Browsing Academic and Professional Development Fund Report 2012-2013 by Issue Date
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Tracing the Tradition of Medieval Parochial Peace-Making
(2012-11-15)My paper questions a persistent paradigm in the history of Catholic confession that argues for a medieval shift, beginning with the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215, from the reconciliation of community members towards greater ... -
Teaching in an Online Community of Inquiry: Faculty Role Adjustment in the New Higher Education
(2012-11-15)The role change required to integrate new teaching technology into the role of faculty is unequivocally linked to the pedagogical requirements embedded in creating a community of inquiry – online, face-to-face or both. ... -
Tracking Cardiovascular Responses To Anticipation Of An Exercise Test In Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Preliminary Test
(2012-11-15)Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) refers to relatively high heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) increases in the face of a mental stressor. CVR may be a concern for heart patients since it may precede ischemic events and ... -
Challenges to Connection- Changes in the Land and in Ways of Life in Kaska Dena Territory
(2012-11-15)The relationship to land is crucial for the well being of Kaska people. To maintain connection to the land, skills and language are both needed. Much knowledge about the land and how to live well on the land and with other ... -
Fall of the House of Euro – German capitalism and the long search for a ‘spatial fix
(2012-11-15)From the standpoint of capitalism in Germany, the European Union and the Eurozone are but the two most recent stations on the long pilgrimage to find a spatial fix, attempts to alleviate the perennial problem of a ... -
The Association Between Dementia Status, Co-morbidity, and Osteoporosis Treatment: A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study
(2012-11-15)BACKGROUND: Increasing age and a diagnosis of dementia both dramatically increase the risk of serious osteoporosis related sequela. At the same time, there remains an overall low rate of osteoporosis treatment particularly ... -
Mobilization of Workers: Labour Education and Publication in Chinese Revolution: 1919-1927
(2012-11-15)Chinese proletariat was young and numerically weak in the 1920s. These workers nevertheless played a decisive role in the great strike wave culminating in the mid-1920s. Western scholars have provided conflicting narratives ... -
Ethics and Economics: An Internal Relation
(2012-11-15)The relationship between ethics and economics in the modern age is typically viewed as external. This view is most usually articulated in the notion that for economic relations to be ethical, an ethic must be imposed; ... -
Dynamic Effects of African Economic Integration: Evidence from Panel Data
(2012-11-15)This paper uses panel data to estimate the impact of AMU, COMESA, ECCAS, ECOWAS and SADC regional economic integrations on the level and rate of growth of economic activity in Africa. The impacts of each integration scheme ... -
Questions Concerning Communication Technology in Nursing Practice
(2012-11-15)Martin Heidegger's question concerning technology, initially presented in 1949, has been distilled down to the following dichotomy: Is technology a human act? or Is technology a means to an end? Philosophers continue ... -
Disabling Mothers: Creating a Different Discourse for Postpartum Depression
(2012-11-15)Women have historically been direct targets for psychiatric “disordering” for a variety of well documented reasons that include their biology as well as their socially and culturally constructed gender roles. Depression ... -
Political Economy and History – the Case of Luxemburg’s Accumulation of Capital
(2012-11-15)Since her assassination, Rosa Luxemburg has been treated as an icon while her political and theoretical work is largely forgotten, neglected, or rejected. Recently, though, David Harvey used her ideas on capitalist expansion ... -
Downstream Horizontal Integration and Dealer Network Performance
(2012-11-15)A game theoretical model featuring a manufacturer and two dealers is proposed to investigate the effects of downstream horizontal integration on network performance. It is shown that the decision to integrate depends on ... -
Work, Learning, Inequality and the Academy
(2012-11-15)This paper will look at the connections between work, learning and inequality and apply these understandings to the academy as a worksite. (Theorizing from the literature) Introduction The connection between “work and ... -
Advertising for food and dietary supplements in the print media in South Africa
(2012-11-15)Objective: To survey advertisements for food and beverages, slimming products, and dietary supplements in South African magazines. Methods: We examined the 5 most popular magazines over one year. They are in 3 major ... -
Using Virtual Programming Lab for Web-based Distance Education
(2012-11-15)In Web-based distance education, our experience has shown that some courses are more challenging than others for both students and instructors when offered at a distance. Among those challenges, providing students with ... -
Students’ Motivation to Succeed in First-Year University Mathematics: The Role of Mathematics Self-Concept, Self-Efficacy, and Demographic Factors
(2012-11-15)Mathematics is an indispensable, core academic discipline. Mathematics, English, and Science are the core subjects required for first-year university admission. An important educational research is the motivation to succeed ... -
Flexible paths to assessment for OER learners: A Comparative Study
(2012-11-15)The opportunities for innovation in the developing OER world are endless. Recognizing learners’ prior experiential learning (RPL), already an innovative practice in many tertiary or post-secondary educational institutions, ...