Abstract
This paper explains that qualitative research involves the use of qualitative data, such as interviews, documents and participant observation data, to understand and explain social phenomena. The paper then describes the qualitative research process reported in D. Cote-Arsenault and D. Morrison-Beedy's 2001 article "Women's Voices Reflecting Changed Expectations for Pregnancy after Perinatal Loss" in the "Journal of Nursing Scholarship". The paper states that the data found in this study is consistent with previous studies conducted in Europe, which indicated that pregnancy losses of all types have a harmful effect on women's health. The author faults the study in that its sample was only Caucasian women and no men.

Table of Contents:
Problem
Study Purpose
Research Questions
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths and Limitations

From the Paper
"In analyzing the data that was collected, an exhaustive description was used. The data analysis started during collection and continued throughout the study using the same steps outlined by Colaizzi (1978). The transcripts of each session were taken and analyzed then combined together to form one data set. It was then reviewed by 11 of the participants and then returned with comments. All relevant new data were incorporated into the final description of the phenomenon. This collection and analysis was an appropriate procedure for qualitative research."

Tags:variables, open ended questions, direct quotations, focus group, transcripts

Abstract
This paper details the economic, historic, political and cultural make-up of the Ivory Coast, one of the more wealthy nations in Africa. The Ivory Coast borders fellow African nations such as Liberia, Guinea, Mali and Ghana. The writer of this paper discusses the nation's economic development, which has unfortunately been slowed by consistent political turmoil that results from severe corruption and dependence on archaic principals. This paper delves into the dress, culture, art and traditions of the citizens of the Ivory Coast while also imparting relevant information regarding this small nation, which still maintains much of the early impacts of its French colonization. This paper also includes a graphic of a tribal mask as well as a traditional tribal sculpture.

Table of Contents:
I. Demographic/Setting
II. Clothing
A. Abidjan
III. Artistic Impact
A. Tribal Masks
B. Tribal Sculpture
IV. Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper
"The history of Ivory Coast art and clothing in joint partnership can best be seen in "Baule Tribal Art Sculpture and Mask History". There are two forms of masks historically in the Ivory Coast tribal past. They are basically animal and human masks. Both have very traditional and historic pasts. The human form masks are crafted and used only by men to make contact with the GU, the historic ruler of the world, presumably the belief structure of Ivorians before the prevailing dominance of Christianity in the region. Baule masks are each separately unique, however they all have very similar traits."

Tags:culture, history, economy, politics, french, france, demographic, art

Abstract
The paper relates that the study of adolescent development has undergone a fundamental shift over the last thirty years. The paper explains that whereas the past was dominated by what Cote (1994) calls "social institutions that ostensibly guide individuals into adulthood" (p. 152), it is now also the case that "adolescents are coming to hold power and information that the adult must seek and emulate" (Adams 2000, p. 2).

Tags:adolescent, development, social

Abstract
The paper outlines the content of the article "Five Constants of Information Technology Adoption in Healthcare" by Bernstein, McCreless, and Cote that discusses the development of information technology used for business operations in the healthcare industry. The paper explains the five constants that the authors contend remain challenges when information technology is used.

From the Paper
"The article "Five Constants of Information Technology Adoption in Healthcare" by Bernstein, McCreless, and Cote discusses the development of information technology used for business operations in the healthcare industry. Such organizations can use information technology for remote patient monitoring, remote delivery of diagnosis, and direct deposits of company payroll. This is because such technology has become much more affordable, reliable, accessible, and versatile than it has been in the past. Nevertheless, the authors also introduce five constants that remain challenges when information technology is used, including supportive leadership; budget; implementation; end user involvement; and project management."

Tags:leadership, budget, implementation, end, user, involvement, project, management

Abstract
This paper presents a comparison of love triangles between Rosaura, Pedro and Tita in "Like Water for Chocolate" (Laura Esquivel) and Fernanda, Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes in "100 Years of Solitude" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez). The papers compares and contrasts wives' reactions to affairs, magical realism and the effects that loveless marriages have on children.

From the Paper
"Esperanza, the daughter of Pedro and Rosaura, rebels only to a small degree by falling in love with someone her mother does not approve of, as does Renata Remedios, daughter of Aureliano Segundo and Fernanda. The end results for Esperanza are incredibly positive and she is able to marry her love, while unfortunately the results of the relationship for Renata Remedios ends in pain and agony. Tita and Pedro help Esperanza by succeeding in defying the fate that Fernanda and tradition had in mind for Esperanza, by assisting her in getting married. Fernanda rejects Renata Remedios' love, and though a series of unfortunate events, her one chance at true love and happiness are destroyed by Fernanda's harsh and irrational actions."

Tags:marriage, infidelity, Esperanza

Abstract
This paper argues that, even if some Arabs chose to immigrate to the West because of violent and terrorist intentions, an analysis of the cause behind Arab immigration, focusing on the Lebanese people, shows that terrorism was not the motivation for their immigration. The paper shows that the real reasons were to escape from human rights abuse or to provide a better economic life for themselves and their families.

From the Paper
"Immigration becomes an escape from poverty, instability and fear to a stable and secure life which people have a right to. On the other hand, one can equally argue that in these circumstances, immigration is not only an escape from poverty and security but it is an escape from the responsibility that citizens have towards their country. Had the Lebanese decided to reject the option of immigration and put all their energies into stabilizing, improving and developing their country's economy, maybe the economic problems motivating immigration would have been solved."

Tags:civil, war, arab, nationalism, Cote, d'Ivoire

Abstract
This paper examines the climatic, geographic, cultural, and social attraction of the French Riviera to artists. The paper traces the appeal of the Riviera to artists, beginning with prehistoric times and the rock engravings of that era and concluding in the early 20th century, with a look at the film, "And God Made Women".

From the Paper
"It is not difficult to understand the physical allure, and doubtless that is part of what drew the artists, beginning in earnest with the Impressionists. The Impressionists, it must be noted, were the rebellious artists of their day, the avant-garde. They overthrew the classical expectations of realistic art to, as their collective appellation implies, paint their impressions of things. Most of them were devoted to painting in "plein air," or outside. That was, needless to say, more easily accomplished where the air was warm and full of sea breezes so that in winter it was at least possible to be outside in the sun, in spring and fall it was extremely pleasant, and even in midsummer it was not too oppressive."

Tags:bardot, cote, d?azur, mediterranean, nice, cannes, antibes, grasse, paul, signac, claude, lorrain, nicolas, poussin