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Alex Publishing Solutions Profile

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Charleston Comings And Goings--News And Announcements For The Charleston Library Conference, Leah Hinds

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The Scholarly Publishing Scene--Brave New World?, Myer Kutz

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From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

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Don's Conference Notes--Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference, Donald T. Hawkins

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Toward An Empirically-Generated Typology Of Weblog Genres, Maciej Maryl, Krzysztof Niewiadomski, Maciej Kidawa

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In their article "Toward an Empirically-generated Typology of Weblog Genres" Maciej Maryl, Krzysztof Niewiadomski, and Maciej Kidawa propose a typology of weblog genres based on empirical data, namely on the analysis of metadata and the study of blogs' content. In Study 1 they explore 287 categories used by Polish bloggers to classify their blogs. The analysis shows that most categories are topical, but some could be useful for genre analyses. In Study 2 they analyse "syntagma" combinations of 2-3 categories assigned to 88 252 blogs on one of the Polish blog platforms. Through quantitative analysis and clustering 3 main groups …

Monographs As Essays--Monographs As Databases, Rick Anderson

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Op Ed--Our History Is Disappearing Under Our Noses - Literally! A Proactive Approach To Circumvent A Failing Preservation Technology, Joe Mills

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Let's Get Technical--Desk Tracker: A New Way Of Tracking Cataloging Statistics, Stacey Marien, Alayne Mundt

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Atg Interviews Ann Okerson, Crl, And Alex Holzman, Alex Publishing Solutions, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

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Ann Okerson Profile

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Book Reviews--Monographic Musings, Regina Gong

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Monorgaph Publishing In The Digital Age, Donald J. Waters

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Bet You Missed It--What Do Eating Disorders And Strong Women Have In Common?, Bruce Strauch

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Questions And Answers--Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

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Oregon Trails: Hay-On-Wye Or Bust!, Thomas W. Leonhardt

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The 2016 Outsell Information Management Benchmark Report, Katina Strauch

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

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Both Sides Now: Vendors And Librarians--In Vendor/Library Negotiations: Both Sides Should Be Listiening To The Same Radio Station, Michael Gruenberg

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Booklover: Off-Broadway, Donna Jacobs

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Alex Holzman Profile

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Bibliography Of Contextual (Systemic And Empirical) Approaches In The Study Of Literature And Culture, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Cases Of Note--Copyright V. Right-To-Publicity, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery

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Fictionality And The Empirical Study Of Literature, Torsten Pettersson

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Fictionality and the Empirical Study of Literature" Torsten Pettersson surveys three types of studies and argues for research which disentangles fictionality from other aspects of literariness. Pettersson conceptualizes the basic paradoxical phenomenon that made-up stories can influence readers' perceptions of the real world and presents an empirical study of the impact of fictionality based on a five-page narrative presented to two groups of young Swedish readers as an extract from an autobiography and a novel, respectively. A questionnaire elicited reactions to the narrative, as well as attitudes to fictionality and to literary reading in general. Results include …

Conspicuous Consumption Among Hispanics: Evidence From The Consumer Expenditure Survey, Igor Ryabov

Sociology Faculty Publications

Ethnic disparities in consumption patterns (clothing, jewellery, cars, etc.) have been a focus of social research for decades, yet little attention has been paid to conspicuous consumption and the relative importance of ethnicity and social class as its determinants. In an attempt to fill in this gap and to deconstruct the monolithic category of Hispanic consumers, the present study used nationally-representative data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) to investigate the expenditure patterns of Hispanic consumer households, with a special focus on conspicuous consumption. On the theoretical plane, this study evaluated two alternative explanations of the propensity to consume …

The Body Project 4 All: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Of A Mixed-Gender Dissonance-Based Body Image Program, Lisa S. Kilpela, K. Blomquist, Christina Verzijl, Salomé Wilfred, Robbie Beyl, Carolyn Becker

Psychology Faculty Research

Objective: The Body Project is a cognitive dissonance-based body image improvement program with ample research support among female samples. More recently, researchers have highlighted the extent of male body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors; however, boys/men have not been included in the majority of body image improvement programs. This study aims to explore the efficacy of a mixed-gender Body Project compared with the historically female-only body image intervention program.

Method: Participants included male and female college students (N = 185) across two sites. We randomly assigned women to a mixed-gender modification of the two-session, peer-led Body Project (MG), the …

The Labor Market Consequences Of Regulating Similar Occupations: The Licensing Of Occupational And Physical Therapists, Jing Cai, Morris M. Kleiner

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This study shows the influence of occupational licensing on two occupations that provide similar services: occupational therapists and physical therapists. Most of the tasks for these two occupations differ, but several jobs overlap, and individuals in both occupations could have legal jurisdiction over these tasks. We empirically examine how these two occupations interact with one another in the labor market on wage determination and employment. Unlike previous studies, our study examines two occupations that are female dominated both within the professions and among its leadership. Our results show that occupational licensing can raise the wages of members of both occupations, …

Rrh Library Newsletter, June 2016, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Zika Virus Disease; Managing Student Loan Debt; Used Book Sale

Finding And Losing Dad, Seow Hon Tan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This Father's Day, I am reminded of the father I lost in January. He is also the father I found in the last decade as we grew closer. Dad passed away days short of his 68th birthday. He was first diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or nose cancer, 26 years ago. His last battle during 26 days of hospitalisation, traversing Christmas and New Year's Day, was not with cancer but with pneumonia, possibly resulting from aspiration due to dysphagia, a side effect of neck radiation for cancer.

Singlish – A Uniquely Singaporean Threat, Tan K. B. Eugene

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In 2013 and 2014, I taught two graduate-level summer seminars at South Korea’s Yonsei University Law School. Although English was not their first language, my Korean students participated in class discussions, made oral presentations and sat for an examination — all in English, albeit without the same fluency of my Singaporean students.