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Almost all public library funding in the United States iscontrolled by local, state, and/or federal budgets, policies,and laws. Influencing budgets, policies, and laws happensthrough lobbying and advocacy campaigns. When signifi-cant changes or cuts to library funding are proposed, howdo stakeholders respond and what is the potential out-come of advocacy efforts? As (fic...

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Real-time personal health monitoring is gaining new ground with advances in wireless communications. Wireless body area networks (WBANs) provide a means for low-powered sensors, affixed either on the human body or in vivo, to communicate with each other and with external telecommunication networks. The healthcare benefits of WBANs include continuous monitoring of patient vitals, measuring posta...

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This paper describes and analyzes key sociological issues that arise during the merger of a campus with a college within a large university. The issues arising in this case study are analyzed within the framework of a model for reframing organizations. The skills that a clinical sociologist can bring to a merger situation to help minimize delay and failure are discussed "Merger is not a process...

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