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A Comparison of Embedded and Nonembedded Print Coverage of the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
(The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 2006-04-01)
This study examines the impact of embedded versus nonembedded (unilateral) news coverage during the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. A content analysis was conduycted of the Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles ...
A Distant Jaguar: The Civil Society Project in Chimalapas
(Critique of Anthropology, 2001-12-01)
Civil society has become an important unit of analysis in the context of the globalization of politics and political discourse and the decentralization of nation-states. At a discursive level, it is a concept which elides ...
Training Models in Counseling Psychology: Scientist-Practitioner Versus Practitioner-Scholar
(The Counseling Psychologist, 2000-09-01)
Considerable discussion has occurred through the years regarding models of training. With the recent accreditation of counseling psychology programs espousing the practitioner-scholar model, the importance of reexamining ...
Geometrical Effects in Determination of Fickian Mass Diffusivity of Polymers
(2003)
Hydrophilicity of polymers makes them prone to moisture absorption that leads to degradation of mechanical properties. Kinetics of moisture ingress needs to be fully characterized to perform reliable designs with polymeric ...
The Effects of Cost and Asset Retrenchment on Firm Performance: The Overlooked Role of a Firm’s Competitive Environment
(Journal of Management, 2004-04-01)
When firms face declining financial performance, research suggests that cost and asset retrenchment can lead to improved performance among poorly performing firms. However, previous studies have largely focused on firms ...
Clinical Validation of the Ansi C63.19 Draft Standard for Measuring Compatibility between Digital Wireless Phones and Hearing Aids
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2000-07-01)
Acoustic interference can be generated in hearing aids by the pulsed transmission signal of a digital wireless phone. This interference, resembling a buzzing, clicking, or static sound, is annoying and can seriously degrade ...
Analysis of fractal frictional contact in machining
(Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2007-07-01)
A model of the interfacial frictional conditions at the secondary shear zone in oblique cutting is under development. It has been suggested that the tool-chip interface consists of sticking and sliding microcontacts, each ...
Maturational Delay is Not a Cause of Bedwetting
(Clinical Pediatrics, 2003-11-01)
Molecular Methods for the Analysis of Gut Microbiota
(2004)
This review focuses on methodological approaches used to study the composition of human faecal microbiota. Gene sequencing is the most accurate tool for revealing the phylogenetic relationships between bacteria. The main ...
Predicting Speech Intelligibility for Hearing Aid Users in the Presence of Digital Wireless Phone Interference
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2000-07-01)