bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hvor konservative er polske norskstudenter i sin språkbruk? Hunkjønnsmarkering i norskinnlæreres tekstproduksjon
Authors: Horbowicz Paulina
Published: March 2016

The paper examines the phenomenon of the feminine gender, which in Bokmål is optional. The choice between the masculine and feminine forms is nevertheless not without meaning. It has been proved that if some nouns appear in feminine form earlier in a text, it implies the use of feminine gender on other nouns (Dyvik, 2012). Hence, the appearance of feminine marking on different words is mutually related, and may be shown to be consistent or not. The paper analyses texts written by Polish students of Norwegian on three different levels of language command (A2, B2/C1 and C2+) and investigates their use of feminine marking. The results show that the feminine gender is most often used by beginner learners, which confirms the initial hypothesis. Contrary to expectations, the most advanced students show inconsistency in their choice of feminine marking at least as often as beginner learners. The general conclusion is that the majority of Norwegian learners are not fully aware of the implications which come with the use of the feminine gender.
Time Series Analysis of 3D Coordinates Using Nonstochastic Observations
Authors: Velsink Hiddo
Published: March 2016

Adjustment and testing of a combination of stochastic and nonstochastic observations is applied to the deformation analysis of a time series of 3D coordinates. Nonstochastic observations are constant values that are treated as if they were observations. They are used to formulate constraints on the unknown parameters of the adjustment problem. Thus they describe deformation patterns. If deformation is absent, the epochs of the time series are supposed to be related via affine, similarity or congruence transformations. S-basis invariant testing of deformation patterns is treated. The model is experimentally validated by showing the procedure for a point set of 3D coordinates, determined from total station measurements during five epochs. The modelling of two patterns, the movement of just one point in several epochs, and of several points, is shown. Full, rank deficient covariance matrices of the 3D coordinates, resulting from free network adjustments of the total station measurements of each epoch, are used in the analysis.
New Zealand early childhood curriculum: The politics of collaboration
Authors: Farquhar Sandy
Published: March 2016

The New Zealand early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education [MoE],1996), is frequently hailed as a community inspired curriculum, praised nationally and internationally for its collaborative development, emancipatory spirit and bicultural approach. In its best form community can be collaborative, consultative, democratic, responsive and inclusive. But community and collaboration can also be about exclusion, alienation and loss. This paper engages with Te Whāriki as a contestable political document. It explores this much acclaimed early childhood curriculum within a politics of community, collaboration and control. Driving the direction of the paper is a call for a revitalised understanding of curriculum as practices of freedom, raising issues of how to work with difference and complexity in a democratic and ethical manner. The paper concludes that although official curriculum is unavoidably about control, there is a world of difference in the ways such control might be exercised. The real curriculum exists where teachers are working with children - it is in the everyday micro-practices that impacts are felt and freedoms played out.
Early childhood assessment in Aotearoa New Zealand: Critical perspectives and fresh openings
Authors: Arndt Sonja , Tesar Marek
Published: March 2016

This paper engages with assessment practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Whāriki, the internationally recognized early childhood curriculum framework, lies at the root of contemporary narrative assessment practices, and the concept of learning stories. We outline historical and societal underpinnings of these practices, and elevate the essence of assessment through learning stories and their particular ontological and epistemological aims and purposes. The paper emphasizes early childhood teaching and learning as a complex relational, inter-subjective, material, moral and political practice. It adopts a critical lens and begins from the premise that early childhood teachers are in the best position to make decisions about teaching and learning in their localized, contextualized settings, with and for the children with whom they share it. We examine the notion of effectiveness and ‘what works’ in assessment, with an emphasis on the importance of allowing for uncertainty, and for the invisible elements in children’s learning. Te Whāriki and learning stories are positioned as strong underpinnings of culturally and morally open, rich and complex assessment, to be constantly renegotiated within each local context, in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.
Research work as curriculum work in New Zealand early childhood settings: What should be taught and learned?
Authors: Gunn Alexandra C.
Published: March 2016

This article draws from experiences in an ongoing study of children’s narrative competence in the early years across early childhood education and school settings. Focusing on the research as it is being conducted in the early childhood context (a kindergarten), the paper inquires into what it means to do research in education settings where curriculum is constituted as everything that happens there, and principles of curriculum demand empowering, responsive and reciprocal, inclusive and holistic practices. Questions of research ethics, children’s rights to assent or dissent to participate, to learn about the findings and consequences of the research, and to have the research recognised as curriculum experience are raised. Sitting at the intersection of research work and pedagogical/curriculum work the paper explores lessons from New Zealand of striving towards a fuller curriculum policy implementation and of addressing demands for ethical research practices with children who are very young.
Parabolic oblique derivative problem with discontinuous coefficients in generalized weighted Morrey spaces
Authors: Guliyev Vagif S. , Omarova Mehriban N.
Published: March 2016

We obtain the global weighted Morrey-type regularity of the solution of the regular oblique derivative problem for linear uniformly parabolic operators with VMO coefficients. We show that if the right-hand side of the parabolic equation belongs to certain generalized weighted Morrey spaceMp,ϕ(Q, w), than the strong solution belongs to the generalized weighted Sobolev- Morrey spaceW˙2,1p,φ(Q,ω)$\dot W_{2,1}^{p,\varphi }\left( {Q,\omega } \right)$.
The best uniform quadratic approximation of circular arcs with high accuracy
Authors: Rababah Abedallah
Published: March 2016

In this article, the issue of the best uniform approximation of circular arcs with parametrically defined polynomial curves is considered. The best uniform approximation of degree 2 to a circular arc is given in explicit form. The approximation is constructed so that the error function is the Chebyshev polynomial of degree 4; the error function equioscillates five times; the approximation order is four. For θ = π/4 arcs (quarter of a circle), the uniform error is 5.5 × 10−3. The numerical examples demonstrate the efficiency and simplicity of the approximation method as well as satisfy the properties of the best uniform approximation and yield the highest possible accuracy.
Difficulties in the diagnosis of fungal rhinosinusitis – Literature review
Authors: Patrascu Elena , Manea Claudiu , Sarafoleanu Codrut
Published: March 2016

Fungal rhinosinusitis is an important pathological entity, a highly controversial topic in the medical world today, by the various research directions it offers. In order to be able to predict a patient’s prognosis and his response to treatment, first we must have a classification of fungal rhinosinusitis. The authors considered it is important to make a distinction between invasive and noninvasive forms of fungal rhinosinusitis. The most important step in the management of fungal rhinosinusitis is to have a correct diagnosis, based on strong criteria, which will lead to a better prognosis of this disease. Because of its invasiveness potential, especially in patients at risk, it is essential to have a correct and fast diagnosis in case of fungal rhinosinusitis, in order to begin the treatment as fast as possible, for a favourable prognosis. The only way to establish diagnosis in a reliable way is to make a detailed clinical examination and to take biopsy samples.
Stent technique for endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy – Our expertise
Authors: Budu Vlad , Decuseara Tatiana , Mocanu Bogdan , Baican Raluca , Tusaliu Mihai , Cojocaru Diana , Bulescu Ion
Published: March 2016

BACKGROUND. Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is known to be the ideal treatment for saccal and postsaccal stenosis of the lacrimal apparatus. Following this surgery, an important inconvenient would be the stenosis of the created ostium with consecutive epiphora.

MATERIAL AND METHODS. 20 patients with chronic unilateral lacrimal duct obstruction were operated in “Prof. Dr. D. Hociota” Institute of Phono-Audiology and Functional ENT Surgery, Department I, between January 2015 and July 2015. After creating the dacryocystorhinostoma, a stent was inserted transnasally to the bottom edge of the lacrimal sac and positioned to the bony margin of the ostium. Stents used varied in size from 1 to 3 mm in diameter. We followed-up our patients at 2 weeks and 1, 3, 6 months, assessing the symptoms of the lacrimal apparatus, especially the epiphora.

RESULTS. The mean age of patients varied between 31 and 65. Most of our patients were women (n=14). In a total number of 16 patients epiphora disappeared, it decreased in 2 patients, and persisted in 2 patients. There were two patients with no changes who have spontaneously eliminated the stent 2 or 3 days after the surgery. The most widely used stent size was 3 mm diameter, with a success rate of 90%.

CONCLUSION. The endoscopic approach may be an effective procedure in patients with pathologies of the lacrimal apparatus. In order to achieve an efficient result, both a preoperative rigorous preparation and also postoperative medical care are necessary. In conclusion, ostium stenting represents a better way to ensure a longer period of maintaining the permeability of the lacrimal apparatus.
On the evolution of translations from Serbian into Romanian
Authors: Țaranandreici Mața
Published: March 2016

Our paper outlines an updated picture of the translations from Serbian into Romanian, and also points out the most common concepts belonging to the most notorious translators and the specific particularities of their translation manners. The goal of our research is to identify reference points in the evolution of translations, i.e. from theories to methods and procedures of translation. Thus, we intend to evaluate the contribution of some translators as well as to mention some general aspects that characterize their methodology. Among the aspects that we are going to research are the level of adequacy and representativeness of their translations, and the way in which they apply the functional principle of preserving the information from the original.
Una rassegna bibliografica sui traduttori romeni dell’Inferno (1883-2015): considerazioni di tipo metodologico e deontologico
Authors: Cosma Iulia
Published: March 2016

This paper is intended as part of a larger research that aims to the realization of a monographic study dedicated to the Romanian translations of Dante's Inferno, from 19th to 21th century. It is a historical and critical approach, intended as an interdisciplinary study, to be placed at the crossing of disciplines like translation history, translation criticism, reception theory, history of literature, history of literary language, cultural history. The bibliographical selection we propose is complete with some methodological and deontological considerations of utility in the study of the history of translation.
THE EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF TOTAL MIXED RATION (TMR) ON PRECISION DOSING TO MIXER FEEDER WAGONS
Authors: Šístkova Marie , Pšenka Martin , Kaplan VladimÃ­r , Potěšil JiÅÃ­ , Černín JiÅÃ­
Published: March 2016

At present, in large-scale breeding of cattle occurs no longer feeding with one forage feeding system. The cattle are fed with feeding technique called total mixed ration (TMR). In TMR are all the feeds (bulky and grainy) and mineral and vitamin supplements mixed into a homogenous mixture. For the mixing of individual components of TMR are used mixer feeder wagons, that can be used not only for mixing of feeding ration, but also for discharging the fodder from wagon to fodder table in barn. Very important is the accuracy of dosing the individual components into the ration. The aim is to ascertain the precision during loading of individual components into the mixer feeder wagons. When loading, the dosing accuracy is influenced by many factors. Most important ones are used technique (loaders, hoppers, chopping devices, silage block cutters), human factor (expertise and responsibility of the operator), physical properties of the individual components (size, shape and density) and the loaded weight of components. On a cattle-breeding farms (600 pcs), was performed accuracy monitoring of loading selected individual components of TMR, common to several kinds of recipes, such as CCM (corn cob mix), haylage, silage and straw into mixer feeder wagons Storti Labrador 120 and Cernin C11. These mixer feeder wagons are equipped with electronic tensometric scales and responder for transfer of data to PC. From the PC software was, by the individual components, investigated programed weight (kg), actually loaded weight (kg) and deviations between programed and actually loaded weight (%).
Micro Heteregeneous Approaches for the Insertion of Reprocessed and Combined Thorium Fuel Cycles in a PWR System
Authors: Monteiro Fabiana B. A. , Castro Victor F. , de Faria Rochkhudson B. , Fortini Ângela , Da Silva Clarysson A. M. , Pereira Claubia
Published: March 2016

A micro heteregenous reprocessed fuel spiked with thorium in a PWR fuel element considering (TRU-Th) cycle was simulated using three different configurations and different fissile materials that varied from 6.0% to 7.0%. The reprocessed fuels were obtained using the ORIGEN 2.1 code from a burned PWR standard fuel (33,000 MWd/tHM burned), with 3.1% of initial enrichment, which was remained in the cooling pool for five years and then reprocessed using UREX+ technique. The keff and plutonium generation during the burnup were evaluated and compared with the standard fuel. This study was performed using the SCALE 6.0.
AFRICA’S RENAISSANCE AND POTENTIAL IN THE LEATHER SECTOR WITH REFLECTION TO THE GLOBAL PERFORMANCE
Authors: M. Mwinyihija
Published: March 2016

Africa’s renaissance is inevitable and rapidly emerging as a reality in tandem with the continent’s continued exploration of its natural resources in a more sustained way than previously done. Currently, the clarion call is to value add, avoid plundering and involve its population through the SME’s to adapt modern methods of entrepreneurship. During the study, critical aspects that are envisaged to trigger the growth and development of Africa, included the entry of major countries of the continent into the global emerging markets such as MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). For the leather sector, certain socioeconomic indicators such as the youthful participation in the value chain, ownership status, literacy levels and acquired experiences are all contributing to a vibrant sector. It was observed that these indicators if well aligned with individual member states of African Union Commission and structured than productivity and competitiveness of leather products will be attained. As such, ease of either foreign direct investment, local recapitalization and development of the SME’s could become feasible. Indeed, with the emergence of over 300 million youth at middle level income level is construed to start building on the impact of the continents purchasing power. Therefore, Africa needs to respond by address on development of ICT, develop affordable financial support to provide stimulus packages to SME’s (Small and Medium Enterprises) to transform, improve on inter and intra trade to optimize on unexplored synergies and enhance mobility of persons with in Africa as preamble to Africa’s renaissance.
Estimation for the Change of Demand Determinants of a Cultural Festival: Focused on Comparing Demands of BIFF 2007/2014
Authors:   The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea, Han Sang-Hyun
Published: March 2016

This study is to estimate the determinants of demand of the Busan International Film Festival. The number of the festival’s official audience was seriously increased after the Busan Cinema Center, which is a main venue for BIFF, was opened in 2011. In this study, two demand functions of the years 2007 and 2014 were deducted to compare the determinants of demands. For this study, the Negative Binomial model was derived through the results of a Cameron & Trevedi test, which is the optimal method for investigating the over-dispersion in the count data model. An LR-test, a coefficient of determination and a scales of information criterion were considered for the suitability of the model. The consequences of this research are presented as follows: some variables were found significantly in common between the two demand models, such as the response of press, word of mouth effect, experience of the audience, the participation experience in other film festivals, film society membership and interest in film, as the determinants of demand. Facility, accessibility and accommodation were newly deducted as determinants in 2014’s model.
Robust Maximum Association Between Data Sets: The R Package ccaPP
Authors: Alfons Andreas , Croux Christophe , Filzmoser Peter
Published: March 2016

An intuitive measure of association between two multivariate data sets can be defined as the maximal value that a bivariate association measure between any one-dimensional projections of each data set can attain. Rank correlation measures thereby have the advantage that they combine good robustness properties with good efficiency. The software package ccaPP provides fast implementations of such maximum association measures for the statistical computing environment R. We demonstrate how to use package ccaPP to compute the maximum association measures, as well as how to assess their significance via permutation tests.
From climate simulations to statistics - Introducing the wux package
Authors: Mendlik Thomas , Heinrich Georg , Gobiet Andreas , Leuprecht Armin
Published: March 2016

We present the R package wux, a toolbox to analyze projected climate change signals by numerical climate model simulations and the associated uncertainties. The focus of this package is to automatically process big amounts of climate model data from multi-model ensembles in a user-friendly and flexible way. For this purpose, climate model output in common binary format (NetCDF) is read in and stored in a data frame, after first being aggregated to a desired temporal resolution and then being averaged over spatial domains of interest. The data processing can be performed for any number of meteorological parameters at one go, which allows multivariate statistical analysis of the climate model ensemble.
Age Related Prevalence of Pre-Eruptive Intracoronal Radiolucent Defects in the Permanent Dentition
Authors: Umansky Marina , Tickotsky Nili , Friedlander-Barenboim Silvina , Faibis Sarit , Moskovitz Moti
Published: March 2016

Objective: The present study aimed to determine if the prevalence of pre-eruptive intracoronal radiolucent defects is higher for young age groups, in which there are more unerupted teeth. Study design: A retrospective study of panoramic and bitewing radiographs was conducted. An inclusion criterion was the presence of un-erupted permanent teeth with a formed and clearly visible crown. Age groups were: young (6–8 years), intermediate (9–12 years) and adults (13–53 years). Significance level was set at p≤0.05. Results: Thirteen (3.9%) pre-eruptive lesions were detected in 335 records. No lesions were found in the young group (7.4%), in the intermediate and adult age groups six and seven lesions were found, respectively. In most cases the pre-eruptive lesion was found in a third molar. Conclusion: The prevalence of pre-eruptive intracoronal lesions was not higher for young age groups. The prevalence of pre-eruptive intra coronal radiolucent lesions is 3.9%, irrespective of age.
Zinc Oxide–Eugenol Pulpotomy in Primary Teeth: A 24-Month Follow-up
Authors: Gonzalez-Lara Adriana , Ruiz-Rodriguez M Socorro , Pierdant-Perez Mauricio , Garrocho-Rangel J Arturo , Pozos-Guillen Amaury J
Published: March 2016

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic effectiveness of zinc oxide–eugenol (ZOE) as the only pulp capping agent in pulpotomies carried out on decayed primary molars after a follow-up period of 24 months. Study design: In total, 60 pulpotomies were performed on 38 patients aged 3 to 11 years. Pulpotomy treatment consisted of the removal of the coronal pup tissue, subsequent hemostasis, irrigation with saline solution, drying and pressure with sterile cotton pellets, and placement of a thick regular ZOE base with a minimal amount of eugenol directly over the vital radicular pulp. Additionally, a histopathologic study was carried out on some of the molars treated. Results: After a 24-month follow-up, we considered 51 procedures to be successful and 9 failures using clinical and radiographic criteria; most of the failures occurred between the 12th and 18th month. Conclusions: Results suggest that the proposed pulpotomy treatment with ZOE as the only capping agent may be considered as an alternative technique in the pulp treatment of primary molars.
Evaluation of Possible Associated Factors for Early Childhood Caries and Severe Early Childhood Caries: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Survey
Authors: Özen Bugra , Van Strijp AJP , Özer Levent , Olmus Hulya , Genc Aysegul , Cehreli Sevi Burcak
Published: March 2016

Objectives: The present study evaluated associated factors for developing early childhood caries (ECC) and Severe-ECC (S-ECC) in a group of children aged 24–71 months. Potential positive effects of early dental visit on formation of ECC is investigated as well. Study Design: This was a multicenter, cross-sectional study conducted at three governmental and university pediatric dentistry clinics in 408 preschool children who were randomly selected from a total of 4116 children. The questionnaires administered to the mothers by interview and intraoral examination performed by calibrated pediatric dentists. The children were evaluated in three groups according to their caries experience as who had caries free, ECC and S-ECC.

Results: The following factors were significantly associated with caries formation: 1. Prolonged (i.e., >18 months) breastfeeding in preterm babies (OR=2.4) 2. Prolonged breastfeeding in children who started tooth brushing after 1.5 years of age (OR=3.7), 3. Sugar (p<0.001) and fruit-juice consumption (p<0.0001), and 4. Lack of periodic dental examination (p<0.05). Parental smoking habit does not significantly affect ECC development. Nocturnal bottle feeding and nocturnal feeding also affected S-ECC formation significantly (p=0.043 and p=0.005, respectively). Conclusions: There is a significant difference between the children with caries and caries-free associated with the brushing initiation age started before or after 18 months. If a child is under the risk of multiple caries factors, it is very difficult to evaluate which habits affect the caries formation or increase the severity of the caries lesions.
In Vitro Evaluation of Microleakage and Microhardness of Ethanolic Extracts of Propolis in Different Proportions Added to Glass Ionomer Cement
Authors: Altunsoy Mustafa , Tanrıver Mehmet , Türkan Uğur , Uslu Mehmet Emin , Silici Sibel
Published: March 2016

Objective: To evaluate the effect of ethanolic extracts of propolis (EEP) addition in different proportions to glass ionomer cement (GIC) on microleakage and microhardness of GIC. Study design: The cement was divided into four groups: one using the original composition and three with 10%, 25%, and 50% EEP added to the liquid and then manipulated. For microleakage assessment, sixty primary molars were randomly divided into four groups (n=15). Standard Class II cavities were prepared and then filled with EEP in different proportions added to GICs. Microleakage test was performed using a dye penetration method. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Mann - Whitney U tests (α = 0.05). Disc shaped specimens were prepared from the tested GIC to determine Vickers hardness (VHN). The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test (α = 0.05). Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of microleakage (p > 0.05). There were statistically significant differences between the VHN values of groups (p < 0.05). Increasing addition of EEP to GIC statistically significantly increased VHN value of GIC (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The addition of EEP to GIC increased the microhardness of the GIC and did not adversely affect the microleakage. Thus, it might be used during routine dental practice due to its antibacterial properties
Synchronous Rotation in the Eclipsing Binary 68 Herculis Inferred from Doppler Shifts in its Spectrum and Light Curve Modeling
Authors: McLaughlin Kenneth W. , Panthi Janak
Published: March 2016

Our differential photometry of the eclipsing binary 68 Herculis through V- and R-filters shows periodic minima consistent with a previously established period. As a function of its orbital motion, we report spectra over a limited wavelength range encompassing H-alpha 656.3 nm and helium 667.8 nm lines. Doppler shifts of both stars were resolved in H-alpha, while only the more massive star rendered the helium line with Doppler shifts that agree with the radial velocity we derive for it from the H-alpha profile. Sinusoidal curve-fits to the orbital dependence of the radial velocities imply circular orbits for both components, with amplitudes indicating a mass ratio for the two stars in agreement with published values. A subtle Doppler shift associated with stellar rotation is evident in the radial velocity of the primary component as its eclipse commences; modeling indicates this rotation is synchronous with the orbital revolution, an expected tidal effect of near-contact binary systems.
Perceptions of Brain-Machine Interface Technology among Mothers of Disabled Children
Authors: Diep Lucy , Wolbring Gregor
Published: March 2016

Communication technologies are constantly transforming the way we communicate and interact with each other, and with our environment, with its impact affecting everyone including disabled people and the groups linked to them. The brain-machine interface (BMI) is one example of an emerging communication technology envisioned to transform the way we communicate and interact with each other and our environment in the near future. One group targeted to use BMI technology and impacted by others using BMI are disabled people. For disabled people and their families, the impact and implications of adopting BMI technologies is important to understand so they can make informed decisions and advocate for policies governing the technology's application to decrease negative and increase positive outcomes. In this study, we interviewed nine mothers of disabled children, with no prior knowledge of BMI technology, to explore their perceptions and attitude toward the technology. Five main themes emerged from our findings: the potential benefit to aid mothers to interpret their children's needs; the potential benefit to expand a child's social network; the preference for non-invasive BMI approach; impact of BMI use by non-disabled people and cost and qualification barriers.
Toward a History of the Blind in Spain
Authors: Sutherland-Meier Madeline
Published: March 2016

This paper uses archival documents, literature, and art to sketch the history of the blind in Spain. Traditionally, certain occupations, such as singing and playing musical instruments, saying prayers and selling chapbooks were reserved for the blind. Spanish artists and writers have portrayed the blind engaged in these occupations. Starting in the Middle Ages, the blind established powerful brotherhoods through which they controlled these professions. The changing roles that the blind played in the creation, production, performance and sale of popular literature known as literatura de cordel show their successful adaptation to an emerging print culture. The situation of the blind today and the success of the National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE) are also discussed.
Already Doing It: Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency
Authors: Marcum Andrew Barron
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
The Measure of Manliness: Disability and Masculinity in the Mid-Victorian Novel
Authors: Quirici Marion
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
Growing Up With Disabilities: Education Law and the Transition to Adulthood
Authors: Clark Susan , Lillie Timothy
Published: March 2016

The field of disability studies uses a social model or social construction model for much of its theoretical basis at present. The social model exists concurrently and, to some extent, is seen as replacing a civil rights approach. The authors propose that while the social model is very useful in understanding the nature of disability and should continue as a valuable theoretical underpinning, the civil rights model is better understood when educators are engaged in teaching children with disabilities what their rights are and how to exercise them. This is especially the case when considering students who are very cognitively impaired. An outline of the three most relevant US laws is given, along with information that is necessary for effective advocacy, whether by individuals with disabilities themselves or their families or friends.
Disabled Children's Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Authors: Jones Hazel
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Works in Disability Studies, 1995-2000
Authors: Pfeiffer David
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
In Memory of Phyllis Rubenfeld
Authors: Makas Elaine
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
Missing in Action? Images of Disability in Sports Illustrated for Kids
Authors: Hardin Brent , Hardin Marie , Lynn Susan , Walsdorf Kristi
Published: March 2016

This study examines photographic images of children with discernible disabilities in a popular children's sports magazine, Sports Illustrated for Kids (SIK). Specifically, this study looks at the number and types of images of disability presented in SIK over a three-year period, from July 1996 (just before the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.) to June 1999. The objective of this study is to assess how the magazine presents disability to its young, impressionable readers. Because SIK has a high circulation among readers who are especially susceptible to the power of photographs, it is important to study the images of disability transmitted in its pages. These images could be significant in the formation of disabled and non-disabled children's attitudes toward disability.
Disability Images in Print Advertising: Exploring Attitudinal Impact Issues
Authors: Panol Zenaida , McBride Michael
Published: March 2016

Using the experimental and issues approach this study evaluated the impact of advertisements featuring physically-disabled persons on perceptions, feelings, and behavior of non-disabled audiences. Except for one, no significant differences were found between responses toward disability and non-disability ads pointing to possible mainstreaming effects. However, gender and status of disabled persons in advertisements as well as subtle visual cues appeared to influence negative assessments of advertising portraying physically-disabled females with non-disabled males.
Disability is Not so Beautiful: A Semiotic Analysis of Advertisements for Rehabilitation Goods
Authors: Thomas Lorraine
Published: March 2016

This study posits a semiotic investigation of the representation of the "disabled body" in advertisements for rehabilitation goods utilizing two major Canadian disability-oriented magazines. The historical context is the late 20th century Canadian/North American advertising and society. The semiology of cultural production studies provide the tools for methodological analysis. It is a media investigation that explored how advertisements as a cultural text reproduced and reinforced cultural notions of the "disabled body." It allowed this researcher to critically consider how mass culture subordinates perceived deviant groups to non-deviant groups (Rubin, Rubin and Piele, 1996).
Accessibility of Online Advertising: A Content Analysis of Alternative Text for Banner Ad Images in Online Newspapers
Authors: Thompson David , Wassmuth Birgit
Published: March 2016

This article reports a content analysis of newspaper practice regarding accessibility of online banner advertising. The researchers apply two techniques that may contribute to a greater understanding of online content: 1) an information location task that requires coding beyond the home page; and 2) coding the underlying structure of Web pages - the HTML Source code. This study provides evidence that three out of four (74.73 percent) banner ads found in online newspapers failed to present accessible content by using informative alternative text in the image tags of online banner ad images. For advertisers, that means millions of both sighted and blind online readers will not be exposed to their advertising messages. A simple solution for making online banner ads accessible is to add a few informative words of alternative text in the IMG tag of the Source code for the Web page.
Other Research -- Evidence of Literacy in Individuals Labeled with Mental Retardation
Authors: Olney Marjorie
Published: March 2016

Facilitated communication (FC) is a technique that involves provision of physical support to an individual who has few or no verbal communication skills in order to allow that person to point or type. There have been many papers published that have failed to validate FC. This study examines reading ability in a group of individuals considered to have mental retardation who also use FC. Nine individuals and their regular facilitators participated in a controlled study in which FC users were asked to respond to multiple-choice, vocabulary-based computer game items in both nonblind and blind conditions. Sessions were taped, analyzed, and scored. Although none of the participants had revealed literacy in previous assessments, four responded to game items at a greater-than-chance level.
Other Research -- Universal Newborn Hearing Screening: a Promise Moving Toward Achievement
Authors: Johnson Jean , Holstrum June , Weirather Yusnita , Guinan Martha , Johnson Roma
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
Is It Choice or Is It Bias? Questions About the Harris Survey for The Commonwealth Fund on Managed Care
Authors: Pfeiffer David
Published: March 2016

A major contribution to the debate over managed care in the 1990s was a survey carried out by Louis Harris & Associates for The Commonwealth Fund. It was instrumental in casting doubt on the efficiency and effectiveness of manage care. However, there are fundamental problems with the survey which cast doubt on its results. These problems are discussed.
Bridging Differences within the Disability Community: The Assistance Dog Movement
Authors: Eames Ed , Eames Toni
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
Exploring Multiple Roles and Allegiances in Ethnographic Process in Disability Culture
Authors: Shuttleworth Russell
Published: March 2016

The more roles the ethnographer occupies in relation to his/her informants the more likelihood that conflicts of interest and ethical dilemmas will occur. In this paper, I want to discuss several quandaries that I confronted while conducting ethnographic fieldwork with men with cerebral palsy on their search for sexual intimacy. During this research, I occupied multiple roles in relation to research participants including employee and long-time friend of my key informant, anthropologist and disability ethnographer, disability rights advocate and disability studies scholar. I will argue that critical-reflexive exploration of these quandaries borne of multiple roles and their consequent allegiances was useful not only to enrich my understanding of disabled men's sexual situation, but also led me to questioning the conceptual assumptions of both disability rights/studies and anthropology.
The Ethnographer's Body as Text and Context: Revisiting and Revisioning the Body Through Anthropology and Disability Studies
Authors: Colligan Sumi
Published: March 2016

No abstract available
Other Research -- Acceptance of Imperfection
Authors: Martz Erin
Published: March 2016

Because the "ideal human"concept is culturally and socially bound, then there can be no universal agreement on what constitutes perfection. Thus, the concept of perfection is subjective. Further, no one individual can be perfect because humans are multidimensional and thus will always be surpassed by others on different qualities that the individual lacks. The relevance of acceptance of imperfection to disability studies is explored.
Other Research -- A Pessimistic Finding Regarding Faculty Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Authors: Pfeiffer David , Kassaye Wandwossen
Published: March 2016

A sample of university students were given resumes of hypothetical prospective faculty members which were systematically manipulated to include differences in gender, race, age, and whether the person had a disability. The students were asked to rate the hypothetical prospective faculty members on the basis of teaching and professional characteristics and whether they would recommend hiring them. In spite of growing numbers of women, African American, and a few disabled faculty members presently teaching in higher education, the old prejudices remain: older, white, male, nondisabled faculty received the higher ratings.
Other Research -- What's in a Name? Terms Used to Refer to People With Disabilities
Authors: Dajani Karen
Published: March 2016

What is in a collective name? Plenty, according to minority rights groups who have worked throughout the twentieth century to identify themselves using descriptive, reflective and respectful labels. These labels have often been "replacement" terms for those created by people outside of the group in question.How are persons with disabilities identified by the media? An examination of articles concerning persons with disabilities provided to the national media by The Disability News Service, Inc. is examined along with those provided by a more general news service, Associated Press (AP), to determine whether there is a difference in terms utilized. Implications of findings are discussed.
Poetry -- 3 Poems
Authors: Pfeiffer David
Published: March 2016

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Published: March 2016

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Editor's Preface
Authors: Pfeiffer David
Published: March 2016

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Introduction to Symposium on Disability Geography: Commonalities in a World of Differences
Authors: Dorn Michael , Metzel Deborah
Published: March 2016

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Multiple Sclerosis in its Context: Individual Narratives
Authors: Thapar Neela , Bhardwaj Surinder , Bhardwaj Candy
Published: March 2016

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Using Participatory Action Research Approaches in Geographical Studies of Disability: Some Reflections
Authors: Kitchin Rob
Published: March 2016

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The Games for Everyone? Planning for Disability and Access at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic & Olympic Games
Authors: Darcy Simon
Published: March 2016

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Geographies of Disability and Development in Southern Africa
Authors: Power Marcus
Published: March 2016

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Changing Attitudes Towards Persons with Disabilities in Asia
Authors: Parker Kenneth
Published: March 2016

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From the Field -- Coming Out Disabled: The Politics of Understanding
Authors: Titchkosky Tanya
Published: March 2016

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From the Field -- The Changing Nature of Disability Policy and Its Distributive Impact
Authors: Pfeiffer David
Published: March 2016

The focus of disability policy changes over time. Starting with vocational rehabilitation programs for disabled veterans of World War I and continuing down to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the policy slowly evolved from paternalistic handouts to civil rights legislation. Nevertheless, the intended outcomes of these public policies were based upon need (equity) to a large degree. The literature contains some findings that persons with developmental disabilities and persons who are severely disabled are the beneficiaries of assistance more than others. However, conclusions from a study of the Disability Community in Massachusetts indicate that class considerations are highly associated with receiving benefits from disability policy of all types. The same is true of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is a case of class politics operating in the guise of need (equity). The implications of these conclusions for disability policy are discussed.
Disability and David Lynch's 'Disabled' Body of Work
Authors: O'Connor Tom
Published: March 2016

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Organizational Culture and People with Disabilities
Authors: Klinger Mary
Published: March 2016

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Exceeding Expectations: A Historical Analysis of Student Power and Self-Determination
Authors: Brewer David
Published: March 2016

This paper explores theories of student power and self-determination that evolved over the last century, and their relationships to general and special education practices. Historical events, such as the industrial revolution, changes to the workforce, and responses from the educational community are explored through the eyes of educational sociologists and theorists. Lines are drawn, connecting students of lower economic classes, students with disabilities, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act and "self-determination" as described by the 1998 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. To improve student graduation, postsecondary participation and income rates, policy makers and community members must provide both the capacity, instruction and opportunity for all students to learn skills of self-determination, and design their educational programs. Indicators to increase student self-determination are organized into a table for planning."The difficult thing to explain about how middle class kids get middle class jobs is why others let them. The difficult thing to explain about how working class kids get working class jobs is why they let themselves." Paul E. Willis, Learning to Labour (p.1)
Potential Maximization: Toward a Micro-Sociological Approach in Disability Studies
Authors: Jacobs Paul
Published: March 2016

This article includes sociological concepts of post modernity, stigma, victimization, self-actualization, and, finally, suggestions toward future research. To begin with there will be a brief macro-sociological analysis followed by micro-sociological concepts I think are relevant to disabilities. The major theorists are sociologist Anthony Giddens and psychologist Abraham Maslow. This paper attempts to link the aforementioned theories along with the writings of political activists of the Disability Rights Movement. These activists include Tom Shakespeare, Michael Oliver, Colin Barnes and Lerita Coleman.
From the Field -- What's a Leg Got to Do with It?
Authors: Walton Donna
Published: March 2016

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The Competence Line in American Suffrage Law: A Political Analysis
Authors: Schriner Kay
Published: March 2016

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An Australian Perspective On Quality Outcomes of Inclusive Employment
Authors: Parmenter Trevor
Published: March 2016

Work is an important activity in modern society. Most people spend a considerable part of their daily lives in working or training and preparing for work. Modern societies often put considerable resources into creating jobs and educating and training their citizens for paid employment. Changing conceptualizations about disability, the influence of normalization principles, advocacy, civil rights, international and national legislative initiatives, and most recently the self-determination movement have all recognized the important role of employment in the lives of people with disabilities. These have contributed significantly to the movement towards integrated, supported employment for this population. This paper will present the findings of two Australian studies that have examined the roles that employment play in the lives of people with disabilities. Implications for future research and policy directions will be indicated.
Bibliography -- An Annotated Bibliography on Children with Disabilities
Authors: Benavente Gina , Pfeiffer David
Published: March 2016

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A Counselling Framework for Understanding Individual Experiences of Socially Constructed Disability
Authors: Crisp Ross
Published: March 2016

This paper provides a framework for rehabilitation counsellors to respond to persons with disabilities who may seek their assistance to manage the conflicts that characterise their social encounters. This framework covered issues concerning: rehabilitation program philosophy; the socially located definitions of impairment and disability; the reconciliation of paradoxical elements that exist in counselling relationships; understanding individuals' interpretations of their experiences of living with disability; Wendell's (1996) standpoint epistemology (contrasted with the social model of disability) and her questioning of commonly accepted agency/control issues. This framework is advocated by a professional rehabilitation counsellor/psychologist who acknowledges the influence of both traditional and post-modern counselling perspectives; and who favours the co-participation of persons with disabilities in the planning and implementation of rehabilitation programs.
Are Birds Free From the Chains of the Skyway? Balancing Freedom, Responsibility and Reflexivity Disability Service Provision
Authors: Gordon Beth
Published: March 2016

Using personal experience narrative, I will discuss the role of disabled disability service providers as agents in an emancipatory process. Reflexivity is required in order for disabled disability service providers to be effective change agents on behalf of other disabled people without falling into the trap of imposing their own theoretical paradigm or personal agenda onto their disabled service consumers.Ah, my friends from the prison, they ask unto me, "How good, how good does it feel to be free?" And I answer them most mysteriously, "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?" Bob Dylan
Shedding Tears for Style, Class and Dignity
Authors: Brown Steven
Published: March 2016

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The Development of the Disability Rights Movement as a Social Problem Solver
Authors: Winter Jerry Alan
Published: March 2016

A sociological overview of the development of the rights movement is provided. The movement arose to combat the oppressive marginalization of persons with disabilities. It sought both to empower them to take control of their own lives and to influence social policies and practices to further the inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the societal mainstream. It developed in three phases. In the first phase, a definition of both what the problem is and of what its sources are, was offered. In the second, a consensus was established and acted upon as to a collective solution to the problem. In the third phase, it responded to the aftermath of new policies and practices.