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Social Support Among Women In Families: A Descriptive Study Of Support In Intergenerational Relationships, Gina L. Bauswell

Masters Theses

This study examines the effects of social support in intergenerational relationships among women in families. The research examines ethnography as a study, some of the benefits of research done in intergenerational communication, changes in this communication over the time span of the intergenerational relationships, the transmission of this communication, social support, the positive effects of the phenomenon of this type of communication for all those participating in this dynamic process, and the heuristic value of this research. The participants were forty women in my extended family, and this study is based upon their answers to a questionnaire and focus group …

Representing Culture: Reflexivity And Mormon Folklore Scholarship, David A. Allred

Theses and Dissertations

When writing about a culture, ethnographers can convey important insights about society. However, ethnography can also misrepresent culture. To address this fact, reflexive ethnography attempts to influence both the methodology and the rhetoric of writing about culture. Reflexivity seeks to acknowledge the bias of the researcher. To include the voice of the cultural insiders, and to more closely represent the dynamics of cultures that always have an element of hybridity. However, reflexive ethnographies can also be unwieldy and impractical. Therefore, one must find a pragmatic application of reflexivity.

Reflexivity can have application to Mormon folklore studies. The most important Mormon …

Relation Between Internal Parasites With Basic Services And The Nutritional Status Of Children Five Years Of Age In The Indigenous, Black And Mestizo Communities Of The Rural Area, Imbabura Province, R. Patricio Paguay Ruiz

Theses and Dissertations

Various studies have been done to determine the prevalence of anemia in our country, but these studies don't reflect the true magnitude of this sickness, considered in Ecuador a problem of public health since these investigations correspond to urban sectors and margins and not to rural places where the care is very deficient and in certain cases useless, mainly because of the difficult access and the lack of economic resources of the government institutions. The current work was realized in coordination with the school of Nutrition and Dietetics and with the help of the Benson Agriculture and Food Institute was …

In Memoriam, Arnold N. Bodtker

The Bridge

No abstract provided.

An Approach To Community University Partnerships: Discoveries On The Road To America's Promise, Nancie Teresa Biver

Partnerships/Community

This paper is a journey that explores the complexity and optimism of community/higher education partnerships to support youth. It provides an analysis of the dynamics and history of power and racism. It raises critical questions regarding the role and approach of higher education and America’s Promise, the national alliance for youth. Ultimately, it offers an opportunity to view our communities differently and engage in a process that provides the potential for authentic democratic solution generating, inclusive of the grassroots voice.

This work seeks to enhance the process and intellectual thought supporting the higher education initiative within America’s Promise and community/higher …

Service Learning Is The Great Connector, Jane Angelis

Service Learning, General

It isn't a coincidence that older people are flocking to learn about computers, the Internet, and E-mail. It's a part of the service-learning movement that has caught America's imagination. Why are older people, technology and service learning such natural partners? Ask a middle-school student who is teaching a computer class to older people. "Some senior citizens are afraid of computers in the beginning," he says, "But we know how to make them more comfortable." That confidence is the hallmark of service-learning programs across the country involving elementary, middle school, high school, and college campuses. William Butler Yeats wrote that ':Education …

A New Model Of Connected Learning, Justine K. Brown

Service Learning, General

Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor always dreamed of building a new type of high school. Throughout his many years in public education as a teacher and administrator, Washor felt that high schools were failing to meet the true needs of students, their families and the community as a whole. Littky imagined building a school that approached learning in a new way, making it a true hands-on experience and involving more than just students and teachers in the process.

Masculinity And Femininity: Origins And Implications (Chapter Two Of Growing Strong Daughters), Lisa Graham Mcminn

Faculty Publications - Department of Sociology

Excerpt: "God could have made one sex, but he chose to create two distinct image-bearing creatures. Articulating conclusions about how women and men bear God's image differently is difficult, perhaps because we believe we must first figure out which differences to attribute to environment and which are knitted into our beings at conception."

Elaboration And Validation Of The Educational Material Used In Nutritional Education In The Communities Of Copalacaya, Choquenaira, Callisaya, And Muruamaya, Of The Providence Ingavi Of The Department Of La Paz 1998, Maria Isabel Mercado Miranda

Theses and Dissertations

This work had the objective to elaborate and validate educational, graphic material to give Nutritional Education in the communities of Copalapaya, Choquenaira, Callisaya, and Muruamaya belonging to the Ingavi province. With exclusive material for the rural area and with themes directed toward women, men, and children, such material was elaborated with the participation of all the community, where each one of them they put its abilities and gave ideas to improve the material and on all requested that the drawings be as close to reality as possible. The development of the study proceeded by the following: It started with a …

Outing The Blackness In White: Analyzing Race, Class, And Gender In Everyday Life, Sarah Willie-Lebreton

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Human Agency And The Process Of Social Change In The Religious Structure Of A Traditional Society, Jonathan Mermis-Cava

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This thesis is an examination of human agency within the process of social change as it has been displayed by the members of a traditional society. It is based on participant observation data that was collected between 1995-97 when the author served as a Peace Corps Volunteer living amongst a tribe of maroons, known as Saramakans, deep in the rainforest of South America. Exploring the assumption that changes in traditional societies have been forced upon them, this thesis examines the transformations that have occurred in the religious structure of the Saramakan tribe. From a social constructionist theoretical viewpoint, data suggests …

The Internet As A Source Of Informal Social Control: Social Support In Pedophile Online Culture, Teelynn T. Mauney

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This thesis is an examination of pedophile use of the World Wide Web as a source of social support. I conduct a content analysis of pedophile Web sites that advocate sexual contact between men and boys. The themes on these sites are examined and compared to the themes found in stage one of my research program, which analyzed four of the eleven sites in the pedophile Web site sampling frame. This monograph draws on Mirkin’s (1999) theoretical framework that states that pedophiles are in stage one of a battle to legitimize their sexual orientation. This study finds that pedophile sites …

Becoming Mormon Men: Male Rites Of Passage And The Rise Of Mormonism In Nineteenth-Century America, Bruce R. Lott

Theses and Dissertations

The evidence presented in this thesis supports a view of the first Mormon men as coming from the agrarian majority of early nineteenth-century American farmers and artisans who embraced a set of manly ideals that differed significantly, in many ways, from those embraced by their middle-class contemporaries. These men's life writings attest to boyhood experiences of working alongside their fathers as soon as they were physically able, and subsequently of acting as substitute farmers and breadwinners as well as being put out to work outside the direct supervision of their fathers. Such experiences enabled them to frequently follow in the …

A Descriptive Study On The Research Trends Of Postgraduate Students In The Sciences, Leelawathy Kanapathy Pillai

Student Works (2000-2009)

The study analyses trends in research activities in the sciences using data from theses submitted to the University of Malaya between 1971 and 1995. A total of 101 theses in nine disciplines in the sciences were studied during the 25- year period (1971-1995). The study is divided into two parts. Part l is based on the information obtained from the 'Acknowledgement' section of all the 101 theses. It looks at the year of theses submission by discipline, distribution of theses submitted by race and gender of the researcher, and distribution of scholarship/grants and tutorship tenure by discipline. Part 2 of …

Information Needs Of Foreign Women In Malaysia, With Special Reference To The Sudanese Community, Samia Mohamed Malik

Student Works (2000-2009)

The primary aim of this study was to assess the information needs of foreign women in Malaysia, with a particular focus on the Sudanese community. The study identified the main information needs, the sources they used to find the information, their use of the library and the types of materials they utilized in seeking information. A postal questionnaire was used for data collection. Ninety copies of questionnaires were distributed to the Sudanese women living in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya. The response rate was 73.3%, with 66 out of the 90 questionnaires being returned. The majority of the respondents were …

Gender Bias In Management : A Case Study In Employees Provident Fund (Epf), Ushabhanu Suppiah

Student Works (2000-2009)

The development in this day and age is extremely drastic. Tremendous growth is seen in all sectors of industries to match the rapidly changing needs of society. This change is also coupled with rapid technological advancement. In order to meet these developments the labour market should continue to experience growth as well. This is because in most sectors its most valuable asset in an organization is its human resources. And as such special attention needs to be given to this area of management. An in depth look at the breakdown of labour force indicates an almost equal number each gender …

Consumer Behavior And Religiosity Of Muslim Community In Klang Valley : Consumer Perception On Halal And Non Halal In Products And Services, Burhan Adnan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Consumption of products and services are one of the most important activities in human life. Therefore, being consumers they cannot run away from making decisions in all aspects of consumption process. It was identified that religious factor does playing an important role in the decision making process by the rules and taboos its inspired. This research project is trying to explore the religiosity aspect of Muslim consumers in Klang Valley and its relationship with the consumption of halal and non halal on products and services. The halal and non halal products and services have been further refined to halal restaurant, …

Consumer Behaviour Towards Counterfeit Product : A Study On Urban Malaysian Consumers, Swat Hah Lim

Student Works (2000-2009)

Counterfeiting is the production of copies that are identically packaged, including trademarks and labelling, copied so as to seem to the consumer the article is genuine. Product counterfeiting has become a serious problem for a number of industries. United States companies alone lose approximately $200 billion in sales annually as a result of counterfeiting. In Malaysia, very little study has been done on counterfeiting despite numerous studies claimed that the developing countries such as Asian countries were the paradise for counterfeiters. The present study intends to examine counterfeiting from the demand side perspective, consumer behaviour related to counterfeit purchases will …

Managing Challenges And Changes : Developing Business Strategies In Local Hotel Industry, Nyuk Fee Choong

Student Works (2000-2009)

Since start of the Asian Economy crisis in 1997, most industries in Malaysia have been experiencing a difficult time. Tourism industry had to face several challenges such as currency fluctuations, negative media reports, stringent government policies, reduced market demands and global competition. The negative effects on the industry were compounded by the national economic slowdown, i.e., GDP contraction of 6.7 per cent in 1998. Tourist arrivals were also descended to a low of 5.5 million, compared to 6.2 million in 1997 (MATTA Annual Report 1998). Malaysia's hotel industry, particularly those located in Klang Valley have faced extreme pressure in their …

Pembinaan Rumah Ibadat Di Pulau Pinang : Satu Kajian Mengenai Insiden Agama Di Kg. Rawa, Pulau Pinang, Mohd. Ali Saripan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kajian ini berbentuk laporan dan bertujuan untuk mendapatkan punca utama dan punca-punca lain yang menyokong kepada berlakunya insiden yang tidak diingini di negara ini iaitu insiden agama yang melibatkan pergaduhan antara kaum. Sebagai sebuah masyarakat majmuk, Malaysia perlu memelihara perhubungan kaum supaya aman dan harmoni. Insiden yang berlaku melibatkan dua penganut yang besar di Malaysia iaitu Islam dan Hndu. Bagi tujuan tersebut kajian ini melihat kepada faktor-faktor penyumbang utama insiden ini berdasarkan penemuan yang diperolehi di dalam kajian ini. Kajian ini juga melihat hubungkait satu faktor dengan faktor yang lain yang tidak ditangani di peringkat awal memangkinkan dan memberi kesan …

Perkembangan Sastera Cina Di Sarawak (1950-1962), Hee Wong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research project concentrates on the development of the Sarawak Chinese Literature in the nineteen fifties and early sixties. In the early fifties, the Sarawak Chinese Literature was still in its infancy stage. The youths had yet come of age and were struggling and searching for their paths in literary writing. Hence, their works were short in quantity and inferior in quality. However, these works were strongly associated with the time and thought of the society of the period. They reflected the change in attitude towards national identity, the absorption and acceptance of the socialist dogmatism and the perseverance and …

Confucianist's Perception Of Woman : Its Influence On Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior : Memoirs Of A Girlhood Among Ghosts And Amy Tan's The Joyluck Club, Yoke Lin Yap

Student Works (2000-2009)

This thesis proposes to examine critically how the fundamental ideals contained within the philosophy of Confucius have evolved into social rites and rituals contained within the Five Classics and Four Classics for women. This is important for it is the social conventions that form the essential patriarchal structure in addition to the moral as well as behavioral norms of Chinese society. The study and analysis of Confucius' principal doctrines will help us understand the roles and responsibilities held by Chinese women within the structural hierarchy of Chinese family and society in general. The above will provide for a unique comparison …

Perkaitan Antara Ibu Bekerja Dan Penyesuaian Remaja Cina Di Sebuah Sekolan Menengah Di Kuala Lumpur, Patricia Devagi Paraman

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal employment and adolescent Adjustment. Adjustment in this research divided into two category, that is Personal Adjustment and Social Adjustment. Personal Adjustment has six sub-scales, namely Self Reliance, Sense Of Personal Worth, Sense Of Personal Freedom, Sense of Belonging, and Withdrawing Tendencies. Social Adjustment refers to Social Standards, Social Skills, Anti­-Social Tendencies, Family Relations, School Relations and Community Relations.

An Analysis Of Malaysian Computer Science And Information Technology Research Publications In Selected International Databases, Yinian Gu

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study analysed Malaysian computer science and information technology research works published within the period 1990 and 1998. The data was collected from three international CD-ROM databases. i.e.. COMPENDEX (1987- 1999), IEL (IEE/IEEE Electronic Library) (1988- 1999). and INSPEC (1990- 1998). The search contributed a total of 389 bibliographic records. Malaysian research contribution in the fields of computer science and in formation technology between 1990 and 1998 indicated two stages of development, i.e.. the exploration period from 1990 to 1994 and the rapid growth period during 1995 to 1998. The most productive period of research publication was 1997. The continuing …

Tingkah Laku Pengguna Terhadap Muzik : Kajian Di Kalangan Belia Terhadap Lagu Melayu Nusantara, Noorihal Muhammad

Student Works (2000-2009)

The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics that are outstanding in the youth of today towards the special kind of music and songs that are generally referred lagu Melayu Nusantara'. The factors that influence the attraction of the youth of today towards this kind of music is given prominence. These factors are as follows, ( i ) the existence of forces that attract these youth to this particular kind of music, ( ii ) the singer presenting the song and finally, ( iii ) the lyrics of the song that captivates the youth. In my study, I …

Teori 'Umran Ibn Khaldun : Kajian Khusus Kejatuhan Peradaban Islam Melaka Dan Kebangkitan Kuasa Portugis Di Melaka, Aiza Maslan @ Baharudin

Student Works (2000-2009)

Malacca was indeed a unique Islamic civilization in the Malay Archipelago that dominated the region from 1400 to 1511. Malay, Portuguese, and British historiography records the greatness of this civilization, its civilizational impact in the region, and its fame that spread well beyond its frontiers. Nonetheless this civilization fell in the year 15 l I at the hands of the Portuguese imperialists. This study attempts to contextualize the fall of Malacca and the rise of the Portuguese power within lbn Khaldun's unique cyclical theory of the rise and fall of world civilizations. The introductory chapter states the scope of the …

Civilization Dialogue : A Comparison Between Al-Ghazzali And Mencius On The Concept Of A Perfect Man, Kuek Chee Wee Florence

Student Works (2000-2009)

This dissertation seeks to compare between Al-Ghazzali and Mencius on the concept of a perfect man. It is on the ground of comparing one of the most profound and original philosophical thoughts in Islam and Chinese Civilization respectively on the concept of perfect man that the pair is chosen. Both have left behind extensive literature expounding on man as their subject of study and both suggested that man have a perfectible nature. The dissertation traces the lives of Al-Ghazzali and Mencius in their respective historical background. The readers will be informed of the social and political climax as well as …

Politik Islam Dan Peranan Zia Ul Haq Dalam Peradaban Pakistan Kontemporari, Che Tom Ahmad

Student Works (2000-2009)

After the independence, Islam has been upholds BS the highest constituirion in order to develop the country. Yet, as a nation she still has to face the secularism challenges in political, economy end cultural. However, after 30 years in secularism Zial ul Haq has brought the new Islamization in the country. He brought the new hope of Islamization end tried to curb the western elements from the way of life of Pakistani. Hence~ he has established a country with Islam as way of life. Islam has been imposed in the laws and orders, economy, politics, education and social. In fact, …

Sumbangan Organisasi Islam Masa Kini Dalam Pengembangan Dakwah Islamiyah Di Aceh, Razali Muhammad Ali

Student Works (2000-2009)

It is undeniable that since their establishment until today, Islamic organizations have been playing a vital role in spreading da'wah in lndonesia. In Aceh, Islamic organizations whether which located in the capital of lndonesia, Jakarta, or their branches located in Aceh also have been rendering many services towards development of da'wah in Aceh. The 1slamic organizations investigated in this thesis are; Muhammadiyah, Nahdatul Ulama (NU), Al-Washliyah, Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam (HMl), Pelajar Islam Indonesia (Pil), Dewan Da'wah lslamiyah lndonesia (DDIJ), lnshafuddin, and Majlis Ulama Indonesia (MUI). This thesis is aimed at analyzing to which extent Islamic organizations have rendered their services …

Loren Eiseley And Sociology At The University Of Nebraska, 1926-1936: The Sociological Training Of A Noted Anthropologist, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

LOREN COREY EISELEY [1907-1977] rose from modest beginnings to become one of the nation’s foremost essayists, naturalists, and anthropologists (Carlisle 1983; Christianson 1990; Carrithers 1991; Gerber 1983; Heidtmann 1991; Pitts 1995), and his work was built on a solid interdisciplinary foundation that included intensive undergraduate and graduate study in sociology at the University of Nebraska.1 Eiseley, the writer, is best known today for The Immense Journey (1957), The Firmament of Time (1960), and The Unexpected Universe (1969), his most popular books. As a mature scholar tenured at the University of Pennsylvania, Eiseley served as Provost; Professor and Chair of the …