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Profitability, diversity, and disability images in advertising in the United States and Great Britain
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The news of inclusive education: a narrative analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2001-10)This paper investigates a nationally publicized case in the debate over the best method of educating millions of children with severe disabilities. Using Fisher’s narrative paradigm, this paper analyses 4 years of the ... -
John Callahan’s Pelswick cartoon and a new phase of disability humor
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Are disability images in advertising becoming bold and daring? An analysis of prominent themes in US and UK campaigns
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2006)Advertisements featuring disabled people have become more noticeable in the United States (USA) and Great Britain/United Kingdom (UK) in the last decade. The focus of this article is to qualitatively analyze a selection ... -
Promoting disability-friendly campuses to prospective students: An analysis of university recruitment materials
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2006)Estimates are that currently about 9 percent of students on college campuses have some form of disability. These students are all are supposed to receive accommodations on those college campuses based on Section 504 of the ... -
Media labeling versus the US disability community identity: a study of shifting cultural language
(Taylor & Francis, 2006-01)This study examines disability terminology to explore how the news media frame cultural representations of the disability community. More specifically, the paper examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act ... -
Computer-based recorded speech for word recognition testing
(2008-10-21)Although the importance of using standardized recordings for word recognition testing is well established, many clinicians still routinely use monitored-live voice (MLV). A prototype software program was developed to ... -
Evaluation of high fidelity simulation within a health assessment course
(2008-10-21)The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to investigate the impact of high fidelity simulation on knowledge and confidence levels among undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students within a Health Assessment ... -
Transfers and labor market behavior of the elderly in developing countries: theory and evidence from Vietnam
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2009-08-28)In this paper we argue that the strategic interaction between the labor supply decision of the elderly and private transfers from their children lowers the opportunity cost of leisure of the elderly. This in turn magnifies ... -
The macroeconomics of heath savings accounts
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010)We analyze whether the introduction of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which is a health insurance reform coupled with a capital tax reform, can reduce health care expenditures in the United States, while simultaneously ... -
Medical consumption over the life cycle: facts from a U.S. medical expenditure panel survey
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010)We investigate the association between age and medical spending in the U.S. using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). We estimate a partial linear seminonparametric model and construct “pure” life-cycle ... -
Subjective health expectations
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010)Subjective health expectations are derived using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We first use a Bayesian updating mechanism to correct for focal point responses and reporting errors of the original health ... -
Health care financing over the life cycle, universal medical vouchers and welfare
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010-01)In this paper we develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations (OLG) model with health shocks to analyze the life-cycle pattern of insurance choice and health care spending. We use data from the Medical Expenditure ... -
Global social interactions with sequential binary decisions: the case of marriage, divorce, and stigma
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010-01-23)This paper studies global social interactions in a stylized model of marriage and divorce with complementarities across agents. The key point of departure from traditional models of social interactions is that actions are ... -
Does the availability of parental health insurance affect the college enrollment decision of young Americans?
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010-06)The present study examines whether the college enrollment decision of young individuals (student full-time, student part-time, non-student) depends on health insurance coverage via a parent’s family health plan. Our findings ... -
Fuzzy mediation as a dynamic method of information fusion and shared control
(2010-07-27)Information fusion algorithms are designed to perform efficiently when dealing with multiple sensors and environments with a static set of integration rules. When placed in an environment with multiple controllers and the ... -
A macroeconomic analysis of the fiscal system in Egypt
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2010-10-27)We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model to analyze the fiscal situ- ation of Egypt. We model Egypt as a small open economy that takes real interest rates and world prices of fuel as given. Since a large component ... -
Making the Cut: Do Faculty Want to Be Involved in Library Database Cancellations?
(SLA Academic Division, 2011)Because of the recent economic crisis, a number of academic libraries have faced the possibility of having to cancel database subscriptions. As a major user group of academic libraries, faculty have a history of ... -
Does health insurance decrease health expenditure risk in developing countries? the case of China
(Towson University. Department of Economics, 2011)This paper studies the impact of health insurance on individual out-of-pocket health expenditures in China. Using China Health and Nutrition Survey data between 1991 and 2006, we apply two-part and sample selection models ... -
Pediatricians' treatment decisions for children with mental health disorders
(2011-10-19)Pediatricians are being called upon to take a more active role in the treatment of mental health problems among their patients. The aims of this study were to examine pediatricians' treatment decisions for patients ...