ETHNICITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AN ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVE

Article I of the Universal Declaration of Human rights adopted by the United Nations in December, 1948, holds: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article II stipulates that everyone is entitled to the rights set forth in the Declaration without distinction of any kind, including race, colour, sex, language. In the view of many American ethnic people the question of human rights and ethnicity has been and still is one of the most neglected aspects of the revival of ethnicity as a factor in American life. In fact, in some ethnic circles there is concern that the issue of human rights is overly abstract and international, and that ethnic groups need to concentrate on American issues

Periodic Abstinence: Definition, Motivation and Research

One of the Jesuit priests playing an organ. (11 January 1955) [Photo by Boleslaus Lukaszewski, Original number PHO 1.176a.26

A test of the electromagnetic theory of the hydrogen vortices surrounding sun-spots

The extensive fields of force shown by the spectroheliograph in the hydrogen atmosphere surrounding sun-spots have been explained in two different ways: (1) as true hydrodynamical vortices, resembling great tornadoes, and (2) as electromagnetic phenomena, in which charged particles moving in the solar atmosphere are constrained by the magnetic fields in the spots to follow their lines of force. The principles involved in the electromagnetic theory have been applied to the explanation of the terrestrial aurora by Stormer, who has also developed this theory for the case of sun-spots.(1

Method of insetting predesigned disbond areas into composite laminates

This invention is a process for producing composite laminates containing interlaminar disbonds of controlled sizes, shapes, and positions within a composite structure. A composite layer is provided for later inclusion within a laminate. The surfaces of this composite layer are solvent cleaned and sandblasted, except in desired disbond areas, which are coated with a releasing surface. A template to mask the bond areas is employed to obtain disbond areas of controlled shapes and sizes. The resulting composite layer is then used in the subsequent manufacture of a laminate, whereby faulty adhesion in the laminate can be studied with prior knowledge of the size, shape, and location of the disbond areas

Student Perceptions of the Clinical Education Environment

This Masters Project surveyed nursing clinical students at a University School of Nursing in the Pacific Northwest using a recently developed tool, the Student Evaluation of Clinical Education Environment (SECEE, version 3). Use of the SECEE (version 3) helped identify differences in student perceptions of various clinical learning environments. Results of nonparametric statistics were non-significant due to the small sample size; however there appeared to be consistent preference by students for clinicals at Magnet designated facilities. Additionally, higher instructor facilitation scores were also noted among students assigned to the university main campus (n = 31, M = 45.19, SD = 9.39) compared to students assigned to the distance campus (n = 9, M = 36.89, SD = 20.63). The findings have implications for nursing education, specifically the potential benefit of student learning at Magnet designated facilities and the importance of adequate support and engagement between university faculty and students in distance learning environments

[NASA's Manned Flight Programs- Gemini and Apollo] News Release

Manned space flight research projects - Gemini and Apoll