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Clean And Safe Ports: Building A Movement, Region By Region, Martha Matsuoka

Martha Matsuoka

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Reimagining Nursing’S Place In The History Of Clinical Practice, Julie Fairman, P D'Antonio

Julie A Fairman

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Supporting Meaningful Learning With Online Resources: Developing A Review Process, Sarah Giersch, Heather Leary, Bart Palmer, Mimi Recker

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

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Reasonable Suspicion, Kristine Botsford Mullendore

Kristine Botsford Mullendore

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Will The Followers Be Led? Where Union Members Stand On Immigration?, Roger Waldinger

Roger D Waldinger

Immigration is a source of cleavage on both sides of the usual ideological divides, as illustrated by its propensity to divide the American labor movement. This paper explores this question through a detailed analysis of a 2006 survey of national opinion, conducted by the Pew Centers, which provides the unusual opportunity to spotlight the opinions of union members. The results signal a warning light, as the views of union members turn out to be very different from those advanced by their leaders.

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Fmri Investigation Of Working Memory For Faces In Autism: Visual Coding And Underconnectivity With Frontal Areas, Hideya Koshino, Rajesh Kana, Timothy Keller, Vladimir Cherkassky, Nancy Minshew, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

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Storm Surge, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

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China’S Ventures In Africa, Emmanuel Aning, Delphine Lecroute

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

In this paper, we are guided by several questions of which the critical one is whether Sino-African relations are merely opportunistic and based on an ad hoc momentum, or whether they reflect a real strategy based on presence and territorial domination in the new context of competition and cooperation on the reconfigured African continent. We argue that any endeavour to appreciate the complexities of this relationship needs a more nuanced and differentiated appreciation and understanding of Sino-African relations. Such an approach will elucidate the complex relationship between Africa and China and, more importantly, emphasise the delicate nuances that are overlooked …

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Is Federalism The Reason For Policy Failure In Hurricane Katrina?, Thomas Birkland, Sarah Waterman

Thomas A Birkland

Governmental responses to Hurricane Katrina are generally cited as policy failures. Media and popular analyses focus on the federal government’s policy failures in hazard preparedness, response, and recovery. Meanwhile, disaster experts realize that disaster response is a shared intergovernmental responsibility.We examine the federal nature of natural disaster policy in the US to consider whether federalism, or other factors, had the greatest influence on the failures in Katrina.We find that some policy failures are related to policy design considerations based in federalism, but that the national focus on ‘‘homeland security’’ and the concomitant reduction in attention to natural hazards and disasters, …

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What’S The Problem In Public Sector Workforce Recruitment? A Comparative Analysis Of The Public, Nonprofit, And Private Sectors., Brian Collins

Brian K. Collins

Public sector workforce recruitment is problematic, but the nature of that problem is not clearly defined. Workforce recruitment is essentially a matching problem that requires managers to recruit desired employees in available labor pools. This research asks whether sectoral differences and competition for labor affect whether public managers frame the major problem of workforce recruitment as the size, qualifications, or work ethic of the labor pool. Using survey data from about 2,300 managers from two US states, problem attributions are modeled using multinomial logit. The findings suggest that the public and nonprofit sectors find it more problematic to recruit qualified …

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The Confronting Prejudiced Responses (Cpr) Model: "Cpr" For Hispanic Professionals, Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Kathryn Morris, Stephanie Goowin

Kathryn A. Morris

Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States, comprising over 15% of the total population (Pew Hispanic Center, 2007). Perhaps not surprisingly, along with their growing numbers come frequent experiences with ethnic harassment in the workplace. Specifically, Hispanic employees are often the targets of derogatory comments and jokes about their ethnicity, and the more they experience such verbal harassment, the lower their life satisfaction, even after controlling for dispositional negative affect (Schneider, Hitlan, & Radhakrishnan, 2000). Given today's unstable economy, such intergroup conflict is likely to escalate (see LeVine & Campbell, 1972), underscoring the need for employers to …

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If You Pay For Skills, Will They Learn? Skill Change And Maintenance Under A Skill-Based Pay System., Erich Dierdorff, Eric Surface

Erich C. Dierdorff

Although the use of skill-based pay has increased in popularity, empirical investigations of the effectiveness of this compensation strategy have been scarce. The fundamental premise of skill-based pay is that contingent monetary reward will promote individual learning. The authors empirically examine this essential principle with data spanning 5 years, using latent growth analysis. Results demonstrate that skill-based pay is related to individual skill change and maintenance. Whether or not individuals earn skill-based pay on their initial attempt is associated with subsequent rates of learning. In addition, the frequency with which skill-based pay is received and the total amount earned are …

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Decomposition Of Repetition Priming Components In Picture Naming, Wendy Francis, Nuvia Corral, Mary Jones, Silvia Sáenz

Wendy S. Francis

Cognitive mechanisms underlying repetition priming in picture naming were decomposed in several experiments. Sets of encoding manipulations meant to selectively prime or reduce priming in object identification or word production components of picture naming were combined factorially, in order to dissociate processes underlying priming in picture naming. Experiments 1, 2, and 3 were conducted with Spanish-English bilingual participants and bilingual materials. Experiments 4, 5A, and 5B were single-language experiments in English and Spanish. A simple process model was used to formalize the theoretical predictions and test them across all experiments simultaneously. Object identification and word production processes were selectively influenced …

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From Religiosity To Consumerism: Press Coverage Of Thanksgiving, 1905 To 2005, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

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The Role Of Alcohol Use In Emergency Department Episodes, Michael French, Gulcin Gumus, Heather Turner

Michael T. French

This study investigates the association between alcohol use and emergency-department (ED) utilization in the United States using nationally representative data from the 2001 National Health Interview Survey (N = 33,326). Estimates from our probit models indicate that among men, current drinkers are less likely to have visited the ED in the past year than former drinkers. Among women, lifetime abstainers are less likely than current drinkers to have had an ED episode. Finally, frequency of binge drinking significantly increases the likelihood of ED visits for men. The results suggest that focusing solely on problem drinking provides a limited perspective.

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A Political Ecology Of Neglect: Race, Gender, And Environmental Change In Philadelphia, Alec Brownlow

Alec Brownlow

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Assessing Training Needs: Do Work Experience And Capability Matter?, Erich Dierdorff, Eric Surface

Erich C. Dierdorff

Despite the crucial nature of needs assessment in training design and development, very little empirical work examining factors that influence such ratings has been undertaken. We investigated the impact of individuals’ levels of work experience, self-efficacy, and skill proficiency on their subsequent ratings of training needs. Our results indicate that self-efficacy and skill proficiency are positively related to importance and frequency ratings for both skills and job tasks. However, when considered collectively, skill proficiency was a more potent influence, suggesting that an individual’s actual capability may have a greater impact on ratings of training needs than his or her perceived …

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’Selling Sin’ In A Hostile Environment: A Comparison Of Ukrainian And American Tobacco Advertising Strategies In Magazines, Joyce Wolburg

Joyce Wolburg

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The Varied Educational Effects Of Parent-Child Communication: A Comparative Study Of Fourteen Countries, Hyunjoon Park

Hyunjoon Park

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Kicking The Habitus:Power, Culture And Pedagogy In The Secondary School Music Curriculum, Ruth Wright

Ruth Wright Dr

Within a theoretical framework drawn from sociologists of education Bourdieu and Bernstein, this paper will examine some of the findings of an ethnographic case study conducted with a secondary school music teacher and one class of her pupils in Wales. This teacher attracted 25% of Year 10 (14-year-old) pupils to study music as an optional subject against a national background of 8% average. The study attempted to examine the lived experiences of the participants in music at home and school. Teacher and pupils had much to say about music teaching and learning in the classroom and beyond. Much of the …

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“Poverty, Development, And Ecological Services”, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

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Preschool Children And The Media, William Thorn

William Thorn

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Working With Primary Sources: An Overview, Julie Fairman, Mages K

Julie A Fairman

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Heterogeneity In Smoker Preferences For Increased Efficacy Of Cessation Therapies, Robert Paterson, Kevin Boyle, Christopher Parmeter, James Neumann, Paul De Civita

Christopher F. Parmeter

Promoting cessation is a cornerstone of tobacco control efforts by public-health agencies. Economic information to support cessation programs has generally emphasized cost-effectiveness or the impact of cigarette pricing and smoking restrictions on quit rates. In contrast, this study provides empirical estimates of smoker preferences for increased efficacy and other attributes of smoking cessation therapies (SCTs). Choice data were collected through a national survey of Canadian smokers. We find systematic preference heterogeneity for therapy types and SCT attributes between light and heavy smokers, as well as random heterogeneity using random parameters logit models. Preference heterogeneity is greatest between length of use …

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Evolving Needs Of Mature Consumers: Responsiveness Of Product Designers And Marketers, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

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Modern Slavery In Historical Context: Sociological Categories And Nuances Of Human Exploitation, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

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Marital Status And Voting Behavior, Cigdem Sirin

Cigdem V. Sirin

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Global Public Policy, Transnational Policy Communities And Their Networks, Diane Stone

Diane L Stone

Public policy has been a prisoner of the word ‘state’”. The state is re-configured by globalization. Through ‘global public-private partnerships’ and ‘transnational executive networks’ new forms of authority are emerging through global and regional policy processes that co-exist alongside nation-state policy processes. Accordingly, this paper asks what is ‘global public policy’? The first part of the paper identifies new public spaces where global policies occur. These spaces are multiple in character and variety and will be collectively referred to as the ‘global agora’. The second section adapts the conventional policy cycle heuristic by conceptually stretching it to the global and …

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Town And Gown Collaboration: An Example Of University Support For The Development Of A Local Delinquency Prevention Plan, Preston Elrod

Preston Elrod, Ph.D.

This bulletin describes the role that the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University has played in supporting local efforts to develop a community delinquency prevention plan. Specifically, it describes the role that the college has played in the development of a local prevention plan and presents the preliminary results of this effort. The bulletin concludes by describing the potential benefits to the community that are associated with college support for local prevention planning.

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Lots Of Luck: Contextualizing Sortition In Approaches To Chance, Mindy Peden

Mindy Peden

Explores the ways in which luck and chance have been understood by political theorists. Contemporary political thinkers understand luck to describe those situations in which the individual subject has no control. Chance, however, has been understood in a variety of ways over time, beginning with Aristotle suggesting that chance is the “coincidental intersection of two separate causes.” Enlightenment thinkers argue, however, from a more deterministic perspective suggesting that chance is an epistemological category resulting from a deficit of human knowledge. In other words, the world is deterministic and certain even if not predictable by humans. That the world is a …

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Clean And Safe Ports: Building A Movement, Region By Region, Martha Matsuoka

Martha Matsuoka

Reimagining Nursing’S Place In The History Of Clinical Practice, Julie Fairman, P D'Antonio

Julie A Fairman

Supporting Meaningful Learning With Online Resources: Developing A Review Process, Sarah Giersch, Heather Leary, Bart Palmer, Mimi Recker

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

Reasonable Suspicion, Kristine Botsford Mullendore

Kristine Botsford Mullendore

Will The Followers Be Led? Where Union Members Stand On Immigration?, Roger Waldinger

Roger D Waldinger

Fmri Investigation Of Working Memory For Faces In Autism: Visual Coding And Underconnectivity With Frontal Areas, Hideya Koshino, Rajesh Kana, Timothy Keller, Vladimir Cherkassky, Nancy Minshew, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

Storm Surge, Meenakshi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

China’S Ventures In Africa, Emmanuel Aning, Delphine Lecroute

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

Is Federalism The Reason For Policy Failure In Hurricane Katrina?, Thomas Birkland, Sarah Waterman

Thomas A Birkland

What’S The Problem In Public Sector Workforce Recruitment? A Comparative Analysis Of The Public, Nonprofit, And Private Sectors., Brian Collins

Brian K. Collins

The Confronting Prejudiced Responses (Cpr) Model: "Cpr" For Hispanic Professionals, Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Kathryn Morris, Stephanie Goowin

Kathryn A. Morris

If You Pay For Skills, Will They Learn? Skill Change And Maintenance Under A Skill-Based Pay System., Erich Dierdorff, Eric Surface

Erich C. Dierdorff

Decomposition Of Repetition Priming Components In Picture Naming, Wendy Francis, Nuvia Corral, Mary Jones, Silvia Sáenz

Wendy S. Francis

From Religiosity To Consumerism: Press Coverage Of Thanksgiving, 1905 To 2005, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

The Role Of Alcohol Use In Emergency Department Episodes, Michael French, Gulcin Gumus, Heather Turner

Michael T. French

A Political Ecology Of Neglect: Race, Gender, And Environmental Change In Philadelphia, Alec Brownlow

Alec Brownlow

Assessing Training Needs: Do Work Experience And Capability Matter?, Erich Dierdorff, Eric Surface

Erich C. Dierdorff

’Selling Sin’ In A Hostile Environment: A Comparison Of Ukrainian And American Tobacco Advertising Strategies In Magazines, Joyce Wolburg

Joyce Wolburg

The Varied Educational Effects Of Parent-Child Communication: A Comparative Study Of Fourteen Countries, Hyunjoon Park

Hyunjoon Park

Kicking The Habitus:Power, Culture And Pedagogy In The Secondary School Music Curriculum, Ruth Wright

Ruth Wright Dr

“Poverty, Development, And Ecological Services”, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

Preschool Children And The Media, William Thorn

William Thorn

Working With Primary Sources: An Overview, Julie Fairman, Mages K

Julie A Fairman

Heterogeneity In Smoker Preferences For Increased Efficacy Of Cessation Therapies, Robert Paterson, Kevin Boyle, Christopher Parmeter, James Neumann, Paul De Civita

Christopher F. Parmeter

Evolving Needs Of Mature Consumers: Responsiveness Of Product Designers And Marketers, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

Modern Slavery In Historical Context: Sociological Categories And Nuances Of Human Exploitation, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

Marital Status And Voting Behavior, Cigdem Sirin

Cigdem V. Sirin

Global Public Policy, Transnational Policy Communities And Their Networks, Diane Stone

Diane L Stone

Town And Gown Collaboration: An Example Of University Support For The Development Of A Local Delinquency Prevention Plan, Preston Elrod

Preston Elrod, Ph.D.

Lots Of Luck: Contextualizing Sortition In Approaches To Chance, Mindy Peden

Mindy Peden