Authentic learning designs have been explored for some time now and have frequently been shown to provide learning settings that provide many meaningful contexts for learning. These meaningful contexts provide not only encouragement for students to…
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This article examines the staging of sexuality and femininity in Japan Pop (J-Pop) and its related club-cultural scenes. While historical research on many aspects of gender in Japan has been extensive, the relationship between popular music culture,…
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Using computational and mathematical modeling, this study explores the tension between too little and too much structure that is shaped by the core tradeoff between effi ciency and fl exibility in dynamic environ- ments. Our aim is to develop a more…
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In The Coal Question William Stanley Jevons Jevons, W.S., 1865/1965. The Coal Question: an Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of our Coal-mines. 3rd edition 1905, Ed. A.W. Flux. Augustus M. Kelley, New York.…
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Beginning with William Stanley Jevons in 1865, a number of authors have claimed that economically justified energy-efficiency improvements will increase rather than reduce energy consumption. `Jevons Paradox is extremely difficult to test…
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Examines the Jewish position on the ethical treatment of immigrants through a summary of the Jewish migratory experience over the last 2,000 years. The Jews were a homeless people, always outsiders, until the formation of the state of Israel after…
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A stress-management model of job strain is developed and tested with recent national survey data from Sweden and the United States. This model predicts that mental strain results from the interaction of job demands and job decision latitude. The…
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This paper considers the relationship between an unemployed persons employability and job search success. Using a broad employability framework (covering individual, personal and external demand, and other factors) the paper considers a range of…
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In this paper, the Job Demand-Control (JDC) model is used to predict depression and work-to-family conflict for married lawyers working full-tune. The objectives of this paper are: (1) to determine whether the JDC model applies to work-to-family…
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Joined up policy in practice? The coherence and impacts of the local government modernisation agendaThe last decade has witnessed a raft of new policies designed to transform the politics and performance of local authorities in the UK. Over the next three years, a specially commissioned themed section of Local Government Studies will explore the…
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This paper provides a general overview of the literature investigating the nexus between education and health; discussing the relationship between these domains at individual, family and community levels. We then briefly examine the programme and…
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Participatory approach to forest management started in India with the National Forest Policy, 1988, when joint Forest Management (JFM) was introduced. The study conducted the attitudinal analysis of 110 stakeholders from 14 villages forest…
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The usefulness of Moffitt's (1993) Moffitt, T. E. (1993). Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy. Psychological Review, 100, 674-701. theory of antisocial behavior was examined regarding…
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This article discusses the different contexts in which disabled people encounter and deploy humour, both as victims and as agents, and provides examples. It raises questions about identity and audience and interpretation and about embodiment itself.
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Presents a collection of abstracts on developmental and behavioral pediatrics. Some of the abstracts are: "Antisocial behavior and affiliation with deviant peers", by HJ Heinze, PA Toro and KA Urberg. This article says that number of deviant peers…
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This paper reports the findings of a qualitative research investigation on the educational experiences of 69 American Indian college students. Specifically, the data involving two groups of culturally traditional students (estranged students and…
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Our general aim is to study the construction ofmeaning in the classroom through the analysis of classroom activities and discourse.We adopt a qualitativemethod- ology to study educational practices. Our results describe how teachers create an…
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The causes of stress for criminal justice practitioners, including probation officers, can generally be categorized into four areas: internal to the organization, external to the organization, the job or task itself, or personal in nature.…
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This article is divided into four parts. First there is a summary of the social policy of the old state-socialist regimes, some description of the legacy of social problems which they bequeathed to those making the transition to capitalism and a…
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The present study investigated 154 consecutive admissions to the Regional Treatment Center (Ontario) Sex Offender Treatment Program with reference to psychopathy and outcome. Ratings of treatment behavior, as well as clinical judgments as to whether…
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