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Conditional Love : A Study Of Situational Differences In Rooting For An Underdog, Sheila Margaret Hindle May 2006

Conditional Love : A Study Of Situational Differences In Rooting For An Underdog, Sheila Margaret Hindle

Master's Theses

While people tend to root unabashedly for underdogs in the domain of athletics, underdogs do not generally receive the same tremendous support in matters of business. This may occur for a variety of reasons, but of particular interest is the fact that an individual's perception of a situation as both self-relevant and of high consequences may prove detrimental to his or her willingness to support an underdog. Two studies were conducted to explore these hypotheses. Study 1 (N=48) required participants to read a brief scenario depicting a situation of varied self-relevance and consequences, and then select a company to complete …

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Predictors Of Breast And Cervical Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese Immigrant Women, Anh B. Nguyen May 2006

Predictors Of Breast And Cervical Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese Immigrant Women, Anh B. Nguyen

Master's Theses

Predictors of breast and cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese immigrant women. Anh B. Nguyen, Master of Arts in Psychology, University of Richmond, 2006. Thesis director: Barbara K. Sholley, Ph.D Although practicing preventative healthcare is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, some high-risk populations do not engage in preventative screenings for cancer. Vietnamese American women constitute a high-risk group in gynecological cancers, and it was hypothesized that tenure, acculturation, health insurance, a regular source of care, education, employment status, and marital status would affect rates of cancer screening. It was also hypothesized that the Vietnamese population would have different trends …

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“The Effectiveness Of Symbols” Revisited: Ayoreo Curing Songs, John Renshaw May 2006

“The Effectiveness Of Symbols” Revisited: Ayoreo Curing Songs, John Renshaw

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This essay considers a specific field of Amerindian knowledge, namely the sarode, or curing songs, of the Ayoreo of the Gran Chaco. It attempts to elucidate some of the taken-for-granted metaphysical assumptions that underlie Ayoreo epistemology. Following the approach taken in Joanna Overing’s introduction to Reason and Morality (1985), I will suggest that even these apparently simple, repetitive curing songs have to be understood as part of a broader corpus of “mythical” knowledge. They acquire their effectiveness or power, not through suggestion or metaphor but rather by harnessing the power of the “mythical” world of the jnani bajade, the …

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Laughing At Power And The Power Of Laughing In Cashinahua Narrative And Performance, Elsje Lagrou May 2006

Laughing At Power And The Power Of Laughing In Cashinahua Narrative And Performance, Elsje Lagrou

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

The grotesque humor of pantomime and myth, the festive humor of play, and the humor used to criticize excesses in myth and comic sketches, can all be read as modes of native knowledge of the world and of the relationships holding this world together. Native exegesis of humorous imagery reveals crucial values related to Cashinahua concepts about sociality and ritual agency. These are iconic discourses about the quality of relations between people and between people and the animated world. The humor of the grotesque body, which is composed of parts of the body acting as autonomous forces, and the festive …

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Bororo Funerals: Images Of The Refacement Of The World, Sylvia Caiuby Novaes May 2006

Bororo Funerals: Images Of The Refacement Of The World, Sylvia Caiuby Novaes

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

In this article I analyze Bororo funerals as moments of defacement and refacement. Death triggers a series of transformations that involve the dead person, the corpse itself, the soul, the making of the deceased’s representative, and the relationships among the living. All these transformations—which are the object of public secrecy—take place during the various rituals that compose the funerary cycle. The text is accompanied by a selection of photographs taken during thirty years of field research among the Bororo Indians of Mato Grosso, Brazil, in order to illustrate Bororo funerals as moments of re-creation of the world, following the theoretical …

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Instrumental Speeches, Morality, And Masculine Agency Among Muinane People (Colombian Amazon), Carlos David Londono Sulkin May 2006

Instrumental Speeches, Morality, And Masculine Agency Among Muinane People (Colombian Amazon), Carlos David Londono Sulkin

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Individuals among People of the Center (Colombian Amazon) produced numerous discursive depictions of themselves and of others, regarding their own competence and morality and others’ lacks thereof. Here, I attend particularly to a set of portrayals that pertained mostly to men: those concerning forms of knowledge that each People of the Center deemed uniquely their own. Individuals stressed the great amount of knowledge they possessed, the propriety of their processes of acquisition and the legitimacy of their use of it, its effectiveness and authentically patrilineal character, and the respect and fear others had of them because of it. They also …

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The Politics Of Shamanism And The Limits Of Fear, Robert Storrie May 2006

The Politics Of Shamanism And The Limits Of Fear, Robert Storrie

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

The Hoti are a small group of hunter-horticulturalists living in the highlands of central Venezuelan Guiana. In this article I examine Hoti understandings of equality, hierarchy and power and the coercive use of fear by individuals who cultivate a reputation as “Light Ones”—that is people especially skilled in their interaction with the powerful beings of the shamanic environment—a role that is essential for the safety and fertility of the community. Hoti people are highly egalitarian and anti-hierarchical in their moral understandings and for them all power is ambiguous, and all claims to authority can arouse suspicion. For this reason it …

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From The Editor-In-Chief, Jeanie M. Forray May 2006

From The Editor-In-Chief, Jeanie M. Forray

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

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Editor's Introduction, Michael Elmes May 2006

Editor's Introduction, Michael Elmes

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

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Editors' Introduction, Steve Meisel, Carole Elliott May 2006

Editors' Introduction, Steve Meisel, Carole Elliott

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

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Taking The Charisma Out: Teaching As Facilitation, Joseph A. Raelin May 2006

Taking The Charisma Out: Teaching As Facilitation, Joseph A. Raelin

Organization Management Journal

The author provides a personal account of his transition from attempting to use charisma to transmit knowledge to students to removing it so that students can themselves experience knowledge as a basis for learning. Consistent with inquiry-based democratic pedagogy, the author demonstrates how he became more a facilitator of learning than its transmitter. He shows how putting charisma into unscheduled classroom inquiry rather than into the teacher’s delivery can produce knowledge collectively and concurrently co-constructed in service of action.

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Course-Linked Service-Learning In Management Education: Lessons Learned, Susan R. Madsen May 2006

Course-Linked Service-Learning In Management Education: Lessons Learned, Susan R. Madsen

Organization Management Journal

One reason that academic service-learning is still not utilized in some schools of business is that their faculty and administrators remain uninformed and uneducated about this pedagogy. This article was written to help bridge the gap between theory and practice with regard to the actual design and implementation of servicelearning in management education. In this article, I will discuss the design, implementation, experiences, student suggestions, changes, and reflections related to a human resource course taught during the springs of 2003 and 2004.

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A Strategic Management Learning Laboratory: Integrating The College Classroom And The College Human Resource Management Environment, Theodore D. Peters, Jeffrey S. Yanagi May 2006

A Strategic Management Learning Laboratory: Integrating The College Classroom And The College Human Resource Management Environment, Theodore D. Peters, Jeffrey S. Yanagi

Organization Management Journal

This capstone course extended the classroom to include practitioner-focused research projects and presentations to senior-level campus management. The course served as a student learning laboratory for experiencing working-world settings, problems, and expectations, using the controlled environment of a college human resource management office, working with the Director of Human Resource Management. Learning outcomes included 1) effectively using multiple business communication skills, 2) applying quantitative and qualitative reasoning for problem solving to integrate, synthesize and apply complex information for addressing practical problems; 3) experience in adapting to a real-life, changing environment, and 4) making management decisions that reflected the dynamic interrelationships …

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Student Self-Assessment: A Tool For Engaging Management Students In Their Learning, Andy T. Dungan, Leigh Gronich Mundhenk May 2006

Student Self-Assessment: A Tool For Engaging Management Students In Their Learning, Andy T. Dungan, Leigh Gronich Mundhenk

Organization Management Journal

This article discusses the use of student self-assessment (SSA) for formative and summative assessment in two undergraduate programs, a management program and a leadership program, to encourage students to become more engaged in their learning. Using action research, we used an iterative process of changing or refining our methods to accommodate the differences in our teaching environments, concluding that different methods may be desirable in different environments, and that students appear to benefit from SSA regardless of the method used. Five overlapping themes emerged in the data we collected: how SSA 1) provided students with the opportunity to see the …

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The Strength Of Thoughts, The Stench Of Blood: Amazonian Hematology And Gender, Luisa Elvira Belanunde May 2006

The Strength Of Thoughts, The Stench Of Blood: Amazonian Hematology And Gender, Luisa Elvira Belanunde

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This paper lays the grounds for an Amazonian hematology aiming to unlock the significance of blood with relation to gender, knowledge, and cosmology. Drawing guidance from Overing’s critique of patriarchy theory and her examination of Piaroa understandings of menstruation, it explores cross-cultural ideas about the embodiment and gendering of spirits, thought and strength in the blood, arguing that the flow of blood is conceived of as a relationship, for it transports knowledge to all body parts, both uniting and differentiating men and women, and constituting the hub of a person’s existence throughout his or her lifecycle. Through an examination of …

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Most Popular Downloads -- April 2006 May 2006

Most Popular Downloads -- April 2006

Digital Commons / Institutional Repository Information

The 195 most often downloaded files from the UNL Digital Commons for April 2006, with total numbers of files downloaded, and total number of downloads for the period.

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Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Application To The School-Based Treatment Of Anxiety Disorders, Elana R. Bernstein, Thomas R. Kratochwill, Kelly A. Feeney-Kettler May 2006

Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Application To The School-Based Treatment Of Anxiety Disorders, Elana R. Bernstein, Thomas R. Kratochwill, Kelly A. Feeney-Kettler

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

In the current paper we discuss the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders using a problem-solving consultation framework. The role of consultation as a service delivery model in a school setting is elaborated on, as well as the contribution that consultation has in the movement towards evidence-based practices in school psychology. Additionally, a description of the role of consultation specifically in the treatment of childhood anxiety is provided. The role of parents and teachers in treatment is further elucidated, and the separate influence each may have on traditional treatment outcomes is presented. Finally, we discuss the benefits of using a conjoint …

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When Two Streams Meet: Joining Acquisitions And Federal Depository Processing, Sandra Mcaninch, Kate Seago May 2006

When Two Streams Meet: Joining Acquisitions And Federal Depository Processing, Sandra Mcaninch, Kate Seago

Library Presentations

Due to the library reorganization, the Acquisitions Dept. and Federal Depository Librarian were asked to investigate and test the possibility of Acquisitions staff handling current receipt and check-in of federal documents. In August 2005, with a small transition group, the project began. The transition group reviewed the current process and developed a strategy to mainstream receipt and check-in. This presentation will address this process and the resulting procedures and training methods.

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Library Liaisons Enhance Researcher Productivity By Use Of A Common Bibliographic Management Software Interface To Deliver Current Awareness Information, Frank Davis, Rick Brewer, Carla Townsend May 2006

Library Liaisons Enhance Researcher Productivity By Use Of A Common Bibliographic Management Software Interface To Deliver Current Awareness Information, Frank Davis, Rick Brewer, Carla Townsend

Library Presentations

Deliver quality-filtered full database records to faculty and staff in a customized format that can be easily imported into a common software interface. This allows both widespread individual and shared use of information for patient care, education, research, and publication.

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Information Interface - Volume 34, Issue 2 - May/June 2006, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library May 2006

Information Interface - Volume 34, Issue 2 - May/June 2006, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Information Interface (1976 - 2009)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users.

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Job Descriptions In Perpetual Evolution: A Result Of "Going Electronic", Kathe Obrig, Anne Linton, Cynthia Swope May 2006

Job Descriptions In Perpetual Evolution: A Result Of "Going Electronic", Kathe Obrig, Anne Linton, Cynthia Swope

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

As the demand for electronic journals increased, the Himmelfarb Health Services Library transformed the job descriptions of the library's technical services staff. This poster describes how the library accommodated both entities, print and electronic, by modifying the staff's duties.

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Transforming Nursing Practice For Today's World: Teaching Information Literacy Skills To Nurses As Preparation For Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Richard Billingsley May 2006

Transforming Nursing Practice For Today's World: Teaching Information Literacy Skills To Nurses As Preparation For Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Richard Billingsley

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation summarizes how combined entities of the George Washington University Medical Center planned, developed, and disseminated instructional programs promoting information literacy skills among professional nurses. The programs served as a precursor for research utilization and the promotion of evidence-based nursing practices (EBNP).

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Promoting Equity In Health Information: Partners For Health Information And Health Information Partners (Hips), Richard Billingsley, Betsy Gardiner, Karyn L. Pomerantz, Eduardo Pezo, Patricia Wilson May 2006

Promoting Equity In Health Information: Partners For Health Information And Health Information Partners (Hips), Richard Billingsley, Betsy Gardiner, Karyn L. Pomerantz, Eduardo Pezo, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In 2004, a community health outreach partnership, funded by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), was launched. HIPS, Health Information Partners, promoted health literacy and health advocacy for residents of Washington, D.C., who frequented the area community health centers. This poster explores the goals, strategies, and results of the HIPS program.

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Using Natural Language Processing To Improve Erulemaking [Project Highlight], Claire Cardie, Cynthia R. Farina, Thomas R. Bruce May 2006

Using Natural Language Processing To Improve Erulemaking [Project Highlight], Claire Cardie, Cynthia R. Farina, Thomas R. Bruce

Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative Publications

This paper describes in brief Cornell’s interdisciplinary eRulemaking project that was recently funded (December, 2005) by the National Science Foundation.

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Program Development During Fiscal Crisis: A Community/University Response, Dianne Rush Woods, Phu Tai Phan, Terry Jones May 2006

Program Development During Fiscal Crisis: A Community/University Response, Dianne Rush Woods, Phu Tai Phan, Terry Jones

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article discusses the often difficult and challenging process of setting up a new academic department, especially during a time of budget crisis. Furthermore it examines the role and purpose of the university, the place of so-called applied programs within the university, curriculum development of a new program, racial and cultural diversity at the university, and the overall relevance of the university as a vehicle for addressing community needs. The paper concludes with a discussion on how a Social Work faculty was able to use the university's mission to persuade its leadership into setting up a Social Work Department.

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On Speaking Terms: How To Get Through Talking In Front Of A Crowd, Samantha Hines May 2006

On Speaking Terms: How To Get Through Talking In Front Of A Crowd, Samantha Hines

Mansfield Library Faculty Publications

We’ve all heard the axiom that the thing people fear most in life is speaking in public. Perhaps that is even true for some librarians. Even if public speaking isn’t on your personal top ten list of fears, it can still be difficult to muster up the courage to address a crowd. Yet, librarians’ job descriptions increasingly involve speaking to groups of people, through teaching, addressing a meeting, interviewing for a job, or presenting at conferences.

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Minneapolis Zoning Code: Artist Live/Work Recommendations, Amanda G. Johnson May 2006

Minneapolis Zoning Code: Artist Live/Work Recommendations, Amanda G. Johnson

Amanda Johnson Ashley

In June 2005, the City of Minneapolis approved the Minneapolis Plan for Arts & Culture, led by the direction of the Minneapolis Arts Commission. It is a ten year strategic plan that “defines the role of the City of Minneapolis in supporting arts and culture, and the role of arts and culture in accomplishing the City's broader goals.” The City of Minneapolis, in the Planning Division of the Department of Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED), is undertaking a study of other cities’ practices to provide assistance to artists in different forms, through regulations and provision of assistance, services, and …

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Why Politicians Like Electoral Institutions: Self-Interest, Values, Or Ideology?, Todd Donovan, Shaun Bowler, Jeffrey A. Karp May 2006

Why Politicians Like Electoral Institutions: Self-Interest, Values, Or Ideology?, Todd Donovan, Shaun Bowler, Jeffrey A. Karp

Political Science Faculty Publications

We examine whether MPs and candidates for parliament are motivated by electoral self-interest, values, ideology, or all of these when evaluating proposals for changing electoral institutions. Using survey data from four countries (Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand), we find that candidates who won election are less supportive of proposals to change institutions, while those who lost elections are more supportive of institutional changes. Winning candidates share preferences for institutions that are independent of whether they are affiliated with a governing or opposition party. This self-interest effect is attenuated by ideology and attitudes about democracy. Pure self-interest, then, is …

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2006 May, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. May 2006

2006 May, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for May 2006.

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Columbia Chronicle (05/01/2006), Columbia College Chicago May 2006

Columbia Chronicle (05/01/2006), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from May 1, 2006 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 40, Number 29. Cover story: "Manifest waiting in wings" Editor-in-Chief: Jeffrey Danna

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