
Guide To Cataloging Slotmusic Based On Aaacr2 Chapters 6 And 9, Marcia Barrett, Jim Alberts, Cyrus Ford, Steve Henry, Michi Hoban, Jay Weitz
Guide To Cataloging Slotmusic Based On Aaacr2 Chapters 6 And 9, Marcia Barrett, Jim Alberts, Cyrus Ford, Steve Henry, Michi Hoban, Jay Weitz
OLAC Publications and Training Materials
A typical slotMusic card may come pre-loaded with images, video, text, MIDI files, etc. Each card contains 1 GB of memory (well more than what is required for the pre-loaded content). Many early media responses questioned whether there would be a market for slotMusic, reasoning that music consumers interested in MP3s generally are comfortable with downloading them through computer network connections. But a more recent report in the Los Angeles Times argues that the format is doing better than many expected. Still, in April 2010, a search for “slotmusic” in WorldCat retrieves only the record created by this task force …
Editors’ Introduction, Glenn Hartelius
Editors’ Introduction, Glenn Hartelius
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
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Unidentified Allies: Intersections Of Feminist And Transpersonal Thought And Potential Contributions To Social Change, Christine Brooks
Unidentified Allies: Intersections Of Feminist And Transpersonal Thought And Potential Contributions To Social Change, Christine Brooks
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Contemporary Western feminism and transpersonalism are kaleidoscopic, consisting of
interlocking influences, yet the fields have developed in parallel rather than in tandem.
Both schools of praxis developed during the climate of activism and social experimentation
of the 1960s in the United States, and both share a non-pathological view of the human
experience. This discussion suggests loci of synthesized theoretical constructs between the
two disciplines as well as distinct concepts and practices in both disciplines that may serve
the other. Ways in which a feminist-transpersonal perspective may catalyze social change on
personal, regional, and global levels are proposed.
Ecology Of The Erotic In A Myth Of Inanna, Judy Grahn
Ecology Of The Erotic In A Myth Of Inanna, Judy Grahn
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Myths of Mesopotamian Goddess Inanna, planet Venus in the ancient Sumerian pantheon, have
been useful in psychological processes of contemporary women. A lesser-known myth, “Inanna and
Shukaletuda,” includes sexual transgression against the deity and ties the deified erotic feminine
with fecundity and sacredness of fields and trees. Interpretation of Inanna’s love poems and poems of
nature’s justice contextualizes ecofeminist relevance to psychological issues. Deconstruction of rich
imagery illustrates menstrual power as female authority, erotic as a female aesthetic bringing order,
and transgender as sacred office of transformation. Meador’s (2000) interpretation of three Inanna
poems by a high priestess of ancient …
Mothering Fundamentalism: The Transformation Of Modern Women Into Fundamentalists, Sophia Korb
Mothering Fundamentalism: The Transformation Of Modern Women Into Fundamentalists, Sophia Korb
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Despite upbringings influenced by modern feminism, many women choose to identify
with new communities in the modern religious revivalist movement in the United States
who claim to represent and embrace the patriarchal values against which their mothers
and grandmothers fought. Because women’s mothering is determinative to the family, it is
therefore central to transforming larger social structures. This literature review is taken from
a study which employed a qualitative design incorporating thematic analysis of interviews
to explore how women’s attitudes about being a mother and mothering change when they
change religious communities from liberal paradigms to fundamentalist, enclavist belief
systems. …
The Word, The Body, And The Kinfolk: The Intersection Of Transpersonal Thought With Womanist Approaches To Psychology, Juko M. Holiday
The Word, The Body, And The Kinfolk: The Intersection Of Transpersonal Thought With Womanist Approaches To Psychology, Juko M. Holiday
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Since Alice Walker coined the term womanist in the early 1980s, black feminists and
feminists of color have created a rich, soulful body of scholarly work. Contributions to
womanist thought have emerged primarily in the fields of theology and ethics. The aim
of this article is to put womanism in historical context, examine transpersonal expression
in womanist scholarship, and to articulate the values that inform emotional healing in a
womanist context. Womanism is spiritualized due to its original definition and subsequent
development, making transpersonal thought a resonant fit for unearthing paths to authentic
cultural competency in psychology and other disciplines.
A Transpersonal Feminist Approach To Family Systems, Irene S. Lazarus
A Transpersonal Feminist Approach To Family Systems, Irene S. Lazarus
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This paper presents a preliminary description of A Transpersonal Feminist Approach to Family
Systems (ATFAFS) as taught at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP) between 1995
and 2002. In this approach, students studied the principles of Murray Bowen’s family systems
theory with attention to feminist revisions of the theory while simultaneously investigating
their own multigenerational family histories. Additionally, students kept a journal, recorded
and worked with their dreams, and worked with a chosen creative expressive modality. They
may also have worked with other transpersonal modalities. Student narratives, informed by
organic inquiry, illustrate aspects of the approach. The paper concludes with …
War And Nature In Classical Athens And Today: Demoting And Restoring The Underground Goddesses, Judy Schavrien
War And Nature In Classical Athens And Today: Demoting And Restoring The Underground Goddesses, Judy Schavrien
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
A gendered analysis of social and religious values in 5th century BCE illuminates the Athenian
decline from democracy to bully empire, through pursuit of a faux virility. Using a feminist
hermeneutics of suspicion, the study contrasts two playwrights bookending the empire:
Aeschylus, who elevated the sky pantheon Olympians and demoted both actual Athenian
women and the Furies—deities linked to maternal ties and nature, and Sophocles, who granted
Oedipus, his maternal incest purified, an apotheosis in the Furies’ grove. The latter work,
presented at the Athenian tragic festival some 50 years after the first, advocated restoration
of respect for female flesh …
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Trust Model For Semantic Sensor And Social Networks: A Preliminary Report, Pramod Anantharam, Cory Andrew Henson, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Amit P. Sheth
Trust Model For Semantic Sensor And Social Networks: A Preliminary Report, Pramod Anantharam, Cory Andrew Henson, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Amit P. Sheth
Kno.e.sis Publications
Trust is an amorphous concept that is becoming Increasingly important in many domains, such as P2P networks, E-commerce, social networks, and sensor networks. While we all have an intuitive notion of trust, the literature is scattered with a wide assortment of differing definitions and descriptions; often these descriptions are highly dependent on a single domain or application of interest. In addition, they often discuss orthogonal aspects of trust while continuing to use the general term “trust”. In order to make sense of the situation, we have developed an ontology of trust that integrates and relates its various aspects into a …
Sit-To-Stand Detection Using Fuzzy Clustering Techniques, Tanvi Banerjee, James M. Keller, Marjorie Skubic, Carmen Abbott
Sit-To-Stand Detection Using Fuzzy Clustering Techniques, Tanvi Banerjee, James M. Keller, Marjorie Skubic, Carmen Abbott
Kno.e.sis Publications
The ability to rise from a chair is an important parameter to assess the balance deficits of a person. In particular, this can be an indication of risk for falling in elderly persons. Our goal is automated assessment of fall risk using video data. Towards this goal, we present a simple yet effective method of detecting transition, i.e. sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit, from image frames using fuzzy clustering methods on image moments. The technique described in this paper is shown to be robust even in the presence of noise and has been tested on several data sequences using different subjects yielding …
Eclipse, Judy Schavrien
A Chakra System Model Of Lifespan Development, Candis K. Best
A Chakra System Model Of Lifespan Development, Candis K. Best
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This article presents a model of lifespan development based upon the tantric chakra system.
It begins with a survey of the evolution of transpersonal psychology and its alignment with
eastern philosophies as previously espoused by William James, Carl Jung and others. The
chakras are defined in relation to their potential influence on psychological functioning with
a focus on development beyond the level of ego stability and functioning. Building upon
prior work integrating the chakra system with developmental processes, this article presents
an interpretation of the chakras as a model that defines a pathway for growth-oriented
development.
Psychospiritual Development Of Female Adoptees Raised Within A Closed Adoption System: A Theoretical Model Within A Feminist And Jungian Perspective, April E. Topfer
Psychospiritual Development Of Female Adoptees Raised Within A Closed Adoption System: A Theoretical Model Within A Feminist And Jungian Perspective, April E. Topfer
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This article proposes a transpersonal theoretical model suggesting that the embodiment of
the voice of the feminine is a significant catalyst for awakening the psychological and spiritual
growth and development of female adoptees. Existing Jungian and feminist theoretical
models regarding the psychological and spiritual implications for a female adoptee raised
within a closed adoption system will be discussed. The author will share her adopted voice
about her spiritual and psychological process toward finding wholeness using a hermeneutical
process of inquiry. The voices of birth mothers who relinquished their children will also be
included. Voice is then explored to be an …