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Values And Goal-Free Evaluation: A Case Study, Brandon Youker

Brandon W. Youker Ph.D

How does a goal-free evaluator deal with values? Which values? Whose values? This presentation argues that the goal-free evaluator takes a consumerist perspective. Thus the evaluator's values are in serving the program's consumers and satisfying the consumers' needs.

Alcohol Consumption, Risk Of Injury, And High-Cost Medical Care, Michael French, Helena Salome, Helen Matzger, Constance Weisner

Michael T. French

This study examined the effect of alcohol use on the probabilities of injury, inpatient hospital stay, and emergency department visit. Data were obtained from a sample of adults (N=1219) recruited from a Northern California county. Alcohol use measures included number of drinks, heavy drinking days, and an indicator variable for problem drinking. Models were estimated for men and women separately while controlling for confounders. Results indicate that most alcohol use measures were not significantly related to injury probability or medical care utilization. Among the exceptions, problem drinking was a significant positive predictor of any emergency department visit for both sexes. …

Book Review Essay: Canada's Constitutional Cul De Sac, Richard Kay

Richard Kay

Book reivew of 'Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?', by Peter H. Russell (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2004).

Postcolonial Conservatory Camellias, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

Taking American Race Relations On The Road...To Africa, Rebecca Gearhart

Rebecca Gearhart

Engagement With The Land: Redemption Of The Rural Residence Fantasy?, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

Reviews Of Manly Hardy (1832-1910): The Life And Writing Of A Maine Fur-Buyer, Hunter, And Naturalist, William Krohn

William B. Krohn

Ngoma Memories: How Ritual Music And Dance Shaped The Northern Kenya Coast, Rebecca Gearhart

Rebecca Gearhart

The Relationship Between Pre-Employment Expectations, Experiences, And The Length Of Stay In Public Accounting, M. Padgett, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, S. Hughes, C. Born

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

Knowledge And Power In The Mechanical Firm: Planning For Profit In Austrian Perspective, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

A theory of central planning employing Austrian themes and applied to private firms and Taylorism.

Money Laundering, Debra Ross

Debra E. Ross

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Nutrition Knowledge On Food Evaluations, Stephen Crites, Shelley Aikman

Stephen L Crites Jr.

Objective: This study explored whether nutrition knowledge interacted with evaluations of a food’s healthiness to influence food attitudes (ie, global evaluations). Since attitudes guide behavior, understanding factors that impact food attitudes is one way to understand food selection and why factors such as nutrition knowledge have only a modest impact on food selection. We hypothesized that the relation between health evaluations and food attitudes would be stronger for people high in nutrition knowledge. We also explored the macronutrient composition of foods, and how it related to attitudes and health evaluations.

Design: Survey employing multilevel analyses to examine within- and between-subject …

Reformatting Preservation Departments: The Effect Of Digitization On Workload And Staff, Marie Kennedy

Marie R. Kennedy

Magic Tricks, Midnight Grave Outings, And Transforming Trees: Performance And Agency In Taiwanese Religion, Marc Moskowitz

Marc L. Moskowitz

No abstract provided.

Voice Recognition Technology: Has It Come Of Age?, Joseph Zumalt

Joseph R. Zumalt

Voice recognition software allows computer users to bypass their keyboards and use their voices to enter text. While the library literature is somewhat silent about voice recognition technology, the medical and legal communities have reported some success using it. Voice recognition software was tested for dictation accuracy and usability within an agriculture library at the University of Illinois. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8.0 was found to be more accurate than speech recognition within Microsoft Office 2003. Helpful Web sites and a short history regarding this breakthrough technology are included.

A Curatorial Challenge: Managing Artifacts In Academic Archives, Michele Christian

Michele Christian

No abstract provided.

Nature, Raw Materials, And Political Economy: An Introduction, Paul Ciccantell, David Smith

Paul Ciccantell

In this introductory chapter, we briefly outline the history of the political economy of raw materials, focusing particularly on the relationship between raw materials and economic development. We then introduce the chapters of this volume, and we conclude by discussing future directions for research in this area.

Assessing General Education Outcomes In Introductory Psychology, J. Halonen, C. Harris, Dena Pastor, C. Abrahamson, C. Huffman

Dena A Pastor

No abstract provided.

Social Structure And Support Networks In Beijing And Hong Kong, Rance P.L. Lee, Danching Ruan, G Lai

Dr. RUAN, Danching

No abstract provided.

Bridging Bays, Bridging Borders: Global Justice And Community Organizing In The San Francisco Bay Area, Bhavna Shamasunder, Joshua Abraham, Cheryl Brown, Juliet Ellis, Lili Farhang, Lila Hussain, Tony Lopresti, Manuel Pastor, Erica Swinney

Bhavna Shamasunder

No abstract provided.

Women's Programs Vs. Mixed Gender-Day Treatment: Results From A Randomized Study, Michael French, Jane Witbrodt, Lee Ann Kaskutas, Lixia Zhang

Michael T. French

Aims To compare outcomes and costs of out-patient women's treatment to mixed-gender programs. Design Randomized clinical trial. Setting Northern California (USA). Intervention Day treatment: one community-based women's program, two mixed-gender community-based programs and one mixed-gender hospital-based program. Participants Substance-dependent women recruited from the community (n=122). Measurements Women were interviewed at baseline, at the end of treatment (94% response rate) and at 6 and 12 months post-treatment (100% response rates). Measures included alcohol and drug use, and psychiatric and social problems. Program costs were estimated using the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program. Findings No significant differences between the women's program …

Conclusion, Victoria Alexander, Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Marilyn Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Natural Resources And Economic Development, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.

State Of The Union 2005 Coverage, Alison Howard

Alison Dana Howard

Bennett W. Smith And The Ministerial Influence On Political Life In Buffalo, Sherri Wallace

Sherri L. Wallace

From Information Commons To Learning Commons, D. Russell Bailey, Barbara Tierney

Barbara Tierney

Learning About Grey Literature By Interviewing Subject Librarians, Pat Sulouff, Judi Briden, Suzanne Bell, Stephanie Frontz, Ann Marshall

Ann Marshall

No abstract provided.

Poverty And Malnutrition In India (Marathi), Ambrish A. Dongre

Ambrish A Dongre

This article discusses how poverty is measured in India, evolution of poverty in India in the 1990s and problems associated with interpreting poverty numbers in the 55th round of NSS and comparing them with previous numbers.

A Modigliani-Miller Theory Of Altruistic Corporate Social Responsibility, Joshua Graff Zivin, Arthur Small

Joshua Graff Zivin

No abstract provided.

Cost-Effectiveness Of Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion For Cervical Spondylosis, Peter Angevine, Joshua Graff Zivin, Paul Mccormick

Joshua Graff Zivin

No abstract provided.