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The Effectiveness Of A Strength Training Program On Extremity Strength, Flexibility, And Balance Of Elderly Women, Patricia L. Murphy

Master's Projects

This quasi-experimental study, partially replicating that of Nelson and Wernick (1997), compares balance, flexibility, and extremity strength before and after an 8-week weight-bearing exercise class. Six women, aged 69 to 85, used 1-5 pound wrist weights and ankle weights up to 1 o pounds. Pre-and post-exercise measurements of biceps curls, seated leg lifts with weights, one leg stand, and seated stretches were gathered. Results showed improvement in every category, with the greatest improvement (41.6%) in balance and the least (8.3%) in trunk flexibility. Nursing is uniquely positioned to assist this population by promoting, developing, and implementing such exercise programs.

Theory And Research In Social Education, Volume 26, No. 1, Winter 1998, E. Wayne Ross

Theory and Research in Social Education

No abstract provided.

The Lantern Yearbook, 1998

Lambuth Lantern Yearbook

"The Lantern" yearbook of Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, for 1998.

Learning About Sex: The Missing Paradigms And Challenges To Educational Researchers, Sharon Mcneely

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Presidential Address

For The Greater Good: Contributions Of The School Of Consumer & Family Sciences At Purdue University To Family Well-Being, Susan Kontos, Shelley M. Macdermid

Center for Families Publications

A monograph summarizing the contributions of the School of Consumer and Family Sciences at Purdue University to family well-being. Features an introductory chapter by Dean Dennis Saviano and a chapter by Founding Director of The Center for Families Susan Kontos.

Glacial Deposits, Vol. 26, 1997-1998, Department Of Geography-Geology

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

Understanding Cultural Influences On The Descriptive Language Of Pain, Alice Christine Chaney

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Characterization And Assessment Of Lyngbya-Dominated Cyanobacteria Blooms In The Sb-1 Reservoir, Springhill, Louisiana, Brian Jeffrey Mastin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Alternative And Complementary Medicine : A Focus On Qigong / By Shannon Larry Sumrall, Shannon Larry Sumrall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 75, No. 3, 1998)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Spiritual And Emotional Growth As Experienced By Participants In "The Weigh Down Workshop" , John Coleman Tyler

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Purification And Characterization Of Inositolphosphoryl Ceramide Synthase From The Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Yongsheng Liu

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An End To Silence: Women Prisoners’ Handbook On Identifying And Addressing Sexual Misconduct, 2nd Ed., Brenda V. Smith, Marcia Greenberger, Nancy Duff Campbell, Deborah Brake, Joanna Grossman, Kathie Donnelly, Laura Cutiletta, Christina Davis, Marelisa Fabrega, Kristin Flynn, Kristin Holman, Jessica Jackson, Heather Lamberg, Kimberly Harris, Shauna Helton, Alvin Stith, Aurie Hall, Jonathan Smith, Andie Moss, Theresa Hunt Katsel, Drs. Elaine Carmen, Shelley Neiderbach

Research Reports & White Papers

The National Women’s Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women’s legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including education, employment, reproductive rights, health, family support and income security, with special attention given to the concerns of low-income women.

As a legal arm of the women’s movement, the Center has litigated ground-breaking cases and filed briefs in landmark Supreme Court decisions; advocated before state and federal policymakers to shape legislation and policies affecting women’s lives; and educated the public about issues important …

Children's Rights And Family Autonomy In The South African Context: A Comment On Children's Rights Under The Final Constitution, Tshepo L. Mosikatsana

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Article investigates the nature and extent of the protection granted to children's rights in the South African Constitution. It concludes that the child-centered approach of the Constitution entitles children, as independent actors, to certain fundamental rights. Acknowledging both the parent-centered nature of the existing South African legal framework and the entrenched support for practices, many rooted in indigenous law and tradition, that contribute to the oppression of children, the author argues that the constitutionalization of these rights will contribute to the betterment of children in South Africa, proving to be more than mere moral exhortation. Under apartheid in South …

Department Of Fisheries Annual Report 1997/1998, Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia

Department of Fisheries Annual Reports

In accordance with Section 62 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, I submit for your information the Annual Report of Fisheries WA for the financial year ending 30 June 1998.

The Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Administration and Audit 1985 and Section 263 of the Fish Resources Management 1994.

Symposium Introduction: Past As Prolog: Can Managed Care Overcome The Conflicts Inherited From Fee-For-Service Medicine?, Edward P. Richards

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

The Human Rights To Food, Medicine And Medical Supplies, And Freedom From Arbitrary And Inhumane Detention And Controls In Sri Lanka, Jordan J. Paust

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Essay identifies the denial of adequate and available food and the denials of adequate medicine and medical supplies in Sri Lanka as serious human rights violations. Additionally, the Author cites customary international law and international agreements to support his conclusion that the government's denial of these necessities in Sri Lanka constitute war crimes. The Author discusses the human rights violations with respect to: (1) the right to adequate food; (2) the right to adequate medicine and medical supplies; and (3) the right to freedom from arbitrary and inhumane detention and controls. The Author concludes by urging that the U.S. …

1997 Annual Report Of The Commissioners, Treasurer, Other County Officers And The Strafford County Delegation Strafford County, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 1997., Stafford County Representatives

Strafford County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

The Commerce Clause Meets The Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly, John Copeland Nagle

Journal Articles

Is the Endangered Species Act constitutional? The D.C. Circuit considered that question in National Association of Home Builders v. Babbitt in 1997. More specifically, the case considered whether the congressional power to regulate interstate commerce authorized the ESA's prohibition upon building a large regional hospital in the habitat of an endangered fly that lives only in a small area of southern California. The three judges on the D.C. Circuit approached the question from three different perspectives: the relationship between biodiversity as a whole and interstate commerce, the relationship between the fly and interstate commerce, and the relationship between the hospital …

Entomology In The Developing World, Elvis A. Heinrichs

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The global population continues to increase at an alarming rate, with 90% of the added population, or 85 million per year, occurring in the developing nations of the world. From 1950 to 1980, world food production doubled, with increases in the developing countries exceeding that of the developed countries. However, food production was not able to keep pace with the population in the developing world, where population increases were twice the rate of those in the developed world. Increases in per capita food production since the 1950s have been only one-third of the developed world because increased food production has …

Mycorrhizal Colonization And Nutrition Of Wheat And Sweet Corn Grown In Manure-Treated And Untreated Topsoil And Subsoil, David D. Tarkalson, Von D. Jolley, Charles W. Robbins, Richard E. Terry

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Dry bean yields (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) were raised to similar levels as the topsoil by manure application to eroded or leveled Portneuf silt loam soil (coarse-silty mixed mesic Durixerollic Calciorthid). Only soil organic matter and zinc (Zn) content of leaf tissue were correlated with improved yields. Manure application increased mycorrhizal colonization and Zn uptake in pot experiments with dry bean which would explain the increased yields in the field. A field study was conducted to see if similar effects of manure and mycorrhizal colonization could be observed in field grown spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and sweet corn …

The ‘‘Foliage Is The Fruit’’ Hypothesis: Complex Adaptations In Buffalograss (Buchloe Dactyloides), John Ortmann, Walter H. Schacht, James L. Stubbendieck, Dennis R. Brink

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) has been described as an excellent fit for Janzen’s ‘‘Foliage is the Fruit’’ (FF) hypothesis, which suggests that large grazing animals ingest and later disperse seeds of some herbs when consuming their foliage. We tested this hypothesis by feeding buffalograss burs and legume seeds to ruminally fistulated beef steers. Our objectives were to determine (1) rumen residence times of buffalograss burs, free buffalograss caryopses and legume seeds; (2) total tract residence times for the three types of propagules; (3) percentage propagule survival after passage and (4) germinability of fed and unfed burs and caryopses. Bur …

Growth Traits Among Sorghum Genotypes In Response To Aluminum, J. H. Bernal, R. B. Clark

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Aluminum (Al) has many detrimental effects on plant growth, and shoots and roots are normally affected differently. A study was conducted to determine differences among sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes with broad genetic backgrounds for growth traits of plants grown at 0,200,400,600, and 800 uM Al in nutrient solutions (pH 4.0). Genotypes were categorized into "Al-sensitive", "intermediate Al-tolerant", "Al-tolerant", and SC 283 (an Al-tolerant standard). As Al increased, shoot and root dry matter (DM), net main axis root length (NMARL), and total root length (TRL) became lower than controls (0 Al). Aluminum toxicity and/or nutrient deficiency symptoms become …

Differential Gene Expression In Insects: Transcriptional Control, Lawrence G. Harshman, Anthony A. James

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Studies on transcriptional control of gene expression play a pivotal role in many areas of biology. In non-Drosophilid insects, the cuticle, chorion, immune response, silk gland, storage proteins, and vitellogenin are foci for advances in basic research on promoter elements and transcription factors. Insects offer other advantages for gene regulation studies, including the availability of applied problems. In non-Drosophilid insects, the most serious problem for transcriptional control studies is the lack of homologous in vivo expression systems. Once this deficiency is addressed, the full impact of research on transcription control will be realized throughout the field of entomology.

Life-History Decisions Under Predation Risk: Importance Of A Game Perspective, Amos Bouskila, Michael E. Robinson, Bernard D. Roitberg, Brigitte Tenhumberg

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

We model ontogenetic shifts (e.g. in food or habitat use) during development under predation risk. We ask whether inclusion of state and frequency dependence will provide new insights when compared with game-free life-history theory. We model a simple biological scenario in which a prey animal must switch from a low-predation, low-growth habitat to a high-predation, high-growth habitat. To assess the importance of frequency dependence, we compare the results of four scenarios of increasing complexity: (1) no predation; (2) constant predation; (3) frequency-dependent predation (predation risk diluted at high prey density); and (4) frequency-dependent predation as in (3) but with predators …

Roles Of Dnak And Rpos In Starvation-Induced Thermotolerance Of Escherichia Coli, David Rockabrand, Kevin Livers, Tess Austin, Robyn Kaiser, Debra Jensen, Richard Burgess, Paul H. Blum

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

DnaK is essential for starvation-induced resistance to heat, oxidation, and reductive division in Escherichia coli. Studies reported here indicate that DnaK is also required for starvation-induced osmotolerance, catalase activity, and the production of the RpoS-controlled Dps (PexB) protein. Because these dnaK mutant phenotypes closely resemble those of rpoS (o³⁸) mutants, the relationship between DnaK and RpoS was evaluated directly during growth and starvation at 30°C in strains with genetically altered DnaK content. A starvation-specific effect of DnaK on RpoS abundance was observed. During carbon starvation, DnaK deficiency reduced RpoS levels threefold, while DnaK excess increased RpoS levels …

Exercise Capacity Of House Wren Nestlings: Chicks Are Not Working As Hard As They Can, Mark A. Chappell, Gwendolyn C. Bachman

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

We measured the aerobic capacity for exercise in house wren (Troglodytes aedon) nestlings from 3 to 10 days of age. Exercise data were compared with previous measurements of the energy cost of begging (E_beg) to determine if begging chicks are working at maximal exercise capacity. We also compared exercise with the peak metabolic rate during digestion and, in older chicks, with thermogenic heat production. Rates of oxygen consumption (VO₂) during exercise increased rapidly with age, but the factorial aerobic scope for exercise (exercise VO₂/resting VO₂) averaged only 1.4 (at three …

New Investigative Techniques [In Mummies, Disease & Ancient Cultures], Theodore A. Reyman, Henrick Nielsen, Ingolf Thuesen, Derek N. H. Notman, Karl Reinhard, Edmund Tapp, Tony Waldron

Karl Reinhard Publications

In this chapter, we shall see how the amplification of minute amounts of genetic material by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has enabled researchers to identifY both native and infectious DNA in these bodies. The use of amplified bacterial and viral DNA may turn out to be Aidan Cockburn's 'magic bullet' for solving some of the mysteries of infectious disorders in ancient populations. In the same fashion, native DNA may give us clues to a variety of genetic abnormalities that existed in those distant times. These newer techniques will be the focus of the revised technical section in this second …

Early Life History Stages Of Gulf Sturgeon In The Suwannee River, Florida, Kenneth J. Sulak, James P. Clugston

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Egg sampling confirmed that Suwannee River Gulf sturgeon Acipenser ozyrinchus desotoi, a subspecies of Atlantic sturgeon A. o. oxyrinchus use the same spawning site at river kilometer (rkm) 215 from the mouth of the river each year. Forty-nine eggs were recorded in 1995, and 368 were recorded in 1996. Spawning began 4-7 d after the March new moon in both years and lasted 10-11 d; in 1996, a second 10-d spawning round began on the April new moon. Developmental synchrony among eggs recovered suggested serval discrete spawning events in both years. Total eggs deposited for three 1996 sampling days …

Hiv Vaccine Volunteers: Personality, Motivation And Risk., Mallory O'Neill Johnson

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No abstract provided.