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  • 1
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    Spatial Test for Agricultural Pesticide “Blow-In” Effect on Prevalence of Parkinson’s Disease
    SAGE Publications ; 2006
    In:  Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology Vol. 19, No. 1 ( 2006-03), p. 32-35
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    In: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 19, No. 1 ( 2006-03), p. 32-35
    Abstract: The current study used Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) clinical records, State of California pesticide application records, spatial maps of distribution of Parkinson’s disease patients, and pesticide applications to determine if there was evidence for “blow-in” of pesticides as a factor in explaining the prevalence of Central Valley Parkinson’s disease. The results did not support the hypothesis of increasing prevalence of Parkinsonism attributable to wind drift.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0891-9887 , 1552-5708
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0891988705284707
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2006
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    Why do Some Boundary Organizations Result in New Ideas and Practices and Others only Meet Resistance? : Examples From Juvenile Justice
    SAGE Publications ; 2009
    In:  The American Review of Public Administration Vol. 39, No. 1 ( 2009-01), p. 60-79
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    In: The American Review of Public Administration, SAGE Publications, Vol. 39, No. 1 ( 2009-01), p. 60-79
    Abstract: This study compares two federal grants, both from the same agency and both utilizing a national “boundary organization,” to assess how and why one was better able than the other to integrate divergent perspectives and produce new approaches to juvenile justice in multiple local jurisdictions. Results confirm the utility of boundary organizations but also show that not all organizations that bring together divergent perspectives necessarily result in anything new or better. Four factors stand out: (a) a different philosophy of evaluation research, (b) the grass-roots emergence of an inclusive rationale for the program that was orthogonal to the traditional “treatment versus punishment” ideology, (c) management strategies and agenda-setting arrangements at meetings that facilitated horizontal, upward, and downward information exchange, and (d) a different approach to knowledge and knowledge production that emphasized user-defined knowledge needs and diverse research methods. The case studies provide a wide range of insights for collaborative management practices, research—practitioner relationships, and implementation success.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0275-0740 , 1552-3357
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0275074007311889
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2009
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    The Economics of Specialty Hospitals
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  Medical Care Research and Review Vol. 65, No. 5 ( 2008-10), p. 531-553
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    In: Medical Care Research and Review, SAGE Publications, Vol. 65, No. 5 ( 2008-10), p. 531-553
    Abstract: Specialty hospitals, particularly those specializing in surgery and owned by physicians, have generated a relatively high degree of policy attention over the past several years. The main focus of policy debates has been in two areas: the extent to which specialty hospitals might compete unfairly with incumbent general hospitals and the extent to which physician ownership might be associated with higher usage. Largely absent from the debates, however, has been a discussion of the basic economic model of specialty hospitals. This article reviews existing literature, reports, and findings from site visits to explore the economic rationale for specialty hospitals. The discussion focuses on six factors associated with specialization: consumer demand, procedural operating margins, clinical efficiencies, procedural economies of scale, economies (and diseconomies) of scope, and competencies and learning. A better understanding of the economics of specialization will help policy makers evaluate the full spectrum of advantages and disadvantages of specialty hospitals.
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    ISSN: 1077-5587 , 1552-6801
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1077558708316687
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 2070248-6
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    Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Exercise, and Older Adults' Quality of Life
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  Western Journal of Nursing Research Vol. 30, No. 6 ( 2008-10), p. 704-723
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    In: Western Journal of Nursing Research, SAGE Publications, Vol. 30, No. 6 ( 2008-10), p. 704-723
    Abstract: This study examined health-related quality of life (HRQL) at baseline and 6, 9, and 12 months after initiating exercise training in three groups of older adults. The conditions were cognitive-behavioral therapy, attention-control health promotion education, and a control group. Participants ( N = 332) were mainly women ( n = 252, 75.9%) with a mean age of 71.8 ( SD = 5.1) years. Therapy participants were trained to modify their negative interpretations of exercise. Participants in the education group received information unrelated to exercise. After controlling for exercise behavior over time, the therapy group reported lower general health, more role limitations because of emotional problems, and somewhat less vitality than the control group did. The education group also reported lower general health and vitality than the control group did. Social interaction and discussion may heighten participants' awareness of these health aspects and influence their appraisal of HRQL. Findings demonstrate the complexities of HRQL and the challenge in developing effective methods for helping older adults adopt and maintain an active lifestyle.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0193-9459 , 1552-8456
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0193945907312977
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
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    Polarization and Conflict: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  Journal of Peace Research Vol. 45, No. 2 ( 2008-03), p. 131-141
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    In: Journal of Peace Research, SAGE Publications, Vol. 45, No. 2 ( 2008-03), p. 131-141
    Abstract: Recent formal and empirical research in political science and economics strongly indicates that various forms of political and social polarization increase the risk of violent conflict within and between nation states. The articles collected for this issue explore this crucial relationship and provide answers to a variety of topics: First, contributors address how institutions and other contingent factors mediate the conflict potential in polarized societies. Second, this special issue compares the explanatory power of income polarization with traditional and new measures of inequality. Third, the contributions examine how groups form and coalitions are built in polarized societies and how this affects political decision-making. Finally, the special issue analyses the interconnections between interstate war, internationalized conflict and polarization. This introduction synthesizes the literatures that have been developed on the issue of polarization and conflict in the various social scientific disciplines. The authors particularly discuss the similarities between economic models of conflict and the so-called crisis bargaining literature which has been mainly developed within political science. The article shows the differences between `polarization' and `inequality' and introduces the various measures of diversity that have been used in the study of interstate and intrastate conflict during the past few decades.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0022-3433 , 1460-3578
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0022343307087168
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    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
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    A Cross-Sectional Investigation of Status Post–Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Patients
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  Home Health Care Management & Practice Vol. 20, No. 6 ( 2008-10), p. 447-453
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    In: Home Health Care Management & Practice, SAGE Publications, Vol. 20, No. 6 ( 2008-10), p. 447-453
    Abstract: The objective of this cross-sectional investigation is to describe a cohort of 275 status post joint replacement patients who received home health services from an orthopedic home health agency in St. Louis, Missouri. This study also aims to determine if these patients achieved statistically significant improvements in their functional mobility skills, pain, and emotional status. Demographic data were collected together with functional mobility elements from the Outcome and Assessment Information Set pertinent to the rehabilitation of status post joint replacement patients on admission and discharge from home care. Because of the limited nature of participant selection and convenience sampling, no correlations or trends were established among the data collected. However, this cross-sectional analysis validated the incidence of a patient subpopulation that is admitted directly to home care after undergoing joint replacement surgery and demonstrated that these patients achieved significant positive outcomes in functional measures.
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    ISSN: 1084-8223 , 1552-6739
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1084822307311945
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
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    Acute Exercise Protects Against Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  Integrative Cancer Therapies Vol. 7, No. 3 ( 2008-09), p. 147-154
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    In: Integrative Cancer Therapies, SAGE Publications, Vol. 7, No. 3 ( 2008-09), p. 147-154
    Abstract: Numerous methods have been used to minimize the cardiotoxic effects of the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX), and most have had limited success. Chronic endurance exercise has been shown to protect against DOX cardiotoxicity, but little is known regarding the effects of acute exercise on DOX-induced cardiac dysfunction. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a single bout of acute endurance exercise on the cardiac dysfunction associated with DOX treatment. Methods. Male Sprague-Dawley rats either performed an acute exercise bout on a motorized treadmill for 60 minutes at a maximal speed of 25 m/min with a 5% grade (EX) or remained sedentary (SED) 24 hours before receiving either a 15-mg/kg DOX bolus dose or saline (SAL). Cardiac function was then analyzed 5 days post injection using a Langendorff isolated perfused heart model. In addition, myocardial lipid peroxidation was analyzed as an indicator of oxidative stress. Results. Doxorubicin treatment alone (SED+DOX) promoted a significant decline in end-systolic pressure (—35%), left ventricular developed pressure (—59%), and the maximal rate of left ventricular pressure development (—43%) as well as a 45% increase in lipid peroxidation products when compared with SED+SAL ( P 〈 .05). Acute exercise 24 hours before DOX treatment, however, had a cardioprotective effect, as end-systolic pressure, left ventricular developed pressure, and the maximal rate of left ventricular pressure development were significantly higher in EX+DOX compared with SED+DOX ( P 〈 .05) and EX+DOX had similar levels of lipid peroxidation products as SED+SAL Conclusions. An acute exercise bout performed 24 hours before DOX treatment protected against cardiac dysfunction, and this exercise-induced cardioprotection may partly be explained by a reduction in the generation of reactive oxygen species.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1534-7354 , 1552-695X
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1534735408322848
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
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    The Japanese History Textbook Controversy in East Asian Perspective
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 617, No. 1 ( 2008-05), p. 107-122
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    In: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, SAGE Publications, Vol. 617, No. 1 ( 2008-05), p. 107-122
    Abstract: Controversy over the inadequate presentation of Japan's colonial and wartime past in the country's history textbooks is one of the most protracted, notorious, and politically relevant “history problems” currently troubling East Asia. This article provides an overview of the controversy's evolution since 1982, situating it in changing domestic and regional contexts, analyzing its particularities and interrelations with other controversial issues, and evaluating its impacts on textbooks and societies at large. It shows how increased domestic and foreign scrutiny and contestation have triggered cycles of greater openness, conservative counterreactions, subsequent backlashes, and renewed debate in the field of textbooks and have overall contributed both to reinforcements and to reconsiderations of foreign relations in the region.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0002-7162 , 1552-3349
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716208314359
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    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
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    detail.hit.zdb_id: 757146-X
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 2097792-X
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 328-1
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    Organizational Service Climate Drivers of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) and Financial and Market Performance
    SAGE Publications ; 2009
    In:  Journal of Service Research Vol. 12, No. 1 ( 2009-08), p. 3-14
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    In: Journal of Service Research, SAGE Publications, Vol. 12, No. 1 ( 2009-08), p. 3-14
    Abstract: The climate for service is conceptualized and studied as a correlate of customer satisfaction and corporate financial and market performance, with customer satisfaction as a mediator of the climate-performance relationship. Brief reviews of relevant literatures yield three hypotheses: (1) customer satisfaction will be a significant correlate of organizational financial and market performance, (2) organizational service climate will be a significant correlate of organizational customer satisfaction, and (3) customer satisfaction will mediate the relationship between service climate and financial and market performance. The hypothesized relationships are supported in a 3-year longitudinal study of Fortune 200 service companies (not units within companies) from diverse service sectors with path analyses supporting full mediation for customer satisfaction in the link between service climate and corporate financial and market performance. Management implications for corporate competitive advantage through a focus on service climate are discussed.
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    ISSN: 1094-6705 , 1552-7379
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1094670509336743
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2009
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 2020788-8
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    Reducing the Illicit Trade in Endangered Wildlife : The Market Reduction Approach
    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice Vol. 24, No. 3 ( 2008-08), p. 274-295
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    In: Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, SAGE Publications, Vol. 24, No. 3 ( 2008-08), p. 274-295
    Abstract: The market reduction approach is a crime reduction strategy that aims to reduce and disrupt stolen goods markets, in addition to reducing theft levels by making it more risky for thieves to sell stolen property. Initially, the concept has shown promise in England with regard to reducing traditional forms of property-related crime as well as disrupting certain types of stolen goods markets. Additionally, strides have been made using property as a unit of analysis rather than traditional foci of attention when examining crime patterns and designing tactical responses. In line with the 2005 United Nations program of work on transnational and organized crime, this article uses the specific example of the illegal trade of endangered flora and fauna to explore how the market reduction approach can be expanded beyond its current use into the realm of nontraditional types of property crime.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1043-9862 , 1552-5406
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/1043986208318226
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 2027876-7
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