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Ada News - 01/19/2004, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Web Site Review: The President’S Challenge, Erin Boester, Lisa Cunningham, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

2004 Nsu Knights Cross-Country Media Guide, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Using Symbolic Knowledge In The Umls To Disambiguate Words In Small Datasets With A Naive Bayes Classifier, Gondy Leroy, Thomas C. Rindflesch

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Current approaches to word sense disambiguation use and combine various machine-learning techniques. Most refer to characteristics of the ambiguous word and surrounding words and are based on hundreds of examples. Unfortunately, developing large training sets is time-consuming. We investigate the use of symbolic knowledge to augment machine-learning techniques for small datasets. UMLS semantic types assigned to concepts found in the sentence and relationships between these semantic types form the knowledge base. A naïve Bayes classifier was trained for 15 words with 100 examples for each. The most frequent sense of a word served as the baseline. The effect of increasingly …

Annual Report 2004, Lumpkin College Of Business And Applied Sciences

Lumpkin College Annual Reports

This 2004 Annual Report records the achievements, outreach activities, and student honors work of the Eastern Illinois University's Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences. It also includes reports from the School of Business, the School of Family and Consumer Science, the School of Technology, and the department of Military Science.

Educational Materials Review: Choosing A Safe And Successful Weight-Loss Program And You Can Control Your Weight As You Quit Smoking., Lee Ann Price, Elizabeth Stanberry, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Teen Health Web Sites, Carol Watwood

DLPS Faculty Publications

Teens, like other age groups, often use the World Wide Web to search for health information. The health-related needs and interests of teens differ somewhat from other age groups. Good health Web sites for teens are hard to construct. Health Web sites for older teens may include content inappropriate for some school and library settings. No single site can be recommended overall. The age of users and the setting in which the information is to be used are important considerations.

Delivery Of Services To Welfare-To-Work Clients: A Marketing Perspective, Joan Dardanelle Rudder

Theses Digitization Project

The State of California has adopted a "Work First" policy, where welfare recipients are required to find any type of job prior to any type of assessment or training. This research looks at how the State can achieve better results by using marketing techniques, as well as known concepts of consumer conformity and compliance.

Restaurant Industry And Marketing Plan For Studio Thai Restaurant, Yingluck Pitisom

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on restaurant industry analysis, start-up requirements, planning decisions, human resource management and restaurant marketing strategies. A marketing plan has been developed for the purposes of opening Studio Thai in the near future.

The Study Of Customer Share Marketing, Wathanee Sethapan

Theses Digitization Project

This project will describe the nature of customer share marketing, its advantages and disadvantages. The project discusses how the marketing theme is graduating customers from market share marketing to customer share marketing and the use of customer share marketing to retain and grow existing customers.

Livestock, Land Use Change, And Environmental Outcomes In The Developing World, R. W. Blake, C. F. Nicholson

Agribusiness

No Abstract

Review Of Educational Materials: Let’S Get Moving With Exercise And Healthy Foods And Let’S Get Moving With Healthy Snacks And Play, Bridget Schade, Carrie O'Donnell, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity until 2018 (FCS)

No abstract provided.

Web Site Review: The President’S Challenge, Erin Boester, Lisa Cunningham, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity until 2018 (FCS)

No abstract provided.

Educational Materials Review: Calcium: Are You Getting Enough?, Abigail Field, Christina Pruemer, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity until 2018 (FCS)

No abstract provided.

Educational Materials Review: Choosing A Safe And Successful Weight-Loss Program And You Can Control Your Weight As You Quit Smoking., Lee Ann Price, Elizabeth Stanberry, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity until 2018 (FCS)

No abstract provided.

Review Of Educational Materials: Let’S Get Moving With Exercise And Healthy Foods And Let’S Get Moving With Healthy Snacks And Play, Bridget Schade, Carrie O'Donnell, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Educational Materials Review: Calcium: Are You Getting Enough?, Abigail Field, Christina Pruemer, Melanie Burns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Flows And Economic Development Through Microenterprise Collaboration In Third-Sector Communities, Raymond M. Jones, Roger J. Kashlak, Audra M. Jones

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

"The U.N. once dealt only with governments. By now we know that peace and prosperity cannot be achieved without partnership involving governments, international organizations, the business community and civil society. In today’s world we depend on each other.” Kofi Annan, UN Secretary (1999).

As emphasized by Secretary Annan’s quote, the global community is increasingly concerned with economic development and promotion of democracies is focusing on developing programs to stimulate partnerships among three distinct sectors: government sector, civil society and private sector, including locally based and international entrepreneurs. The modern organization is becoming increasingly informed in its strategies and practices by …

Eagle Excellence Morehead State University Lady Eagle Basketball 2004-05, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics.

Morehead State Sports Team Programs

The 2004-2005 official media guide of the Morehead State University women's basketball team.

A Comparative Evaluation Of The Cost Effectiveness Of Treating The Metabolic Syndrome In African Americans And The General Population, Joseph T. Tasosa

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The Metabolic Syndrome poses an important public health threat to the U.S. health care delivery system. Disparate access to quality health care makes African Americans (blacks) especially susceptible to the adverse effects of MS. Although direct evidence suggests that early treatment of MS risk factors saves lives, no study to date has compared the cost effectiveness of such measures in blacks and the general population. Interventions that promote early treatment of MS risk factors may improve public health but could also lead to excess costs that are ultimately borne by society. The objective of this study was to assess the …

Public Posting As A Strategy To Increase Walking: A Worksite Intervention, Rayleen Earney, Timothy J. Bungum

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Because most American adults do not meet recommended physical activity guidelines, the need for new and innovative strategies is apparent. The current study employed public posting in an attempt to increase walking behavior in a worksite setting. Pedometer generated data was publicly posted in a prominent location in the worksite. In our study that utilized a pre-experimental design, we found that walking steps were statistically higher during the intervention and in a post intervention period as compared to the baseline data. We conclude that the public posting of physical activity data has the potential to increase walking behavior.

Tampa Bay Economy 04/02 (Winter 2004), University Of South Florida. Center For Economic Development Research

College of Business Publications

High-Tech Jobs in Florida -- From the Editor -- Household Income Distribution in Tampa Bay, 1989-1999 -- Economic Contributions of the Finance and Insurance Sector in Florida's High Tech Corridor and the Rest of Florida -- USF's Basic Economic Development Course -- Market Analysis of Hillsborough County's Community Development Block Grant Areas -- Update on CEDR's Data Center.

Discovery: The Student Journal Of Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food And Life Sciences - Volume 5 2004, Several Authors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Letter From The Dean, Gregory J. Weidemann

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association 2004 Blue Plan Health Promotion Programs, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association 2004 Blue Plan Health Promotion Programs.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Report To The Community And The Blue Foundation Annual Report, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Annual company report to the community for 2004 detailing Blue Cross of Florida's The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida's charitable initiatives, community involvement, business operations, financial assets and expenditures, and executive leadership.

Cost Effectiveness Of Treating The Metabolic Syndrome In The Uninsured In Montgomery County, Deepa Bangalore

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

Treating the uninsured in cases of cardiovascular emergencies has demonstrated to be a large expense to the health care system, primarily borne by the society as they contribute to taxes/levies that support local hospitals for indigent care. Interventions to reduce the cardiovascular risk factors among the uninsured are expensive but have proven to be an effective alternative to the present situation, which is to treat them only in cases of emergencies. The metabolic syndrome (MS) poses a threat particularly to the uninsured population because of its asymptomatic nature. Detection and treatment of MS at its onset provides substantial clinical benefit …

Social Capital And Economic Development: Possible Links And The Implications For Economic Policy, Allan Ochieng Oginga

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This research project was carried out with three principle objectives. First, I provide a primer investigation of what social capital means and examine its possible relevance in the discipline of economics and I highlight some of the numerous conceptual debates surrounding the theory. Secondly, I shed light on the historical progression and time line for the implications of social capital. That is, where we were in the past, where we are at the current time and where we (as economists) are possibly heading with this into the future. Lastly, I highlight some of the major challenges in applying an empirical …

Contents, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Instructions For Authors, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.