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Regional Conflict Management In Europe, John S. Duffield Jan 2003

Regional Conflict Management In Europe, John S. Duffield

Political Science Faculty Publications

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The Limits Of ‘Rational Design', John S. Duffield Jan 2003

The Limits Of ‘Rational Design', John S. Duffield

Political Science Faculty Publications

“The Rational Design of International Institutions” (special issue of IO, Autumn 2001) makes a significant contribution to the theoretical literature on international institutions. It is important, however, to recognize the limits of both the Rational Design project in its current form and the conclusions that can be drawn from the special issue about the project's usefulness and validity. This article evaluates the project on its own terms, as a rationalist attempt to explain variation in international institutions. I identify three significant sets of limitations: those of the scope of the project, those of the analytical framework, and those of the …

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Cedarville Vs. Oberlin, Cedarville University Jan 2003

Cedarville Vs. Oberlin, Cedarville University

Women's Soccer Programs

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The Christmas Tree And The Two Churches, Johannes V. Knudsen Jan 2003

The Christmas Tree And The Two Churches, Johannes V. Knudsen

The Bridge

Part of the Danish American heritage is the fact that there were, unfortunately, some believe, two separate Danish American Lutheran Church groups. Because of theological differences (and perhaps personality conflicts, as well) between these two groups, they remained separate entities from their complex beginnings in the latter half of the nineteenth century until mergers took place with a number of other ethnic Lutheran church groups in the early 1960s, culminating in the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988. The histories of and differences between the two synods, the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical …

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A Match Made In Heaven: How Singles And The Church Can Live Happily Ever After, Wendy Widder Jan 2003

A Match Made In Heaven: How Singles And The Church Can Live Happily Ever After, Wendy Widder

Alumni Book Gallery

Singles and the church may seem to go together like a grilled steak at a vegetarian party but God has a radically different plan . . . one where everyone truly belongs in the family of God.

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Effects Of Maternal Depression On Youth Adjustment, Jennifer Alexander Jan 2003

Effects Of Maternal Depression On Youth Adjustment, Jennifer Alexander

Graduate Research Papers

Depressive disorders are chronic illnesses affecting women and their families for extended periods of time. This paper summarizes research related to the effects of maternal depression on children's short and long term adjustment. Children of depressed mothers are at risk for internalizing and externalizing disorders. Genetics account for a small portion of these problems. Since depressed mothers tend to withdraw or show intrusive, hostile behaviors with their children, parent-child interaction problems account for the majority of youth adjustment problems, particularly when mothers' depression is severe, occurs during infancy, is chronic, and is paired with high family conflict or separation. Individual …

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Geography Of Religion And Belief Systems, Robert H. Stoddard, Carolyn V. Prorok Jan 2003

Geography Of Religion And Belief Systems, Robert H. Stoddard, Carolyn V. Prorok

Department of Geography: Faculty Publications

Spatial and environmental dimensions of religious behavior, artefacts, and attitudes are grist for the geographer’s intellectual mill because spiritually motivated convictions and actions play an important role in human affairs. It is not surprising, therefore, that the geography of religion and belief systems is an important, emerging field of study. We commence this chapter with a definition of the field, particularly as it entails distinctions that arise out of the highly personal nature that religious belief is accorded in the academy and society at large. A limited review and summary of trends in the field over the past decade follows, …

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Comparing The African American And The Oromo Movements In The Global Context, Asafa Jalata Jan 2003

Comparing The African American And The Oromo Movements In The Global Context, Asafa Jalata

Sociology Publications and Other Works

The African American and Oromo movements have been anti-colonial struggles, and they have aimed to dismantle racial/ethnonational hierarchies legitimated by the ideology of racism in the hegemonic state of the United States and the peripheral and imperial state of Ethiopia.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Bicentenary Exhbition, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina Jan 2003

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Bicentenary Exhbition, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit and provides a permanent record of the Ralph Waldo Emerson bicentenary exhibition at the Thomas Cooper Library. Among the items in this exhibit are manuscripts, letters, first editions, association copies and memorabilia. On display are only a relatively small number of items which are in the Emerson holdings in the larger collection, but make clear the range, depth and quality of the outstanding materials that the Myerson Collection contains.

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Arts And Sciences Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 4, College Of Arts & Sciences Jan 2003

Arts And Sciences Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 4, College Of Arts & Sciences

Arts and Sciences Newsletters

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A Method For Testing Low-Value Spatial Clustering For Rare Diseases, Ge Lin, Tonglin Zhang Jan 2003

A Method For Testing Low-Value Spatial Clustering For Rare Diseases, Ge Lin, Tonglin Zhang

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

This paper proposes a method that tests for the existence of low-value spatial clustering while accounting for the influence of high-value clustering. Although the method was developed in reference to the Tango test, it can be extended to other testing methods. The simulation results showed that the proposed method is able to effectively detect low-value clustering with substantially lower rates of type I errors than those of the Tango test, while maintaining comparable statistical power. Applying the method in a case study of leukemia in Minnesota demonstrated an overall tendency toward low-value clustering of leukemia mortality for males but provided …

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A Survey Analysis Of Participation In A Community Forest Management In Nepal, Vishakha Maskey, Tesfa Gebremedhin, Timothy J. Dalton Jan 2003

A Survey Analysis Of Participation In A Community Forest Management In Nepal, Vishakha Maskey, Tesfa Gebremedhin, Timothy J. Dalton

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

The main objective of the study is to determine which socio-economic factors affect levels of individual participation in the “Ludi-damgade” community forest. The empirical evidence for participation as a function of social status is obtained by using an ordered probit model. The model also estimates the marginal effects of socio-economic factors on different levels of participation suggesting how per unit change in such socioeconomic characters affects the level of participation. Results from the two-stage least squares model also verify that participation in forest management determines the level of benefits received from the community forest. The study suggests that participation in …

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Are Travel Demand Forecasting Models Biased Because Of Uncorrected Spatial Autocorrelation?, Frank Goetzke Jan 2003

Are Travel Demand Forecasting Models Biased Because Of Uncorrected Spatial Autocorrelation?, Frank Goetzke

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

This paper discusses spatial autocorrelation in mode choice models, including what kind of bias it introduces and how to remedy the problem. The research shows that a spatially autocorrelated mode choice model, not uncommon because of, in terms of transit characteristics homogeneous neighborhoods, systematically overestimates transit trips from suburban transit-unfriendly areas and underestimates transit trips in the transit-friendly city center. Adding a spatial lag term into the model specification avoids the bias, however, it also changes sampling approaches, requires higher quality household forecast data and complicates forecasting.

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The Planet, 2003, Winter, Kate Koch, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University Jan 2003

The Planet, 2003, Winter, Kate Koch, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

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Goethe As A Catalyst For Germanistik At Harvard, 1825-1945, Michael P. Olson Jan 2003

Goethe As A Catalyst For Germanistik At Harvard, 1825-1945, Michael P. Olson

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Goethe's interest in Harvard launched the discipline of Germanistik in North America. Conditions 200 years ago were right for the transfer of German models and influences to American education.

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Huxley Horizon, 2003, Winter, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University Jan 2003

Huxley Horizon, 2003, Winter, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

Historical Collection of Huxley Newsletters

No abstract provided.

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The Urban Heat Island In Winter At Barrow, Alaska, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Frederick E. Nelson, Anna E. Klene, Julianne H. Bell Jan 2003

The Urban Heat Island In Winter At Barrow, Alaska, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Frederick E. Nelson, Anna E. Klene, Julianne H. Bell

Geography Faculty Publications

The village of Barrow, Alaska, is the northernmost settlement in the USA and the largest native community in the Arctic. The population has grown from about 300 residents in 1900 to more than 4600 in 2000. In recent decades, a general increase of mean annual and mean winter air temperature has been recorded near the centre of the village, and a concurrent trend of progressively earlier snowmelt in the village has been documented. Satellite observations and data from a nearby climate observatory indicate a corresponding but much weaker snowmelt trend in the surrounding regions of relatively undisturbed tundra. Because the …

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Montana Journalism Review, 2003, University Of Montana--Missoula. School Of Journalism Jan 2003

Montana Journalism Review, 2003, University Of Montana--Missoula. School Of Journalism

Montana Journalism Review

Big Sky News the Io-way -- Pot Shots in Cut Bank -- The Next Generation -- Blacklists, Dirty Laundry -- Access-cutting bills collapse -- Not Guilty of Lying -- To Baghdad and back -- Antietam to Afghanistan -- Rebuilding a free press -- Tales of Endurance -- Humble Humorist -- Tears behind the laughter -- Iraq war or Final Four? -- Gay wedding announcements -- The ultimate in irony -- New Recruits -- Journalism in Germany -- Growth of the alt-weakly

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0718: Robert Wyatt Letters, 1715-1990, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2003

0718: Robert Wyatt Letters, 1715-1990, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of copies of materials accumulated by Robert Wyatt during his search for information about the Rosette family. The collection is predominantly composed of copies of correspondence from Louis and Frank Rosette, two brothers, to other members of their family beginning in the 1850s and lasting to circa 1910. Other members of the family, including Cordelia Rosette, Anna/Ann/Annie Rosette and later Wells, John Rosette, George Rosette, and George Wells also write during this time. Letters discuss Louis’ and Frank’s service in the Civil War, family issues, and current events. Other materials in the collection include genealogical information and …

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Un Estudio Sociolingüístico Sobre La Influencia Castellana En El Orden De Palabras En Sipakapense, Rusty Barrett Jan 2003

Un Estudio Sociolingüístico Sobre La Influencia Castellana En El Orden De Palabras En Sipakapense, Rusty Barrett

Linguistics Faculty Publications

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The Impact Of Welfare Programs On Poverty Rates: Evidence From The American States, Richard Fording, William D. Berry Jan 2003

The Impact Of Welfare Programs On Poverty Rates: Evidence From The American States, Richard Fording, William D. Berry

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

There is spirited debate between those who maintain that public assistance to the poor decreases poverty by raising their incomes (an income enhancement effect) and those who contend that welfare increases poverty by discouraging the poor from working (a work disincentive effect). Extant studies have been inconclusive because they have focused on the effect of welfare benefits on the poverty rate, but have not employed designs that allow researchers to sort out distinct income enhancement and work disincentive effects. We develop a model of poverty rates in the American states that permits estimation of these distinct effects ñ based on …

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Enhanced Tv As Brand Extension: The Economics And Pragmatics Of Enhanced Tv To Cable Tv Network Viewership [Slides], Louisa Ha, Sylvia Chan-Olmsted Jan 2003

Enhanced Tv As Brand Extension: The Economics And Pragmatics Of Enhanced Tv To Cable Tv Network Viewership [Slides], Louisa Ha, Sylvia Chan-Olmsted

School of Media and Communication Faculty Publications

A series of 12 slides from a presentation given at the National Cable Television Association Academic Seminar, Chicago, June 8, 2003.

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Impact Of Globalisation On Information Seeking: The Role Of Cultural Lenses And Indigenous Knowledge, Ardis Hanson Jan 2003

Impact Of Globalisation On Information Seeking: The Role Of Cultural Lenses And Indigenous Knowledge, Ardis Hanson

Dean's Office Publications

How can understanding cultural lenses help us rethink constructs that have been taken for granted and assist in identifying new problems of significance in the delivery of information and the establishment of discrete, culturally based cyber-communities? With the increased access of global information, a critical question is how does an individual (or political entity) acquire information that is bias-free as possible that can be reviewed and interpreted in the appropriate context (indigenous knowledge). This paper attempts to provide a discussion of cultural lenses and indigenous knowledge in the development of information seeking behaviours and the design of information systems.

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Action Education In Land Use Decisions: Student Views On Urbanization And Farmland Loss, Mindi Schneider, Charles A. Francis, Dick Esseks Jan 2003

Action Education In Land Use Decisions: Student Views On Urbanization And Farmland Loss, Mindi Schneider, Charles A. Francis, Dick Esseks

CARI Extension and Education Materials for Sustainable Agriculture

Loss of prime farmland is a serious concern in the United States and around the globe. With rapid urban population increases, the activities and perceived needs of concentrated groups of people result in the swallowing of some of the most fertile lands in this country. Today we have just under 2 acres of productive farmland per person in the United States. Given the current population growth rate due to births and immigration, plus the present rate of farmland loss, World Watch Institute estimates that we will have about 0.6 acres or one-third as much farmland available per person by 2055--a …

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The Subject, Étienne Balibar, Roland K. Végső Jan 2003

The Subject, Étienne Balibar, Roland K. Végső

Department of English: Faculty Publications

This selection is a partial translation of the entry “Subject,” written by Etienne Balibar for the Vocabulaire Européen des Philosophies, directed by Barbara Cassin and forthcoming from Éditions du Seuil and Le Robert.

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Perceptions Of Communication In A Family Relationship And The Reduction Of Intergroup Prejudice, Jordan Soliz, Jake Harwood Jan 2003

Perceptions Of Communication In A Family Relationship And The Reduction Of Intergroup Prejudice, Jordan Soliz, Jake Harwood

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

From a contact theory perspective, links between variation in young adults’ perceptions of communication with their grandparents and attitudes toward older adults are examined. The analysis pays particular attention to variation in communication with multiple grandparents and finds links be-tween that and perceived variability in the older adult population as a whole. More variation in perceptions of communication with grandparents is associated with perceptions of older adults as more heterogeneous. However, variation in grandparent relationships is associated with more negative attitudes toward older adults on measures of attitudinal central tendency. The results are dis-cussed in terms of intergroup communication processes, …

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The Virtual Case Study: Using Computer-Mediated Communication In Group Problem Solving, Kristen Lucas Jan 2003

The Virtual Case Study: Using Computer-Mediated Communication In Group Problem Solving, Kristen Lucas

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

In today’s technologically advanced business world, organizations are increasingly relying on computer-mediated communication (CMC) in their day-to-day operations. Employees are teleworking instead of commuting to the office, business travel is being replaced by videoconferencing, and problem-solving sessions are moving from conference rooms to computer monitors. This major shift in how business is conducted in the “real world” poses a new set of challenges for effective group communication—challenges for which communication instructors should prepare their students. This activity offers one way in which communication instructors can address the challenges of CMC and achieve the goals of CMC education identified by Witmer …

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Female Family Of Amenemhat Ii, Lisa Sabbahy Dr. Jan 2003

Female Family Of Amenemhat Ii, Lisa Sabbahy Dr.

Faculty Book Chapters

A collection of essays dedicated to Professor Fayza Haikal.

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Comparison Of Three Primary Aggregator Databases, Kelly D. Blessinger, Maureen Olle Jan 2003

Comparison Of Three Primary Aggregator Databases, Kelly D. Blessinger, Maureen Olle

Faculty Publications

This article explores the results of a study conducted by Louisiana State University Libraries to determine the strengths and weaknesses of three aggregator databases: EBSCO Academic Search Premier, Gale Expanded Academic ASAP, and ProQuest Research Library Core. Main ideas discussed are title coverage, full-text availability, and search features. It is hoped that this article will aid institutions in determining the acquisition of an aggregator database that best meets their institutional needs.

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Malign Neglect Or Benign Respect: Women’S Health Care In A Carceral Setting, Angela M. Moe, Kathleen J. Ferraro Jan 2003

Malign Neglect Or Benign Respect: Women’S Health Care In A Carceral Setting, Angela M. Moe, Kathleen J. Ferraro

Sociology Faculty Publications

A central tenet of feminist criminological scholarship is the examination of women’s experiences with crime and incarceration through their own narratives. Through semi-structured interviews with thirty jailed women, this article examines carceral conditions through the critical lens of the female inmate. Highlighted in this article is the availability and quality of health care in a detention center in Arizona. The findings indicate a contentious duality, exposing both heinous neglect and benign solicitude in the care delivered to jailed women. This duality is situated within the dismal health care system available to indigent women in the region.

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