QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ON FIRMS' FOOD SAFETY RESPONSIVENESS: THE CASE OF RED MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING SECTOR IN CANADA

This study assesses quantitatively the economic incentives for firms to adopt food safety controls and the potential impact of a number of firm and market-specific characteristics on this behavior, focusing on the red meat and poultry-processing sector in Canada.food safety controls, economic incentives, adoption, food processing sectors in Canada, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Strengthening the Campus Leadership Team through Effective Principal and Counselor Relationships: Implications for Training

Campuses with successful leadership teams have a better opportunity to meet the ever-increasing and complex needs of the students they serve (Crowther, Kaagan, Ferguson, & Hann, 2002). These successful campuses are strengthened when they include strong principals and counseling teams with shared mutual trust and understanding that permeates the school climate (DeVoss & Andrews, 2006). A review of the literature revealed a paucity of studies examining the nature of successful principal-counselor relations and the impact of this relationship on student success, effective campus leadership teams, and an effective school climate that promotes learning. Meaningful dialogue and discussion of this critical professional relationship also were found lacking in the major counseling and educational leadership professional journals

Fostering Self-efficacy for Biblical Learning and Doctrinal Awareness with Micro-teaching in a Brief Course on Bible Study

Self-efficacy for biblical learning was explored in the context of a small group experience focused on how to study the Bible. After first developing a new instrument to measure self-efficacy for biblical learning in a pilot study, ten church attendees participated in a seven-week course designed around the hermeneutical principles of understanding a Scripture passage in textual and historical context, placing the passage in the grand story of God, and relating it to relevant doctrine. The small group process employed micro-teaching as a mechanism to facilitate challenge and mastery experience in learning. Micro-teaching places the student in the role of teacher for very short segments of the class. It was hypothesized that this elevation of the student role would facilitate stronger self-efficacy beliefs for biblical learning and increase doctrinal awareness. Results demonstrated considerable improvement in both self-efficacy and doctrinal awareness across multi-methods. Positive change in teaching confidence and accuracy ratings was also observed for participants’ micro-teaching, which points to the process as a mastery experience. Because self-efficacy beliefs are excellent predictors of future behavior, increased efficacy for biblical learning could lead to increased engagement with the Bible. Implications for future research and practical ministry are discussed, including elevated involvement of congregants in Bible study classes and increased focus on hermeneutical skills

A study of the factors thought to be relevant in moral judgements in E.S.N. children

The study was designed to investigate the factors thought to be relevant in the attainment of maturity of moral judgement in educationally sub-normal children: those of age, intelligence, and family influence, the last being specifically concerned with social position, parental discipline and family relationships. Sex differences in the development of moral judgement wee also considered. The subjects were 50 pupils, aged 11 to 16, of a day special school for E.S.N. children and measures used were a test of moral judgement, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, attainment tests of reading and vocabulary, the Bane-Anthony Family Relations Test, a test of parental discipline, and a social class assessment. Results showed the general low level of moral maturity in E.S.N. children but the expected age trend was barely evident. Intelligence was found to be significantly related to the development of moral judgement in E.S.N. boys, particularly where there were verbal factor or when in terms of mental age; findings for the girls were either inconclusive or less pronounced. Some of the related aspects of intelligence were of the type which are influenced by social factors. Results of comparisons between moral judgement and tests of verbal attainment were mainly inconclusive. The differences between social classes in maturity of moral judgements of both boys and girls were positive though non-significant, but moral maturity was not related to size of family or to major involvements with particular members of the family. Sensitisation-type maternal discipline was found to be very highly related to the development of moral judgement in E.S.N. boys, and there was a high negative relationship between psychological-type discipline and development of moral judgement in girls

Writing labels for textile products (1995)

"Developed by the Missouri Textile and Apparel Center University of Missouri-Columbia, University Extension.""The Guide to Care Symbols chart, on the inside back cover, has been reproduced by the University of Missouri under license from ASTM. The chart is reprinted from the ASTM Care Labeling System D 5489, Standard Guide for Permanent Care Labels on Consumer Textile Products.

Not All Effects Are Created Equal: A Rejoinder To Sawilowsky

In the continuing debate over the use and utility of effect sizes, more discussion often helps to both clarify and syncretize methodological views. Here, further defense is given of Roberts & Henson (2002) in terms of measuring bias in Cohen’s d, and a rejoinder to Sawilowsky (2003) is presented

Bias and Precision of the Squared Canonical Correlation Coefficient Under Nonnormal Data Condition

Monte Carlo methods were employed to investigate the effect of nonnormality on the bias associated with the squared canonical correlation coefficient (Rc2). The majority of Rc2 estimates were found to be extremely biased, but the magnitude of bias was impacted little by the degree of nonnormality

Billy Elliot The Musical: visual representations of working-class masculinity and the all-singing, all-dancing bo[d]y

According to Cynthia Weber, ‘[d]ance is commonly thought of as liberating, transformative, empowering, transgressive, and even as dangerous’. Yet ballet as a masculine activity still remains a suspect phenomenon. This paper will challenge this claim in relation to Billy Elliot the Musical and its critical reception. The transformation of the visual representation of the human body on stage (from an ephemeral existence to a timeless work of art) will be discussed and analysed vis-a-vis the text and sub-texts of Stephen Daldry’s direction and Peter Darling’s choreography. The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the family, the older female, the community, the self and the act of dancing itself