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The Isolation And Characterization Of Plv22a, A Mobilizable Plasmid From Bacteroides Fragilis, Thomas Joseph Novicki Jan 1997

The Isolation And Characterization Of Plv22a, A Mobilizable Plasmid From Bacteroides Fragilis, Thomas Joseph Novicki

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Social Construction Of Reality Among Black Disadvantaged Adolescents: A Case Study Exploring The Relationship Of Poverty, Race, And Schooling, Loretta J. Brunious Jan 1997

The Social Construction Of Reality Among Black Disadvantaged Adolescents: A Case Study Exploring The Relationship Of Poverty, Race, And Schooling, Loretta J. Brunious

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Self-Assessment And Planned Change Of Placement And Career Services Center, Gary A. Adams, Ross J. Rapaport, Julia B. Sherlock, Joellyn S. Malmquist, Tina C. Elacqua, Rosemary Stanek Dinello Jan 1997

Self-Assessment And Planned Change Of Placement And Career Services Center, Gary A. Adams, Ross J. Rapaport, Julia B. Sherlock, Joellyn S. Malmquist, Tina C. Elacqua, Rosemary Stanek Dinello

Management Faculty Research and Publications

In the 1990s, college and university career services and placement units face many challenges which may influence their success including (a) increased budgetary constraints, (b) changing student demographics, (c) increased availability of computer technologies, (d) new service delivery models, and (e) changing employer recruitment practices. In an effort to address these issues and examine its role within the university (Roth, 1994), the Placement and Career Information Center (PCIC) at Central Michigan University undertook a program of applied research, self-assessment and planned change. The purpose of this article is to briefly report our experiences in conducting this program of applied research. …


An Interdisciplinary Seminar In Child Abuse And Neglect With A Focus On Child Protection Practice, Suellyn Scarnecchia Jan 1997

An Interdisciplinary Seminar In Child Abuse And Neglect With A Focus On Child Protection Practice, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

Given the myriad of professionals involved in protecting children from abuse and neglect, legal practice in the field of child protection requires an understanding of the various disciplines these professionals represent. Professor Scarnecchia argues that such an understanding is necessary in order for the attorney to serve as a zealous advocate for her client. In hopes of creating this understanding in students at the University of Michigan, an interdisciplinary seminar in child abuse and neglect has been created. Professor Scarnecchia details the substantive content of the seminar, discussing specific issues that arise in protecting children. She explains that by using …


Bringing Death To Life: Transpersonal Care Of The Dying, Margaret Coberly Jan 1997

Bringing Death To Life: Transpersonal Care Of The Dying, Margaret Coberly

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.


The Tao Of Photography: The Chuang-Tzu, Unconstricted Awareness, And Conscious Camerawork, Philippe L. Gross, S. I. Shapiro Jan 1997

The Tao Of Photography: The Chuang-Tzu, Unconstricted Awareness, And Conscious Camerawork, Philippe L. Gross, S. I. Shapiro

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.


Similar To A Plateau Experience, William F. Kautz, Amanda Kautz Jan 1997

Similar To A Plateau Experience, William F. Kautz, Amanda Kautz

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.


Reducing Negative Social Stereotypes: An Examination Of Predictive Empathy, Jennifer Rose Sheagren Jan 1997

Reducing Negative Social Stereotypes: An Examination Of Predictive Empathy, Jennifer Rose Sheagren

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Separation Anxiety In Army Wives With Deployed Husbands, Alison Holland Jan 1997

Separation Anxiety In Army Wives With Deployed Husbands, Alison Holland

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Analysis Of Transition Models For Eighth Grade Students With Multiple Disabilities Prior To Attending Illinois High Schools In Cook, Dupage, And Lake Counties, Maria P. Smith Jan 1997

A Comparative Analysis Of Transition Models For Eighth Grade Students With Multiple Disabilities Prior To Attending Illinois High Schools In Cook, Dupage, And Lake Counties, Maria P. Smith

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Marriage Today: Legal Consequences For Same Sex And Opposite Sex Couples, David L. Chambers Jan 1997

Marriage Today: Legal Consequences For Same Sex And Opposite Sex Couples, David L. Chambers

Articles

Laws that treat married persons in a different manner than they treat single persons permeate nearly every field of social regulation in this country -- taxation, otrts, evidence, social welfare, inheritance, adoption, and on and on.


Voices Of Three African American Female College Presidents: A Qualitative Study Of Their Journeys, Maria Teresa Alves Williams Jan 1997

Voices Of Three African American Female College Presidents: A Qualitative Study Of Their Journeys, Maria Teresa Alves Williams

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

There are many prevailing myths that have influenced society's perception of Black women. As a result, a tradition of negativity surrounds African American women in American society. It is these "negative perceptions and misinterpretation of African American women's behavior that found its way into colleges and universities" (Myers, 1991, p. 9). Unlike White women, and Black men, Black women in academe experience double jeopardy; race and gender biases (Gregory, 1995; Myers, 2002). Research on Black women has found that they are concentrated at the lowest academic ranks, non-tenured, paid less than their male and White female counterparts, and promoted at …


Grasp--A Language To Facilitate The Synthesis Of Parallel Programs, Todd Alan Gross Jan 1997

Grasp--A Language To Facilitate The Synthesis Of Parallel Programs, Todd Alan Gross

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

In the context of this thesis, the name Grasp subsumes three distinct but highly interrelated projects. First of all, Grasp is a programming language that allows the user to define properties of graph-theoretic objects by using high-level nonprocedural descriptions called specifications. Second, Grasp is a translator that converts specifications to standard sequential C functions. Finally, Grasp is a model of computation that has been left largely uninvestigated despite possessing several advantageous properties. Each of these aspects of Grasp is described in a contextually clean and detailed manner, but in the end the theoretical aspects of Grasp are espoused over the …


Unlv College Of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter, Steve Mccafferty, John Filler, Nancy P. Gallavan, Le Ann Putney, Kyle Higgins, Porter Troutman, Stanley Zehm, Cyndi Giorgis, Mildred Mcclain, Sheila Gregory, Joyce Nelson-Leaf Jan 1997

Unlv College Of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter, Steve Mccafferty, John Filler, Nancy P. Gallavan, Le Ann Putney, Kyle Higgins, Porter Troutman, Stanley Zehm, Cyndi Giorgis, Mildred Mcclain, Sheila Gregory, Joyce Nelson-Leaf

College of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter

The Clark County School District has long recognized the need to provide training and support for teachers and other staff in the area of multicultural education. In 1992, the development and funding of a multicultural education program, Project MCE, formalized, for the first time, the district's commitment to providing students with a true multicultural education. Project MCE is a part of the CCSD Compensatory Education Division, Elise Ax, Assistant Superintendent.


Continental Scale Variability In Ecosystem Process: Models, Data, And The Role Of Disturbance, David S. Schimel, Vemap Participants, B. H. Braswell Jan 1997

Continental Scale Variability In Ecosystem Process: Models, Data, And The Role Of Disturbance, David S. Schimel, Vemap Participants, B. H. Braswell

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

Management of ecosystems at large regional or continental scales and determination of the vulnerability of ecosystems to large-scale changes in climate or atmospheric chemistry require understanding how ecosystem processes are governed at large spatial scales. A collaborative project, the Vegetation and Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP), addressed modeling of multiple resource limitation at the scale of the conterminous United States, and the responses of ecosystems to environmental change. In this paper, we evaluate the model-generated patterns of spatial variability within and between ecosystems using Century, TEM, and Biome-BGC, and the relationships between modeled water balance, nutrients, and carbon dynamics. …


Crime And Its Relationship To The University Medical Center, Paul D Shapiro Jan 1997

Crime And Its Relationship To The University Medical Center, Paul D Shapiro

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study explores the relationship between crime and violence and the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. An investigation was conducted to determine how crime and violence affects the medical center from an economic, security, staff and organizational response perspective; Nursing staff and security officer interviews, supplemented with security department incident reports, suggest a perception problem exists. Nurses interviewed believe a major cost of crime and violence at the medical center is the perceived threat to their personal safety by gang members and patients under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Security officer interviews and data from incident reports suggest …


Press Criticisms From 1900 To The 1990'S / By Terrie Leigh Thompson, Terrie Leigh Thompson Jan 1997

Press Criticisms From 1900 To The 1990'S / By Terrie Leigh Thompson, Terrie Leigh Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Investigation Of Thermally-Induced Deformation Of 1 Micron Thick Copper/Tantalum/Polymide High-Density Interconnect Structures, Dmitry V. Zhmurkin Jan 1997

An Experimental Investigation Of Thermally-Induced Deformation Of 1 Micron Thick Copper/Tantalum/Polymide High-Density Interconnect Structures, Dmitry V. Zhmurkin

Doctoral Dissertations

A new technique to estimate the out-of-plane thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) of several 1 $\mu$m thick, spin-coated polyimides is introduced. Arrays of parallel copper and polyimide lines of various aspect ratios on Si substrate were imaged in air at room temperature and at 97$\sp\circ$C using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The out-of-plane CTE of the polyimides was estimated by matching the experimental results with the predictions of finite element models with different out-of-plane parameters. For FPI-135 (6FCDA-TMOB) polyimide the out-of-plane CTE was found to be $\approx$260 ppm/$\sp\circ$C, for FPI-136 (PMDA-6FDA-TFMOB) polyimide $\approx$120 ppm/$\sp\circ$C. Polyimide lines with widths equal to or …


Expert System For The Generation Of A Work Breakdown Structure, Bernard O'Callaghan Jan 1997

Expert System For The Generation Of A Work Breakdown Structure, Bernard O'Callaghan

Theses

This thesis outlines research work carried out in the Mechanical & Manufacturing Department in Cork Regional Technical College, Ireland. With computers now having an increasingly dominant role in all areas of business, it was inevitable that computer-based project management packages would become more popular. To date however, these packages have concentrated on monitoring and controlling projects. The definition and brainstorming phases required to generate a project plan are still largely manual tasks. Planning a project initially involves generating a complete and organised list of all the tasks needing to be completed in order to achieve a project’s goal. This list …


The Food And Drug Administration's Final Rule On Tobacco Advertising Is All Butt Final: Commercial Speech Doctrine Will Be Tested Once More Under A Stricter Central Hudson Analysis In The Aftermath Of 44 Liquormart, Inc. V. Rhode Island Comment., Joe R. Hinojosa Jan 1997

The Food And Drug Administration's Final Rule On Tobacco Advertising Is All Butt Final: Commercial Speech Doctrine Will Be Tested Once More Under A Stricter Central Hudson Analysis In The Aftermath Of 44 Liquormart, Inc. V. Rhode Island Comment., Joe R. Hinojosa

St. Mary's Law Journal

In 1996 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promulgated regulations affecting the advertising, sale, and promotion of tobacco. President Clinton supported the FDA’s claim it has the power to regulate tobacco products not as drugs, but as medical delivery devices of nicotine. Meaning tobacco sellers, retailer, distributors, and manufacturers would be subject to strict rules concerning how and where tobacco products may be advertised, distributed, and promoted. Despite the FDA’s claims, these measures were oriented toward discouraging children from smoking. Opponents of the regulations claim the restrictions constitute blatant infringement of commercial speech. The FDA argues that while advertising is …


Grand Ceremonial : A Production Study, Alfred P. Cutturini Jan 1997

Grand Ceremonial : A Production Study, Alfred P. Cutturini

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Cataclysm And Memory : The Battle Of Franklin / By Mark Hunter Voss, Mark Hunter Voss Jan 1997

Cataclysm And Memory : The Battle Of Franklin / By Mark Hunter Voss, Mark Hunter Voss

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Aquatic Invertebrate Responses To A C (12-15 Subscript) Ae-3s Anionic Surfactant In Laboratory And Outdoor Stream Mesocosm Exposures / By Robert Wade Steinriede, Robert Wade Steinriede Jan 1997

Aquatic Invertebrate Responses To A C (12-15 Subscript) Ae-3s Anionic Surfactant In Laboratory And Outdoor Stream Mesocosm Exposures / By Robert Wade Steinriede, Robert Wade Steinriede

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Commentary: A Law Professor's Suggestions For Estate And Trust Reform, Robert Whitman Jan 1997

Commentary: A Law Professor's Suggestions For Estate And Trust Reform, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Who's Afraid Of Functional Claims - Reforming The Patent Law's 112, 6 Jurisprudence, Mark Weston Janis Jan 1997

Who's Afraid Of Functional Claims - Reforming The Patent Law's 112, 6 Jurisprudence, Mark Weston Janis

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Undead Laws: The Use Of Historically Unenforced Criminal Statutes In Non-Criminal Litigation, Hillary Greene Jan 1997

Undead Laws: The Use Of Historically Unenforced Criminal Statutes In Non-Criminal Litigation, Hillary Greene

Faculty Articles and Papers

Long after criminal laws have lost their vigor in the context for which they were drafted, they may rise again elsewhere. The American legal system has yet to develop a coherent policy delineating when or if historically unenforced penal statutes can be invoked in non-penal contexts. This issue is particularly evident in cases where the relevant laws are caught between shifting moral sentiments. Fornication, for example, remains illegal in many states,' but it is rarely prosecuted. Should one of the participants in this criminal act contract a sexually transmitted disease and sue her partner in tort, however, these disused statutes …


Children's Rights Vs. Adult Free Speech: Can They Be Reconciled, Loftus Becker Jan 1997

Children's Rights Vs. Adult Free Speech: Can They Be Reconciled, Loftus Becker

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Mediation Evaluation: Some Troublesome Questions And Tentative Proposals, From An Evaluative Lawyer Mediator, James Stark Jan 1997

The Ethics Of Mediation Evaluation: Some Troublesome Questions And Tentative Proposals, From An Evaluative Lawyer Mediator, James Stark

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


The Moral Atmosphere Of The Elementary School And The Question Of Gender., Suzanne Beauclair Roy Jan 1997

The Moral Atmosphere Of The Elementary School And The Question Of Gender., Suzanne Beauclair Roy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the moral atmosphere of the elementary school and ask: How does the elementary school principal contribute to the moral atmosphere of the elementary school? In addition to this question, this study also explored the likenesses and differences between male principals and female principals in regard to the degree to which the principal practiced either an "ethic of care" or an "ethic of justice." Four case studies were constructed using data collected from observations and interviews that were conducted in four elementary schools. Also, two female principals and two male principals were …


The Counsel Group: Rhetorical And Political Contexts Of Court Counsel In "The Canterbury Tales"., Marc S. Guidry Jan 1997

The Counsel Group: Rhetorical And Political Contexts Of Court Counsel In "The Canterbury Tales"., Marc S. Guidry

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Counsel Group: Rhetorical and Political Contexts of Court Counsel in The Canterbury Tales argues that counsel-taking is one of the most important themes in Chaucer's masterwork. Court counsel--which includes giving the ruler or lord political advice, making laws and treaties, and passing judicial sentence--was a major form of medieval discourse that recurs throughout Ricardian poetry. Indeed, the modern principle of consultative government has its roots in the medieval discourse of counsel and consent. As a diplomat in the service of Richard II, member of parliament, and acquaintance of several leading members of the king's council, Chaucer was well positioned …