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Does Faith Matter? A Comparison Of Faith-Based And Secular International Nongovernmental Organizations Engaged In Humanitarian Assistance, Jill Mcleigh Dec 2011

Does Faith Matter? A Comparison Of Faith-Based And Secular International Nongovernmental Organizations Engaged In Humanitarian Assistance, Jill Mcleigh

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Over the past three decades, there has been a significant increase in international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) participating in humanitarian assistance, and thus, an increase in the study of these organizations. In part because of former President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative, interest in a particular subset of INGOs - religious INGOs (ROs) - has been on the rise. Among the gaps in this literature is a quantitative approach to understanding the types of activities and funding opportunities INGOs pursue based on whether they are religious and what makes an organization religious. To address these omissions, this dissertation examines the religious …


Do The Ethics Of Authorship Matter?: Exploring The Implications Of The Office Of Research Integrity's Narrow Definition Of Research Misconduct, Caroline Linvill Dec 2011

Do The Ethics Of Authorship Matter?: Exploring The Implications Of The Office Of Research Integrity's Narrow Definition Of Research Misconduct, Caroline Linvill

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Over the past 25 years, federal government entities have become involved in defining and regulating misconduct in scientific research. Consistently, these definitions of research misconduct forbid three key actions--falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism--but do not take into account other professional communication issues, mainly authorship. This lack of acknowledgement and regulation of authorship--particularly from the Office of Research Integrity, the nation's highest research ethics body--seems to imply and communicate that the ethics of authorship are not important in science. However, this thesis demonstrates, through rhetorical, historical and interview research, that authorship ethics do matter to scientists; in fact, authorship is a leading …


Sensory Spaces, Thomas Schram Dec 2011

Sensory Spaces, Thomas Schram

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We are all products of our environments and simultaneously have the ability to shape and change those environments. Physical environments obviously influence how we perceive and understand ourselves in relation to our surroundings, but non-physical environments have an ever-increasing effect as well. Changing technologies and increased use of online networks pose new questions about how we understand and relate to the settings we inhabit. Inspired by the work of Sherry Turkle, my work examines the tension in the transition many people experience as they incorporate more internet-ready, globally connected technology into their daily lives. I examine the intersection between virtual …


The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 11 2011-11-18, Clemson University Nov 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 11 2011-11-18, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 10 2011-11-11, Clemson University Nov 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 10 2011-11-11, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 9 2011-11-04, Clemson University Nov 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 9 2011-11-04, Clemson University

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Localisation To Lipid Rafts Correlates With Increased Function Of The Gal/Galnac Lectin In The Human Protozoan Parasite, Entamoeba Histolytica, Brenda H. Welter Nov 2011

Localisation To Lipid Rafts Correlates With Increased Function Of The Gal/Galnac Lectin In The Human Protozoan Parasite, Entamoeba Histolytica, Brenda H. Welter

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Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of dysentery and liver abscess and is prevalent in developing countries. Adhesion to the host is critical to infection and is mediated by amoebic surface receptors. One such receptor, the Gal/GalNAc lectin, binds to galactose or N-acetylgalactosamine residues on host components and consists of heavy (Hgl), light (Lgl) and intermediate (Igl) subunits. The mechanism by which the lectin assembles into a functional complex is not known. The parasite also relies on cholesterol-rich domains (lipid rafts) for adhesion. Therefore, it is conceivable that rafts regulate the assembly or function of the lectin. To test …


The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 8 2011-10-28, Clemson University Oct 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 8 2011-10-28, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 7 2011-10-21, Clemson University Oct 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 7 2011-10-21, Clemson University

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Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 October 21, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Oct 2011

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 October 21, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Minutes: Meeting of the Clemson University Board of Trustees. Executive Board Room, Madren Center, Clemson, SC. 1:00 p.m.


The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 6 2011-10-07, Clemson University Oct 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 6 2011-10-07, Clemson University

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Teachers’ Perceptions Of Integrating Information And Communication Technologies Into Literacy Instruction: A National Survey In The United States, David Reinking, Amy Hutchison Oct 2011

Teachers’ Perceptions Of Integrating Information And Communication Technologies Into Literacy Instruction: A National Survey In The United States, David Reinking, Amy Hutchison

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In this commentary, we argue that literacy research would be more productive if researchers had a clearer, more nuanced understanding of theory. Specifically, we argue that theory in a practice-oriented field is most fundamentally productive when it provides instrumental guidance for literacy beyond academic understanding about literacy. Premises for that argument are presented, as well as how productivity connects to an instrumental view of theory within the philosophy of science. We provide examples from authoritative sources and relevant studies suggesting that conceptions and uses of theory in literacy research are ambiguous, diffuse, and incoherent. We argue that productivity could be …


Wrangling The Collections, Kathy Edwards Oct 2011

Wrangling The Collections, Kathy Edwards

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Voluntary Youth-Serving Organizations: Responding To The Needs Of Young People And Society In The Last Century, Suzanne Le Menestrel, Lisa Lauxman Oct 2011

Voluntary Youth-Serving Organizations: Responding To The Needs Of Young People And Society In The Last Century, Suzanne Le Menestrel, Lisa Lauxman

Journal of Youth Development

As many national youth-serving organizations have either celebrated their 100th anniversaries or are approaching their centennials, we take a step back to celebrate these organizations’ accomplishments, but also to examine how youth organizations have responded positively to the youth development philosophy and approach to programming. The focus of this paper is on those organizations in which participation by youth is voluntary.


Fy2012 All Salaries $30-50,000, Clemson University Oct 2011

Fy2012 All Salaries $30-50,000, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 5 2011-09-30, Clemson University Sep 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 5 2011-09-30, Clemson University

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Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 September 24, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Sep 2011

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 September 24, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Minutes: Meeting of the Clemson University Board of Trustees. Executive Board Room, Madren Center, Clemson, SC. 11:00 a.m.


The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 4 2011-09-23, Clemson University Sep 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 4 2011-09-23, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 3 2011-09-16, Clemson University Sep 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 3 2011-09-16, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 2 2011-09-09, Clemson University Sep 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 2 2011-09-09, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 1 2011-09-02, Clemson University Sep 2011

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 1 2011-09-02, Clemson University

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Sarah Durrant Announced As Chief Executive Of Alpsp Sep 2011

Sarah Durrant Announced As Chief Executive Of Alpsp

NASIG Newsletter

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September 2011 Full Issue Sep 2011

September 2011 Full Issue

NASIG Newsletter

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Pushing The Boundaries Of Cultural Congruence Pedagogy In Science Education Towards A Third Space, Cassie Quigley Sep 2011

Pushing The Boundaries Of Cultural Congruence Pedagogy In Science Education Towards A Third Space, Cassie Quigley

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This review explores Meyers and Crawford’s “Teaching science as a cultural way of knowing: Merging authentic inquiry, nature of science, and multicultural strategies” by examining how they combine the use of inquiry-based science instruction with multicultural strategies. In this conversation, I point to the need of specific discourse strategies to help teachers and students create hybrid spaces to push the boundaries of cultural congruence as described in this article. These strategies include a reflective component to the explicit instruction that encourages an integration of home and science discourses. My response to this work expands on their use of multicultural strategies …


Nasig 2011 Conference Reports Sep 2011

Nasig 2011 Conference Reports

NASIG Newsletter

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Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 August 15, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Aug 2011

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 August 15, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

Minutes: Meeting of the Clemson University Board of Trustees. President's Conference Room, 201 Sikes Hall, Clemson, SC. 4:00 p.m.


Cushop: A Simulated Shopping Environment Fostering Consumer-Centric Packaging Design & Testing, Charles Tonkin Aug 2011

Cushop: A Simulated Shopping Environment Fostering Consumer-Centric Packaging Design & Testing, Charles Tonkin

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Consumer product packaging provides product damage protection, extends product shelf life, and communicates product usage instructions to the consumer. Its collective contribution to the waste stream is notorious, but its role in product salability is much less understood. Consumers now make the majority of product purchase decisions while present at the shelf, and since they do it very quickly (within 5-8 seconds), and do not appear to adhere to strong brand loyalty as was once more common, packaging (and more specifically, its aesthetics and contrast with its competitors) plays a dominant role in the decision-making process. It is difficult, however, …


Repression Of Multiple Cyp2d Genes In Mouse Using A Single Sirna Construct, Omaima Elraghy Aug 2011

Repression Of Multiple Cyp2d Genes In Mouse Using A Single Sirna Construct, Omaima Elraghy

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The CYP2D subfamily is the second most important subfamily of hepatic drug metabolizing CYPs. In mouse, there are nine CYP2D subfamily members, while humans have only one highly polymorphic CYP2D member, CYP2D6. siRNA was used to repress the expression of multiple isoforms of mouse CYP2D in primary mouse hepatocytes with one siRNA construct. Successful knockdown of CYP function by RNAi may allow for further study of CYP2D function. Q-PCR demonstrated that male CD-1 mouse primary hepatocytes express Cyp2d10, Cyp2d11, Cyp2d22, and Cyp2d26; however the male specific and growth hormone-dependent, Cyp2d9, was not detected. Four different siRNAs were designed; Cyp2d-KD1 and …


An Analysis Of Non-Traditional Intervention Programs For At-Risk Youth, Christine Moore Aug 2011

An Analysis Of Non-Traditional Intervention Programs For At-Risk Youth, Christine Moore

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ABSTRACT
Through content analysis, this thesis analyzes relevant wilderness therapy programs and residential treatment centers specifically designed for at-risk youth. More specifically, this study is an applied analysis. The results provide primary care-givers with a guide for assessing programs before their adolescent continues down the path to juvenile incarceration. The study analyzed 20 wilderness therapy programs and 19 residential treatment centers through a series of exploratory questions derived from empirical research concerning the effective and ethically sound treatment of at-risk youth.
The five research questions are as follows:
1) What aspects of the program promote and include family involvement?
2) …


Multivalued Subsets Under Information Theory, Indraneel Dabhade Aug 2011

Multivalued Subsets Under Information Theory, Indraneel Dabhade

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In the fields of finance, engineering and varied sciences, Data Mining/ Machine Learning has held an eminent position in predictive analysis. Complex algorithms and adaptive decision models have contributed towards streamlining directed research as well as improve on the accuracies in forecasting. Researchers in the fields of mathematics and computer science have made significant contributions towards the development of this field. Classification based modeling, which holds a significant position amongst the different rule-based algorithms, is one of the most widely used decision making tools. The decision tree has a place of profound significance in classification-based modeling. A number of heuristics …