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Research - Back To The Future : Central And Western District Rehearses The Demographical Changes Of Older People 10 Years Later, Tony Lai Aug 2013

Research - Back To The Future : Central And Western District Rehearses The Demographical Changes Of Older People 10 Years Later, Tony Lai

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Research - Prevention Leads The Way : Evaluation On Fysk Primeval Elderly Depression Services, Emily Chan Aug 2013

Research - Prevention Leads The Way : Evaluation On Fysk Primeval Elderly Depression Services, Emily Chan

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Highlights Aug 2013

Highlights

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Columnist - New Interpretation Of Filial Piety: Starting From The “New 24 Paragons Of Filial Piety”, Ting Cao Aug 2013

Columnist - New Interpretation Of Filial Piety: Starting From The “New 24 Paragons Of Filial Piety”, Ting Cao

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Trend - Removing "Religious Make-Ups" In Elderly Services, Emily Chan Aug 2013

Trend - Removing "Religious Make-Ups" In Elderly Services, Emily Chan

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Feature -Youth = Unfilial? Between Teenagers And Filial Piety, Emily Chan Aug 2013

Feature -Youth = Unfilial? Between Teenagers And Filial Piety, Emily Chan

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Recent Development Aug 2013

Recent Development

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


研究 - 回到未來:中西區預演未來十年老年人口特徵轉變, Tony Lai Aug 2013

研究 - 回到未來:中西區預演未來十年老年人口特徵轉變, Tony Lai

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


研究 - 一切從「預防」開始:探討蓬瀛仙館的長者抑鬱症前期服務, Emily Chan Aug 2013

研究 - 一切從「預防」開始:探討蓬瀛仙館的長者抑鬱症前期服務, Emily Chan

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


智者專欄 - 孝的新詮釋:從「新廿四孝」談起, Ting Cao Aug 2013

智者專欄 - 孝的新詮釋:從「新廿四孝」談起, Ting Cao

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


趨勢 - 卸下宗教妝容:以跨界合作關係深入群眾, Emily Chan Aug 2013

趨勢 - 卸下宗教妝容:以跨界合作關係深入群眾, Emily Chan

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


焦點 - 年少無孝心? 論港青孝觀念, Emily Chan Aug 2013

焦點 - 年少無孝心? 論港青孝觀念, Emily Chan

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


最新動向 Aug 2013

最新動向

Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊

No abstract provided.


Brooks Better Not Come Back, Helena E. Yang Aug 2013

Brooks Better Not Come Back, Helena E. Yang

SURGE

Every time a new season of the Bachelorette starts, I tell myself that I won’t watch this season—that I won’t give in to the trashiness and the petty drama which is the Bachelor. But I can’t help it. Season after season I’m hooked and 17 seasons later… here I am. [excerpt]


Feasibility Study Of Consolidating Public Safety Answering Points In Perry County, Ohio, Daila Shimek Aug 2013

Feasibility Study Of Consolidating Public Safety Answering Points In Perry County, Ohio, Daila Shimek

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This report provides an assessment of the feasibility of consolidation of the public safety answering points (PSAPS’s) in Perry County, Ohio and the Village of New Lexington (in Perry County), Ohio. The report describes the methodology used to assess the feasibility of consolidating these PSAPs. The findings are that consolidation of PSAPs and dispatch services among the participating entities would not be feasible if the decision is made purely on costs. However, a consolidated PSAP would reduce the duplication of services and redundant capital projects. This in turn would free up funds to maintain and replace capital items as they …


Agricultural Biotechnology, International Trade, General Equilibrium And Efficiency, Comlanvi Martin Konou Aug 2013

Agricultural Biotechnology, International Trade, General Equilibrium And Efficiency, Comlanvi Martin Konou

College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Ongoing debates about the adoption of the agricultural biotechnology in the developing countries and EU have dominated the literature in development economics and biosciences. This dissertation considers some environmental, economic and social consequences of the technology from three perspectives: 1) the impact of the ongoing pest density on the performance of the agricultural biotechnology in India; 2) trade consequences of EU restrictive trade policies towards biotech products; and 3) the adoption decision of the technology in the EU and the developing economies.

Agricultural biotechnology appears to be successful in increasing yield and reducing the use of pesticides. However, most studies …


The American Ideal Of Representative Democracy: The Roles Of National Identity And Perceived Consensus And Homogeneity Among The American People, Frank John Gonzalez Aug 2013

The American Ideal Of Representative Democracy: The Roles Of National Identity And Perceived Consensus And Homogeneity Among The American People, Frank John Gonzalez

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

A “true” American takes pride in the democratic processes that grant power to the people, right? Some literature has shown that “power to the people” is actually quite far from being uniformly endorsed by the American people, largely because of the inherent conflict and disagreement that comes with it (e.g., Hibbing & Theiss-Morse, 2002). So are people more positive toward democratic processes when they perceive consensus among citizens? I utilize survey data from a representative sample of the United States in order to show that perceptions of consensus are positively related to support for the political power of the American …


Serials Solutions Search Type Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2013

Serials Solutions Search Type Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of "Browse Searches," "Titles Searches," and "Other Searches" of Serials Solutions tools at the University of Rhode Island Libraries by month for 2012-2013. Shows how many times the A-Z full text electronic journal list (at http://zu4tq4pb5v.search.serialssolutions.com/) was browsed by alphabet or subject and searched by journal title or ISSN. Also indicates how many Serials Solutions searches originated from OpenURL links ("360 Link") and the number of clicks from the 856 field of Serials Solutions-generated MARC records ("360 MARC Updates").


Refworks Usage Statistics Through June 2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2013

Refworks Usage Statistics Through June 2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

RefWorks is a subscription-based, online software product that helps researchers save, organize, and format bibliographic citations. This report provides monthly statistics on the usage of RefWorks by the University of Rhode Island community from 2002 through June 2013. Data provided includes: user type summary, focus area summary, references created per month, accounts created per month, all user accounts by user type, all user accounts by focus area, last quarter number of accounts by user type, reference type detail, all references by focus area, last quarter references by focus area, last quarter references by user type, all references by user type, …


Serials Solutions Subject Search Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2013

Serials Solutions Subject Search Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of Serials Solutions subject searches at the University of Rhode Island Libraries by month for 2012-2013. Shows how many times the A-Z full text electronic journal list (at http://zu4tq4pb5v.search.serialssolutions.com/) was browsed by specific subjects.


Serials Solutions Click-Through Statistics By Provider And Database 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2013

Serials Solutions Click-Through Statistics By Provider And Database 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of database and journal-level clicks, by provider and database, of Serials Solutions tools at the University of Rhode Island Libraries by month for 2012-2013. Clicks may have originated from the A-Z full text electronic journal list (at http://zu4tq4pb5v.search.serialssolutions.com/), from OpenURL links ("360 Link"), or the 856 fields of Serials Solutions-generated MARC records ("360 MARC Updates").


Serials Solutions 360 Link Referring Sources Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2013

Serials Solutions 360 Link Referring Sources Report 2012-2013, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2012-2013 on the number of OpenURL requests made to the "Serials Solutions 360 Link" OpenURL link resolver (at http://zu4tq4pb5v.search.serialssolutions.com/) for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Referring Source ID, total Number of Requests for the year, and %Total (Number of Requests).

Note: "36520" = EBSCOhost


Blending The Old And The New: Qualitative Data Analysis A S Critical Thinking And Using Nvivo With A Generic Approach, James A. Bernauer, Marilyn Lichtman, Cynthia Jacobs, Stuart Robinson Aug 2013

Blending The Old And The New: Qualitative Data Analysis A S Critical Thinking And Using Nvivo With A Generic Approach, James A. Bernauer, Marilyn Lichtman, Cynthia Jacobs, Stuart Robinson

The Qualitative Report

In this article the authors seek to make the case that qualitative data analysis can be explained within the framework of critical thinking and incorporates within this framework the role of technology – specifically NVivo. First they discuss critical thinking from the perspectives of Bloom, Adler, and Polanyi. They then link critical thinking to the concept of a general inductive approach to qualitative analysis as described by Thomas. Finally, they illustrate connections of both critical thinking and the general inductive approach to technology using NVivo screenshots.


(Un)Stable Space(S): An Ethnography Of A (Sometimes) Gay Bar, Andrea M. Davis Aug 2013

(Un)Stable Space(S): An Ethnography Of A (Sometimes) Gay Bar, Andrea M. Davis

The Qualitative Report

Using ethnography, I studied the ways in which space was created at a nightclub with a once a week Drag Night. The history of the space (each night building on the night before for years and years) created stability for the nightclub that remained regardless of the individuals within it. Drag Night, however, did not reap the benefits of that stability. Despite site - specific (read theme - night specific) normative performances in the space, the social space was altered through individual performances as well as rules associated with the club.


Learning Abroad Or Just Going Abroad? International Education In Opposite Sides Of The Border, Gerardo Blanco Ramirez Aug 2013

Learning Abroad Or Just Going Abroad? International Education In Opposite Sides Of The Border, Gerardo Blanco Ramirez

The Qualitative Report

International education, particularly through study abroad experiences, has the potential of preparing students for a globally interconnected world. While challenging, it is necessary to translate aspirations of global citizenship into educational programs and assessing their effectiveness. A necessary step in such process consists in taking a close and critical look at the challenges and possibilities for the development of global citizenship through education abroad. In this paper, I follow a decolonizing autoethnographic approach to explore obstacles for the development of global citizenship through education abroad. If education abroad is to promote global citizenship and character development, I propose a more …


St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, August 4, 2013 Aug 2013

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, August 4, 2013

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid


Fearless: Professor Janet Powers And Linnea Goebel, Janet M. Powers, Linnea C. Goebel Aug 2013

Fearless: Professor Janet Powers And Linnea Goebel, Janet M. Powers, Linnea C. Goebel

SURGE

This week we would like to recognize Professor Janet Powers and recent graduate Linnea Goebel ’13 for their work in Bosnia this summer helping to set up a group of female embroiderers with an Amazon Marketplace account to sell their wares on the internet. [excerpt]


Resilience And Syndemic Risk Factors Among African-American Female Sex Workers, Mance E. Buttram, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz Aug 2013

Resilience And Syndemic Risk Factors Among African-American Female Sex Workers, Mance E. Buttram, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz

CAHSS Faculty Articles

Research on street-based female sex workers documents a multitude of problems faced by these women, such as substance use, HIV risk, mental health problems, victimization, and homelessness. The presence of problems such as these is understood as a syndemic, or co-occurrence of two or more risk factors that act synergistically to create an excess burden of disease. However, the syndemic framework has not previously incorporated the examination of resilience to understand what protective factors enable female sex workers to cope with syndemic risk. Using 562 baseline interviews from street-based African-American female sex workers enrolled in a randomized intervention trial, this …


The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Cognitions And Social Support In The Severity Of Ptsd Symptoms, Ellen Margaret Koucky Aug 2013

The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Cognitions And Social Support In The Severity Of Ptsd Symptoms, Ellen Margaret Koucky

Dissertations

Posttraumatic cognitions (PC), perceived social support (PSS), and received social support (RSS) contribute to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but little is known about the way these variables may influence each other in this process. The current study tested the association between PSS and RSS and compared levels of these support types in PTSD-positive versus PTSD-negative subjects. An SEM model investigating the role of PC, PSS, and RSS in predicting PTSD symptom severity was also tested. Results indicate a significant difference in the strength of the association between support types based on diagnostic status and lower levels of …


Reading The Tea Leaves: An Exploration Of The Origins, Composition, And Influence Of The Tea Party, Bryce Don Summary Aug 2013

Reading The Tea Leaves: An Exploration Of The Origins, Composition, And Influence Of The Tea Party, Bryce Don Summary

Dissertations

The Tea Party has become a powerful force in American politics. Emerging in early 2009, the Tea Party has elicited mass support among the public with important implications for public policy and electoral politics. However, there remains significant debate over the political characteristics and motivations of Tea Party supporters. The emergence of the Tea Party has also led to speculation that supporters will form a third party. Using survey data collected in 2010 and 2011, this dissertation examines the relationship between Tea Party and third party supporters. Evidence is found that although Tea Party and third party supporters disapprove of …