LIFE STAGES Steven Mintz John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History‚ Director‚ American Cultures Program‚ University of Houston IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND change over time in patterns of individual and family development‚ social historians have made extensive use of three important analytical constructs: the life stages‚ the family cycle‚ and the life course. The life stages such as infancy‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ adulthood‚ and old age-are developmental phases‚ each with its own biological
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Running head: INTERRACIAL ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS Interracial Romantic Relationships: A Study of Racial Bias in the United States Media Bryan Steagall Senior Capstone Young Harris College Interracial Romantic Relationships: A Study of Racial Bias in the United States Media Abstract This study was conducted in order to discover why interracial marriage has been such a controversial topic in the United States. There has been a racial prejudice towards
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Regulation & Governance (2008) 2‚ 137–164 doi:10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00034.x Constructing and contesting legitimacy and accountability in polycentric regulatory regimes Julia Black1 Department of Law‚ London School of Economics and Political Science‚ London‚ UK Abstract The legitimacy and accountability of polycentric regulatory regimes‚ particularly at the transnational level‚ has been severely criticized‚ and the search is on to find ways in which they can be enhanced. This paper
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The Labor Market Impact of Employer Health Benefit Mandates: Evidence from San Francisco’s Health Care Security Ordinance July 6‚ 2011 Carrie H. Colla*‚ William H. Dow †‚ Arindrajit Dube‡ Abstract: A key issue surrounding employer benefit mandates is the incidence on workers through wages and employment. In this paper‚ we address this question using a pay-or-play policy implemented in San Francisco in 2008 that requires employers to either provide health benefits or contribute to a public option
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International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management Emerald Article: Applying SERVQUAL to Web sites: an exploratory study Jos van Iwaarden‚ Ton van der Wiele‚ Leslie Ball‚ Robert Millen Article information: To cite this document: Jos van Iwaarden‚ Ton van der Wiele‚ Leslie Ball‚ Robert Millen‚ (2003)‚"Applying SERVQUAL to Web sites: an exploratory study"‚ International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management‚ Vol. 20 Iss: 8 pp. 919 - 935 Permanent link to this document: http://dx
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In the Philippines‚ forests and woodlands cover about 7‚168‚400 hectares (http://forestry.denr.gov.ph). These forests have unique environmental and biodiversity values‚ and make available a wide range of products for subsistence use. The most predominant use of wood is in the form of firewood and charcoal by the majority of Filipinos in both rural and urban areas. Firewood is preferred in rural areas simply because it is obtainable free of charge
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Conspicuous Consumption and Race∗ Kerwin Kofi Charles University of Chicago Erik Hurst University of Chicago Nikolai Roussanov University of Pennsylvania August 2007 Abstract Using nationally representative data on consumption‚ we show that Blacks and Hispanics devote larger shares of their expenditure bundles to visible goods (clothing‚ jewelry‚ and cars) than do comparable Whites. We demonstrate that these differences exist among virtually all subpopulations‚ that they are relatively constant
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am personally indebted to so many people that a complete acknowledgment would be encyclopedic. My sincere thanks and profound sense of gratitude goes to my respected Chairman‚ Hon’ble. Dr. Jeppiaar‚ M.A.‚ B.L.‚ Ph.D.‚ for all his efforts and administration in educating us in premiere institution. I take this opportunity to thank our Director. Dr. Babu Manoharan‚ M.A.‚ M.B.A.‚ Ph.D. I would like to express my gratitude to our Principal. Dr. Jolly Abraham‚ M.E.‚ M.I.E.‚ Ph.D.‚
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Public Salience and International Financial Regulation. Explaining the International Regulation of OTC Derivatives‚ Rating Agencies‚ and Hedge Funds by Stefano Pagliari A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfilment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Global Governance Waterloo‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ 2013 © Stefano Pagliari 2013 I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis‚ including any
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For the exclusive use of X. LI‚ 2015. HKS751 Case Number 1989.0 Budget Woes and Worse Ahead… Pine Street Inn‚ Boston’s Iconic Homeless Shelter‚ Re-Thinks its Strategy In the early 2000s—after a 15-year push to create emergency shelters for the burgeoning homeless population in U.S. cities—shelter funding began to decline‚ nationwide. For Pine Street Inn‚ Boston’s foremost homeless shelter‚ with 715 beds in five facilities‚ the first sign of trouble came in the form of several
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