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Yale Nurse, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

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Reassignment Under The Americans With Disabilities Act: Reasonable Accommodation, Affirmative Action, Or Both?, Stephen F. Befort, Tracey Holmes Donesky

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Effects Of Human-Caused Disturbances On Water Quality And The Capability Of River Ecosystems To Recover From Disturbances: Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates As Indicators Of Water Quality, September 2000, M. P. Miller

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Degraded watersheds are considered a source of pollution input in rivers. The effects of human-caused disturbances and the abilities of rivers to recover from disturbances were analyzed in three rivers in the around the area of Monteverde, Costa Rica. This was done using benthic macroinvertebrate pollution tolerance levels (FBI), turbidity levels, and macroinvertebrate diversity. Diversity was found to be lowest in the disturbed sites of all three rivers (Modified T-test: 0.002 < p < 0.001). A pattern of maximum FBI values and turbidity levels at disturbance sites was also found to exist; and Escherichia coli were present at all sample sites in all rivers. The data from all rivers was combined for each site and regression analyses were performed. This data suggests that human-caused disturbances will result in decreased species diversity, increased FBI-values, and increased turbidity levels. The results also indicate that rivers have the ability to recover from small-scale human disturbances. The findings of this study support the idea that in order to maintain the diversity of both aquatic and terrestrial organisms as well as clean water for human use, humans need to take into account the effects of their actions on river systems.

Mental Decrepitude On The U.S. Supreme Court: The Historical Case For A 28th Amendment, David J. Garrow

University of Chicago Law Review

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Can States Impose Registration Requirements On Online Charitable Solicitors?, Melissa G. Liazos

University of Chicago Law Review

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Civil Banishment Of Gang Members: Circumventing Criminal Due Process Requirements?, Stephanie Smith

University of Chicago Law Review

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Has Title Ix Been Successful Since It's Inception In 1972, Vincent Gaudio

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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Each Mind A Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, And The New Thought Movement, 1875-1920 (Book Review), Christel Manning

Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Book review by Christel Manning.

Satter, Beryl. Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. ISBN 9780520217652

Inside Earth, Volume 3, No. 2, Summer/Fall 2000, Dale L. Pate, Cave And Karst Program (U.S.)

Inside Earth

Contents: Photo-Monitoring the Mexican Free-tailed Bat -- Park Updates -- Contributors

High Technology In The Transportation Industry: Is The New Data We Gather Worth All The Cost, Jeremy Kahn

Transportation Law Journal

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Federalism In Flight Preemption Doctrine And Air Crash Litigation, Sean S. Kelly

Transportation Law Journal

No abstract provided.

2000-09-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

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Factors Encouraging The Growth Of Sustainable Communities: A Jamaican Case Study, Eleanor Wint

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The concept of sustainable communities assumes a process of social and/or economic development that has as a high priority, the needs of the future generation. However, models of social and economic development employed in developing countries, must rely heavily on political, social and psychological empowerment techniques being employed at the community level, in order to warrant any type of sustainability becoming apparent. A case study taken from Kingston, Jamaica recounts and examines the experience of a Social Work Unit/private company in partnership, becoming involved in a low-income community's drive for sustainable development. The paper will reflect on the intervention, the …

Liturgy As Curriculum: The Dynamics Of Liturgical Education, Robert J. Starratt

Journal of Catholic Education

Most Catholic schools avail themselves of many opportunities during the academic year to gather for an all-school Mass. Select teachers and students typically plan the liturgy and execute the needed ministries during Mass. This article situates liturgy planning and celebration in the context of the formal curriculum and calls for explicit liturgical education in Catholic schools. One Catholic high school’s experience with a “showcase liturgy” concept is described in detail.

The Shaken Baby Syndrome, Saleh S. Baeesa, Mohammed M. Jan

Saudi Medical Journal

Trauma is the most common cause of death in childhood and non-accidental injury is the leading cause of death in infants between one month and one year of life. This is a newly emerging entity in Saudi Arabia. However, there is little available literature on the extent of child maltreatment in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. In this review, we will discuss various aspects of the central nervous system insults resulting from the inflicted trauma of child abuse. We aim to raise awareness in the region as the tragic loss of life and function is unequalled in childhood beyond …

Referral Pattern Of Physical Diseases In Psychiatric In-Patients, Mohammed A. Al-Sughayir

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the referral pattern of physical diseases in psychiatric in-patients in a university teaching general hospital. METHODS: A longitudinal prospective study, over 12 months with a consecutive series of referrals from psychiatric in-patient unit to other specialties, in King Khalid University Hospital, using a predesigned format that included information on age, sex, physical examination on admission, consulted medical specialties and opinion of the consulted physician. RESULTS: Referral rate was 38% of the total psychiatric in-patients. The most common consulted specialties were endocrinology (14.5%), dermatology (12.5%) and cardiology (12%). About three quarters of the patients were below 30 years …

Unilateral Macular Hemorrhage As The Only Presentation Of Megaloblastic Anemia In Pregnancy, Abeer A. Haddadin, Amal G. Shammas, Jawad F. Maayah

Saudi Medical Journal

A 22 year old unbooked female patient presented to our Prince Hashem Hospital in Al-Zarqa with labor pain. The patient was admitted to our labor room and delivered normally. Diagnosis of megaloblastic anemia was made after she developed left eye macular hemorrhage on the second day of delivery and confirmed by bone marrow biopsy.

Washington University Record, September 1, 2000

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Lady Griz Basketball Media Guide, 2000-2001, University Of Montana--Missoula. Athletics Department

Lady Griz Basketball Media Guides, 1978-2009

Media guide created about the Lady Griz basketball team.

Women's Studies Program Newsletter, Fall 2000, University Of Montana--Missoula. Department Of Women's Studies

Women’s Studies Newsletter, 1993-2003

Newsletter published by the University of Montana Women's Studies Program (now the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department).

The Pillar: Newsletter Of The St. Mary's University School Of Law Center For Legal And Social Justice, St. Mary's University School Of Law

The Pillar

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Identification And Characterization Of The Cis-Acting Elements Around The Murine Cd4 Cnhancer, Xin Dong

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The cluster determinant 4 (CD4) molecule is a transmembrane glycoprotein. CD4 is essential for normal T helper cell function and plays an important role in T cell development and activation. CD4 is encoded by a single gene located on chromosome 6 in the mouse and chromosome 12 in the human. Both human and murine CD4 genes are divided into ten exons spanning more than 25 kb and have a large non-coding region in the first and third intron. CD4 gene expression is controlled primarily at the transcriptional level during T cell development and activation.

An enhancer has been identified approximately …

Brain Death, Organ Transplantation And The Ethics Of Relationships In Japan: 1968-2000, Takanobu Kinjo

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The center of the brain-death and organ transplantation debate in Japan has always been whether whole brain-death should be regarded as the death of a person. However, the debate has not yet been settled in Japanese society. There are four main reasons why it is said that whole brain-death criteria are incompatible with Japanese society. First, they cannot establish a person's death because the Japanese define it not according to medical facts but according to social relationships. Second, it is impossible to determine societal consensus in Japan on this issue. Third, traditional Japanese views toward life and death are incompatible …

Assessment Of Religious Motivation And Its Effects On Health Related Behaviors, John Austin Davis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The belief that one’s religious behavior can influence health, either by formal offerings to religious shamans or the uttering of a prayer to an unseen deity, likely predates recorded history and finds its most basic beliefs expressed in Exodus 15:26, “I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord, your healer.” Findings and observations published in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s that some of the membership among the more conservative denominations with strict proscriptions regarding health behavior experience lower rates of cancer and heart disease supported this belief, …

Mechanisms Of Calcium Buffering And Aging In Neurons: Testing The Limits Of Homeostasis, William James Pottorf Ii

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Intracellular calcium ([Ca²⁺]i) is an ubiquitous second messenger that integrates multiple and diverse neuronal pathways that include development and maturation, gene expression, synaptic plasticity, transmitter release, excitability, and even cell death. Upon neuronal excitation the [Ca²⁺]i increases rapidly and the calcium buffering system reacts quickly to restore [Ca²⁺]i to basal levels in order to reset the cell for the next stimulus and avoid prolonged exposure to cytotoxic levels of high [Ca²⁺]i. The aging process appears to causes multiple changes in the ability of neurons to regulate [Ca²⁺]i homeostasis and an …

The Impact Of Sexism On Older Women's Mental And Physical Health, Kelli Lynn Mcswan

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Research has demonstrated that discrimination accounts for a statistically significant portion of the variance in women’s reported physical and mental symptoms above and beyond that accounted for by generic stressors. Furthermore, the literature suggests that discrimination in the elderly has lead to inadequate medical care as well as psychological and physical problems. Relatively little is known, however, about the degree to which older women perceive or experience sexism. This study investigated whether or not elderly women experience sexism and the impact it may have on their mental and physical health.

The Ada - A Practitioner's Guide In The Aftermath Of Sutton: Sutton V. United Air Lines, Nora Belanger

Pace Law Review

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Connexin-32 Contributes To Radiation Resistance In Thyroid Follicles, Da-Thao Dinh Tran

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The objective of this study was to examine the role of gap junctions in the radiation resistance of thyroid follicles. The question of whether gap junctional intercellular communication plays an important role in the “contact effect”, wherein cells in direct apposition are more resistant to the damaging effects of radiation, has been debated for years. We used the Fischer rat thyroid cell line (FRTL-5) to carry out our experiments. This thesis is divided into two parts: 1) characterization of gap junctional properties in FRTL-5 cells and, 2) exposure of these cells to radiation.

We found that, unlike primary thyroid cells, …

The Cardiac Correlates Of Attention In The Denervated Heart: A Study Of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients, Stephanie Dianne Griffone

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The cardiac correlate of attention is a deceleration in heart rate, controlled by the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. This has been extensively studied in infants; the findings indicate that this deceleration is affected by a number of factors, several mediated by the vagus nerve. However, the effects of denervation on this response are not known. Studies with adult heart transplant recipients have shown attenuated acceleration in response to stressful mental tasks. This study investigated the cardiac response to attention in infants who had received a heart transplant, using a habituation paradigm. The hypothesis that they would show …

Attentional Processing In Parkinson's Disease: Hyperkinetic And Akinetic Type, Christine Diane Kraus

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Parkinson's disease (P.D.) has long been thought of as a single disorder. Recent research involving neurochemistry, neurophysiology, and detailed analysis of symptoms, have created a basis for questioning the concept that P.D. is a singular disorder. Literature suggests there may be two primary subtypes (with the possibility of others). The two probable subtypes are hyperkinetic, in which tremor is the predominate symptom and akinetic, in which, gait freezing and postural instability predominate.

In both of these pathological manifestations, several investigators have noted cognitive deficits including attention. The differences in symptomotology and neuropathology attributed to these probable subtypes suggest that there …