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Superficial Self-Harm Behavior: Helping Young Women Who Hurt Themselves, Katherine D. Ryan

Theses and Dissertations

Roughly 1 to 4% of the population engages in self-harm. Superficial self-harm is reported by more young women, than young men. Appropriate responses from family, friends, and other important individuals are a key ingredient in facilitating recovery. Non-therapists, such as family, friends, and school personnel often wish to assist young women who self-harm, but the problem is complex and they are often unsure of how to respond. Current studies primarily focus on the clinical interventions for self-harm, while very few have investigated the perspectives of the individuals who self-harm. This study investigated the perspectives of young women who self-harm in …

Integrated Marketing Communications: Branding Plan For Medicare Y Mucho Mas, Javier Camano

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to explain the appropriate and effective use of branding as a vital part of the communication process of an organization. In addition, this project will help identify issues to improve enthusiasm for the use of the brand, help managers become aware of brand loyalty, and show how to measure the effectiveness of the brand.

Bond Repudiation, Tax Codes, The Appropriations Process And Restitution Post-Eminent Domain Reform, John H. Ryskamp

ExpressO

This brief comment suggests where the anti-eminent domain movement might be heading next.

Technical Bulletins: Should Your City Consider Privatization?, David Angerer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Many cities have come to see privatization as a means of saving money and improving the quality of the services they provide to the public.

Future City: More Than A Competition—It Grows Into A Campus Collaboration Project!, Susan K. Boyd

Staff publications, research, and presentations

A public event on campus can spark creatively on the part of campus organizations and be a real marketing win for all involved. A competition can also be the centerpiece of a learning experience for the campus and surrounding community as well.

When the Chair of Santa Clara University’s Civil Engineering department asked for library lobby space to display the regional winners’ models of the National Engineers’ Week-sponsored Future City Competition, little did he know that it would also evolve into a collaborative library exhibit and presentation.

This is how the university’s Civil Engineering department, University Library, Environmental Studies department, …

Student Experiences And Perceptions Of Team-Teaching In A Large Undergraduate Class, Venkata K. Yanamandram, G. Noble

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper examines student experiences and perceptions of two models of team-teaching employed at a regional Australian university to teach a large undergraduate marketing subject. The two team-teaching models adopted for use in this subject can be characterised by the large number of team members (ten and six) and the relatively low level of team involvement in the planning and administration of the team-teaching process. The paper examines students' experiences in an effort to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the team-teaching approach from the students' perspective. This paper contributes to our knowledge of teaching practice by identifying, amongst other …

Customer Characteristics’ Influence On Online Trust In Developing Countries: An Examination Of Confidence Level, Mira Kartiwi

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The advent of E-commerce opens an opportunity for fostering an environment that promotes the globalisation of markets throughout the world, especially those in developing countries like Indonesia. The importance of trust as a key facilitator of E-commerce is increasingly being recognized in academic and practitioner communities. However, empirical research in this area has been overwhelmed by contradictory conceptions of the trust construct, while inadequate attention has been paid to the influence of trust constructs on E-commerce development in different cultural environments and settings. Within these constructs, a number of consumer characteristics – such as gender and age – potentially might …

Italian Australian Poetry By First Generation Writers: An Overview, Gaetano Rando

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

This paper focuses on the way in which first generation Italian Australian writers express the experience of the diaspora in their poetry. The paper highlights the more prominent first generation Italian Australian poets — Luigi Strano (who was awarded an honorary MA from the University of Wollongong in 1985), Enoe Di Stefano, Mariano Coreno and Lino Concas. The quantitative and qualitative parameters of their published writings represent not only continuity in terms of the historical and contemporary aspects of the Italian Australian migration experience but also subjective expressions of personal sentiments relating to the meaning of life, love, nature and …

Nebraska Custom Rates Changes From 2004 To 2006, H. Douglas Jose

Cornhusker Economics

The increase in machinery costs this year has created uncertainty about what are fair costs for custom services. Fuel costs certainly are a major factor, but the purchase or “sticker” prices of machinery and the repair costs have increased as well. Fuel costs have increased about 46 percent over the past two years since the last Custom Rates surveys were taken in the Spring of 2004. Over the same period, overhead costs which include taxes, interest and insurance went up 14 percent and labor costs increased 10 percent. These increases are measured by input cost indexes reported by USDA’s National …

What Difference Do We Make? Outcomes Based Evaluations, Kristine R. Brancolini, Elizabeth Kryder-Reid

Kristine R. Brancolini

No abstract provided.

Ddasaccident513, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On 20/06/06, the team was normally working in the site. [The Victim] a deminer of party -3-, section-02, MCT-08, on whom the accident occurred was working in a ditch in which sediment soils has been shifted gradually by water. The work procedure adopted by the team command group for the ditch was full excavation with unspecified clearance depth till original surface of the ground, the deminer has assumed that there is no longer any danger and it may be the original surface, therefore he has changed the full excavation method to signal picking and has ignored the full excavation. Proceeding …

Educators' Perceptions Of Collaborative Planning Processes For Students With Disabilities, Nari Carter

Theses and Dissertations

When students with disabilities are included in general education classes, collaboration between special and general education teachers is necessary to ensure that the students have access to the general education curriculum and also have supports that enable them to benefit from their education. This paper reports the results of a phenomenological study that investigated the nature of a collaborative planning experience for pairs of special and general education teachers. From the teachers' descriptions of their experience, sharing common philosophies about educating students with disabilities was an important aspect of successful collaborative planning. Collaboration in this experience was voluntary and was …

Editorial Policy: Industry Funding And Editorial Independence, Noni Macdonald, Jocelyn Downie

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

The separation of editorial decisions from financial issues is essential to ensure editorial independence. Given this, it is important to reflect upon current policy and practices with respect to advertising and supplement sponsorship.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 41, June 19, 2006, Grand Valley State University

2005-2006, Volume 30

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, June 18, 2006

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN

Mean Girls: A Feminist Re-Reading Of The Rivalry Theme In High Victorian Paintings, Jennifer Mayer

Jennifer Mayer

The portrayal of romantic rivalries represents an engaging topic, especially when put in the context of Victorian England. This presentation analyzes the significance of women as rivals as depicted in select painted images of the High Victorian era (1851-1867). I discuss the possible backlash component of the paintings to women's rights advances of the time, and analyze the paintings in terms of possible sites of female empowerment and resistance.

Level Of Distress And Perception Of Control In Concerned Significant Others Of Substance Abusers, Heather Tonczyczyn

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the perception of control and level of distress in Concerned Significant Others (CSO) seeking help for their loved one's drug abuse or dependence; and the effect of Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) intervention on CSO's perception of control as a possible mediator of the outcome. Participants were part of a larger treatment study conducted at the Treatment Research Institute and consisted of two significant others of substance abusers. The Shapiro Control Inventory (SCI) and the Drinkers Partners Distress Scale (DPD) were used to assess variables of control and distress at intake, …

Letter To Jack Bissett Regarding Donation By Seaall, June 16, 2006, Claire Germain, Susan Fox

Correspondence

A letter from Claire Germain and Susan Fox thanking Jack Bissett and SEAALL for a donation to the AALL Scholarship Fund and the Centennial Fund.

Inmigrantes Sí, Boicots No!, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 70, June 19, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 62, June 15, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Richard Devos Introduction Speech, Delivered On June 15, 2006, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Richard DeVos Introduction Speech, delivered on June 15, 2006 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Ah, Libraries: How I Love The Smell Of... Electronic Access?!, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

In the olden days, we Baby-Boomers would walk into our university or college libraries and pause just long enough to take in that wonderful smells of high grade cowhide leather and aging papyrus before rushing off to study. There was something about opening any leather bound edition of anything and being transported by the smell to some distant land, not unlike Charles Swann in Marcel Proust’s famous French novel, A La Recherché du Temps Perdu, Remembrance of Things Past.

Phase I Florida's Ocean And Coastal Economies Report, Judith T. Kildow Dr

Publications

This report was prepared for and funded by the Florida State Department of Environmental Protection with the encouragement of members from the Florida Ocean Alliance, Florida Oceans and Coastal Resources Council and other groups with deep interests in the future of Florida’s coast. It is a preliminary study of Florida’s Ocean and Coastal Economies based only on information currently found within the datasets of the National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP). It reflects only a portion of the value of Florida’s coastal-related economy and should not be considered comprehensive. A more customized study based on the unique coastal and ocean-dependent economic …

Ddasaccident448, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The deminer had worked in the task site for a total of 25 days, was familiar with the slightly sloping terrain where he was working and he was working well in the lead up period to the accident. There were no witnesses to the accident except for the Section Leader, who was located at his control-point and who noticed two flashes in the vicinity of the accident.

Data Publication In The Open Access Initiative, Jens Klump, Roland Bertelmann, Jan Brase, Michael Diepenbroek, Hannes Grobe, Heinke Höck, Michael Lautenschlager, Uwe Schindler, Irina Sens, Joachim Wächter

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

The ‘Berlin Declaration’ was published in 2003 as a guideline to policy makers to promote the Internet as a functional instrument for a global scientific knowledge base. Because knowledge is derived from data, the principles of the ‘Berlin Declaration’ should apply to data as well. Today, access to scientific data is hampered by structural deficits in the publication process. Data publication needs to offer authors an incentive to publish data through long-term repositories. Data publication also requires an adequate licence model that protects the intellectual property rights of the author while allowing further use of the data by the scientific …

Substance Abuse In Rural And Small Town America, Karen T. Van Gundy

Carsey School of Public Policy

Alcohol abuse exceeds illicit drug abuse in rural America and is a serious problem among rural youth, as highlighted here. The report also confirms that the abuse of stimulants, including methamphetamine, is high among certain rural populations, particularly among the rural unemployed.

Servant Leadership And Medical Missionaries, Jayne Arvold

Theses and Graduate Projects

Medical missionaries provide benevolent medical services to underserved people internationally. This exploratory research was conducted to examine whether medical missionaries demonstrate the ten behavioral characteristics of servant leaders as outlined by Larry Spears, president and CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. The characteristics are listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of others, and building communities. Qualitative data from interviews with four medical missionaries supported that Spear's ten characteristics are evident among this group of people. Analysis of these characteristics highlights their importance in the leadership of medical missionary work. This study provides …

Different Methods Of Measuring The Problems Experienced By Significant Others Of Substance Abusers, Christine Perugini

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine responses to two administration formats of an assessment instrument. Specifically, this study examined responses to oral and written administrations of an instrument designed to examine the problems of significant others of substance abusers. Participants were part of a larger treatment study conducted at the Treatment Research Institute and consisted of two significant others of substance abusers. Participants were given both an oral and written administration of the Significant Other Checklist (SOC; Kirby et al., 2005) at intake of the larger treatment study. The SOC (Kirby et al., 2005) seeks to examine problems …

20060615: Archivist's Archives, 1982-2004, University Libraries

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the University Libraries at Marshall University from 1982-2004. Items were received in 2006 and include notable materials about West Liberty (2004), Drinko Arts, the Professor Librarians' status (1984-1985), correspondence (1974-2002), and the research fee proposal (draft). This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.