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The Professionalization Thesis: The Tbr, The Wto And World Economic Integration, Eric A. Engle Jan 2002

The Professionalization Thesis: The Tbr, The Wto And World Economic Integration, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Argues that the DSB of the WTO represents one instance of the globalization of the rule of law.

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Welfare Reform: What About The Children?, Brenda J. Lohman, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Rebekah Levine Coley, Laura D. Pittman Jan 2002

Welfare Reform: What About The Children?, Brenda J. Lohman, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Rebekah Levine Coley, Laura D. Pittman

Brenda J Lohman

Within a sample of 1,885 low-income children and their families, preschoolers and adolescents show patterns of cognitive achievement and problem behavior that should be of concern to policy-makers. The preschoolers and adolescents in our sample are more developmentally at risk compared to middleclass children in national samples. In addition, adolescents whose mothers were on welfare in 1999 have lower levels of cognitive achievement and higher levels of behavioral and emotional problems than do adolescents whose mothers had left welfare, or whose mothers had never been on welfare. For preschoolers, mothers’ current or recent welfare participation is linked with poor cognitive …

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Origins Of Apparent Violations Of The “No Phrase” Constraint In Modern Georgian, Alice Carmichael Harris Jan 2002

Origins Of Apparent Violations Of The “No Phrase” Constraint In Modern Georgian, Alice Carmichael Harris

Alice Harris

It is widely suggested in the literature that words are based on words, roots, or stems, but not on phrases (the "No Phrase" Constraint). In Modern Georgian, constructions such as megobar-ta-gan-i '[one, some] of the friends' are common; they appear to violate the "No Phrase" Constraint because gan 'from' is traditionally considered a postposition. In this example, -i, the marker of the nominative case, serves as both inflectional and derivational morphology, deriving a substantive, apparently from the postpositional phrase. The paper demonstrates that the construction at issue originated in double case marking. Old Georgia had case marking of this sort, …

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Comparative Markedness (Long Version), John J. Mccarthy Jan 2002

Comparative Markedness (Long Version), John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

The markedness constraints of classic Optimality Theory assign violation-marks to output candidates without reference to the input or to other candidates. This paper explores an alternative conception of markedness that is comparative: markedness constraints compare the candidate under evaluation with another candidate, the most faithful one. Comparative constraints distinguish two situations: the candidate under evaluation contains an instance of a marked structure that is also present in the fully-faithful candidate; or the candidate under evaluation contains an instance of a marked structure that is not present in the fully faithful candidate. The empirical consequences of comparative markedness are explored, including …

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On Targeted Constraints And Cluster Simplification, John J. Mccarthy Jan 2002

On Targeted Constraints And Cluster Simplification, John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

In his article 'Consonant cluster neutralisation and targeted constraints', Wilson (2001) proposes a far-reaching revision of Optimality Theory to accommodate targeted constraints, which compare candidates differing only in certain specific ways. Targeted constraints, it is argued, can explain why cluster-simplification processes affect the first member of a cluster but never the more marked member of a cluster. In this remark, I show that this argument encounters difficulties once it has been embedded in a fuller picture of constraint interaction. Some general properties of the targeted-constraints model are also discussed.

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The First Revolt And Its Afterlife, Neil A. Silberman Jan 2002

The First Revolt And Its Afterlife, Neil A. Silberman

Neil A. Silberman

No abstract provided.

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Parental Involvement In Children’S Education: Lessons From Three Immigrant Groups, Garcia Coll Cyntihia, Akiba Daisuke, Palacios Natalia, Bailey Benjamin, Silver Rebecca, Dimartino Lisa, Chin Cindy Jan 2002

Parental Involvement In Children’S Education: Lessons From Three Immigrant Groups, Garcia Coll Cyntihia, Akiba Daisuke, Palacios Natalia, Bailey Benjamin, Silver Rebecca, Dimartino Lisa, Chin Cindy

Benjamin Bailey

No abstract provided.

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Language, Race, And Negotiation Of Identity: A Study Of Dominican Americans, Benjamin Bailey Jan 2002

Language, Race, And Negotiation Of Identity: A Study Of Dominican Americans, Benjamin Bailey

Benjamin Bailey

No abstract provided.

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Variation In Organic Standards Prior To The National Organic Program, Julie Caswell Jan 2002

Variation In Organic Standards Prior To The National Organic Program, Julie Caswell

Julie Caswell

Interest in establishing nationally uniform certification, labeling, and management standards for organic products grew out of concern that the existence of multiple standards led to consumer and supply chain confusion about, and lack of confidence in, these products. The National Organic Program Final Rule, issued in December 2000, is the result of this interest. We analyze the certification system that was in place prior to the new national rule to evaluate the extent of differences between certification standards and how the national rule is likely to impact the market for organic products. Our analysis suggests that most differences among US …

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Benchmarking: Measurable Indicators Of Economic Success, John Mullin, Zenia Kotval, Edward Murray Jan 2002

Benchmarking: Measurable Indicators Of Economic Success, John Mullin, Zenia Kotval, Edward Murray

John R. Mullin

All our communities are striving for economic success. Political platforms are built on promises of economic prosperity. However, we rarely thoroughly measure this success. Across the country people are increasingly interested in ensuring that government expenditures are well spent. We can note this interest at all levels of government ranging from local to national scales. As well, accountability, in all of its manifestations, is a critical element of the "quality movement" that is becoming acculturated in both the private and public sectors. This article focuses on how local economic development officials can measure and evaluate their professional activities in a …

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The Changing Character Of Economic Development, John R. Mullin Jan 2002

The Changing Character Of Economic Development, John R. Mullin

John R. Mullin

This article lays out several key trends concerning industrial development that I have noted over the past ten years in my consulting practice and academic research. They are not exhaustive nor will they be reflected in all parts of the country. They do, however, point out that we need to continually adapt to the market place; we need to become more pro-active in controlling how and where we stimulate development; we need to insure that we provide the opportunity for industry to succeed; and, finally, we must be reflective of world events and the speed of change.

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"What's In A Name? Aryans, Dravidians, And Other Myths Of Sri Lankan Identity", Arjun Guneratne Jan 2002

"What's In A Name? Aryans, Dravidians, And Other Myths Of Sri Lankan Identity", Arjun Guneratne

Arjun Guneratne

Reprinted in Kamala Visweswaran, ed., Perspectives on modern South Asia: a reader in culture, history, and representation. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

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Critical Examination Of Two Famine Early Warning Methodologies In Zimbabwe: What Lessons May Be Learned?, William G. Moseley, B. Ikubolajeh Logan Jan 2002

Critical Examination Of Two Famine Early Warning Methodologies In Zimbabwe: What Lessons May Be Learned?, William G. Moseley, B. Ikubolajeh Logan

William G Moseley

A review of two famine early warning systems in Zimbabwe.

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Reflections On Malaysian Urban Landscapes: Unplanned, Planned, And Preserved, David Lanegran Jan 2002

Reflections On Malaysian Urban Landscapes: Unplanned, Planned, And Preserved, David Lanegran

David Lanegran, Retired

No abstract provided.

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La Decentralization Et Les Conflits Entre Agriculteurs Et Éleveurs Dans Le Delta Intérieur Du Niger [Decentralization And Farmer-Herder Conflicts In The Inner Niger Delta], William G. Moseley, Julia Earl, Lassine Diarra Jan 2002

La Decentralization Et Les Conflits Entre Agriculteurs Et Éleveurs Dans Le Delta Intérieur Du Niger [Decentralization And Farmer-Herder Conflicts In The Inner Niger Delta], William G. Moseley, Julia Earl, Lassine Diarra

William G Moseley

No abstract provided.

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Peripheral Vision: Globalization, Sustainable Development, And The Political Ecology Of Cotton Production In Mali, William G. Moseley Jan 2002

Peripheral Vision: Globalization, Sustainable Development, And The Political Ecology Of Cotton Production In Mali, William G. Moseley

William G Moseley

This chapter examines the evolving dynamic among cotton production for the world market, environmental degradation, and global development paradigms in Mali. It examines how cotton production policy in Mali has changed over time and how this evolution implicate globalization discourse. It also examines the environmental impacts of cotton production, how this is problematized, and how solutions are evoked within globalization discourse. A major sub-text of this analysis is that the economy-environment nexus in Mali is the result of intersecting processes operating at different spatial scales: the global cotton market, national level policy, and local production decisions; all underlain by environmental …

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Caring For Our Young: Child Care In Europe And The United States, Dan Clawson, Naomi Gerstel Jan 2002

Caring For Our Young: Child Care In Europe And The United States, Dan Clawson, Naomi Gerstel

Dan Clawson

No abstract provided.

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The Center For Children's And Young Adult Literature: A Partnership For Literacy, Ken Wise Jan 2002

The Center For Children's And Young Adult Literature: A Partnership For Literacy, Ken Wise

Ken Wise

No abstract provided.

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The Place Of The Oromo Diaspora In The Oromo National Movement: Lessons From The Agency Of The "Old" African Diaspora In The United States, Asafa Jalata Jan 2002

The Place Of The Oromo Diaspora In The Oromo National Movement: Lessons From The Agency Of The "Old" African Diaspora In The United States, Asafa Jalata

Asafa Jalata

Just as European and African slave traders merchandised Africans and created the old African diaspora, successive colonial and authoritarian regimes2 of Ethiopia forced some Oromos out of their homeland, Oromia, and caused them to settle in the West. The displaced Oromo entered the United States as one of the "new" African diaspora groups four centuries after the old African diaspora began to be created. In the process, the Oromo diaspora emerged on the world stage. Whereas the old African diaspora lived under racial slavery and segregation for almost three centuries, the new African diaspora communities such as the Oromo came …

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Ethological Causes And Consequences Of The Stress Response, Neil Greenberg, James A. Carr, Cliff H. Summers Jan 2002

Ethological Causes And Consequences Of The Stress Response, Neil Greenberg, James A. Carr, Cliff H. Summers

Neil Greenberg

Stress involves real or perceived changes within an organism or in the environment that activate an organism’s attempts to cope by means of evolutionarily ancient neural and endocrine mechanisms. Responses to acute stressors involve catecholamines released in varying proportion at different sites in the sympathetic and central nervous systems. These responses may interact with and be complemented by intrinsic rhythms and responses to chronic or intermittent stressors involving the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Varying patterns of responses to stressors are also affected by an animal=s assessment of their prospects for successful coping. Subsequent central and systemic consequences of the stress response include …

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Ethological Aspects Of Stress In A Model Lizard, Anolis Carolinensis, Neil Greenberg Jan 2002

Ethological Aspects Of Stress In A Model Lizard, Anolis Carolinensis, Neil Greenberg

Neil Greenberg

Research on the stress response in reptiles can provide a useful comparative perspective for understanding how the constituent elements of the response can be put into service of diverse behavioral adaptations. A summary of the neural and endocrine causes and consequences of specific behavioral patterns seen in the small diurnal lizard, Anolis carolinensis, has provided a model for the exploration of the dynamics of autonomic and neurohormonal contributions to adaptive behavior. In this species, changes in body color provide indices of the flux of circulating stress relevant hormones, and are seen in situations from spontaneous exploration through agonistic behavior. Furthermore, …

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Adaptive Functions Of The Corpus Striatum: The Past And Future Of The R-Complex, Neil Greenberg Jan 2002

Adaptive Functions Of The Corpus Striatum: The Past And Future Of The R-Complex, Neil Greenberg

Neil Greenberg

The basal ganglia is emerging from the shadow cast by the most conspicuous clinical expression of its dysfunction: motor disorders.What is revealed is the nexus of a widely distributed system which functions in integrating action with cognition, motivation, and affect. Prominent among non-motor functions are striatal involvement in building up of sequences of behavior into meaningful, goal-directed patterns and repertoires and the selection of appropriate learned or innate sequences in concert with their possible predictive control. Further, striatum seems involved in declarative and strategic memory (involving intentional recollection and the management of retrieved memories, respectively). Findings from reptile experiments indicate …

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Another Part Of The Risk Communicatin Model: Analysis Of Risk Communication Process And Message Content, Michael J. Palenchar, Robert L. Heath Jan 2002

Another Part Of The Risk Communicatin Model: Analysis Of Risk Communication Process And Message Content, Michael J. Palenchar, Robert L. Heath

Michael J Palenchar

The authors undertook a study to define the messages that exist in 2 communities of risk (e.g., high concentration of chemical facilities) using the principles of fantasy theme analysis and symbolic convergence theory. Through several methodological steps including a document review, interviews, focus groups, and a telephone survey (N = 450), the researchers determined the messages that dominate in the community, and were able to segment them into rhetorical visions based on master analogues. Analysis indicated that persons who adhere to different perspectives or opinions (measured as rhetorical visions) experience different amounts of uncertainty, control, and support or opposition for …

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Toward A Theory Of Federal Bureaucracy For The Twenty-First Century, Jane E. Fountain Jan 2002

Toward A Theory Of Federal Bureaucracy For The Twenty-First Century, Jane E. Fountain

Jane E. Fountain

The Internet promises vast changes in American government that range from Internet voting to interactive online services for the public to virtual diplomacy. As a vehicle for disjunctive change in communication, coordination, and control, the Internet and related information technologies make possible new and exciting developments in operations, regulation, and enforcement. In spite of its revolutionary power, the potential benefits of the Internet, and its potential perils, will be strongly influenced by the current organizations and institutions of government, for it is within the constraints posed by these structural arrangements that government actors make decisions and information networks that connect …

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The Integration Of Assessment Of Student Learning Outcomes And Teaching Effectiveness, Anna H. Perrault, Vicki Gregory, James Carey Jan 2002

The Integration Of Assessment Of Student Learning Outcomes And Teaching Effectiveness, Anna H. Perrault, Vicki Gregory, James Carey

Anna H. Perrault

This paper reports the conceptual phase of the USF School of Library and Information Science’s participation in the Pew Trust Challenge Grant project “Innovations in Faculty Work Life,” administered by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The SLIS was selected as one of nine departments at USF to participate in a Pilot Study for Alternate Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, one of two foci in the USF Harvard Challenge Grant project. The SLIS developed student learning outcomes goals for the graduate program in library and information science. The goal for teaching is formulated in programmatic objectives for student learning outcomes and …

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The Role Of Worldcat In Resources Sharing In The New Dynamics And Economics Of Collection Development, Pt. 1, Anna H. Perrault Jan 2002

The Role Of Worldcat In Resources Sharing In The New Dynamics And Economics Of Collection Development, Pt. 1, Anna H. Perrault

Anna H. Perrault

The 30th anniversary of WorldCat was celebrated in 2001. At that time, there were 45 million records with over 750 million location listings, spanning over 4,000 years of recorded knowledge in 377 languages. In the anniversary year, a bibliometric study was begun under the auspices of an OCLC/ALISE research grant. A 10% systematic random sample of the database was analyzed utilizing the OCLC iCAS software to profile the monographic contents of WorldCat by type of library, subject and language parameters. The profile reveals the extent of global publication made accessible through the OCLC international network. Several findings of the study …

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Love Survives, Art Bochner Jan 2002

Love Survives, Art Bochner

Art Bochner

No abstract provided.

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Social Class, Politics, And Urban Markets: The Makings Of Bias In Policy Outcomes, Herman L. Boschken Jan 2002

Social Class, Politics, And Urban Markets: The Makings Of Bias In Policy Outcomes, Herman L. Boschken

Herman L. Boschken

No abstract provided.

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Defining The Pattern Of The Sustainable Urban Region, Elizabeth Brabec, Geoffrey Mcd. Lewis Jan 2002

Defining The Pattern Of The Sustainable Urban Region, Elizabeth Brabec, Geoffrey Mcd. Lewis

Elizabeth Brabec

No abstract provided.

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Meridian Hill Park: The Making Of An American Neoclassical Landscape, Elizabeth Brabec Jan 2002

Meridian Hill Park: The Making Of An American Neoclassical Landscape, Elizabeth Brabec

Elizabeth Brabec

The neoclassical design was the dominant design movement in landscape architecture at the turn of the last century, dictating the form and design of public parks for most of the first half of the twentieth century. Meridian Hill Park, located just north of the White ouse in Washington, DC, is considered the most ambitious neoclassical park ever conceived in the United States. The paper provides an overview of the design development of the park, illustrating how classical design precedents were used to create a contemporary neo-classical park.

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