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Profiting From Purpose: Profiles of Success and Challenge in Eight Social Purpose Businesses
Offers an in-depth analysis of eight community-based human service and youth-serving nonprofit organizations that received assistance from Seedco's Nonprofit Venture Network to develop their capacity to launch social purpose businesses
Power-Off Tests of the Northrop N9M-2 Tailless Airplane in the 40- by 80-foot Wind Tunnel
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Absolute continuity and spectral concentration for slowly decaying potentials
We consider the spectral function for the
Sturm-Liouville equation on with the
boundary condition and where has slow decay
as . We develop our previous methods of locating spectral
concentration for with rapid exponential decay (JCAM 81 (1997) 333-348) to
deal with the new theoretical and computational complexities which arise for
slow decay
Extensions of a New Algorithm for the Numerical Solution of Linear Differential Systems on an Infinite Interval
This paper is part of a series of papers in which the asymptotic theory and
appropriate symbolic computer code are developed to compute the asymptotic
expansion of the solution of an n-th order ordinary differential equation. The
paper examines the situation when the matrix that appears in the Levinson
expansion has a double eigenvalue. Application is made to a fourth-order ODE
with known special function solution
Boys and girls come out to play: Gender differences in children\u27s play patterns
This paper presents findings from The Irish Neighbourhood Play Study; a national, cross-border research project which recorded childrenâs play patterns in Ireland during 2012. The study incorporated 1688 families across 240 communities. This study recorded the play patterns of children in Ireland aged birth-14 years. The findings of the study are discussed here in the context of gendered patterns. Particular emphasis is placed on the skill differences developed through various play choices. These differences are explored within the context of established literature on the learning strengths of boys and girls. Established bodies of literature on childrenâs learning across gender lines has long been engaged in the debate about whether these differences are biological or socially constructed. This paper offers a parallel question; Are gender differences within learning, constructed through play choices within childhood?
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Mapping the terrain of homosexually-themed language
In this article, I present a new model for understanding homosexually-themed language. By detailing how old conceptualizations of homophobic language no longer maintain heuristic utility in explaining the social dynamics of many sport and educational settings, I situate other conceptualizations of homosexually-themed language depending on the cultural context. I argue that whether language is considered homophobic, or whether it is better conceptualized as fag discourse, gay discourse or pro-gay language, is primarily dependent on the homohysteria of a setting. This model should enable scholars and educators to understand the operation of homosexually-themed language in society and properly evaluate the homophobia of a setting
The age of imagination: imagining play and invention: implications for creative development
This paper presents findings from The Irish Neighbourhood Play Study; a national, cross-border research project which recorded childrenâs play patterns in Ireland during 2012. The study incorporated 1688 families across 240 communities. Data was established on the play choices of children aged from birth to 14 years. Multiple differentials were explored including socio-economic and geographical environments.
This paper focuses on the findings within imaginary play patterns for the full cohort. As such, it presents the play patterns for imaginary play in children aged birth-14 years. The findings are discussed in the context of developmental patterns with particular emphasis on the relationship between imaginary play and the development of creativity.
Creativity is a key concept within contemporary education. Its central nexus is problem solving in the face of uncertainty. Within a rapidly changing world, it is a key skill requirement for todayâs children as they grow towards efficacy within instability. The relationship between the development of creativity and childrenâs engagement with imaginary play practices are explored in this paper.
©IATED (2017). Reproduced in Research Online with permission
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