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Adoption: A Womyn's Issue, Mirah Riben

Mirah Riben

No abstract provided.

The Case For Negotiated Independence, James E. Crimmins, M R. Moore

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

The Common Law And Benthamic Praxis: Crimmins On Postema’, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

Origen Y Evolución De Las Murallas De La Ciudad De Alicante., Pablo Rosser

pablo rosser

Libro sobre la creación y desarrollo de los distintos anillos defensivos que tuvo la villa y ciudad de alicante desde las primeras levantadas en época islámica. Este libro fue Premio de Investigación de la Conmemoración del Quinto Centenario de la Ciudad de Alicante en 1990.

Hayek's Four Tendencies Toward Equilibrium, Mario J. Rizzo

Mario Rizzo

F.A. Hayek uses the concepts of "equilibrium" and the "tendency toward equilibrium" in a number of senses that are subtly, but importantly, different from each other. This article elucidates those differences and puts them in the context of his theoretical work. As far as I know, this is still the only article that undertakes this analysis.

Cartel Enforcement With Uncertainty About Costs, Peter Cramton, Thomas R. Palfrey

Peter Cramton

What cartel agreements are possible when firms have private information about production costs? For private cost uncertainty we characterize the set of cartel agreements that can be supported, recognizing incentive and participation constraints. If defection results in either Cournot or Bertrand competition, the incentive problem in large cartels is severe enough to prevent the cartel from achieving the monopoly outcome. However, if the cartel agreement requires less than unanimous ratification by the member firms, then the incentive problem can be overcome in large cartels. With common cost uncertainty, perfect collusion is possible in large cartels, regardless of the ratification rule.

Progress In The Distribution Of Power: Gender Relations And Women's Movements As A Source Of Change, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Planning Without Markets: Knowledge And State Action In East German Housing Construction, Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

El Municipio En Ciudades Intermedias Ecuatorianas: Dependencia Política Y Crisis Administrativa, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El municipio en la estructura política-jurídica del Estado

El Estado ecuatoriano reconoce constitucionalmente al municipio como una entidad autónoma, descentralizada y con un conjunto de funciones y atribuciones particulares y legalmente establecidas. Teóricamente, el municipio forma parte de la base más descentralizada de la administración pública nacional, subordinado al orden político constitucional.

La administración pública y las actividades que se desarrollan dentro de las tres funciones (ejecutiva, legislativa y judicial) del poder del Estado, se encasillan en todos los organismos públicos. Así, en la función ejecutiva se encuentran los organismos encargados de realizar la gestión del Estado, pudiendo ser del …

Cirrhosis In The Trauma Victim --- Effect On Mortality-Rates, Glen Tinkoff, Michael Rhodes, Daniel Diamond, Joseph F. Lucke

Joseph Lucke

To evaluate the impact cirrhosis has on survival the records of 40 cirrhotic trauma victims from the registries of two Level 1 trauma centers were reviewed and probability of survival calculated using the TRISS methodology. Mechanism of injury, anatomic location, involvement of single or multiple sites, presence of ascites, elevations in serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), alkaline phosphatase, serum bilirubin, prothrombin time (PT), and hypoalbuminemia were tabulated for each patient. Contingency tables were created for injury and hepatic parameters, as related to survival, and subjected to chi square analysis. Loglinear analysis was performed on all significant parameters to evaluate the …

Positive Residues Involved In The Voltage-Gating Of The Mitochondrial Porin-Channel Are Localized In The External Moiety Of The Pore, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.

Getting To The Heart Of The Matter: Collected Letters And Papers, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

This collection of some of the writings of Robert (Bob) Thomas, Cherokee elder, practitioner of the Cherokee traditional religion, mentor to a wide variety of younger Indian leaders, and anthropologist at the University of Arizona, were written over the last twenty-five years. They were written for different groups of people - some for Indians and others directed more to non-Indians, some for academics and others for a general audience. They cover a wide range of subjects and use a variety of writing styles. But all display Bob's great concern and passion, that which drives him - the survival of Indians …

Have You Hugged Your Computer Today?, David Morgan Lochhead

Dr. David Morgan Lochhead

"I have owned a computer for over ten years now. When the computer came into my life, it turned it upside down. I was excited. I would spend every moment that I could with my computer. The most exciting thing that could happen to me would be for a new piece of software to come along. I lavished my computer with new programs. "

The School-Housed Public Library, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

Discusses the issue of school-housed public library. Some basic considerations in public libraries; Role and function of public libraries; Importance of advance planning for joint operations of public libraries; Importance of the location of the public library; Significance of personnel selected to operate the public library; How the funding of public library can affect the operation; How the collection of material should be develop in the library; Importance of constant evaluation.

Selecting The Teacher-Librarian: A Compendium Of Interview Questions, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

Presents a complete summary of potential questions to ask a prospective teacher-librarian who has the leadership ability, training and experience to implement a cooperatively planned program. Personal; Education; Teaching experience; Professionalism and leadership. Cooperative program planning and teaching; More.

Strategy And Structure: Reconceiving The Relationship, Herman L. Boschken

Herman L. Boschken

Discussions have drawn attention to the relationship between strategy and structure for much of the last quarter century. Yet, no firm basis has emerged to settle the issue of causal direction or to affirm the relationship's effects on organizational performance. By adding a new dimension to the strategy-structure model, this article attempts to conceptually link long-term performance with (a) the presence of subunits having distinctive competence in strategic planning and (b) the coordination of these differentiated subunits into a discernible micro-structure embedded within the overall organization. This new dimension is explored and developed by use of a case of the …

Buttny, R. (1990). Blame-Accounts Sequences In Therapy: The Negotiation Of Relational Meanings. Semiotica, , 219-247., Richard Buttny

Richard Buttny

No abstract provided.

Ordering The Urban Environment: City Statutes And City Planning In Medieval Todi, Italy, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Discusses the deliberate urban policies that of medieval Todi, Italy that helped create a functioning and beautiful medieval town through explicit laws and the careful micro-planning that utilized an incremental urbanism to create an inter-connected and integrated urban environment. Many of the medieval views visitors assume are part of an "organic" growth are actually careful projections of communal power and order.

Reference Service Effectiveness, Jo Bell Whitlatch

Jo Bell Whitlatch

No abstract provided.

Noise Trader Risk In Financial Markets, J. Bradford Delong

J. Bradford DeLong

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Lethal Secrets", Mirah Riben

Mirah Riben

No abstract provided.

El Municipio Y La Organización Del Estado En Ecuador, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El proceso de urbanización en el Ecuador se rige por la lógica concentradora y excluyente, propia del tipo de desarrollo capitalista en nuestras naciones, se expresa entre otras cosas, en la desarticulación de la red urbana, el ilimitado crecimiento de las ciudades grandes por sobre el resto de los asentamientos humanos, la profundización de los desequilibrios y desigualdades a todo nivel (social, intraurbano y ecológico), el predominio de la población urbana sobre la rural, etc.

Esta expresión fenoménica de la urbanización ecuatoriana tiende a acrecentarse desde los años sesenta y con mayor énfasis desde el "boom petrolero" en 1972. Ello …

Extraction Of Knowledge About The Cognitive Process Of Browsing From Discourse And Thinking-Aloud Protocols. Also Published As Part Of: Kwasnik, B. Et Al Automatic Knowledge Extraction From Dictionary Text: Project Development., Barbara H. Kwasnik, Elizabeth D. Liddy, Myaeng H. Sung

Barbara H. Kwasnik

No abstract provided.

Cooperation In A Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma With Ostracism, Eric Bennett Rasmusen, David Hirshleifer

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

The unique Nash equilibrium of the finitely repeated n-person Prisoners' Dilemma calls for defection in all rounds. One way to enforce cooperation in groups is ostracism: players who defect are expelled. If the group's members prefer not to diminish its size, ostracism hurts the legitimate members of the group as well as the outcast, putting the credibility of the threat in doubt. Nonetheless, we show that ostracism can be effective in promoting cooperation with either finite or infinite rounds of play. The model can be applied to games other than the Prisoners' Dilemma, and ostracism can enforce inefficient as well …

How A Personal Document's Intended Use Or Purpose Affects Its Classification In An Office., Barbara H. Kwasnik

Barbara H. Kwasnik

This paper reports on the findings of a larger case study that attempts to describe how people organize documents in their own offices. In that study, several dimensions along which people make classificatory decisions were identified. Of these, the use of to which a document is put emerged as a strong determiner of that document’s classification. The method of analysis is reviewed, and examples of the different kinds of uses are presented, demonstrating that it is possible to describe a wide variety of specific instances using a closed set of descriptors. The suggestion is made that, in designing systems for …

Book Review: Recreating Motherhood, Mirah Riben

Mirah Riben

Review of "Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and technology in a Patriarchal Society" by Barbara Katz Rothman. CUB Communicator, June 1989 Page 3-4. Concerned United Birthparents, Des Moines, IA

Product Quality With Information Dissemination And Switching Costs, Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Klein and Leffler (1981) construct a model in which expected future prices exceed marginal costs so that sellers are willing to maintain high quality for the sake of future profits. How profits are dissapated under free entry, and whether there is a continuum of equilibria, are questions not fully resolved. I contstruct a formal model simpler than any now existing in which free entry and exogenous fixed costs uniquely determine the price of output and the amount sold per firm.

Comparison Of Higher Stratum Motivational Factors Across Sexes Using The Children's Motivation Analysis Test, Gregory J. Boyle, K B. Start

Gregory J. Boyle

The Children's Motivation Analysis Test (CMAT) is a newly developed objective instrument for quantifying several important motivational dynamic traits among primary school children. The CMAT is a downward extension of the MAT and SMAT instruments, which have put motivation measurement onto a new level of sophistication. These pencil-and-paper instruments avoid the most serious handicap of self-report questionnaires, namely the obvious transparency of items, and concomitant ease of faking good or faking bad, as well as other kinds of response distortion which may result from inadequate self-insight of one's motivational attributes. The CMAT was administered to separate groups of male and …

Prediction Of Academic Achievement Using The School Motivation Analysis Test., Gregory J. Boyle, Brian K. Start, John E. Hall

Gregory J. Boyle

Mathematics and English achievement was investigated among 277 Year 10 Australian students. Using the School Motivation Analysis Test (SMAT) as the measure of dynamic motivational traits, significant achievement variance (25 percent for Mathematics; 34 percent for English) was accounted for independently from that due to abilities and personality traits. Male students tended to invest a greater proportion of intellectual abilities (indexed via the SMAT General Information Intelligence score) than did females in the learning of Mathematics (accounting for 25 percent of the variance for males), whereas females demonstrated a higher investment of abilities in English. The specific motivational dynamic traits …

Sex Differences In The Prediction Of Academic Achievement Using The Children's Motivation Analysis Test, Gregory J. Boyle, Brian K. Start

Gregory J. Boyle

The Children's Motivation Analysis Test (CMAT), together with standardised achievement tests in mathematics and reading, was administered to a large sample of Australian elementary school children. Stepwise forward regression analyses were conducted on subsamples of 209 males and 179 females (cases with missing data previously excluded). Several of the CMAT dynamic traits significantly predicted achievement scores. The most useful predictors were conscientiousness (Superego) and family (Home) orientation. These results, based on objective motivation measurement, represent the beginnings of a new approach for research into children's motivation structure.