Information, Development and Social Change Programs in Information Schools

The objective of this report from School of Information masters students is to explore opportunity spaces for dynamic research networks and agendas focused on information, development, and social change. Research networks will include faculty, master's and doctoral students across information schools who will generate new paradigms for meeting social challenges through information science, new design methods for community inquiry, and evaluation methods to measure the effectiveness of these initiatives in affecting social change through mechanisms such as efficiency of resource utilization. Development in the context of this report refers to economic, social, and infrastructure capacity building initiatives in both emerging and developed economies.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/91307/1/2009-McLauglinPuckett-ISI_Report_Final.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/91307/2/2009-McLauglinPuckett-ISI_Report_Final.pd

What Is Bottom-Up About Global Internet Governance?

This article maintains that the price for inclusion in the World Summit on the Information Society – which finally has been achieved through the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) – has been the erosion of an oppositional civil society within the summit itself. Specifically, it evaluates the development of the WGIG as a manifestation of global neo-corporatism. In doing so, the article addresses recurrent patterns within neo-corporatist policy concertation that is oriented toward satisfying neoliberal economic imperatives. The objective of this article is to provide an analysis of processes by which the diversity of interest representation that was characteristic of the first phase of the WSIS has become condensed into one agenda item focused on internet governance

Sleep Hygiene and Problem Behaviors in Snoring and Non- Snoring School-Age Children

Objectives—The effects of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep restriction, dyssomnias, and parasomnias on daytime behavior in children have been previously assessed. However, the potential relationship(s) between sleep hygiene and children’s daytime behavior remain to be explored. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep hygiene and problematic behaviors in non-snoring and habitually snoring children. Methods—Parents of 100 5- to 8-year-old children who were reported to snore “frequently” to “almost always,” and of 71 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched children who were reported to never snore participated in this study. As part of a larger, ongoing study, children underwent nocturnal polysomnography and parents were asked to complete the Children’s Sleep Hygiene Scale (CSHS) and the Conners’ Parent Rating Scales-Revised (CPRS-R:L). Results—In the snoring group, strong negative correlations (r = −.39, p Conclusions—Parental reports of behavioral patterns in snoring children indicate that poorer sleep hygiene is more likely to be associated with behavior problems, including hyperactivity, impulsivity, and oppositional behavior. In contrast, no significant relationships between slee

Exile Vol. XXV No. 1

PROSE Friend by John Marshall Visiting Relatives by Cynthia Lanning Hahn The Mud Lane by Eloise Haveman The Petrification of a Wild Sweet William Blossom by Melissa Simmons ART Three views of Granville by Scott Tryon (front cover) untitled photos by Bogart and Jerry Brown Landscape by Scott Tryon Submissive Defiance by Bogart Three things that Remain by Jerry Brown back cover by Lindy Davies POETRY A Photographer Documents Her Death by Chris Gjessing three Haiku by Eloise Haveman Morning by Melissa Simmons Granite Travel by Lisa Minacci did you year? by Bob McLaughlin he\u27s coming home again by Bob McLaughlin David by Betsy Bates Le Cafe de \u27lUnivers by Ann Leopard untitled by John Marshall The Last Ramona Poem (fat chance) by Lindy Davies Mother Told Me not to Play Next Door by Ellen Cox Poems of the Inconsequentials by Eloise Havema

What do you mean, I have a right to health? Participatory action research on health and human rights

What does the right to health mean to people who face inequalities and may struggle to access support? This is a pressing issue in Scotland where there is a national commitment to human rights, but where deep seated health inequalities are a major public health concern. The right to the highest attainable standard of health is recognised within the European Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and should be equally available, accessible, acceptable and of good quality to everyone