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An Investigation Of The Chemistry And Antimalarial Activity Of The Marine Soft Coral Asterospicularia Randalli, S. Duane Burt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

November 15, 2005, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Usda Food Safety Mobile Makes A Stop At National Food Service Management Institute, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The USDA Food Safety Mobile made a pit stop this week at the National Food Service Management Institute at the University of Mississippi.

'Mr. Magazine' Picks Cooking Light As Top Mag, Releases 20th Edition Of Guide, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - International magazine guru Samir Husni, chair of the University of Mississippi Department of Journalism, has selected Cooking Light magazine as the most notable magazine launched in two decades.

The Legacy Of Slavery, Rita L. Bender

Documents and Files

Address presented by Rita L. Bender, widow of Michael Schwerner, at the University of Mississippi.

Ideal And Stereotypical Masculinity And Issues Of Adjustment To College Life For Men Of Color, Willie L. Baber, Robert E. Aronson, Larry D. Melton

Southern Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

August 29, 2005, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Um Hosts International Conference On Botanical Dietary Supplements, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

More than 150 scientists and representatives of regulatory agencies gather in Oxford next week for an international conference on Quality and Safety Issues Related to Botanicals. Botanicals include medicinal and aromatic plants often prepared and sold as dietary supplements.

Graduate Catalog. 2005., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Alberta Frost, Alberta Frost, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Alberta Frost has worked for the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service since 1967. She started out working in the Food Stamp Program for several years before moving into child nutrition programs. She has in fact worked in all of the FNS programs at some point or another, including food distribution, child nutrition, and the WIC Program.

Stan Garnett, Stan Garnett, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Stan Garnett grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He served in the Peace Corps and worked for the Catholic Relief Service early in his career. He joined the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service in 1971 and worked in child nutrition programs there for thirty-six years. He retired as the Director of Child Nutrition Programs in December 2007. Stan is currently the Executive Director of the Global Nutrition Foundation.

Bob Eadie, Bob Eadie, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Robert M. (Bob) Eadie served as Chief of the Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. This branch is responsible for publishing regulations that deal with the National School Lunch, the Child Care Food Program, the Summer Program, the Special Milk Program, and other Child Nutrition Programs. They write regulations, issue policy interpretations, and provide guidance, materials, handbooks, instructions, and anything necessary for a state agency or a school district to have in their hands to operate the program. Mr. Eadie was “an Army brat.” His father was a military officer and …

Practicing Cpa, Vol. 29 No. 3, March/April 2005, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Understanding Social Security Reform: The Issues And Alternatives, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Reform

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

Gertrude Applebaum, Gertrude Applebaum, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Gertrude Applebaum devoted forty-seven years of her illustrious career to the Corpus Christi School District, forty of which were spent as Food Service Director, and then seven as Assistant Superintendent. Soon after becoming a member of the child nutrition profession Ms. Applebaum attended the meeting in Chicago where Food Service Directors and the National School Cafeteria Association voted to merge and form the American School Food Service Association. She served as President of this organization, now known as the School Nutrition Association, in 1981-82.

Expert Offers Tips On Fitting Fast Food Into A Healthful Diet, Jennifer Russell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For millions of Americans on a weight-loss diet, fast food may seem like a forbidden pleasure, but that's not necessarily so.

Relationships Between Parents' And Children's Eating Behaviors And Activity Levels, Christine Lynn Jayne

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Nfsmi Oral History Project Captures School Lunch Room Memories, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The recounting of children bringing live chickens to school for a special meal - and those chickens' subsequent demise - is just one of the many stories recorded as part of an oral history project at the National Food Service Management Institute's Child Nutrition Archives.

Cpa Eldercare/Primeplus Services : A Practitioner's Resource Guide;, Pamela W. Kaplan, Jay H. Kaplan, George A. Lewis

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

CD-ROM files converted to PDF and included after main text

Clinical Progression Of Cognitive Decline And Oral, Christy J. Folks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Correlates Of Obesity And The Metabolic Syndrome In African-American Adolescents, Tasheitha Vontre Butler

Honors Theses

As the prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst Americans increases, there is an increased risk in individuals for the development of the “metabolic syndrome.” The “metabolic syndrome,” which is characterized by abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance, puts those diagnosed with it at an increased risk for certain chronic illnesses, including Type II diabetes and coronary heart disease, research investigates the possible correlates between obesity and the metabolic syndrome in a group of 10-16 year-old African-American participants in the University of Mississippi’s National Youth Sports Program (NYSP). The results show that there are indeed correlates between obesity and the …

The Relationship Between Religion/Spirituality And Healing As Demonstrated By Falun Gong And Christian Science, Maribeth Porter

Honors Theses

This paper provides an objective overview of the tradition and religion of Falun Gong and Christian Science in order to better evaluate their respective methods of healing. Each religion, as well as its primary texts, was thoroughly researched to provide the reader with information regarding the basic doctrines practitioners, foundation, healing methods, and opponents. Based on the research, it appears that religion can be beneficial to a practitioner s health as ion i-iu.i as conventional health care is not ignored on the premise that toe rei i alone can heal it seems as though current health care couia benefit rrom …

Civil War Medicine: Crisis And Heroism In The Medical Profession, 1861 - 1865, Diana Frances Semmes

Honors Theses

This thesis uses a variety of sources to look at the medical profession during the Civil War era. Both primary sources and secondary sources provide information on the perspectives of the key players during the period as well as an understanding of the knowledge present at that time and the methods and practices employed. Most of the research has been done using the J. D. Williams Library on the University of Mississippi main campus though it has been supplemented by books in my own personal collection, items loaned from Dr. Neff’s collection, online resources such as the Library of Congress …

Assessing Program Effects Or Impact In Enterprise Development Programs, Tristi C. Nichols

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Responding to questions increasingly posed by finders regarding what works best in assisting small businesses and what impacts are caused by program interventions, this paper aims to help program administrators answer these questions. Focusing on business development service provision, specific conceptual measures and quantitative variables are presented with examples in an effort to provide some guidance for collecting and analyzing data. The paper elucidates how program planners may emphasize the impact of their interventions, thereby explaining to finders what works best and how to prove it. It presents two major reflections about measures that yield robust results. The first conceptual …

So What? A Primer On Methods For Identifying, Measuring, And Analyzing Program Impacts And Outcomes, Ronald L. Williams

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper offers insights on the need for increased program accountability and the benefits that arise from the use of better performance measures. Examples of impact and accountability reports are presented to highlight the best practices. Weaker impact reports are analyzed so as to emphasize more effective ways to demonstrate outputs and impact to funders.

Betty Bender, Betty Bender, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Betty Bender, a native of Kentucky, was educated at the University of Kentucky, the University of Montana, and Duke University. After working in Massachusetts and Indiana, Bender married and moved to Dayton, OH, and worked for the Dayton School System for thirty years. While there she earned her master’s in Food Management. Betty was ASFSA President in 1983-84.

Sylvia Elam And Paul Mcelwain, Sylvia Elam, Paul Mcelwain, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Sylvia Elam’s involvement with the child nutrition profession goes back over thirty years. She is a native Kentuckian and holds an undergraduate degree in Home Economics from Morehead State University, with graduate work in Education. As a home economist she has worked in business and also taught at the secondary level. In the early 1970s she began work for the Kentucky Department of Education as a consultant in child nutrition. Since that time she has held various positions within the department from consultant all the way up to Assistant Director of Nutrition Services. She is now retired.

Paul McElwain has …

Rene Weber, Rene Weber, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Rene Weber became Director of Lunch Program for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1978, after working as a teacher for eleven years, and remained in this position for 22.5 years, starting with five schools and ending with 119. An active member of both the Ohio School Food Service Association and American School Food Service Association, she served as Legislative Chair for Ohio for eighteen years and three terms on the National Advisory Council for the USDA.

National Institute's 'Wash Your Hands' Project Inspires Initiatives Elsewhere, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - According to the Centers for Disease Control, hand washing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection and germs that can cause colds and flu.

Sue Greig, Sue Greig, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Sue Greig is a native of Arkansas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education and Nutrition and a master’s degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management and in Dietetics. She and her husband moved to Manhattan, Kansas, in 1951. Greig worked in housing and food service at Kansas State University for 13 years and then served as Food Service Director for Manhattan Kansas Schools until her retirement in the 1990s. She served as President of the American School Food Service Association in 1991-1992.