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Judeo-Christian Principles And Their Influence On Business Ethics In 21st Century America, Charles Benjamin Clark Jan 2009

Judeo-Christian Principles And Their Influence On Business Ethics In 21st Century America, Charles Benjamin Clark

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In today’s economic climate, people are constantly faced with making decisions that blur the lines of sound ethical principles. Business owners are faced with the dilemma of adopting questionable business practices, or allowing their competitors to gain a competitive advantage over them by abusing the system. This thesis will explain how the United States of America might go about solving some of the problems that thrust it into the current recession by advocating the implementation of a national code of ethics based on Judeo-Christian principles. The thesis will begin by citing some examples of previous research in business ethics. Next, …

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Creation Of A Topoisomerase I-Efgp Cell Line Using Recent Knock-In Technology, James Wayne Delancey Jan 2009

Creation Of A Topoisomerase I-Efgp Cell Line Using Recent Knock-In Technology, James Wayne Delancey

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Topoisomerase I (TOPI) is a nuclear enzyme that relieves torsional strain in DNA during transcription or replication. Furthermore, TOPl is the target enzyme for camptothecin antitumor drugs. Traditional immunohistochemical methods of studying TOPl expression require cell fixation, which arrests cellular metabolism at an instance in time. In efforts where TOPl studies rely on a function of time, cell fixation must occur at many finite intervals so that researchers may take many data points to simulate a real time assessment. To study TOPl activity continuously in cells, we are implementing recent gene targeting/knock-in technology to create a natively expressed TOP 1-EGFP …

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Assessment Of Eating Disorder Knowledge Among College Students & The Effectiveness Of A Primary Prevention Program, Patricia Eileen Edwards Jan 2009

Assessment Of Eating Disorder Knowledge Among College Students & The Effectiveness Of A Primary Prevention Program, Patricia Eileen Edwards

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Objective: To assess the current knowledge of eating disorders among college students and to determine the effectiveness of a prevention program in increasing eating disorder knowledge. Participants: College students enrolled in the University of Mississippi and in a Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) 311 Nutrition course. Methods: Participants in attendance of an FCS 311 Nutrition course were administered a 21 question survey to assess a baseline knowledge level of eating disorders. Participants were later educated on eating disorders through a primary prevention program “Eating Disorders 101”. The previous survey was administered again to assess the knowledge gained and the effectiveness …

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A Cross-Cultural Content Analysis Of The 2008 American Presidential Election, Willow Beverly Nero Jan 2009

A Cross-Cultural Content Analysis Of The 2008 American Presidential Election, Willow Beverly Nero

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Agenda-setting theory, based on the idea that journalism has a strong correlation to audience opinion and evaluation of issue salience, shows the unportance of how the media present the news. Naturally, media values vary across cultures, wherein some news outlets serve only to inform and others approach news through partisan positions or evaluative tactics. Especially during a time of media upset in the United States, it is important to examine U.S. media values and those of other cultures. This thesis looks at some of the dominant and documented differences in newspaper reporting in France and the United States, using Patterson’s …

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Hadwiger's Conjecture Applied To Mycielski And Kneser Graphs, Anne Marie Nicholas Jan 2009

Hadwiger's Conjecture Applied To Mycielski And Kneser Graphs, Anne Marie Nicholas

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Graph theory is the study of graphs that represent a specific relation between pairs of objects from a collection. The objects are represented by vertices that are connected by edges defining the existence of such relation ship. A crucial result in graph theory, the Four Color Theorem, was first proposed in 1852 by Francis Guthrie but was not proven until 1976 by Ken neth Appel and Wolfgang Haken. The Four Color Theorem says that any graph on a plane is four colorable. Then in 1943 Hugo Hadwiger presented generalization of the Four Color Theorem which is still an important and …

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The University Of Mississippi's Role In The Presidential Election, Sara Ann Ralph Jan 2009

The University Of Mississippi's Role In The Presidential Election, Sara Ann Ralph

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There are many ways to survey a population and analyze the data. Our research applies these techniques to a real world situation, specifically the out come of the 2008 Presidential Election. We will examine current sampling techniques, as well as look at past presidential predictions. Then we will con duct our own survey on the Oxford Campus of the University of Mississippi in an attempt to see what will have an effect on the voting patterns of the population.

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Dissection Of Ncad12: Distinctive Characteristics Of Domains 1 And 2, Brittany Nicole Rogers Jan 2009

Dissection Of Ncad12: Distinctive Characteristics Of Domains 1 And 2, Brittany Nicole Rogers

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The cadherin superfamily of cell surface adhesion molecules have long been recognized for their crucial roles in morphogenesis, and controlled growth and turnover in adult tissues. Neural cadherins (NCAD) are involved in the cell to cell adhesion of neural tissue. Neural cadherin molecules share a common structure with the members of its superfamily including an amino terminal extracellular region, a transmembrane region and a carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic region. It contains five folded domains in its extracellular region that are seven strand B-barrel modules of the immunoglobulin type. These modular domains are then connected by a seven amino acid sequence known as …

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Accounting For Negative Goodwill Arising From Business Combinations, Jere Matthews Sights Jan 2009

Accounting For Negative Goodwill Arising From Business Combinations, Jere Matthews Sights

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The purpose of this study is to determine both the long-term and short-term effects of negative goodwill- the result of acquiring a company for less than its fair valueupon the acquiring company in a business combination, researcher hypothesizes that while the new accounting standard of SFAS 141R will make acquiring companies more attractive to stakeholders in the year of acquisition, the long term effects of acquiring negative goodwill will be detrimental to the company's long-term success, as there has to be some reason that a company would be sold for less The than it is worth. The study takes into …

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Theory And Practice: Translating The Arsamatoria, Ellen Bowden Jan 2009

Theory And Practice: Translating The Arsamatoria, Ellen Bowden

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In this paper, I have translated the Ars Amatoria by Ovid. I have examined the cultural and political context and history of the Ars and its author, and I have researched translation theory, as well as examined criticisms ofthe poem. I have integrated these elements as best I can into my translation and the paper. I have also attempted to present the Ars in a way that is appealing and interesting to academic and non-academic readers alike.

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Shattering Colored Glass: The Trauma Of Magical Realism N Toni Morrison's Beloved And José Saramago's Blindness, Eric Edward Solomon Jan 2009

Shattering Colored Glass: The Trauma Of Magical Realism N Toni Morrison's Beloved And José Saramago's Blindness, Eric Edward Solomon

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The purpose of this thesis is to draw a literary connection between two distinct fields of study, magical realism and trauma studies, through the use of two specific works of fiction, Toni Morrison's Beloved and Jose Saramago's Blindness. In order to understand how the two fields of literary thought are connected. the thesis first attempts to distill the terms. With no definitive texts, magical realism and trauma studies are complex and seemingly indefinable ideas. However, through the process of definition, the thesis illustrates how the two are connected through the desire for both trauma, a "fleeting" concept, and magic, an …

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Capturing The Banner Of Batlissmo: The Frente Amplio And The End Of Uruguay's Two-Party System, Kelly Ann Usher Jan 2009

Capturing The Banner Of Batlissmo: The Frente Amplio And The End Of Uruguay's Two-Party System, Kelly Ann Usher

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This paper looks at the 2004 presidential victory of the Frente Amplio in Uruguay, as well as the party’s development since 1971 to explain how it became victorious. The paper will also investigate what changes the two traditionally dominant political parties have undergone in response to the Frente Amplio’s rise. Uruguayan political science magazines and documents from the political parties themselves form the foundation of this work, supplemented by research from books and academic writings. Research showed that although the Frente Amplio started out as a radical leftist group, it was able to become moderate and use political means of …

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Power Play: How Grassroots Democracy Has Affected Rural Chinese And The Chinese Communist Party, Mcdaniel Drake Wicker Jan 2009

Power Play: How Grassroots Democracy Has Affected Rural Chinese And The Chinese Communist Party, Mcdaniel Drake Wicker

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Turkey And The European Union: Why Europe Doesn't Want A Taste Of Turkey, Ann Kirkpatrick Jacobs Jan 2009

Turkey And The European Union: Why Europe Doesn't Want A Taste Of Turkey, Ann Kirkpatrick Jacobs

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This thesis examines the debate surrounding Turkey’s accession into the European Union, namely the allegation by some scholars that there has been a shift in the type of opposition against Turkey during recent years. Its goal is to examine tlie reasons why this shift occurred and it focuses on France as a specific country in which a shift in opposition has occurred. In the first chapter, it analyzes editorials published in the two most important French newspapers, Le Monde and Le Figaro, alongside the context of the simultaneously occurring external and political events, in order to prove that the shift …

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Cost Benefit Analysis: A Policy Tool Of Anthropocentric Utilitarianism, Nora Anne Watson Jan 2009

Cost Benefit Analysis: A Policy Tool Of Anthropocentric Utilitarianism, Nora Anne Watson

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For the last three decades, there has been a lively debate over the best way for a govemapproach decisions of environmental policy. Adherents to anthropocentric utilitari anism - those who believe that actions are right as they tend to promote utility for humans - favor the use of cost-benefit analysis - a tool that is used to come up with recommendations the basis of their probable costs and ment to for or against particular environmental policies benefits. Although making decisions this way may seem like a straightforward approach that should be acceptable to everyone, many challenge the latent assumptions of …

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Accounting For Gift Cards: A Demonstration Of The Need For A New Accounting Standard, Ben Wilson Van Landuyt Jan 2009

Accounting For Gift Cards: A Demonstration Of The Need For A New Accounting Standard, Ben Wilson Van Landuyt

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This thesis concerns the current accounting environment and methodology related to gift cards, and proposes a new accounting standard. The lack of authoritative guidance for companies that issue gift cards has led to disparities in gift card financial treatment and disclosure. Of particular concern is the treatment of revenue resulting from unredeemed gift cards. Companies generally adhere to one of two basic methods of calculating said revenue. The first method calculates revenue from unredeemed gift cards annual percent reduction of the gift card liability. An alternative method recognizes from unredeemed gift cards with the passage of time. Thesis research included …

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The Evolution Of Campaign Finance And Its Reform: An Expoloration And Economic Analysis, Meghan Milloy Jan 2009

The Evolution Of Campaign Finance And Its Reform: An Expoloration And Economic Analysis, Meghan Milloy

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From the blunders of Theodore Roosevelt that initiated much of the debate on campaign finance reform to Bill Bradley's ideas on voting reform as a means to reform campaign finance, this is a topic that has inspired much debate and controversy. My hope is that throughout the following pages, through the history, opinions, and empirical evidence, the reader may formulate his or her own opinions on the good, evil, and necessity — or lack thereof — of reforming the system. History teaches where we have gone wrong. Econometric evidence tells us where we should go next. And opinions for future …

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Graph Theoretical Problems Computable By Networks Of Finite Automata., Cameron Taylor Byrum Jan 2009

Graph Theoretical Problems Computable By Networks Of Finite Automata., Cameron Taylor Byrum

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Graphs are a popular model in mathematics, and automata, or abstract models of machines, are a useful tool in computer science. Our research looks at combining these two powerful fields. We will begin by looking at some pre liminaries of graph theory and automata theory. We also discuss other meth ods for recognizing graph properties such as algebras, grammars, and monadic second-order logic. We will then explore the concept of “intelligent graphs,” or networks of finite automata operating at each vertex of a graph, and we will show implementations for using such networks to solve labryinth problems and to compute …

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The Osmolytic Effect And Its Action On Topoisomerase-I, Matthew Paul Dukes Jan 2009

The Osmolytic Effect And Its Action On Topoisomerase-I, Matthew Paul Dukes

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While the presence of water within biological systems is acknowledged to be of utmost importance, its specific role at the molecular level within these systems has only recently been studied carefully. Of particular interest are the effects of water on the interactions that occur between topoisomerase-I and DNA. Topoisomerase-I relaxes supercoiled DNA, a process critical for cellular processes such as transcription and replication. Relaxation occurs when the enzyme breaks one strand of the double-stranded DNA, rotates a broken end around the intact strand, and rejoins the two broken ends. consequently changing the linking number of the supercoiled DNA by an …

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The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Effects On Women And Minorities, Shakitha Paquita Harden Jan 2009

The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Effects On Women And Minorities, Shakitha Paquita Harden

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This paper briefly describes how the subprime mortgage crisis emerged. General observations are made concerning the effect of the crisis on the economy as a whole, but the focal point explains how women and minorities have been affected. To illustrate this point, areas of investigation include predatory and discriminatory lending. Furthermore, this document provides data illustrating the financial impact the subprime mortgage crisis has had on different minority groups compared to non-minority groups. The data that has been gathered for this paper comes from examining previous academic journals and results, researching various internet sources, and attending panel discussions held on …

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Reconciling Southern Identity: Revising The Public Memory Of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, James Matthew Hopper Jan 2009

Reconciling Southern Identity: Revising The Public Memory Of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, James Matthew Hopper

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This project explores the accepted historical narrative of white male Southern identity based upon L.Q.C. Lamar's public memory. My objective is to reinterpret some long held beliefs about Lamar s life, career, and politics, while analyzing the effect of those interpretations in fostering and challenging white male Southern identity. I found that Lamar was never fully reconstructed from his Confederate views and many of his pre-war principles made him popular and garnered loyalty among his constituency. In reinventing himself as a reconstructed politician, he used the death of Charles Sumner to offer a reconciliatory version of Southern masculinity in an …

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Whole Body Vibration Effects On Activation Of Lower Extremity Muscles In Recreationally Trained Females, Margaret Jean Lancaster Jan 2009

Whole Body Vibration Effects On Activation Of Lower Extremity Muscles In Recreationally Trained Females, Margaret Jean Lancaster

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Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to measure the differences in activation in four different conditions: maximum voluntary contraction with vibration (MVC + V), maximum voluntary contraction (MVC), vibration only (V), and control group with no vibration (C). Muscles of interest were tibialis anterior (TA), vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), and medial gastrocnemius (MG). This information was obtained for a larger study involving improvement of vertical leap through vibration conditions. Methods: A sample of 13 (n=13) recreationally females was studied. EMG electrodes were used to measure activations of the TA, VM, VL, and MG. Vibration was applied at …

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On Generalized Mersenne And Fermat Primes, Bette Catherine Putnam Jan 2009

On Generalized Mersenne And Fermat Primes, Bette Catherine Putnam

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The classical Merseniie and Fermat primes are, respectivel3^ primes of the form 2^' - 1 and 2^‘ + 1. The Mersenne primes have been studied since antiquity. It is known that if 2^ - 1 is prime then k is prime. As of September 2008, there are forty-six such primes known. Fermat primes, of the form 2^’ -h 1, seem to be more rare. It is known that if 2^' -I- 1 is prime, then k must be a power of 2. To date only 2“*^ -I- 1, 2^* -f 1, 2^^ -f-1, 2'^^ -t-1, and 2^^ -|-1 are known …

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The Influences And Effects Of Political Communication On Young Voters In The Digital Age, Kristen Michelle Robinson Jan 2009

The Influences And Effects Of Political Communication On Young Voters In The Digital Age, Kristen Michelle Robinson

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(The effects of political communication has been a topic in which many political communication researchers have devoted attention. In this digital age, the role of the Internet has a great effect on the political process that people may experience during campaign times. To understand how various forms of political communication affect the political process, one must understand what political communication is and how political communication has evolved into the digital age. Furthermore, to understand these effects, specific target segments should be analyzed separately. This study explores the evolution of political communication from the election of 1952 to the present, specifically …

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Big And Small: Using Large Scale Puppets In Low Budget Theatre, Lauren E. Wakefield Jan 2009

Big And Small: Using Large Scale Puppets In Low Budget Theatre, Lauren E. Wakefield

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The art of puppetry has existed for as long as any other creative medium, and its role within the theatrical world has long been an important one. Characters and creatures portrayed in foam and felt often touch the hearts of audiences, and theatergoers enter a show involving puppetry ready to be entertained. Broadway productions such as Avenue Q and The Lion King push the limits of puppets' capabilities and use this creative source to express ideas that human actors would less effectively convey. This paper will explore the capabilities that each person has to create similar characters and creatures on …

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Calcium Binding Affinity Properties Of Neural Cadherin Domains 1 And 2, Thomas Thayer Wood Jan 2009

Calcium Binding Affinity Properties Of Neural Cadherin Domains 1 And 2, Thomas Thayer Wood

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Cadherins are a family of cell adhesion receptors that are crucial for binding of mutual vertebrate cells. Cadherins are calcium-dependent, homophilic, cell-adhesive molecules that are found in varying types of cell-cell contacts. Cell-cell contacts that contain cadherins include adherens junctions, desmosomes, and synapses. Cadherins play an Important role in regulating maintenance of adult tissue structural design and integrity. tissue morphogenesis and synaptogenesis, and embryogenesis. Cadherins have an intracellular, cytoplasmic, region, a transmembrane region, and an extracellular region where calcium binding occurs. In classical cadherins, the extracellular region has five modular P-barrel domains and calcium binds to the interfaces between domains. …

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Internal Controls And Regulation Of The Not-For-Profit Sector: Increasing Transparency For Churches, Sarah Catherine White Jan 2009

Internal Controls And Regulation Of The Not-For-Profit Sector: Increasing Transparency For Churches, Sarah Catherine White

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Reaulation of for-profit organizations and fraud within them are commonly researched areas; however, many overlook the need for adequate internal controls and reaiilation of the not-for-profit sector, particularly religious not-for-profit organizations. Fraud has been a problem in this sector for a while, but it is frequently neglected due to the false sense of security that people have when dealing with not-for-profits. The notfor- profit sector is much less regulated than the for-profit sector, and religious not-for profit organizations are not subject to any of the regulations that other not-for-profit organizations face. In order to gather appropriate data for determining ways …

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Pediatric Brain Tumors & Subsequent Communication And Swallowing Disorders., Emily Kathryn Chambers Jan 2009

Pediatric Brain Tumors & Subsequent Communication And Swallowing Disorders., Emily Kathryn Chambers

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This study was designed to determine if there were speech, language, or swallowing disorders in a child with a brain stem glioma tumor or medulloblastoma tumor. It also was designed to determine if motor speech was more affected than swallowing in a child with a brain stem glioma tumor and in a child with a medulloblastoma tumor. Thirdly, this study investigated the incidence and treatment of speech, language, or swallowing disorders through survey. The surveys were sent through the United States Postal Service to speech-language pathologists (SLPs). The SLPs worked in pediatric hospitals or hospitals with pediatric floors. The purpose …

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Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonist Raclopride's Effects On Core Temperature Alone And During Methamphetamine Administration At Varying Ambient Temperatures, Danielle Marie Fulbright Jan 2009

Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonist Raclopride's Effects On Core Temperature Alone And During Methamphetamine Administration At Varying Ambient Temperatures, Danielle Marie Fulbright

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Rationale Methamphetamine (METH) induces hypothermia at cool (18°) ambient temperatures and hyperthermia at neutral (24°) and warm (30°) ambient temperatures. Our objective was to determine if pretreatment with raclopride (RAC), a dopamine D2 receptor antagonist would alter METH-induced core temperature changes. Methods Two experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, RAC was administered alone, to determine its effects, if any, on core temperature. In Experiment 2, rats received pretreatment injections of 0.3, 0.6, or 1.2-mg/kg RAC or a saline control (sal) injection; rats then received injections of 10 mg/kg METH or sal injection. In both Experiment 1 and 2, core temperature …

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Military And Civilian Speech-Language Pathologists' Attitudes Towards Evidence-Based Practice: A Pilot Study, Lauren Nicole Furr Jan 2009

Military And Civilian Speech-Language Pathologists' Attitudes Towards Evidence-Based Practice: A Pilot Study, Lauren Nicole Furr

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The renewal of military combat in Iraq and Afganistan (2001-) and the subsequent influx of soliders with traumatic brain injury (TBI) revealed shortcomings in the military’s healthcare relative to patients with TBI. To address these concerns, the military drastically reformed TBIrelated healthcare policy and services. Military healthcare policy reform claims to address the shortcomings of previous military heathcare policy, which include insufficient TBI training for healthcare providers , a problem that policy reform alone cannot remedey. Questions remain relative to the status of TBI-related military healthcare; specifically, were the shortcomings in TBI-related miltiary healthcare a function of inefficient systemic healthcare …

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Acetylcholine Muscarinic Receptor-Mediated Contractility Of Ovine Pulmonary Arteries: Changes With Maturation And Chronic Hypoxia, Dangtue Hu Nguyen Jan 2009

Acetylcholine Muscarinic Receptor-Mediated Contractility Of Ovine Pulmonary Arteries: Changes With Maturation And Chronic Hypoxia, Dangtue Hu Nguyen

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Pulmonary vasculature tone is mediated by Acetylcholine Muscarinic Receptors (mAChR) located on the vascular smooth muscle wall which are responsible for vasoconstriction through the activation of Ca^'*’ dependant intracellular signaling pathways and by the endothelium which is responsible for vasodilation through the generation of Nitric Oxide (NO). The dismption and subsequent loss of the endothelium results in vasoconstriction of pulmonary arteries (PA). This effect is observed in several studies utilizing different animal models. Chronic Hypoxia (CH) has been shown to dismpt the endothelium which in turn alleviates the vasodilatory response associated with acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation. The interplay between smooth muscle …

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