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Making The Connection: Active Transportation Planning, Use, Health & Safety (Bibliographic Essay), Mark Roquet

Mark Roquet

No abstract provided.

Sociocultural Theory, Concept Development, And Foreign Language Teacher Training, Kate Paesani

Kate Paesani

This presentation explores concept development in ten university French instructors during a semester-long training sequence on lesson planning. The sequence merges everyday and scientific concepts through collaborative, socially mediated activities. Descriptive data illustrate the efficacy of this professional development project and point to implications for future research.

Spanish Nasal Assimilation Revisited: A Cross-Dialect Electropalatographic Study, Alexei Kochetov, Laura Colantoni

Alexei Kochetov

This study employs electropalatography to investigate the implementation of nasal assimilation in two Spanish dialects (Argentine and Cuban) that differ in the realization of word-final nasals as alveolar or velar. 5 speakers of Argentine and 3 speakers of Cuban Spanish were presented with various utterances containing nasals followed by labial, coronal, and dorsal stops and fricatives under two stress conditions. Results revealed that place assimilation of nasals was consistently accompanied by stricture assimilation. The process was generally categorical, that is, the final alveolar or velar nasal adopted the articulation of the following consonant. Nasal + fricative sequences, however, showed a …

Toward A Completely Constructivist Critical Terrorism Studies, Jacob L. Stump, Priya Dixit

Jacob Stump

Fiscal Federalism In Chinese Taxation, Wei Cui

Wei Cui

The legal debate about the decentralization of taxing power in China has mainly centered around a directive issued by the State Council at the end of 1993, which directive, at the same time as launching the well-known and widely-discussed tax reform of 1994, announced that legislative power regarding taxation would be reserved exclusively for the central government. This directive has no constitutional basis, and its subsequent statutory incarnations are all either incomplete or ambiguous. Moreover, in the adoption of tax regulations for many types of taxes, there have been numerous deviations from this principle of centralization, and the bearing of …

Towards A Pedagogy Of Fair Use For Multimedia Composition, Renee Hobbs, Katie E. Donnelly

Renee Hobbs

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Distance From Central Cities On Partisan Outcomes In Elections, Elizabeth A. Stiles, Larry Schwab

Elizabeth A. Stiles

No abstract provided.

Anthropogenic Landform Modeling Using Gis Techniques Case Study: Vrancea Region, Adrian Ursu, Dan A. Chelaru, Florin C. Mihai

Florin C MIHAI

Anthropogenic landforms are the result of significant changes in the Earth's crust due to technological development of human society, guided by its economic, social and cultural needs. nthropogenic landforms of the studied area was analyzed using GIS techniques at the general scale, conducting the entire study area maps, and detailed modeling of representative samples in detail. Representing the anthropogenic landforms on the digital elevation model can be very important in studying natural hazards, such as hydrological modeling on flood plains, which could influence the direction of the flood wave. The digital elevation model (DEM) made by traditional methods can not …

Artículo Político Campaña Electoral 2011, Pablo Rosser

pablo rosser

Artículo de opinión del autor, como miembro del PSOE en Alicante.

Dynamic Regulation Design Without Payments: The Importance Of Timing, Raphael Boleslavsky, David L. Kelly

Raphael Boleslavsky

We consider a two period model of optimal regulation of a firm subject to marginal compliance cost shocks. The regulator faces an asymmetric information problem: the firm knows current compliance costs, but the regulator does not. Both the regulator and the firm are uncertain about future costs. In our basic framework, the regulator may not offer payments to the firm; we show that the regulator can vary the strength of regulation over time to induce the firm to reveal its costs and increase welfare. In the optimal mechanism, the regulator offers stronger (weaker) regulation in the first period and weaker …

Operating Without A Safety Net: Gay Male Adolescents’ Responses To Marginalization And Migration And Implications For Theory Of Syndemic Production Of Health Disparities, Douglas Bruce, Gary W. Harper, The Atn

Douglas Bruce

Health disparities among gay men (HIV, substance use, depression) have been described as a mutually occurring “syndemic” that is socially produced through two overarching dynamics: marginalization and migration. Although the syndemic theory proposes a developmental trajectory, it has been largely based on epidemiological studies of adult gay men and has not been examined using qualitative data from gay male adolescents and emerging adults describing their developmental experience. We conducted interviews with 54 HIV-positive gay and bisexual male adolescents and emerging adults at four sites in the United States. This study provides examples of developmental trajectories that help explain the early …

Affirming Rhetorical Materialism: Enfolding The Virtual And The Actual, Matthew Bost, Ronald Walter Greene

Ronald Walter Greene

No abstract provided.

Outsourcing, Delocalization And Firm Organization, Massimiliano Mazzanti

Massimiliano Mazzanti

No abstract provided.

Humanitarian Aid, Internal Displacement And Social Impacts In Sudan, Professor Issam A.W. Mohamed

Professor Issam A.W. Mohamed

The study presented here reviews activities of NGOs in Sudan by surveying and studying the activities of Save the Children of United Kingdom. Activities of NGOs in Sudan were always a controversial issue that resulted in the expulsion of many in 2009. There were also precedents of such expulsions in previous and following years. The paper discusses humanitarian work in Sudan, positive and negative sides. The case study's activities of the Save the Children efforts in Jebel Aulia Internally Displaced People, specially their efforts in education were investigated. It is concluded that introduce invaluable help in educational field, building classes …

Violence And Migration On The Arizona/Sonora Border, Scott Whiteford

Scott Whiteford

No abstract provided.

Revisiting A Proposed Definition Of Professional Service Firms, Asghar Zardkoohi, Leonard Bierman, Daria Panina, Subrata Chakrabarty

Subrata Chakrabarty

The Sidelining Of Top It Executives In The Governance Of Outsourcing: Antecedents, Power Struggles, And Consequences, Subrata Chakrabarty, Dwayne Whitten

Subrata Chakrabarty

Finding An Optimal Path: Highways Versus Local Roads, Gabriel Leiner

Gabriel Leiner

Commuters across the United States are often presented with the dilemma of whether to wait at an onramp to get on a highway or look for short-cuts on local roads. An answer to this question may lie in the use of Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) wireless technology. With the touch of a button, connected vehicle technology could allow drivers to access real time information about the sizes and speeds of queues at highway onramps, as well as the signal phases of traffic lights on local roads. In the future, drivers could rely on this information to make valid judgments …

Overview Of Depression: Epidemiology And Implications For Community Nursing Practice, Chrystalleni Lazarou, Christiana Kouta, Margarita Kapsou, Charis P. Kaite

Dr. Charis P. Kaite

Depressive disorders are among the most common psychological conditions currently affecting individuals living in the Westernized world. Yet, available data indicate that fewer than one third of adults with depression obtain appropriate professional treatment. This is attributed, among other reasons, to the under-recognition of the problem by health professionals, including district nurses. In order to improve recognition of the problem, it is imperative for nurses and especially those working in community settings, to appreciate the importance of prompt diagnosis which presumes both an understanding and knowledge of basic aspects of the problem and, an understanding of their role in dealing …

The Wild Hunt: An Early Attempt To Rationalize Life After Death, Lizzy A. Walker

Lizzy A. Walker

Radicalization Of Islamist Terrorists In The Western World, Daniel H. Heinke, Ryan Hunter

Dr. Daniel H. Heinke

Unified simplified model of the radicalization process of homegrown Islamist terrorists.

Composite Indexes And Systems Of Indicators Of Regional Integration., Gaspare M. Genna, Philippe Delombaerde, Ettore Dorrucci, Francesco Paolo P. Mongelli

Gaspare M Genna

No abstract provided.

A Response To Jones And Smith: It's Not As Bad As It Seems; Or, Five Ways To Move Critical Terrorism Studies Forward, Jacob L. Stump, Priya Dixit

Jacob Stump

No abstract provided.

R&D Subsidies, Spillovers, And Privatization In Mixed Markets, Maria Jose Gil-Molto, Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, Vasileios Zikos

Joanna Poyago-Theotoky

We examine the use of subsidies to research and development (R&D) in a mixed and a private duopoly market. We show that the socially optimal R&D subsidy is increasing in the degree of spillovers, but it is lower in the private duopoly. The optimal R&D subsidy leads to an increase in total R&D and production; however, it does not lead to the equalization of per firm output and therefore to an efficient distribution of production costs. We also find that privatization of the public firm reduces R&D activity and welfare in the duopoly market. This result stands even when optimal …

Right To The Suburb? Rethinking Lefebvre And Immigrant Activism, Clara Irazabal, Genevieve Carpio, Laura Pulido

Clara Irazabal

In the face of increasing migration by Latinos to suburbs and multi-scalar policies criminalizing immigrants, municipalities are increasingly confronting the question, Who has the Right to the Suburb? We seek to better understand how the tensions between suburbanites and Latino immigrants are addressed by municipal governments as immigration enforcement is increasingly rescaled to the local level. Case studies of Maywood and Costa Mesa in Southern California suggest responses are by no means similar and can actually be contrasting, given the city’s historical trajectories, socio-economic status, political leadership, and networks of activists. Suburban struggles are often assumed to be conservative and …

Specification And Inversion: Evidence From Malagasy, Ileana Paul

Ileana Paul

No abstract provided.

Parental Investments In India: Are Boys And Girls Treated Differently?, Silvia Helena Barcellos, Leandro Carvalho, Adriana Lleras-Muney

Silvia Helena Barcellos

No abstract provided.

La Frontera Norte De México. Una Aproximación Socioeconómica Desde Tijuana, Isaac Leobardo Sánchez Juárez, Rosa María García

Isaac Sánchez-Juárez

En este documento se presentan algunas reflexiones sobre la frontera norte de México, desde una posición socioeconómica y haciendo hincapié en el caso de Tijuana. El objetivo es señalar algunos temas que resultan de interés para profundizar en su investigación. Nuestras reflexiones son preliminares y esperan despertar el prurito para ampliar las líneas del conocimiento sobre un espacio territorial tan rico y diverso.

A Produção Do Espaço Urbano No Mundo Contemporâneo: Refletindo A Partir Da Operação Urbana Do Isidoro, Belo Horizonte, Mg, Rafael De Oliveira Alves, Letícia De Melo Honório

Rafael de Oliveira Alves

Trata de uma reflexão acerca dos principais aspectos da produção e organização do espaço urbano no mundo contemporâneo tendo como objeto empírico de análise o caso da Operação Urbana do Isidoro, em Belo Horizonte, MG.

Ovgtsl Conference Summary, Scholarship Recipient Report, Craig A. Boman

Craig A Boman

No abstract provided.