[Review of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter

I am personally delighted to see the re-issue of Jade Snow Wong\u27s autobiographical novel, Fifth Chinese Daughter. Shortly after I arrived in the U.S. in 1959 as a rather bewildered young girl immigrant of twelve, it was my good fortune to have stumbled onto -- in the local public library -- Jade Snow Wong\u27s wonderful story of growing up Chinese and female in America, in both the ethnic enclave of Chinatown and the San Francisco Bay Area\u27s white college and working worlds. It helped me better understand the experience of being an American-Chinese, the term used in those days. The re-issue has allowed me to introduce the book to my American-born daughters, 15 and 12, who not only enjoyed immensely the story itself, but have gained invaluable insights into their Chinese and Chinese American heritage

Health Concerns in Cambodia Compounded by Historical and Rural Setbacks

Cambodia is a country in the Greater Mekong Subregion of Southeast Asia. The Khmer Rouge genocide in the mid 1970s produced significant setbacks in the nation’s healthcare system. While much progress has been made, rural areas still lack access to medical professionals, facilities, and equipment. Three of the most problematic diseases in Cambodia have been malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis. Due to the inadequacies of rural healthcare, treatment-resistant varieties of malaria and tuberculosis have become a serious concern for both the nation and Southeast Asia as a whole. The question of how to best provide aid to these isolated communities is characterized by complex and multifaceted discussions that seek to bring Cambodia to a place of greater health

[Review of] Ko-lin Chin. Chinese Subculture and Criminality: Non-Traditional Crime Groups in America

This is probably the first monographic study to examine in-depth the present criminal subculture of New York Chinatown, focusing on the youth gangs that have plagued the community during the past thirty years. As such, it makes a valuable contribution to the fledgling field of Asian American studies, whose scholars have yet to tackle this complex and sensitive topic, as well as to the disciplines of sociology and criminology. It will also help puncture the recently created stereotype of a monolithic, model minority Asian population singlemindedly pursuing success in schooling and business

A Cumulative Bibliography of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)

This document is cumulative bibliography for published works related to the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The document includes publications of the Mission-Aransas NERR and supporting publications that reference research completed within the Mission-Aransas NERR. The mission of the Mission-Aransas NERR is to develop and facilitate partnerships that enhance coastal decision making through an integrated program of research, education, and stewardship. The Mission-Aransas NERR is a component of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). The NERRS is a network of coastal sites that operate as a partnership between the federal government and coastal states. The goal of this non-regulatory program is to perform long-term research in relatively natural settings. The program is administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Mission-Aransas NERR (185,708 acres or 751.5 km) is located in the Mission-Aransas Estuary. The lands within the Reserve are managed by a combination of state, federal and private entities. The Mission-Aransas NERR is managed by the University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute.UT Librarie

The Federal Reserve's Dual Mandate: Balancing Act or Inflation Fixation?

Honors Mention, OSU Denman Research ForumCongress gives the Fed operational independence to implement monetary policy within a broad legislative mandate to manage prices and employment. Although there is a significant body of literature that estimates the Fed's reaction function to changes in economic conditions, past researchers have focused on changes to the Fed's interest rate target, its main policy tool. In this paper, I introduce an alternative measure of the Fed's responsiveness to economic conditions. Looking at 353 transcripts from monetary policy meetings between 1976 to 2007, I use changes in the frequencies of several policy-specific keywords to identify trends in policy deliberation. I employed the Python program language to automate the process of searching the large text corpora and calculating word frequencies. In addition to providing visual displays of deliberation trends, in this paper I utilize the program R to test the Fed's responsiveness to various economic, political, and electoral conditions.I find that the Federal Reserve became increasingly concerned with inflation over the time period even as measures of inflation trended downward. My text analysis suggests that the Fed's preoccupation with inflation as the central objective of monetary policy crowded out other macroeconomic objectives. Policymakers were minimally responsive to changes in other key measures of the economy. These findings, in conjunction with additional historical and narrative analysis, support a path dependence explanation of Fed policy for this period. I finish with a discussion about the implications of these findings for the study and practice of monetary policy and suggest several paths for future research.Social & Behavioral Sciences, grant ($975)A one-year embargo was granted for this item.Academic Major: EconomicsAcademic Major: Political Scienc

Determining Pesticide and Nitrate Levels in Spring Water in Northwest Arkansas

Occurrences of pesticides in our nations ground water are on the rise. As states become aware of this problem and begin monitoring programs, incidence of contamination will probably increase. Since the problem of pesticides in groundwater is relatively new, little research has centered on the fate of pesticides after they reach the groundwater environment. In Northwest Arkansas efforts to monitor groundwater for pesticides have been small. Twenty-five springs in Northwest Arkansas were sampled in the fall of 1988, and spring of 1989. Analysis for atrazine, alachlor, metolachlor, diuron, and simazine in spring water was preformed using gas liquid chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography. No detectable residues of any of the selected pesticides were found. Northwest Arkansas is a leader in poultry production. Much of the manure from poultry houses is spread on the sourounding pastures. As this litter decomposes nitrates and phosphates are released. Nitrate and phosphate concentrations were also determined on water from the spring samples. No spring exceeded the EPA\u27s limit of 45 mg/L for nitrate in drinking water. The highest concentration for phosphate in any spring was 1.05 mg/L

Empirical Relationships among Trauma Exposure, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

This review synthesized and critically reviewed empirical studies that assessed relationships among trauma exposure, anxiety sensitivity (AS), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Across the literature, the prominent theory conceptualized anxiety sensitivity as a causal risk factor within two competing models. One model posited that individuals with dispositionally high AS prior to experiencing a potentially traumatizing event (PTE) have a greater likelihood of developing PTSD after trauma exposure. The second model theorized that the introduction of a PTE raises an individual’s baseline level of AS, leading to the development and maintenance of PTSD symptoms. Emerging research highlighted the possibility of reciprocal relationships, as well as moderating and mediating variables (e.g., age, gender) that cause differential relationships among the variables of interest. The majority of studies to date used a cross-sectional study design, and primarily relied on a descriptive approach that solely highlighted correlations between AS and PTSD. Consequently, the current state of the literature is still unable to authoritatively discern whether AS causes PTSD, PTSD increases AS, or if the two variables have a bidirectional relationship. Accordingly, extant evidence has only demonstrated that AS is a variable risk factor for the development and maintenance of PTSD symptoms. Current limitations within the literature, clinical implications, and suggestions for future research are discussed.https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/gradposters/1063/thumbnail.jp

Low temperature annealing and cathodoluminescence studies of type 1 chondrule compositions

Preliminary results indicate that the yellow luminescing mesostases in type I chondrules can be altered by the effects of the low level thermal metamorphism. Although heat alone was insufficient to alter the CL, reheating for geologically relevant periods could have the same results as we obtained in a second series of experiments with water present. It is known that both water and solutions of sodium metasilicate greatly accelerate the devitrification of glasses. The results of the experiments that will be repeated should further clarify how the CL changes with increased thermal alteration

Ethnic Studies in Academe: Challenges and Prospects for the 21st Century. NAES Plenary Session , Kansas City,1995 Missouri, March 19, 1994

The primary intent of organizing the plenary that follows was to engage a number of dedicated and experienced ethnic studies scholar-activists in a focused conversation on the current state of ethnic studies in the academy. At this point many of us have been involved in ethnic studies for more than twenty years. The perspectives and observations offered in this monograph are transcribed from the recordings of the plenary. It offers the reader a far-ranging discussion of the field, its history, its struggles, its pedagogy, and some of its underlying principles