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The Relationship Between Child Care Subsidies And Children’S Cognitive, Laura Hawkinson, Andrew Griffen, Nianbo Dong, Rebecca Maynard

REBECCA A MAYNARD

Child care subsidies help low-income families pay for child care while parents work or study. Few studies have examined the effects of child care subsidy use on child development, and no studies have done so controlling for prior cognitive skills. We use rich, longitudinal data from the ECLS-B data set to estimate the relationship between child care subsidy use and school readiness, using value-added regression models as well as parametric and non-parametric models with propensity score matching. Compared to a diverse group of subsidy non-recipients in various types of non-parental care as well as parental care only, we find that …

Perinatal Outcomes And Satisfaction With Care In Women With High Body Mass Index, Jan Thomas, Ingegerd Hildingsson

Jan Thomas

No abstract provided.

Comparison The Effects Of Communication And Conflict Resolution Skills Training On Marital Satisfaction, Siti Hassan

Siti Aishah Hassan Ph.D.

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of communication and conflict resolution skills training on marital satisfaction among Iranian couples based on PREPARE-ENRICH program. In this study, marital satisfaction was measured by ENRICH Marital Satisfaction. The methodology of this study was experimental method; with pre-test, post-test, and control group design. Purposive sampling was conducted to select the sample that was included 54 couples who were consisted of all couples referred to the researcher by counselling centres. The referrals were done for about two months in 2009. These couples were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control …

Early Public Impressions Of Terrestrial Carbon Capture And Storage In A Coal-Intensive State., Rachel Krause

Rachel M. Krause

While carbon capture and storage (CCS) is considered to be critical to achieving long-term climate-protection goals, public concerns about the CCS practice could pose significant obstacles to its deployment. This study reports findings from the first state-wide survey of public perceptions of CCS in a coal-intensive state, with an analysis of which factors predict early attitudes toward CCS. Nearly three-quarters of an Indiana sample (N=1,001) agree that storing carbon underground is a good approach to protecting the environment, despite 80% of the sample being unaware of CCS prior to participation in the two-wave survey. The majority of respondents do not …

Childhood, Youth, And Globalization: Some Theoretical Perspectives With Reflections On China, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

This chapter, part of a collection honoring Ruth Hayhoe, is an examination of how consumerism and globalization impacts children and youth in China. The book is available in The Ames Library collection. More information about the book can be found on the publisher's website.

Review Of "Llmc-Digital", Arthur Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

A detailed review of the LLMC-Digital electronic database commissioned by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

Closing The Gap On Health Care Disparities, Terry Lane, Mary Coonan

Terry Saunders Lane

In October 2008, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) Foundation launched the Closing the Gap on Health Care Disparities Initiative that supported 11 community-based coalitions across Massachusetts in addressing disparities in health care and outcomes. The projects selected a variety of health problems (e.g., diabetes, obesity, HIV/AIDS, and adolescent pregnancy) that differentially affect people with various demographic characteristics (e.g. race, ethnicity, economic status, and sexual orientation). Grantees received one-year planning awards to develop their ideas, assess needs, hone their approaches, and strengthen their coalitions. They then received two-year implementation grants. The Foundation also established a learning com- munity …

“Orthodoxy And Heresy In Departments Of Economics,”, William Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

No abstract provided.

Silent Revolution--Social Origins And University Matriculation At Peking University And Suzhou University, 1952-2002, Danching Ruan, Chan Liang, James Lee, Hao Zhang, Lan Li, Cameron Campbell, Shanhua Yang

Dr. RUAN, Danching

China has witnessed a revolution in higher education since 1949. One important fact of this revolution is undergraduate admissions to China’s elite universities, which in spite of the many profound political, social, and economic changes over the last half-century, have remained consistently open. Students from worker or peasant families rapidly replaced a previous monopoly by students from upper-class families on elite education. Moreover, the proportion of such working-class students has remained quite large until the end of the twentieth century. This silent revolution in higher education is a product not just of China’s emphasis on expanding primary and high school …

Recovery In A Shrinking City: Challenges To ‘Rightsizing’ Post-Katrina New Orleans, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Marla Nelson

Renia Ehrenfeucht

No abstract provided.

College Social Engagement And School Identification: Differences By College Type And Ethnicity, M. Witkow, Cari Gillen-O'Neel, A. Fuligni

Cari Gillen-O'Neel

No abstract provided.

Sluicing Without Wh-Movement In Malagasy, Ileana Paul, Eric Potsdam

Ileana Paul

No abstract provided.

Runx2 Tandem Repeats And The Evolution Of Facial Length In Placental Mammals, Marie Pointer, Jason Kamilar, Vera Warmuth, Stephen Chester, Frédéric Delsuc, Nicholas Mundy, Robert Asher, Brenda Bradley

Jason M. Kamilar

Background When simple sequence repeats are integrated into functional genes, they can potentially act as evolutionary ‘tuning knobs’, supplying abundant genetic variation with minimal risk of pleiotropic deleterious effects. The genetic basis of variation in facial shape and length represents a possible example of this phenomenon. Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), which is involved in osteoblast differentiation, contains a functionally-important tandem repeat of glutamine and alanine amino acids. The ratio of glutamines to alanines (the QA ratio) in this protein seemingly influences the regulation of bone development. Notably, in domestic breeds of dog, and in carnivorans in general, the ratio …

Development Of The Graduate Library User Education Series, Crystal Renfro, Mary Axford, Lori Critz, William Baer

Crystal L Renfro

This paper aims to examine the creation of a workshop series designed to help graduate students obtain the needed library research skills.

Children, Development, And The Textual Gun Dilemma, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.

Reproducing The Line: 1970s Innovative Poetry And Socialist-Feminism In The U.K., Samuel Solomon

Samuel Solomon

This dissertation considers the experimental group of ""Cambridge poets"" in the 1970s and explains how and why their somewhat obscure body of work was a battleground for cultural politics. I focus on the writing of women who bridged Cambridge poetry and socialist-feminist politics even as they worked at the margins of both communities. I argue that this poetry took shape at a unique conjuncture – the history of literary study at Cambridge, the varied British reception of Marxist thought and political action, the rise of Conservatism, and the increasing influence of feminism – that made radical poetics a hotly contested …

The Way Forward With Ecosystem-Based Management In Tropical Contexts: Reconciling With Existing Management Systems, Shankar Aswani, Patrick Christie, Nyawira Muthiga, Robin Mahon, Jurgenne Primavera, Lori Cramer, Edward Barbier, Elise Cranek, Chris Kennedy, Eric Wolanski, Sally Hacker

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.

Economic Assimilation Of Mexican And Chinese Immigrants In The United States: Is There Wage Convergence?, Michael Seeborg, Yujie Wu

Michael Seeborg

This research determines the economic assimilation experience of Mexican immigrants and Chinese immigrants towards natives level over time after controlling for human capital and demographic characteristics. Using Census data from multiple years, this research follows cohorts of Mexican and Chinese immigrants who migrated to the U.S. prior to 1994 to investigate the impact of assimilation on the level of earnings for these immigrants. Multiple regression and simulation techniques are used to compare the earnings growth pattern for the two immigrant groups. Results show that over time there is wage convergence for Chinese immigrants toward the native level and they do …

Sitting At The Nexus Of Epistemological Traditions: Narrative Psychological Perspectives On Self-Knowledge, Jonathan Adler

Jonathan M. Adler

To inquire about self knowledge implicitly suggests that there is a self that can be known in a verifiable way. Several psychological disciplines have developed creative and innovative methods for identifying and overcoming barriers to assessing the self in an objective manner. Yet from the perspectives adopted by the growing field of narrative psychology, the very mission of identifying objective self-knowledge is fraught. One of the most exciting elements of the field of narrative psychology is its location at the nexus of two epistemological traditions. On the one hand, narrative psychologists share many of the same concerns with validity, reliability, …

Comparisons Of Model Averaging Techniques: Assessing Growth Determinants, Shahram Amini, Christopher Parmeter

Christopher F. Parmeter

This paper replicates three important studies on growth theory uncertainty that employed Bayesian model averaging tools. We compare these results with estimates obtained using recently developed frequentist and alternative Bayesian model averaging techniques. Overall, we successfully replicate all three studies using freely available software in the statistical environment R, provide an easily implementable algorithm to operationalize the frequentist model averaging methods and find that the sign and magnitude of these new estimates are reasonably close to those produced via traditional Bayesian methods.

Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching, Courtney Newnham-Kanas, Don Morrow, Jennifer Irwin

Donald Morrow

The evidence-base for the practice of coaching continues to flourish, despite the fact that very little is known about the practitioners (i.e. the coaches) themselves. It is of value to understand how coaches perceive their practice. Such information can be utilized to create a common knowledge-base about coaches that can be used, in turn, to track trends and forward research that evaluates coaching services. As the use of Co-Active coaching in facilitating behaviour change continues to rise it becomes important to learn more about Certified-Professional Co-Active Coaches (CPCC). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate what CPCCs enjoy …

Never Forget National Humiliation: Historic Memory In Chinese Politics And Foreign Relations, Zheng Wang

Zheng Wang

No abstract provided.

Subtle Cognitive Impairment In Elders With Mini-Mental State Examination Scores Within The ‘Normal’ Range, Tim Friedman, G Yelland, S Robinson

Dr Tim Friedman

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening test for dementia, yet MMSE scores above the cut-off for dementia (24–30) are widely thought to have limited utility, particularly in older persons. The study investigates whether scores within this range can be indicative of pre-symptomatic levels of cognitive impairment. Ninety-six community-dwelling older persons aged 62–89 years (mean = 75.2 years), who had obtained MMSE scores between 25 and 30, were tested on the computer-based Subtle Cognitive Impairment Test (SCIT). Compared with individuals who obtained a perfect score of 30 on the MMSE, individuals with scores of 28–29 made …

A Spatial Model Of Coastal Ecosystem Services, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.

Promotion & Tenure Tools Guide, Brenna Helmstutler

Brenna Helmstutler

No abstract provided.

Francis Watts Lee: A Reintroduction, Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

Francis Watts Lee and his family hold a unique position in the history of photography. Most familiar are photographs of Lee's daughter Peggy, taken by F. Holland Day, and the striking portrait of Peggy and her mother, Agnes Rand Lee, in Gertrude Käsebier's composition, Blessed Art Thou among Women. Few may be aware that Francis Watts Lee was a photographer himself, as well as a talented printer, and was largely responsible for introducing the distinctive soft-focus Pinkham/Smith lens to the United States. This article reintroduces Lee to the photographic community, detailing his contributions to the field and reproducing his …

City Seclusion And Social Exclusion: How And Why Economic Disparities Harm Social Capital, Alina Oxendine

Alina Oxendine

Autism Spectrum Traits Predict The Neural Response To Eye Gaze In Typical Individuals., Lauri Nummenmaa, Andrew Engell, Elisabeth Von Dem Hagen, Richard Henson, Andy Calder

Andrew Engell

Who Can Say What To Whom?: The Grey's Anatomy Game, Sam Pack

Sam Pack

Distinctive Collections: The Space Between “General” And “Special” Collections And Implications For Collection Development, Daniel Dollar, Gregory Eow, Julie Linden, Melissa Grafe

Julie Linden