Dissertations / Theses: 'Federal aid to the arts'

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Bentley-Smith, Elizabeth A. "Public support for the arts : the suburban counties profiles project /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2002. http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/390.

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Russell, James C. "The administration of public support for the arts in Pennsylvania and the response of third sector music organizations to changes in funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1993. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Ross, Jane Elizabeth. "Regional Victorian arts festivals : from community arts to an industry based model /." Connect to thesis, 1999. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000957.

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Redd, Tina. "The struggle for administrative and artistic control of the Federal Theatre Negro units /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10222.

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Pribil, Stephanie. "Biting the hand that feeds you : the connections between art, state and marketplace in Australia, 1973-1993 /." Title page and introduction only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arp9448.pdf.

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Gibson, Lisanne, and L. Gibson@mailbox gu edu au. "Art and Citizenship- Governmental Intersections." Griffith University. School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, 1999. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030226.085219.

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The thesis argues that the relations between culture and government are best viewed through an analysis of the programmatic and institutional contexts for the use of culture as an interface in the relations between citizenship and government. Discussion takes place through an analysis of the history of art programmes which, in seeking to target a 'general' population, have attempted to equip this population with various particular capacities. We aim to provide a history of rationalities of art administration. This will provide us with an approach through which we might understand some of the seemingly irreconcilable policy discourses which characterise contemporary discussion of government arts funding. Research for this thesis aims to make a contribution to historical research on arts institutions in Australia and provide a base from which to think about the role of government in culture in contemporary Australia. In order to reflect on the relations between government and culture the thesis discusses the key rationales for the conjunction of art, citizenship and government in post-World War Two (WWII) Australia to the present day. Thus, the thesis aims to contribute an overview of the discursive origins of the main contemporary rationales framing arts subvention in post-WWII Australia. The relations involved in the government of culture in late eighteenth-century France, nineteenth-century Britain, America in the 1930s and Britain during WWII are examined by way of arguing that the discursive influences on government cultural policy in Australia have been diverse. It is suggested in relation to present day Australian cultural policy that more effective terms of engagement with policy imperatives might be found in a history of the funding of culture which emphasises the plurality of relations between governmental programmes and the self-shaping activities of citizens. During this century there has been a shift in the political rationality which organises government in modern Western liberal democracies. The historical case studies which form section two of the thesis enable us to argue that, since WWII, cultural programmes have been increasingly deployed on the basis of a governmental rationality that can be described as advanced or neo-liberal. This is both in relation to the forms these programmes have taken and in relation to the character of the forms of conduct such programmes have sought to shape in the populations they act upon. Mechanisms characteristic of such neo-liberal forms of government are those associated with the welfare state and include cultural programmes. Analysis of governmental programmes using such conceptual tools allows us to interpret problems of modern social democratic government less in terms of oppositions between structure and agency and more in terms of the strategies and techniques of government which shape the activities of citizens. Thus, the thesis will approach the field of cultural management not as a field of monolithic decision making but as a domain in which there are a multiplicity of power effects, knowledges, and tactics, which react to, or are based upon, the management of the population through culture. The thesis consists of two sections. Section one serves primarily to establish a set of historical and theoretical co-ordinates on which the more detailed historical work of the thesis in section two will be based. We conclude by emphasising the necessity for the continuation of a mix of policy frameworks in the construction of the relations between art, government and citizenship which will encompass a focus on diverse and sometimes competing policy goals.

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Gibson, Lisanne. "Art and Citizenship- Governmental Intersections." Thesis, Griffith University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367010.

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The thesis argues that the relations between culture and government are best viewed through an analysis of the programmatic and institutional contexts for the use of culture as an interface in the relations between citizenship and government. Discussion takes place through an analysis of the history of art programmes which, in seeking to target a 'general' population, have attempted to equip this population with various particular capacities. We aim to provide a history of rationalities of art administration. This will provide us with an approach through which we might understand some of the seemingly irreconcilable policy discourses which characterise contemporary discussion of government arts funding. Research for this thesis aims to make a contribution to historical research on arts institutions in Australia and provide a base from which to think about the role of government in culture in contemporary Australia. In order to reflect on the relations between government and culture the thesis discusses the key rationales for the conjunction of art, citizenship and government in post-World War Two (WWII) Australia to the present day. Thus, the thesis aims to contribute an overview of the discursive origins of the main contemporary rationales framing arts subvention in post-WWII Australia. The relations involved in the government of culture in late eighteenth-century France, nineteenth-century Britain, America in the 1930s and Britain during WWII are examined by way of arguing that the discursive influences on government cultural policy in Australia have been diverse. It is suggested in relation to present day Australian cultural policy that more effective terms of engagement with policy imperatives might be found in a history of the funding of culture which emphasises the plurality of relations between governmental programmes and the self-shaping activities of citizens. During this century there has been a shift in the political rationality which organises government in modern Western liberal democracies. The historical case studies which form section two of the thesis enable us to argue that, since WWII, cultural programmes have been increasingly deployed on the basis of a governmental rationality that can be described as advanced or neo-liberal. This is both in relation to the forms these programmes have taken and in relation to the character of the forms of conduct such programmes have sought to shape in the populations they act upon. Mechanisms characteristic of such neo-liberal forms of government are those associated with the welfare state and include cultural programmes. Analysis of governmental programmes using such conceptual tools allows us to interpret problems of modern social democratic government less in terms of oppositions between structure and agency and more in terms of the strategies and techniques of government which shape the activities of citizens. Thus, the thesis will approach the field of cultural management not as a field of monolithic decision making but as a domain in which there are a multiplicity of power effects, knowledges, and tactics, which react to, or are based upon, the management of the population through culture. The thesis consists of two sections. Section one serves primarily to establish a set of historical and theoretical co-ordinates on which the more detailed historical work of the thesis in section two will be based. We conclude by emphasising the necessity for the continuation of a mix of policy frameworks in the construction of the relations between art, government and citizenship which will encompass a focus on diverse and sometimes competing policy goals.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Heath, Karen Patricia. "Conservatives and the politics of art, 1950-88." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d62a078b-4009-40a8-8765-1a4f5e0fbcbc.

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This thesis offers a new policy history of the National Endowment for the Arts, the federal agency responsible for providing grants to artists and arts organisations in the United States. It focuses in particular on the development of conservative perspectives on federal arts funding from the 1950s to the 1980s, and hence, illuminates the broader evolution of conservative political power, especially its limits. The most familiar narrative holds that the Endowment found itself caught up in the Culture Wars of the late 1980s when Christian right groups objected to certain federal grants, particularly to Andres Serrano's Piss Christ and Robert Mapplethorpe's Self-Portrait with Whip. This thesis, however, uncovers the older origins of conservative opposition to state support for the arts, analyses conservative conceptions of art, and illuminates the limited federal role the right sought to secure in the arts in the post-war period. Numerous studies have analysed the meanings and origins of the Culture Wars, but until now, scholars had not examined conservative approaches to federal arts politics in a historical sense. Historians have generally been too interested in explaining change to the detriment of examining continuity, but this approach under-emphasises the long-term tensions that underlie seemingly sudden political eruptions. This work also offers a deep account of the conservative movement and the arts world, an area that has so far been almost completely ignored by scholars, even though a focus on marginalised players is essential to understanding the limits of conservatism. In a general sense then, this thesis evaluates the range and diversity of the conservative movement and illuminates the overall odyssey of the right in modern America. In so doing, it provides a new insight into the ways we periodise political history and also invites a broader view of how we understand politics itself.

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Garrow, Eve Elizabeth. "Receipt of, reliance on, and growth of government revenue among nonprofit human service organizations what organizational factors determine the distribution of government funds? /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1716387061&sid=21&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Scheving, Thorsteinsson Astridur. "State aid to airlines." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ64301.pdf.

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Waiwaiole, Evelyn Nelson. "The political formation of a hybrid financial aid program in Texas and its impact on access /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008462.

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Cavener, Kim R. "Federal Education Laws and the Fine Arts." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3605243.

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Due to federal laws requiring standardized testing of only a select few of the core subjects, many students have been divested of fine arts instruction (Chen, 2008; Garcia, 2010; Jacobsen & Rothstein, 2009; Maxwell, 2008; Suzuki, 2009). Moreover, school officials have reduced funding allocated to non-tested content areas as one means of balancing district budgets in a poor economy (Chen, 2008; Garcia, 2010). This mixed method study examined music educators' and curriculum directors' perceptions of how federal education laws have affected public school fine arts. Analysis of data from interviews of six music educators and six curriculum directors were conducted concurrently with the distribution of a Likert online survey. The interview and survey methodologies provided descriptive data of educators' perceptions regarding the consideration of fine arts as a core subject in policy and practice, the role of public school fine arts in the education of the whole child, the overall value of the fine arts in light of brain research, and the controversy surrounding the standardized assessment of the fine arts. The findings of the study revealed that even though all curriculum directors and music educators agreed the fine arts should be included in a child's holistic education, music educators possessed stronger beliefs regarding the fine arts being considered a core subject, Curriculum directors indicated their districts valued the fine arts as a public relations tool and as a means to boost achievement in other subjects, while music educators in the same district spoke of feeling devalued, indicating a disconnect in communication between administrators and staff. Finally, though many educators oppose the standardized testing of the fine arts, the assessments would provide valuable data.

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Gregory, Steven R. "The distribution of federal grants in Appalachia the effects of race /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1449.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2000.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 49 p. : ill., maps (some col.) Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49).

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DRISSI, Mounia. "Students’ aid policies: a comparative mixed-method study of two federal cases." Doctoral thesis, Scuola Normale Superiore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11384/91065.

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In the last decades, OECD countries witnessed more than one way of designing students’ aid policies, under a predominant trend of decentralizing their governance. However, this decentralizing process carried the seeds of its own contradictions. The central paradox is that these policies remained multi-issue and multi-actor, making them likely to fall under the double-hand of different governmental levels. Federal countries constitute a laboratory to study the “decentralization experiment” in its absurdity. For this reason, the PhD project proposes a comparison between two federal cases (i.e. the United States and Canada), and in time (between 1930 and 2018), using a mixed-method. The analysis is also extended in a discussion of four embedded deviant case studies (Alaska, New York, Prince Edward Island and Quebec). Albeit usually simplified as paradigmatic cases for liberal, elitist, loan-oriented and tightfisted aid systems, the United States and Canada have proved to be more generous over student aid than what is expected from their respective welfare regime. Nevertheless, behind this engagement, I uncover an intergovernmental contention of powers and responsibilities embedded within deeply rooted federal institutions. With a focus on federal structures and dynamics, I also reveal potential political and economic incentives behind student aid. Beyond the common belief that students’ aid exists solely to help students, the thesis shows how these policies might be more grounded in institutional factors than student- related considerations.

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Gorgosz, Jon Edward. "A Consequence of Crisis: A Historical Policy Analysis Examining the Relationship between Economic and Military Crises and the Development and Effects of Early Federal Policy in Higher Education during the Twentieth century, 1934 to 1963." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1540.

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This study explores the effect of economic and military crises on federal policy growth in higher education from 1932 to 1963. By analyzing federal records, campus materials, newspapers and educational association journals, the papers demonstrates that economic crises led the federal government to institute decentralized state building efforts to resolve the emergency, while military crises resulted in more centralized growth. In addition, the paper also examines the effects of federal growth during the period on different institution types within higher education. The study explores how individual structures at each institutional type—such as missions, financial stability and history—influenced reactions to federal assistance. By examining institutional structures and their interaction with federal policy during the period, the paper provides a more complex analysis of the outcomes of federal growth for land-grant institutions, religious colleges and women’s colleges and universities that enriches the current historical understanding.

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Ferraz, Eduardo Vieira da Cunha. "Analysis of student aid investment management in the Federal Institute of CearÃ Campus Jaguaribe." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2014. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=12487.

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Instituto Federal do CearÃ
The National Student Assistance Plan (PNAES) provides government subsidies to Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) in order to combat situations of avoidance, retention and low academic performance. Trying to evaluate investment results, this study sought to examine the management of resources for student aid in combating truancy at the top level, testing the following hypotheses: a) the increase in the volume of student aid funds to minimize the phenomenon of evasion; b) the receipt of aid reduces the probability of dropping the subsidized student. From a methodology of dialectical approach, an exploratory field research in Jaguaribe campus of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the State of CearÃ (IFCE) where documentary sources on evasion and investment aid were raised between years was performed 2011 and 2014, on which statistical correlation analysis and comparison of means were performed. Considering the limitations of the research, the test results indicated the effectiveness of the receipt of aid in the decision to keep the student in the course, leading to the conclusion that investment in aid has an important administrative role in combating student dropout. From the results of the analysis, we propose a method for managing investments in aid from the use of strategic indicators (BSC).
O Plano Nacional de AssistÃncia Estudantil (PNAES) fornece subsÃdios governamentais a InstituiÃÃes Federais de Ensino Superior (IFES) no intuito de combater situaÃÃes de evasÃo, retenÃÃo e baixo desempenho acadÃmico. Buscando avaliar resultados do investimento, esta pesquisa se propÃs a analisar a gestÃo dos recursos destinados a auxÃlios estudantis no combate Ã evasÃo escolar no nÃvel superior, testando as seguintes hipÃteses: a) o aumento do volume de verbas destinadas a auxÃlios estudantis minimiza o fenÃmeno da evasÃo; b) o recebimento de auxÃlio reduz a probabilidade de evasÃo do aluno subsidiado. A partir de uma metodologia de abordagem dialÃtica, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo exploratÃria no Campus Jaguaribe do Instituto Federal de EducaÃÃo, CiÃncia e Tecnologia do Estado do CearÃ (IFCE), onde foram levantadas fontes documentais sobre evasÃo e investimentos em auxÃlios entre os anos de 2011 e 2014, sobre as quais foram realizadas anÃlises de correlaÃÃo estatÃstica e comparaÃÃo de mÃdias. Considerados os limites da pesquisa, o resultado das anÃlises indicou a eficÃcia do recebimento do auxÃlio na decisÃo do estudante de se manter no curso, levando Ã conclusÃo de que o investimento em auxÃlio tem um papel administrativamente importante no combate Ã evasÃo discente. A partir do resultado das anÃlises, foi proposto um mÃtodo de gestÃo para investimentos em auxÃlios a partir do uso de indicadores estratÃgicos (BSC).

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Furtado, Michael Leonard. "Funding Australian Catholic schools for the common good in new times : policy contexts, policy participants and theoretical perspectives /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2001. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16295.pdf.

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Andison, R. Mark. "Community futures : an evaluation of a top-down approach to community economic development." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29894.

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Communities throughout Canada have been faced with economic problems as a result of global restructuring, national and regional recessions, and a reduced demand for primary resource commodities. Over the course of the past decade those communities have begun to utilize various forms of community economic development (CED) strategies to overcome local economic problems. Although CED has been interpreted in various ways, resulting in no single readily identifiable definition of the term, a few concepts seem to prevail throughout most of the interpretations. Generally, CED is a process which involves community members banding together to initiate their own solutions to their common economic problems. There are, however, several impediments to this bottom-up approach to economic development Community Futures, a program sponsored by the federal government, has been designed to promote and facilitate CED by helping to remove some of those impediments. The purpose of this thesis is to determine the extent to which a government program, namely Community Futures, can promote CED. A three part methodology has been used to accomplish this goal. First, a review of the relevant CED literature was performed to determine the goals of this approach to economic development and the impediments which exist. Four goals were identified: self-reliance, local control, institution-building, and equity. Self-reliance can be achieved through policies which decrease the level of economic leakages from the community and by recognizing the significance of the informal economy. Local control is a key element of the CED model. The goal is to increase the broader community's political control over the local economy through increased participation in community affairs. Local control manifests itself in institution-building processes. Community-based institutions allow the community to better control its collective economic destiny and ensure equitable access to resources by all community members, through policies which decrease the level of economic leakages from the community and by recognizing the significance of the informal economy. Local control is a key element of the CED model. The goal is to increase the broader community's political control over the local economy through increased participation in community affairs. Local control manifests itself in institution-building processes. Community-based institutions allow the community to better control its collective economic destiny and ensure equitable access to resources by all community members. The impediments to bottom-up CED are: difficulty accessing financial resources, difficulty accessing information, and underdeveloped human resources. These are the impediments which government programs should attempt to overcome to facilitate the CED process. The second part of the methodolgy consisted of a historic review of Canadian regional and local economic development policy to determine the nature of top-down economic development in Canada. This study found some of the relevant trends which have developed throughout the past decades, thus placing Community Futures into its appropriate historical context. Among the trends which emerged, we witness that policy: has been slow to develop; has lacked significant innovation; has traditionally been firmly controlled by the federal bureaucracy; has been influenced by political disputes at all levels; has been subject to the quantifiable, efficiency indicators which characterize the policy analysis approach to planning; and has regularly failed to meet its prescribed objectives. Having analyzed the relevant theory and practice, the third part of the methodology studied the policy design of Community Futures to determine the program's ability to overcome the impediments to bottom-up CED and thereby facilitate the acheivement of the goals described by CED writers. Eligibility requirements of the program, such as unemployment and minimum levels of economic infrastructure, restrict the ability of the program to operate comprehensively and be universally available. Other eligibility requirements, such as minimum population requirements and ministerial approval requirements tend to be counterproductive to the local control objective of CED. A positive effect of the program is its ability to facilitate institution-building through the use of a community-based Community Futures Committee. However, the ability of that committee to develop a community-based plan is restricted by the limited nature of the program and by the onerous procedural guidelines set by CEIC. Five broad conclusions concerning government involvement in CED programs are drawn from the literature review, the historical review, and the Community Futures case study. First, top-down strategies do, to a degree, have the potential to promote the goals of CED by addressing the impediments to the bottom-up approach. Second, the state's potential ability to promote comprehensive CED is impeded by the scale and national focus of top-down programs. Third, the government's sectoral structure also acts as an impediment to comprehensive top-down CED. Fourth, programs which are considered to be bureaucratic innovations may not be substantially different from those programs which preceded them. And finally, quantitative techniques of analysis and evaluation which characterize the policy analysis approach to planning are not capable of assessing the success of communities in achieving the ‘softer’ goals advocated by CED proponents.
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Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Penner, Amanda M. "Humanitarian aid and military assistance : a strategic intervention." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1475.

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Sciences
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Good, James B. "An analysis of the impact of grant involvement on perceptions of terrorism preparedness improvement in Texas /." View online, 2006. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/112/.

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Weaver, Joshua A. 1978. "A wearable health monitor to aid Parkinson disease treatment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17598.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 31).
by Joshua A. Weaver.
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Stempeck, Matt (Matt Kelly). "Participatory aid marketplace : designing online channels for digital humanitarians." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82434.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2013.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-236).
Recent years have seen an increase in natural and man-made crises. Information and communication technologies are enabling citizens to contribute creative solutions and participate in crisis response in myriad new ways, but coordination of participatory aid projects remains an unsolved challenge. I present a wide-ranging case library of creative participatory aid responses and a framework to support investigation of this space. I then co-design a Marketplace platform with leading Volunteer & Technical Communities to aggregate participatory aid projects, connect skilled volunteers with relevant ways to help, and prevent fragmentation of efforts. The result is a prototype to support the growth of participatory aid, and a case library to improve understanding of the space. As the networked public takes a more active role in its recovery from crisis, this work will help guide the way forward with specific designs and general guidelines.
by Matt Stempeck.
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Collins, Katherine Rachel Hermsen Joan M. "Examining the provision of child care subsidies across Missouri counties the relationship between local dynamics and CCDF subsidy supply /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6077.

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The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on October 7, 2009) Thesis advisor: Dr. Joan Hermsen. Includes bibliographical references.

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Fernandes, Nídia Gizélli de Oliveira. "A política de assistência estudantil e o Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil: o caso da Universidade Federal de Itajubá." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-12112012-143546/.

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Este trabalho está inserido no campo das políticas sociais e educacionais de nível superior e busca analisar a política de assistência estudantil e sua materialização (abrangência e efetividade) na Universidade Federal de Itajubá UNIFEI, antes e depois do Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil PNAES. Para tanto, delineia uma investigação em torno do programa de assistência estudantil da Universidade Federal de Itajubá em Minas Gerais, tomando-a enquanto campo de pesquisa. Acredita-se que essa política seja capaz de promover alguma redução da desigualdade social a partir da garantia da permanência do aluno no ensino superior público federal. Com vistas a respaldar esse estudo, buscou-se alicerçar a discussão inicialmente na historicidade do ensino superior e da universidade no Brasil, apresentando as resistências sofridas nesse processo, os incentivos, as ideologias que permearam alguns dos momentos até culminar nas políticas de incentivo de acesso e de permanência no ensino superior, prioritariamente aquelas verificadas entre as décadas de 1990 e 2010. A assistência estudantil também é discutida de forma conceitual, contrapondo-a ao conceito de assistência social, já que durante a pesquisa foi verificado alguns equívocos em relação a esses termos. Buscando apreender a assistência estudantil buscou-se entender o processo histórico pelo qual o Programa Nacional de Assistência Estudantil - PNAES veio a ser consolidado. Pôde-se constatar, por meio dessa pesquisa, que o PNAES é consequência de um longo processo de lutas dos movimentos sociais e estudantis. De forma a proceder a esse estudo buscou-se investigar o campo de pesquisa, lançando mão de levantamento de dados sobre a assistência estudantil, entrevistas junto aos gestores, aplicação de questionários junto aos alunos. Ratifica-se que todos os dados coletados implicaram em rico material que será apresentado no decorrer desse estudo.
This paper takes part in the field of the social and educational policies of high education, and seeks to analyze the student aid policy and its materialization (scope and effectiveness) at the Federal University of Itajubá UNIFEI, before and after the National Student Aid Program PNAES. To do so, an investigation surrounding the student aid program from the Federal University of Itajubá is outlined, used as the research field. It is believed that this policy is capable of promoting some reduction in social inequality from the guarantee of maintaining students in federal public higher education. In order to support this study, it was sought to base the discussion on the historicity of higher education and Brazilian universities. The resistance endured during this process, the incentives, and the ideologies that permeated at some moments until culminating in policies to encourage access and remain in the higher education system, primarily those recorded in the decades between 1990 and 2010, are presented within this study. Student aid is also discussed from a conceptual standpoint, comparing it to the social assistance concept, as during the research process misconceptions were found within these terms. In an attempt to grasp student aid, it was sought to understand the historical process for which the National Student Aid Program - PNAES came to be consolidated. It can be stated, through research, that PNAES is the result of a long process of student and social movements struggles. In order for this study to be conducted, it was sought to investigate the research field, using survey data on student aid, interviews with managers, and student questionnaires. All of the data collected implicated rich material that shall be presented throughout the present study.

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Gormbley, Edward Z. "The hope and lifetime learning credits: the political sociology of federal financial aid for undergraduate education." Thesis, Boston University, 2000. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32868.

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Thesis (B.A.)--Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Williams, Randi S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "PopBots : leveraging social robots to aid preschool children's artificial intelligence education." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122894.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2018
"June 2018." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-104).
Today's children are growing up with artificial intelligence (AI) devices such as voice personal assistants, home robots, and internet connected "smart" toys. In previous research, we have seen that children lack understanding of how modern Al devices work, making it difficult for them to engage in reflective and constructive interactions with the Al-enabled technology (Druga, Williams, Breazeal, & Resnick, 2017). This thesis explores how young children explore and create with Al, and how such activities influence children's perceptions of Al and their attitudes about themselves as engineers. First, I discuss the design of PopBots -- the first hands-on toolkit developed for children ages 4-6 to explore and learn about Al. The social robot serves as both a programmable artifact as well as a window into understanding the machine learning algorithms. Accompanying this toolkit, I also developed a novel, developmentally-appropriate Preschool-Oriented Programming (POP) curriculum. The PopBots curriculum expands existing computational thinking curriculums by using creative learning activities to teach children three core Al concepts: rule-based systems, generative Al, and supervised machine learning. Next, I evaluated the PopBots toolkit and curriculum with 80 pre-K and Kindergarten aged children from local schools. I found that young children can understand most of the Al concepts presented in the toolkit, but sometimes developmental factors like grade and Theory of Mind skills made a difference. After completing the PopBots curriculum, children developed an understanding of robots as "learning" machines. They also gained confidence in their ability to build their own robots. Overall, this work provided a highly engaging opportunity for children to explore robotics, Al and programming -- and ultimately see Al-based technology as something they can play a role in not just using but also creating.
by Randi Williams.
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S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences

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Kizzort, Megan. "Federal Funding and the Rise of University Tuition Costs." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1554.

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Access to education is a central part of federal higher education policy, and federal grant and loan programs are in place to make college degrees more attainable for students. However, there is still controversy about whether there are unintended consequences of implementing and maintaining these programs, and whether they are effectively achieving the goal of increased accessibility. In order to answer questions about whether three specific types of federal aid cause higher tuition rates and whether these programs increase graduation rates, four ordinary least squares regression models were estimated. They include changes in both in-state and out-of-state tuition sticker prices, graduation rates, as well as changes in three types of federal aid, and other variables indicative of the value of a degree for four-year public universities in Arizona, California, Georgia, and Florida for years 2001-2011. The regressions indicate a positive effect of Pell Grants on in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees, a positive effect of disbursed subsidized federal loans on the change in number of degrees awarded, and a positive effect of Pell Grants on graduation rates.
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Schoppert, Stephanie Emma. "Neopatrimonialism and foreign aid in Africa : the cases of Kenya and Zimbabwe." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1325.

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Beckermann, Kay Marie. "Tonight It’s Government Funded: A Rhetorical Analysis of Manufactured Social Controversy and Government Funding of the Arts." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27191.

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Thomas Goodnight’s definition of controversy offers an initial examination of Reverend Donald Wildmon and Reverend Pat Robertson’s attack of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), initiating the Culture Wars of 1989. Using their most reliable communication tactics, Wildmon and Robertson attempted to garner support for their values by manufacturing controversy related to government funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. Together, they manufacture social controversy around two inter-related themes, one of morality, in which they argued Christians were being persecuted by the art community, and the other against federal funding of objectionable art, using Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe as symbols of corruption. In addition to the initial attacks on Serrano and Mapplethorpe, my rhetorical analysis illustrates how Wildmon’s and Robertson’s rhetoric seemingly sanctioned the manufacturing of a social controversy regarding the Federal funding for objectionable art as a way to promote their pro-family and anti-homosexual agenda.

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Beckermann, Kay Marie. "Tonight It?s Government Funded: A Rhetorical Analysis of Manufactured Social Controversy and Government Funding of the Arts." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27191.

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Thomas Goodnight?s definition of controversy offers an initial examination of Reverend Donald Wildmon and Reverend Pat Robertson?s attack of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), initiating the Culture Wars of 1989. Using their most reliable communication tactics, Wildmon and Robertson attempted to garner support for their values by manufacturing controversy related to government funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. Together, they manufacture social controversy around two inter-related themes, one of morality, in which they argued Christians were being persecuted by the art community, and the other against federal funding of objectionable art, using Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe as symbols of corruption. In addition to the initial attacks on Serrano and Mapplethorpe, my rhetorical analysis illustrates how Wildmon?s and Robertson?s rhetoric seemingly sanctioned the manufacturing of a social controversy regarding the Federal funding for objectionable art as a way to promote their pro-family and anti-homosexual agenda.

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Proudfit, Ann Hartle. "A National Longitudinal Study of the Influence of Federal Student Aid on Time to Associate-Degree Attainment." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1396480366.

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Guptill, Sandi London Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "The provision of transportation services to isolated communities with emphasis on the development of systems on the Labrador Coast." Ottawa, 1988.

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Chow, Wah-tat Kenneth. "A review of the subvention mode of social services in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23294784.

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Chan, Kam-lan Debby. "A study of public-private partnerships and financing strategies in Hong Kong's education system." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23294772.

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Dempsey, Dennis F. "The impact of the E-Rate program in one school district: Did a federal government program influence the adoption of an innovation at the local level?" Thesis, Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9154.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-183). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.

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Allmand, Olivia. "International Aid, Domestic Conflict, and Sudan's Crisis: A Qualitative Study of Sudan's Conflict." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1199.

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Ali, Ray. "An analysis of the degree of transformational leadership exhibited by administrators of 1862 and 1890 Cooperative Extension Programs in states with both systems as a predictor for the attainment of state match in Federal fiscal year 2004." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2005. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=564.

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Repique, Jeanelle Kathleen. "The Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984| Past, Present, and Future of Federal Aid for Recent Immigration Education." Thesis, University of Redlands, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3637627.

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The Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 (EIEA) was passed by the 98th U.S. Congress to provide funds to states to "meet the costs of providing immigrant children supplementary educational services" (Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984, Title VI, Sec. 607). This study analyzes the culture, values, and political context in which the Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 was developed, passed, and amended through its most recent reauthorization. EIEA is the only federal legislation that specifically targets new immigrant students. However, EIEA has been largely overlooked by education policy analysts, because new immigrant students are rarely considered as different from limited English proficient (LEP) students. The study employs historical document and content analysis, applying Kingdon's (2011) theoretical framework of agenda-setting and Manna's (2006) concept of borrowing strength to explain EIEA's path to the agenda. In addition, it applies McDonnell and Elmore's (1987) policy framework to EIEA to understand how policymakers sought to realize EIEA's goals, as well as that of Wirt, Mitchell, and Marshall (1988) to identify the cultural and political values revealed in the rhetoric of the legislation. In tracing EIEA's 30-year route, I describe how the nature of the legislation changed from a primarily capacity-building policy to more of an inducement. In addition, the study revealed a change in an egalitarian culture to one that emphasizes quality.

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Unger, Paul V. "A national follow-up study of doctoral graduates who participated in the Vocational Education Leadership Development Program under the Education Professions Development Act Part F, Section 552, (1970-1981) /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487268021745916.

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Cook, Amy L. "The effectiveness of a targeted Title I pre-kindergarten program." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5576.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on June 2, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Millner, Timothy L. "Formulating a plan for economic diversification in defense dependent communities : establishing a model for stability, growth and development /." Springfield, Va. : Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA403329.

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Lewis, Dorothy. "Federal public policy and bilingual education." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1088.

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This paper is divided into four chapters. Chapter one presents an introduction and overview of the nature of the problem, its significance and implication for public policy, and a presentation of the research design and methodology. Chapter two reviews the historical and legal background of bilingual education policy. Chapter three presents a literature review of bilingual education policy making, and examines the impacts and effects of federal aid in practice. Chapter four provides a summary of survey findings and recommendations for reform of the funding criteria for Title VII ESEA bilingual education grants.

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Lott, Jennifer. "A Mechanized Horseback Riding Simulator as an Aid to Physical Therapy." Scholar Commons, 2006. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3752.

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Equine-assisted therapy is a nontraditional form of physical therapy that involves riding horses as a form of rehabilitation. Limited access to these riding programs justifies a need to develop a horseback riding simulator capable of simulating the gaits, bend, and collection of the horse. Research involving the development of horseback riding simulators is limited, but the available research does show promising results in the ability to aid in physical therapy. A two-dimensional model and simulation was developed using MATLAB. Using the results from the simulation, a horseback riding simulator was designed, fabricated and tested. The physical simulator was capable of simulating a walk, trot, and canter, bend to the left or right, and collection of the gait. The purpose of the testing of the horseback riding simulator was to evaluate the similarity of the physical simulator to the gaits of the data collected from a real horse. The results from the testing are compared with the kinematic data from the MATLAB simulation. The biomechanical effect on the hip flexion angle is also evaluated when the system simulates bend and collection of the horse’s back. The motion data was collected using a Vicon system. Four cameras were set up to collect the data from the five reflective markers that were placed on the rider. The kinematic results of the horseback riding simulator were compared to the computer simulation using the measurements of the inclination of the ellipse, the major axis of the ellipse, and the frequency. The results from the hip flexion angles shows that the test that simulated bend only results in a significant increase in the hip flexion angle compared to the tests without bend. Simulated collection does not change the hip flexion angles of the rider. Future work on the horseback riding simulator is needed in order to increase the safety so that a person with a disability would be able to use it as part of their physical therapy. Adaptive programming of the system is also necessary to make the horseback riding simulator more similar to that of a real horse.

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Scanlan, Kalie Breanne. "The National Endowment for the Arts: An Advocacy for Federally Funding the Arts." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1490046498787158.

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Heung, Wing-keung Edward. "Social welfare services in Hong Kong : towards a new managerialism /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23294620.

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Armato, Jessica A. "Welfare reform at the state level a study of state waivers during the first three years of the Clinton administration and other developments /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2000. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2928. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).

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Terry, Bryan J. Padavil George. "Relationships between race, sex, and academic performance of federal work-study employees." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9960427.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1999.
Title from title page screen, viewed July 31, 2006. Dissertation Committee: George Padavil (chair), Ramesh B. Chaudhari, William J. Pearch, Victor J. Boschini. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-110) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Sabol, Mark Allen. "Federal policy instruments in Even Start Family Literacy Programs : using state level perspectives to understand policy /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7523.

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Onyebuchi, Iroezindu Michael. "Prevalence of HIV-related opportunistic diseases amongst HAART patients at the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri, Nigeria." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5200.

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Background: The hallmark of HIV infection is immunosuppression which predisposes to unusual infections and malignancies generally known as opportunistic diseases (ODs). Globally, ODs are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Since the advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), a significant decline in AIDS progression and ODs has been observed globally. However, most of the evidence suggesting sustained decline in AIDS progression and ODs has come from high-income settings with relatively less burden of ODs in the pre-HAART era. The findings of studies in high-income settings may not be generalizable to resource-limited settings. Lack of information regarding the burden of ODs in HAART-experienced populations in Nigeria and the risk factors for their occurrence has made it difficult to fully assess the sustained efficacy of HAART in the country. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for HIV-related opportunistic diseases amongst HAART patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Owerri, Nigeria. Study design and setting: A quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was conducted with 354 adult HIV-infected patients 15 years and above, who were on HAART for a minimum of 12 weeks at the HIV clinic of the FMC, Owerri, South-east Nigeria. Patients currently manifesting an OD whose onset ante-dated the commencement of HAART were excluded. The participants were recruited by simple random sampling. Data collection: Using a structured questionnaire, data was collected by clinicians through interviews, physical and laboratory examinations for patients that provided informed consent and met the study criteria. The questionnaire captured patient’s socio-demographic information and other relevant clinical/laboratory data. Data Analysis: The data was analysed using Epi info version 3.5.1 and Open Epi Version 2.2.1. Descriptive statistics for HIV-related ODs were carried out using percentages and frequencies tables for categorical variables and means (SD) or medians (IQR) for numerical variables. In univariate analysis, the Chi-square test was used to determine significance of association between OD and socio-demographic and clinical variables while the Student "t"-test was used to compare group means. Logistic regression model (multivariate analysis) was used to determine the independent risk factors for the occurrence of ODs using parameters that had a p-value of <0.25 on univariate analysis. All reported p-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the participants was 41.1 ± 10.0 years; and females were in the majority (65.8%). Over 40% of them were rural dwellers, 50.4% belonged to the lower socioeconomic class, and 55% had a monthly household income less than 20,000 Naira. Fifty percent (50%) of them had advanced immunosuppression at first presentation. The median duration of HAART (3 years) paralleled the median duration of HIV diagnosis (3.4 years) and HAART adherence rate was 78%. The overall prevalence of ODs was found to be 22.4%. Among the 76 patients diagnosed with ODs, the leading conditions were candidiasis (38.2%), TB (34.2%), dermatitis (25%), chronic diarrhoea (6.6%) and sepsis (6.6%). The independent risk factors for the occurrence of ODs were household income less than 20,000 Naira (Adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.4, 95% CI 1.1-5.1), HIV duration of less than 3 years (AOR= 2.1, 95% CI 1.1- 4.2), advanced WHO clinical stage at baseline (AOR= 8.1, 95% CI 4.0-16.4), baseline haemoglobin less than 10 g/dl (AOR= 2.9, 95% CI 1.3-56.1), current CD4 cell count less than 200 cells/μl (AOR= 3.0, 95% CI 1.14-6.2), and HAART non-adherence (AOR= 5.4, 95% CI 2.6-11.2). Past history of TB was found to be a strong predictor of TB (AOR= 5.3, 95% CI 1.4-20.2). Conclusions: Opportunistic diseases are common in patients receiving HAART in Nigeria and candidiasis and TB remain the leading conditions. Late presentation and HAART non-adherence are among the strongest risk factors for ODs in patients receiving HAART. Others include duration of HIV diagnosis less than 3 years, presence of anaemia at the time of first presentation and having a low CD4 cell count while on HAART. Beyond these clinical risk factors, poverty increases the risk of developing an OD during HAART and may emerge a strong determinant of HIV-related ODs in developing countries. Recommendations: A high index of suspicion for ODs remains necessary in HAART patients. Health education on HIV screening and early presentation should be intensified. PLHIV who are anaemic before commencement of HAART, those with low CD4 cell count despite HAART use, and low-income earners should become target groups for a more aggressive evaluation for ODs. Prophylaxis for TB and fungal infections in the absence of active disease should be widely implemented in developing countries. HAART adherence should be intensified.

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Potter, Madeleine R. "Humanitarian Aid in Question: The Case of Rice Imports to Haiti." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/225.

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The instance of rice aid in Haiti definitively demands a reevaluation of humanitarian aid in today's world. In this thesis, I will outline the effects of rice aid on Haitian society and theoretically analyze humanitarian aid’s presence in “developing” countries. In addition to ruining many Haitian farmers' livelihoods, rice imports have aggravated Haiti's economic situation and national stability, the consequences of which have fallen primarily on the poor woman. I focus on the effects on the peasant woman in this thesis. Food insecurity remains a crisis. Throughout my thesis, I draw from the texts of scholars Slavoj Zizek, Jacques Rancière, and Noam Chomsky, in order to attempt at understanding what is really going on here. Such theorists illuminate the historical and theoretical analysis of humanitarian aid and the concept of human rights that said-aid seeks to protect. The purpose of my thesis is to shed new light on the business of humanitarian aid, using rice in Haiti as a case study of sorts. I seek to uncover the role international donor institutions have played in reinforcing the fragile state in Haiti as a result of rice aid, arguing that humanitarian aid has done more to prevent than to inspire sustainable progress in Haiti especially in rural Haiti that continually gets hit the hardest during economic crises such as the one brought on by humanitarian aid in the form of rice.

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