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University Reporter - Vol. 09, No. 02 - October 2004, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Are You For Bush Or For Kerry? A Discourse Analytical Study Of The Russian Mass Media Response To The 2004 United States Presidential Elections., Matthew Thomas Calvin

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research project seeks to combine a Russian Language component with a look at Russian foreign politics by performing a discourse analytical study of the Russian mass media reaction to the November 2004 United States Presidential elections. Discourse analysis is a method by which a language or speech sample is analyzed to discover the greater social and societal meanings and implications hidden within those words. The attempt was made to gain a greater understanding of Russian society and culture through an analysis of answers given to the question “Are you for Bush or for Kerry?”, posed to various members of …

A Learning Process: The Implementation And Effects Of Returnee Policies In Post-War Bosnia-Hercegovina, Danielle Kuczera

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

No abstract provided.

2004 Fall - Friendly Correspondence Newsletter, Courtright Memorial Library

Friends of the Library

No abstract provided.

Evolution Of Nociception In Vertebrates: Comparative Analysis Of Lower Vertebrates, Lynne U. Sneddon

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

Nociception is an important sensory system of major fundamental and clinical relevance. The nociceptive system of higher vertebrates is well studied with a wealth of information about nociceptor properties, involvement of the central nervous system and the in vivo responses to a noxious experience are already characterised. However, relatively little is known about nociception in lower vertebrates and this review brings together a variety of studies to understand how this information can inform the evolution of nociception in vertebrates. It has been demonstrated that teleost fish possess nociceptors innervated by the trigeminal nerve and that these are physiologically similar to …

Information Literacy: A Movable Feast, Michele D. Behr

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Centennial Afterthoughts, David Isaacson

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Ward Morgan, Digitized Photographer, Sharon Carlson

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Communicator Vol. 3, No. 1, School Of Communication

Communicator: School of Communication Newsletter

It's Official! Department Becomes School of Communication; Notes from the Director; New Faculty/Faculty Announcements; Mini-Conference Hosts Students. Faculty, Researchers; Communication Days 2004; WMU Communication Faculty Receive Funds for Research Projects; Scholarship Recipients Named; Student Awards; Students Work with High School Journalism Class

The Effects Of Malpractice Tort Reform On Defensive Medicine, Katherine D. Hennesy, Heather M. O'Neill

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Positive defensive medicine occurs when physicians order additional tests or procedures primarily to avoid malpractice liability. This paper shows the degree of defensive medicine occurring across states is related to the malpractice environment in the states. As the environment changes due to malpractice tort reform, defensive medicine practices also change. This paper shows the existence of positive defensive medicine and how it adds to total health care expenditures for head trauma victims in 23 states in 2000. Moreover, given different malpractice environments across states, we witness variations in defensive medicine practices leading to differences in health care expenditures.

We Welcome The New Immigrants, John Defrain, Rochelle L. Dalla, Douglas A. Abbott, Julie Johnson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

From the very beginning of this project we have focused on taking a balanced approach to identifying the strengths and challenges of new immigrants in the Great Plains. Discussions of change in our world invariably focus on problems, and only occasionally on the strengths. We set out to look at new immigrants from a different perspective, in our view, a more realistic perspective: seeing the inherent strengths they possess as newcomers to our region and the gifts they bring, and examining the cultural assets the newcomers and the longer-term residents all can rely upon in working together to meet the …

Nota Bene; Volume Xviii, Number Ii, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

The Politic 2004 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.2 N.4 10/2004

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.2 n.4 10/2004

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Libraries Receive $2 Million Gift for New Special Collections Wings..... p.1
The Thomas Cooper Society Events, 2003-2004..... p.1
University Libraries Commission Portrait of George Terry..... p.2
Library Receives Books Recalling One of USC's Founders..... p.2
Thomas Cooper Library Presents Robert Burns Colloquium and Exhibit..... p.3
A Newly Discovered Love Letter to Robert Burns..... p.4
Researchers Speak Out..... p.4
Thomas Cooper Society Presents Student Book Collecting Awards..... p.5
USC Acquires World War I Archive..... p.5
Collection of Unique Fitzgerald Screen Plays Acquired by Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
The Donna I. Sorensen Endowment: Southern Women in the Arts.... p.6
Upcoming Exhibits..... …

Reflections - Fall 2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Libraries Receive $2 Million Gift for New Special Collections Wing..... p.1
Collection of Unique Fitzgerald Screen Plays Acquired by Thomas Cooper Library..... p.1
Thomas Cooper Library Presents Robert Burns Colloquium and Exhibit..... p.1
SC Legislature Approves Academic Virtual Library Initiative..... p.2
New Look, New Links, New Library Resources..... p.3
SC Libraries Publish Memiors of John E. Swearingen..... p.3
Researches Speak Out..... p.4
SC Acquires World War I Archive..... p.4
The Donna I. Sorensen Endowment: Southern Women in the Arts..... p.5
University Libraries Commission Portrait of George Terry..... p.6
Virtually Speaking!..... p.6
In Memoriam: Erwin Lester Inabinett, 1926-2004..... p.6
Upcoming …

Developing Academic Library Staff For Future Success [Book Review], Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Psychodynamic Perspectives On Relationship: Implications Of New Findings From Human Attachment And The Neurosciences For Social Work Education, Jerrold R. Brandell, Shoshana Ringel

Social Work Faculty Publications

In this article, the historical significance of the therapeutic relationship in social casework theory and practice is discussed and elaborated on in relation to contemporary psychodynamic theories and constructs, such as the therapeutic alliance, the holding relationship, and selfobject theory. The significant contributions of investigators in such diverse fields as infant attachment, neurobiology, and feminist theory are then discussed in relation to these psychoanalytic ideas. Based in part upon recent research being conducted in such fields, a more central role is proposed for psychodynamic conceptions of relationship in the education of social work clinicians.

Decreasing Relative Risk Aversion, Risk Sharing, And The Permanent Income Hypothesis, Qiang Zhang, Masao Ogaki

Qiang Zhang

This paper develops a method to test the risk sharing hypothesis (RSH) against various versions of the permanent income hypothesis (PIH) while allowing for heterogeneity in risk preferences across households. Using one-year and longer differences in household total non-durable consumption data from Indian villages, we find evidence that favors RSH rather than the PIH at the village level.

The Economics Of Agency Law And Contract Formation, Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

This article uses the economic approach to address issues that arise in agency law when agents make contracts on behalf of principals. The main issue is whether the principal should be bound when the agent makes a contract with some third party on his behalf which the principal would immediately wish to disavow. The resulting tradeoffs resemble those in tort law, so the least-cost-avoider principle is useful for deciding when contracts are valid and may be the underlying logic behind a number of different legal doctrines applied to agency cases. In particular, an efficiency explanation can be found for the …

Annual Income, Hourly Wages, And Identity Among Mexican Americans And Other Latinos, Patrick Leon Mason

Patrick L. Mason

This paper examines heterogeneity and income inequality among Hispanic Americans. Two processes that influence Hispanic heterogeneity include acculturation and labor market discrimination because of skin shade/phenotype. I focus on Hispanics because of their variation in phenotype, color, nativity, and language usage, and also because of their recent large-scale integration into a society that has been historically characterized by bi-polar racial categories that are putatively based on phenotype. This process provides a natural experiment for appraising the relative importance of acculturation, discrimination, and income inequality. I use data from two periods, 1979 and 1989, to determine the stability of identity formation …

Equilibrium Selection In Coordination Games: Why Do Dominated Strategies Matter?, Suren Basov

Suren Basov

In this paper I illustrate by an example that strictly dominated strategies may affect the process of the equilibrium selection in coordination games. The strategy profile that gets selected may be both Pareto and risk dominated. This distinguishes it from the examples provided in Ellison (2000) and Maruta (1997).

Assessing Inequality, Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

La Ciudad Y Su Gobierno Municipal, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El Municipio en la América Latina española tuvo su origen en el cabildo colonial, constituido como instancia de gobierno local. Aunque seguía el modelo español traído por los conquistadores, tuvo mayor importancia que en España debido a la distancia que lo separaba del poder central. Sin embargo, no debe perderse de vista que, si bien esa apreciable autonomía se ejerció respecto de la Corona, era dependiente de ciertos grupos minoritarios locales (los criollos). De allí que no hubo una clara separación entre lo público y ]0 privado, al extremo de que en ambas esferas se compartía el ejercicio de la …

Productivity Effects Of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence, Ulrich Kaiser, Irene Bertschek

ULRICH KAISER

No abstract provided.

Identifying Deportable Aliens In The Los Angeles County Jail: Implementing The Hi-Caap Federal-Local Partnership, Barbara Raymond, Laura J. Hickman, Elizabeth Williams

Laura J. Hickman

Throughout the 1990s, Los Angeles (L.A.) County officials grew increasingly concerned about the negative impact of criminally involved aliens on local public safety and criminal justice resources. Of particular concern was that subgroup of criminal aliens who had been previously deported from the United States and later rearrested for new criminal activity in L.A. County. In response, a multi-agency partnership was formed called High Intensity Criminal Alien Apprehension and Prosecution (HI-CAAP). The goals of the HI-CAAP partnership are to increase the identification and federal prosecution of previously deported criminal aliens. This report is an assessment of the partnership’s progress toward …

The Self And Autobiographical Memory: Correspondence And Coherence, Martin A. Conway, Jefferson A. Singer, Angela Tagini

Psychology Faculty Publications

Introduces a modified version of Conway and Pleydell-Pearce's Self Memory System (SMS) account of autobiographical memory and the self. Discussion of a fundamental tension between adaptive correspondence and self-coherence; Examination of tension; Application of SMS to personality and clinical psychology.

Review Of Historical Encyclopedia Of American Labor, Rebecca Tolley

ETSU Faculty Works

Review of Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor. Robert Weir and James P. Hanlan Greenwood. 2004. 2v, 0313318409, $175.00

Urban Agriculture: Asset Mapping Capstone, Lina Bondar, Benjamin Freeman, Garrett Helser, Olivia Jennings

Asset Mapping: Community Geography Project

No abstract provided.

Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- October 2004, Leonard Lardaro

The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index

No abstract provided.