The qualitative research approach and life story interview method was used to describe the significant live events of five adults who experienced domestic violence during their childhood and adolescence. The participants were three women and two men who ranged between 23 to 61 y…
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Since the end of the Cold War, violent ethnic conflict has coincided with an increase in the number of failed or collapsed states and the emergence of more muscular and intrusive forms of external intervention by the United Nations. This dissertation explores the relationship be…
The purpose of this study was to develop and test a new instrument, the Medical Intermediate Concept Measure of Ethical Reasoning (Hereafter the MD-ICM), designed to help educators assess the ethical reasoning of medical students in Thailand. Following earlier methods for develo…
This dissertation examines regime interventions, those military interventions explicitly directed at regime change in a target state. I look at all regime interventions occurring between 1815 and 2001 and argue that these interventions are best understood as directed at broad re…
In response to its failure to meet state mandated proficiency standards in reading and mathematics over the past three years, a rural, Title I high school (LS) in South Carolina purchased and implemented the commercially available literacy program READ 180 (R180) for the 2008-20…
Agile methods are being adopted in the software development industry increasingly and even beyond this sector. Outsourcing software development from developing countries in the Global South is increasing in the industry. With Lebanon being the hub for outsourcing software for th…
When do states experience coup d’états? Previous studies of military intervention have analyzed various social conditions that have been assessed as determinants of coup behavior. Relationships between select social conditions and coup behavior are often determined by how a vari…
Vitamin A deficiency continues to be a public health problem in many countries. Several carotenoids, such as α- and β-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin found in plants, are capable of forming vitamin A in humans. Pro-vitamin A carotenoid-rich foods are an important and often sole sou…
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by specific symptoms, including (a) hypervigilance, (b) avoidance, and (c) recurring and intrusive dreams. PTSD has long been approached as a purely psychological issue with distinct behavioral symptom…
This thesis reviews from the perspective of ethics and human values the decision by the Eisenhower Administration to overthrow Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. Most literature on the coup, known as Operation Ajax, revolves around either its disastrous consequen…
In counterinsurgency wars with large-scale foreign military interventions, under what conditions do in-country allies comply with the demands of foreign intervening forces and under what conditions do allies dismiss foreign demands? By examining thousands of primary source docum…
Scholars have long explored questions concerning presidential foreign policy decision making as well as military performance in conducting operations. Studies have covered a wide variety of topics, including the organizational dynamics of the military bureaucracy, the effectiven…
La présente thèse porte sur les groupes d'activités scolaires en tant qu'intervention de groupe en service social et leur contribution dans le renforcement des droits de l'enfant en Égypte. L'objectif général de la recherche est d'explorer la situation de la pratique du service …
Military intervention has been undertaken numerous times since the end of World War II. Such involvement has most commonly taken the form of arms provisions to groups, but has, as in the case of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Somalia, taken the form of large-scale, combat-force deplo…
In a system of multi-ethnic states, one of the gravest threats to international order is secession. If groups within already established states have the right to self-determination, then virtually every state in the system faces the risk of dismemberment. Since 1945, scores of s…
The purpose of this exploratory sequential mixed methods study was to explore the relationship between participation in high school interscholastic athletics and student academic success as it relates to our economically disadvantaged students. There is an apparent difference be…
Embodiment is a faith-based intervention program created to increase positive body image and decrease self-objectification among Christian women through the use of biblical messages about the body. This study was approved by the Protection of Human Rights in Research Committee. …
Child Welfare agencies are charged with the task of investigating child maltreatment allegations, moving children from harmful environments and transitioning them to safe, stable and nurturing environments, in addition to providing services to families and children across the na…
The US set forth a national security strategy to combat weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the 2002 “National Security Strategy of the United States,” and the 2002 “National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.” In March 2003 the US Administration reorganized prolif…