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Introduction : Agent Orange, Rural Development, and Enduring Farmers -- Changing Vietnam and Farmers -- Development, Agriculture, and Farmers -- Agent Orange and Vietnamese Farmers : A Distant Legacy -- Farmers in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam -- Health and Elusive Risks -- Health and the Farmers : Whose Responsibility Counts? -- Farmers' Logic : Loss Aversion -- Seed for Action, Seed for Change.

Research suggests that military youth have higher rates of anxiety and socio-emotional difficulties as compared to their non-military peers, due in part to the unique stressors of military life. The study reported here provides feasibility findings of a mindfulness-based adventure camp that was conducted in Colorado and Hawaii with 292 military youth, through a partnership with 4-H Extension Professionals /Operations Military Kids. The results suggest that military youth were highly satisfied with the camp experience and that mindfulness tools could be used to help deal with stress. Mindfulness-based programs could be one way for Extension professionals to work with youth.

Intro -- Critical Discourse Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Perspective -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Introductory Aspects of Critical Discourse Analysis -- Critical Discourse Analysis: An Overview -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis -- Key Concepts in CDA -- Conclusion -- References -- Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- General Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics -- Pragmatics -- Conclusion -- References -- Systematic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Use of Systemic Functional Linguistics in CDA -- Four Grammatical Concepts for CDA -- Conclusion -- References -- What Is a Text? Questions of Boundaries and Limits -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Interrogating the Idea of 'Text' -- Bourdieu: Thinking about Limits -- Text, Context and Commentary -- Conclusion -- References -- Applying Membership Categorisation Analysis to Discourse: When the "Tripwire Critique' Is not Enough -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Categorial Organisation: Membership Categorisation -- Membership Categorisation Devices -- Conclusion -- References -- Critical Discourse Analysis and the Problem of Methodology -- Abstract -- Introduction -- CDA and Methodology -- Three Critical Questions for Methodological Debate in CDA -- Reflexivity and Methodology: The Case of Ethnography -- Conclusion -- References -- The Antinomies of Power in Critical Discourse Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Power as Domination: Negative Power -- Power as Knowledge: Positive Power -- Reformulating a Critical Discourse Ethics -- Conclusion -- References -- Being Self-critical in Research as a Meaning Making Process -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Meaning of Meaning -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Critical Discourse Analysis across Disciplines.

With increasing diversity and multiculturalism, there is a greater need to understand ways to foster positive intergroup interactions. In this study, youth ages 14 to 18 from three different regions in the United States ( N = 21) were given camera phones and instructed to take pictures of what multiculturalism meant to them and how it played a role in their life. Interviews and focus groups were conducted and transcribed, followed by thematic coding. Generally, youth had ideal views and attitudes about multiculturalism, but they also expressed, to varying degrees, a lack of institutional support (i.e., educational opportunities) that encouraged acquiring knowledge about diversity and multiculturalism. Youth suggested that schools should formally incorporate dialogue about multiculturalism in the school curriculum, as a way to reduce misunderstandings among different groups which in turn may facilitate greater empathy and positive intergroup relationships.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the state of development in the capital market and the debt ratios of 579 property companies publicly listed in 13 countries.Design/methodology/approachA total of two indices are first constructed to measure the maturity of the debt and equity capital market in each country from 1994 to 2007. Panel regressions are then carried out to examine the impact of capital market maturity on the financial gearing of property companies.FindingsThe authors observe that the maturity of the capital market is correlated with the stage of development of the respective economies. The panel regression results show that the maturity of the debt capital market has a significant and positive influence on the firms' capital structure. In contrast, developments in the equity capital market have an inverse impact on the debt ratios of property companies.Practical implicationsOverall, the development of the capital markets is good for capital intensive property companies who may face challenges to obtain external funding in transition economies with underdeveloped capital markets. As the capital markets of these economies mature, coupled with improvements in the legal and institutional framework, property companies will have more scope to raise capital to expand their operations.Originality/valueThe paper offers international evidence on, first, the capital structure practices of property companies in different regions, and second, how capital market development influences the firms' financing decisions.

Onomastics as a branch of linguistics and sociolinguistics has been recognized as being important in disclosing interesting features of the language and culture of a community. This research aims to identify the features of female names in the two language systems of English and Vietnamese. After investigating the names of 12,879 female students attending two universities in England and 12,936 attending three universities in Vietnam, the study reveals interesting results concerning the linguistic features, meanings and cultural characteristics of female names in English and Vietnamese. In relation to those contents, the research provides in-depth analyses on the social and historical development of the two countries.

This study investigated what features undergraduate EFL learners perceive as affecting the difficulty of model paragraphs. Four hundred and seventy-five Vietnamese undergraduates participated in a partial least squares structural equation model design. They ranked five paragraphs from easiest to most difficult and responded to a 10-point Likert questionnaire regarding 11 features (titles, paragraph length, vocabulary, vocabulary in context, rhetorical organization, paragraph structure, sentence length, punctuation, signal words, interest, background knowledge). The results showed that eight variables (titles, vocabulary, vocabulary in context, sentence length, rhetorical organization, paragraph structure, interest, background knowledge) had a significant direct effect and four variables (vocabulary, sentence length, rhetorical organization, background knowledge) had mediating effects. The model accounted for 0.508 R2 of students' perceptions, with a moderate to high predictive relevance ( Q2 = 0.35). The paper also discusses the results' implications for those in writing studies and the publishing industry. Suggestions for future study are also presented.