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ALBA and UNASUR – The Emergence of Counter-hegemonic Regional Associations in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2013-03-07)
Latin America and the Caribbean have been victims of more than 500-years of colonialism and imperialism. A key component of both colonialism and imperialism has been the denial of and/or distortion of sovereignty throughout ...
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 ...
Using Open Source Survey Tools for Qualitative Inquiries on Educational Development at a Distance Online University
(2013-03-05)
This paper reports on two open source survey tools that were used to gather data related to Athabasca University’s (AU) educational development activities within a qualitative evaluation framework. First, a Moodle questionnaire ...
Use of a computer controlled spectrophotometer in home chemistry experiments
(2012-11-15)
Home lab experiments in general chemistry often involve simple chemical manipulations, general chemical observations, and measurements of volume and mass. A mass balance is often the most complex piece of lab equipment ...
Take the Challenge for Primary Health Care and Pediatric APNs: Evidence Based Strategies to Improve Support for Parents of Chronically Ill Children
(2013-01-10)
Parents of children with chronic illnesses experiences tremendous burden when caring for their children at home. There are many challenges that are present throughout the course of chronic illnesses. To provide better ...
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 ...
A Social Constructionist Approach to Phenomenographic Analysis of Identity Positioning in Networked Learning
(2012-11-15)
The aims of this research are to explore how doctoral students on networked learning courses experience challenges to their identities, norms, values, and relationships. Within a relational, social constructionist perspective ...
1) Understanding the Benefits and Costs of Deduplication of Data on Mass Storage .
(2012-11-15)
1) Understanding the Benefits and Costs of Deduplication of Data on Mass Storage
Quite likely, there is a great deal of duplicate data in your workstations, servers, and backups right now. In addition to storage space, ...
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 ...
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 ...