Taking Stock: Five Years of Structural Change in Boston's Public Schools, A Boston Indicators Project Special Report

This report takes a broad look at the overall makeup of public schools in Boston, combining results from the Boston Public Schools and the city's Commonwealth Charter schools to provide a snapshot of how school structures and student performance have been affected by reforms that have expanded autonomy to larger numbers of schools

The Effects of Cationic Valence on Wash Deinking of Newsprint

The effects of cationic valence were tested against final pulp brightness in the wash deinking process on newsprint. The electrolytes used were AlCl3,CaCl2 and NaCl. The concentrations were varied from 8.32 x 10-4 M to 100 times that amount on all three electrolytes. The effects were studied on the wash water and the cooking liquor seperately, using deionized water as a control run. It was found that there was a noticeable loss of brightness even at the lowest level of electrolyte addition in both the wash water trials and the cooking liquor trials. The effect was greatest when the electrolytes were added to the cooking liquor for AlCl3 and CaCl2. It was also noticed that the addition of Al and Ca ions to cooks containing sodium silicate as a dispersing agent caused a precipate to form, possibly lowering the effectiveness of the dispersing agent

Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide for Increased Patient Autonomy

This essay features an assessment of the various factors which play into the argument for legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in the United States for increased patient autonomy. Arguments for legalization of PAS as a means of end-of-life care remain separate from voluntary euthanasia. National legalization of PAS, for this fundamental principle of hospice care, is necessary to allow a choice to those in their final stages of life of how they wish to leave. If the values of PAS advocates are maximization of autonomy and minimization of suffering, then it follows that the chronically depressed, as well as patients of other chronic mental illnesses, who are competent individuals would be ideal candidates for the PAS procedure. It matters not what laypeople or physicians feel toward PAS, nor the stance of any religious group, but rather the feelings of the patients involved in the process themselves. If legalized in the United States, the law surrounding PAS would best be modeled after that of Oregon’s DWDA, which would protect and safeguard patients who seek PAS from scenarios bordering euthanasia. Economically speaking, national legalization of PAS in the United States would save both money and resources for terminally ill patients. Individuals who qualify for PAS under a law surrounding its legalization, modeled after that of Oregon’s DWDA, should be afforded a choice on whether or not to pursue PAS as an end-of-life measure

Interpretive evaluation of U.S. China policy as treated by Life and Time magazines, 1945-1950.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

Public Accountants’ Perceptions Of The Acceptability Of Earnings Management Practices Through The Employment Of GAAP In The Post-Sox Period

Over fifteen years ago, Martens and McEnroe (1992) conducted a behavioral study involving earnings management through the use of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Their findings indicated that auditors issued unqualified audit opinions on those financial statements and perceived little risk to litigation as a result. A decade later they conducted a similar study (Martens and McEnroe 2002) with the expectation that increased attention to earnings management by then chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arthur Levitt, would reduce auditors’ perceptions that the letter of GAAP is in itself an aegis or “safe harbor” against litigation. Although the authors found that auditors had become more conservative, they still issued unqualified opinions on financial statements in which transactions were reported in their form rather than their substance. Given the accounting scandals of Enron and WorldCom, among others, and the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in 2002, especially with its officers’ certification requirements, it was posited that auditors would exhibit a much more conservative approach than in either of the two previous studies. The results indicate that although auditors are more conservative than in the 1992 study, they still allow clients to engage in earnings management practices through the use of GAAP by issuing unqualified audit opinions on their financial statements

Factors Influencing Habitat Use By Breeding Waterfowl in South Dakota

Wetland characteristics, adjacent upland conditions, and corresponding waterfowl populations were surveyed on 500 quarter sections in 125 clusters proportionally stratified within eight physiographic strata in South Dakota. Two survey were conducted, one in May and a second in June, each year during 1973 and 1974. Habitat variables of each wetland and of each quarter section, respectively, were analyzed for each species of waterfowl through multiple regression analysis. Multiple regression equations had highest coefficients of determination for mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), pintails (Anas acuta), blue-winged teal (Anas discors), and gadwall (Anas strepera). Coefficient of determination for these species were greatest in the central Coteau des Prairies, the James River Valley, and the Coteau du Missouri. Hectares of surface water and hectares of open water per pond were most closely associated with numbers of breeding waterfowl per pond. Shoreline distance, height of emergent vegetation, and hectares of game management cover were usually positive in association with numbers of breeding waterfowl per pond. Hectares of class IV wetlands per quarter section exhibited the most positive associations with numbers of waterfowl in the Coteau des Prairies and the James River Valley. Hectares of class II and class III wetlands were positively associated with breeding waterfowl numbers per quarter section in the James River Valley. Shoreline distance and hectares of class III wetlands per quarter section exhibited greater positive associations with numbers of breeding waterfowl in the Coteau du Missouri than in other strata

Psychoanalysis and early education: a study of the educational ideas of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Anna Freud (1895-1982), Melanie Klein (1882-1960), and Susan Isaacs (1885-1948)

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The Effects of Eldercare Responsibilities on Employed Caregivers

The number of people in the older population will continue to grow as the decades progress. The most rapid increase expected would be between the years 2010 and 2030 when the “baby boom” generation reaches 65 years or older. By the year 2030, there will be about 70 million older persons, more than twice the number than for the year 1998. More and more people will live long enough to experience multiple chronic illnesses, disability, and dependency; in addition there will be more relatives in their fifties and sixties who will be facing the concern and expense of caring for them. Those over the age of 85 years are most likely to need help with activities of daily living such as dressing, bathing, and toileting; and instrumental activities of daily living such as meal preparation, shopping, transportation, and paying bills. Family members such as daughters-in-law, granddaughters, husbands, sons, and nieces and nephews, are the ones who provide the vast majority of help needed by the elderly. Those family members typically find themselves juggling responsibilities of their own work, their children and their elder relatives. The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of elder caregiving on caregivers employed outside the home and their work. Lazarus Stress and Coping Model provided the theoretical framework for this study. An Eldercare Survey Tool was given to employed caregivers to determine what types of caregiving are provided for the older adult, how many hours are spent on eldercare caregiving per * week, and to what extent emotional, physical, or financial burdens are experienced by the caregiver. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and describe the answers to the questionnaire, including demographic information. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) which labels variables and provides parametric and non-parametric statistical procedures. The open-ended questions were analyzed using content analysis. The findings of this study suggest that employees who have caregiver responsibilities for older adults outside of work have issues that may affect their work and family life. This study suggests that caregiving does interfere with work life by employees having to go into work late, leaving early or taking time off during the day due to their caregiving responsibilities. The study also suggests that participants feel that they have experienced less time for family and have had to give up hobbies and vacations due to their caregiving responsibilities. The typical caregiver in this study was female, white, married, mid forties, and employed fulltime as a professional. The study also suggests that employees with eldercare responsibilities have both difficulties and rewards from their caregiving experience