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India's sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty. But this may come at a steep cost to the nation's environment and natural resources. This insightful book analyzes India's growth from an economic perspective and assesses whether …
Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims-until now…
Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims-until now…
Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims--until no…
"The 2nd edition of the Handbook of Population covers the major topics of the discipline of demography, including current substantive, methodological and theoretical issues of interest, as well as new and emerging topics in the field. In addition to revised, updated and extended…
The April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report assesses changes in risks to financial stability over the past six months, focusing on sovereign vulnerabilities, risks stemming from private sector deleveraging, and assessing the continued resilience of emerging markets. The rep…
African Americans (AAs) are disproportionately affected by certain types of hematologic malignancies. Despite the efforts of investigators, AAs with hematologic malignancies remain grossly underrepresented in cancer clinical trials. Few studies have evaluated the underrepresenta…
Drug usage and addiction is on the rise in the United States and college students are one of the most vulnerable groups. College students are exposed to a new environment with a lack of supervision and a desire to fit in. In the process, they are exposed to the use of substances…
Intraspecific competition is ubiquitous in nature and can fundamentally shape the individual life history. Competition occurs, and consequently influences life-history traits, through the direct effects of interference and indirect effects of exploitation. Importantly, it is the…
The phenomenon of secondary traumatic stress (STS) has a significant adverse impact on many in the teaching profession. STS can be described as the symptoms of extreme stress experienced as a result of direct exposure to traumatized individuals. In this case, traumatized individ…
The problem addressed in this qualitative phenomenological study was how poverty affected educators in teaching literacy achievement in secondary high school classrooms. The purpose addressed the experiences of educators to create a model of their lived experiences. Using socioc…
Background: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic health tests, such as 23andMe, provide information about select genetic predispositions directly to the consumer, bypassing the involvement of a genetics expert and potentially leading to adverse health outcomes. Specifically, the 23a…
Adolescence is a time when many individuals begin to participate in dating. Adolescent romantic relationships can have benefits for youth but can also be harmful if they do not have the information and skills needed to form and maintain healthy relationships. This study analyzed…
Landscape alterations can occur naturally or anthropogenically. Conservation wildlife managers attempt to combat anthropogenic habitat destruction with landscape restorations by using a variety of management techniques. Evaluating the techniques being used through species monito…
‘When a person dies, a library is lost’ is an adage in oral history that underpins and motivates this thesis. Not only is personal history lost but also social history. This thesis explores the use of oral history methods to record personal and professional histories in Solomon …
Economic development is well-recognized as being fundamental to facilitating an overall improved quality of life for communities and their residents. Throughout West Virginia’s history, the state has experienced economic hardships caused by boom and bust cycles associated with r…
Scope of Study. This study is concerned with examination of the social and psychological factors affecting fertility decision making in Kuwait. The research format is the number of children alive, the desire for additional children, and the ideal number of children considered by…
As induced abortion is a highly stigmatized topic, direct estimation techniques are generally inadequate for measuring its incidence or fertility-reducing effect. This research evaluates the ability of an indirect estimation technique to generate realistic estimates of induced a…