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Factors Influencing Publication Choice: Why Faculty Choose Open Access, Stefanie Warlick, K.T. Vaughan

Stefanie E Warlick

No abstract provided.

Constructing The Sidewalk: Municipal Government And The Production Of Public Space In Los Angeles, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Renia Ehrenfeucht

The process of creating public spaces has been one of defining what constitutes public activities and how they can occur. This was as true for the sidewalks as for spaces such as the roadbed, parks and markets. The sidewalks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were used for commercial, political and social activities. During this period, the Los Angeles municipal government and urban residents constructed hundreds of miles of sidewalks along with other street improvements. In response to differing claims to the sidewalks and varying interests in the purpose of the streets, the city began to emphasize pedestrian …

Vertical Economies And The Structure Of U.S. Hog Farms, Azzeddine Azzam, Cari Skinner

Azzeddine Azzam

Scale economies are often touted as the factor behind the trend in the structure of the U.S. hog industry toward fewer and larger hog farms. However, since hog production is multistage and farms either integrate or separate the stages, the appropriate measures are multistage economies. In theory, a smaller and, presumably, high-cost operation, by the standards of single stage/output scale economies, may still be cost-competitive if it enjoys multistage economies--that is if vertical scope economies more than offset stage-specific scale diseconomies. Whether that holds in practice remains heretofore unexplored in the agricultural economics literature. Using a unique data set on …

"Waves" Of Asian Indian Elderly Immigrants: What Can Practitioners Learn?, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

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Disaster Management In The United States: Examining Key Political And Policy Challenges, Brian Gerber

Brian J. Gerber

The failures associated with the Hurricane Katrina response call attention to the challenges of, and the need to better understand disaster management practices in the United States. This article reviews several recent contributions to the field of disaster research and considers four key issues: the concept of disaster vulnerability, how individuals respond to hazard risks, challenges associated with effective hazard mitigation, and the idea of policy learning in the area of disasters. Beyond a review of these aspects of disaster management, future directions in disaster research is discussed.

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future, Tammy Horn

Tammy Horn

Book review of Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future

Advance Care Planning In Australia: Challenges Of A Federal Legislative System, Colleen Cartwright

Professor Colleen M Cartwright

There is increasing attention in Australia and internationally on advance care planning (ACP), a process which assists competent people to make decisions about their healthcare for a possible future time when they may no longer be competent. ACP can include the use of a written document and/or use of a substitute decision-maker to make healthcare decisions at a time of future incompetence. ACP is much more prevalent in the US than in Australia or other English-speaking countries. Australia is a federation of states and territories, which all make their own health law, resulting in different legislative provision, documentation and terminology. …

Understanding Receptivity To Genetically Modified Foods, John Lang, Susanna Priest

John T. Lang

Consumers in the United States and Europe have not fully embraced genetically modified (gm) foods. In the United States, public opinion remains undecided, whereas in Europe, people tend to regard such foods in a negative light. While opposition to gm products may be more vigorous in Europe, consumer enthusiasm for these foods is actually quite limited on both sides of the Atlantic. Policy makers and industry executives have struggled to grasp why consumers have not greeted these foods more enthusiastically. Contrary to apparent industry opinion, economics at the consumer level is not the only factor to consider when trying to …

Asymmetries In Attention Toward The Dominant Hand: Input Or Output?, Gavin Buckingham, Julie Main, David Carey

Gavin Buckingham

Peters (1981) suggested that an asymmetrical bias in attention (toward the right hand of right handers) could account for many manual asymmetries in bimanual task performance. Support for this notion comes from Honda (1982), who demonstrated preferential monitoring of the dominant hand during a bimanual reaching task, while Buckingham and Carey (2007) observed shorter refractory periods (dwell time in a bimanual discontinuous double-step reaching task) for the right hand.

Recent evidence may indicate an intentional (i.e. selection related behaviour – motor attention) bias toward the dominant hand (Bestelmeyer & Carey, 2004). The current study tests the hypothesis that the right …

The Case For Early Targeted Interventions To Prevent Academic Failure, Irma Perez-Johnson, Rebecca Maynard

REBECCA A MAYNARD

The persistent achievement gaps among children of different race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the United States represent an issue that has commanded public, policy, and research attention on and off for about 100 years now, and it is once again in the forefront of policy-making agendas. Debates nevertheless abound on the most promising and cost-effective strategies to address the problem. We examine critically the available evidence on the benefits and costs of early childhood education and conclude that early, vigorous interventions targeted at disadvantaged children offer the best chance to substantially reduce gaps in school readiness and increase the productivity …

Broadband Internet: Net Neutrality Versus Open Access, Christiaan Hogendorn

Christiaan Hogendorn

No abstract provided.

Acquisition Of The Spanish Plural By French L2 Speakers: The Role Of Transfer., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.

The Dynamics Of The Criminal Justice System, P. Collins, B. Iannacchione, Marc Ruffinengo

Marc A. Ruffinengo

No abstract provided.

Guide To The Julia Morgan-Walter T. Steilberg Collection, 1908-1974, Nancy Loe, Denise Fourie

Nancy E. Loe

Collection of architect and engineer Walter T. Steilberg, who worked for Julia Morgan in the 1920s and 1930s, including vintage photographic prints of Morgan projects and Steilberg’s published and unpublished recollections of Morgan and her practice.

Culture, George Yudice

George Yúdice

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Dewing, Rolland. Regions In Transition: The Northern Great Plains And The Pacific Northwest In The Great Depression. Lanham, Md: University Of America Press, 2006. Choice, August., Bruce Sarjeant

Bruce Sarjeant

No abstract provided.

Nuevas Tecnologías, Música Y Experiencia, George Yudice

George Yúdice

No abstract provided.

Negotiating Bureaucratic Responsiveness In Collaboration With Citizens: Findings From Action Research In Los Angeles, Thomas Bryer

Thomas A Bryer

The Collaborative Learning Project conducted an action research program in the City of Los Angeles between 2003 and 2006, in which researchers facilitated a collaborative process between recently created neighborhood councils and city departments of council choosing. In two cases conducted, the patterns of administrative responsiveness to the neighborhood councils differed substantially. This dissertation asks: How can we explain the patterns of administrator responsiveness observed in each of two cases of collaboration between administrators and neighborhood council representatives? To answer the question, an exploratory assessment of each case was conducted from multiple emergent perspectives using an inductive analysis. Data from …

Using Software To Track Client Ratings Of Mft Trainee Effectiveness, Jaqueline Sparks

Jaqueline A. Sparks

No abstract provided.

Measuring Individual Differences In Affective, Heuristic, And Holistic Intuition, Jean Pretz, Kathryn Totz

Jean E Pretz

What is the nature of intuition? How should individual differences in intuition be measured? We examined the nature of intuition as measured by two commonly-used questionnaires of the construct. Two hundred twelve undergraduates completed the Rational-Experiential Inventory and the Intuitive/Sensate and Thinking/Feeling subscales of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator to examine correspondences between the constructs measured by each. Factor analyses revealed that the scales tap three distinct aspects of intuition: affective, heuristic, and holistic intuition. The REI was unique in its measurement of intuitive ability, and the MBTI was unique in its measurement of holistic intuition. An unexpected relationship between …

Postcards From The Edge: Reference & Instruction For Theatre Studies [Handout File], Nedda Ahmed, Greg Hatch

Nedda H Ahmed

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The Story Behind An Organizational List: A Genealogy Of Wildland Firefighters’ Ten Standard Fire Orders, Jennifer Ziegler

Jennifer A Ziegler

To invigorate research on the dialectic between lists and stories in communication, this study recommends adding context back to text by focusing on the enduring problems these forms are summoned to solve. A genealogy of one significant organizational list, wildland firefighters' 10 Standard Fire Orders, shows how a list's meaning resides less on its face and more in the discourses surrounding it, which can change over time. Vestiges of old meanings and unrelated cultural functions heaped upon a list can lead to conflicts, and can make the list difficult to scrap even when rendered obsolete for its intended purpose. Reconciling …

A Collaborative Model For Educating Students At Risk, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

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Legislative/Judicial Interaction: Do Court Ideologies Constrain Legislative Action?, Elizabeth Stiles, Lauren Bowen

Elizabeth A. Stiles

The article presents a study which examines whether the anticipated actions of the courts to interpret, expand, or retract legislative meaning discourages or prevents policy making by legislatures. It suggests that state legislatures are significantly less likely to pass legislation when state supreme courts are ideological. It concludes that there is evidence that judiciaries exercise preemptive suppressive powers upon legislation.

Review Of Michele H. Bogart 'The Politics Of Urban Beauty, New York And Its Art Commission', Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

No abstract provided.

Unmasking Racism: Halloween Costuming And Engagement Of The Racial Other, Danielle Dirks, J.C. Mueller, L. Houts Picca

Danielle Dirks

No abstract provided.

Transnational Debates On Human Rights In The Muslim World: Politics, Economics, And Society, Anthony Chase

Anthony Chase

No abstract provided.

Ivan Boesky, Debra Ross

Debra E. Ross

No abstract provided.

From ‘Bolshevik Hall’ To Butterfly Ballroom: The Assimilation Of South Norwood’S Lithuanian Hall, Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

No abstract provided.

Assisting Mcnair Scholars Achieve Their Academic Goals: Teaching Information Seeking Skills To Help Scholars Complete The Summer Research Institute, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.