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A Potential Role For Tau As A Signal Transducing Molecule., Scott Manning Jenkins

All ETDs from UAB

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A Three Year Study Of The Relationship Of Prematriculation Variables On Student Success At A Private, Southern University., Roger Philip Kimrey

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Self -Efficacy And Weight Management Measures., Susan Jo Laing

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Transcriptional Regulation And The Function Of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Gene Expression In Glial Cells., Sung Joong Lee

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Health Promotion Behaviors In Midlife Women In Alabama., Mona Lynn P Lester

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Induction Of Rapamycin Sensitivity By The Gli Oncogene., Iuri Drumond Louro

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Pharmacologic Strategies In The Development Of Beta-L-Nucleoside Analogs Active Agents Human Immunodeficiency Virus And Hepatitis B Virus., Lee Thompson Martin

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Acute Effects Of Posterior Fusion Instrumentation On The Human Lumbar Spine., Frederick John Molz

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Hla Associations With Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infection In Hiv-1 Positive Subjects., Eknath Gurudas Naik

All ETDs from UAB

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Low Velocity Impact Response And Damage Evolution In Unreinforced Resin Systems And Self -Repairing Polymer Matrix Composites., Molefi Motuku

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No abstract provided.

An Fmri Study Of The Discrepancies Observed In Functional Neuroimaging Studies Of Phonological Perception., Sharlene Denise Newman

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Social Interactions During Whole Group Discussions In An Early Childhood Classroom: A Qualitative Case Study., Elizabeth Joan Servidio

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Phase-Variable Restriction-Modification Systems Of Mycoplasma Pulmonis., Ramakrishnan Sitaraman

All ETDs from UAB

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Chaotic Models In Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics., Henry Van Den Bedem

All ETDs from UAB

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Causal Effect Models: G -Estimation Using Interval -Censored Failure Time Data., Thamban I. Valappil

All ETDs from UAB

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Studies On Glomerular Basement Membrane Laminin And Glepp1 Expression In Developing Kidney., Ruixue Wang

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No abstract provided.

Glucuronosyltransferases In Heparan Sulfate Initiation And Polymerization., Ge Wei

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No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Components Influencing The Outcome Of Defibrillation Shocks., James Bradley White

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No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Hormone-Like Pesticide Exposure And Hormone-Related Organ Cancer Death Among Farm-Related Occupations, Surasak Buranatrevedh

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Several pesticides have been reported to contain hormonal properties, especially estrogenic property. Examples of these pesticides are DDT, other organochlorines, and phenoxyherbicides. These pesticides have been reported to be associated with the development of hormone-dependent organ cancers, such as mammary gland and thyroid tumors in animal studies; however, there is no report of an association between specific pesticides and hormone-dependent organ cancers among humans. Farmers who are exposed to pesticides have been found to have a slightly higher risk of cancers. However, the exposure of pesticides are mostly qualitative due to lack of pesticides exposure data among farmers. There is …

The Relationship Between Septic Systems And Incidence Of Giardiasis And Shigellosis In Florida, Sharon Heber

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A retrospective cohort study was conducted, to assess the relationship between onsite sewage treatment and disposal system (OSTDS) failures and giardiasis and shigellosis. Cases in close proximity to OSTDS were analyzed to ascertain any association with failed systems. It was predicted that the risk of acquiring giardiasis or shigellosis was greater than one when comparing exposure to failed versus functional OSTDS. Records of failed systems, functional systems, and disease cases were mapped using a geographical information system (GIS). Cases and households with cases around failed systems were considered exposed cases, and cases and households with cases around functional systems were …

Effect Of Simultaneous Zinc And Vitamin A Supplementation On The Biochemical Indices Of Vitamin A Nutriture, Morbidity, And Growth In Bangladeshi Children: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial, Mohammad Mujibur Rahman

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This study evaluated whether combined zinc and vitamin A supplementation would improve the biochemical indexes of vitamin A nutriture, reduce morbidity, and enhance growth in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention trial. Eight hundred children aged 12–35 months were randomly assigned to one of the four intervention groups: (1) zinc, (2) vitamin A, (3) zinc and vitamin A (zinc plus vitamin A), or (4) placebo. The zinc group received 20 mg of elemental zinc as syrup once daily for 14 days. The vitamin A group received a 200,000 IU (60 mg) vitamin A capsule on Day 14. The placebo group received …

Cognitive Ability And Its Association With Early Childbearing And Second Teen Births, Darlene Louise Shearer

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Despite efforts to reduce the incidence of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing in the U.S., it remains a pressing social concern and public health problem. Indeed, births to women under 20 continue to constitute one of every seven births in this country and remain higher than teen birth rates in comparable industrialized nations. The literature clearly indicates that factors such as (a) early initiation of sexual activity, (b) lack of appropriate reproductive knowledge, (c) limited educational aspirations, (d) low self-esteem, and (e) family poverty increase the likelihood that an adolescent will begin early childbearing and that she will subsequently have at …

Generalized Poisson Regression Models With Applications, John Trarso Wulu Jr

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The focus of this dissertation was generalized Poisson regression (GPR) methods and models. The study addresses the following questions: (i) What are the statistical assumptions and properties of GPR models? (ii) What are some characteristics of maximum likelihood and moments estimators for GPR models? (iii) What are the properties of asymptotic distribution of GPR estimators? (iv) How different are GPR estimates from those of Poisson regression (PR) and negative binomial regression (NBR) when applied to similar count data problems? (v) How to perform conditional inference on mixture distribution involving Poisson distribution (PD), negative binomial distribution (NBD), or generalized Poisson distribution …

Determining The Legal Ramifications Of Express Oil And Gas Lease Provisions: Do The Rules Of Document Interpretation Provide Predictability?, Laura H. Burney

Faculty CLE

The oil and gas lease has served as the basic contract for the petroleum industry since 1853. Throughout the decades, the “typical” oil and gas lease clauses have been developed and revised in response to judicial decisions. To provide an update on the evolution of today’s oil and gas lease, it is necessary to review selected court decisions construing lease clauses.

Theoretically, the rules of document interpretation should provide a reliable guide when courts are asked to determine the legal ramifications of express lease provisions. However, review of relevant cases, including recent decisions and older cases providing unique lessons about …

Uses Of Metaphor In Legal Argument, Stephen A. Newman

Other Publications

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Book Review Of War Crimes: Brutality, Genocide, Terror, And The Struggle For Justice By Aryeh Neier, Ruti G. Teitel

Other Publications

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International Commercial Transactions: 1998, Peter Winship

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

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Long Live The Bill Of Rights! Long Live Akhil Reed Amar's The Bill Of Rights!, Lackland H. Bloom Jr.

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Akhil Reed Amar's volume, The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction ("The Bill of Rights"), deserves to sit on every constitutional scholar and lawyer's shelf along with such other contemporary classics as Alexander Bickel's The Least Dangerous Branch, Charles Black's Structure and Relationship in Constitutional Law, John Hart Ely's Democracy and Distrust, and Philip Bobbitt's Constitutional Fate. This book builds on two of the most breathtaking and important law review articles of the past decade-Professor Amar's The Bill of Rights as a Constitution, and The Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. Professor Amar's contributions to constitutional scholarship are of …

Nea V. Finley: A Decision In Search Of A Rationale, Lackland H. Bloom Jr.

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Debate has raged over whether Congress can constitutionally restrict, or at least influence, the ability of the National Endowment for the Arts (“NEA”) to award grants to artists and institutions for the creation or display of art work that a significant segment of the public would consider highly offensive. In the October 1997 Term, the Supreme Court, by an 8-1 margin in NEA v. Finley, upheld section 954(d), a 1991 congressional amendment to the NEA Act that requires the Chairperson of the NEA to ensure that, in establishing regulations and procedures for assessing artistic excellence and artistic merit, “general standards …

Crossing The Threshold: Examining The Abatement Of Public Nuisances Within The Home, Mary B. Spector

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

The Article suggests an approach courts should use when considering whether to abate a public nuisance within a home that is consistent with the goals and purposes of traditional public nuisance law as well as modern approaches to the regulation of individual rights and property. Part I provides the background for the analysis as it examines the common law origins of public nuisance law and the expansion of the equitable remedy of abatement. It also contrasts the law of public nuisance with the law of civil forfeiture. Although the law of civil forfeiture also permits uncompensated seizure of property connected …