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The Emerging Baltics - The Role Of Lithuania, Vygaudas Usackas Jan 2003

The Emerging Baltics - The Role Of Lithuania, Vygaudas Usackas

UMSL Global

No abstract provided.

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Seniors Count Follow-Up Study, Nina M. Silverstein, Heather Connors, May Jawad Jan 2003

Seniors Count Follow-Up Study, Nina M. Silverstein, Heather Connors, May Jawad

Gerontology Institute Publications

Seniors Count is an ongoing outreach initiative under the direction of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino with the leadership and support of Joyce Williams, Boston's Commissioner on Affairs of the Elderly. The program's purpose is to "identify and reach out to those members of the city's elderly population who live in private housing arrangements and help provide them with the information and services they [may] need" (Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, 2002). Since the program's inception in 1999, it has reached over 5,500 community-dwelling elders in the City of Boston (Boston Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, 2002). …

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Forcing States To Be Free: The Emerging Constitutional Guarantee Of Radical Democracy, James A. Gardner Jan 2003

Forcing States To Be Free: The Emerging Constitutional Guarantee Of Radical Democracy, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

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Gang Specific Policies And Regulations In The K-12 Educational Context, Jesse Christopher Cheng Jan 2003

Gang Specific Policies And Regulations In The K-12 Educational Context, Jesse Christopher Cheng

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This paper is a modest step toward resolving a sorely underresearched question: How to counter the troublesome effects of youth gangs in the K-12 school setting?

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Gangs In Public Schools: A Survey Of State Legislation, Jesse Christopher Cheng Jan 2003

Gangs In Public Schools: A Survey Of State Legislation, Jesse Christopher Cheng

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

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We Are Family: Embracing Our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender (Lgbt) Family Members, Juan Battle, Cathy J. Cohen, Kenya L. Covington Cox, Angela Dews, Ernest Drucker, Angelique Harris, Robert B. Hill, James R. Lanier, Melissa Mendez, Beth E. Richie Jan 2003

We Are Family: Embracing Our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender (Lgbt) Family Members, Juan Battle, Cathy J. Cohen, Kenya L. Covington Cox, Angela Dews, Ernest Drucker, Angelique Harris, Robert B. Hill, James R. Lanier, Melissa Mendez, Beth E. Richie

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Cure: A Story Of Cancer And Politics From The Annals Of The Cold War, John Stephen Brantley Jan 2003

Review Of Cure: A Story Of Cancer And Politics From The Annals Of The Cold War, John Stephen Brantley

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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Review Of Cure: A Story Of Cancer And Politics From The Annals Of The Cold War, John Brantley Jan 2003

Review Of Cure: A Story Of Cancer And Politics From The Annals Of The Cold War, John Brantley

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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Defining Religion, James M. Donovan Jan 2003

Defining Religion, James M. Donovan

Law Faculty Books and Chapters

The charge of this essay was to review definitional trends of "religion." Four major types were discussed: content, behavior, mental, and functional. While each type has considerations that suggest its relevance, all are incomplete when examined in isolation. Consequently, two approaches combining these types were briefly discussed: conjunctive and generative. Judging the former inferior to the latter, it was suggested that only the functional definitions are capable of being truly generative. The most inclusive definition of religion, therefore, will be one that is generative functional. Clues as to what such a definition might look like are found first in the …

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New Evidence For Enhanced Ocean Primary Production Triggered By Tropical Cyclone, I. Lin, W. Timothy Liu, Chun-Chieh Wu, George T. F. Wong, Chuanmin Hu, Zhiqiang Chen, Wen-Der Liang, Yih Yang, Kon-Kee Liu Jan 2003

New Evidence For Enhanced Ocean Primary Production Triggered By Tropical Cyclone, I. Lin, W. Timothy Liu, Chun-Chieh Wu, George T. F. Wong, Chuanmin Hu, Zhiqiang Chen, Wen-Der Liang, Yih Yang, Kon-Kee Liu

OES Faculty Publications

[1] New evidence based on recent satellite data is presented to provide a rare opportunity in quantifying the long-speculated contribution of tropical cyclones to enhance ocean primary production. In July 2000, moderate cyclone Kai-Tak passed over the South China Sea (SCS). During its short 3-day stay, Kai-Tak triggered an average 30-fold increase in surface chlorophyll-a concentration. The estimated carbon fixation resulting from this event alone is 0.8 Mt, or 2-4% of SCS's annual new production. Given an average of 14 cyclones passing over the SCS annually, we suggest the long-neglected contribution of tropical cyclones to SCS's annual new production may …

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"Father Wasn't De Onlies' One Hidin' In De Woods": The Many Images Of Maroons Throughout The American South, Angela Alicia Williams Jan 2003

"Father Wasn't De Onlies' One Hidin' In De Woods": The Many Images Of Maroons Throughout The American South, Angela Alicia Williams

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Everyday Life Of War: A Reflexive Analysis Of American Civil War Soldiers In The Military Environment Through A Prism Of Context, Practice, And Power, Valerie Renee Auger Jan 2003

Everyday Life Of War: A Reflexive Analysis Of American Civil War Soldiers In The Military Environment Through A Prism Of Context, Practice, And Power, Valerie Renee Auger

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Homing Success Of Migrants Versus Nonmigrants: Do Differences In Spatial Memory Generalize Across Spatial Scales?, Jeffrey T. Keiser Jan 2003

Homing Success Of Migrants Versus Nonmigrants: Do Differences In Spatial Memory Generalize Across Spatial Scales?, Jeffrey T. Keiser

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

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Thoughtfulness And Psychological Well-Being, Seth D. Tyree Jan 2003

Thoughtfulness And Psychological Well-Being, Seth D. Tyree

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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An Analysis Of Wetland Patterns And Functions At The Watershed And Sub-Watershed Scales, With *Policy Applications, Jennifer Newton Bissonnette Jan 2003

An Analysis Of Wetland Patterns And Functions At The Watershed And Sub-Watershed Scales, With *Policy Applications, Jennifer Newton Bissonnette

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This dissertation addresses the need to define potential impacts of recent and proposed changes in federal wetland regulation in a quantifiable manner. Consideration was made not only of total wetland acreage and wetland types that could sustain losses, but also to categorize the effect such losses would have in terms of wetland functions, at the watershed scale. This work took a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach, and included employing a best-professional judgment model for scoring habitat, water quality and flood attenuation functions to determine potential cumulative impacts; a water quality study which related wetland and watershed variables to nutrient and …

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Socioeconomic Effects Of Area Management And The Potential For Community-Based Co-Management: A Case Study Of The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, Winifred L. Ryan Jan 2003

Socioeconomic Effects Of Area Management And The Potential For Community-Based Co-Management: A Case Study Of The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, Winifred L. Ryan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Community concerns regarding natural resource management may be addressed in several forms. The community may participate as part of the public in the management process; community concerns may be included in social impact assessment; and communities may directly participate as managers of resources whether on their own or in conjunction with higher levels of government. In fisheries, typically community concerns are addressed through social impact assessment which is perceived to be lacking in social theory, history, and often effect (Boggs 1994, Little and Krannich 1989). More recent activity and newer regulations show success with co-management, a management regime of shared …

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A Semi-Empirical Cellular Automata Model For Wildfire Monitoring From A Geosynchronous Space Platform, Brian D. Killough Jan 2003

A Semi-Empirical Cellular Automata Model For Wildfire Monitoring From A Geosynchronous Space Platform, Brian D. Killough

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The environmental and human impacts of wildfires have grown considerably in recent years due to an increase in their frequency and coverage. Effective wildfire management and suppression requires real-time data to locate fire fronts, model their propagation and assess the impact of biomass burning. Existing empirical wildfire models are based on fuel properties and meteorological data with inadequate spatial or temporal sampling. A geosynchronous space platform with the proposed set of high resolution infrared detectors provides a unique capability to monitor fires at improved spatial and temporal resolutions. The proposed system is feasible with state-of-the-art hardware and software for high …

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Moments Of Trust: Sibling Responses To The Disclosure Of A Sister's Lesbian Identity, Ryan Walter Mckee Jan 2003

Moments Of Trust: Sibling Responses To The Disclosure Of A Sister's Lesbian Identity, Ryan Walter Mckee

Theses and Dissertations

To better understand the responses of siblings to the disclosure of a sister's lesbian identity, eight pairs of siblings, each consisting of one lesbian participant and one of her siblings, were interviewed. Both lesbian and sibling participants were asked to discuss family relationships before disclosure (coming out), the actual disclosure, sibling reactions, parental reactions, and family relationships since disclosure. Notable results include "closeness" in sibling relationships and high levels of "trust" as strong predictors of supportive sibling responses. Siblings were also found to take on the role of confidant and counselor for their parents as they negotiated their daughters' newly-disclosed …

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Competitive Balance Conundrums: Response To Fort And Maxcy's Comment, Andrew Zimbalist Jan 2003

Competitive Balance Conundrums: Response To Fort And Maxcy's Comment, Andrew Zimbalist

Economics: Faculty Publications

Fort and Maxcy misrepresent my argument at various points and misapprehend the nature of the competitive balance issue. The analysis of competitive balance needs to be informed by theory. Purely empirical exercises are unlikely to enhance our understanding of the importance of competitive balance to team sports leagues.

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An Exploratory Investigation Of School Counselors' Experience In School Reform: Interviews With Ten Counselors, Deborah Nackley Turner Jan 2003

An Exploratory Investigation Of School Counselors' Experience In School Reform: Interviews With Ten Counselors, Deborah Nackley Turner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

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Virginia Business Higher Education Council: A Case Study Of Interest Group Formation, Christiane Groth Jan 2003

Virginia Business Higher Education Council: A Case Study Of Interest Group Formation, Christiane Groth

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

An exploratory case study of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council (VBHEC), a higher education lobbying group of business and education interests, was conducted to gain greater insight to state-level higher education interest group formation. A qualitative method was utilized and interviews with founding members of the VBHEC were carried out to understand why participants felt the need to organize such a group at that particular time as well as why members joined the group and continued their participation. The case study covered the time period from the early 1990s through the Council's incorporation in September of 1996. Findings were …

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Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation - Donations And Receipts, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation Jan 2003

Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation - Donations And Receipts, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Information from the Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation on donations and receipts from 1992-2003.

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Ethnographic Descriptions Of English Corners In Shanghai, Gary Jones Jan 2003

Ethnographic Descriptions Of English Corners In Shanghai, Gary Jones

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study explored the phenomenon of English Comers (EC) in Shanghai. These are informal communities formed for the purpose of practising English. In 1978, just after the death of Mao Ze Dong and the fall of the 'gang of four', many eager Chinese people gathered together to practise their oral English in the Shanghai People's Park. Many of these were old men and had been educated in English at missionary schools in Shanghai in the early 20th century. Today we see many successors to such groups in the ECs which meet in different locations throughout the city and which comprise …

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A Study Of The Representation Of Marriage And The Family In The Film Muriel's Wedding, Zoe Chambers Jan 2003

A Study Of The Representation Of Marriage And The Family In The Film Muriel's Wedding, Zoe Chambers

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Representations of the family in the Australian popular media in recent years appear to have shifted from a traditional nuclear family form to more diverse constructions, and the family has become an institution that is more often associated with dysfunction rather than the idealised notions of caring and support. This study will examine this re-evaluation of the nuclear family through a close analysis of the film Muriel's Wedding (1994). How the discourses of gender and nationalism intersect with those of marriage and family will be studied, in an attempt to understand this reappraisal of the Australian family.

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Facilitating Second Language Acquisition (Sla) Through Computer-Mediated Communication (Cmc) In An English For Civil Engineering (Ece) Environment, Masputeriah Hamzah Jan 2003

Facilitating Second Language Acquisition (Sla) Through Computer-Mediated Communication (Cmc) In An English For Civil Engineering (Ece) Environment, Masputeriah Hamzah

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study explores the application of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in an English for Civil Engineering (ECE) learning setting. The aim is to examine the interactional opportunities present in the computer-mediated environment for evidence of conditions deemed facilitative of second language acquisition, based on the tenets prescribed by the Interaction Hypothesis. This theory emphasizes the importance of interaction in language learning and the necessity for learners to have access to meaningful and comprehensible input. It is based on the premise that acquisition will occur through interaction where learners arc provided opportunities to negotiate meaning in order to develop mutual understanding. In …

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The Information Needs Of The Families Of Patients With Advanced Cancer In An Acute Hospital, Sue Davis Jan 2003

The Information Needs Of The Families Of Patients With Advanced Cancer In An Acute Hospital, Sue Davis

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

A diagnosis of cancer has a major impact on the family as well as the patient. The families of patients with advanced cancer have many needs. In particular, a number of researchers have identified family members' needs for information as a priority. Most of this research, however, has been undertaken in the context of Palliative Care settings. Few empirical studies have been undertaken to examine the information needs of these families in an acute hospital setting. The aim of this study is to modify an existing tool, The Family Inventory of Needs (FIN), to more precisely assess the information needs …

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Ellipsis In Science And Technology Textbooks In English: Implications For Thai Students, Sripen Srestasathiern Jan 2003

Ellipsis In Science And Technology Textbooks In English: Implications For Thai Students, Sripen Srestasathiern

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This is an analytical study which attempted to investigate Thai students' ability to interpret elliptical sentences and to recover and recognise ellipted elements in a science and technology context in English. Students' awareness, understanding, perceptions, problems and strategies in relation to ellipsis were also examined. The subjects for the study were 60 first year students from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok (KMITNB) who had enrolled in two compulsory English courses in KMITNB, Bangkok, Thailand. The instruments for this study were three 20 item ellipsis tests based on 5 ellipsis types classified by Quirk, et al. (1985). Items of …

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Multiply-Mediated Households : Space And Power Reflected In Everyday Media Use, Donell Joy Holloway Jan 2003

Multiply-Mediated Households : Space And Power Reflected In Everyday Media Use, Donell Joy Holloway

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study investigates how contemporary Australian families incorporate the consumption of multiple media technologies within their home environments. It uses an approach similar to David Morley's (1986) Family Television where he explored the consumption of television programs in the context of everyday family life. He viewed the household (or family) as the key to constructing understandings of the television audience; where there were gendered regimes of watching, and where program choice often reflected existing power relationships in the home. However since then (a time when most families had only one television set) the media environment of many homes has changed. …

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On Being-In-Community : A Phenomenological Explication Of The Experience Of Being-In-Community : In The Context Of The Community Building Workshop Tm And Business, Carl Holroyd Jan 2003

On Being-In-Community : A Phenomenological Explication Of The Experience Of Being-In-Community : In The Context Of The Community Building Workshop Tm And Business, Carl Holroyd

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

A call for business to introduce a humanistic workplace ethos within a supportive work community resounds throughout the western world. Scott Peck's model of community building workshops is explored as a tool for creating a business ethos centred-on human flourishing which embraces the principles of socially responsible community. The CBW provides a concrete experience of a psychological and physiological sense of deep-community. In -Peck's vernacular, this is termed as being in-community. In my research the experience of being-in-community is explicated via phenomenological analysis, which allows some of the eidetic structures of the phenomenon to come to light. The experience is …

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Pulling Down Their Breaches : An Analysis Of Centrelink Breach And Appeal Numbers From 1996 To 2001 Using A Case Study Of A Single Centrelink Office, Lyndal Sleep Jan 2003

Pulling Down Their Breaches : An Analysis Of Centrelink Breach And Appeal Numbers From 1996 To 2001 Using A Case Study Of A Single Centrelink Office, Lyndal Sleep

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis is about current Centrelink breach and appeal figures. It is also about the current conservative neo-liberalising climate of Australian social policy reforms, with which they are inextricably connected. It shows that while Centrelink breach numbers have increased more than three fold since 1996, formal appeals against Centrelink decisions have not increased similarly. This thesis asks: what might this mean? It answers this question through a single case study of a Centrelink office. Data was collected using individual focused interviews, documents collected from the site, and direct observation (including a map of the office drawn by the researcher). Various …

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