In recent years, irrigation projects worldwide, and in the Andean region of Bolivia in particular, have besides solving water problems also generated water conflicts. Historically, most irrigation systems in Bolivia have been set up by peasant communities, and only more recently…
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Boko Haram (BH) terrorism in Nigeria has persisted for over a decade, and the attacks continue to get more sophisticated, deadly, and well-coordinated with each passing year. Given the sect’s focus on religious institutions, especially churches and mosques considered not to be p…
Multiple studies have shown forgiveness across various types of relationships is associated with increased relationship satisfaction, commitment, and closeness (McCullough et al., 1998; Riek & Mania, 2012; Worthington 2005a; 2006). While hundreds of studies have been completed i…
This thesis examines the problem of addiction as a biopsychosocial-spiritual archetypal disease and asks: What is an interactive, exciting, and robust intervention that can be used as a technique for relapse prevention? This thesis proposes an active imagination technique viewed…
Though the United States has a storied history of protest since its founding, critics of protests often ask if they inspire meaningful, empirical change. Protests and the desire to create for social good inspire many artists and designers. Energized by the Black Lives Matter mov…
Emerging adults are at high risk for excess weight gain. Unfortunately, few weight gain prevention interventions have shown efficacy in this age group. Weight suppression, traditionally defined as the difference between highest lifetime weight and current weight, is a robust pre…
Depression is a prevalent and disabling disorder. Parental depression predicts onset and treatment resistance in offspring, and adolescent onset has been associated with severe and chronic course. Thus, much work has been done to prevent depression, particularly in adolescent of…
Dementia-related anxiety (DRA) may occur when lapses in cognition are appraised as threatening. Individuals with DRA may seek to improve cognition. The primary purposes of this study were to evaluate 1) if DRA changed after eight weeks of Lumosity© software use, compared to cont…
This qualitative case study analysis focused on the intent of the state’s intervention into East St. Louis and North Chicago, starting in 2011. The case study also presents findings related to the impacts of those interventions through 2018. Interviews, focus groups, and artifac…
Caregiver characteristics (i.e., cognitions, affective responses) and factors of stress and support across developmentally salient ecological contexts (i.e., home, school, and community) are primary determinants of the nature and quality of caregiving (Taraban & Shaw, 2018). Usi…
Racial disparities in school discipline were first highlighted in a 1975 seminal report released by The Children’s Defense Fund (Children’s Defense Fund, 1975). Since that time, racial disparities in school discipline have increased, and Black students remain the most vulnerable…
The current study focuses on the construction of a trauma-informed manualized training for law enforcement sexual assault response. The teaching material within this manual is gathered from an extensive literature review of advocacy for sexual assault survivors, other law enforc…
This thesis provides a framework for viewing socio-political contexts and how these relate to interventionist projects. The framework draws on and combines strands from international relations and sociological perspectives of social interaction. The central question becomes how …
This examination criticises some of the main textual efforts within the self-identified politiography of Algeria that have attempted to help make the last twenty years of violent conflict in Algeria intelligible to Western audiences. It attends to the way in which particular rep…
The research was an investigation into the phenomenon of external military interventions in Africa. The broad interpretation often given to intervention compelled both an African view on the subject and an operational definition. External military intervention was defined as the…
Despite the successful application of lean thinking across a wide range of industries, and a number of UK Government funded programmes such as the Construction Lean Improvement Programme and Constructing Excellence, the construction sector lags behind other sectors as highlighte…
This book presents everything needed to design and implement Daily Behavior Report Cards (DRCs), a flexible and dynamic system for promoting positive student behaviors and overcoming barriers to learning. DRCs offer a way to reward K-12 students for achieving clearly defined goa…
