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Can Our Community “Afford” This Bond Issue For Our School? Proposed Factors For Determining Affordability Of School Building Projects, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This paper explores the literature of whether a community can afford a public school bond issue. This paper sets forth recommended criteria to determine community affordability of local bond issues.

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Paying To Save: Tax Withholding And Asset Allocation Among Low- And Moderate-Income Taxpayers, Michael S. Barr, Jane Dokko

Law & Economics Working Papers Archive: 2003-2009

We analyze the phenomenon that low- and moderate-income (LMI) tax filers exhibit a “preference for over-withholding” their taxes, a measure we derive from a unique set of questions administered in a dataset of 1,003 households, which we collected through the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. We argue that the relationship between their withholding preference and portfolio allocation across liquid and illiquid assets is consistent with models with present-biased preferences, and that individuals exhibit self-control problems when making their consumption and saving decisions. Our results support a model in which individuals use commitment devices to constrain their consumption. …

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Do Polls Limit Wishful Thinking?, Valery Kisilevsky, Renan Levine

Renan Levine

Previous studies of election predictions have emphasized the effect wishful thinking has on predictions. Wishful thinking was evident in predictions made by partisan respondents to the 2006 Israel Election Study, but does not fully explain the observed variation even when controlling for levels of knowledge and political engagement. To test whether this wishful thinking is the result of a failure to recall the latest polls accurately, or an inability to use this information, we showed some people the latest polls before they make their predictions using a concurrent internet survey-experiment. Others were asked to recall each party’s polling numbers. We …

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How To Keep Your Author Rights (And Influence People), Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation was part of the “Got Rights” UMass Amherst Science Faculty Colloquy, November 29, 2007.

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Aspira Inc. Of Illinois: A Tale Of Educational Success?, Christian Rivera-Perez

Capstone Projects – Politics and Government

In the last several years many initiatives emerged with the purpose of reforming how education is practiced in the urban setting. From the voucher system to the creation of charters, all had the same goal; the delivery of quality education to underserved youth. Through the discussion of ASPIRA educational elements, I seek to present an alternative combination of elements that promotes success among those groups that historically has been disengaged.

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Cedarville Vs. Palm Beach Atlantic, Cedarville University

Volleyball Statistics

No abstract provided.

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The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

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Spartan Daily, November 29, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 49

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2007 Volleyball Scholar Athletes And All-American Awards, Cedarville University

Volleyball News Releases

No abstract provided.

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2007 Nccaa Volleyball National Championship, Cedarville University

Volleyball Programs

No abstract provided.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 28, November 29, 2007, Grand Valley State University

Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008

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

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 143, November 28, 2007

Central Florida Future

Enrollment outpaces hiring of faculty; Parents plant tree for slain son; Think it, dream it, achieve it; FIEA grads have 97 percent placement, $50K salaries.

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Communicating A Crisis: The Public Information Officer's Perspective, Susan Hale

Communication Theses

Established research on certain professions – such as police officers, firefighters, and emergency rescue workers (also called "first responders") – suggests that psychological trauma is related to traumatic events experienced on the job. This has led to research on journalists who have experienced comparable psychological effects due to repeated traumatic exposure that comes from reporting on crimes, murders, car accidents, natural disasters, or other stressful situations – the same events experienced by first responders. This study examines public information officers and any similar psychological effects since this occupational group is a near professional cousin to journalists. Using an online survey, …

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Constructing Definitions Of Sexual Orientation In Research And Theory, Daleana Phillips

Sociology Theses

Definitions of sexual orientation are reflections of theoretical positions within the essentialist versus social constructionist debate. A cognitive sociological approach to analyzing the positions within this debate allows theorists and researchers to be aware of three distinct theoretical positions or thought communities: natural kinds thought community, social kinds thought community, and empty kinds thought community. Standard content analysis and grounded theory methods are used to analyze the principles, strategies, and practices each thought community uses to mark group membership into various sexual categories. The analysis reveals that each theoretical perspective is marking group membership differently.

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Legislating After Terrorism: September 11, The News Media And The Georgia Legislature, Rachel Tobin Ramos

Communication Theses

This thesis sought to understand how specific print media and wire news services in Georgia framed the Georgia General Assembly’s response to terrorism after September 11, 2001. The study concluded that the most detailed coverage came from the Morris News Service, a wire service subscribed to by statewide newspapers, followed by the Associated Press state newswire, then The Atlanta-Journal Constitution and The Macon Telegraph. In general, the media in this study chose to cover security bills in terms of "issues," as opposed to the "game frame" or the "leadership frame." While "patriotism" and "security" also emerged as frames, they were …

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"Just Say No": A Process Evaluation Of A Johns' School, Amanda May Jungels

Sociology Theses

This research evaluates a prostitution offender program (commonly called a "johns'" school") located in a large Midwestern city. I evaluate the components of the program, its philosophy, the short- and long-term effectiveness of the program, and its implementation to determine whether it is effective in deterring men from hiring prostitutes. By comparing pre- and post-test attitudinal forms and participants' assessment of the effectiveness of the program, I have determined that this program is effective in changing the attitudes of men that attend the program, but there are several improvements that the program organizers could implement to increase its effectiveness.

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Paranthropus Boisei: Fifty Years Of Evidence And Analysis, Bernard A. Wood, Paul J. Constantino

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control, and for some morphological regions, such as the mandible and the mandibular dentition, the samples are not only relatively well dated, but they are, by paleontological standards, reasonably-sized. This means that researchers can trace the evolution of metric and nonmetric variables across hundreds of thousands of years. This paper is a detailed1 review of half a century’s worth of fossil evidence and analysis of P. boisei and traces how both its evolutionary history and …

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Estimating The Capacity Of Visual Short-Term Memory: A Transcranial Doppler Sonography Study, Natasha Ann Barrett

Psychology Theses

Estimates of the capacity of visuospatial short-term memory (VSTM) have ranged from less than 1 item to 4 +/- 1 items. The purpose of the present study was to find the capacity of VSTM by looking at the contribution of the other working memory systems (phonological loop and central executive) and determine the factor that limits VSTM capacity (either number of objects or object complexity). In this study, the psychophysiological measure of cerebral blood flow velocity also was incorporated to determine whether changes in cerebral blood flow velocity were indicative of VSTM performance and capacity. Both performance measures and cerebral …

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Spartan Daily, November 28, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 48

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Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 181. Research material for Gorin's book, "Blood Runs in the Barrens", which examines murders that took place in Barren County, Kentucky, from 1817 to 1909. Includes copies of court documents and newspaper clippings.

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Motor Control And Reading Fluency: Contributions Beyond Phonological Awareness And Rapid Automatized Naming In Children With Reading Disabilities., Christopher Blake Wolfe

Psychology Dissertations

Multiple domains of deficit have been proposed to account for the apparent reading failure of children with a reading disability. Deficits in both phonological awareness and rapid automatized naming are consistently linked with the development of a reading disability in young school age children. Less research, however, has sought to connect these two reading related processes to global theories of deficit, such as temporal processing deficits, in the explanation of reading fluency difficulties. This study sought to explore the relationship between aspects of temporal processing, as indexed through measures of motor fluency and control, and measures of reading related processes, …

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Trauma Exposure And Behavioral Outcomes In Sheltered Homeless Children: The Moderating Role Of Perceived Social Support, Beryl Ann Cowan

Psychology Dissertations

This study examined the association between traumatic exposure and mental health outcomes in sheltered homeless children. Also investigated was the moderating role of perceived social support in the pathway between traumatic exposure and emotional distress. Trauma exposure was conceptualized in two ways: first through lifetime exposures to abuse, neglect, negative peers, community and interpersonal violence, and the loss of significant attachment figures, and; second through highly stressful events that occur s pecifically in the context of homelessness. Mental health outcomes included symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, aggression and posttraumatic stress. Perceived social support was measured through inventories of relationships with …

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Understanding Patenting Decisions: A Classroom Experiment, Amalia Yiannaka

Cornhusker Economics

Innovations are crucial to the future success of firms, with most products having only a limited life cycle. When innovations occur, the firm must decide the best way to protect their intellectual property; this essentially comes down to keeping the innovation a trade secret or filing for a patent. Teaching students the basics of intellectual property protection is not difficult. Most are familiar with the general concept of patent protection and have some understanding as to why patents are an important tool available to firms and individual innovators. However, an in-depth analysis of the patenting decision making process can be …

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Timing Variables In Reading And Language: The Relation Of Naming Speed And Motor Speed To Auditory Temporal Processing, Cynthia M. Zettler

Psychology Dissertations

Naming speed, motor skill, and auditory temporal processing (ATP) are constructs that are important to reading and language. These variables require processing timing information inherent in the stimulus or processing stimuli rapidly. ATP deficits are found in individuals with reading impairments, but studies are conflicting regarding the relationship between reading and ATP. This study examined relationships between naming speed, motor speed, and ATP, and centered on possible factors why inconsistencies have occurred across studies examining the association between reading and ATP. If the timing element of naming speed (rapid automatized naming-RAN) and of motor speed is common to ATP, then …

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Publishing Original Content In An Institutional Repository, Paul Royster

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Institutional repositories (IRs) have been developed and promoted primarily as a means to re-publish scholarly content previously published elsewhere—usually in journals, festschriften, or collections of articles. This essay discusses the use of IRs as the originating publisher of materials not previously published elsewhere, and assesses their potential use as a viable “first resort” for scholarly publication and an already existing alternative to traditional commercial or university presses.

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Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss holiday dinner, Colby Holt, finals week oasis and legislation.

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Strangers In Their Own Land: A Cultural History Of Japanese American Internment Camps In Arkansas 1942-1945, Dori Felice Moss

Communication Theses

While considerable literature on wartime Japanese American internment exists, the vast majority of studies focus on the West Coast experience. With a high volume of literature devoted to this region, lesser known camps in Arkansas, like Rohwer (Desha County) and Jerome (Chicot and Drew County) have been largely overlooked. This study uses a cultural history approach to elucidate the Arkansas internment experience by way of local and camp press coverage. As one of the most segregated and impoverished states during the 1940s, Arkansas’ two camps were distinctly different from the nine other internment camps used for relocation. Through analysis of …

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Spartan Daily, November 27, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 47

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Cedarville Vs. Notre Dame, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Statistics

No abstract provided.

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Can Our Community “Afford” This Bond Issue For Our School? Proposed Factors For Determining Affordability Of School Building Projects, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

Paying To Save: Tax Withholding And Asset Allocation Among Low- And Moderate-Income Taxpayers, Michael S. Barr, Jane Dokko

Law & Economics Working Papers Archive: 2003-2009

Do Polls Limit Wishful Thinking?, Valery Kisilevsky, Renan Levine

Renan Levine

How To Keep Your Author Rights (And Influence People), Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Aspira Inc. Of Illinois: A Tale Of Educational Success?, Christian Rivera-Perez

Capstone Projects – Politics and Government

Cedarville Vs. Palm Beach Atlantic, Cedarville University

Volleyball Statistics

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Spartan Daily, November 29, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

2007 Volleyball Scholar Athletes And All-American Awards, Cedarville University

Volleyball News Releases

2007 Nccaa Volleyball National Championship, Cedarville University

Volleyball Programs

Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 28, November 29, 2007, Grand Valley State University

Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 143, November 28, 2007

Central Florida Future

Communicating A Crisis: The Public Information Officer's Perspective, Susan Hale

Communication Theses

Constructing Definitions Of Sexual Orientation In Research And Theory, Daleana Phillips

Sociology Theses

Legislating After Terrorism: September 11, The News Media And The Georgia Legislature, Rachel Tobin Ramos

Communication Theses

"Just Say No": A Process Evaluation Of A Johns' School, Amanda May Jungels

Sociology Theses

Paranthropus Boisei: Fifty Years Of Evidence And Analysis, Bernard A. Wood, Paul J. Constantino

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Estimating The Capacity Of Visual Short-Term Memory: A Transcranial Doppler Sonography Study, Natasha Ann Barrett

Psychology Theses

Spartan Daily, November 28, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Motor Control And Reading Fluency: Contributions Beyond Phonological Awareness And Rapid Automatized Naming In Children With Reading Disabilities., Christopher Blake Wolfe

Psychology Dissertations

Trauma Exposure And Behavioral Outcomes In Sheltered Homeless Children: The Moderating Role Of Perceived Social Support, Beryl Ann Cowan

Psychology Dissertations

Understanding Patenting Decisions: A Classroom Experiment, Amalia Yiannaka

Cornhusker Economics

Timing Variables In Reading And Language: The Relation Of Naming Speed And Motor Speed To Auditory Temporal Processing, Cynthia M. Zettler

Psychology Dissertations

Publishing Original Content In An Institutional Repository, Paul Royster

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Strangers In Their Own Land: A Cultural History Of Japanese American Internment Camps In Arkansas 1942-1945, Dori Felice Moss

Communication Theses

Spartan Daily, November 27, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Cedarville Vs. Notre Dame, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Statistics