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Towards Positive Education: A Mindful School Model 26 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
In a world of increasing emphasis on well-being, positive education, articulated as the teaching of skills of well-being alongside academic ones, can be a vehicle for educating both the mind and heart...
Posterior Lenticonus in the Dog 23 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
Posterior lenticonus is a congenital defect of the posterior lenticular surface. The posterior cortical and capsular regions of the lens have a circumscribed conelike or globular protrusion of variabl...
Flourishing Mothers: A Positive Psychology-Based Coaching Strategy for Women 23 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
Mothering is one of the most challenging, rewarding, uplifting, and frustrating experiences of a woman’s life. In this paper, I present literature reviews of positive psychology, mothering, and job cr...
Decision Adversity: a Character Strengths Perspective on Decision Uncertainty and Error 23 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
Adversarial growth and learning from error is an essential capability for individuals in organizations, and carries particular challenges for anyone in a leadership position. This paper focuses on a s...
Viral-Antibody Complexes in Canine Adenovirus Type I (CAV-1) Ocular Lesion: Leukocyte Chemotaxis and Enzyme Release 23 Aug 2013 | 12:32 am
Canine adenovirus-type 1 (CAV-1)-antibody complexes caused severe anterior uveitis with corneal edema ("blue eye") when injected into the anterior chamber of normal dogs. The response of the anterior ...
AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRLS AND PHYSICAL AGGRESSION: A RESILIENCE STUDY ON HOW ADULT AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN OVERCAME PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR POST AD... 22 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
Adolescent African American girls who use physical aggression to resolve conflict are perceived to be a menace to society. Because adolescence is a developmental stage in the life cycle, society shoul...
Autobiographies by Americans of Color 1995-2000: An Annotated Bibliography 22 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
This second of two volumes bringing together as comprehensively as possible, all autobiographical works by Americans of Color covers the years 1995-2000. In this five year period there are nearly 200 ...
Autobiographies by Americans of Color 1980-1994: An Annotated Bibliography 22 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
Published in 1997, this book sets out to provide a comprehensive annotated listing of all publications falling within the broad definition of autobiography by Americans of Color. This means Americans ...
Historical Society and County Record Publications from the United Kingdom: A Finding Guide 22 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
The attached excel sheet is intended to be used as a finding aid for county records series and the publications of various historical societies in the United Kingdom. This document was created to supp...
Thirteen Universal Assessments Which May Contribute to the ‘Good Life’ 21 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
Beliefs matter. This paper examines the “biggest” of all possible beliefs, universal assessments (UAs), which consist of our “take” on the whole universe. UAs are a subset of worldview, which is in tu...
