Attitudes towards immigration in Europe

This paper examines attitudes towards immigration across a range of countries in Europe. In line with the current literature we find evidence that both economic and non-economic factors shape attitudes towards the arrival of immigrants. However, we also show that the relative importance of these factors depends crucially on the race of the arriving immigrants. We find that economic considerations are more likely to shape attitudes towards the arrival of same race immigrants, while immigrants of a different race are perceived to have a negative impact on the country´s culture. Moreover, educated natives perceive labour market competition from arriving immigrants of the same race only

New Concepts in Customer and Territorial Restrictions—The Schwinn and Sealy Doctrines

Recent Supreme Court decisions in United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Company and United States v. Sealy, Incorporated have raised new questions concerning the legality of customer and territorial restrictions imposed on dealers, distributors, franchisees, and licensees by manufacturers. In this article the author analyzes these cases and concludes that attacks on customer and territorial restrictions will be more effective in the future and, to avoid government prosecution and treble damage actions by private litigants, businessmen and lawyers should be cautious in the use of such restraints

Off the Edge of the Map: The Search for Portuguese Influence on the Piri Reis Map of 1513

Left tattered after centuries of ware, hidden in the walls of Topkapı Sarayı, the 1513 map of the Ottoman cartographer Hacı Ahmed Muhiddin Piri has not been properly contextualized in light of Portuguese cartography of the time. In the map’s colophon, Piri Reis indicated that he utilized Portuguese charts as his sources for cartographic depictions of India and China. Scholars have not inspected the full range of contemporaneous Portuguese charts that depict the Indian Ocean Basin in light of the Piri Reis map. My contribution is to examine several late 14th and early 15th century Portuguese cartographical sources and references to sources to suggest possible connections between the Piri Reis map and contemporary Portuguese mappa mundi

This Fire of Contention : Factional Conflict in Salem Village after 1692

The Salem witch trials have fascinated historians since the eighteenth century, but as Mary Beth Norton aptly states there is still “much of the complicated Salem story [that] remains untold.” Previous scholarship has failed tell fully the story of the trials’ aftermath. In this paper, I follow the story of a group of witch trial victims and their families to illuminate the religious and political tensions after the trials ended in 1693. I argue that reconciliation came only after the resignation of the Reverend Samuel Parris and the out-migration of the disaffected families to a new community. I discuss the emigration of the Nurse, Cloyse, and Bridges families to Framingham in light of conflict over the extension of church membership through the Halfway Covenant during the Reverend Thomas Green’s tenure in Salem Village. Green’s efforts to heal the parish were met with limited success because of the persistent factionalism in the community. After 1692, the religious and political conflicts in Salem Village provided the impetus for community formation and expansion in the new town of Framingham

Letter from the Editors

The Gettysburg Historical Journal embodies the History Department’s dedication to diverse learning and excellence in academics. Each year, the Journal publishes the top student work in a range of topics across the spectrum of academic disciplines with different methodological approaches to the study of history. In the words of Marc Bloch, author of The Historian’s Craft, “history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.” In the spirit of this maxim, our authors strive to elucidate the many facets of human societies and cultures. Whether these young scholars’ research is focused on politics, religion, economics, environmental history, or women gender and sexuality studies, the editorial staff is consistently proud of the diverse subject matter we select for publication. [excerpt

PBL2.0: Redesigning Problem-Based Curricula for 21st-Century Learning

Meeting Theme: Toward Justice: Culture, Language, and Heritage in Education Research and PraxisSession: 61.046 - Uncovering Intellectual and Conceptual Underpinnings of Innovative and Nontraditional Contexts for Learning Across Disciplines: no. 5An original rationale for the introduction of problem-based learning (PBL) in medical education in the 1960s was to support the management of the exponentially expanding amount of scientific data and resources available. Progenitors (Barrows, 1988) aimed to design curricula that would enable students to retrieve, process and analyze data within the structure of an inquiry-based framework (Hmelo-Silver, 2004, Lu, Bridges & Hmelo-Silver, 2014). Skilled facilitation of information seeking, sorting, critiquing and applying within the process of understanding the dimensions of ill-defined, clinically relevant problems was seen as supporting a ‘flexible’ approach towards knowledge (Hmelo-Silver & Barrows, 2008). The information explosion argument for the use of such inquiry-led curricula remains just as, if not even more, cogent than 40 years ago. Undergraduate health sciences students (and their patients) can access an almost infinite amount of online information from under-researched opinion pieces to sharing of ...postprin

Stardust microcrater residue compositional groups

Compositional groups are defined in residue from Stardust craters (1-9 Dc) by qualitative EDS. These compositional groups are being further studied by a FIB-SEM technique to determine representative residue compositions

Hypertext and literature : facts and fictions : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

PLEASE NOTE: 2 discs in pocket inside back coverThis thesis examines hypertext as a new medium (but not necessarily the new medium) for literature, first setting an empirical base and then exploring more theoretical issues. I begin with a definition, identifying what makes hypertext qualitatively different from print text. Using the tools of semiotics I describe the essential features of hypertext as opposed to print text in order to lay a factual basis for further discussion. The second part of my thesis extends the definition of hypertext by describing and evaluating two examples of hypertext practice. The first example is Intext, my own hypertext system for creating hypertext tutorials for students of literature. The working Intext system is provided on floppy disk as a companion to this thesis. The second example of hypertext practice is Stuart Moulthrop's hyperfiction, Victory Garden. I follow a critical commentary of this hyperfiction as an essentially reflexive work with some consideration of the challenges hyperfiction poses to literary criticism, focussing on the experiences of reading, writing and criticising fiction in the hypertext medium. The third part of my thesis evaluates the claim, made by current hypertext critics and theorists, that hypertext, as a writing space for literature, is the successor to the medium of print. I background this by tracing the history of hypertext in practice, and by questioning the extent to which experimentation in print fiction can be said to prefigure hypertext. I set forth the rhizome as one possible model for the writing space provided by hypertext. I consider and reject the idea that hypertext embodies certain poststructuralist views of literature; and, by comparing hypertext to the writing space of oral literature, I find some political motivations for the claim that hypertext will succeed print as a medium for literature

An Educational Initiative to Promote Self-Care Practices in Hispanic Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has become pandemic and is predicted to increase among Americans. Hispanic Americans are at high risk for the disease. T2D is a causative factor in many chronic illnesses among adults in the United States. A major contributing factor to poor adherence to diabetes treatment plans is knowledge deficit related to the disease, its management, and its complications. Therefore, education in self-care practices is critical in diabetes management. Purpose: The purpose of this evidence-based quality improvement project (QIP) was to promote self-care practices among T2D Hispanic patients through a diabetes self-management education (DSME) program. The project had five objectives: (a) to develop and (b) implement the DMSE; and to evaluate patients’ (c) blood glucose levels, (d) knowledge and practice of self-care management, and (e) self-efficacy in self-care practices before and after the educational initiative. Theoretical Framework: Pender’s Health Promotion Model was used for this evidence-based practice project. Methods: A quantitative exploratory design was used for this QIP. An educational program was developed from the American Diabetes Association care standards for diabetic needs. Twenty T2D patients at a South Florida urban medical center were recruited and provided with individualized educational sessions. With paired-samples t tests, their blood glucose levels, knowledge and practice of self-care, and self-confidence in their self-care were measured preintervention and 2 to 3 months postintervention with individual glucose measurements, the Self-Care Inventory-Revised Questionnaire, and the Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Questionnaire. Results: The results showed that participants’ blood glucose levels decreased significantly from pre- to postintervention (p \u3c .000). Participants’ knowledge of and adherence to diabetes self-care increased significantly (p \u3c .000). Participants’ self-efficacy in their ability to practice self-care also increased significantly (p \u3c .000). Conclusion: The educational initiative was highly effective in lowering T2D participants’ HgA1c levels and increasing their knowledge of, adherence to, and confidence in their self-care management practices. Future research should include replication of this project with larger samples and in other geographic locations. T2D management requires constant education, and similar educational initiatives should be implemented in other medical facilities so that T2D patients may improve their self-management and quality of life