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The Experience Of Social Workers Who Use Thought Field Therapy Or Emotional Freedom Technique, Tara Nicotra

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This thesis explores social workers' experiences with their use of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) with their clients. These techniques, which are also known as tapping, involve tapping one's own fingers in a specific sequence on specific points on the body while tuning into undesired feelings in an effort to eliminate feelings of distress. For this study, I conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve clinical social workers. The study participants had been practicing either EFT or TFT for an average of eight years, with three years being the least amount of time that a participant had been …

Critical Foundations: Providing Australia’S 21st Century Infrastructure, Michael Regan

Michael Regan

Extract:

Infrastructure is undoubtedly the least understood of the major asset classes in Australia. A tradition of public ownership and operation, its status as a public good and a lack of information about its investment characteristics in both public and private hands has contributed to limited recognition of its role in national and regional economies. However, this situation is changing. A coincidence of political, economic and financial events in the lead up to the worldwide economic recession of the late 1980s and Australia's microeconomic reforms of the 1990s b[r]ought into sharper focus the central role that infrastructure plays in both …

Temporal Aggregation, Cointegration And Causality Inference, Gulasekaran Rajaguru, Tilak Abeysinghe

Gulasekaran Rajaguru

Temporal aggregation creates contemporaneous correlations, alters dynamic links and may distort causality inference. Since cointegration is invariant to temporal aggregation and implies Granger causality this paper presents a sign rule for causal inference and contemporaneous conditioning in regression models.

Reordering Diplomatic Theory For The Twenty-First Century: A Tripartite Approach, Stuart Murray

Stuart Murray

The central aim of this thesis is to deconstruct and reconstruct the dominant theoretical perceptions of diplomacy, by reworking radically existing theories of diplomacy. This thesis achieves reconceptualisation of diplomatic theory by critiquing the thoughts and ideas of theorists postulating on modern diplomacy. Consequently, this thesis is concerned (largely) with the theoretical terrain of diplomacy studies. The purpose of this intended deconstruction and reconstruction is to introduce and construct three lucid types of diplomatic theory. These three types or categories introduced in this thesis are Traditional, Nascent and Innovative Diplomatic Theory. By categorising these three distinct types of theories, it …

Firm Performance And Macro-Economic Variables, Ray Mcnamara, Keith Duncan

Ray McNamara

The purpose of this research is to predict the fundamental performance of a firm as measured by the rate of return on assets (ROA). The paper presents a model relating ROA to prior year ROA and to the level of activity in the economy. A principal components' analysis of thirty-three economic indicators was used. The variables used were drawn from the main theories/perspectives on macro economic behaviour. These were the Leading and Coincident Indicators perspective, Supply or Cost-Push Theories, Monetary Economics, and Savings-Investment theories. Three factors emerged and were labelled as an Output Factor, Interest Factor, and a Corporate Activity …

The Legacy, August 26, 2009, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Hotel-Motel Tax In Tennessee Cities (2009), Ron Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The proceeds from the hotel-motel tax can be used for purposes authorized in your enacting ordinance, private act, or general law.

Prospectus, August 26, 2009, Cassandra Cunningham, Aaron Geiger, Alishia Reynolds, Levi Norman, Sean Hermann, Chuck Shepherd, Chrissie Mckenney, Samantha Hylla

Prospectus 2009

No abstract provided.

Resource: Images Of 1972 China

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

I received a note on the H-Asia listserv last week from the Asian Studies WWW Monitor (which provides regular summaries of online teaching resources on Asia). The note flagged a fabulous archive of photographs of daily life taken by Wellesley Political Science Professor William A. Joseph in 1972. Below, a few images from this intriguing resource.

The Pro-Active Academic Librarian: The How And The Why: Illustrated By Case Studies From India And Canada, Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Ganga B. Dakshinamurti

Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

The Presentation Of Self Reminded Me Of Dale Carnegie's Best Selling How To Win Friends And Influence People, Ralph Turner

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Dr. Ralph Turner, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California Los Angeles, wrote this memoir for the Erving Goffman Archives and approved posting the present version on the web.

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

• Try GIL-Find, our new alternative library catalog interface
• Book Signing with Dr. Hemchand Gossai

Three Counties Saw The Majority Of Nebraska’S Housing Growth 2007 – 2008, Randolph L. Cantrell

Cornhusker Economics

According to estimates released by the Bureau of the Census in August, 2009, Nebraska’s total housing stock increased by 5,529 units between July 1, 2007 and July 1, 2008, an increase of 0.7 percent for the year. This represented an estimated rate of growth in housing stock slightly below the state’s estimated rate of population growth, which was 0.8 percent for the same time period.

Free To Act Any Way He Wanted : Male Gender Identity And Professional Wrestling, Daniel Sarnat Millman

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This theoretical study explores professional wrestling as a performance of masculinity. After briefly outlining what American professional wrestling is, and why its study is highly relevant to the field of social work, this study considers how professional wrestling may meet needs of its male fans related to their experiences of gender identity development. This study draws on Sharon Mazer's work of conceptualizing professional wrestling as a performance of masculinity. It draws on a body of feminist, postmodern, psychoanalytic theory which critiques the notion of gender as a binary, essential, and biologically determined category, and asserts that each person's development of …

Influence Of A Multidimensional Model Of Antiracism Training On White Clinicians Positive Self-Regard, White Privilege Attitudes And Social Identity Development, Mareike Noel Muszynski

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

A mixed-methods evaluation of a racism training examined whether education about a social identity development model predicated on critical race theory influenced white clinicians' attitudes regarding white privilege, level of positive self-regard, and attempted to explore how participants processed their social identity development in a follow up questionnaire. Fourteen self-identifying white clinicians completed pre and post surveys the day of a two and half hour work-shop based training. Five of those participants went on to complete the final survey including qualitative questions regarding their identity development. White privilege attitudes were measured by the White Privilege Attitudes Scale (WPAS; Pinterits, Poteat …

Therapist As Client : Revisiting The Idea Of Clinicians In Therapy, Laura Elisabeth Mowrey

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The subject of graduate students undergoing their own therapeutic process in order to become more competent clinicians is a subject of much debate in the literature. There is evidence to suggest both benefits and risks to clinicians undergoing the therapeutic process. This study was undertaken to further explore how clinicians perceive their own mental health, if they have been in therapy previously, found it to be helpful, or unhelpful, and if they think that personal therapy should be a requirement for graduate students who are studying to be clinicians. This was a mixed methods study, which was exploratory in nature. …

Supporting Father Involvement Project : From Research To Action : A Project Based Upon An Investigation At University Of California, Berkeley, Yale University Child Study Center And Smith College School For Social Work, Katherine Lindsay Mcdonnell

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study was undertaken to determine the most effective dissemination strategies used by the Supporting Father Involvement's (SFI) Project Directors to encourage Partner Agencies to adopt father friendliness and the SFI curriculum into their family resource centers (FRC) in five pilot California counties. This qualitative study aims to inform SFI's investigators about what works in dissemination approaches for a social service intervention, and what hinders those efforts. Sponsored by the California Office for Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP), the Supporting Father Involvement Project (SFI) is the first randomized clinical trial demonstrating that strengthening the couple as parents and partners benefits the …

Having Our Say : Stressors And Readjustment Issues Of Veterans Of The Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan From The Perspective Of Loved Ones, Karen Davis Mcginty

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative study explores the stressors and readjustment issues experienced by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from the perspective of loved ones. A review of the literature on veterans' experiences is vast; however there is little literature that discusses the stressors from the perspective of a loved one. This study examines the "common" post-combat stressors, psychosocial issues, and mental illnesses impacting combat veterans in the words and observations of those closest to them. Twelve loved ones of veterans of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan participated in this study, providing narrative data based on their veterans' …

Lovers Without Borders : Self-Reflections On The Relationships Of Cross-National And Cross-Cultural Couples Of Korean Women Partnered With North American Non-Asian Men, Omer Astar Mendelson

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how couples, composed of a Korean woman and a non-Asian North American man, who are in long-term relationship, perceive the challenges and benefits of their relationship, and to gain an understanding of how they negotiate, interweave and construct their relationship. Six intermarried couples, where the female partner had been born and was raised primarily in Korea, and the male partner came from the United States were interviewed. Special emphasis was placed on how the woman's experiences of migration, including loss and adaptation to a new culture, have affected her and have …

Racial And Ethnocultural Considerations In The Treatment Of Combat Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder With Servicemembers And Veterans Of Color, Nada Michael

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

Research from past wars has shown that veterans of color have significantly higher rates of PTSD than their white counterparts and a higher prevalence over their lifetime. Studies have sought to explain these differences and have found that while there are perhaps no racial genetic predispositions to the development of PTSD, ethno-cultural factors which are often associated with race play a significant role in the etiology and treatment of PTSD and therefore are important to consider when working with this population. This purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which clinicians who work with servicemembers and veterans …

Curriculum Vitae, Sheldon Kamieniecki

Sheldon Kamieniecki

No abstract provided.

Better City, Better Life, Anna Greenspan

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Since in Shanghai Expo preparation is now ubiquitous, and because I share China’s love of numbered lists, here are my top 8 suggestions for how Shanghai could implement its promise–now posted everywhere–of a ‘better city, better life.’

I’ve deliberately not included things that are a) already underway (e.g. more subway stops), b) up to the whim of a single entrepreneur (e.g. a decent bagel shop) and c) too obviously political (e.g. a more open media).

As those of us who love the city know, there is much that Shanghai–with its safe, pedestrian friendly, tree lined streets and spectacular skyline–gets right. …

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, August 2009, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Municipal Handbook (2008), Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A comprehensive manual on municipal government in Tennessee. Updated through July 2008.

The Evolution (Or Intelligent Design) Of Ignorance, Concerned West Bend Citizen

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

Nebraska And Lancaster County's Demographic Trends, David J. Drozd

Presentations

Presented to the Kiwanis Club of Lincoln.

Kepuasan Pasien Dan Kunjungan Rumah Sakit, Hafizurrachman Hafizurrachman

Kesmas

Kepuasan pasien ternyata tidak selalu meningkatkan kunjungan pasien di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui hubungan kepuasan pasien dengan jumlah kunjungan di rumah sakit. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer survei pelayanan di rawat jalan dan rawat inap selama 9 periode pengukuran pada 2007 – 2009 dan data sekunder kunjungan rumah sakit pada periode yang sama, jumlah sampel adalah 125 pasien per periode yang diambil dengan metoda stratified random sampling. Analisis dilakukan secara analisis time series dengan metode tren kuadrat terkecil (Least Square Method ), analisis regresi sederhana dan analisis uji perbedaan tiga atau lebih rata-rata (Uji-Kruskal Wallis). Penelitian ini …

Kinerja Bidan Di Desa Dalam Program Jaminan Pemeliharaan Kesehatan Masyarakat Miskin, Arfah Husna, Besral Besral

Kesmas

Cakupan pelayanan kebidanan program Jaminan Pelayanan Kesehatan Masyarakat Miskin (JPKMM) di Kabupaten Aceh Selatan tahun 2006 yang belum mencapai target mengindikasikan kinerja bidan di desa dalam pelayanan kebidanan program JPKMM masih rendah. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui kinerja bidan desa dan faktor-faktor yang berhubungan. Kinerja bidan desa diukur dengan melihat cakupan pelayanan kebidanan program JPKMM meliputi cakupan pemeriksaan kehamilan minimal 4 kali dan cakupan pertolongan persalinan. Disain penelitian yang digunakan adalah cross sectional dengan populasi seluruh bidan desa yang bertugas di Kabupaten Aceh Selatan tahun 2007. Sampel adalah bidan desa yang sudah bertugas minimal setahun yang berjumlah 104 orang. Disimpulkan bahwa …

Indonesia Diagnosis Related Groups, Ronnie Rivany

Kesmas

Di Amerika dan Australia, Kelompok Diagnosis Terkait (Diagnosis Related Group’s ) (DRGs) adalah suatu cara mengidentifikasi dan mengelompokkan pasien yang mempunyai kebutuhan dan sumber yang sama dirumah sakit berdasarkan alur perjalanan klinis (Clinical Pathway ). Penyakit yang mempunyai co morbidity atau co mortality, disebut Casemixdan mempunyai kode yang memperlihatkan derajat keparahan kelompok penyakit sehingga secara linear akan mempengaruhi besaran biaya perawatan. Dengan demikian, pembayaran perawatan di rumah sakit akan dilakukan berdasarkan “kesembuhan“ (cost of treatment per diagnosis), dan bukan berdasarkan penggunaan pelayanan medis dan non medis (fee for services). Di Indonesia sampai kini belum ada model perhitungan biaya untuk pembayaran …

Spartan Daily August 25, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 2